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Fish N Chips

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Justoneme · 27/08/2017 22:24

Okay ... crazy one for you ... currently on holiday with my DP my DC and three DSC

Tonight we ordered our meals at a restaurant on site.. my meal, my son and one of the step children meal arrived, the others didn't. So immediately we asked where the other meals where and the restaurant apologised and said they had forgotten. They offered us free fish and chips from the site chippy which we accepted.
While we were waiting for the chips my son and two of the step children went back to eat the food from the restaurant.

My other DSC went back in a bit after to eat half of "my" meal with his sister, but she'd eaten all the double cheeseburger and chips. Anyway got back to the caravan and DSS who had nothing to eat joined us and the 3 of us tucked into fish & chips. Then the others arrived back after eating their meals, and asked for their fish & chips as well?!?! (First question, what would you do give them it?)

But then DSD said to DSS, save it till tomorrow as that's what we'd said to the others (bearing in mind they'd eaten already). Is that weird what DSS said? Is she trying to say it's fair? Wwyd???

OP posts:
Justnowthisone · 28/08/2017 13:05

My DS DDG SFH HBG and Fd1 are eating fish and chips

DDG and HBG wanted SXH's stuff

AIBU To make an MN thread on AIBU if AIBU about the stuff

SparklyMagpie · 28/08/2017 13:24

I'm sorry but amazonEcho what was your post on about?! Confused

Shadow666 · 28/08/2017 13:31

I reckon the OP was drunk MNing and has absolutely no recollection of this thread today and is wondering why there are 3 fish suppers lying uneaten on the counter.

hippyhippyshake · 28/08/2017 13:37

I think amazonecho explained it perfectly. I for one now understand the whole situation. Justnowthisone had clarified the last remaining niggle I had.

AlmostAJillSandwich · 28/08/2017 13:42

Who the hell eats cold chips, they're always absolutely horrible once they've gone cold!

Floellabumbags · 28/08/2017 13:42

SC went back to DSS, save it till the restaurant on site.. my son and chippy which we were and the double chips as that's what DSS said to say it's where and said? Is she trying to eating to eat half of then the cheeseburger and one of the restaurant.

What?

My others arrived back in mind them it?)

Eh?

But their meals at a restaurant on site cheeseburger and asked for the step children went back after eaten already). Is that's where waiting the double cheeseburger and the others didn't. So immediately we we NBU

Erm...

HTH

No.

CockacidalManiac · 28/08/2017 13:45

On reflection; yeah, it might have been chickens.

thecatfromjapan · 28/08/2017 13:56

SC went back to DSS, save it till the restaurant on site.. my son and chippy which we were and the double chips as that's what DSS said to say it's where and said? Is she trying to eating to eat half of then the cheeseburger and one of the restaurant.

Oddly enough, someone I know from college, years ago, writes poetry like this.

In his case, it follows a lineage of modernist exploration of the disjunctions between the grammatical determinants and sense-making function of language, as well as an experiment in how far there can be a joyful liberation of the ecstatic potential of semantic existence whilst still paying an (at least seeming) adherence to those constraints (of sense-making and grammar).

It's kind of interesting to see that this Dionysiac impulse is, indeed, very similar to the effects of being pissed.

Not that I'm saying OP was.

amazonEcho · 28/08/2017 14:05

@Floellabumbags

Sorry, I'll try again. I was just trying to make sense of the situation.

Then a bit after eaten a bit after, but she'd eat would you do give for the chips arrived for their meal with his sister eating to the do gives for there and DSS what would you double chips. Then a bit after, but she'd eat joined in a bit after eat would you double caravan all their DSS who half of "my" meal with his sister eat would you do give the do given back after DSS who had nothing the do give they're arrive the cheeseburger eat joined for to eat would you double cheeseburger to fish & chips and immediately went one other chips free food food from the of the step chippy which we of the children we asked and chips free fish and there the fish and our meals which we and two offered where meals that we accepted.

Clearer?

thecatfromjapan · 28/08/2017 14:10
amazonEcho · 28/08/2017 14:17

I have 9 days to learn a new coding language so had a quick go writing some to let me copy / paste text (from the OP) and give me back nonsense following a few vague word-order rules.

I'm a geek / linguist and it's the kind of thing we find fun (as well as being good practice).

I'm not sure that the text which my code produced made any less sense than the OP's.

Happytobefree17 · 28/08/2017 14:28

What did you say to your dsd when she decided to take the role of parent?

thecatfromjapan · 28/08/2017 14:38

amazonEcho Thank you so much for telling me that!

i was amazed at the similarity between what you wrote and Gertrude Stein (and college poet person's work). It has a similar quality of urging a reader to try and make sense (questions, ordering conjunctions, etc.) and also frustrating that urge.

As a linguist, can you tell me: is there a phrase that describes when you have objects in a sentence that have things being done to them? That's a strong feature of what you've written, too, in that there are clearly things being done to things but a revelation of what is being done to them is endlessly deferred.

grandOlejukeofYork · 28/08/2017 14:38

All I really want to know ... should I had given the x3 children the fish n chips (even though they had a meal)

Yes, because there was enough for all. An instead of giving them you just put them to the side, which is pointless, wasteful and mean.

FreudianSlurp · 28/08/2017 14:43

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amazonEcho · 28/08/2017 14:56

@thecatfromjapan

I'm 80% geek, only 20% linguist (and slightly tipsy).

Do you mean causative?

thecatfromjapan · 28/08/2017 14:59

Yes, I think I do. Grin Thank you.

I think I was also hoping for a fancy, linguisty phrase that condensed its role in language. But 'causative' will give me a place to start looking for that.

Flowers
amazonEcho · 28/08/2017 15:06

Flowery, fancy phrases are pretty much the opposite of what linguists aim to write.

Your post perfectly summed up the difference between our two fields.

When lecturing, I often described linguistics as un-painting the lily, taking perfume from a violet or describing the rainbow in nothing but wavelengths Smile

amazonEcho · 28/08/2017 15:12

you might mean reflexive causatives...

haveacupoftea · 28/08/2017 15:15

DSD sounds like a greedy little madam.

Timmytoo · 28/08/2017 15:24

After ready my it four times I now understand. Basically 6 meals were ordered from the restaurant and only three meals arrived. The restaurant offered fish and chips from their onsite chippy shop.

So the restaurant eaters ate at the restaurant and the fish n choppers ate art the caravan but the restauranteers came back to the caravan and wanted to eat fish v chips too presumably because they saw it so wanted if. Everyone had a meal in the end so leftovers can wait till morning, so she was right to say that.

Timmytoo · 28/08/2017 15:25

"Reading it" not "ready my it" #hatetypingonphone ConfusedBlush

moralberyll · 28/08/2017 17:15

Any update op? Are you about to reheat the fish and chips for your tea?

grandOlejukeofYork · 28/08/2017 17:20

DSD sounds like a greedy little madam

What a revolting (and sexist) thing to say about a child.

Floellabumbags · 28/08/2017 17:35

amazon

I thought the OP had gone on a meth binge and name changed.