Ridski

The one that really got my wife was 'washing-up liquid'. She still finds that hilarious.

Ridski

That's when you put your best Jason Statham voice on and reply "Shut your face, you fat ugly cow."

Usually stops them.

sambapink

Think it only works if you're a geezer though!

meauxna

This is the best version of this thread ever, good ones!

hmm, like there is a new one on me. So you're saying I am NOT quite pretty?!


Our hilarity with that comes with the shopping list. I write TP, he writes BR. What the hell is that, I ask. That is one shortcut I can't change, it'll always be TP to me & I think I've got him converted.
Washing-up liquid always tickles me too. It's dish soap to me.

Noorah101

OK....what's BR stand for? Butt Rags? lol

Now see, here I was thinking "washing-up liquid" is liquid soap for your body in the shower!

As for the use of "quite", that explains a line in the movie "Love Actually", where Keira Knightly sees herself on her wedding video and says "I look quite pretty!" in a surprised voice. I was always thinking how conceited that sounds. I see now that really she's being modest!

Ash UK/US

Bog Roll?

meauxna

ding ding ding!

Rene! "Butt Rags"

Sally Redux

Talking of bogs, I was childishly giggling when my son took the California high school exit exam or CAHSEE.

Soccer Ref

DW (USC) opened the dish washer today, saw it was full of dirty dishes, and said"

"This needs ran" !!

tonrob

At work people keep using the phrase "Following though" to mean someone finishing what they started, or doing what they said they'd do etc.

I actually have scars inside my mouth from biting so hard to prevent myself from laughing whenever this comes up.

lisag8070

do you check the seat of their pants when they walk by..

Lorna at Vicenza

I recently translated something for an Italian architect that was given to him by an American client.

Apart form the obvious : closets -sidewalk - counter tops - half bath (though that took a bit of working out), the American also stipulated that the kitchen door had to be wider than the average Italian one, due to large fridge - ice making - freezer, BUT the toilet roll holders had to be American size and not European.

How big are your toilet rolls over there????

meauxna

ha ha.. remember we were just talking about those different house terms.. what did you come up with for the half bath? Those are also called powder rooms here.
wft is the client going to do, bring his own TP with him??
I don't remember the holder being smaller, but the rolls are surely bigger here than Over There (so if it is recessed in the wall, it's deeper). The Whole World Toilet Paper Museum may have your answer!

Lorna at Vicenza

I think the half bath ended up being a downstairs toilet with shower and the architect said that the client could bring his loo roll from America if he so wished -along with the deeper holders - or he could just start having Italian standard and wiping his fat ass on Italian toilet paper.

The Italian architect also thought that the spec of having an electric wall socket for each metre of counter top was amusing - for all those appliances you know - because he thought that you all eat out most of the time at fast food joints so why on earth would you need so many kitchen plug sockets?

That's the same reason why he thinks that you all need extra big toilet rolls.

meauxna

Well duh, to plug the kitchen TV into!

I dunno, it's a code thing I think. DH kept trying to eliminate extra plugs in our remodel because we were charged X$ per one (he's a bigger cheapass than me even). He was trying to argue with the Croatian electrician about it and they agreed with each other.. too many plugs!
I however, appreciate not having to trip over wires and have multi-plugs hanging out of every outlet.