The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Ditto - oh merde, scheisse and Fiat :rotfl:

Fiat! :rotfl:



As Quasar would say, you daft button, you! :rotfl:

chris_m

And the NP thread degenerates to something like the Blackadder the Third episode Ink and Incapability - where Dr Johnson asks Prince George if he is simply using his new dictionary to look up rude words, to which Blackadder replies "Why not? That's what all the others will be used for".

:rotfl:

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

And the NP thread degenerates to something like the Blackadder the Third episode Ink and Incapability - where Dr Johnson asks Prince George if he is simply using his new dictionary to look up rude words, to which Blackadder replies "Why not? That's what all the others will be used for".

:rotfl:

So true!

Are we reverting to early adolescence?



Although it's got to be a level up, given that it's in foreign languages!




Now, I wonder what the Japanese would be...........






Edit.. apparently it's

うんこ



:rotfl: honest injun! It was that on google translate! Hahahahahaha!

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Now, I wonder what the Japanese would be...........

Edit.. apparently it's

うんこ

:rotfl: honest injun! It was that on google translate! Hahahahahaha!

In the modern English alphabet I believe that would be spelt d a t s u n :rotfl:

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

In the modern English alphabet I believe that would be spelt d a t s u n :rotfl:

What is it with you and funny cars, Chris?


Mind you, Datsun became Nissan, didn't it? And my Nissan did me proud for 16 years! Am still going Japanesie..... got a Toyota now!

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

What is it with you and funny cars, Chris?

Not funny cars, more "iffy" cars

Mind you, Datsun became Nissan, didn't it?

Yep - the Datsun name became so tarnished due to poor quality cars that when the company improved their designs and quality control they changed the name to Nissan to get away from the old name and all that it meant in the UK market.

And it does seem to have worked, they are selling plenty and they don't seem to suffer from QC or reliability problems any more than most other brands.

Some parts of my Dacia Duster are Nissan sourced - predominantly the 4WD system. The engine may be too, I'm not sure whether Renault or Nissan had the bigger part in designing it - they both use the same engine by the shedload though. So do some other manufacturers too, my Mercedes A-class had the same engine.

I did hear that they are considering reintroducing the Datsun name for a budget range.

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Not funny cars, more "iffy" cars

Yep - the Datsun name became so tarnished due to poor quality cars that when the company improved their designs and quality control they changed the name to Nissan to get away from the old name and all that it meant in the UK market.

That said, I did hear that they are considering reintroducing the Datsun name for a budget range.

That's interesting, because when I got my Nissan, I did some research, and Nissan were top of the league for reliability etc. etc. which is why I went for one.

By the time I was ready for the next car, 16 years later, (and it was still going ok!), Toyota had just pipped them to the post, so that's why I went for them instead. That one's now 11 years old and (touch wood) going strong.

seven-day-weekend

We really rate another car brand that started off with an awful reputation but is now a good vehicle ---we are on our second Skoda

And before that we had a Seat. It had VW on the engine.

Of course they are both VWs really. Skodas are last year's model.

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

Somebody has the startings of a stinky BBQ. It's at an odd stage of burning where I keep thinking my house is on fire! It's just past the stage where you can smell the startup fluid.

There's a lovely small permeating through my house atm - I think it could have something to do with the 2½ litres of strawberry jam I've been making

ukmaggie45

It's very still here at the moment, and just before we shut the caravan door we got a great waft of perfume from the honeysuckle flowers in the hedge.

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