Weird compliments

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Mark Holmes — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:44:48 GMT

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The opposite of what my 7 year old daughter did last weekend then when she turned down the offer of a pound coin from my dad, saying, "that's ok grandad, you keep it for yourself." When pressed as to why, she said, "Well you can't buy anything with a pound." Queue an outraged exchange with my wife that culminated in her being sent to her room!

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FANTASTIC, kids are ace!

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Julian Earl — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:38:42 GMT

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My husband's granny (she's 92, you know!) often gives the kids £1 each. I take them to the poundshop and tell them they can choose anything they want! Talk about magnimanious

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We all understand the other compliment now, even if you don't.

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Julie Innes — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:23:31 GMT

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My husband's granny (she's 92, you know!) often gives the kids £1 each. I take them to the poundshop and tell them they can choose anything they want! Talk about magnimanious

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vs0u — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:17:51 GMT

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Home Bargains cheaper...but do not take AMEX!

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And for some reason referred to as Home and Bargain by all scousers!

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That's because it used to be called Home and Bargains about 10 years ago!

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Alex Gough — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:54:00 GMT

I did think about how that sounded but couldnt be bothered to edit it. You can take whichever meaning you prefer!

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Martin Atkinson — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:38:35 GMT

[quote user="alex gough"]

Queue an outraged exchange with my wife that culminated in her being sent to her room!

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I've been trying to send my wife to her room when she misbehaves but she always refuses - how did you manage that alex?

Re: Weird compliments

Mark Hedberg — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:49:13 GMT

I still stop to pick up a penny...sorry if that makes me look cheap!

(My best haul was late last year; dodged a bit of traffic in a side street but there was a handful of loose change out there for the takings...£2.37, right pleased!)

(Hey, pick up a pound a few times and suddenly it's a fiver!)

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Alex Gough — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:34:02 GMT

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bob lehner — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:43:01 GMT

Not a compliment - but I was once given a tip. Slightly simple young lady whose dog I used to treat. On one occasion I finished the consultation and was gently guiding her towards the door when she dived into her bag, pulled out a 20p piece and said 'That's for you'.

Of course I gratefully (and gracefully) accepted it.

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Niall Taylor — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:19:03 GMT

[quote user="Mark Rowland"]A nurse used to compare me to an Orc from the Lord Of The Rings movies. Wasn't sure how to take that. My arrival was usually greeted with "looks like meats back on the menu boys" ( a quote from an Uruk hai in the second film). :-€[/quote]

So you were actually being likened to a decapitated orc! You'd have to be pretty thick skinned to take that sort of thing LOL.

Niall

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Mark Rowland — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:08:25 GMT

A nurse used to compare me to an Orc from the Lord Of The Rings movies. Wasn't sure how to take that. My arrival was usually greeted with "looks like meats back on the menu boys" ( a quote from an Uruk hai in the second film). :-€

Re: Weird compliments

Bob Russell — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:58:47 GMT

[quote user="James Laidlaw"]18 year old single malt? Is it good or is it aldi own brand?

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Good for everyday drinking (perhaps not good enough for a referral specialist!). Not strongly flavoured but pleasant and easy drinking! From a Speyside distilliary but otherwise fairly 'generic'.

If you want to impress the uninitiated a very good buy but not for the connoisseur.

Re: Weird compliments

Claire Fisher — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:54:55 GMT

[quote user="Derek Lyon"]

Home Bargains cheaper...but do not take AMEX!

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And for some reason referred to as Home and Bargain by all scousers!

Re: Weird compliments

Nicola Lawlor — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:22:36 GMT

We had a wierd one in the clinic recently - a client who did nothing but fail to comply with instructions, moaned about the costs, moaned about the referral centre we sent his dog to for surgery, moaned about coming back repeatedly for post op care and often failed to turn up for booked appointments or waltzed in two hours late with not so much as a sorry. Anyway, at the final appointment he asked the nurse for an email address so he could get in touch with the practice owner. Uh Oh...a complaint coming we thought. Later that same evening the boss pulled me aside and asked me to read his email - the nicest, loveliest praise for all the staff and the clinic and how professional and caring we all were etc etc. Could have knocked us down with a feather (though he still didn't have any good words for the referral centre in his email!!).

Re: Weird compliments

james herriot lied — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:08:56 GMT

Yes. Yes, they are. And I wouldn't shop anywhere else.

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John Rimmer — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:56:29 GMT

James - are the two mutually exclusive!?

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James Laidlaw — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:21:37 GMT

18 year old single malt? Is it good or is it aldi own brand?

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John Rimmer — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:59:45 GMT

Martin - please - I have just eaten my supper.

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Julie Innes — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:50:31 GMT

I am extremely proud of my speed-packing in Aldi! At my local, you aren't meant to pack your bag at the checkout, but if your speedy enough you can avoid the whole fill-trolley-unfill-trolley-fill-trolley-unfill trolley into bag system that they want you to adopt I don't get compliments, though- just evils from the checkout people for subverting their system. And they try to go even faster so you can't keep up! paying by card at the end, with their slow machines, normally buys you an extra couple of seconds for the last few items!!!

Strange compliment last week, when a client suggested if I ever wanted to leave veterinary practice I should turn my hand to stand-up comedy! (not even sure I was trying to be funny at the time

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Derek Lyon — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:40:36 GMT

Home Bargains cheaper...but do not take AMEX!

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james herriot lied — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:16 GMT

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We use Lidl - it is the only place I know where I can get... 18 yr old malt for under £25!!

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That's for a case, right? Lidl was doing Hobgoblin (ale) this week, three bottles for under four quid. And a pretty decent Sancerre for less than seven.

Re: Weird compliments

bob lehner — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:42:34 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]The oddest random compliment I've had was from a girl who walked up to me and told me I had the nicest bum she'd ever seen.[/quote]

Hmm - our surgery cleaner often used to say to me 'The problem with you, Bob, is that you've got no bum'. Not sure if it was a compliment - I suspect not.

Nothing wrong with ALDI or LIDL - I frequent both - jolly good value.

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Bob Russell — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:25:41 GMT

We use Lidl - it is the only place I know where I can get frozen escargot and 18 yr old malt for under £25!!

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Noweia — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:45:14 GMT

Random guy in the shop across the road from us told me I smell nice...

Can't remember what I had been doing that particular day! (it most definitely wasn't perfume he was smelling!)

Re: Weird compliments

Martin Atkinson — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:34:16 GMT

[quote user="james herriot lied"](for those of you in referral practice, Aldi is a cut-price, no-frills supermarket much favoured by chavs, OAPs and impoverished, first-opinion vets. Marks and Sparks it aint)[/quote] I thought the chavs went to Iceland and Asda, and that Aldi and LIdl are for prudent hausfraus and the thinking poor. The oddest random compliment I've had was from a girl who walked up to me and told me I had the nicest bum she'd ever seen.