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Somehow I DON'T think that's what you meant!

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phoenix Sat 07-Apr-18 10:39:57

Good morning all.

Chatting with the odd job man at work the other day, and I think he was trying to tell me that his wife is on the menopause.

But what he actually said was "She's having the time of her life" !

I bet she isn't! grin

Anyone else got some like that?

Granash Sun 08-Apr-18 11:09:54

Anyone else suffer from condescension on their windows?

Neilspurgeon0 Sun 08-Apr-18 11:03:56

I laughed out loud at a van I saw at our local fish market, the numberplate was W I I ELK but they had put a dark screw between the two Is, brilliant and so clever

inishowen Sun 08-Apr-18 11:01:24

My friend once said she didn't like her new neighbour as she was a bit erotic! Then in the supermarket I overhead a girl asking for "automatic duck". She meant aromatic duck.

GabriellaG Sun 08-Apr-18 10:54:56

I think that spelling errors are often funnier? than malapropisms.

Aepgirl Sun 08-Apr-18 10:47:27

I had a friend who told me that her mother was to have a vasectomy. Seeing as she had,of course, got breast cancer I just had to sympathise - certainly couldn't have corrected her at such a time.

Hebdenali Sun 08-Apr-18 10:29:52

I was in the bedroom tidying up one morning and exclaimed that I had just found my “nirty dickers” under the chair!

sundancecowboy Sun 08-Apr-18 10:28:57

I was assessing a first aid at work course and one of the students told me they were going to perform pelvic thrusts if back slaps didn't work to remove a foreign object.

Abdominal thrusts I think he meant but perhaps the pelvic ones might have worked just as efficiently.....

caocao Sun 08-Apr-18 10:15:24

Many years ago my friend ordered prawns in a restaurant and asked the waiter if they could take the testicles off. She meant tentacles.
She also asked someone with an arm amputated at the elbow if their condition was genital !!!

Menopaws Sun 08-Apr-18 07:48:28

Bisto not bistro

Menopaws Sun 08-Apr-18 07:47:45

Looking after the sheltered housing tenants and also the bar in a nursing home I hear a lot of funnies. I realise this is not a joking matter as these are very elderly and often dementia or stroke affected people whom I respect completely.
However one of my tenants had a stroke many years ago and lived independently quite happily but was left with completely the wrong words for almost everything but always said in a proper sentence and with great confidence. Once he spoke he would often laugh and apologise and try again. I quickly learned how to understand him, in fact I was always called to interpret by others. The pleasure was in getting what he was trying to say and he was always grateful.
However, when I was new, he came up to the bar and ordered a pint of bistro and a packet of green sausages!
What he really wanted was half a lager and a packet of cheese and onion crisps, of course!
He died recently but for nine years we have had daily conversations along similar lines which amuses others as I don't flinch , For instance he asked for his newspaper once and I said, yes of course, salt and vinegar or cheese and onion?!

JaneD3 Sun 08-Apr-18 02:13:10

I had a colleague who used to announce she would be sending a memo, but pronounced it meemo. In the end we were all saying it and keeping a straight face!

phoenix Sun 08-Apr-18 00:29:24

A work colleague of mine years ago when handing over details of clients said "you must be sensitive with Mr X, he's got old timers disease"

HurdyGurdy Sat 07-Apr-18 22:40:33

We had a referral come into work one day (I work in Children's Services) because the referrer was requesting support for a young person who suffers from Asparagus Syndrome.

We think he mean Asperger's!!

MissAdventure Sat 07-Apr-18 21:12:43

My mums sister had a very narrow little life with a controlling partner for years.
After he died, she plucked up courage to go on the bus to the hairdressers.
She kept in mind what she wanted, and kept repeating it in her mind during the journey.
When she got to the salon she blurted out that she wanted a "wash, cut, and blow job".

Suki70 Sat 07-Apr-18 20:52:55

At work I wanted to tell the Principal that I'd had a letter from France. Unfortunately, I said, "I've just received a French letter in the post."

Floradora9 Sat 07-Apr-18 18:14:37

My great aunt had a neighbour who had a stroke and lost his speach . She said it was so sad he could not comute with her any more .
Daughter had a painter and decorator who remarked that she had a didilo rail.

Bathsheba Sat 07-Apr-18 17:59:59

Grannyb grin grin grin

Grannybags Sat 07-Apr-18 17:49:42

I used to go around the country dressing windows. Everything we needed for the window was sent on before so it was all supposed to be there when we arrived. On this occasion the big roll of felt that we used to cover the walls of the window hadn't arrived so my colleague walked in to the nearby department store and asked "Can I get felt in here!"

You can imagine the reply she got!

Menopaws Sat 07-Apr-18 17:44:48

Good Saturday afternoon chuckle!

mcem Sat 07-Apr-18 17:41:11

And in a maths class about measurement when a child asked about pubic centimetres.
No idea what he wanted to measure!

Smithy Sat 07-Apr-18 17:40:51

I worked with a lady once who arranged to meet someone at the Intercourse Centre. What she meant was the Transport Interchange Centre.

mcem Sat 07-Apr-18 17:38:53

Or a reference by elderly friend to pubic assistance

Menopaws Sat 07-Apr-18 17:37:55

Love this! I want a lady boy chair

Bathsheba Sat 07-Apr-18 17:25:29

And then there was the ex colleague who was describing the beautiful fish tank her friend had, which was full of erotic fish.

Bathsheba Sat 07-Apr-18 17:22:07

Someone commented on a very poignant video on Facebook with "That is so heart rendering" grin