MFP New Years Resolutions (the lighter side)
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suziecue20 wrote: »I don't live in England either Carlos. I live in Wales [which has its own language] but the English language is the English language.
And it's fluid. The English you speak today varies (from slightly to greatly) from the English spoken by people 100, 200, 500, 1000 years ago.
I resolve to embrace change. Just like the Oxford dictionary that added this list of words last year. A couple funny ones were the b word that begins with bukk and the frist two f words.0 -
Blueseraphchaos wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »Gah. Regimen/regiment.
And regime.
Every time someone says "exercise regime" I think of Kim Jong Il wearing sweatbands.
I saw regime today and immediately thought of Hitler.
I wanna try the Hitler diet. .......yeah.
I need a gif of Richard Simmons doing the salute.0 -
Blueseraphchaos wrote: »juggernaut1974 wrote: »I will probably still think less of people if they reply to an OP without reading the other replies.
Sorry, not sorry.
I'm sure your opinion of me must be in the gutter then @Orphia :bigsmile: because almost the only fun I now get out of foruming on MFP is thread bingo
read OP
answer
read up and see who I've agreed with, disagreed with and unconsciously insulted
since we are now devoid of any form of personality I must get my jollies somewhere
bitternotbitter
I almost created a thread titled, "Is there anyone else out there that purposely only reads the OP before commenting?"
I thought I was the only one. I'm glad to know I'm not.
Wait, I thought we were only supposed to respond to the OP and not talk to, argue with, or reply to other posters?
I resolve to use more gifs within the context of thoughtful replies because I refuse to allow that user to ruin my forums.
ETA: this resolution would be much easier if I could figure out how to copy image locations from my phone...
Your reply needs more GIF
I'm on my phone and that's where the problem comes in.
Ha, and I didn't even realize you posted an image until I quoted you because the app is still broken...
The app has been broken for me for over a year. Devs be like WE WORKIN ON IT SORRY FOR DA INCONVENIENCE
F off.
But, round avi's!
All i see are....4 light gray lines outlining....nothing.
And i NEVER see gifs or pics anymore. It's very disappointing. I have no idea what my own picture is! Lol0 -
Which is why i resolve to never buy the premium version.
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Carlos_421 wrote: »suziecue20 wrote: »middlehaitch wrote: »On a more ludicrous note, sorry for the slight off topic.
BBC World News this week: Wales is thinking of changing some of the Welsh place-names so other denizens of the isle can pronounce them. Incredible!
What do they do when they go abroad?
Glad you kept your comment current @rabbitjb by including the extra moisture. Well worth the coffee spit.
Cheers, h.
Oh I have no trouble pronouncing place names when I'm abroad h, compared to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch they're no trouble.middlehaitch wrote: »Wow, it is a good job you can write in English @suziecue20. Or was it a talented babel fish that translated for you?
Cheers, h.
Babel fish are very nutritious.
If that's a real place I definitely want to go there!
Apparently it is:
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Carlos_421 wrote: »suziecue20 wrote: »middlehaitch wrote: »On a more ludicrous note, sorry for the slight off topic.
BBC World News this week: Wales is thinking of changing some of the Welsh place-names so other denizens of the isle can pronounce them. Incredible!
What do they do when they go abroad?
Glad you kept your comment current @rabbitjb by including the extra moisture. Well worth the coffee spit.
Cheers, h.
Oh I have no trouble pronouncing place names when I'm abroad h, compared to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch they're no trouble.middlehaitch wrote: »Wow, it is a good job you can write in English @suziecue20. Or was it a talented babel fish that translated for you?
Cheers, h.
Babel fish are very nutritious.
If that's a real place I definitely want to go there!
It is a real place Carlos but you'd better brush up on your Welsh, even the sheep speak it there!
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Carlos_421 wrote: »suziecue20 wrote: »middlehaitch wrote: »On a more ludicrous note, sorry for the slight off topic.
BBC World News this week: Wales is thinking of changing some of the Welsh place-names so other denizens of the isle can pronounce them. Incredible!
What do they do when they go abroad?
Glad you kept your comment current @rabbitjb by including the extra moisture. Well worth the coffee spit.
Cheers, h.
Oh I have no trouble pronouncing place names when I'm abroad h, compared to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch they're no trouble.middlehaitch wrote: »Wow, it is a good job you can write in English @suziecue20. Or was it a talented babel fish that translated for you?
