I was feeding my hens some corn, when I noticed the label said it was a 'complimentary chicken feed'. That made me giggle, as I thought of it telling them how good they looked today, and how clever they were to be eating it!
I know English spelling is a minefield but mistakes can make you smile too, like people with bear feet
A friend of mine has recently injured a fetlock, so she freely admits to spending much of her day sitting in front of the box, foot properly raised, flicking through channels. It's a hard life, I know.
Yesterday, she phoned me to say that she had just watched an episode of "As Time Goes By" which she could remember from its first time around in the 1990s. What she couldn't remember though, was that the BBC had dated the series MCMXV.
She was more than impressed that Judi Dench was around in 1915, not to mention television itself, and colour at that!
You got it in one, Danae. She adores horses. I think they should've named her Philippa. She uses language that relates to horses even in more surprizing instances. When her daughter accepted a marriage proposal, she told me that Zoe had decided to share a feedbag with her boyfriend!
Amazing how many people use language, originally relating to animals, for human beings. The commonest such words are, probably, paws, beaks, mandibles, amongst others, though I don't think this phenomenon is as common as the anthropomorphising of animals. All of them are quite amusing, I think, when not used unpleasantly. Your friend sounds rather humorous. I hope her daughter is still feeding out of the same nosebag with her beloved!
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As he, so rightly, should!
I was feeding my hens some corn, when I noticed the label said it was a 'complimentary chicken feed'. That made me giggle, as I thought of it telling them how good they looked today, and how clever they were to be eating it!
I know English spelling is a minefield but mistakes can make you smile too, like people with bear feet
A friend of mine has recently injured a fetlock, so she freely admits to spending much of her day sitting in front of the box, foot properly raised, flicking through channels. It's a hard life, I know.
Yesterday, she phoned me to say that she had just watched an episode of "As Time Goes By" which she could remember from its first time around in the 1990s. What she couldn't remember though, was that the BBC had dated the series MCMXV.
She was more than impressed that Judi Dench was around in 1915, not to mention television itself, and colour at that!
I later watched the repeat; yes, 1915 it was!
Good old Aunty!
I recorded and watched today's episode. That too was dated 1915. It certainly made me giggle on a drzzly evening!
I like the "fetlock" bit. Is she a horse lover?
You got it in one, Danae. She adores horses. I think they should've named her Philippa. She uses language that relates to horses even in more surprizing instances. When her daughter accepted a marriage proposal, she told me that Zoe had decided to share a feedbag with her boyfriend!
Amazing how many people use language, originally relating to animals, for human beings. The commonest such words are, probably, paws, beaks, mandibles, amongst others, though I don't think this phenomenon is as common as the anthropomorphising of animals. All of them are quite amusing, I think, when not used unpleasantly. Your friend sounds rather humorous. I hope her daughter is still feeding out of the same nosebag with her beloved!
I hope not too shocking for anybody!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Dw7bgogHI
This one certainly made me laugh. And think!
Phaidra, it made me think too..thank you for a giggle and a new perspective
Pleasure, B3. I'm so glad young ladies like her exist and make us think. I just wish I had her confidence at her age!