Regardless, Susan Snow doesn't sound like a real name. 

5 hours ago, andyr said:

 

Are you sure about that, CE?

 

I thought a 'dumb waiter' was the term used (for centuries) for a small (generally hand-operated) lift that was used to get cooked food up 1 or 2 storeys from the kitchen to the dining room!

 

At least - we have a 'dumb waiter' installed in our house, to be able to get cartons of wine from just inside the garage door (ground floor) to the basement ... where my cellar is, instead of having to carry them down one flight of stairs. 

 

 

Total respect for anyone who has to redesign their house to accommodate their wine purchases👏👏

14 minutes ago, tripitaka said:

Total respect for anyone who has to redesign their house to accommodate their wine purchases👏👏

 

Nono ... it wasn't a redesign - the dumb waiter was in the house design from the start.

 

Andy 

 

🤣

 

20 hours ago, andyr said:

 

Are you sure about that, CE?

 

I thought a 'dumb waiter' was the term used (for centuries) for a small (generally hand-operated) lift that was used to get cooked food up 1 or 2 storeys from the kitchen to the dining room!

 

At least - we have a 'dumb waiter' installed in our house, to be able to get cartons of wine from just inside the garage door (ground floor) to the basement ... where my cellar is, instead of having to carry them down one flight of stairs. 

 

The only place I could find it (in 30 seconds) was in Wikipedia - "The term seems to have been popularized in the United States in the 1840s, after the model of earlier "dumbwaiters" now known as serving trays and lazy Susans."

 

A better history here - but it doesn't go into the name history. Although I'd suspect it would be a US name...

Edited October 19, 20223 yr by Cloth Ears

A girl goes to her new boyfriend's house to meet his family for the first time. She meets his dad. His mom. His little sister. She even meets the familiy dog, Ginger. Eventually she realizes it's getting late and is about to leave, when the mom asks if she'd like to stay for dinner. She looks at her boyfriend, who gives her the nod, and says, "Sure!"

Halfway through dinner the girl realizes she has to fart. But she doesn't want to embarrass herself in front of her boyfriend's family, so she holds it in for as long as she can. But eventually the pressure becomes too great, and she has no choice but to relieve it. So she very cautiously relaxes, just enough for a little *toot*.

The dad looks down at Ginger, who's sitting beside the girl, and says, "Ginger, get out of here."

Ah, the girl realizes. He thought it was the dog who farted. Whew!

Further into dinner, the need to fart once again becomes too strong to resist. Feeling confident it'll just be blamed on the dog, she lets out a slightly bigger *frrrrrrrrrttt."

Sure enough, the dad looks down at the dog and says, "Ginger, I told you to get out of here."

Later, dinner's about to wrap up, and the need to fart has once again become unbearable. This time, though, knowing for sure the dad will just blame it on the dog, she lets it rip, FARRRRRRRTTTTTTTT!!!!"

The dad looks down at the dog and says, "Damn it, Ginger, I'm telling you, get out of here before that girl sh*ts all over you!"

Why do girls live longer than boys.

 

shopping doesn’t causes heart attacks, paying the bills does….😳

I liked this (UK) observation....

 

 

Poor Keith, we really do love ya 😉

On 18/10/2022 at 7:11 PM, April Snow said:

Well maybe I will live up to it then !! 😆

 

 

they play the famous Abba song I love

gimme gimme gimme my bed before midnight

 

 

🙈

John

1 hour ago, Assisi said:

John

It didn’t take long! 😀

4 hours ago, Assisi said:

 

2 hours ago, Addicted to music said:

 

Good one Peter

🤣