A conversation I had yesterday has got me wondering - about the odd, strange an down right weird things we say.
Amongst my favourites are:
A statement from a former superviser when moving several people from one working area to another -
'Follow me, I'll be right behind you'
The comment 'It doesn't make sense does it' - the pure and simple logic of reasoning of the very short ensuing conversation was:
Chris - 'It doesn't make sense does it'
Me - 'What doesn't make sense?'
Chris - 'I don't know!'
He then wandered off leaving me completely bemused - and to this day I still don't know what he didn't understand!
And the 'Is this sausage dead?' conversation which went like this:
Scout - 'Is this sausage dead?'
Me - 'Did it squeal when you pushed that stick throught it?'
Scout - 'No'
Me - 'Did it squeal when you put it put it over the embers?'
Scout - 'No'
Me - 'I think that we can safely assume that you do, indeed, have a dead sausage on your stick'
Scout - 'So, it's ok to eat it then?'
Me - 'No, it's still raw'
Scout - 'But you said it was dead!'
I'm going to try to keep him away from the subject of fish fingers!
Isn't *daft* great
Amongst my favourites are:
A statement from a former superviser when moving several people from one working area to another -
'Follow me, I'll be right behind you'
The comment 'It doesn't make sense does it' - the pure and simple logic of reasoning of the very short ensuing conversation was:
Chris - 'It doesn't make sense does it'
Me - 'What doesn't make sense?'
Chris - 'I don't know!'
He then wandered off leaving me completely bemused - and to this day I still don't know what he didn't understand!
And the 'Is this sausage dead?' conversation which went like this:
Scout - 'Is this sausage dead?'
Me - 'Did it squeal when you pushed that stick throught it?'
Scout - 'No'
Me - 'Did it squeal when you put it put it over the embers?'
Scout - 'No'
Me - 'I think that we can safely assume that you do, indeed, have a dead sausage on your stick'
Scout - 'So, it's ok to eat it then?'
Me - 'No, it's still raw'
Scout - 'But you said it was dead!'
I'm going to try to keep him away from the subject of fish fingers!
Isn't *daft* great