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The utterly ridiculous / hysterical comments your friends come out with, in which you seriously question if they live on the same planet as you...[lighttheart]

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daughterofafarmer · 02/10/2013 11:26

My friend said this utter gem last week...

'I'm buying DS a 2nd pair of Wellingtons as I don't have an Aga to help dry out the wet pair....'

Another friend

'I don't think one should children until you can afford childcare'....Que me nearly spitting out my drink...

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ShowOfBloodyStumps · 02/10/2013 21:38

I was going to say the same as bulby. It is certainly possible for male/female twins to be identical.

There are a lot of MNers who seem to think that the channel tunnel sits on the bed of the ocean.

bulby · 02/10/2013 21:35

Sorry but it is biologically possible for identical twins to be different sexes, the girl will often have Turner syndrome.. It's exceptionally rare but can happen- just google it.

BuffytheFeministFeminist · 02/10/2013 21:13

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chinam · 02/10/2013 21:13

One of my sisters would not believe me when I told her that carrot cake had real carrot in it. She also also refused to believe that cheese cake had cheese in it

MrsWolowitz · 02/10/2013 21:00

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CecyHall · 02/10/2013 20:53

My fairly intelligent DH once said 'I'm not sure what butterscotch is, is it from a plant'

I can't even imagine what a butterscotch plant would look like.

hellsbells76 · 02/10/2013 20:52

I remember when I was about 19 innocently asking my then boyfriend about the 'Slow lorries ahead' signs on roads. 'How do they know?' He just looked at me despairingly.

EverythingsRosieBear · 02/10/2013 20:46

DH was looking at a monkey at the zoo when in all seriousness asked where its willy was..... Um that would be a girl monkey love!

rcs19 · 02/10/2013 20:35

My friend, during a power cut:

'but how can I drive home? My headlights won't work!'

ginmakesitallok · 02/10/2013 20:21

I have a twin brother and have been asked "are you identical?" a few times. I just tell them no we're not, I have slightly bigger tits

MissStrawberry · 02/10/2013 20:15

All the same to me. Missed a lot of biology with changing schools.

Skang · 02/10/2013 20:12

I will admit to not realising the identical brother and sister twin thing until a few years ago Blush I think it just stems from meeting very similar brother/sister twins and not reall u thinking about it very much.

Skang · 02/10/2013 20:10

Your urethra. Time you Google imaged it I think!

MissStrawberry · 02/10/2013 20:03

Okay, I'll be the dozy one. Where do you wee from if not your fanny?

runawaysimba · 02/10/2013 20:00

These are great. At a party years ago, I can't remember how or why this came up, but someone says that there are only 30 or so days each year that women can conceive. My future Rhodes scholar friend: then why don't we all have the same birthdays?

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daughterofafarmer · 02/10/2013 19:54

Some of those are truly outstanding and shocking!

A friend of mine who was planning her wedding wasn't impressed when her brothers girlfriend offer to help in any way...I said oh great, that's nice of her. My friend replied...
'But what does she know about planning a Christian wedding'

Shock Girlfriend is muslim.

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buildingmycorestrength · 02/10/2013 19:44

Blimey, these are corkers. Shock.

BMW6 · 02/10/2013 19:43

My dear Mum in answering a Trivial Pusuit question......

Q - What country has a coastline of only 3 and 1/2 miles?
Mum- Great Britain (and she had driven 10 miles along the coast to get to our house from hers......)

Skang · 02/10/2013 19:31

I had a friend years ago who was telling me about some cheap holiday deals or something and said that it was just for UK breaks. Then she asked 'Do they include Germany in that?'

She also once was telling me about her holiday and said that they accepted their own currency (I forget where she had been now) but also accepted something called 'Sterling?'.

Erebus · 02/10/2013 19:23

A friend of mine was driving her 2nd year DD back from Hampshire to uni in Cardiff, where she was doing Law. She is now on track to becoming a Solicitor. Upon crossing the Severn, the DD says "Mum, what is that funny language they plaster on all the signs here?".... Second Year.

headsspinningforachange · 02/10/2013 19:22

Their are some proper dim-wits (sp) their

AngusAndElspethsThistleWhistle · 02/10/2013 19:09

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garlicdoughballs · 02/10/2013 18:53

My friend didn't realise that Reindeers were actually real animals and was shocked when she saw some at a zoo. She thought they were made up for children in Christmas stories. Shock Grin

ALMOSTMRSG · 02/10/2013 18:49

I have a friend who is convinced that mixed gender twins can be identical. She will argue that she is correct. ????

InsertBoringName · 02/10/2013 18:45

A bit shocking but a normally lovely and intelligent friend of mine told me she firmly believes cancer survival rates are influenced by a positive state of mind. That mentally 'fighting it' will cure you. Obviously the people who died (like my 51 year old stepmother) just couldn't give a crap and lay down and 'let' cancer kill them Sad

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