Shaving the baby?

Stench Blossoms

Was in work the other day and someone said "sorry can't talk i'm shavin the baby"

What the hell does that mean????

aidan_walsh

You didn't think to ask them at the time?

Stench Blossoms

No they hung up

Dinner

Were they, by any chance, actually shaving the baby? Giving it a haircut or something?

Stench Blossoms

I wouldnt think so as baby's hair isnt suppose to be cut until their older.. Maybe it was some sort of gorilla baby that they wanted to pass off as a normal baby

Tusky

report them to the police right away.

Optimus

Shaving there privates I guess

johnny_ultimate

Whenever there's an unexplained expression, there's only ever one meaning it could be.
Lads you know what I mean








That's right, aliens.

RobertFoster

Are they Sunni by any chance? Some religions (Sunni Islam is one of them) shave the heads of new borns.

nlgbbbblth

orla wrote:

No they hung up

Ring them back - or PM me their number and I'll ask them.

Mr.Nice Guy

orla wrote:

Was in work the other day and someone said "sorry can't talk i'm shavin the baby"

What the hell does that mean????

It might mean the babies have a father called Pat Mustard.

Tiriel

maybe they said "bathing" the baby.. as in to bathe.. might have sounded like shaving!!

Miguel_Sanchez

I don't know what it means but I know that the Irish film board funded a short film last year or the year before titled 'Shaving the Baby'.

Although it was actually about someone shaving a baby but I presume it's a play on the phrase that you're talking about.

[edit]From a Google search it looks like it's a part of the Islamic faith to shave a baby's head a week after its birth.[/edit]

Stench Blossoms

Cork_girl wrote:

maybe they said "bathing" the baby.. as in to bathe.. might have sounded like shaving!!

i thought about that but then i was thinking that they would be more like to say "giving the baby a bath" than bathing the baby..

I'm pretty sure he said shaving the baby though

Karoma

orla wrote:

I wouldnt think so as baby's hair isnt suppose to be cut until their older.. Maybe it was some sort of gorilla baby that they wanted to pass off as a normal baby

Too much XFM or new of the world for you

C_G's theory is sound...and boring:p

It's a common religious practice (Not just an Islamic thing AFAIK).

...ask them! you have to now!or gimme their number.
(At the very least: give some depth to the story: why you were ringing..are they related or friends..what you know of their background..religion??? )

Hairy babies consume my time and imagination yet again

aidan_walsh

orla wrote:

i thought about that but then i was thinking that they would be more like to say "giving the baby a bath" than bathing the baby..

I'm pretty sure he said shaving the baby though

Never assume what people are likely to say ,especially if you don't know them.

Stench Blossoms

I work in telesales thats why i was ringin, i hadnt even told them who i was they just answered the phone and said "sorry can't talk i'm shaving the baby"

aidan_walsh

orla wrote:

I work in telesales

You're not one of them feckin' Tele2 c***s that keeps calling are you?

orla wrote:

"sorry can't talk i'm shaving the baby"

Almost definately pick up "bathing the baby" wrong so.

Sangre

I don't know about you but my scrotum resembles a scrunched up baby face.

Stench Blossoms

aidan_walsh wrote:

You're not one of them feckin' Tele2 c***s that keeps calling are you?

haha no i'm not!!

aidan_walsh wrote:

Almost definately pick up "bathing the baby" wrong so.

I listened over the call again and i'm 100% sure it was "shaving the baby"

Interceptor

Ah, it all becomes clear - they figured you were cold-calling and just gave you a line. It sounds like you got through to my brother actually as he often answers the phone with gibberish. I have pretended to have epileptic fits when AIB called about my outstanding Visa balance so why would shaving a baby be so different. You should have read your sig to them and that would get their attention

'cptr

Stench Blossoms

no i don't think it was just a line because i hadnt even said hello. They just answered the phone and said

"can't talk, i'm shaving the baby"

aidan_walsh

orla wrote:

no i don't think it was just a line because i hadnt even said hello.

If a telesales group call you enough, you can learn to recognise the number when it appears on CallerID.

Stench Blossoms

aidan_walsh wrote:

If a telesales group call you enough, you can learn to recognise the number when it appears on CallerID.

I checked the call history, they hadnt been called before

Karoma

Any chance of posting the recorded call? humm?
Were they,um (Think P.C...), "Foreign nationals" ?

Stench Blossoms

Karoma wrote:

Any chance of posting the recorded call? humm?
Were they,um (Think P.C...), "Foreign nationals" ?

Sorry can't post the call i'd be sacked

he was a dubliner....

