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the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> With any ketchup bottle tighten lid shake rigorously- Ketchup will pour.


Tis true - or give the bottle a good hit. Ketchup is a non-Newtonian liquid. Being violent towards it causes its viscosity to change and it will flow out of the bottle more readily.

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> Yeah standing drinking, in a pub, at the bar.

> |Barstards!

At the bar in way of others trying to get a drink, get it right if you're going to paraphrase others. Now get the fcuk out of my way.

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> On the subject of bless, why people have to say

> bless you if you sneeze. I refuse to do it and as

> everyone else seems to at work, I feel obliged to

> tell people that I have no authority/power to

> bless anyone, which I haven't, and I doubt they

> have either.



Isn't it something to do with the plague?

???? Wrote:

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> yup. "God Bless you" as you weren't long for the

> plague pit


I asked our freind Tomoko what you say in Japan when somene sneezes


"Nothing, why would you?" she replied


"We say bless you, it derives from when we had The Plague in England, it meant you would probably die soon" I said back


"Ewww, how creepy" she said "sounds like a jinx"

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> PD are you lookin for a fight?


Only if the ignorant pricks standing at the bar, who've noticed that others are waiting and refusing to have the good manners to move, are up for it.

In that situation I just catch the eye of bar person and shout my order over the people who're stood there - sort of sharing the issue with them, followed by the awkward handing-over of pints, which I rope them into - unless they suddenly realise it'd be really great to just stand to one side.

KidKruger Wrote:

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> In that situation I just catch the eye of bar

> person and shout my order over the people who're

> stood there - sort of sharing the issue with them,

> followed by the awkward handing-over of pints,

> which I rope them into - unless they suddenly

> realise it'd be really great to just stand to one

> side.


It's just good manners to stand aside to let others get to the bar if they don't I force my way to the bar.It's something that pisses me off hugely

Perhaps the other way round. Ancient Greek was the language of classical Athenian historians, playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the West since the Renaissance. So there you go, Stevo.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> I usually say something like "excuse me, can I

> just get there for a sec"? Works for me.



It does sometimes, but there are occasions when the thick heads at the bar seem to think you are threatening their territory and give you a look of disapproval, that really gets me started.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Perhaps the other way round. Ancient Greek was the

> language of classical Athenian historians,

> playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed

> many words to English vocabulary and has been a

> standard subject of study in educational

> institutions of the West since the Renaissance. So

> there you go, Stevo.



Or you can say ?ok yasa, which is the Turkish equivalent of bless you but literally means live long, or long life. We're a cultured lot on here aren't we?

KidKruger Wrote:

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> In that situation I just catch the eye of bar

> person and shout my order over the people who're

> stood there - sort of sharing the issue with them,

> followed by the awkward handing-over of pints,

> which I rope them into - unless they suddenly

> realise it'd be really great to just stand to one

> side.


But then you're faced with the additional hurdle of the "Right, who's next?" numpty serving behind the bar. That's your job to know, t*sser! My technique in these situations is to point to someone who got there before me and say, "I think s/he's next," which ensures that you at least are served directly after them. But it shouldn't be the customer's business.

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