Alfa-alfa... alpha... no, it's AL-FAL-FA!

Everyone who ever goes to Somerford Park Farm must surely wince at the large sign as they go in:

"This is a equestrian facility not a children's playground"


It's as much as I can do to get past it and park up :o
 
Working in the equine world is great.
Regular things customers come out with,
" I would like the feed in a blue bag" do they really not know what they are feeding.
" bag of quick soak please" and look at me as if I'm thick when I ask which feed that is. Oh yes fast fibre of course! Couldn't be any of the others within the range ;)
you wouldn't believe what people come out with.
 
maisie06 said:
Wouldn't confuse me!! One of my hates too - alfa alfa - sounds like a police call sign!! And don't even get me started on those who ask for hobsons and dobsons.....and those who ask for products that DO NOT EXIST. And the worst of the worst who want a "bag of what I had last time" GRRRRRRRRR Can you tell it's getting near christmas?!!:rolleyes::p
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Orrrrr... Can I have a bag of Spillers Healthy Hooves. It's not so much that bit which frustrates me, it's the resulting 10 minute detective work to establish exactly what product is wanted.
 
I'm so glad these things annoy other people too!

It even says on the bag that the feed contains alfalfa - I keep correcting/pretending to not understand when people at my yard talk about 'alfa alfa' or 'alfa-a'... Yes there is an alfa-a...but it is a brand not the actual contents.

And do people just not know the difference between the meanings of words that sound the same with different spellings?! I do try to only snigger about it in private though...:rolleyes:
 
My pet hate is when I ask for Spillers horse and pony nuts to then get asked if I mean cubes. While I understand they are reading what it says on the screen and yes they are Spillers horse and pony cubes (don't get me started on the fact they aren't cubes so therefore should actually be called nuts) surely a little bit of common sense would tell them that nuts and cubes are actually the same thing?! Maybe not.
 
Reminds me of a teacher friend who everyday, on her way to work, passed some rather crude graffiti that included a swear word spelt incorrectly. She couldn't work out what made her more sad - that they felt the need to write the graffiti or that they were too thick to spell a 4 letter word beginning with f! She also admitted it took all her will power not to get out a red marker pen & correct it.
 
Ah. But if it was spelt with an E, then that's a word the Irish use and lot of people have copied. Your teacher friend may lead too sheltered a life :D
 
Yule Mule said:
This was a sign at the school my daughter goes to:
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Apart from the very strange spelling, what about the prices? :confused:

Three for £1.30 but four for £2?

So the first three are 43p each, but the fourth is another 70p! :confused:

Courtney and Michael, go to the bottom of the class. ;):D
 
When my son was 9, I was called into the school and ranted at by his class teacher. Apparently he'd corrected her spelling. In front of the class. The CHEEK!! :D
I happened to notice some of his written work whilst I was there and this same teacher had crossed out Matthew's correct spelling of 'leper' and written, in red ink, 'LEPOR'
Her face was more than a bit red when I (nearly politely)pointed this out :D

Inappropriate use of apostrophes drives me nuts eg 'Egg's for sale' Grrrrrrrr!!!!
 
Quick!!! Pass the bag again Yule Mule!!!!!

little_critter has just brought on another hyperventilation episode....!!!!!
 
cptrayes said:
Everyone who ever goes to Somerford Park Farm must surely wince at the large sign as they go in:

"This is a equestrian facility not a children's playground"


It's as much as I can do to get past it and park up :o
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Just sneek out in the middle of the night with a paint brush and a pot of paint the same colour as the existing lettering, easy as pie and no one'll ever notice;):D.
 
You have 'bought' a horse, you have not 'brought' a horse, you have payed the owner to now be the legal owner of said horse, you have not carried/led/taken the horse anywhere! :mad:
 
sussexbythesea said:
Actually "colly birds" was a term for blackbirds in Ye olde England and was the original wording in the 12 Days of Christmas. I remember it written like this in one of my childhood song books. (I'm not that old by the way :D)

What is a colly bird? It is a black bird. In England a coal mine is called a colliery and colly or collie is a derivation of this and means black like coal. For a long time in England, blackbirds have been referred to as both blackbirds (as in the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence ) and colly birds as in The Twelve Days of Christmas. :)
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I was going to say just this!
 
Nah said:
haha! That annoys me tooooo!

PS - Tallyhohoho, I ADORE your Chinese Dancing Lion picture! I saw some last year and they were epic :D
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Yes they are brilliant and scary when done properly!

Can't find any on youtube of a proper street one. I used to watch them when I lived in Malaysia but this is quite impressive...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9-a5xs4K6s
 
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