mum confused my girlfriend last night by saying "do you mind if i get down?" when she finished eating. in norfolk you say "get down from the table" to mean "leave the table" but my girlfriend had never heard that before and thought mum was going to start dancing or something
i have a five hour train journey today and the only book i packed is in spanish. i managed three chapters but i forgot i can't just read in spanish indefinitely like i can in english
walked past a van parked on the pavement with the engine running and the windows down and was really tempted to lean in the window and turn the engine off, but i resisted