Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 天前How many people would you give 10 dollars to without question?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareHow many people would you give 10 dollars to without question?Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 天前message-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareYermaw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 天前I used to be able to count it down to the millisecond exactly when a strange chav would ask me for a cigarette. “In 3…2…1…” “oi mate you got a spare fag I can borrow”
minus-squarewondrous_strange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 天前Never understood that phrasing. A spare? As in a cigarette I carry but don’t need/don’t plan to use? And borrow? As in youre going to take it and bring it back to me later? I know I’m being too literal but damn it so stupid Edit thanks for the good chuckle btw
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 天前i feel like it’s a euphemism intended to make the transaction feel less costly for the person giving the same way it’s easier to say “they’re gone” than “they’re dead” when you’re grieving, even though they mean the same thing given the context.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 天前Same. I wasn’t even over 18 at the time, and they’d still ask
I used to be able to count it down to the millisecond exactly when a strange chav would ask me for a cigarette.
“In 3…2…1…” “oi mate you got a spare fag I can borrow”
Never understood that phrasing. A spare? As in a cigarette I carry but don’t need/don’t plan to use? And borrow? As in youre going to take it and bring it back to me later?
I know I’m being too literal but damn it so stupid
Edit thanks for the good chuckle btw
i feel like it’s a euphemism intended to make the transaction feel less costly for the person giving
the same way it’s easier to say “they’re gone” than “they’re dead” when you’re grieving, even though they mean the same thing given the context.
Same. I wasn’t even over 18 at the time, and they’d still ask