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Trevor
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« on: May 09, 2019, 08:10:48 AM »

A 'traffic light' is called a robot.
A car's trunk is called a boot.
A car's hood is called a bonnet.
A bathroom is a toilet or if crudeness is needed, a kak huis.  Buggedout
We use the letter 'u' in words where American friends don't, such as humour and neighbour.
We call a theater a cinema.


Odd things:

We drive on the left side of the road.
Our car's steering wheels are on the right.
You cannot buy a TV set here without a licence.
Before 1994, you could not watch a movie in a cinema on a Sunday.

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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2019, 10:17:56 AM »

Other than the traffic light and the toilet, it is the same in the UK.
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2019, 12:06:52 PM »

You think that's crazy?  Here in the US there are about 1.2 guns for every person.  Of course you can have .2 of a gun, because you are working on piecing something together so that makes sense.  But there are some people that have zero so the rest of us have to make up for them.  I own seven for example.
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2019, 12:14:34 PM »

Did you see the guns in raid on the LA mansion?
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2019, 03:28:33 PM »

you've got me and hubby covered then, bushma. i probably have you covered for knives in return.
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2019, 04:50:28 PM »

Did you see the guns in raid on the LA mansion?

Yeah, it was about 1000.  While I'm really jealous, I imagine that those weren't legally acquired, and I'm glad they got busted.

you've got me and hubby covered then, bushma. i probably have you covered for knives in return.
So far I've just got my family covered, but I'll work on it for you.  Wink

As far as knives, I'd bet you do. I just have the normal kitchen set, a couple pocket knives, and a machete for working in the yard.
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2019, 05:10:48 PM »

A car's trunk is called a boot.

This adds new meaning to the sentence, "I'd like to give that guy a boot in the ass."



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« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2019, 01:42:36 AM »

Other than the traffic light and the toilet, it is the same in the UK.

So the UK also had a no-movies-on-Sunday law? Wow. Ours was under a act of Parliament called the "Sunday Observance Act".  Question
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2019, 01:43:13 AM »

A car's trunk is called a boot.

This adds new meaning to the sentence, "I'd like to give that guy a boot in the ass."

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« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2019, 01:45:04 AM »

A pick up truck is called a 'bakkie' [buh-kee]: everyone knows what you're on about if you say that word.
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« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2019, 03:30:32 PM »

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« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2019, 09:37:31 PM »

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« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2019, 01:03:53 PM »


You cannot buy a TV set here without a licence.


Is that just a disguised tax?

Could you get your license revoked for reckless TV watching?
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« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2019, 04:52:14 PM »

Did you see the guns in raid on the LA mansion?

Yeah, it was about 1000.  While I'm really jealous, I imagine that those weren't legally acquired, and I'm glad they got busted.

you've got me and hubby covered then, bushma. i probably have you covered for knives in return.
So far I've just got my family covered, but I'll work on it for you.  Wink

As far as knives, I'd bet you do. I just have the normal kitchen set, a couple pocket knives, and a machete for working in the yard.


lol, i have 6 feet of magnetic strips in my kitchen, 4 feet is just knives. 1/2 of that is the"touch it and die" knives. partly because those are my specialty knives, and partly because they'll hurt you if you look at them wrong, they're that sharp. the other 2 feet is utensils like whips and tongs and mashers, and my bonesaw...that sounds weird, doesn't it? :D

  the machete went with the other garden stuff to my friends homeless outreach program. it's getting serious use this spring, so much rain that people's back alleys are jungles!
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« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2019, 12:20:38 AM »

You have whips in your kitchen? Sounds like that is either very kinky, or for use on anyone who goes near your knives.

And yes, I know that comment will have you calling me butthead.  BounceGiggle
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