The funny things people say 1

I thought I'd share some of the funny things people say here (bear with me though, I might forget, or people might suddenly start talking straight without any amusing things)

One house I looked at - it had a colossal central heating boiler.

I said "C'est énorme!"

The homeowner said "C'est le Rolls de chaudières."

Isn't that nice - she definitely said "the Rolls of boilers".

Comments

Anonymous said…
'Ow do you say eet, "The Lada of boilers?" Would that be one that you would hide away in an outhouse? Yes, yes, I know all you Lada owners, they have improved by leaps and bounds, (and that gives limitless possibilities for retorts), but there has to be a butt of jokes somewhere and, let's face it, Skoda have been too much improved to be 'it'.
9:12 pm
Alan said…
In Britain do we say "It's the Citroën of boilers?"
10:21 pm
Anonymous said…
Hey, watch it, I love my Citroen XM. Plus, the wife has a Xsara, Number 1 daughter a Picasso (car, before I get any more wise cracks from you), Number 2 daughter has a Zantia, Number 3 daughter a Xsara, and then Number 1 son goes and disgraces us by buying a Peugeot! (My late Mother used to refer to them as 'Pigots', which is probably where I get my Ludite tendencies from!
10:45 pm
Alan said…
And we, dear laddo, have a Berlingo, which we love.
11:21 pm
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