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Ronson8Offline
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PostPosted: 06-09-2013 22:29    Post subject: Reply with quote

escargot1 wrote:
very moderate drinker

pished laughing
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PostPosted: 06-09-2013 22:57    Post subject: Reply with quote

Busted. Embarassed
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ZoffreOffline
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PostPosted: 07-09-2013 01:04    Post subject: Reply with quote

Someone in a shop called me 'madam' the other day. Honestly... Shocked
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PostPosted: 07-09-2013 01:28    Post subject: Reply with quote

You fondly remember your Mid-Life-Crisis, and rue the day it ended!
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PostPosted: 07-09-2013 11:32    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zoffre wrote:
Someone in a shop called me 'madam' the other day. Honestly... Shocked


Actually, nothing wrong with that. Unless you're a bloke, that is...
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PostPosted: 07-09-2013 12:02    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mythopoeika wrote:
Zoffre wrote:
Someone in a shop called me 'madam' the other day. Honestly... Shocked


Actually, nothing wrong with that. Unless you're a bloke, that is...


As I've probably mentioned a million times before I was in the restaurant trade from 1997-2005 and the company line was that it was OK to call a bloke 'sir', but never call a woman 'madam' as it implied they ran a brothel.
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PostPosted: 07-09-2013 13:20    Post subject: Reply with quote

CarlosTheDJ wrote:


As I've probably mentioned a million times before I was in the restaurant trade from 1997-2005 and the company line was that it was OK to call a bloke 'sir', but never call a woman 'madam' as it implied they ran a brothel.
Welcome Sir, we have a table ready for yourself and your bitch. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 07-09-2013 14:33    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mythopoeika wrote:
Zoffre wrote:
Someone in a shop called me 'madam' the other day. Honestly... Shocked


Actually, nothing wrong with that. Unless you're a bloke, that is...

He he. No I'm not a bloke, despite my avatar Wink but to me, 'madam' evokes an image of an elderly female romance novelist flouncing around her apartments swathed from head to toe in feather boas...

... for some reason! Razz
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PostPosted: 08-09-2013 03:50    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know I am now an Old Person! I was in a trendy fashion store this morning buying a gift card for my teenage nephew, when the sales assistant (looking all of 12) asked for I.D "in case the card gets lost". I said it wasn't going to get lost between me leaving the store and handing it over this afternoon, and could they turn down that awful music, as I could barely hear myself think. (The music was really loud!)

I am an Old Fart! Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 08-09-2013 04:47    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mythopoeika wrote:
Zoffre wrote:
Someone in a shop called me 'madam' the other day. Honestly... Shocked


Actually, nothing wrong with that. Unless you're a bloke, that is...

"I'm sorry. I have a cold."
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PostPosted: 08-09-2013 09:02    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know I'm old because my disdain of modern politicians is based not only their complete lack of competence and ideology but also that I'm older than a good few of them.
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PostPosted: 30-09-2013 15:44    Post subject: Reply with quote

When a walking stick is no longer merely a jaunty accessory, but a life-saving device necessary for preventing you from falling headlong into a drainage ditch and never being seen again.

(I've been thinking about getting one of those sticks with a built-in light for signalling potential rescuers, and an emergency medicine compartment, and maybe a flare gun or something.)
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PostPosted: 30-09-2013 16:29    Post subject: Reply with quote

What you need is a walking stick with a rapier hidden inside. Not that you'd use it, but it's a talking point.
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PostPosted: 30-09-2013 16:54    Post subject: Reply with quote

gncxx wrote:
What you need is a walking stick with a rapier hidden inside. Not that you'd use it, but it's a talking point.


Indeed! You display the steel point, and it speaks volumes! Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: 30-09-2013 17:09    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smile

My grandfather had one of those!
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