I was in a really bad mood yesterday, so let’s lighten things up with some old paintings memes!
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(1) Pauper English is actually doing good.
(2) I was going to give her a piece of my mind, but I see she already has one.
(3) The tale of Red Riding Hood was intended to be read by children, but it has been revisited by those who have managed to attain adulthood. And it’s just as frightening now as it was back then.
(4) My faith in candor was shaken when San Andreas refused to admit any faults.
(5) I don’t judge a woman by pounds. I judge a women by dollars. You can bank on that.
(6) If women live on the edge, why haven’t I received any postcards from the edge?
(7) You cannot expect to become unexpectedly rich.
(8) Queen Grimhilde should have used self-checkout rather than foolishly asking the mirror, mirror on the wall who was the fairest of them all.
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I often wonder if the San Andreas fault will finally fall into the Pacific during my lifetime. That would be a disaster to rival anything!
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Love that last one!
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I have never once used a self-checkout, and doubt I ever will.
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My husband refuses to use them, too. I think he’s philosophically opposed.
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My opposition is because the checkout staff will lose their jobs. Most are working women/mothers not earning a great salary, and they need the money.
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That makes sense.
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I love these, Pete. A great start to Friday morning.
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Happy to hear that.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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There is definitely truth in some of them. 😉 Best wishes, Michael – Now i need to restart my following up with the series. xx
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Thanks, Michael.
Best wishes, Pete.
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🤣🤣 These may be among the best ones yet … else I was really just in the mood for some humour! I loved the first and second ones, but the “Don’t judge a woman by pounds and you won’t be judged by inches” actually had me laughing so hard that I nearly choked on my coffee!!! Great ones, Pete!
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Choking on coffee is a great compliment! Thanks, Jill.
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Why is it the people least capable of using self checkout drag double basket loads to the kiosk, stand around looking stupid and wait for an employee to show up and do it for them and double check every item that gets clocked? Pounds and inches brings to mind the old comeback convo – Sir, I didn’t know you had such a small organ. Madam, you didn’t tell me I’d be playing a cathedral!
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Good to be reminded of that old joke, Phil.
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Phone calls and suspense. Warmest regards, Ed
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I still say, “Who can that be, using the land line?”
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My daughter says that if the land line rings, she knows it’s me!
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Pounds and inches!
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That’s a good one!
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all good to put anyone in a good mood.
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They still manage to make me smile, so I keep trying to find them.
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shrieks of laughter
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Shrieks are the best!
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🤣😂
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Great group today…the nasty look was my favorite. chuq
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Mine too. I like her expression.
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HA! These are really good. Especially love the one about pounds and inches. 😈
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This was a popular selection, Nan. Glad you enjoyed them.
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The nasty look, the faults! As for living on the edge!!
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Nasty look was my favourite!
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Good ones, Pete, thanks 😀 Cheers, Jon.
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Glad you enjoyed them, Jon.
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Self-service checkout. Thanks for these lightening uppers, Pete.
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My pleasure, Don.
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Yes, proper English has been massacred into a kind of shorthand. Now we have yh, soz, and tomoz for example. Ye Gdz!
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I blame ‘text speak’, Stevie.
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Yes. All kids seem to use this form of communication now. However, when the family send me texts, they write the sentences out in full!
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So do I, incuding full punctuation. 😊
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Yes, I text them using full punctuation too, especially apostrophes. Apostrophes seem to be a thing of the past these days.
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No, Stevie . They are alive and well and living in plurals.
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Very true.
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I recently read that finishing a text with a full stop is considered bad form as it’s ending the conversation, or some such nonsense.
Capitals have also gone. When I type something into a search bar, for example, a place name or a book title, which should have capitals, often the suggestion appears without.
And one thing that annoys me is that almost no one uses a capital for the name of our planet. They use it for the others, Venus, Mars, Jupiter etc, but it’s nearly always earth.
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I blame openly embracing the ESL language butchery resulting from the global refugee culture, including “allowances” for same in academic environments.
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Hah when answering the phone was living on the edge! 🤣🤣
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I used to be excited when it rang! Now if I don’t know the number, I never answer it.
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Me too!
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We recently ‘upgraded’ to digital. We used to have voicemail, but didn’t have the identity of the person calling. Now we have the identity, but no voicemail! We can get voicemail free by going to the website and jumping through their hoops, but as I don’t actually know the password and my husband isn’t bothered, we no longer have that facility.
However, we do get calls labelled as ‘Nuisance?’ which is useful as they can then be blocked. Everyone who we want to speak to (including doctor and dentist) is in our directory on the phone.
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We have had Caller I.D. since we moved here in 2012, but I am not brave enough to change to digital yet, though I know it will eventually be compulsory!
Best wishes, Pete. x
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It was relatively painless, Pete. We had to get new phones, though.
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The nasty look!
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Her expression suits that perfectly.
Best wishes, Pete.
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