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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They're a tool that I use when necessary and it's always relaxing to remove them - just like walking into dappled shade after searingly bright sunshine.
    Apart from no padding on your shins, another human design fault is the absence of earlids. Noselids might be useful too in some circumstances.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    B3 said:
    Being slightly deaf and loath to use my hearing aids, I often find that what I think I heard is much more interesting than what was actually said.
    I agree totally.
    West Yorkshire
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    There's a guy who regularly appears on archeological digs who is unable to pronounce his "R"s.  Rather like the 'singer' in Only Fools and Horses.  I don't doubt he is extremely knowledgeable but when he comes out with something like "Pwobably Pwe Woeman" I struggle to listen.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    “I rank as high as any man in Rome” - well, that was what Pontius Pilate wanted to say in the Life of Brian. “Stwike him, centuwion, very woughly.”
    Rutland, England
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    When it was first noticeable that my youngest grandson couldn’t pronounce his ‘R’ s my daughter worked very hard on his speech, when he started school the teacher did the same, after a few years he’s absolutely fine, you wouldn’t know now that he ever spoke like that.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    British tourists in France whinging about not being able to get back " in time" before tomorrow morning . 
    If the risk in France is enough to warrant quarantining , it should have been introduced immediately , not " 4am Saturday" . 
    Devon.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I always listen to Radio , few months back I thought they were advertising a programme coming on called "Gross Incontince", turns out to be "Crossing Continents" Dont get me started on people putting a K on nothing and something
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    As a literacy tutor , doubling consonants (say it aloud if you don't  get it) amused me, but it was lost on my students  
    My worksheets involved characters such as Iris Stew. Straight over their heads but you get amusement where you can 
    I never mentioned the famous Russians, Segovia Carpet and Yaputya Leftleggin, though 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I always have a sensible chuckle about the cross incontinents on the radio.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I used to have a rep selling "Babies Bockles".  Irritated me to death it did.  Don't get me started on Bron i cal balsam for chests.
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