Cheers, h.
Babel fish are very nutritious.
If that's a real place I definitely want to go there!
Apparently it is:suziecue20 wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »suziecue20 wrote: »middlehaitch wrote: »On a more ludicrous note, sorry for the slight off topic.
BBC World News this week: Wales is thinking of changing some of the Welsh place-names so other denizens of the isle can pronounce them. Incredible!
What do they do when they go abroad?
Glad you kept your comment current @rabbitjb by including the extra moisture. Well worth the coffee spit.
Cheers, h.
Oh I have no trouble pronouncing place names when I'm abroad h, compared to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch they're no trouble.middlehaitch wrote: »Wow, it is a good job you can write in English @suziecue20. Or was it a talented babel fish that translated for you?
Cheers, h.
Babel fish are very nutritious.
If that's a real place I definitely want to go there!
It is a real place Carlos but you'd better brush up on your Welsh, even the sheep speak it there!
Hellooooo Bucket List!!!!0 -
My dad used to call it LLanfairPG, but he was of a generation where speaking Welsh was considered a sign of the uneducated. He also used to say that he was from "Proper Wales", meaning the south LOL!0
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suziecue20 wrote: »I don't live in England either Carlos. I live in Wales [which has its own language] but the English language is the English language.
And it's fluid. The English you speak today varies (from slightly to greatly) from the English spoken by people 100, 200, 500, 1000 years ago.
I resolve to embrace change. Just like the Oxford dictionary that added this list of words last year. A couple funny ones were the b word that begins with bukk and the frist two f words.
And im so proud of myself! I commented on a post without reading to the end!
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CurlyCockney wrote: »My dad used to call it LLanfairPG, but he was of a generation where speaking Welsh was considered a sign of the uneducated. He also used to say that he was from "Proper Wales", meaning the south LOL!
Its gone all the other way now CurlyCockney = all the posh English parents in Wales send their kids to Welsh speaking schools. It's ever so PC [politically correct] to learn Welsh.
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I will stop shaking my head at posters who respond without reading the original post in its entirety. It's like once their eyes see a certain phrase or term, they ignore the rest of the post which leads to them giving a 'straight' answer that wasn't needed.
I will also stop shaking my head at posters who respond to other posters with comments such as "this isn't fitness/diet/forum related" when they themselves make such posts that are not related to the forum topic.
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llUndecidedll wrote: »I will stop shaking my head at posters who respond without reading the original post in its entirety. It's like once their eyes see a certain phrase or term, they ignore the rest of the post which leads to them giving a 'straight' answer that wasn't needed.
I will also stop shaking my head at posters who respond to other posters with comments such as "this isn't fitness/diet/forum related" when they themselves make such posts that are not related to the forum topic.
I resolve to shake my head more than ever (to burn calories).
Related: In my head, I always respond to the thread title itself and then I'm disappointed that my answer would actually have nothing to do with the OP itself.0 -
suziecue20 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »My dad used to call it LLanfairPG, but he was of a generation where speaking Welsh was considered a sign of the uneducated. He also used to say that he was from "Proper Wales", meaning the south LOL!
Its gone all the other way now CurlyCockney = all the posh English parents in Wales send their kids to Welsh speaking schools. It's ever so PC [politically correct] to learn Welsh.
I think that's a good idea, as it's a shame to lose languages. I believe the Cornish do the same. Even here, in Cockneyland, it's not seen as uneducated to use colloquialisms or rhyming slang any more (mainly thanks to television seeing us as 'trendy' for a while). I wouldn't want correct English to suffer as a consequence though.0 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »llUndecidedll wrote: »I will stop shaking my head at posters who respond without reading the original post in its entirety. It's like once their eyes see a certain phrase or term, they ignore the rest of the post which leads to them giving a 'straight' answer that wasn't needed.
I will also stop shaking my head at posters who respond to other posters with comments such as "this isn't fitness/diet/forum related" when they themselves make such posts that are not related to the forum topic.
I resolve to shake my head more than ever (to burn calories).
Related: In my head, I always respond to the thread title itself and then I'm disappointed that my answer would actually have nothing to do with the OP itself.
Don't forget to log it 'yo
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juggernaut1974 wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »llUndecidedll wrote: »I will stop shaking my head at posters who respond without reading the original post in its entirety. It's like once their eyes see a certain phrase or term, they ignore the rest of the post which leads to them giving a 'straight' answer that wasn't needed.
