Couldn't stop laughing at Saul's attempt at trying to appear literate the other day. I was dating a girl in Dublin some years ago. Restaurant manager for Bono's brother's joint 'Tosca' where they had a Michelin chef working for a period. Funny guy, like myself he liked to collect odd words and mix them up in converstaion to see if anyone might take the bait. One night I gave him a word and if he couldn't tell me what it meant, then herself could leave early over to mine with a nice bottle of red.
I nailed him good, and after a while herself called and said she was on her way.
Grand - words are worth Wordsworth.
She shows up and she's laughing her ass off at getting off early. I asked how he took his defeat, she said he went to the cellar and picked a wine and handed it to her without saying a word. Whatever. Then, as she's getting comfy she says something like:
'
You're fucking nuts. That chef is hanging his head in shame after getting his ass handed to him by a Ballyer lad..'
I retorted with: 'it doesn't matter where I'm from, at least I educated myself'.
Says she:
'
That's so arch-typical of you Ballyer heads'.
I tried to keep the giggles in but she spotted me.
'
What?'
'What-what?' says I.
'
What's so funny?'
Oh, nothing.. ..nothing'.
But she knows something's up so she plays hard to get. And I let her. Doesn't matter to me, I'm still giggling.
But
this mong?
Utter and complete idiot.
Imagine trying that one on and not even bothering to check you're spelling it correctly?
Just to appear a little smarter than you actually are - in full public view? And you haven't a fucking what the word means anyway?
I don't get these morons at all, they can't even see or read for themselves how fucking idiotically illiterate they are, so they just plow on through the English grammar and spelling rules with a scythe and a chumpy grin on their mong faces.
Arch-fucking typical, innit Saul-boy?