Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand - Part 4

[Syd]

Personally I don't mind seeing blokes buying flowers on Valentine's….Reminds me of my own younger self, when I still believed in Romance.

The florist shops also depend upon this day to maintain a living.....Saw plenty of women buying them this year too.

$100 for 6 short stemmed roses off a table at the local shopping centre, I wouldn’t believe in romance either.

Haven’t been to a florist in over a decade.

 

[Over The Post]

MrBeast bought his GF 100,000 roses for VDay. It's on youtube if you care enough to look at it.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Putting the "Mindy from reception got 486 flowers!" in a different context

I received them once from my girlfriend at the office as a 21 year old....Boy did the lads rip into me about it for weeks thereafter.....'Flower-Boy' is not a nick-name you want to cultivate in an all-male office.

 

[edgie]

Missus and I never do Valentine's Day and it's a fantastic agreement.

I did buy a teddy bear once but it was too cute and cuddly to leave on he shelf.


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[Cuzz09]

Missus and I never do Valentine's Day and it's a fantastic agreement.


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Same. We just say it in normal conversation.

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[peternorth]

tones and i pronouncing coasting as "ceuwsting"

 

[Billy ray]

tones and i pronouncing <anything>

EFA

 

[Swamps alias]

do you also say ‘preuwnouncing’

 

[Cuzz09]

I hate it when people say "appreciate" like "App-Ree-See-ate" its "App-Ree-She-ate"

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[the_interloper]

tones and i pronouncing coasting as "ceuwsting"

What's up with her ******* voice anyway, does she actually talk like that?

 

[Billy ray]

What's up with her ******* voice anyway, does she actually talk like that?

Never heard her speak but i know in one of her songs there are a couple of lines where she sounds less baby-ish. So its vexing

 

[Beerfish]

I hate it when people say "appreciate" like "App-Ree-See-ate" its "App-Ree-She-ate"

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John Farnham dislikes this.

 

[Quivorir]

I hate it when people say "appreciate" like "App-Ree-See-ate" its "App-Ree-She-ate"

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My mother does this. Same with 'peninsula'.

 

[Cuzz09]

John Farnham looks unwell.

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[drd23]

What's up with her ******* voice anyway, does she actually talk like that?

I imagine its just her style of signing where she emphasises certain sounds. Christina Aguilera did something similar, didn't she?

As for her everyday voice, she probably sounds like a Frankston bogan.

 

[Scotland]

Reminds me of the old gag. Took the missus on holiday to the Caribbean. Where, Jamaica? Nah she wanted to go.

This gag reminds me of Kingswood Country.

Ted: 'My wife went to Jamaica. Where, in the Caribbean? Nah she went of her own accord'

Followed by the predictable argument between Bruno and Ted about how he's saying it wrong and doesn't understand why it's funny. And no doubt some casual racism thrown in.

 

[Beerfish]

Money on the fridge wog.

 

[the_interloper]

Money on the fridge wog.

I remember Bruno borrowing his razor once, Ted was devastated because "all of those little wog hairs" in his razor made him feel sick!

 

[Beerfish]

I remember Bruno borrowing his razor once, Ted was devastated because "all of those little wog hairs" in his razor made him feel sick!

I guess we won't be seeing reruns any time soon.

 

[Scotland]

Your purple Valiant is dripping oil on my driveway! You lot wouldn't know about driveways, fruit shops don't them.

 

[the_interloper]

I guess we won't be seeing reruns any time soon.

Ah the good old days before racism was bad!

 

[Beerfish]

Ah the good old days before racism was bad!

Guess we won't be seeing any Acropolis Now! reruns either. Or maybe that's still ok?

 

[Billy ray]

Guess we won't be seeing any Acropolis Now! reruns either. Or maybe that's still ok?

I remember love thy neighbour and he said to him you have coloured blood

 

[Scotland]

Acceptable racism in media is just something that varies with time. The Major in Fawlty Towers referred to the West Indian cricket team as n----rs (not sure if that auto-censors) and that has been cut from modern broadcasts. The whole point of the reference was that the character was old and racist even by 1970s standards but it's still been cut.

Kingswood Country seems outdated, but then Chris Lilley pretends to be a Tongan teenager, US rapper, Japanese mother etc. 30 years later and people find it hilarious. Shows like The Wire and Sons of Anarchy contain heaps of racist language and stereotypes but the point is provide context. People would tune out pretty quickly if street gang members start addressing each other with non threatening, gender neutral PC language.

 

[akkaps]

Acceptable racism in media is just something that varies with time. The Major in Fawlty Towers referred to the West Indian cricket team as n----rs (not sure if that auto-censors) and that has been cut from modern broadcasts. The whole point of the reference was that the character was old and racist even by 1970s standards but it's still been cut.

I used this exact quote as my sig about two years ago. Got a week off due to it.