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I spilled some coffee on some light coloured trousers on the way to the London office. The stain was centered right in my lap and I couldn't really go around li
by goatforce5 13y ago
I spilled some coffee on some light coloured trousers on the way to the London office. The stain was centered right in my lap and I couldn't really go around like that all day, so I stopped and bought some cheap trousers at Gap to sort me out.
Pro-tip: Telling your local UK colleagues that you were running late because you stained your pants and needed to get new pants, and then offering to show people the stained pants is going to lead to some awkward moments.
- alan_cx 13y agoAh, wonderfully divided by a common language!!!! :) "Fanny" is a great cause of transatlantic fun too. And if you are a Brit in the US, never ever say, "Im diving out for a fag". You're gonna get some odd looks.
- cschmidt 13y agoMy British in-laws always have a good laugh when we go by the "Frugal Fannies" store in the States.
- ronaldx 13y agoReading that in British English: coffee, meet keyboard.
- madaxe 13y agoEven better is "can I bum a fag?", which wins odd looks on both sides of the pond.
- moioci 13y agoAnd British hosts, please don't offer to knock your American houseguests up in the morning, or any other time.
- btilly 13y agoUnless you're attractive. Then they might appreciate the offer.
- JonnieCache 13y agoFascinating fact: the phrase "knock up," as in awaken by knocking, comes from the industrial revolution, after people were having to rise at a certain hour for the first time in history, but before the invention of the alarm clock. The "knocker-upper" was a person who went round with a long wooden pole, knocking on the windows to get people out of bed for their factory shifts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up
- BerislavLopac 13y agoMy favo(u)rite ambiguous sentence: I'm mad about the flat. What do you think it means? ;-)