Just paid another visit to the friendly guys at our local CIS to enquire about my son's AOS and hand in his AP application.

Went into the coffeeshop next door to get my parking validated. This is what I said:

"Can I have a croissant, a small coffee and a cup of water, please"

This is what I got:

- a croissant
- a cup for the coffee
- a plastic cup of...






















FRUIT SALAD!!!

you should have made yourself clearer no?

... but were you charged for your last item or was it free?

You're fruity.

It could have been worse (I don't know how, but I'm sure it could have been!)

Did you shoot him in the face?

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Speaking of that, is Davy back from the UK yet?

Are you kidding? I am - despite occasional evidence to the contrary (especially in that pub known as The Lounge...) - a mild-mannered, well behaved English Lady.

So I simply said "I'm sorry, I asked for a cup of WATER!" The girl did look somewhat puzzled for quite a few seconds. My son intervened at that point - he works at a pizza restaurant, so can do a passable imitation of Woadder...

[QUOTE=blaze] I don't know, I don't care and I hope he has a super extended vacation in whatever corner of paradise he comes from. The BBC were complaining the other day that no one is promoting their news taglines in the US so they'll be glad when he tries to reenter the US

Davy and I are like peas and carrots

I can do that one too and a passable toemaytoes, when I have to

Toemaytoes is easy! But I simply cannot say woadder - not without sounding completely ridiculous.

Why should I anyway? Is 'water' really that difficult to understand?

Apparently it is when so many Americans cannot comprehend the English pronunciation.

If you were in France would you expect a French person to understand "Water" when it is L'eau to them? Its a whole different country and a subtly but sometimes distinctly different language too

Maybe if you'd said "a glass of water" you would have been ok, sometimes it's the small things that make a difference - it might be that the only things they serve in cups are hot drinks and fruit.

Maybe she didn't shout loud enough?

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I don't get it, does that mean that you go together well?