Nanny state or Elf and safety gone mad???

Nonnie.

Well at least there are two us !!

BIG

Nonu we did the same for many years and we always found the French very tolerant of our attempts, albeit none of us was a linguist. Most people are not!

Oh yes of course forgot to add,I was there only a couple of years ago for SIL"S 40th!!

I have Always found that when I in France and practising my French on them they usually find it quite charming and smile in a kindly manner.

I might add I have been there lots of times when our family were young we always, in the school holiday used to drive down to the south of France and have glorious holidays. We have of course, been there on a few times since ,on our own.

I feel sure it would not have bothered Felice one jot, as lets face I was one of the few who was pleasant to her!

Ana I assume you're not a linguist from your waspish comment regarding my slight amusement at Nonu's incorrect reference to Felice as "mon ami". For your information, it means my male friend. Using the correct gender is important in many European languages, including French, and foreigners who already speak or are learning those languages usually endeavour to get it right - in this case, "mon amie".

Thanks GrannyTwice. My brother in law is still not well enough to go back to work. He was in hospital the weekend before last, was sent home, then had to go back in to be pumped full of antibiotics. He lost over a stone in weight over the first weekend. He is a gardener, so does not have enough energy to do his job.

It has been on television and in most newspapers most of the week.

I do not eat chicken when out in any restaurant or in bought sandwiches and the like. The only chicken I buy is organic chicken from Waitrose; for animal welfare reasons and because I think Waitrose is the store least likely to miss any signs of poor standards anywhere in the food chain.

Fortunately I do not particularly like chicken, I find it dull and tasteless, so we do not eat much.

Of course it is Jen - I was just referring to all the knocking on this thread of those who thought from the start that this was a serious subject .I actually mentioned the chicken issue as well. Hope your BIL is recovered

Mine not serious for you GrannyTwice?
The factories supply KFC. My sister thought it serious enough. Her husband has just come out of hospital, having nearly died from campylobacter because it was not recognised or tested for.

Gosh ps you're brave, posting something serious, sensible and informative on a thread that's just meant to be one big hilarious joke ( no, me neither)

My, this has turned on its head hasn't it. For anyone who is interested the Health and Safety Executive published myth buster bulletins from April 2007 to December 2010. They are still sent out by a specialist panel, possibly monthly, but now take the form of addressing specific cases where Health and Safety has been used as an excuse not to supply a service or product. As I seem to recall along the lines of "cannot warm up baby's milk bottle due to H&S". "Cannot supply a glass of tap water due to H&S". "A fishmonger refusing to fillet a fish due to H&S". "Cannot have christmas decorations up due to H&S". All of course are rubbish excuses, as most reasons blamed on H&S are, generally utilised by incompetents incapable of designing out or eliminating risk to staff and/or customers and by those who refuse to invest in protecting their staff and customers. All such Bulletins are available on the H&S website.
Apologies for digressing.

www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/23/-sp-revealed-dirty-secret-uk-poultry-industry-chicken-campylobacter

Saw this and just had to spread the word. I am surprised nobody else has, or have I just not noticed it?

I think that means a joke.

Could well mean someone is laughing at you.

Oh right!

A smile means that somelthing is kindly meant.

jingl, read Nonu's post of 11.34

Then read GTwice's response.

(I don't know what Brenda was replying to!)

Brenda' s reply was spot on.

Just out of interest you understand.

No! I wanna know what this slight exaggeration was! I don't get it!

Well, if you're gonna use French phrases, get 'em right. Always sounds affected anyway.

Thanks ANA for the info.

That was not nice , granny, mean in fact, still it fell on deaf ears, so a slight waste of time!

hmmmm

It was an insult, Nonu, with a tacked on to make it look as though it could be a 'joke'.

Er BRENDA that was put to Granny

That would be interesting to know....bit like lie, dammed lie and statistics I expect

You have aroused my curiousity now and that doesn't happen often.

What is a slight exaggeration?

is just a smile. A or would indicate a joke, surely?