Author Topic: Overheard today  (Read 120699 times)

clarion

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #50 on: 10 March, 2011, 04:25:59 pm »
No, up the arse end.

But make sure you don't go to that place...They Done Boys.
Getting there...

Re: Overheard today
« Reply #51 on: 10 March, 2011, 04:43:41 pm »
...They Done Boys.

*Two Ronnies Alert!*  ;D

Kim

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #52 on: 10 March, 2011, 04:54:40 pm »
Mornington Crescent!

Re: Overheard today
« Reply #53 on: 10 March, 2011, 08:27:10 pm »
Billy Connolly 'Bike I'll give you bike (clip round earhole)............. what does this mean?'
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Basil

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #54 on: 23 December, 2012, 06:19:35 pm »
Just had to dig out this thread after overhearing this.
 
Muppette in pub this afternoon to tablefull of Muppettes.
"I'm really sad.  Christmas is nearly over."
 
Wtf?  It's Dec 23rd!
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

hellymedic

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #55 on: 23 December, 2012, 06:26:23 pm »
Just had to dig out this thread after overhearing this.
 
Muppette in pub this afternoon to tablefull of Muppettes.
"I'm really sad.  Christmas is nearly over."
 
Wtf?  It's Dec 23rd!

The parties have finished, there's little Christmas tat ware in the shops. It *is* nearly over.
Never quite got my head around schools removing all decorations before end of term either, leaving classrooms bare & boring.

I've not cooked David his festive meal though, or filled his stocking.

Basil

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #56 on: 12 March, 2013, 09:38:14 pm »
Thread resurrected again 'cos I just had to share this with you.  :D

Two women outside the Country Girl tonight. (and I'm pretty sure it was the same two who provided me with the "tittyness" quote upthread)

One lady was telling us how she watching "The New Avengers" on channel 2Trillion or something.  She had a beef with the fact that some of the screen was taken up with some woman "waving her arms about".

Me:  That's probably BSL.
Her: Is that for deaf people or blind people?

Me: *Rushes in to tell mates*  ;D

Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

clarion

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #57 on: 12 March, 2013, 09:42:07 pm »
So, which is it?
Getting there...

barakta

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #58 on: 12 March, 2013, 09:47:31 pm »
<snip>
Her: Is that for deaf people or blind people?

Me: *Rushes in to tell mates*  ;D

ROFL!  These are the same people who give deaf people braille menus in restaurants!!!

barakta

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #59 on: 12 March, 2013, 09:48:59 pm »
More seriously though a lot of hearies hate the BSL terps or closed subtitles which is why there isn't more provision cos they grink the broadcasters who use it as an excuse not to provide the service. >:(

(On a bit of a rant having seen some awful vids about failure of BSL interpreter provision cos BSL's legal status in the UK is rubbish and tokenistic - I am hoping the Deafies might be actually pulling together for a proper recognition demand campaign!)

Re: Overheard today
« Reply #60 on: 12 March, 2013, 10:04:59 pm »
Thread resurrected again 'cos I just had to share this with you.  :D

Two women outside the Country Girl tonight. (and I'm pretty sure it was the same two who provided me with the "tittyness" quote upthread)

One lady was telling us how she watching "The New Avengers" on channel 2Trillion or something.  She had a beef with the fact that some of the screen was taken up with some woman "waving her arms about".

Me:  That's probably BSL.
Her: Is that for deaf people or blind people?

Me: *Rushes in to tell mates*  ;D

Near the Minster is a plaque to the memory of John Goodricke, astronomer and native of York, who was, in the words of the plaque "deaf and dumb".

I was walking past it once and heard a man reading it out loud to his wife, and he said "deaf and blind". The wife did a bit of a double take, and queried it, whereupon he corrected himself.  I love the idea of a blind astronomer...
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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #61 on: 12 March, 2013, 10:41:53 pm »
As a hearie, and sober, I have watched nearly the whole programme before noticing the person in the corner waving their arms about.

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #62 on: 12 March, 2013, 11:15:18 pm »
I love the idea of a blind astronomer...

I'm sure blind people are just as capable of writing bad Fortran and moaning about clouds as anyone else.  May have been more of an issue in Goodricke's day, of course...

Re: Overheard today
« Reply #63 on: 16 March, 2013, 06:33:28 am »
Office talk

"What day is Christmas on this year?"

"25th, I think"


Re: Overheard today
« Reply #64 on: 16 March, 2013, 09:26:52 am »
Overheard by MFWHTBAB yesterday in IKEA

"Yeah, those boxes would be good if your bedroom was full of shit".

I think really, in that situation, you want a plumber, not storage boxes...
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CrinklyLion

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #65 on: 16 March, 2013, 09:30:38 am »
Overheard in the loos at the City Screen yesterday evening.

"Well, good luck with it.  Trust your heart.  Never your mind!  No, never your mind...."

Re: Overheard today
« Reply #66 on: 16 March, 2013, 05:52:57 pm »
2 lads in The Dog and Ferret Public Bar.

"Have you seen the new barmaid ?"

"Cor, yes. Nice pair of fumblies"


Pingu

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #67 on: 18 March, 2013, 11:29:42 am »
"Peppa Pig has a lot to answer for"

 ???

Re: Overheard today
« Reply #68 on: 18 March, 2013, 01:20:41 pm »
"Peppa Pig has a lot to answer for"

 ???


I bet that's something to do with jumping in muddy puddles, a favourite occupation of the Pig family.
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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #69 on: 18 March, 2013, 02:33:09 pm »
Overheard in the loos at the City Screen yesterday evening.

"Well, good luck with it.  Trust your heart.  Never your mind!  No, never your mind...."
LOL.
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Wascally Weasel

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #70 on: 18 March, 2013, 02:46:14 pm »
Overheard in the loos at the City Screen yesterday evening.

"Well, good luck with it.  Trust your heart.  Never your mind!  No, never your mind...."
LOL.
I once got
Quote from: colleague
Oh Linds. You've gone for personality again, haven't you?

My friend Catrin, sitting in the loo in the Welsh Young Farmers club in Lampeter, once overheard the following exchange:

“Mine’s alright, don’t think much of yours though.”

“I know. Doesn’t make much difference when you’re on your back though does it really?”

That was after her being propositioned on the same night with the sexy come-on “You want to dance or what?”

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #71 on: 18 March, 2013, 07:34:30 pm »
This one will need explaining, but it made me laugh. At myself. I was listening with half an ear to Little Cudzo watching some car programme in the background, in Polish. Talking about the amazing gadgets, the presenter said "...możemy łączyć nasz telefon przez blutów." Which means "...you can connect your phone using bluts." So I'm thinking "What on earth are bluty?" Then I realised - it's not a Polish word, it's... Bluetooth! Which just happens, in the presenter's pronunciation, to sound like a Polish genitive plural, which fits the grammatical construction!  :-[  :D
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Jacomus

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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #72 on: 27 March, 2013, 09:56:17 am »
"Underneath! You're crazy!"

 ???
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Re: Overheard today
« Reply #73 on: 27 March, 2013, 10:24:29 am »
A group of three students walked past me.  One turns to another and says "Stop being so obese!"

Re: Overheard today
« Reply #74 on: 28 March, 2013, 06:38:36 am »
Overheard yesterday evening.

"Blimey, it's still light"

"Yes, it doesn't stay late so early after this week-end"