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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on September 08, 2005, 06:10:01 am
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A girl walks in to a supermarket and buys the following items:
1 Bar of Soap
1 Toothbrush
1 Tube of toothpaste
1 loaf of bread
1 pint of milk
1 apple
1 banana
1 orange
1 plum
1 grapefruit
1 tomato
1 lettuce
1 cabbage
1 baking potato
1 kraft single
1 samosa
1 vegetable pakora
1 muesli bar
1 pie
1 frozen pizza
1 single frozen dinner
The bloke behind her in the queue taps her on the shoulder. He is carrying a basket with a six pack of stella, a pizza and some Wagon Wheels.
As she turns he smiles at her and says "Single, eh?"
The girl smiles sheepishly and replies "How did you guess?"
He looks at her - straight in the eyes and gently says... "Because you're minging"
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*chuckles* :D
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What's minging mean?
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Ouch! :lol:
minging = ugly.
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Might I ask, what country does 'minging' originate...?
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UK. The fact that Aldo posted it while myself and Kalfireth understood it should have tipped you off :D
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I'd point out that the term 'hackit' or 'hackett' carries the same meaning in Scotland, yet appears to be (virtually) the name of a major clothes brand in England.
Which always amused me ;)
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...Bloody Northern Hemisphere'ers :doubt:... the Southern Hemisphere, that's the Monkey Hemisphere...!
*mutters* Spot the edit.... ;) ://Kalf.
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Very funny :D I think most girls are like that with food shopping (if they're still single). They don't cook either. But once they are married, they will buy like crazy :)
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Originally posted by aldo_14
I'd point out that the term 'hackit' or 'hackett' carries the same meaning in Scotland, yet appears to be (virtually) the name of a major clothes brand in England.
Which always amused me ;)
our kid's girlfriend has Hackett as a surname
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:lol:
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I'll give it a "meh," even with the translation. Now this one (http://www.descentbb.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7772) is good. :p
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I know of a dentist who's name ends with Hackett :wtf:
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Aha! Misdirection. Hilarious! I love British humour :)
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:lol: Nice one...
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Originally posted by Roanoke
our kid's girlfriend has Hackett as a surname
Is her first name Ida?
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it probably would have been funny had i not needed the joke explained to me
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No kidding. He may as well have posted the whole thing in Welsh.
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I just noticed...Roanoke, you're 24 and your kid has a girlfriend? :nervous:
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*mutters* Spot the edit.... ;) ://Kalf.
Damn you Kalf, damn you all!! *Shakes fist in an agressive manner...and then begins to peel a Banana*
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Oh and he's done it! He's done it! He found the edit! :D
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...You're mocking me, aren't you...
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It's what I do... :)
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Originally posted by ZylonBane
No kidding. He may as well have posted the whole thing in Welsh.
It's not my fault you didn't/can't get it. Stop getting huffy.
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*HUFF!*
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Originally posted by Mongoose
I'll give it a "meh," even with the translation. Now this one (http://www.descentbb.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7772) is good. :p
That was pretty good :lol:
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
I just noticed...Roanoke, you're 24 and your kid has a girlfriend? :nervous:
well you know, start 'em young.
Actually, "our kid" is Mancunian slang for brother. Never seen an Oasis interview ? He's 27 BTW.
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Well, it was ok once I found out what 'minging' is.
What is it with britain and its masses of incomprehensible slang? :p
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They came up with the English language, so they have the right to screw around with it.
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It's one of the few things we really excel at. :D
And Zylonbane, I can if you want me to.... :p
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It would have been nicer if not for the retarded English specific language in it.
Minging isn't a word.
Die.
Also, the person that points me to the dictionary for the word "minging" should die as well.
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*Ahem*
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:lol: I liked it... once I knew what minging was. Gawd, can't we all just speak American already?
:nervous::D
*runs*
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Originally posted by Corsair
:lol: I liked it... once I knew what minging was. Gawd, can't we all just speak American already?
:nervous::D
*runs*
Or at least not-british.
I swear brits just invent words and meanings just to fool the outlanders.
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[color=66ff00]Lets compare British English to american English.
Foot-path: A path you walk on, you know... with your feet.
Side-walk: Side of what? Ham? You're walking on ham? Are you mad?
Shop: A place you buy things from.
Store: A place you keep things in.
Pram: A parent powered vehicle for children.
Buggy: Poorly written, prone to crashing.
Sweets: Tasty treats, mainly carbohydrate and E-numbers.
Candy: Last thursday's centrefold girl.
Television: Factual and fictional programming interspersed with advertisements.
Television: Factual and fictional advertisements interspersed with programming.
and one other thing that's always confused me...
Metric unit: Look, it all comes down to base 10! w00t!
Imperial unit: Incomprehensible and stupid unit of measurement.
