Who Invented Foxes?
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Posted by Wrongfellow on 11 May 2015.
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On a bus about a year ago, I had two girls of about 17 years behind me. One was saying to the other that her mum was teaching her to cook. The other one said, "Wow, wish I could cook. What's she teaching you?" The first replied, "we're doing McCains oven chips tonight."
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (2) - (0) Permalink
contributor - Free Will.
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.

"Who'd pay five quid for that? It's broken!" - Entirely serious member of the public looking at a 30cm tall reproduction of the Venus de Milo that I was selling on a market stall.
    (From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de...)
    Posted by JT on 18 Mar 2010. + (5) - (2) Permalink
Now that you mention it - Why is she missing her arms? Did some psychopathic maniac cut them off?
    Posted by Socky on 18 Mar 2010.
She was a compulsive nail-biter.
    Posted by JT on 19 Mar 2010.

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
    Posted by JT on 13 Sep 2009. + (2) - (0) Permalink
A classic, but still a good one.

"Politics" category? Or is it too similar to "People"?
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 13 Sep 2009.
Was thinking the same - it'll be a handy place to shovel all the billions of Bushisms we're going to get before long, too.
    Posted by JT on 13 Sep 2009.

"We bought 'Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five euros (£3.50) from a street trader, only to find out they were fake." (Tourist complaint to travel agency)
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (2) - (0) Permalink
Hmm. A "Complaints" category, perhaps?
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
But called what? People will assume "Complaints" is what they need to click if they want to complain about WIF...
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
I think it fits in "Travel" with the other recent submissions.
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 15 Sep 2009.
Fair enough - but I think there might be a place for it in the future, because shop staff and sales assistants have to meet the public face-to-face far more than anyone would choose so we may get several submissions of that type in future.
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.

Answer given in History exam: "The First World War, caused by the assignation of the Arch-Duck by an anahist, ushered in a new error in the anals of human history."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (4) - (0) Permalink
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm... More similar answers.
    Posted by Destrii on 9 Jan 2010.

"Is Lady Gaga technically an alkali?"
    (From http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Lady_Gag...)
    Posted by JT on 25 Jan 2010. + (6) - (0) Permalink
If you place a piece of litmus paper on Lady Gaga it will reveal that she has a pH of 5. This means that she is in fact technically an acid.
    Posted by JT on 25 Jan 2010.

Not very bright colleague observing me hand-rolling: "Do you like smoking tobacco?"
Me: "Yes. Do you?"
Not very bright colleague: "I don't smoke tobacco. I smoke cigarettes."
    Posted by JT on 19 Nov 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink

Tourist: "Which side of the River Thames is Tower Bridge on?"
    Posted by JT on 18 Sep 2009. + (4) - (0) Permalink
On the side of the Tower.
    Posted by Socky on 20 Sep 2009.

Passenger to flight attendant: "So what kind of animal is a UHT?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (3) - (0) Permalink

"How do electrons work in the US?"
    Posted by JT on 8 Feb 2010. + (6) - (0) Permalink
This was asked in a politics forum, so I think it was a typo for "elections..."
    Posted by JT on 8 Feb 2010.