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Title: Being "informed" about things
Post by: Nick on December 17, 2007, 01:14:03 PM
This has been irritating me for years but is so much part of the fabric of my life that it has only just occurred to me to have a rant about it. I think Mrs Nick's presence at home at the moment has moved it higher up my  Angry9: scale.

Here is how it works.

The Boy appears and says something like "I haven't got any socks on". This translates as "Go and find me some socks" but I just say "Very interesting, I expect your feet will get cold".

Mrs Nick offers me information all the time. For example, she has just informed me that "There is a mound of dog shit in the driveway." This means "Go and remove it, " but she hasn't actually said this, so I can legitimately say, "Really, I wonder how that got there" and then wander off.

I also get told things like, "There is a big cobweb in the bathroom" ("WOw") or "The radiator in the dining room is leaking" ("Oh dear").

Does anyone else find this oblique method of communication UTTERLY INFURIATING cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:
Title: Re: Being "informed" about things
Post by: Uncle Mort on December 17, 2007, 01:29:17 PM
YES!
Title: Re: Being "informed" about things
Post by: The Moan Ranger on December 17, 2007, 02:17:31 PM
Indeed it does. "The daughter" has lost her front door key = "Go and but new locks and fit them". Again.  cussing:
Title: Re: Being "informed" about things
Post by: Nick on December 17, 2007, 02:19:46 PM
Yup, glad it's not just me. I have just been told "We have run out of coffee." Fascinating

BUGGER OFF TO THE SHOP AND BUY SOME THEN MRS NICK
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