Is it just me?

[INTJMom]

Oh dear. You guys are speaking a foreign language.

 

[Xander]

Oh dear. You guys are speaking a foreign language.

Simply ask and you shall receive

(probably more than you reckoned on but you'll get it )

 

[INTJMom]

Nah. Just teasing. I know what a mac is. It was in a Beatles song.

" and the banker never wears a mac in the pouring rain, very strange."
Penny Lane

Of course, it was the 1980s before I learned what it meant.

Though you could feel free to enlighten me on what a thumbstick is.

 

[Xander]

Nah. Just teasing. I know what a mac is. It was in a Beatles song.

" and the banker never wears a mac in the pouring rain, very strange."
Penny Lane

Of course, it was the 1980s before I learned what it meant.

Though you could feel free to enlighten me on what a thumbstick is.

It's what's known as a "Grandpa-ism" in our family. Basically a long stick (about two thirds your height) with a v in the top to rest your thumb in.

The really worrying ones were "how many beans make 5?" and "What has two lookers, two crookers, four dilly danders, four stiff standers and a wig wag?". I attribute my zany side to my mother who in tern attributed it to her father, he of the "Grandpa-ism" fame

 

[Athenian200]

It's what's known as a "Grandpa-ism" in our family. Basically a long stick (about two thirds your height) with a v in the top to rest your thumb in.

The really worrying ones were "how many beans make 5?" and "What has two lookers, two crookers, four dilly danders, four stiff standers and a wig wag?". I attribute my zany side to my mother who in tern attributed it to her father, he of the "Grandpa-ism" fame

That sounds like some kind of English local slang meant to describe people. Let me see if I can guess what you mean:

Looker -- Attractive person

Crooker -- Shady person

Dilly-danderer -- Silly person (Second guess was hesitant/tarrying person)

Stiff stander -- Serious person

Wig-wag -- Indecisive person

Was I close? I don't remember hearing this anywhere, but for some reason those are what come to mind when I read them.

 

[wildcat]

Xander. I do not own a mac.
Yes. I know.

Like you, I should like to work in the City.
The regular hours. Fish and chips. Sherry at 3 P.M.

 

[Xander]

That sounds like some kind of English local slang meant to describe people. Let me see if I can guess what you mean:

Looker -- Attractive person

Crooker -- Shady person

Dilly-danderer -- Silly person (Second guess was hesitant/tarrying person)

Stiff stander -- Serious person

Wig-wag -- Indecisive person

Was I close? I don't remember hearing this anywhere, but for some reason those are what come to mind when I read them.

The answer is actually a cow.

I'll let you muse on that one. The thinking was always the amusing thing to me more than anything else.

Xander. I do not own a mac.
Yes. I know.

Like you, I should like to work in the City.
The regular hours. Fish and chips. Sherry at 3 P.M.

Nooo. I don't actually like living in a city. I grew up in Norfolk. In "the sticks". I like the countryside. The cities are better in rural areas. Coventry is just a petrol stop before Birmingham or Leicester, which are actually worse warts on the landscape. It seems they lost the idea of building with an eye to blending in around here. Well unless they make all the trees grey too!

 

[white]

*throw*

 

[arcticangel02]

The answer is actually a cow.

I'll let you muse on that one. The thinking was always the amusing thing to me more than anything else.

Aha! See, I would never have guessed the answer, but now that the answer is provided I can see quite clearly how it is the case. Nice.

 

[Xander]

*throw*

I'll throw it back. You just see if I don't.

Disappears for ages then comes in hurling stuff. Just typical!!!



:hi:

 

[Xander]

Aha! See, I would never have guessed the answer, but now that the answer is provided I can see quite clearly how it is the case. Nice.

Ah but how many beans make 5?

(I'm beginning to wonder if this could be where I get my side on look to life.)

 

[white]

I'll throw it back. You just see if I don't.

Disappears for ages then comes in hurling stuff. Just typical!!!



:hi:

lol. Had read in another thread that you'd feel obliged to respond to anything, so was trying that out. Am still in office. 12 hours soon. bleah.