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Title: When people get it wrong Post by: janaage on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 09:12:51 Have any of you experienced times when someone just gets something wrong, in terms of quotes, song lyrics, that kind of thing?
Yesterday my mate at work was asked to explain something in "lame man terms". My mate once accused me of looking "a bit seldom today", the same one who thought John Lennon's wife was called "Yono Bono". Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Samdy Gray on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 09:18:22 There's a couple of people in my team who think the Actuarial Team are called the Actual Ariel Team.
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: janaage on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 09:25:41 Ha ha!!!!! That's quality Sam!
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Samdy Gray on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 09:43:53 At first I thought it was just that they had trouble pronouncing 'Actuarial' but then I saw them actually write it as 'Actual Ariel'. I didn't want to make them feel stupid either so I didn't correct them and let them carry on :)
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Fred Elliot on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 10:21:42 you kind sole
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: THE FLASH on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 10:49:43 I was in Paris last week at an Exhibition and when i got back to the Hotel an English girl that i had met previous asked me if the Expedition was going well!
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: sonic youth on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 10:55:41 seekwell instead of esskewell
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 10:59:38 Not a quote thing but a work colleague asked me what the difference between Guinness and Red Guinness was. When I told him they roasted the barley for less time, giving it a lighter colour, the barmaid shouted that I was wrong and that they brewed it with caramel.
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: nevillew on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:25:37 you kind sole *soul* ,but you knew that didn't you Fred ? ;) Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Dazzza on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:29:04 I had to tell my gaffer that Madan the nice Indian chap we deal with is not actually called Madam.
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: oxford_fan on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:42:17 i need to get some oinkment for this rash
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Gazza's Fat Mate on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:55:48 I don't make mistakes. I blame every mistake on a jnr collouge
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Fred Elliot on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:58:32 *soul* ,but you knew that didn't you Fred ? ;) *whoosh* Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Rich Pullen on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:58:47 My old man used to always say "there's Many a true word spoken in just", instead of jest.
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Luci on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 13:08:35 An irish guy at the ferry port years back was collecting forms for boarding and used the phrase "Its like finding a needle in a haystack"
Also, my mum thought that in Tom Jones song the lyrics 'Sex Bomb' were 'South Park'. Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Bob's Orange on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 13:09:37 An irish guy at the ferry port years back was collecting forms for boarding and used the phrase "Its like finding a needle in a haystack" Also, my mum thought that in Tom Jones song the lyrics 'Sex Bomb' were 'South Park'. Its like finding a needle in a haystack is a proper phrase isn't it? Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 13:09:58 An irish guy at the ferry port years back was collecting forms for boarding and used the phrase "Its like finding a needle in a haystack" Also, my mum thought that in Tom Jones song the lyrics 'Sex Bomb' were 'South Park'. The lyrics are actually "sex doll", listen again! Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Luci on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 13:11:00 Its like finding a needle in a haystack is a proper phrase isn't it? "like looking for a needle in a haystack" isnt it? Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Bob's Orange on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 13:11:46 "like looking for a needle in a haystack" isnt it? Maybe, 5 of one and a dozen of the other I guess. Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: nevillew on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 13:16:54 Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: herthab on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 13:16:54 Cold sore and coleslaw.
Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 16:04:09 way too many too mention!
I told my spinning instructor last night that the cold weather was "a bit of a culture shock" but he said that wasnt the right way to use that phrase :-[ Title: Re: When people get it wrong Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 20:03:22 way too many too mention! I told my spinning instructor last night that the cold weather was "a bit of a culture shock" but he said that wasnt the right way to use that phrase :-[ I think you make half of these up, don't you? |