I will also stop shaking my head at posters who respond to other posters with comments such as "this isn't fitness/diet/forum related" when they themselves make such posts that are not related to the forum topic.
I resolve to shake my head more than ever (to burn calories).
Related: In my head, I always respond to the thread title itself and then I'm disappointed that my answer would actually have nothing to do with the OP itself.
Don't forget to log it 'yo
Nah, I roll TDEE.
ETA: Then again, as much as head shaking could add up, I guess I need to raise my goal by a few hundred calories...0 -
I resolve to post more on the boards in 2016. People constantly go on about snarky this and snarky that but this thread has shown me that there is intelligence, knowledge, wit [how I admire that] and a good old sense of humour around....hooray!!!0
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u spelt homur wrungsuziecue20 wrote: »I resolve to post more on the boards in 2016. People constantly go on about snarky this and snarky that but this thread has shown me that there is intelligence, knowledge, wit [how I admire that] and a good old sense of humour around....hooray!!!
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_Terrapin_ wrote: »
u spelt homur wrungsuziecue20 wrote: »I resolve to post more on the boards in 2016. People constantly go on about snarky this and snarky that but this thread has shown me that there is intelligence, knowledge, wit [how I admire that] and a good old sense of humour around....hooray!!!
Oh no I didn't....oh yes you did...oh no I didn't......
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CurlyCockney wrote: »suziecue20 wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »My dad used to call it LLanfairPG, but he was of a generation where speaking Welsh was considered a sign of the uneducated. He also used to say that he was from "Proper Wales", meaning the south LOL!
Its gone all the other way now CurlyCockney = all the posh English parents in Wales send their kids to Welsh speaking schools. It's ever so PC [politically correct] to learn Welsh.
I think that's a good idea, as it's a shame to lose languages. I believe the Cornish do the same. Even here, in Cockneyland, it's not seen as uneducated to use colloquialisms or rhyming slang any more (mainly thanks to television seeing us as 'trendy' for a while). I wouldn't want correct English to suffer as a consequence though.
I lived and worked in London for years and love the Cockney rhyming slang - I've just had a cup of rosie lee before going up the apple and pears to brush my barnet fair....0 -
suziecue20 wrote: »_Terrapin_ wrote: »
u spelt homur wrungsuziecue20 wrote: »I resolve to post more on the boards in 2016. People constantly go on about snarky this and snarky that but this thread has shown me that there is intelligence, knowledge, wit [how I admire that] and a good old sense of humour around....hooray!!!
Oh no I didn't....oh yes you did...oh no I didn't......
We have a Burnley man; local f-u-t-b-o-l coach. I have learned spiked, mashed, and other terms mean different things to an Englishman versus a 'Merican.
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_Terrapin_ wrote: »suziecue20 wrote: »_Terrapin_ wrote: »
u spelt homur wrungsuziecue20 wrote: »I resolve to post more on the boards in 2016. People constantly go on about snarky this and snarky that but this thread has shown me that there is intelligence, knowledge, wit [how I admire that] and a good old sense of humour around....hooray!!!
Oh no I didn't....oh yes you did...oh no I didn't......
We have a Burnley man; local f-u-t-b-o-l coach. I have learned spiked, mashed, and other terms mean different things to an Englishman versus a 'Merican.
Yes, if you ask for a rubber over here you'll get a pencil eraser
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I resolve to make posts so @Carlos_421 can nod his head.
(Trying a different routine will get you out of that plateau you have been in since new year.)
Definitely need a like button for posts in this thread.
Cheers, h.0 -
middlehaitch wrote: »I resolve to make posts so @Carlos_421 can nod his head.
(Trying a different routine will get you out of that plateau you have been in since new year.)
Definitely need a like button for posts in this thread.
Cheers, h.
An honorable resolution!!0 -
Um.... no, it's the other way around, you pay on the way in, it's free on the way out. I'd hate to think you were trapped in our lovely country under false pretences!suziecue20 wrote: »It costs nothing to enter Wales but you get charged when you leave - toll bridge = £6.50 - I'm too poor to leave
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Um.... no, it's the other way around, you pay on the way in, it's free on the way out. I'd hate to think you were trapped in our lovely country under false pretences!suziecue20 wrote: »It costs nothing to enter Wales but you get charged when you leave - toll bridge = £6.50 - I'm too poor to leave
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suziecue20 wrote: »_Terrapin_ wrote: »suziecue20 wrote: »_Terrapin_ wrote: »
u spelt homur wrungsuziecue20 wrote: »I resolve to post more on the boards in 2016. People constantly go on about snarky this and snarky that but this thread has shown me that there is intelligence, knowledge, wit [how I admire that] and a good old sense of humour around....hooray!!!
