[BNM] [OT] 13 things that don't make sense

[Dave Walsh]

Another thing that has always confused me

What makes the none stick, stick to a none stick frying pan?

Dave



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Studd [mailto:alex.studd at moving-edge.net] 
> Sent: 29 June 2006 10:00
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] 13 things that don't make sense
> 
> It's like when your wife asks you to do something and you say 
> "i'll do it in a bit" a bit is just sufficient time to finish 
> watching the football, eating a sandwich, drinking a beer, 
> picking your toes or whatever other vitally important task 
> you need to finish before doing something less important like 
> freeing her mother from a gin trap or putting out a chip pan fire
> 
> The word bit is an infinatly variable amount of time but it's 
> always just enough for you to get a bollocking
> 
> Manaña is similar but more Iberian
> 
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> Alex Studd
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> 
> Simon Early wrote:
> > Mañana - why do the Spanish have the same word mean 
> > "tomorrow","morning","tomorrow morning", "the day after 
> tomorrow" and 
> > "some unspecified time in the future"? It's like nothing ever gets 
> > done and theres never any urgency.
> > 
> > Oh, I see. Answered my own question there.
> > s/.
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