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Post by whatagain on Aug 29, 2024 16:08:03 GMT
Only. Can you keep the rest for tomorrow ?
I am out of popcorn.
Btw I am honoured you remember one of my former bosses was from Manchester. You have a good memory or you keep track of it somewhere ?
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 29, 2024 16:35:17 GMT
Grow up for Christ’s sake.
Be interesting to see if others on here think the use of the word “retarded” to describe people is acceptable.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 29, 2024 16:37:54 GMT
I see you've missed the whole point.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 29, 2024 17:02:55 GMT
Why?
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Post by whatagain on Aug 29, 2024 17:26:12 GMT
- deleted.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 29, 2024 18:39:05 GMT
Ah yes, your former boss. Remembered because that was the first time you unveiled the joke and I challenged you about it then. Some time later, maybe a year or more I don't keep track, you repeated the same thing but said it had just happened. A giveaway was you said the person was from Manchester. I asked it was certainly a coincidence that the twice you spoke of that 'joke', the boss was both times from Manchester - you didn't reply because you knew I was on to you. I do hope the first incident, which is probably true, in no way contributed to your sacking from that job. Unfortunate if it did. Now you bring it up again.
If you are one of the group you make jokes about I accept that and I won't interfere. The only way I will accept your attempt on this subject is if you, yourself, are retarded. Are you? In case you are I will finish soon because I expect you would have concentration issues. However, you my need a little light reading on comparing different cultures. Many books have been written about understanding the English/British, their humour, how they react politely, their social skills, aversion to causing a scene with strangers and so on. In precis, your joke doesn't go down well with us, no matter what you think and how well you believe it to have been received.
I have little more to say now and don't need to wait until tomorrow because all that will happen is you'll play the victim. I'm a nasty person for remonstrating with you. You are all innocent, it's just some innocent fun etc etc. Does that playing the victim card always work for you? It's your default position. On the other hand, if you are trying to be the world's best Belgian comedian, the competition is very, very short.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 29, 2024 18:41:21 GMT
If you just go to the top right hand side of your post, at the side of the gear wheel, you can find to delete a post completely. No trace on the thread at all. Could be handy for any retard jokes.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 29, 2024 21:00:34 GMT
Our Granddaughter contacted me last night to ask me if I would 'perfom' the Handfasting ceremony at her wedding next September (2025). Apparently they both thought of me! The wedding itself is happening in a nice venue, the site of a Knights Templar thing..(not looked into it much yet) After the wedding ceremony and the photographs there is a sit down meal in the ancient part of the building, then when the evening guests arrive we go into the grounds and have the handfasting ...then back indoors for the shindig (if I last that long!) I'm googling like crazy and have time to prepare but really I'm feeling a bit nervous. Granddaughter says that the wedding will have a pagan/viking vibe (?)...ooer...shall I dress up as a pagan priestess?
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 29, 2024 21:04:59 GMT
Yaaay ~ release your inner shamanette!
How lovely & flattering, for you Cheery. This is exciting.
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Post by htmb on Aug 29, 2024 21:20:43 GMT
I think that’s wonderful, Cheery. Can’t wait to learn more. One of my sons performed the ceremony when my daughter and her husband married last year. It made the event even more special.
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Post by fumobici on Aug 30, 2024 3:12:05 GMT
I don't understand why British news is so full of the future Oasis tour. It's hardly newsworthy information. If you are British and of a certain age, Oasis were the biggest band in the world at the pinnacle of nineties Britpop.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 30, 2024 8:24:07 GMT
I looked "Handfasting Ceremony" as I don't remember anything like that at our wedding in 1970 - then I recalled the Minister/Clergyman wrapping our hands together with the length of ornate fabric that went around his neck and shoulders. So that must have been it. Oh and by the by....we were of the Presbyterian persuasion at that time. In this video I noticed the "cords" are simply made of curtain tieback rope (one use) and I have loads of it in my shop. Anyone getting married? motionart.com.au/handfasting-ceremony/
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Post by monetsmum on Aug 30, 2024 11:17:27 GMT
Grow up for Christ’s sake. Be interesting to see if others on here think the use of the word “retarded” to describe people is acceptable. Must admit Mick I was quite shocked to see that word on here. I heard it used once when I worked in primary school, directed at an autistic boy. The Head Teacher called the offender's parents in for a talk.
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Post by whatagain on Aug 30, 2024 12:46:57 GMT
Oui mais c’est marrant.
Retardé in French means simply late. Since UK is one hour backwards they are late. Hence they are en retard compared to me.
Therefore they are retarded. Which gets another meaning for the English speaking.
