Friday, April 03, 2009

as in infection?


Cathal writes, "I saw this sign outside this amazingly bad chipper in town (Dublin, Ireland). I think it was Burgermax. I just loved the idea that people who work in a chipper can only be politely reffered to as 'Staff'." I didn't know that Irish people called something chippers, but I think it's awesome.

11 comments:

  1. Interesting, too, that space between "with" and "in."

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  2. "chippie" or "chipper" = fish and chips shop. easy enough :)

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  4. Also....maybe wizards-in-training can fill out applications for a staff.

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  5. Burgermax is actually an amazingly good chipper. They have the best pizza slices in Dublin. Shame on you Cathal.

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  6. We say 'chippie' here, or 'chip shop' sometimes . . .

    And we spell the infection 'staph' (short for staphylococcus).

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  7. @Pink: I thought of that. "Surely you wouldn't begrudge an old man his walking stick?"

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  8. This is officially my new favorite blog of all time. Thank you for posting!!!!

    Xo Liza

    http://ohlizajane.blogspot.com/

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  9. I think a woman named "In" is in search of penis, and is too polite to refer to it as such. Thus, the use of "staff".

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  10. A "chippie" is a "chip shop," in which basically everything you order comes with "chips" (which means french fries, of course).

    It's not just fish and chips; in fact, some of them don't serve fish. They might serve burgers, gyros, fried chicken... anything greasy.

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  11. Awesome and funny! Count Sneaky

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