Is this the 1950's again?

[Sheldonrs]

Actually I was refering to a time when it was considered OK to objectify women but hey, what do I know.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I don't think the girls are a victim here.
They got it. They sell it. They still got it. Whatta country.

[Sundae]

I don't like it. And I can't even structure a coherent argument as to why not. I tried, but it was too defensive and kept saying what I didn't mean.

I just feel about it the same way I felt about some lager ads recently in the UK. "Carling Don't Make..." [coffee stands in this case] ".. but if they did, they'd be the best in the world." Trouble was, the bank was full of slim sexy women who found the men in the advert sexy, the club was full of slim sexy women who found the men in the advert sexy, the shared house was full of slim sexy women who loved football and cooking and probably wanted sex etc etc etc. Where's my advert?

Where's my coffee stand?

I pay exactly the same price for my beer/ coffee as a man, I want someone to come sit down with me, laugh at my jokes, tell me he's never met a woman like me before and damn aren't I intelligent. Oh I know he's paid to do it, but it puts a smile on my face....

Hmmmm. Perhaps I will open that women only coffee shop after all.

[limey]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

....Where's my coffee stand?

I pay exactly the same price for my beer/ coffee as a man, I want someone to come sit down with me, laugh at my jokes, tell me he's never met a woman like me before and damn aren't I intelligent. Oh I know he's paid to do it, but it puts a smile on my face....

Hmmmm. Perhaps I will open that women only coffee shop after all.

I'd be a customer.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by monster

-it clings to nuffink, ...
Saran Wrap is to Septics as Biros are to Limeys.

I wish like hell I knew what this meant.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Brianna

I wish like hell I knew what this meant.

My take on this:
Americans use Saran Wrap as a generic term to cover any kind of cling-film. In the same way that people in the UK use the term Biro to mean any ballpoint pen regardless of manufacturer.

Of course I can only vouch for the second sentence being correct, so I'll wait for Cool Hair Monster to elucidate.

[SteveDallas]

A biro is a ballpoint pen. I'm afraid I don't get the rest of it either.

[monster]

Yup, that's it. I was having a cryptic moment. (And sorry, a whiny expat one, thanks for not sending me packing)

Saran Wrap is a brand name Americans tend to use more frequently than the real product name, which is cling film. It confuses new expats for a while. Biros had a similar effect on American expats in the UK. A Biro is a ballpoint pen.

Limeys is what some Americans call us Brits -some take offence to it, although I don't. Septics in a Brit expat term for Americans, it's not terribly nice -in my opinion- it's not one I personally use on a regular basis, I have no idea why I used it last night -I was miserable and fed up and having a beer and I'm sorry if I upset anyone, I think this is a wonderful board full of lovely people and I do like living in America, I just feel a long way from what I know every now and then. Particularly monthly, although that's probably TMI.

Oh and nuffink is nothing. which is about the value of my post, really. beest should take my computer away late at night. I forget y'all don't know me as well as I feel I know you and as well as people on other boards do.

i'll get my coat.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by monster

Yup, that's it. I was having a cryptic moment. (And sorry, a whiny expat one, thanks for not sending me packing)

Saran Wrap is a brand name Americans tend to use more frequently than the real product name, which is cling film. It confuses new expats for a while. Biros had a similar effect on American expats in the UK. A Biro is a ballpoint pen.

Limeys is what some Americans call us Brits -some take offence to it, although I don't. Septics in a Brit expat term for Americans, it's not terribly nice -in my opinion- it's not one I personally use on a regular basis, I have no idea why I used it last night -I was miserable and fed up and having a beer and I'm sorry if I upset anyone, I think this is a wonderful board full of lovely people and I do like living in America, I just feel a long way from what I know every now and then. Particularly monthly, although that's probably TMI.

Oh and nuffink is nothing. which is about the value of my post, really. beest should take my computer away late at night. I forget y'all don't know me as well as I feel I know you and as well as people on other boards do.

i'll get my coat.

Oh, darling! Please don't beat yourself up! I didn't think it was rude at all, I just wondered what the heck you meant! I knew it was some British slang and I was just pulling your leg. It'll be ok, monster. Did you know that some British bloke calculated that Jan. 22 was the most depressing time of the year? So, see. It's not just you. AND! You live in Michigan! How depressing it that? (I kid, I kid!)

[MaggieL]

Anybody who thinks Saran Wrap doesn't cling to anything has never tried to get it off the roll.

The stretchy plastic wraps are admittedly superior for many applications. But when I had to fabricate an adaptor from epoxy putty to fit a resin composite fore-grip to my AK-47, Saran Wrap was perfect for keeping it from sticking.

It's also rumored that Saran can be used as an emergency condom, but I've never seen it work.

Saran comes from the same Cool Tools space that duct tape does.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

...when I had to fabricate an adaptor from epoxy putty to fit a resin composite fore-grip to my AK-47, Saran Wrap was perfect for keeping it from sticking.

Hey! Me, too!

[monster]

Originally Posted by Brianna

AND! You live in Michigan! How depressing it that? (I kid, I kid!)

Pretty darn depressing right now, with Pfizer deciding to leave Ann Arbor.

thanks. what a misery guts I am.

Now, I agree that the Saran Wrap is hard to get off the roll, but once it is, I can't get it to cling to anything other than itself, and even that's a bit hit and miss -as soon as I try to stretch it tight, it slips. The supermarket brand was awful. So I have my MIL bring Sainsbury's cheapo brand when she comes over. Perhaps I just had a bad batch. Or two? Thinking about it, it's not something I've heard other expats moan about, so it must be my and my weird needs.

You need an awful lot of cling film for a Mazola party and you need to be sure it's going to seal.

[JayMcGee]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

Yes, clearly your failure to understand what's going on is quite obviously

1) our fault, and

2) evidence of our inherent inferiority.

Sorry, Maggie, I understood fully what the thread-maker was alluding to, and was surprised that ,at the time of writing, nobody else had got it. Hence the 'less than well rounded' comment.

(Kerplunk was of course also a 50's game)

[monster]

(oh and, whilst septic (tank rhymes with yank) isn't a very nice term, it's only ever used affectionately in the same way Brits will call their best mates tossers etc. If people want to be nasty, they don't bother with rhyming slang -"Bloody yanks" works just fine. But it's still probably something I should have used without more -type things. or maybe at all)

[BigV]

Hmm. They're just down the road. Shall I drive through and show them this thread, take some pictures, ask for autographs? I might even get completely crazy and buy a cup of coffee! Maybe at lunch...