As I walked toward a corner of a wall on the way to work, two men came around the corner and said in gruff Scottish accents:

MAN 1: "They bought 'im a guitar, right, but it's pink! Ah dinnae ken if 'e'll like that, y'ken?"

MAN 2: "Right".

How I went for a quiet hot chocolate in Morrisons' cafe while I waited for my sons' cub-scout meeting to end, hoping to chill out for 45 minutes or so... ...then suddenly a small army of loud school children invaded the place. They were promptly thrown out by the waitress, who told them they couldn'...

Virgin begin with a bot that transfers you to a human if you answer a series of basic questions. The humans did not fail to give me what I wanted, it's just the way they communicate that is irksome. It's all the "Millenialisms" -- that pseudo-American-surfer-speak coupled with one too many emoticons.

Virgin Media's live chat.

They keep saying things like:

"Sounds great, right?" and "That cool?" at the end of every answer to every question.

It's just so irritating and makes me grind my teeth.

"Hi! It looks like you want to fire a missile. Would you like some help with that?"

Strudel wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2019 2:04 pm

The US is still using floppy disks to coordinate nuclear launches

It is more concerning that they are replacing it with a new system. Hopefully it won't have any "teething" issues...

We played Scrawl first, which is Pictionary meets Chinese Whispers, is the best I can describe it - you get a card, draw the image/scenario the sentence depicts, and pass it round. You then put a fresh slide over the other person's work, writing down a description of the image underneath. Pass arou...

Oh yes, good shout! As if we don't pay 'em enough for the Prime subscription.

Alan wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:43 pm

Solder vs sodder

That is the weirdest one, I must say.

Medicine Man doesn't wear trousers, remember?

I've never heard an American say that, and I've known quite a few in my life.

Don't forget "a-loo-min-um".

We're going to see more and more of a transatlantic mode of speech emerge in the following generation or two.

What would you all say is the actual best song of the last decade?

Personally, I would have called the cops stealthily while they were still in the act, then they might have caught them by surprise, and you'd have saved yourself some embarrassment.

But, shouting out of the window half naked is the Scottish way, I guess!