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Good grief!

(40 Posts)
GillT57 Mon 17-Aug-15 19:09:28

On our village Facebook page, someone was selling a pine chester draws.....Now, it does sound like what she was selling, but honestly, don't people realise that it is drawers and a chest. This village is also a sort after area confused according to the estate agent....

tiggypiro Wed 23-Sept-15 09:33:15

A very small plot of land near here is advertised as 172m sq. I hope the buyer will not be too disappointed with how many houses he could put on it.

Alea Wed 23-Sept-15 09:38:32

I hope you get the opportunity to give them "peace" grin of yours nelliemoser!

annodomini Wed 23-Sept-15 10:41:03

I may have posted this before, but 'defused' lighting in the garage of an advertised property had me slightly worried. confused

Katek Wed 23-Sept-15 11:03:54

A local carpet warehouse is selling vinlys as well. (Had hard job keyboarding that-spell checker kept trying to correct it!)

Antjexix Wed 30-Sept-15 17:55:00

My favourite is "escapegoat" instead of scapegoat...

rosesarered Wed 30-Sept-15 19:50:35

Chester Draws sounds like a good name for a music hall comedian.
I imagine him wearing a straw boater.

rosesarered Wed 30-Sept-15 19:51:51

And singing ' Yes! we have no banana's'. ( see what I did there?)

BlackeyedSusan Thu 01-Oct-15 00:34:38

When I was young, the job centre had a sign over one of the desks offering loan parents. I was tempted to ask If I could borrow one.

BlackeyedSusan Thu 01-Oct-15 00:35:59

Some people put those who are good at grammar on a pedal stool.

Judthepud2 Thu 01-Oct-15 21:02:32

Well we'll just have to grin and bare it (my favourite) grin

Nelliemoser Sat 03-Oct-15 07:32:35

Here is one for the pedants. (From my sons collection.)

crun Sat 03-Oct-15 14:32:33

A guy I worked with once applied for a job enclosing a copy of his "Colliquium Vitae".

rosesarered Sat 03-Oct-15 14:37:45

Nelliemoser, love it!grin

Grammar Mon 05-Oct-15 16:14:30

Nelliemoser, me too! Or should that be I too?