Thread that was a piss poor fart joke but is now a discussion about the word 'till'

[Guru]

>A lady walks into a Lexus dealership. She browses around, then spots
>the perfect car and walks over to inspect it. As she bends to feel the
>fine leather upholstery, a loud fart escapes her.
>
>Very embarrassed, she looks around nervously to see if anyone has
>noticed her little accident and hopes a sales person doesn't pop up
>from somewhere.
>
>As she turns back, and there standing next to her is a salesman.
>
>"Good day, Madame. How may we help you today?"
>
>Very uncomfortably she asks, "Sir, what is the price of this lovely
>vehicle?"
>
>He answers, "Madame, if you farted just touching it, you are going to
>5hit yourself when you hear the price.

[mendhak]

[Jim Brown]

Bad joke alert! Clear the building! This is not a drill!

Guru, you know the expression "Take a pound out the till"? Well in your case we'll make an exception: "Put a pound in the till".

[mendhak]

Originally posted by Jim Brown
Bad joke alert! Clear the building! This is not a drill!

Guru, you know the expression "Take a pound out the till"? Well in your case we'll make an exception: "Put a pound in the till".

*** is a till? *** does that expression mean?

[Jim Brown]

'Till' is British English for a 'cash register'.

So the expression means 'Well done, Sir (or Madam), you deserve a bonus."

[Guru]

Good Grief!

pound is the UK currency so for crying out loud have a guess at what a "till" is!

Yes! it's something you put money in. A cash register or whatever you want to call it.

:roll my eyes:

[Jim Brown]

... were those guys serious or are they indulging in a little urinary extraction* at my expense?

* aka Michaelian removal

[mendhak]

How bout using a simple expression:

Put a pound in the cash register

Either way, that expression too deserves a

[mendhak]

Originally posted by Guru
Good Grief!

pound is the UK currency so for crying out load have a guess at what a "till" is!

Yes! it's something you put money in. A cash register or whatever you want to call it.

:roll my eyes:

A pound is also a unit of weight in that weirdass imperial system.

Put a pound in the till could also mean put 0.450 kilos of crap on the roof of the house.

:roll my eyes lots and lots:

[Jethro]

ROFLMAO









Guru you beauty ...... best fart joke l've heard today.........

[Jim Brown]

Originally posted by Guru
Good Grief!

pound is the UK currency so for crying out loud have a guess at what a "till" is!

Unless, of course, they thought it was Pound Weight. But then they'd've asked "a pound of what?".

[mendhak]

Originally posted by Jethro
ROFLMAO









Guru you beauty ...... best fart joke l've heard today.........

the ONLY fart joke you've heard today.

put a kilo in the cash register, Jethro.

[Jim Brown]

Originally posted by mendhak


the ONLY fart joke you've heard today.

put a kilo in the cash register, Jethro.

Half a kilo...

BTW Guru, while you're in the mood for qualifying the title, you should perhaps point out that it was about a 'poor' joke, lest anyone think it was worth reading in the first place.

See my New Joke post, coming soon to a Forum near you...

[Guru]

Originally posted by Jim Brown

BTW Guru, while you're in the mood for qualifying the title, you should perhaps point out that it was about a 'poor' joke, lest anyone think it was worth reading in the first place.

Done!

[Behemoth]

Originally posted by mendhak



A pound is also a unit of weight in that weirdass imperial system.

Put a pound in the till could also mean put 0.450 kilos of crap on the roof of the house.

:roll my eyes lots and lots:

1lb = 454g, not 450g