Davkaus Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 How do you lose a t-shirt? Or is there somewhere you think you might have left it? I strongly suspect that it was the victim of a girlfriend-lead wardrobe purge. The inquisition will begin when she gets home from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I always seem to lose my favorite tshirts. Some people lose socks and underwear...but for me it is bloody tshirts. Currently on the search for a new favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted October 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 23, 2012 I strongly suspect that it was the victim of a girlfriend-lead wardrobe purge. The inquisition will begin when she gets home from work. I suspected this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 24, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 24, 2012 I lost my favourite football shirt recently. Not a replica kit, I mean a shirt that I play football in (it was a villa training top from about 2008) I don't know where it could have gone. I only ever wear it to play football, don't remove it before I get home after I've played, and it usually goes straight in the wash. I live on my own (technically I have a lodger but it's about 3 months since he actually spent a night in the house) so there's nowhere it could have gone. But alas, gone it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 24, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 24, 2012 Badly constructed forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Just watching a golf tournament where the player who comes last wins £150k Boy do I feel like my life didn't pan out well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Just watching a golf tournament where the player who comes last wins £150k Boy do I feel like my life didn't pan out well If I was watching golf on telly I'd also be questioning my life's direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Post IT notes, that you put onto something flat like a table or desk and within minutes they've curled up and come detatched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The Yanks again, and their continued bastardisation of the English language. The word 'on' seems to have been removed from their vocabulary, especially when referring to dates. Such as "Mr XXXXXXX is due in court Thursday", or "such and such wrote Monday". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 25, 2012 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2012 And a recent Americanisation I've become aware of in sport is that 'defence' is now a verb. You no longer defend something, you defence it. The cornerback defenced the pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 25, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2012 The pissing about with the buses in Brum City Centre. I don't catch the bus into the centre all that much but for years I've known exactly where I can get on and get off for the various buses I'm likely to use. I had to try and get home this afternoon and I'm **** if know where anything was. And since my knowledge of street names is wank, I hadn't got a **** clue where anything was. This shouldn't piss me off because I had my phone on me so was seconds away from knowing everything I needed but **** it, I was indignant. So I went and got a taxi for sake of ease and speed and just getting me the **** home. Which also pissed me off, because the taxi had a daft sliding door I struggled to close without hurling it with intent to break some bearings, the seat creaked and cracked like it was designed to fold down and someone had bust it, the fare started at £2.20, the bloke took a slightly longer route that I use as my test of 'You're trying it on, buddy' and it ultimately cost me £16.60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The fake laughter on shit tv shows to try and make them seem funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted October 26, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2012 And a recent Americanisation I've become aware of in sport is that 'defence' is now a verb. You no longer defend something, you defence it. The cornerback defenced the pass "Pass defense" (related "passes defensed") has been the NFL's official term for batting the ball away for many years now (though most of the time, to be fair, you see it abbreviated on the stat sheet to "Pass Def"). It's pretty much only in that context that defense gets verbed. The Yanks again, and their continued bastardisation of the English language. The word 'on' seems to have been removed from their vocabulary, especially when referring to dates. Such as "Mr XXXXXXX is due in court Thursday", or "such and such wrote Monday". Though, in the same vein, I've never understood why articles get dropped, especially before "hospital". That said, the dropping of on is pretty much exclusive to journalistic contexts; it's likely due to the need to economise on words and letters in print. Style guides incorporate that practice and subsequent generations of journalists have that drilled into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 The fake laughter on shit tv shows to try and make them seem funny Yeah, don't think it ever works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Yeah, don't think it ever works. Anyone ever seen the Only Fools and Arses 'adult movie? I saw a scene from it online a while back, funnier than the real program. 'Del' does his catchphases, then comes the canned laughter, then he and 'Rodders' sort out a couple of slappers. WIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 26, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2012 Got up this morning, wander downstairs, get to the bottom of the stairs and ****, wet sock. Look up and the ceiling is wet, and dripping. ****. My expert eye has discovered that the drip originates from the water tank directly above the wet ceiling, but beyond that, **** knows. I've now got to remember to keep my shoes on all day and dodge the drips whenever I go upstairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 26, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2012 You might want to get that looked at sharpish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 You got carpet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 26, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2012 You might want to get that looked at sharpish. Will be looked at later, no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 26, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2012 Use of conjunctions (or not) is one of the big differences between British English and American English. We (the Brits) protest about the war, they protest the war. We write to someone, they write someone. On the other hand, we meet someone, they meet with someone. Just one of those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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