Thursday, 19 May 2016

Collective frown

Tony: 'ere...I've got one for you! What do you call more than one lie?

Me: Eh?

Tony: What is the name you give a group of lies?

Me: What? Like the collective noun?

Tony: Uh...I dunno. Like 'more than one' I mean.

Me: Lies?

Tony: Yeah.

Me: Um...a pack?

Tony: No, like a herd or something.

Me: A herd of lies?

Tony: Oh!!....no, lions I mean. Lie-Uns. Lions.

Me: Oh! Ok...well it's a pride of lions.

Tony: Nope.

Me: I think it is. It's commonly used. I know sometimes there are others as well. What do you think it is?

Tony: An ambush.

Me: Hmm...never heard of that. I'm pretty sure most people would say it's a pride of lions.

Tony: Look it up on your thing....   (smart phone)

Me: Ok

Me: Ok Google, show me a list of collective nouns....(plink plink)

Me: It's an ambush of tigers Tone.

Tony: Yeah!! That's it! What is a group of tigers called?

Me: Um....an ambush?

Tony: Yeah!

Thursday, 5 May 2016

No pan intended.

Tony came in from work while I was furiously trying to undo a broken toilet syphon from an impossible angle. Quite a lot of sweating and swearing was going on.
He poked his head around the door:

Tony: "Orite?"
Me: "Orite Tone."
Tony: "...(mumble)...." - walking away
Me: "Eh?"
Tony: "....(mumble)..." - further
Me: "WHAT?!"

Pokes his head around the toilet door again:

Tony: "I said 'You look a bit bogged down!'...hehe."
Me: "Hnnph" 😕