Oh no I didn't....oh yes you did...oh no I didn't......
We have a Burnley man; local f-u-t-b-o-l coach. I have learned spiked, mashed, and other terms mean different things to an Englishman versus a 'Merican.
Yes, if you ask for a rubber over here you'll get a pencil eraser
And don't go to the UK and talk about your fanny pack! (US term for 'bum bag', for those of you in the UK - I understand the meaning is quite different there!)0 -
I will stop raging at those who dispute scientific proof from the back so their unicorns.
I will laugh more at cleanse/fail threads.0 -
I resolve to post my more facetious comments and hope the multi cultural readers will get it.
I usually self monitor my sense of humour. Exterminate, exterminate.
Cheers, h.0 -
suziecue20 wrote: »_Terrapin_ wrote: »suziecue20 wrote: »_Terrapin_ wrote: »
u spelt homur wrungsuziecue20 wrote: »I resolve to post more on the boards in 2016. People constantly go on about snarky this and snarky that but this thread has shown me that there is intelligence, knowledge, wit [how I admire that] and a good old sense of humour around....hooray!!!
Oh no I didn't....oh yes you did...oh no I didn't......
We have a Burnley man; local f-u-t-b-o-l coach. I have learned spiked, mashed, and other terms mean different things to an Englishman versus a 'Merican.
Yes, if you ask for a rubber over here you'll get a pencil eraser
And don't go to the UK and talk about your fanny pack! (US term for 'bum bag', for those of you in the UK - I understand the meaning is quite different there!)
There is an amazing essay by Joseph O'Connor about some language differences between Irish soccer fans and tour guides at Florida's Disney World. Happily, I managed to find an excerpt:
http://dublinerinjapan.blogspot.com/2008/06/332-disneyworld-with-joe.htmlOur tour guide Wanda is waiting for us. Wanda is a very nice young woman from Kissimee [in Florida, there are two ms]. "There are some rully good rides here at The Magic Kingdom," she says, to a chorus of snuffles and titters. "We have big rides, small rides, scary rides, happy rides, whatever kind of ride you like you can find here at The Magic Kingdom." One fan is falling about the place now and another -- Crocko by name -- is laughing his bloody dentures out. Wanda must be wondering what it is she is saying that has all these grown men nearly widdling with laughter. But, true professional that she is, she continues.
"Er ... some of the rides have been here for a long time, but other rides are new, and here at Disney we're constantly looking at ways to make rides more exciting." The fans are slapping their thighs and guffawing at this stage. One usually quiet man from Laois is actually honking with laughter, throwing his ponderous head back and honking like a great big white-legged hysterical mallard duck. Honko, I'm going to call him from now on.
"What's so funny?" Wanda says.
"Nothing, Wanda," Honko replies.
"No, c'mon," she says, "Am I like, saying something funny?"
"Not at all, Wanda. You're grand, sweetheart. And c'mere, tellus, do you like the odd ride yourself, Wanda?"
"Oh yes, of course."
"And how many rides would you have a day?"
"Oh, I dunno, three or four I guess. Depends how much spare time I get."...
Things are about to get even worse, however. An enormous structure depicting Mickey Mouse is pointed out on the horizon. Wanda tells us, her voice fairly brimming over with pride, "and guys, you know what, that's the largest self-supporting Mickey in the whole of the United States."
Well, I don't think I have to describe the communal reaction, really. It is as though the entire party has been blasted with laughing gas. Several of the supporters will need medical attention soon.
"Oh, there are other Mickeys," Wanda sniffs, dismissively, "there's a rully big Mickey in California, of course, and there are some rully large Mickeys in some of the other states, and a big old Mickey over there in Eurodisney. But I gotta tell you, we're real proud of our superb superbig Mickey that we got down here in Florida."0 -
Tears were nearly rolling down my face at that @lemurcat12.
I resolve not to giggle at terms from a non British country that has sexual connotations for the Brits, but to reply with a straight face,employing the same terminology, even if I am rolling on the floor wetting myself laughing.
Cheers, h.0
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