Extinguish someone else's fire

beanandbean

looknohands wrote: »

A friend of mine, his girlfriend wears a 'ham-bag' and one time he had to get his 'ham-brake' adjusted in his car... not even kidding...

When I was a teenager I had a friend who mistook the word 'chinwag' for 'chinwalk' (replace that 'l' with an 'n' though....)
I only realised when she dropped the incorrect version in conversation with me. Could barely stop giggling long enough to correct her

G_M

Not quite in the same vein, but I'm reminded of a non-English girlfriend I had many years back who repeatedly confused the words nosejob and blowjob. Much hilarity (and some interesting experimentation....)

csgohan4

G_M wrote: »

Not quite in the same vein, but I'm reminded of a non-English girlfriend I had many years back who repeatedly confused the words nosejob and blowjob. Much hilarity (and some interesting experimentation....)

So she had your cake and ate it

Davesnave

Reminds me of the story told by someone who was being shown around a restored 1930s semi by the owner, who declared:

"Of course we had to find some original panel doors and re-instate the dildo rails...."

ReadingTim

I wonder if this mispronunciation is a symptom of a deeper underlying cause, as suggested here....

Davesnave

ReadingTim wrote: »

I wonder if this mispronunciation is a symptom of a deeper underlying cause, as suggested here....

Funny, and there's agrain of truth in there, but somewhat cruel to those of us who've had this kind of 'diagnosis' from the local authority's psychologist, couched in the appropriate gobbledegook.

Diagnosing average or below intelligence and a vague 'learning difficulty' was an excellent way of avoiding expensive funding for proper assessment and teaching for dyslexia.

Indeed, with dyslexia assessments running at hundreds of £, it was only the children of middle-class parents who could be sure of appropriate funding/teaching. I knew a few, but even these 'lucky' kids were so mentally messed-up by the time help arrived, it was an uphill struggle.

I can laugh about this now and I know things are better nowadays, but it used to be no joke. Kids who can't get proper treatment for a disability isn't really a laughing matter.

Dan-Dan

dc197 wrote: »

How was your reply satirical, G_M? It looked like you took it at face value and then provided a rebuttal. That's where the whoosh is.

Give up , please

quidsy

My ds calls motorways, bootways, even when corrected multiple times he just can't remember the correct word, we've reached a point where we don't bother correcting anymore.

mikeyranson

Thanks everyone for your comments and comedy. I genuinely thought that the garden chimney was a chimley so that you could deviate between the two. I have just googled it and found that there is no such word.
Someone made a comment about pee on the fire. What a brilliant idea. An old trick shown to me by old work colleagues. Not something i have done myself but know from experience that pee on something hot does stink and lingers. If this was an option then my neighbour would probably upset the other neighbours and end up with a bigger battle. The thought remains though.
I could also as another say, wash the windows. But the way the law works, i think this would turn on my neighbour as this would happen late in the evening and to justify her actions at a late hour, then i'm sure the police would take the nuisance neighbours side before my neighbours.
Other than a possible criminal damage for possibly making her chimney rust from the water, but i dont think this would stick as it is left out in the rain anyway, would our watering act be illegal?
thanks to everyone so far.