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TlalocW

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8. And why do they keep saying garage wrong?

Fri Jan 27, 2017, 01:39 PM

Jan 2017

And what's all this, taking the pram out of the boot of the auto to get into the lift to go up to the flat to watch telly while eating bangers and mash with spotted dick for afters? You're just trying to make Trump look foolish!

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WH meltdown, cont.: Press officer snaps at UK journalist for laughing at birth date format confusion [View all] highplainsdem Jan 2017 OP

And they spelled colour wrong! gratuitous Jan 2017 #1

And why do they keep saying garage wrong? TlalocW Jan 2017 #8

And what the ever living fuck is a "tyre"? A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #14

And why do they call it Al-you-min-ee-um? ms liberty Jan 2017 #17

It's like they don't know how to speak English. n/t OnlinePoker Jan 2017 #23

Drat! Now I will have to put DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #24

Chuckles aside, this isn't a UK issue. AtheistCrusader Jan 2017 #30

We use D/M/Y in Canada also OnlinePoker Jan 2017 #49

In the entire Englishspeaking Caribbean malaise Jan 2017 #50

I prefer YYYY/MM/DD. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #63

DD/MM/YY is the military standard MrScorpio Jan 2017 #67

Just put it in the boot, or the bonnet, or...? Hulk Jan 2017 #39

Boot is the trunk, bonnet is the hood (where the engine is) Granny M Jan 2017 #43

Well great. OriginalGeek Jan 2017 #37

They'll need some armour for the criticism they're about to receive. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #61

Ha! Just wait until they find out what schedule sounds like! 2naSalit Jan 2017 #69

And they use rubbers to correct mistakes--when they write. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #76

They said their spare was in the boot JDC Jan 2017 #34

Don't get your nappie volstork Jan 2017 #40

"Presidenting For Dummies"...hilarious! sueh Jan 2017 #73

They Better Not Plan A Trip For Trump To The UK As..... global1 Jan 2017 #2

Not when Trump is there! He will make a proclamation that everyone drive on the correct side karynnj Jan 2017 #32

"Make Every Road Great Again!" Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #62

I'm not sure why the WH would care. They're isolationists. So what what other people think, right? ffr Jan 2017 #3

Why is it funny that we are ignorant and hostile? The Polack MSgt Jan 2017 #4

Language arts classes has this in their curriculum-they did at my kids school not long riversedge Jan 2017 #7

That's where I learned it too. alarimer Jan 2017 #11

Embarassing that the WH does not know some fundamental language arts knowledge and then riversedge Jan 2017 #15

Well, just wait to see how their heads explode.... llmart Jan 2017 #22

The ability to laugh at yourself is a good character trait. It was lacking in the WH today. riversedge Jan 2017 #5

Just "today?" pangaia Jan 2017 #36

Is extremely thin skin a contagious condition? nt HopeAgain Jan 2017 #6

"We are Conservatives. What is this 'humor-sense' you speak of?" randome Jan 2017 #9

I hope none of the Brits said the word schedule. nt DURHAM D Jan 2017 #10

bwaahaaa LittleGirl Jan 2017 #20

That's how I date my checks Jimbo S Jan 2017 #12

Is that with the horizontal like through the middle? I always right my 7's that way...and sdfernando Jan 2017 #46

Gods this is embarrassing Hekate Jan 2017 #13

Any why do them Brits laugh when I talk about my Fanny? Big_K Jan 2017 #16

What a bunch of ignorant shitheads... Blue Idaho Jan 2017 #18

US is so provincial. Everybody should use ISO international date formats. So easy Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #19

Don't forget, in Britian Trump means FART - eom LittleGirl Jan 2017 #21

Then there's Trumpton. mwooldri Jan 2017 #31

Then there was the children's show about "Seaman Staines", too! George II Jan 2017 #45

Aha!...Captain Pugwash!! Oh the memories come flooding back. nt pkdu Jan 2017 #54

Our Military also uses this sequence Sneederbunk Jan 2017 #25

In Britain the FU sign is two fingers instead of one NastyRiffraff Jan 2017 #26

Apparently the nitwits at the WH also spelled Theresa May's name incorrectly. etherealtruth Jan 2017 #27

And Teresa May the Brit malaise Jan 2017 #68

How embarrassing! LisaM Jan 2017 #28

Thankfully, "twit" is spelled the same on both sides of the pond. nt Buns_of_Fire Jan 2017 #29

Dumb fucks. Plus, it is not just the British format, but almost the entire rest of the world !! pangaia Jan 2017 #33

the learning curve may be insurmountable for these people. mulsh Jan 2017 #35

What Provincial Jerks! McKim Jan 2017 #38

fucking idiots Cosmocat Jan 2017 #41

Correction... workinclasszero Jan 2017 #51

Breaking news from the BBC.... gay texan Jan 2017 #42

I don't know what any of that means, but... Lisa0825 Jan 2017 #57

Thanks! gay texan Jan 2017 #74

LMAO! Thanks for the translation! Lisa0825 Jan 2017 #75

And, a bloody idjut. vanlassie Jan 2017 #59

Why? Because that's the way the whole WORLD does it. George II Jan 2017 #44

This is the funniest damn thread of the day annabanana Jan 2017 #47

Oh, dear. Don't let the military in, either. politicat Jan 2017 #48

Trump, with his vast military experience, should know. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #65

Oh gosh do they not know the entire planet is laughing at them and us? Rex Jan 2017 #52

I suspect they do know it, and it's why they're having this meltdown. highplainsdem Jan 2017 #56

Insular dunces, every one. n/t royable Jan 2017 #53

I almost always use the BlueMTexpat Jan 2017 #55

Plonker. n/t tavernier Jan 2017 #58

And if you really want to fight - start measuring stuff. Oy. eleny Jan 2017 #60

Trump retained his private security goons. Donuts to dollars this was them Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #64

In their defense (cough, cough), they don't get out a lot. GoneOffShore Jan 2017 #66

two words: Metric, Embarrassed grantcart Jan 2017 #70

Crikey! LakeArenal Jan 2017 #71

The "I'm Ignorant and Proud of It" Contingent dlk Jan 2017 #72