Amazing displays of ignoranceSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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An Englishman in well, Texas - not as catchy as New York, but, it is where it was...I had just started working in a company in America, and after a week there was a big meeting with about 20 blokes and so. After about an hour, half o' them stood up and ran out the meeting room to my surprise
'cigarrette break' I was informed.
Not being a smoker, I started wandering down the aisle that separated the cubicles, and ran into a pair o' lasses that worked in HR.
'Hello, what's up? Is the meeting over?'
'Nay, just a 10 minute break to stretch ye legs, get some fresh air, puff a fag'
Omnious question follows..... 'Err, did you say 'puff a fag???''
'Aye, that's right - seems these bods can't go for an hour without doing one in'
You can guess what happened next - back in those times (about 15 years ago) I hadn't a clue as to what a fag was in America.....
(, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 11:19, 2 replies)
Always amazes me...How some weird people think that they can get some "fresh air" while smoking. They're mutually exclusive...!
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I worked in Texas for a while too...Being a smoker, it was a constant source of amusement to ask if I could "Bum a fag".
I've no idea where they get these ideas about us Brits...
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snee held his breath since, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 13:22,
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