01-10-2017, 09:09 AM
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Another of mine is pointing to a ceiling and saying " do you see that nail up there?"Works well in a supermarket checkout line.
Eveyone looks up trying to see it so you keep pointing until !!!!
You take your hand down and point towards your finger nail
01-10-2017, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bakerman
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Phew !! This, I do not understand. Is there some thrill in screwing with a total stranger's mind ? This seems like a kind of mental vandalism.
01-10-2017, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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If a bulb went in an office or somewhere l was working. I would say, 'Quick, everyone put your hands in the air'They'd say, 'Why?'
I'd reply, 'Many hands make light work'!!
I know, l'm very childish!
Like it
01-10-2017, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bakerman
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Phew !! This, I do not understand. Is there some thrill in screwing with a total stranger's mind ? This seems like a kind of mental vandalism.
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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The difference between british and american sense of humour!!!
Bakerman replies,
I get that there is a difference BUT deliberately screwing with someone's head ?. There are 10's of thousands of people out there who are stressed out AND suffering from a multitude of serious mental health problems. To pay a trick on them seems excessively cruel. To an American, spotting a downs syndrome person walking down the street and then telling him the if he goes into that store over there they will give him candy, would be unthinkable. Same thing with "hey, look at your tire". How do you know that your "joke" would not be the straw that broke the camels back. Seriously people, life can be extra-ordinarily difficult for some people. Just saying.
01-10-2017, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by bakerman
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---------------------------------------------------------------------Bakerman replies,
I get that there is a difference BUT deliberately screwing with someone's head ?. There are 10's of thousands of people out there who are stressed out AND suffering from a multitude of serious mental health problems. To pay a trick on them seems excessively cruel. To an American, spotting a downs syndrome person walking down the street and then telling him the if he goes into that store over there they will give him candy, would be unthinkable. Same thing with "hey, look at your tire". How do you know that your "joke" would not be the straw that broke the camels back. Seriously people, life can be extra-ordinarily difficult for some people. Just saying.
People and glasshouses come to mind
01-10-2017, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by bakerman
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Phew !! This, I do not understand. Is there some thrill in screwing with a total stranger's mind ? This seems like a kind of mental vandalism.
01-10-2017, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Missy
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Mr Missy loves putting a leek in a chiller cabinet in a supermarket then going to tell the manager that the fridge has a leak
Dear me, I had to laugh at that one Missy.
01-10-2017, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by bakerman
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---------------------------------------------------------------------Bakerman replies,
I get that there is a difference BUT deliberately screwing with someone's head ?. There are 10's of thousands of people out there who are stressed out AND suffering from a multitude of serious mental health problems. To pay a trick on them seems excessively cruel. To an American, spotting a downs syndrome person walking down the street and then telling him the if he goes into that store over there they will give him candy, would be unthinkable. Same thing with "hey, look at your tire". How do you know that your "joke" would not be the straw that broke the camels back. Seriously people, life can be extra-ordinarily difficult for some people. Just saying.
In some situations, Yanks seem to be a good deal more serious than Brits.
Yet, at the same time they seem to enjoy slapstick 'comedy' and loud stand-up comedians with the most childish jokes which never raise even a smile on British faces.
We should just accept that the only thing we have in common is our language but then, of course, we come to the matter of spelling!
Best not to get started on that!
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