bickster Posted July 12, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 12, 2023 30 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Apart from the fact that I don't buy trendy brands generally, I thought for years that Ellesse was purely a women's brand, due to the name. Then there's the how do you pronounce that topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, bickster said: Then there's the how do you pronounce that topic Eh-lees for me and all around me as a child. That seemed to be the West Mids pronunciation. Everyone else appears to be Eh-less-see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 12, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 12, 2023 6 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Eh-lees for me and all around me as a child. That seemed to be the West Mids pronunciation. Everyone else appears to be Eh-less-see. I'd have said el-ESS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 El-lees over in Telford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 12, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 12, 2023 Scousers used to pronounce it... Élysée Not me, I just used to avoid saying the word at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, bickster said: Scousers used to pronounce it... Élysée Not me, I just used to avoid saying the word at all Similarly I will never verbally order a pan au chocolat as I either sound like a try hard, faux hipster or a thick uncultured clearing in the woods depending on how much I do or don't Frenchify it. Edited July 12, 2023 by Wainy316 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 12/07/2023 at 13:09, Wainy316 said: Similarly I will never verbally order a pan au chocolat as I either sound like a try hard, faux hipster or a thick uncultured clearing in the woods depending on how much I do or don't Frenchify it. Claim you're from the south of France and just call it a chocolatine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 12/07/2023 at 11:38, BOF said: I'd have said el-ESS. Which is correct, btw. The name comes from the founder’s initials: L.S. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted July 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2023 Why do you often just see one abandoned shoe (especially at the side of a motorway)? What happened to cause it to be left behind? Did the owner not notice or did they just move on with one shoe missing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 14, 2023 48 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Why do you often just see one abandoned shoe (especially at the side of a motorway)? What happened to cause it to be left behind? Did the owner not notice or did they just move on with one shoe missing? Shoe fairies. Durrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Taking hair transplants out the equation...were more people balder in the 90s? Premier league years half the players look at 57. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 16, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 16, 2023 13 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Taking hair transplants out the equation...were more people balder in the 90s? Premier league years half the players look at 57. Humans are evolving to have less hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 18 minutes ago, bickster said: Humans are evolving to have less hair I'm using that as an excuse. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted July 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) I actually do wonder about this way too much. I don't understand, chemically, why bar soap works so much better to strip oil away than the various gels. I love bar soap. I can't stand shower gels, apart from one pre-gel era hippie standby called Dr. Bronner's, which leaves you minty fresh and squeaky clean. The gels just don't seem to work like soap on the molecular level. The oils are very hard to surround and rinse away for reasons I don't understand. Edited July 16, 2023 by Marka Ragnos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 7 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: I actually do wonder about this way too much. I don't understand, chemically, why bar soap works so much better to strip oil away than the various gels. I love bar soap. I can't stand shower gels, apart from one pre-gel era hippie standby called Dr. Bronner's, which leaves you minty fresh and squeaky clean. The gels just don't seem to work like soap on the molecular level. The oils are very hard to surround and rinse away for reasons I don't understand. Wears the soap. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 9 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: I actually do wonder about this way too much. I don't understand, chemically, why bar soap works so much better to strip oil away than the various gels. I love bar soap. I can't stand shower gels, apart from one pre-gel era hippie standby called Dr. Bronner's, which leaves you minty fresh and squeaky clean. The gels just don't seem to work like soap on the molecular level. The oils are very hard to surround and rinse away for reasons I don't understand. Most Soap Bar comes from **** Holland, They make it out of oil, and tires and pollen, Diesel, Miramar, Flat-Press too; These are types of Soap Bar available to you, These little bits of plastic you find inside; You can use those as a quality guide, Of the standard of Soap Bar that you are smoking, The more bits of plastic means the better the toking. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 17, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 2 hours ago, sidcow said: Wears the soap. Yes, it does, doesn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 17, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Yes, it does, doesn't it? Funnily enough this ancient joke only cropped up on Friday night in the pub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Collins does well for a bloke constantly on display at Cadbury World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 22, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2023 How long bed someone on VT starts a smashed avocado thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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