hols

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Wed, 2003-06-11 17:26

hols

I'm off to the greek islands for a couple of weeks and following on from Karl's "annoying phrases" threads I ove onto dumbf**k questions.

Like taxi driver to person with big suitcases and a sunhat

"off on holidays?" (Err no, I'm going to Sainsburies 'cause we're out of teabags)

then when you reply in the affirmitive

"Going anywhere nice?" (Err no I always choose horrible destinations for holiday so I have a bloody miserable time)

anyway

I'll try and write from Ios in the style of Homer (that's where his tomb is)

don't fight

jude

Wed, 2003-06-11 21:58

Karl Wiggins

When we lived in Portugal we used to get these all the time: "Do you live here?" No I commute every day from England. "Do you like living out here then? No I hate it. That's why I've stayed four years. And here's one that always got to me: "What have you done to the weather?" "It's nothing to do with me actually. The weather's a natural phenomenon. Or used to be anyway." Eh? Another good one was, "Where did you get that sun tan from?"

Wed, 2003-06-11 22:01

Karl Wiggins

However, you get these in all walks of life. On a cruise a couple of years back we found ourselves drinking with the crew one night. They told us a couple of classics: "Does the crew live aboard?" Brilliant! But here's the best, from a little old lady: "I've been trying to work it out. Does the ship generate its own electricity?"

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