An island-bound logic
Posted by: Steve Toy on 25 February 2005
The following are a series of phrases or expressions (or just plain-silly notions imho) that are peculiar to the British Isles. They perhaps say much about the counter-intuitive mindset within the confines of our foggy shores:
It's too cold to snow.
You're so sharp that one day you'll cut yourself.
Too clever by half.
The more roadspace you create the more cars will come along to fill that space.
There must be more, and those of you who don't live in the British Isles could provide examples from the country where you live.
I note that the Germans have one strange notion:
If one wheeltrim falls off your car the rest must be removed immediately before they are all eventually replaced.
It's too cold to snow.
You're so sharp that one day you'll cut yourself.
Too clever by half.
The more roadspace you create the more cars will come along to fill that space.
There must be more, and those of you who don't live in the British Isles could provide examples from the country where you live.
I note that the Germans have one strange notion:
If one wheeltrim falls off your car the rest must be removed immediately before they are all eventually replaced.