I realized that there were certain sections of my education that had been neglected. How to be shown things and make appropriate comments seems to be an art in itself. I don’t possess it.
Stephen Leacock - Sorrows of a Summer Guest (1925)
I don't possess it either.
We bought the dining table and chairs separately but we think they go so well together. Well I've just about managed to squeeze my knees under the table.
We saw it in a little shop by the quay and just had to buy it because we knew exactly where we wished to hang it. It makes a statement don't you think? Unfortunately it does.
In the end we went for the two litre rather than mess around with anything smaller. It has a bit more poke when you need it. Just like your previous car.
We bought the dining table and chairs separately but we think they go so well together. Well I've just about managed to squeeze my knees under the table.
We saw it in a little shop by the quay and just had to buy it because we knew exactly where we wished to hang it. It makes a statement don't you think? Unfortunately it does.
In the end we went for the two litre rather than mess around with anything smaller. It has a bit more poke when you need it. Just like your previous car.
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A real life example, from when I was showing an elderly guest around our garden:
Guest: Ah, a sort of outdoor mobile made of driftwood, it appears. How absolutely splendid! Did your children make it?
Me: Yes, it's good, isn't it! Actually, it was Mrs. Vega who made it.
Guest: Ah. Your wife? Oh dear...
A friend of ours always said "very interesting". I suppose "very revealing" might have invited a punch on the snoot.
"poke": our diesel car has the most wonderful acceleration. We wonder whether a previous owner had the engine ... um, what is the verb? "Chipped?" "Remapped?" Maybe "tweaked" would do. Or maybe the acceleration comes naturally to it - we don't know, we only change cars every fifteen years or so, so we are always out of touch with advances in car performance.
Anyhow I don't see how we can report it to our insurer since we don't know whether it was done.
Sam - oh dear, there's no way back from that. Assumptions are such tricky things.
dearieme - our diesel is nothing special but it does seem to have lots of acceleration. I put it down to its power at relatively low revs compared to petrol cars.
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