**Timbuk2**

Its obvious. Some people don't like telemarketers. Interceptor is right, they just probably said that to get rid of you (no offence!!!:p )

orla wrote:

no i don't think it was just a line because i hadnt even said hello. They just answered the phone and said

"can't talk, i'm shaving the baby"

I know if there is a telemarketer calling because I have caller ID and if I see this big long Dublin number I know that it is one because I live way outside Dublin and know nobody that would call me from Dublin

Interceptor

Definitely call them again and see if they give the same response. Pretend to have a baby that needs shaving - find out what they charge. Inhale helium when you call and pretend to be a baby looking to be shaved... Oh this thread is gone silly - I'm off.

'c

Karoma

orla wrote:

Sorry can't post the call i'd be sacked

he was a dubliner....

Right so.... gimme his number!

Karoma

Interceptor wrote:

Definitely call them again and see if they give the same response. Pretend to have a baby that needs shaving - find out what they charge. Inhale helium when you call and pretend to be a baby looking to be shaved... Oh this thread is gone silly - I'm off.

'c

:v:

Stench Blossoms

Karoma wrote:

Right so.... gimme his number!

If i did that i'd be sacked aswell! I'll try ring them again on monday and see what they say

Shrimp

Come from the expression Baby-Face.

I'm shaving the baby = I'm shaving the face.

Simple really.

Karoma

Shrimp wrote:

Come from the expression Baby-Face.

I'm shaving the baby = I'm shaving the face.

Simple really.

Is this an expression which you or people you know regularly use!?

Why did he even bother to answer the phone if it is the case TBH..

Shrimp

Karoma wrote:

Is this an expression which you or people you know regularly use!?

Why did he even bother to answer the phone if it is the case TBH..

Well it's kinda cockney speak, for instance when some might say..

Pat Rafter = (See you after)
Are you telling porkies? = (porkies - pork pies - lies)
He was loafed on the nose = (loaf of bread = head)

So on and so forth.

aidan_walsh

Shrimp wrote:

Well it's kinda cockney speak, for instance when some might say..

Pat Rafter = (See you after)
Are you telling porkies? = (porkies - pork pies - lies)
He was loafed on the nose = (loaf of bread = head)

So on and so forth.

God I hate that ****...

Karoma

Well, cockney-speak = rhyming slang (Even if some of it has changed due to shortening-ex: porkies. )So baby-face.. doesn't quite fit in with this.. but hey, if you say so! Have you heard it used,or use it yourself?
I'm curious as I have never heard it used.

Capt'n Midnight

I always thought it was a humourious fob-off, like
"sorry can't make it, I've got to take the goldfish for a walk"

BrenC

It was prob just a random thing to say so you'd hang up,

Or else they could have been...you know...you know

johnny_ultimate

Whatever it is, I dont think it will be suitable for those under the age of twenty one.

Shrimp

Karoma wrote:

Well, cockney-speak = rhyming slang (Even if some of it has changed due to shortening-ex: porkies. )So baby-face.. doesn't quite fit in with this.. but hey, if you say so! Have you heard it used,or use it yourself?
I'm curious as I have never heard it used.

I haven't ever heard it before, and to be honest i dont cockney speak. However you cna nearly always guess them.

^CwAzY^

Interceptor wrote:

Pretend to have a baby that needs shaving - find out what they charge. Inhale helium when you call and pretend to be a baby looking to be shaved

You need to take this man's advice orla. It's for the good of mankind.. :v:

scuba steve

it could have been a spider-baby they were shaving

Kernel

"Beat On The Brat"

Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat with a baseball bat
Oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh.

What can you do?
What can you do?
With a brat like that always on your back
What can you do? (lose?)

accensi0n

Do you do telesales for any of the following companies?

Gaelic
Imagine
Onetel
Smart

Which telesales company do you work for?

Do you despise verifiers?

Siogfinsceal

i think they were being cheeky cos u were telesales and they didnt want to talk to you (had it myself worked in sales). id say its the same as chokin the chicken!!

Siogfinsceal

i dare you to ring them again and say your selling baby shaving equipment!!

Stench Blossoms

accensi0n wrote:

Do you do telesales for any of the following companies?

Gaelic
Imagine
Onetel
Smart

nope. I don't work for any of them

MojoMaker

Shaving the baby means having a ****. Mystery over?

mayordenis

MojoMaker wrote:

Shaving the baby means having a ****. Mystery over?

yep
you were served on the phone in work - deal with it

Interceptor

And its a well known fact that men can't **** and talk at the same time - lokk I'm trying now adn kepp hitin the wong keyyz...

'tcrp

craigcharlie

Siogfinsceal wrote:

i dare you to ring them again and say your selling baby shaving equipment!!

Eggsellent! This gets my vote.... go on, go on, ring them from outside work!!! you won't get sacked cos no one but you knows that you called them before...

tell em you're selling an exciting new product, the BabyShaver 2000...:p