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Daft/pointless announcements.
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On trains: "please take all your personal belongings with you".
I'm struggling to understand the difference from "please take all your belongings with you"MothballsWallet wrote: »Aren't peanuts legumes rather than nuts?I need to think of something new here...0 -
lincroft1710 wrote: »Not exactly an announcement, but a phrase used on these boards :
"I didn't want to read and run"
Who cares?? Either post or don't post!
Also, thread title "am I being unreasonable" where the answer is invariably yes.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
Saw a sandwich board style sign outside a shop in Blackpool once ..
"EARS PIERCED WHILE YOU WAIT"
Drat - really wanted to leave them and pick them up later :rotfl:0 -
The incessant announcements on buses, telling you which stop is coming up next. All very well but it’s no good saying “The next stop is XXXX road”, which is often just a small, residential street. I don’t know the road name! They should say something like.....
“The next stop is the one nearest to Marks and Spencer”
Or “The next stop is just by the big church, opposite Lidl”
That’s what we need to know!"I may be many things but not being indiscreet isn't one of them"0 -
Seen on one of those idiotic flashing sign boards that UK motorways have which generally advise of some problem or other ahead which either creased to exist several hours previously or you've long since passed:
** DRIVE CAREFULLY KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD**
(M74, Scotland)
Somehow in some way, there's something. . . flawed about that warning. . .0 -
Wedding dresses advertised for sale-only worn once.
That is the usual pattern..0 -
"EARS PIERCED WHILE YOU WAIT"
Drat - really wanted to leave them and pick them up later :rotfl:
They did try EARS PIERCED WHILE YOU'RE RUNNING FOR THE BUS but people kept jumping on the bus with a needle hanging out and forgetting to pay.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0 -
Bedsit_Bob wrote: »I'll start.
On self-service tills:-
"Please don't forget your change. Cash is dispensed below the scanner."
What other kind of change is there, other than cash :huh:0
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