Hedgecutter Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Why is it "quids in", but never "10 quids"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Why is it "quids in", but never "10 quids"? See my post above 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 I have a ten pounds note in my wallet. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Cosmic Joe said: I have a ten pounds note in my wallet. Unfortunately Derek, no. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 18 hours ago, broon-loon said: The new 'neighbours' moved in to a house close (not even next door) to my Mother's place a few years ago and insist their address is number 1. I have no idea why they decided this, but it was never number 1. My Grandparents lived at number 1 since the early sixties and Mother Broon since the eighties, so despite having been told (by me at their door) that they are using the wrong number, parcels keep appearing with their name but addressed to number 1. Mother Broon isn't living there for now, so I often find parcels left in bins or somewhere around the house addressed to number 1 but with their name on it. I took yet another parcel to their place earlier this week (there's rarely anyone there of course), but no, f**k them, never again.. Do I let the parcels rot, or should I have a cheeky wee look...? Mark it NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS and send it back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 11/11/2021 at 15:54, TheScarf said: The annual 'p***k next door ordering massive parcel Christmas presents when neither him or his wife work from home' carry on has started. Sorry mate, I'm not a convenience depot, down to the industrial estate over the other side of town to collect it after work you go. Grumpy Dwarf found 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broon-loon Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, GordonD said: Mark it NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS and send it back. Mmm, did it work for the romantic interest of Elvis..? Edited November 13, 2021 by broon-loon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Switched leckie suppliers last month and Bulb have sent me my outstanding bill. The total is 6 times the amount I paid them a month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 The space bar on the phone is too small and hence I keep googling “hot.men.near.me” instead of “hot women near me”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 The space bar on the phone is too small and hence I keep googling “hot.men.near.me” instead of “hot women near me”....honestly darling." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 35 minutes ago, mathematics said: The space bar on the phone is too small and hence I keep googling “hot.men.near.me” instead of “hot women near me”. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 The sky guy on the phone casually working through his flip chart, asking us to do all the things we've already tried before we called. "The reason we're calling is because all this didn't work". A month we've had it. Playing up already. No impressed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 The BBC. Consider this article: Covid vaccine ‘waning immunity’: How worried should I be? - BBC News Quote There have been warnings from doctors and the UK's Health Security Agency that waning immunity is leading to deaths even of people who have had two doses of a Covid vaccine. So how much protection are we left with? Let's nail some basics. The immune system has two big roles - to stop us getting infected, and if that fails, to clear our bodies of an infection. I want you to stretch your imagination and picture your immune system as a medieval castle. Surrounding the castle is a hostile and ruthless army of coronaviruses desperate to break in. Your first defence is an outer wall patrolled by a legion of archers. These are your body's neutralising antibodies. If they can hold the viral army off, then you won't get infected. But if the walls crumble and the antibody-archers wander off, then the virus is in. It has stormed the castle and you now have an infection. It's good to know that the BBC's audience for news about this topic is apparently 4 year olds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 "ESP 0-0 SWE", just because of the inconsistency of only Spain getting their abbreviation written in their native language. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 11/11/2021 at 06:47, Melanius Mullarkey said: FTFY Amusingly this is a perfect example of the mandela effect. The song is in fact heigh ho heigh ho it's home from work we go Most assume its hiho hiho it's off to work I go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: "ESP 0-0 SWE", just because of the inconsistency of only Spain getting their abbreviation written in their native language. That's not true, though, is it? ETA No, it's not. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes#section_2 Edited November 14, 2021 by Todd_is_God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 9 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: The BBC. Consider this article: Covid vaccine ‘waning immunity’: How worried should I be? - BBC News It's good to know that the BBC's audience for news about this topic is apparently 4 year olds. The immune system: "Ah told them we already got Covid" "Allo you dirty virus, your DNA smells of elderberries.." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Todd_is_God said: That's not true, though, is it? ETA No, it's not. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes#section_2 Well, yes, it is. ESP is clearly based on España, whilst SWE is not based on Sverige (and is very clearly based on English, not Swedish). They could easily have applied the English to Spain too (there are no codes starting with SP after all, nor SV), hence I now extend my annoyance to IOC abbreviation system for its sheer inconsistency. Eta: unless you're thinking that I meant that Spain is the only country in the world to get special abbreviation treatment, which I didn't. I meant between the two mentioned. Edited November 15, 2021 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 If Scotland played Switzerland in a German speaking canton it could be at a stretch abbreviated as SWE v ALB (Schweiz v Alba) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, tamthebam said: If Scotland played Switzerland in a German speaking canton it could be at a stretch abbreviated as SWE v ALB (Schweiz v Alba) As it stands, Sweden-Denmark is SWE-DEN. Of course, Denmark starts with 'Dan' in Danish, German and French (forgetting any umlaut), so there's another Anglicism. ... and considering that every other Nordic country got an Anglicised version (FIN for Suomi being the most notable one), how the f*** did Iceland dodge ICE? Edited November 15, 2021 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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