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Freddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."

My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.

What stuff do you think is common?

(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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This is a QotW answer Saarfend DSS
A woman walks into her local Benefits Agency and collars an employee who happens to have an expensive suit, pointy blond hair and a flappy long coat.

"Ah wahnt sam benifits fer me kihds!"

The gentleman replies in a cultured Geordie accent "What are their names madam?"

"Wehll, there's Wahyne, Wahyne, Wahyne and Wahyne"

"Do you mean to tell me madam, that they all have the same first name?"

"Yeah, they're nahmed afta their dada innit. When it's dinna time I shahts 'Waaaaaaaaaayne, getcherfarkinarsetothetable'. When it's time for bed I shahts 'Waaaaaaaayne, getcherfarkinarseupdemstairsnarh'. It's easy to remember innit?"

"Ah, you misunderstand me madam. What happens when you want just one of the kids?"

"Ah, dat's easy. I jus' shaht their surname innit"
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:03, closed)
This is a QotW comment I hope this
is a joke, but then again given the state of this country it's all too easy to believe.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:08, closed)
This is a QotW comment It is,
but I liked it...



I think I have used that same joke while working with young people, kind of gets the point across.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 0:40, closed)
This is a QotW comment The DSS employee
sounds suspiciously like DG innit....
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:11, closed)
This is a QotW comment Yep
I'm going to have him cameo in more of my posts I think. I'll put subtler references in future, maybe a "spot the DG" competition
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:13, closed)
This is a QotW comment Ooooooh!
With pyizes and everything? Can we win beer please?
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:17, closed)
This is a QotW comment "Cultured Geordie accent"?
Me?

Ah divvent knaa wot ya taaakin aboot, like.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:29, closed)
This is a QotW comment The one and only time I went to Southend
I ended up (through a convoluted series of events) standing on the seafront in ripped, creased trousers, covered in mud, glasses askew, sweating and with cuts and grazes down both arms.

I still felt overdressed.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 0:56, closed)
This is a QotW comment 4 different dads with the same christian name?
What are the odds?
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 2:18, closed)
This is a QotW comment In saaaaafend
It's fairly high.
(, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 8:50, closed)

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