Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agoHow many people would you give 10 dollars to without question?message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow many people would you give 10 dollars to without question?Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareYermaw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI used to be able to count it down to the millisecond exactly when a strange chav would ask me for a cigarette. “In 3…2…1…” “oi mate you got a spare fag I can borrow”
minus-squarewondrous_strange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 days agoNever understood that phrasing. A spare? As in a cigarette I carry but don’t need/don’t plan to use? And borrow? As in youre going to take it and bring it back to me later? I know I’m being too literal but damn it so stupid Edit thanks for the good chuckle btw
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoSame. I wasn’t even over 18 at the time, and they’d still ask
I used to be able to count it down to the millisecond exactly when a strange chav would ask me for a cigarette.
“In 3…2…1…” “oi mate you got a spare fag I can borrow”
Never understood that phrasing. A spare? As in a cigarette I carry but don’t need/don’t plan to use? And borrow? As in youre going to take it and bring it back to me later?
I know I’m being too literal but damn it so stupid
Edit thanks for the good chuckle btw
Same. I wasn’t even over 18 at the time, and they’d still ask