Now there's a stupid question...

calibrax · 9th November 2013, 12:39

I sent my mum an Amazon gift card for her birthday, her first question was "Can I use it online?"....

Sprinter · 9th November 2013, 12:43

Tell her it's discount voucher for her next trip up river in South America.

whitevanman · 9th November 2013, 12:45

Tell her i'll swap for a bottle of dirty river water, save her the postage

stevestrat · 9th November 2013, 13:52

Got a better one than that. When I was with BR we used to get some stars coming in as trainee drivers. At the bottom end of the freight yard there was a line of 100-120' tall trees that, because of a curve in the track, slightly obscured the back end of a long train. This trainee said to the driver he was with "you'd think they'd cut those trees down so that you can see better". The driver replied that they were planted for a reason, as a wind break and to hide the yard from the view of the general public. The trainee's next question stunned the driver . . . . "were they that size when they planted them?"

chipsceola · 9th November 2013, 13:55

and a word of warning from the BBC should you be in the market for Gift Cards this Christmas

Stu9 · 9th November 2013, 14:54

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Originally Posted by calibrax

I sent my mum an Amazon gift card for her birthday, her first question was "Can I use it online?"...

I'm sure there's a few things she knows that you dont

calibrax · 9th November 2013, 16:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu9

I'm sure there's a few things she knows that you dont

Oh, lighten up. I never claimed to be infallible. Even she thought it was funny when I pointed out that Amazon are only online.

And on a side note, I know there's an apostrophe in "don't".

Stu9 · 9th November 2013, 23:09

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Originally Posted by calibrax

Oh, lighten up

Thought that'd get you

Perfekt spelar to eh

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