GordonD Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 47 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Also, my next door neighbour has just been wheeled into an ambulance that is parked outside my house and I don’t want to seem nosy by staring but I also want to know what’s wrong with him. Probably corona virus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Error 521. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Vehicles, normally vans, that have a sticker saying it's limited to 70mph. That's the legal limit across the country so why do they need to put this on the vehicle? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Vehicles, normally vans, that have a sticker saying it's limited to 70mph. That's the legal limit across the country so why do they need to put this on the vehicle? For those regular runs to the Autobahn, obvz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, 19QOS19 said: Vehicles, normally vans, that have a sticker saying it's limited to 70mph. That's the legal limit across the country so why do they need to put this on the vehicle? It let's anyone behind know that it can't go any faster, if they try to pass then it's not going to suddenly speed up. Edited March 8, 2020 by bennett Auto type thingy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Wait... what? Where is 'here'?Illinois in the US 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 12 hours ago, Daydream said: For those regular runs to the Autobahn, obvz Oh cheers, now I have a fucking Kraftwerk earworm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 9 hours ago, Raidernation said: Illinois in the US Ta. Thought you were here in the UK and I'd missed the announcements about our clocks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) People who say "Illinois in the US" as if we wouldn't know where Illinois is otherwise. Also, Weegies who presume that everybody is as geographically ignorant as them: "Where are you from?" "A place just outside of Glasgow, doubt you'll know it" "Try me... " "OK, Irvine" Edited March 9, 2020 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 24 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: People who say "Illinois in the US' as if we wouldn't know where Illinois is otherwise. It's not the worst example - Paris, France and London, England being amongst the better ones. It's as if we're so dumb that we'd assume they meant Paris, Texas or London, Ohio otherwise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 25 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: People who say "Illinois in the US' as if we wouldn't know where Illinois is otherwise. Do people actually say that? They're more likely to say "Chicago, Illinois". On similar lines though, it pisses me off on things like game shows where the contestants are introduced as "John, from Banbury in Oxfordshire; Mary, from Bournemouth in Dorset; and Jim, from St. Andrew's in Scotland." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, GordonD said: Do people actually say that? They're more likely to say "Chicago, Illinois". On similar lines though, it pisses me off on things like game shows where the contestants are introduced as "John, from Banbury in Oxfordshire; Mary, from Bournemouth in Dorset; and Jim, from St. Andrew's in Scotland." Jim is probably grateful not to be associated with Fife. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, GordonD said: Do people actually say that? They're more likely to say "Chicago, Illinois". You quoted raidernation saying the very same thing an hour ago! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: People who say "Illinois in the US" as if we wouldn't know where Illinois is otherwise. Also, Weegies who presume that everybody is as geographically ignorant as them: "Where are you from?" "A place just outside of Glasgow, doubt you'll know it" "Try me... " "OK, Irvine" People from these places are not Glaswegians, they're yokels with an inferiority complex. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Has anyone else noticed a bit of a North/South divide in the UK about the questions you ask folk you meet for the first time? When I lived in London or was anywhere in the South people usually ask other folk what they do for a living as a way to start a conversation. As you go further north people are more likely to ask where yer from. Even people from the same town want to localise what part of the town they're from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: When I lived in London or was anywhere in the South people usually ask other folk what they do for a living as a way to start a conversation. If anybody says "I work offshore*" and then asks what I do, I reply with "I work onshore". *so which do I presume: cook/cleaner/steward, admin, electrician, welder, geologist, engineer, driller, roughneck, labourer, logistics coordinator, company man... ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: People who say "Illinois in the US" as if we wouldn't know where Illinois is otherwise. Also, Weegies who presume that everybody is as geographically ignorant as them: "Where are you from?" "A place just outside of Glasgow, doubt you'll know it" "Try me... " "OK, Irvine" I think you'd be surprised, there's a number of non-west coasters I've spoken with before who hadn't a scooby where Dumbarton is. I also find it a bit rich given that a lot of teuchters group basically anything in the central belt as Weegie and now you complain when folk tell you they're from Glasgow instead of the small, obscure town they actually are from. 51 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: I get narked at the opposite thing with English folk where they say they're from Herefordshire or something. Just say the name of the town. It's so they sound better off than they are. Telling people you come from Lancashire sounds better than saying you're from Preston or Blackpool. Complete fannies, I agree. Genuinely never heard a Scot refer to the constituency they come from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 23 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: Has anyone else noticed a bit of a North/South divide in the UK about the questions you ask folk you meet for the first time? When I lived in London or was anywhere in the South people usually ask other folk what they do for a living as a way to start a conversation. As you go further north people are more likely to ask where yer from. Even people from the same town want to localise what part of the town they're from. Invariably just phrased as "What do you do?" which would tempt me to start off by listing the things I do in my spare time. 14 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: If anybody says "I work offshore*" and then asks what I do, I reply with "I work onshore". *so which do I presume: cook/cleaner/steward, admin, electrician, welder, geologist, engineer, driller, roughneck, labourer, logistics coordinator, company man... ? ...sitting in the barrel with his arse next to the bunghole... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 It's so they sound better off than they are. Telling people you come from Lancashire sounds better than saying you're from Preston or Blackpool. Complete fannies, I agree. Genuinely never heard a Scot refer to the constituency they come from.Hi, I’m from Ross, Skye and Lochaber. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 People asking where I'm from is a pttgomn. I usually just say Aberdeen* because it's easier than asking what people mean by "from" or why they think it's important. *(Aberdeen, Scotland : i lived there longer than i lived anywhere else, but i'm not really "from" there.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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