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TheShellBeach · 02/01/2023 12:10

See also "I am defiantly not pregnant".

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 10/01/2023 01:52

"Hugh thanks to all who sponsored me..."

Maybe it's a really passive-aggressive way of making it clear that, out of a massive office with dozens of people working there, only Hugh actually bothered to sponsor them Grin

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 10/01/2023 07:05

Anyhow is almost certainly a deliberate choice. Don't know where it comes from but I've often heard it.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 10/01/2023 07:11

Thanks, autocorrect! Anyhoo.

Pyjamageddon · 10/01/2023 15:41

People who say illegible when they mean eligible and can't seem to hear the difference when it's pointed out. I'm looking at you, husband!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 10/01/2023 15:46

Anyhoo is almost certainly a deliberate choice. Don't know where it comes from but I've often heard it.

Probably the same people who like to be 'quirky' and wish you a merry Chrimbo and ask if you and the famalam are off anywhere nice on your holibobs this year.

America12 · 11/01/2023 14:53

I saw a plumber's van with 'leeks fixed'

AdoraBell · 11/01/2023 15:53

🤣🤣 that’s reminded me when my DD was a teen I bought vegetables and she said - oh no mum, there’s a leak in the kitchen!

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