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to find the choice of name for this treadmill slightly odd?

[url= http://www.johnlewis.com/231711031/Product.aspx ]http://www.johnlewis.com/231711031/Product.aspx[/url]


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:01 pm
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Given that Technogym are Italian, I suspect that it is perfectly logical.

If you want to make cheap gags about out-dated non-PC terms for people with a disability, go and do it on a forum where the members may not be married to people who are diabled with Cerebral Palsy. 🙄


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:08 pm
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(?) You have to be a prick to start a thread about it.
Fwiw I think it refers to the fact it doesn't take up much space.
Idiot


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:11 pm
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Now you've made him feel bad 🙁


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:11 pm
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woah woah woah! (thats old fashioned speak for 'stop a horse')

he said it was 'odd' not 'funny'


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:12 pm
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This is either going to run and run, or be shut within five. Best get the kettle on.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:13 pm
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Not sure the OP has done anything other than highlight a name tbh

He does state it is "odd" so i assume they dont approve


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:13 pm
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I smirked, am I bad? 🙄


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:15 pm
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I won't use the edit opportunity still open to me to remove the thread but I will explain further.

I did mean 'odd' as in 'peculiar', not odd as in 'point and laugh'.

Anyway, I did not intend to offend so I apologise if anyone's offended.

Feel free to report it to the mods and have it deleted.


 
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*REPORTED*


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:18 pm
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I may have overreacted, heard that phrase once too often in recent weeks.

Sorry, carry on, nothing to see here. 😳


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:18 pm
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I found these on the same site
[url= http://tinyurl.com/bd8c232 ]Fitflops[/url]

They've got MICROWOBBLEBOARD™ TECHNOLOGY

Mm?


 
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*REPORTED*

*unreported*

Yup. I have that power.


 
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Posted : 21/01/2013 4:20 pm
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Phew


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:20 pm
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[i]Phew[/i]

I still feel bad 🙁

I should have thought more first, in retrospect, this sort of thread never ends well.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:24 pm
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The canonical example is [url= http://www.planetmobility.com/store/wheelchairs/manual/colours/spazz/ ]this[/url], of course.

[url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2005/oct/17/shopping.health ]The Guardian[/url] wrote a piece about it a while back. Interesting quote from the UK distributor at the end.

Ultimately, different words mean different things in different countries. Happens a lot.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:24 pm
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I have no useful contribution to make. Rich tea biscuit and no sugar in mine please captain.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:25 pm
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Must. stop. giggling.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:27 pm
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Rich tea? I think not. You'll have a Duchy Originals lemon shortbread and damned well enjoy it.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:28 pm
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You are aware that there's a whole world of other countries and people out there who speak different languages don't you? Sometimes people like you think that foreign words are funny. Sometimes people like you demonstrate how stupid and narrow minded you are. Sometimes other people turn round and tell you this.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:28 pm
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I think it's been done aP. 🙄


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:31 pm
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Sorry, got a cold and it took quite a long time to type it...
Anyone know any other foreign words that the OP can use to offend people with?


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:35 pm
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I found these on the same site
Fitflops

Most comfiest shoes I've ever worn, Ever.
Microwobblebored or not- don't knock 'em till you've tried 'em, OK?


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:35 pm
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This seems like a [url= http://tinyurl.com/a5lpp6n ]bargain[/url] for €99.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:37 pm
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Should I apologise in advance for finding some foreign words funny. Winter sport seems to be full of it.

A ski run in Andorra called Fagina.
You can take your skis into a shop in France and let them fartage.
Fanny Chmellar and [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_**** ]won't let me type his name![/url] are more than proficient in their chosen fields.

I'm sure people from other countries find words/names in English amusing.


 
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You can take your skis into a shop in France and let them fartage.

There's a shop in Serre Che that advertises that it has "Top fartage"


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:39 pm
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Fanny Chmellar

No-one would ever find that funny.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:41 pm
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won't let me type his name!

I think also that page has been vandalised to add a fictitious middle name.


 
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Should I apologise in advance for finding some foreign words funny. Winter sport seems to be full of it.

Not just foreign, in the world of UK sports you can go deep and catch crabs, well worth a smirk.
Pajero drivers, I admire your courage for advertising the fact.


 
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Everytime I see a mitsubishi pajero I'm reminded that 'pajero' is spanish for '****er'.. doesnt mean I hate ****ers though.. I'm still on here and this forum seems to possess more than it's fair share of uptight ****ers..

😀

Edit: The modern day scourge of word filtering !!! Bugger 🙁


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:45 pm
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Should I apologise in advance for finding some foreign words funny.

Pompino. Hurrr, hurrr, hurrr.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:45 pm
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I can recall (in the 1970s) aged about six, my sister and I making up random goobledygook words in the hope that we might have said something totally obscene in another language and maybe offended someone on the other side of the planet.
Kids eh?!


 
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There was something going about a few years ago when Arsenal were sponsored by Sega that in some languages that meant something offensive. Can't think what it was supposed to mean and which language though.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 4:50 pm
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The Toyota MR2 is shit in France.


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 7:42 pm
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The Toyota MR2 is shit in France.

It's not much better here ! 🙂


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 7:46 pm
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[url= http://www.spazstix.co.uk/home.php ]Paint your wagon[/url]

[url= http://www.spazzstick.com/faq.htm ]Isn't "Inuit" the politically correct word for "Eskimo"?[/url]


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 7:50 pm
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is shocked

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Posted : 21/01/2013 8:01 pm
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Silly names for things.....
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Posted : 21/01/2013 8:11 pm
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Posted : 21/01/2013 8:12 pm
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This headset could have a better name as well
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Posted : 21/01/2013 8:22 pm
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^^ that's Ming the Merciless' home planet, that is.

Also "sram" sounds like "chram" which in eastern europe (and indeed in Borat) means "todger".

I think Ben Elton beat us all to the pun in the 80's with the "crapee" in 'Gridlock' though.


 
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How about this one? Would you stay there?

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[url= http://hotels.norwayvip.com/hotel/details/HAKUNTZ/booking-hotel-kuntz-2-rue-des-deux-gares-paris-france.html ]from £29 per night cheap though[/url]


 
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[quote=piemonster said]Silly names for things.....

I've been up that

😉


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 8:29 pm
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and, of course, on holiday we spend our time ...


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 8:32 pm
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I often have to change trains here
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Posted : 21/01/2013 8:34 pm
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*is worried*

^^ Am I allowed to find that funny?


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 8:39 pm
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The Toyota MR2 is shit in France.

Very good (-:


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 8:42 pm
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I've been up that

I like sitting on one, looking at the other and having a chuckle


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 8:44 pm
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Thanks for that CFH, I had never made the connection and now will get the giggles whenever I go through 🙁


 
Posted : 21/01/2013 8:45 pm
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The mr2 was actually renamed the mr for the french market, toyota were smart enough to realise what mr2 might sound like in french.


 
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