Rizzo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) We have a solid standard unit of measurement for the height of various mountains in our household which I have to employ when I'm trying to explain to my OH how much walking would be involved in reaching the summit of a mountain or hill. The height of every other peak in Scotland has to be measured in Meikle bins so, a Corbett for example, would be around 2 Meikle bins. Ben Nevis on the other hand is 3 and a third Meikle bins. For those that don't know, the Meikle bin is a small hill in the Campsie fells that can be completed very easily. On daft stuff your OH says, he was using the Foodhub app last night and the following message popped up. He thought that these represented the savings that we personally have made on the app. Edited April 17, 2022 by Rizzo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, Rizzo said: The height of every other peak in Scotland has to be measured in Meikle bins 17 minutes ago, Rizzo said: He thought that these represented the savings that we personally have made on the app. Well, you know that old Scots saying "many a Meikle makes a muckle". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor1874 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Me and my lady friend looking at going to Berlin in the summer. She's just asked me if we need a passport to get in to Germany now we're not in the EU. Refuses to believe that we've always needed a passport to enter Germany. Gets worse, she's just told me she thought the Berlin Wall was in China. Mainly because people say it takes days to walk along it, and there's always photos of it in Chinese takeaways. Where can I find a DDR takeaway? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Connor1874 said: Me and my lady friend looking at going to Berlin in the summer. She's just asked me if we need a passport to get in to Germany now we're not in the EU. Refuses to believe that we've always needed a passport to enter Germany. Gets worse, she's just told me she thought the Berlin Wall was in China. Mainly because people say it takes days to walk along it, and there's always photos of it in Chinese takeaways. Where can I find a DDR takeaway? It's a 'lady friend' takeaway you need............................... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 10 hours ago, Connor1874 said: Me and my lady friend looking at going to Berlin in the summer. She's just asked me if we need a passport to get in to Germany now we're not in the EU. Refuses to believe that we've always needed a passport to enter Germany. Gets worse, she's just told me she thought the Berlin Wall was in China. Mainly because people say it takes days to walk along it, and there's always photos of it in Chinese takeaways. Where can I find a DDR takeaway? The first one is not so unreasonable, the second one is a justification for a parting of the ways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Who ate the last one then? No one. It lived as did its ancestors. Some still rock up regularly in the Govan area... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Had a right laugh on the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh on Monday. Bare in mind that she's not from here so has absolutely no idea of the innuendo here. But when we stopped at before Waverley she quietly asked "are we getting off at Haymarket?" I burst out laughing. Didn't have the heart to explain it to her, especially within earshot of others and she forgot to remind me to explain it to her later. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 “ I thought it was named after Enoch Powell”, when discussing the St Enoch Center in Glasgow. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Glastonbury on the tv. Skunk Anansie playing. “Is that singer Skunk or Nancy”? she asks. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Fucking great band 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 She pipes up with "It must be about time for a new series of The Apprentice?" So I point out that the last series was in January and it's currently July. "Yeah, that's what I mean. It's half way through the year so it must be about time". I'm now making tentative efforts to find out if she actually understands how time functions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 16/04/2022 at 14:57, Todd_is_God said: Just proclaimed (with a deadly straight face) that electric cars are really dangerous for deaf people crossing the road as they won't hear them coming. Only after I looked at her oddly and pointed out that they wouldn't hear a tank coming either did she realise she meant blind people. An actual tank, or a mass media 'tank'? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 We were looking at tents the other day in go outdoors, and we looked at one that stated "20 minutes pitch time. She said to me "that's no use if you want to go for a week" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Hibee Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 At her brothers wedding do yesterday. She points over to another table and says there’s his best mate Davie - “he is from Northern Ireland and used to be in the paramilitaries.” When we all asked - WhAt the IRA? - she then realised she meant the RUC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 "Why is everything made in China?"*eye roll* "ehhhh, they have more factories than anywhere else""Is China bigger than Britain"Sake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) In B&Q earlier collecting something.. Kareny lady muscles up to the collections desk dragging a child and said “your customer toilets are out of order so I need to use your staff one”. Young lady on the desk calmly summons her supervisor. Customer repeats accusingly that the toilets are out of order. ”In what way are they out of order?” Asks supervisor lady. “The door won’t open” replies customer. “Maybe it’s occupied?” suggests supervisor. “Did you see a little red mark on the door handle to show it’s in use?” ”Oh yes, that’s what it was” huffs customer lady and marches off. Edited July 13, 2022 by Shandön Par 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Shandön Par said: In B&Q earlier collecting something.. Kareny lady muscles up to the collections desk dragging a child and said “your customer toilets are out of order so I need to use your staff one”. Young lady on the desk calmly summons her supervisor. Customer repeats accusingly that the toilets are out of order. ”In what way are they out of order?” Asks supervisor lady. “The door won’t open” replies customer. “Maybe it’s occupied?” suggests supervisor. “Did you see a little red mark on the door handle to show it’s in use?” ”Oh yes, that’s what it was” huffs customer lady and marches off. You must have been mortified your wife did that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 25 minutes ago, Left Back said: You must have been mortified your wife did that. She was out of the country so not her this time. She’d probably have just gone in the plant section outside anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Bairn Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Shandön Par said: She was out of the country so not her this time. She’d probably have just gone in the plant section outside anyway. That would have been an orchid situation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Sarcastic Bairn said: That would have been an orchid situation. A lot of problems could stem from that. Best to root out that sort of behavior, nip it in the bud before it becomes a habit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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