And I love this kind of humour. But you need to have a sense of humour
And it helps to speak a bit of French.
But hey we are on an English speaking forum here.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 30, 2024 14:31:40 GMT
En retard translates as late.
Good try.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 30, 2024 14:37:36 GMT
So you have a conversation with a British person and call them retarded. You expect them to know enough French to know en retard means late but you also take another jump to know when you call them retarded, you are making a play on words from the French. If they don't get it, they have no sense of humour. Hmmm...... A bit like if I call you an arse, in American English you'd be a fanny, but that word in British English means you are a vagina (I'm using the more polite version).
I wish you every success in your non-funny and offensive attempt to show how clever you are using French wordplay and to appear humourous to the British. There will be, and no doubt has been, somewhat shocked and embarrassed (for you) reactions, hidden beneath a veneer of politeness. It will never be forgotten, your standing will diminish, but to a certain extent brushed over because you are obviously a culturally insensitive boor - as a foreigner. Showing how clever you are is never a good thing to the British anyway and some humour doesn't translate well.
Good luck and bear in mind you sometimes have to tailor your comedy to who the audience is, and what you find hilarious, they may not. Otherwise it's just so much Belgian waffle.
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Post by mich64 on Aug 30, 2024 16:39:27 GMT
Cherry the wedding plans seem beautiful and I think the ceremonies in the setting you describe will be quite lovely. I think I have heard of this type of ceremony and for those Outlander fans, was there not one in one of the episodes?
I am sure you will immerse yourself in whatever resources you can find and will due a superb ceremony!
I can recall a few weddings where a cloth being wound around the hands of the bride and groom, so I assume it has meanings in a few religious services.
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Post by whatagain on Aug 30, 2024 17:07:29 GMT
En retard translates as late. Good try. You are on the way to understand. But don’t tell metou are explaining me how to speak French ?
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 30, 2024 17:10:22 GMT
How condescending.
I’ve no idea what your last para means.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 30, 2024 18:15:28 GMT
I can recall a few weddings where a cloth being wound around the hands of the bride and groom, so I assume it has meanings in a few religious services In Mexico the bride and groom are linked by the "lazo" during the ceremony. I don't know what it might have been originally, but now it is a very long rosary. Sorry about the bad quality of the pictures, but here are a couple I know linked during their wedding. I have a feeling this is not what the couple for whom Cheery will officiate have in mind.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 30, 2024 18:34:25 GMT
In Mexico the bride and groom are linked by the "lazo" during the ceremony. Which I had a guess at and is where lasso originates I think.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 30, 2024 18:42:18 GMT
I think you must right, especially since that z is pronounced like ss in English.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 30, 2024 18:46:37 GMT
You are on the way to understand. But don’t tell metou are explaining me how to speak French ? Waffle waffle waffle waffle
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 30, 2024 19:04:35 GMT
Lassos are creepy, even more so if they are used at weddings.
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Post by htmb on Aug 30, 2024 21:01:23 GMT
In the American Episcopal Church the priest wears a kind of scarf (stole) around his/her neck. Towards the end of the wedding ceremony, the hands of the couple are wrapped together inside the stole and a blessing is said over the pair.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2024 0:37:39 GMT
I would think that the lazo is an old fashioned reminder to a couple that they are linked in the eyes of the community to move forward together, much like a pair of oxen. The stole of the clergyman, on the other hand, would more indicate that he has the official right to confirm their marriage. If I'm not wrong, hand fasting puts the joining of two people back in their own hands. I.e, they have chosen to become partners & to happily share that decision in a ceremony with family and friends. In that sense, they are agents of their destiny and the officiator is included by them as more a master of ceremony than an official conferring marital status upon them.
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Post by questaredux on Aug 31, 2024 1:21:55 GMT
Boys...you are both acting beyond boring...bitching away like overtired toddlers at a playgroup meeting.
You are both nice, educated, funny and caring chaps so why carry on like re-menstrual banshees?
Go and look for some funny stories to put on anyport to amuse the readers. We need as much happiness as we can get with current conditions world-wide so do your bit.
More waving tails and less baring teeth and growling. OK?
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 31, 2024 11:24:56 GMT
bitching away like overtired toddlers at a playgroup meeting. In France it's called a concours de bites. The English version is the slightly less graphic pissing contest.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 31, 2024 11:55:11 GMT
bitching away like overtired toddlers at a playgroup meeting. In France it's called a concours de bites. The English version is the slightly less graphic pissing contest. I’m English. Never heard of that. Perhaps it’s common in Nottingham.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 31, 2024 12:13:19 GMT
It is.
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