I so need to get a dog.

[noflyingfan]

This is a couple of years old, but still funny. I found it when reading a story about a dog who was subpoenaed for a murder case. One question for you guys in UK -- what's a "hamper?"
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Dog offered credit card


http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39334000/jpg/_39334181_credit203.jpg The bank has apologised for the mix-up with Monty

A dog in Greater Manchester has been offered a gold credit card with a spending limit of £10,000.

An application form arrived in the post for Monty, a Shih-Tzu, from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The letter was addressed to the dog at the home of his owner, Raymond Slater, in Stockport.

He was offered a gold credit card and the chance to earn air miles.

A Royal Bank of Scotland spokeswoman said: "We have apologised for any inconvenience caused to Mr Slater.

"We bought the name from a list broker and have no idea why Monty's details were provided. "His name has now been removed from the database and we are sending a hamper to Mr Slater by way of apology."

[Lynda]

Hey Stockport!! I live about 3 miles from there.


A Hamper is a basket of goodies, usually luxury food items. The basket is usually wicker and oblong a little like a picnic basket( or hamper)

Lynda:)

[noflyingfan]

Okay, I've heard hamper in the picnic basket sense. But like Chelle, I was thinking dirty clothes.

Personally, I would have asked for the credit card.

[Lynda]

Sometimes the language thing is so funny!! You would not believe it was all English! We call your dirty washing thing a laundry basket or a laundry bin dependant on what it is made of.

We could go on and on with the words that have different meanings.

I remember someone on FF board being quite taken back when I said we were having Fish and Chips for dinner ( Our chips are your French fries and your chips are our crisps)

Lynda

[noflyingfan]

I've always thought of "fish and chips" as "fish and fries." I thought it was a pretty common understanding that when combined with fish, the word "chips" meant fries. But it doesn't matter much to me, as I don't eat fish!

The one that I like is your "biscuits." Biscuits here are pretty much just bread, not cookies.

I do have a funny story about the language barrier. My sister did her student teaching a few years ago in England. One day, some kids asked her to play some game with them outside (some sport, I don't remember what). She said she couldn't, because she wasn't wearing pants. The kids all started giggling. She didn't know that "pants" isn't "trousers" there, but "underpants." All she meant was, "I can't run in a skirt," but she got her kids thinking she was going commando.

[spleisher]

NOw that brought a smile to my face... Maybe just the juvenile male in me, but I found that pretty funny.


Scott

[Lynda]

Just to confuse you more, only men wear underpants, ladies wear knickers ha ha ha.

Lynda

[WillFlyToDisney]

So if you ran up credit in the dog's name who is responsible for the bill? Do they put it on his CREDIT report when he misses a payment? Is he then eligible to file for Bankruptcy because he is unemployed and can't pay his bills? The things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmm............ (or the things you read instead of doing your work...)!

:tongue:
Kel

[spiffyone]

I have this waist pack thing - you know, a little nylon sack with a band that goes around your waist like a belt - that I wear every day now that I am in the big bad city. It makes it harder for the riffraff to get your wallet, etc.

In Mass, we call these items "fanny packs."

However, I understand the term "fanny" doesn't quite mean the same thing in the UK as it does here...so now my fiance calls it my "fanny pack" and cackles with glee....



:thumbsup:

[spiffyone]

Butt pack?

Waist pack?

I have heard both.

My grandmother calls it "your little bag." (As opposed to...my BIG bag? I hate to ask.)

spiff

[spiffyone]

oh, my....:nono:

[Lynda]

We call those things Bum Bags!

Fanny pack is certainly a No No in the UK! It is considered a really crude and vulgar term.

Lynda:blush:

[spleisher]

A MAN PURSE!!! So you carry a man purse Sean???? Cool! I think "Man Purse" is the term.

Scott

[spiffyone]

I will have to be very careful never to use the term "fanny pack" in England.

When I was there years ago, I remember I occasionally said things that led my host family to give me funny looks. Can't remember what they were exactly...but oh, boy.

spiff

[Athene Airheart]

This happened to a friend of mine! Apparently the dog's name was gotten because there was an order of dog food made at Pet Smart. So some time later the bank got the name off the order and offered the dog a credit card. My friend was mad because the dog had a higher spending limit than he did!



This is a couple of years old, but still funny. I found it when reading a story about a dog who was subpoenaed for a murder case.
Dog offered credit card


The bank has apologised for the mix-up with Monty

A dog in Greater Manchester has been offered a gold credit card with a spending limit of £10,000.

An application form arrived in the post for Monty, a Shih-Tzu, from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The letter was addressed to the dog at the home of his owner, Raymond Slater, in Stockport.

He was offered a gold credit card and the chance to earn air miles.

A Royal Bank of Scotland spokeswoman said: "We have apologised for any inconvenience caused to Mr Slater.

"We bought the name from a list broker and have no idea why Monty's details were provided. "His name has now been removed from the database and we are sending a hamper to Mr Slater by way of apology."