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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 9:35:57 GMT
"Which one's the Witch?!" is the most common question hollered at us I'm surprised more don't ask "how do you get your banana shaped boat through a narrow lock?"
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Post by pearley on Dec 5, 2018 9:38:46 GMT
"Which way are you going" is quite common, usually when in a narrow lock.
"Do you have to pay Council Tax" also common.
And from children "Can we look inside"
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Post by Trina on Dec 5, 2018 9:43:10 GMT
Have you got a proper toilet ? I have been known to tell people that we have to hang our a***s etc over the side. The strangest thing we were asked was if we had a bed.Did they think we had hammocks ?(Perhaps they thought we slept standing up 😮!)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 9:50:39 GMT
The strangest thing we were asked was if we had a bed.Did they think we had hammocks ?(Perhaps they thought we slept standing up 😮!) Well CC’ers obviously cruise 24/7 so we never get the chance to sleep...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 9:59:59 GMT
I sometimes get people asking "where are you going?". Depending on mood it is either "that way (pointing in direction of travel)" or "away from annoying people asking too many questions!".
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Post by Telemachus on Dec 5, 2018 10:20:26 GMT
“What does Telly Matchus mean”? Followed by the sound of pounding feet as I chase them off brandishing a mooring stake/windlass etc. I mean really, “the people” are supposed to be in charge of important decisions such as staying or leaving the EU, and yet they have not the slightest grasp of the Classics. There is no hope for this country. Is it Latin for "supercilious twerp"? No.
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Post by Jim on Dec 5, 2018 10:24:31 GMT
Is it Latin for "supercilious twerp"? No. Correct. Any fule kno its greek for "supercilious twerp". Shame they didn't teach the classics in approved schools.
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Post by ianali on Dec 5, 2018 11:46:18 GMT
Is it your own and do you live on it from the watchers. Other boaters often ask how often I polish the boat. Was asked last year by a lovely lady if she could see my bedroom? That’s my favourite question so far 😋
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 5, 2018 12:08:41 GMT
Correct. Any fule kno its greek for "supercilious twerp". Shame they didn't teach the classics in approved schools. Bittern's Boom looks a bit like "Bitten his bum" in a Yorkshire accent. Once seen never unseen.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 12:12:41 GMT
Oh your gorgeous! What's your name? Sadly to the mutt rather than me...
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Post by airedaleman on Dec 5, 2018 12:22:43 GMT
Oh your gorgeous! What's your name? Sadly to the mutt rather than me... I also get this response usually followed by what sort of dog is that! when the kids were on the coal boat they used to get asked if they went to school. They played it up and the questioner would go of muttering about the poor little things. now in France our old barge is uk registered and almost every day we get asked if we brought it across the channel?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 5, 2018 19:26:32 GMT
"Why is your boat named after a potato?"
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 5, 2018 20:29:54 GMT
If I had a pound for every time I've been asked: "Rensol, is that something to do with racing?" Ermm no, that's Repsol.
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Post by metanoia on Dec 5, 2018 20:37:44 GMT
If I had a pound for every time I've been asked: "Rensol, is that something to do with racing?" Ermm no, that's Repsol. Rensol - some kind of cleaning fluid from the 60s? Bit like Ajax??
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Post by metanoia on Dec 5, 2018 20:38:30 GMT
Or - wracking the old brain cells - something to treat a throat ailment?
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