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She has a mobile phone and is actually turning it on!
I just got an SMS from my mom: Hi im te@ching myself how to text mom
I replied: Hi! Am impressed :)
She figured out how to reply: How do i delete a leutter
Me: It's different on every phone. Do you have any sort of backspace-looking key?
That was about 20 minutes ago. I think her texting career may already be over. -
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"Of course, he was alive when he was living here..." -
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Mum was reading a TV review in her OK magazine ( Read more... ) -
For services to armchair retail?
Mum was telling me all about someone in a book she'd been reading.
Mum: "...and he had a very good war record with the Royal Air force - he won the D.F.S!"
Me: "Er, was that the DFC perhaps?"
Mum: "What's DFS, then?"
Me: "It's a furniture shop" -
Weak electricity
"I must say, I don't think the electricity's very good here. The oven's not cooking nearly as quickly as my old one did ( Read more... ) -
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I was helping Mum get soft furnishings for the flat she's moving to ( Read more... ) -
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Mum, and a well-dressed old friend:
"That jacket's worn well!"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you must have had it since you used to work for Yale!"
"Yale?"
"YSL stands for 'Yale Security Locks' doesn't it?"
"No. YSL stands for Yves Saint Laurent!" -
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"He's supposed to be such an amazing cook - but he doesn't even have an oven glove!" -
Anyone miss conversations with your mom?
I just realized I didn't get the usual weekly call from my mother this weekend. Although I'm no telephone conversationalist, I find myself missing it. -
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"I was just going to tell you something, but I can't remember what it was, now. It's completely slipped my mind. Anyway, I'll tell you something similar...."