Stupid things my mouth said when my brain is disengaged.

OldGoat wrote: »

Do you often embarrass yourself with stupidity from your mouth?

No. My theory (and yes, I have a theory for almost everything) is that if they don't understand my utterances, it's because we inhabit different locations in Thicksville and they should make more effort to accommodate my (slightly) superior location. Because of this, any embarrassment on my part is unnecessary,
I learned this from Open University lecturers, with hilarious hairdos and no talent for public speaking, who spouted incomprehensible nonsense, backed up by charts drawn in crayon. I didn't understand the lectures but these Gonks had more letters after their names than I have so my address in Thicksville must have been down-market from theirs.
Now, if you don't understand this, it (again) is because of our different locations - you just need to try harder.

Also, the amplitude of soundwaves diminishes over distance and is severely reduced by "windowscreens" so, while the Werner Schnitzel may have seen your mouth moving under an angry expression, it's unlikely that he received those soundwaves.
However, if your noticed Werner Schnitzel in your rearview mirror, for several miles, with a moving mouth, an angry expression, waving at you without using all of his fingers, accompanied by hornblasts, it may not be wise to stop and discuss your differing addresses in Thicksville. I'd don a trilby because, as we all know, men in trilby hats are entitled to interpret the rules of the road in unique and spontaneous manners. After all, when they moved to Thicksville, "all of this was fields, you know."

Oh Lexi, I thought I was the only one :eek:

I'm constantly being asked to "repeat that in English"

Funny thing is, my daughter does it too and shes only 28.
Is it hereditary I wonder?

BrensBenz wrote: »

No. My theory (and yes, I have a theory for almost everything) is that if they don't understand my utterances, it's because we inhabit different locations in Thicksville [/I]

This entire post is genius.

I constantly fcuk up what I am saying (see irony)... Although can't remember any at the moment.

Although - we have created a few saying in our house because of disengaged brain thinking like:

tealeaf - thief
skillage -
do you standunder me?
roundybout - roundabout
'A sad fate of a stairs' is one of my favourites. My kids still haven't worked out this one.


I usually get two words mixed up and then come out with some combination of the two of them. I have some very Thicksville moments.

Ronnie Barker used to do some brilliant sketches using spoonerisms

at the end of one he offered a toast to the Queer old Dean (Dear Old Queen)

I had trouble remembering the names of the items I needed in hospital. Diaprose ointment became Database Ointment, Floatrons became Floaters and so on. I was not so much embarrassed by the use of long words, but by my total inability to remember words in the first place. Still it provided a few giggles for the nursing staff.