To ask for the question you always get asked, when the person saying it thinks they're the first person to say it.

[GetMeOffThisCycleOfMisery]

Light-hearted.

Examples. As a teen I worked in a shop, sometimes something doesn't scan and the customer (if paying attention) without fail would say, "Oh, that's free then?" Followed by a chuckle.

I wear very high heels a lot, I get told all the time, "How you don't break your neck in those, I'll never know!"

The latest one, my DP is a head chef, people always say, "Oooh, I bet you get loads of lovely meals cooked for you!" I bloody wish, it's a Busman's Holiday for him, he doesn't want to cook after a day in the kitchen. 😆

Twins here too. Not a question but a comment. ‘Double trouble’
Heard it a million times 👊🏻

Back in the 90s, my first job was working behind the bar in the local village hotel whilst I was doing my A Levels. The owner was obsessed with the fact that women weren't allowed to drink half pints of beer out of normal half pint glasses, you had to use his special goblet glasses that were more ladylike. Whenever anyone ordered a half pint, I was therefore required to ask "is the half for a lady?" I must have heard about 20 times a night, "Huh huh no! It's for my wife!"

It was bad enough having to ask the question, let alone fake laughing at such a horrible comment every time.

@LouH1981 having a protected human right to a fair trial and having someone to represent them, innocent until proven guilty etc. goes right over people's heads, doesn't it?
Although hardly surprising, I had a group of men (who had never so much as read through a statute) on Twitter jump on me for pointing out that voluntary manslaughter was not the same thing as an accidental death and that you are still sentenced for manslaughter (re: the Sally Challen case)- I was told to "get a refund" for my LLB as I was clearly crap at what I do. (One also said he wouldn't hire me as his defence, odd thing to say unless he regularly gets arrested to which I said good job you wouldn't, I'm in property law.)

"Have you ever thought of being in Eastenders?"

"Could you not do voice overs for adverts on the telly? Apparently it's really good money."

I'm an actor.

I have a dalmatian.. you get the most ridiculous questions or comments for example where are the other 100? Is it true they only get 101 spots? Bet her name's pongo! I put my dog in the washing machine and the spots came off. Dalmatians aren't a real dog breed, my mum said so!
It's great fun...

I was in Pret last week and my sandwich didn’t scan and they actually did give it to me free! And my coffee. I didn’t even have to ask!
It made them both extra delicious.

Kirstyhewlett2018. Us too.
He’s big for a Dalmatian.
Is he real?
What’s he crossed with?
Have you got a fur coat?

The kids will be fine with him, they love Dalmatians.
You don’t see many of them nowadays do you.

Youngest child. ‘Ooh I bet you were spoilt?’

@HighlyUnlikely
@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

Oh absolutely Liverpudlians get this all the time as well as Brummies

If outside the UK immediately The Beatles get mentioned which is nice and fine.

Within the UK?

Endless Shite Accent Mimicking

Reference to Potential Hubcap Theft

Reference to the old Harry Enfield Sketch

And the classic :

What do you call a Scouser in a suit?

The Accused...

FUCKING BORE OFF

I'm an academic.

"Me, I graduated from the university of life"

"I'd say you're useless at anything practical"

"So what you're saying is that you don't do anything useful, right?"

Anytime I leave the house with a suitcase ‘are you going away?’ Well obviously I am, I’m not carrying my underwear around for nothing.

On one unfortunate day a colleague turned up at work with an enormous suitcase before an overnight stay at a seminar. All day long people were asking her ‘are you leaving home then?’ Which she was, she was taking the alibi of an overnight break to leave her abusive husband. How she got through the day without cracking up I’ll never know.

I’ve just spent a week with two people who think the height of humour is to imitate the accent of anyone they meet or anyone who is even mentioned. They shriek back and forth at one another and think they are SO funny. It wouldn’t be as annoying if they were any good at accents but every single one just sounds like their own accent, just louder.

I am the eldest of eight. It was always are you Irish/catholic? no we are just a very fertile family born before effective contraception.

@movinghouseatlast I used to babysit for an actress she got fed up with people thinking it meant she was automatically rich/famous.

She always had work but you won’t have heard of her necessarily and she definitely wasn’t rich!

My understanding is (I’ve now a few friends in the entertainment industry) that the majority are “jobbing” actors, able to hopefully have a relatively steady if modest income. Same being true for most crew too.

She sometimes would have small parts in well known tv shows/films but mainly did voiceover and theatre work and also things like workshops in schools.

Some people would say my partner is less attractive than me as I do tend to make an effort - I'm former beauty therapist etc so always like to look my best. Recently he's been losing his hair at the front a bit too which hasn't helped so he often gets asked 'you're punching above your weight with her aren't you', or I get 'is he loaded or something?' the worst is 'how much did you pay for her?' it's a compliment I know but it gets so annoying after years of it.

I used to be a childminder and one day a week I just had two boy mindees (my choice to not take on any more that day) we always went to the zoo. Anyhow the amount of times I got told don’t your boys look like you ?! You couldn’t get two different looking children , one was blond and very light skinned and the other was dark skinned. My reply was always the same ...... ah that’s very kind however I don’t think their mums would agree.

'how much did you pay for her?' it's a compliment I know but it gets so annoying after years of it.

No! Being called a hooker isn't a compliment!

'You're not from round here'. Born and Iived Canada, I've also lived in Scotland, Leeds, Lincolnshire, Sheffield. Yes, a mixed accent.

Do you tan in the summer?

I'm black.

Jezebel101 It means I'm not aging badly and that matters to me as a former beauty therapist.

I used to work for Morrisons and had to wear an apron with the word Morrisons on it in big letters as well as an awful frilly clip on bow, at least twice a week I'd get asked if I worked there as I was literally stocking shelves off a crate.

No this is how I always dress, I'm just a big fan of Morrisons

It wouldn’t be as annoying if they were any good at accents but every single one just sounds like their own accent, just louder.

This is why I love mumsnet

I thought of another one! Are you a natural blonde? When my brows do not match my hair at all! Does it matter what colour hair is my natural colour? Who cares!

Yes, I also get fed up with people saying "oooh I don't know when you're acting".

Yes you do. If I'm being paid I will be acting. If not, I will just be being me!

For context my OH is black with long dreads...
Every time we go away we will get at least one person shout out
‘Yo Bob, Bob Marley’
Mmmmmm...... some evening start to sing 😂