The word "prune" is an unexpected point of contention with our eldeston account of its slightly differing usage in French and English. She's not quite old enough to understand that languages are not logical but she's plenty old enough to have extremely strong opinions on the matter.
</spare us your fucking life story>
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:05,
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How much French are toddlers taught these days?I didn't know a word of it until secondary school.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:09,
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Except "oui"but that was just funny, cos it sounds like "wee".
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:10,
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I don't think they're taught any.But she's French.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:10,
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hang on whatyour eldest, as in, your daughter is French? But you're not French, how does that work?
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:11,
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She also has a mother.We're very old fashioned.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:11,
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what young kid knows about prunes, they are grim, cunt be trolling(
mongychops, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:22,
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I don't think she's ever had prunes.She's had plums though. But she calls them prunes. On account of that french thing I might have mentioned.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:23,
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I have thishorrible image that one day my teenage daughter will come to me and my partner one afternoon while we're reading the papersand say "mum, dad, I need to tell you something. I'm... French".
And we'll all hug each other and cry and I'll promise we'll work something out, shortly before going to the shed and getting out my shotgun.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:11,
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This was in a sketch show but I can't remember which one.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:13,
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I remember a Paul Merton sketch,"I've got something to tell you... you're not adopted," comedy basics.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:15,
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She'll be alright once he's had her in the garage to strip her down and fill all her cracks and give her a couple of new coats of paint.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:17,
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Whoa.Let's not go too far. This is his imaginary daughter we're talking about.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:39,
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I was watching a film with my boy last night while the wife was out. He said dad I'm getting scared, is that lady going to die? I said probably son, judging by the size of that horse's cock.
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mongychops, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:44,
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Half-French, surely?Or is Frenchness like Jewness?
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Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:28,
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It's like cats and dogs.The boy offspring are English and the girl offspring are French.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:35,
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She sounds like every other fucker who ever had an opinion on language, ever(
Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:09,
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He's one for startersUniversal Grammar, fucking cunt
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:12,
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Someone tried to explain this to me once,apparently there are just "switches," and learning your first language is just a case of learning which switches to flip. Except all the examples given were things where the two options were mutually exclusive anyway.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:18,
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That sounds like complete bobbins to me.(
Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:39,
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I dunno someone explained building a car to me onceApparently you just have to put a load of stuff together and that's it
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glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:43,
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Nom Chompsky, fattest linguist in the world.(
Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:29,
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I BET he either posts on QOTW or /links.(
Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:35,
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Here, you two smarty pants, they found out why our hands and toes wrinkle.But you can't guess without looking it up !
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:58,
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it's because we stay in the bath too long.(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 21:06,
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Different expansion and contraction rates of the different skin layers?(
mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 21:52,
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I already read it in new scientistIt's because it helps to grip cocks better when they're wet.
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 22:09,
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They evolved so we could masturbate better in the bath(
2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 22:10,
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if we'd evolved to wank in the bath, we'd have evolved to have no body hair at all(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 22:26,
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Like manatees?Do you think manatees evolved to wank in the bath?
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 22:32,
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The dried plum, or the actual type of plum that doesn't have to be dried?(
Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:09,
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I didn't mean anything.(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:09,
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Oh rightDo you want some prune jam?
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:10,
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Not off the top of my head,no.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:11,
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Why would you have plum jam on the top of your head?(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:12,
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I don't have plum jam on the top of my head,what are you on about? Is this a French thing?
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:14,
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You just said that you didn't want plum jam off the top of your head.Why would you say that if you didn't have plum jam on the top of your head?
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:18,
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Because I don't want plum jam on the top of my head.(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:19,
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So why did you put it there in the first place.Seems an odd thing to do if you don't want it there. What's wrong with a cupboard?
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:20,
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I didn't,look, it's very simple, I don't have plum jam on the top of my head. I just don't, ok. And I don't want any there, either.
Although there are lots of things wrong with a cupboard. Such as the handle is loose.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:23,
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So why did you keep telling us that you did?(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:24,
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She's got prune jam on top of her head, not plum jamShe's just being pedantic
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I DON'T HAVE ANY JAM ON THE TOP OF MY HEADNOT ANY KIND OF JAM
FFS
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:27,
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Well you've just wasted a lot of our time.I hope you're pleased with yourself.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:28,
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This has to be the most obscure way to wind someone up ever invnented.(
Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:30,
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You showered it out then? What are the benefits of putting jam in your hair? Sleekness? Volume?(, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:29, archived)
I never did.You are imagining it.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:26,
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you're only watching it because you fucking love macauley culkin(
Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:10,
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saw that at the pictures when it came out(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:10,
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woah, steady on grandma(
The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:18,
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could you do better?(
The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:21,
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She's still alive so she's winning on at least one level.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:22,
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It's not John Candy that was the problem,the guy was a hero, but he never got the roles he deserved.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:25,
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He got plenty of rolls though.It's a fat joke you see ... he was quite fat ... he probably ate a lot of bread
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:26,
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He'd probably have had plum jam on some of them if certain individuals didn't keep putting it on their head.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:29,
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Although the rest of us are losing.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:25,
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yeah if I had the budgetand the connections. Damn privileged folks, they get all the breaks and then they fritter it all away.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:24,
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just pitch a film to me right nowi'll judge you for it
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The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:25,
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oh man let me thinkI dream awesome movies, one time I dreamt "Awesome: the Movie" might be a bit high budget though. My dreams don't tend to have a budget to run to.
I'll have to go and think about it.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:28,
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ok, get back to me(
The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:33,
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what are you fucking playing at?It's space chat o'clock!
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glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:26,
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there is a cat in space?how did a cat get into space?
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:29,
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No idea, but it seems to be having a good time.2.bp.blogspot.com/-85DXERWOhCQ/Tgjsj2JsS9I/AAAAAAAAXYY/3viMZlw2EsY/s1600/1c.jpg
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Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:40,
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why is it sitting like a human?(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:44,
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yeah that's totally the most puzzling bit about that picture.(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:48,
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because it's wearing boots(
2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 21:49,
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PUSS IN DAS BOOTS(
2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 21:49,
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All Cats on the Western Front(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 22:17,
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Schindler's KittensThe heartwarming Disney adaptation of the Spielberg classic, starring a bunch of Jewish cartoon cats.
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 22:47,
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he does seem like he'd be a chore to talk to for any length of time(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:40,
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You're bent for him.Don't deny it.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:41,
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Met him a few times, he's pretty full of himself.My gran has a total granny-crush on him.
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Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:41,
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succesful thread so far,no fewer than 5 posts on the populols page already.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 21:19,
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this thread was probably better.(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 21:24,
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