Things you refuse to call by their new name

[Ethan23]

The Charity Shield
Man of the Match

Any more?

Sorry Eni Aluko - *player of the match

 

[Blue Mist]

Technically speaking it is able to move.
Florida does well out of the millions of mobile homes in the state..... each one taxable yearly like a car is taxed as it is classed as a mobile vehicle..... mine is a double wide home so I have to pay the tex twice!

And to prove they are indeed mobile, hundreds of them moved half a mile during the last hurricane.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Washington Redskins.

Can I be the first to be offended on behalf of those who could be offended?

 

[Protein Junkie]

Can I be the first to be offended on behalf of those who could be offended?

Be my guest Rick :-)

 

[Blue Mist]

Technically speaking it is able to move.
Florida does well out of the millions of mobile homes in the state..... each one taxable yearly like a car is taxed as it is classed as a mobile vehicle..... mine is a double wide home so I have to pay the tex twice!

Mad Eye, are we talking Trailer Trash estate or Kill Bill type ?


We need to know

 

[JRockBlues]

Hermes

 

[m7mcfc]

No mate. They are railway stations.

Only in Staffordshire.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Starters. Why do restaurants insist on using the word 'entrees'? Pretentious bastards.

Living room not 'lounge'
Spare room not 'guest bedroom'

The Parlour is a front room without a TV that you keep for specialoccasions, i.e. Christmas dinner, or just in case royalty comes round, or for laying out the body when you've had a bereavement. It's not a 'snug' or 'lounge'.

with plastic over the settee (not sofa)

 

[staffsblue]

Only in Staffordshire.

"Train station" is an Americanism that has corrupted the English language...

Railway station or train station?

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[mancityvstoke]

The Yanks make me mad saying EPL, EFL Cup and UCL cup.
It's the Premier League (1st Division) , League Cup and European Cup