As far as I'm concerned you americans don't even speak English!
Bloody head-cases.
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Last time I checked, Britain was the one who invented the Imperial system and still uses it today, so you can't pin that one on us. I'll give you the television one, though. :p
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You forgot about apartment/flat and elevator/lift. Those are the ones I have heard most often during my visits to India (where they essentially use British English); people always refer to "flats" and "lifts", leaving me scratching my head. :p
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And just how does "Bloody prices" make sense? :p
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[color=66ff00]I've started a pan-atlantic dictionary slinging melee. :D
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*Offers Maeg a fag*
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The Imperial system was used because people often needed to divide by 2, 3, 4, etc easily. It made sense to use a 12-based system.
These days, the level of education is better and we have calculators to divide awkward numbers. We can therefore switch to a more logical system for showing magnitude.
So the Imperial system is now obsolete. Just like the abacus: a thousand years ago, it was the best there was. Nowadays, we have something better.
We have the metric system now, people! It's better! The only reason we keep the Imperial system running in the background is for the minority of Luddites. In America, it would appear that they're in the majority.
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Originally posted by Shrike
Well, it was ok once I found out what 'minging' is.
What is it with britain and its masses of incomprehensible slang? :p
Meh.....contonese slang and curses are far more numerous and entertaining, even though I don't know what 75% of em mean :p
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SI. Not metric.
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
*Offers Maeg a fag*
:nervous:
who wants to tell him ?
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Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Lets compare British English to american English.
Foot-path: A path you walk on, you know... with your feet.
Side-walk: Side of what? Ham? You're walking on ham? Are you mad?
Shop: A place you buy things from.
Store: A place you keep things in.
Pram: A parent powered vehicle for children.
Buggy: Poorly written, prone to crashing.
Sweets: Tasty treats, mainly carbohydrate and E-numbers.
Candy: Last thursday's centrefold girl.
Television: Factual and fictional programming interspersed with advertisements.
Television: Factual and fictional advertisements interspersed with programming.
and one other thing that's always confused me...
Metric unit: Look, it all comes down to base 10! w00t!
Imperial unit: Incomprehensible and stupid unit of measurement.
As far as I'm concerned you americans don't even speak English!
Bloody head-cases.
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You know what's truly great? You guys just got spanked by an IRISHMAN over British English. :lol:
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Sig material :D
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Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Lets compare British English to american English.
Foot-path: A path you walk on, you know... with your feet.
Side-walk: Side of what? Ham? You're walking on ham? Are you mad?
Shop: A place you buy things from.
Store: A place you keep things in.
Pram: A parent powered vehicle for children.
Buggy: Poorly written, prone to crashing.
Sweets: Tasty treats, mainly carbohydrate and E-numbers.
Candy: Last thursday's centrefold girl.
Television: Factual and fictional programming interspersed with advertisements.
Television: Factual and fictional advertisements interspersed with programming.
and one other thing that's always confused me...
Metric unit: Look, it all comes down to base 10! w00t!
Imperial unit: Incomprehensible and stupid unit of measurement.
As far as I'm concerned you americans don't even speak English!
Bloody head-cases.
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Ooooooooo
It's the lift-elevator joke.
Jackass.
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Unnecessary flaming, Blackdove? :doubt:
Stop.
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[color=66ff00]Yeah, keep it light dude.
Speaking of lift/elevator, one of the largest 'shopping mall's' in Belfast has no small number of escalators and elevators. The logo of the maker is clearly emblazoned on each device.
Why I had to point out the comedy value of lifts made by Schindler is beyond me...
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:lol:
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Seriously, anyone who does the lift-elevator comparion again (and I say again, because it has been done so many times it has become a constant entity) deserves everything that's coming to him.
My mind screams when I see people bring the same thing up over and over again. WE KNOW US English is inferior, as well as all of the differences.
Though in my defense, that wasn't a flame.
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Dude, you called him a jackass. That's not a valid point to any arguement.
Bite your tongue and look the other way next time, hmm? :)
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Yes. I did. I stand by it. Anyone who makes that argument is a jackass.
It's like saying the water is wet.
I don't necessarly mean anything bad when I say that the water is wet, do I?
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Of course not. But saying water is wet is not a directed insult. Water being wet is also a fact, whereas you're merely stating an opinion and.. if you ask me.. reading far too deeply into something that was said.
Am I to take it then, that by the way you keep talking about this... you're incapable of dropping it?
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It's a ****ing joke BD. Let it go and retract the stick from up your arse, eh?
Jeebus.
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Originally posted by vyper
You know what's truly great? You guys just got spanked by an IRISHMAN over British English. :lol:
Originally posted by Kalfireth
Sig material :D
I would, but that means I'd have to take some of Fragrag's random humor out... :D
I've started a pan-atlantic dictionary slinging melee.
:lol: