I just got the WILLIES!

[LaraMN]

Or possibly the heebie-jeebies. For no reason!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Were they chilly?

[MrCoffee]

2. A heebie-jeebie in the bathroom is just bad for everyone involved.

[Deja Q]

3. And the best place for the WILLIES is in the bedroom!

:spray:

[ForrestGump]

4. Let's just hope that no persons of British extraction, or of any of the

commonwealths thereof, are going to find this thread. I mean, other than me -- fortunately, as is widely known, I'm not one to take advantage of such an opening (no broadly subject-related innuendo intended).

Cross-cultural translations can be rather unfortunate.

Whatever you do, please don't tell someone from Down Under "I'm rooting for you." :o





And, of course, there's that whole pat-on-the-fanny and fanny-pack thing...

[Deja Q]

7. ! !

:yoiks:

[ForrestGump]

8. When I first came to the US, I went in to a drug store and asked for a

rubber.

The (female....of course) clerk led me over to where they had them on display. I already knew the American meaning, through TV and film, but I just hadn't really thought about it when I asked the question. Sure, I guess you could prevent mistakes with those little things, but they sure wouldn't be much use (not without a lot of rubbing, anyway) for me purpose...what I wanted was an eraser. :blush:



Where I come from, we rub out our mistakes with a rubber. In the US, we erase our mistakes with an eraser. Same thing, but lots of poential for misunderstanding.

Just as well I realized my error...I can just see myself, slipping the little latex gizmos over my index finger and rubbing away, smearing my writing all over the page: "these Yanks really are nuts. There's an easier way."

[IsIt1984Yet]

5. Eww. That's like a yawn, now I got them, too...

I was trying to distinguish between a "willie" (or is it "willy"?) and a "heebie-jeebie" and I got BOTH.

Thanks! :eyes:

:D

[Zomby Woof]

6. I got 'em too!

[Gatchaman]

9. Ack!