Position Elimations ....?
Dec 18th 2008, 6:35 am
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Dec 18th 2008, 7:08 am
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
At about..........
How can it be???? It's either At
or About
How can it be???? It's either At
or About
Dec 18th 2008, 10:04 am
#33
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
"Could care less"
It makes no sense! It means the exact opposite of what you think it means! The phrase is "couldn't care less" you bloody fools :curse:
It makes no sense! It means the exact opposite of what you think it means! The phrase is "couldn't care less" you bloody fools :curse:
Dec 18th 2008, 1:58 pm
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
‘Negative profit’ = A loss.
‘Suffered an involuntary conversion’ = Crashed.
‘Suffered an involuntary conversion’ = Crashed.
Dec 18th 2008, 7:26 pm
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
You will be declared Grand Master of the Lebanese Girls in the office...
You can thank me later by buying me a drink...
Dec 18th 2008, 7:47 pm
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
Of course all the American expressions are annoying...........
"Missing you already".............. "Enjoy".................. "..... and then some......."..... etc, etc..........
I prefer the more sincere British approach:
"If it ain't on the shelf, we ain't got none."
"The bloke what deals with that ain't 'ere."
"That's our policy and that's all there is to it."
"It's not my job, so I can't 'elp yer."
etc etc ad infinitum..........
"Missing you already".............. "Enjoy".................. "..... and then some......."..... etc, etc..........
I prefer the more sincere British approach:
"If it ain't on the shelf, we ain't got none."
"The bloke what deals with that ain't 'ere."
"That's our policy and that's all there is to it."
"It's not my job, so I can't 'elp yer."
etc etc ad infinitum..........
1. Why in every sentence a UK national seems to add the word "love" to it? "Can you do this for me love..."
2. The entire planet earth calls a cigarette a cigarette, but what really pisses me off? "Can I have a fag love..." (Ofcourse, they're 48% more expensive in the UK then in the rest of Europe)
3. What makes me laugh? "Oooo he's European..." (I'm not, but besides the point here) As if the UK doesn't belong to Europe.
4. And what really shows style? "Ooo you're giving it away? The most expensive pint please... LOVE!!!!"
5. Or an even better one... "Lets get pissed..." Lets get what? O you mean drunk? That is if we survive the stampede when a UK pub opens right?
6. And the best one ever? "I heard you Americans still have mud floors? Must be cold in the winter time..." Hmmmm... The first mud floor I ever saw was in a UK basement, and no won't explain what I was doing there.
7. And the UK version of brain washing a man? Exposing him to several episodes of either "East enders" or even worse "Coronation street". My god to come up with those kind of problems you really have to be nuts...
8. Or... Sitting in an English B&B house at 7 AM? Making the mistake of ordering English breakfast and hearing this heavy German accent at the background whispering "You must really have suicide plans Yank...." And looking at the plate put down in front of me? Thinking along the lines of "My god, WW III would be painless compared to this".
9. And last but not least? In a UK bar, sorry, pub right? Watching a guy trying to seduce a UK girl into the horizontal levels of pleasure. The mistake he made? "You've been around a lot haven't you?" (An innocent remark in the USA, actually a compliment in my part of the world) So I closed my eye's and waited just thinking "She's British boy... Big, mega big mistake" And yes, the familiar sound of a slap that followed. No wonder the UK pays an absolute fortune to translate UK English into American English. I rest my case....
Come on peeps, nobody is a saint.
USExpat
Last edited by USExpat; Dec 18th 2008 at 8:37 pm.
Dec 19th 2008, 10:54 am
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
'peeps'. There's another one!
I'll have some sugar with that love!
Dec 19th 2008, 1:42 pm
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
"Shall we shag"???
As if anyone would say no to that!!!
As if anyone would say no to that!!!
Dec 20th 2008, 4:11 pm
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
'Traveling' 'Color' Aluminum'. Simplified spelling - struggling for literacy.
Dec 20th 2008, 5:45 pm
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why ayeeeee man!
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Re: Position Elimations ....?
Oooo? And what about the Uk ones? I mean like....
1. Why in every sentence a UK national seems to add the word "love" to it? "Can you do this for me love..."
2. The entire planet earth calls a cigarette a cigarette, but what really pisses me off? "Can I have a fag love..." (Ofcourse, they're 48% more expensive in the UK then in the rest of Europe)
3. What makes me laugh? "Oooo he's European..." (I'm not, but besides the point here) As if the UK doesn't belong to Europe.
4. And what really shows style? "Ooo you're giving it away? The most expensive pint please... LOVE!!!!"
5. Or an even better one... "Lets get pissed..." Lets get what? O you mean drunk? That is if we survive the stampede when a UK pub opens right?
6. And the best one ever? "I heard you Americans still have mud floors? Must be cold in the winter time..." Hmmmm... The first mud floor I ever saw was in a UK basement, and no won't explain what I was doing there.
7. And the UK version of brain washing a man? Exposing him to several episodes of either "East enders" or even worse "Coronation street". My god to come up with those kind of problems you really have to be nuts...
8. Or... Sitting in an English B&B house at 7 AM? Making the mistake of ordering English breakfast and hearing this heavy German accent at the background whispering "You must really have suicide plans Yank...." And looking at the plate put down in front of me? Thinking along the lines of "My god, WW III would be painless compared to this".
9. And last but not least? In a UK bar, sorry, pub right? Watching a guy trying to seduce a UK girl into the horizontal levels of pleasure. The mistake he made? "You've been around a lot haven't you?" (An innocent remark in the USA, actually a compliment in my part of the world) So I closed my eye's and waited just thinking "She's British boy... Big, mega big mistake" And yes, the familiar sound of a slap that followed. No wonder the UK pays an absolute fortune to translate UK English into American English. I rest my case....
Come on peeps, nobody is a saint.
USExpat
1. Why in every sentence a UK national seems to add the word "love" to it? "Can you do this for me love..."
2. The entire planet earth calls a cigarette a cigarette, but what really pisses me off? "Can I have a fag love..." (Ofcourse, they're 48% more expensive in the UK then in the rest of Europe)
3. What makes me laugh? "Oooo he's European..." (I'm not, but besides the point here) As if the UK doesn't belong to Europe.
4. And what really shows style? "Ooo you're giving it away? The most expensive pint please... LOVE!!!!"
5. Or an even better one... "Lets get pissed..." Lets get what? O you mean drunk? That is if we survive the stampede when a UK pub opens right?
6. And the best one ever? "I heard you Americans still have mud floors? Must be cold in the winter time..." Hmmmm... The first mud floor I ever saw was in a UK basement, and no won't explain what I was doing there.
7. And the UK version of brain washing a man? Exposing him to several episodes of either "East enders" or even worse "Coronation street". My god to come up with those kind of problems you really have to be nuts...
8. Or... Sitting in an English B&B house at 7 AM? Making the mistake of ordering English breakfast and hearing this heavy German accent at the background whispering "You must really have suicide plans Yank...." And looking at the plate put down in front of me? Thinking along the lines of "My god, WW III would be painless compared to this".
9. And last but not least? In a UK bar, sorry, pub right? Watching a guy trying to seduce a UK girl into the horizontal levels of pleasure. The mistake he made? "You've been around a lot haven't you?" (An innocent remark in the USA, actually a compliment in my part of the world) So I closed my eye's and waited just thinking "She's British boy... Big, mega big mistake" And yes, the familiar sound of a slap that followed. No wonder the UK pays an absolute fortune to translate UK English into American English. I rest my case....
Come on peeps, nobody is a saint.
USExpat