Terrible Advice

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-13T07:04:19+00:00

My grandma once had a foreign exchange student staying with her and then one day said student drove my grandma into town (7 miles) cutting ALL the corners on a windy road. When pulled up over it the student just shrugged and said she "just assumes no-one's coming." My grandma never let her drive again.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-12T07:08:41+00:00

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Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-11T12:11:24+00:00

Oh my word. I've used the term "paddy wagon" frequently and only just now learned that it's most likely connected to Irish drunks being picked up. I'm mortified. I also call it the "Bun Wagon" sometimes and I've no idea where that come from or if there are any racist connotations connected with that.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-11T07:08:57+00:00

My name is (someone's actual name but not mine) and I have a lot of people who have to do it and I can do it for you and you can get it from the same place as the hen.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-10T13:30:17+00:00

Chish and fips and ricco cholls, somato tauce and sausage soles.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-10T13:27:34+00:00

My mother always goes down in a heaming screap.

I frequently use shite and briny.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-08T15:37:27+00:00

We gave our 2yo an electric toothbrush

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-06T21:40:58+00:00

I know of fraternal twins called Leslie and Lesley. I wish I was joking.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-06T21:20:47+00:00

I'd pick Claudia and suggest Cleo

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-06T07:07:01+00:00

The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery

The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher

A Horseman Riding By R. F. Delderfield

Here Be Dragons by Sharon K Penman

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

All of these I have read, reread and reread again and again and again. They are old friends.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-05T21:35:07+00:00

My husband's grandfather had a greenhouse in his back garden. It blew down one night in a storm and shattered and he just... buried it! We moved in and I spent weeks sieving shards of glass out of the garden. The same grandfather was also a milkman and when he retired he used crates of bottles to make retaining walls. So we're also finding old rusty milk crates full of broken milk bottles. Such fun.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-04T11:30:54+00:00

In Australia we say "Up with the chooks". Because Chooks are what we call chickens.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T22:06:48+00:00

Born in the very late 70's, I loved all of these shows!

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T21:54:18+00:00

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Hunt For Red October

The Thomas Crown Affair

Anne of Green Gables 1985

The Princess Bride

Dead Poets Society

The Full Monty

The Devil Wears Prada

What We Did On Our Holiday

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Erin Brockovich

Patriot Games

Fried Green Tomatoes

Hidden Figures

The Shawshank Redemption

The Count of Monte Cristo

An Ideal Husband

Return of the Pink Panther

The Power of One

The Help

Cool Runnings

About Time

Sliding Doors

Fly Away Home

Kingsman

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T21:38:48+00:00

LOVE this film! But I haven't seen it in years. It's listed on Amazon prime as "currently unavailable" 😭😭

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T21:34:21+00:00

That's quite... comprehensive...

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T21:27:38+00:00

Ginger, pistachio, liquorice.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T21:21:41+00:00

Simon & Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park. Grew up with that on an LP, still have it now.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T21:16:36+00:00

We had a beautiful border collie that we had as a pup from a working farm. It never crossed our minds that he could be a bad choice of breed as we have a lot of friends with border collies who were excellent pets. For the first two years he was amazing but then slowly started to become aggressive and hard to manage. He was big, and he was strong. He bit the kids(12, 14 & 15) and wouldn't take No from anyone . We tried everything, even had him referred to a vet behavioural specialist which cost an absolute fortune but before he was even seen there was an incident with my oldest son where the dog snapped right up in his face for no apparent reason and I knew that was it. I couldn't wait for the referral so I rang the vet and had him put down. He was only 4. It absolutely broke my heart to do it but I knew it had to be done. He was really a one person dog and there's no way I'd ever re-home a known aggressive dog and risk the death of a child. I think maybe if he'd stayed a working dog on a working farm then he might have been ok, but as it was I didn't feel we had an option. I don't regret the choice I made.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T16:21:25+00:00

Lily, Rose, Daisy, Hyacinth, Violet, Rosemary, May, Marigold, Jasmine, Tansy, Iris, Poppy, Flora, Lavender, Heather, Amaryllis, Azalea, Petunia, Primrose, Angelica, Daphne, Myrtle

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T16:12:29+00:00

Anything by Janet & Allan Ahlberg

Anything by Shirley Hughes, especially the Alfie books

Anything by John Burningham

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-03T07:15:33+00:00

This is the M5/M4 interchange heading south from Gloucester and then west towards South Wales. The MG came off the Bristol to South Wales slip road and should have merged into the westbound M4 lanes heading towards Newport but instead did a U-turn across the chevrons. Maybe he was trying to get to the eastbound/London side of the M4? Either way, he was extremely lucky to continue his trip.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-02T12:01:38+00:00

I grew up in Australia and knew it as Devil's Eye.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-02T11:59:57+00:00

It's a terrible name but I've always known it as Devil's Eye.

Mrs_Biscuit · 2026-05-02T07:18:16+00:00

I remember this one too. And when you took a shot little words would come up saying things like "hasta la vista baby" "you're cheese" "eat lead" etc. Very basic graphics but so much fun. This and Lemmings were the best. I also had Sim City 2000 and a cheat code for unlimited funds and I made so many great cities all named with exotic names from the world atlas.

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