tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post5504292893775158970..comments2024-03-28T18:35:47.483+00:00Comments on Random Thoughts: Meet scoby!Treadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-4048851213407878902020-01-27T22:25:10.083+00:002020-01-27T22:25:10.083+00:00Ha ha, I think we've all done it. There is onl...Ha ha, I think we've all done it. There is only a very slight difference in sound between "cou" (neck) and "cul" (your arse) and I once asked for something to wrap around my "ass" to keep it warm. Took years to get the different "u" sounds right!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-81842333469537998382020-01-27T16:04:56.997+00:002020-01-27T16:04:56.997+00:00Oh my! In Bruge I needed to buy some for my daught...Oh my! In Bruge I needed to buy some for my daughter caught off guard. I could not come up with the name but asked for "Serviette de femme", the most literal way I could come up with to ask? She understood what I was asking for and directed me right to where they were. No kimbucha for me, and now even less so after seeing your scoby. SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-83872312398652115172020-01-27T15:42:22.984+00:002020-01-27T15:42:22.984+00:00Oh my word, that would have been so embarrassing. ...Oh my word, that would have been so embarrassing. Especially the "sniffing it" bit! How funny!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-74683472367052011962020-01-27T13:44:39.360+00:002020-01-27T13:44:39.360+00:00Goodness, you’ve just reminded me of the time a gr...Goodness, you’ve just reminded me of the time a group of us flew into Bulgaria (back in Communist era) and one of our number had her bag inspected. I’m still not sure what the customs officers thought they had found when they opened a box of Tampax, unwrapped some of the contents and began to sniff them! The bag owner then tried to explain in sign language what they were for until eventually they admitted defeat and let her keep the box.Caree Risoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16454194093120715901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-58358259872691560892020-01-26T22:50:50.271+00:002020-01-26T22:50:50.271+00:00Ewwwww you scoby story is more scary than mine! An...Ewwwww you scoby story is more scary than mine! And "ropa de lluvia" - how funny. Years ago my friend wanted to take tap dancing lessons and when she went to buy the shoes she asked for "chaussures de robinet" ("shoes for the tap" (spigot in the UK)). Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-9442925688733735092020-01-26T22:47:51.458+00:002020-01-26T22:47:51.458+00:00Norman was a good sport - they laughed about it to...Norman was a good sport - they laughed about it too (afterwards). And as for the letter, it's not the first I've found. Kept the book though!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-8681545078353755122020-01-26T22:00:00.296+00:002020-01-26T22:00:00.296+00:00Love your stories as always. Poor man had to draw...Love your stories as always. Poor man had to draw feminine products...I highly doubt he ever went to the store for those again. That would be super weird finding that letter...best rid yourself of the letter and the book!Cheapchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158208632054014311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-14642067681010627002020-01-26T21:53:54.211+00:002020-01-26T21:53:54.211+00:00One of my daughters made a scooby back in the eigh...One of my daughters made a scooby back in the eighties (and I am not kidding) and I have never been able to drink Kombucha since. It just reminded me too much of a Ray Bradbury story about boys finding an ad in the back of comic books about growing mushrooms for fun and profit and of course it turns out that the mushrooms are alien life forms and the boys are their way of getting started on earth and taking over the planet. So. No for me. Also? They just look horribly terrifying. <br />Once when we were in Mexico and it was pouring rain we went to a store to try and find cheap ponchos. Everyone was wearing them so they had to sell them, right? I had no idea how to say "raincoat" or "poncho" in Spanish so I finally came up with "ropa de lluvia" which translates roughly to clothes of rain. They got it! And we bought ponchos. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-23220425900361084982020-01-26T21:33:00.025+00:002020-01-26T21:33:00.025+00:00Oh if only it were as easy back then of course. &q...Oh if only it were as easy back then of course. "Sanitary towels" and mobile phones were decades apart!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4674486998769998428.post-72046759205085496432020-01-26T21:30:45.107+00:002020-01-26T21:30:45.107+00:00Your Babel story is interesting. I deal with quit...Your Babel story is interesting. I deal with quite a few foreigners. Rather than try and ask for a product, they usually hand me their phone which shows me exactly what they are looking for.Dave Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429379083970699093noreply@blogger.com