• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    My wife and I quote this from an episode of John Oliver (I forget the context). “If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be?” “No thanks, I’ve already eaten.”

    Like when things are similar to that we’ll just say “I’ve already eaten” and laugh.

  • toynbee@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    One time, I bought a giant picture of a spaceship taking off. I brought it home and proudly showed my then girlfriend and our mutual friend, who was visiting. The friend said “nice! Where’s it going?”

    I didn’t know the destination of this particular space flight. I had impulsively bought it at a thrift store and done no research. I thought about it for a minute, then said " … Space?"

    Turns out she was asking where I was planning to hang the picture in the house.

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    4 days ago

    My physio asked me where I got my tattoo (that she was staring at). Tell my why my brain said “on my leg” and I had a mild stroke before I could say the name of the shop.

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    4 days ago

    I’m not a native speaker, so please care with me: how can something be ON the ceiling? Or is the proposition “on” also used if something is attached to a surface?

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      You’ve got it with the second sentence, yep. Something is “on” something if it’s attached to it - so hanging upside-down from the ceiling counts, because it’s attached to it.