Welcome, My Sillies! Together we'll uncover morsels of sweetness in the light and dark. You'll crave chocolate. I'm a naughty influence. {Note: I avoid Hershey's but partake in regular fixes of fair trade and organic varieties.} Please enjoy a ravenous sampling, and may you fast become addicted. Cheers to all things sweet. That, Dear Sillies, includes you.
1. REALITY TELEVISION 2. AIRPORT SECURITY 3. HIGHWAY ROBBERY 4. SMART COOKIE 5. MICRO MANAGER 6. FOX NEWS 7. MIDGET WRESTLING 8. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS 9. DARK COMEDY 10. FRAPPACCINO LITE
1. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE 2. SIMON COWELL 3. DIET COKE 4. RAP MUSIC 5. UNITED KINGDOM 6. ICED TEA 7. POLITICAL CONSENSUS 8. VORSRPUNG DURCH TECHNIK Oops, das ist drei
Thanks all you clever minds. Uber, your list is quite impressive. I especially like 2,4,7, and 8 - if the translation has anything to do with a curly wurly. Robyn
Dennis, MacDonalds restaurant is my favorite (not the eatery itself, but the wacky word pairing). Thanks for adding to my knowledge of lingo in the UK, Kate.
'friendly fire' and 'circumcision party'.
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fabulous additions Kitty. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteRobyn
Great list...I'll come back with a few later, I hope lol
ReplyDeleteChristian Science is a brilliant one... what a profound contradiction.
ReplyDeleteAirport security,.... what a F*in' joke
Fabulous!
I like it! And the picture...
ReplyDelete1. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
2. SIMON COWELL
3. DIET COKE
4. RAP MUSIC
5. UNITED KINGDOM
6. ICED TEA
7. POLITICAL CONSENSUS
8. VORSRPUNG DURCH TECHNIK Oops, das ist drei
'Credit crunch'
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Thanks all you clever minds. Uber, your list is quite impressive. I especially like 2,4,7, and 8 - if the translation has anything to do with a curly wurly.
ReplyDeleteRobyn
McDonald's restaurant.
ReplyDeleteI forgot a common greeting in the north of England [equivalent to "Hello"]:
ReplyDelete"Now then!"
How about the Northern greeting of
ReplyDelete"Hey up" thats pretty random.
Or
Gun point
Okay my brain is spent!
Kate xx
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Sanitary landfill
ReplyDeleteBusiness ethics
Military intelligence
Passive aggressive
Pretty ugly
Dennis, MacDonalds restaurant is my favorite (not the eatery itself, but the wacky word pairing). Thanks for adding to my knowledge of lingo in the UK, Kate.
ReplyDeleteGREAT list, Jen. I like all of them!
Pretty Ugly is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI live "Up North" and we say "Hello", it depends on what part of "Up North" you are referring to.
Haha, I like this post. [:
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all of the kind comments; I really appreciate it.