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Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 17:09
by speedbird591
You know those customer reviews that you can write about stuff you've bought from Amazon? Do you ever read them?
Dr. von Vogelhausen has been quietly turning these reviews into an art form and some of them are
very amusing.
For example. A Denby Tea Saucer earned this review:
Look at its clean, merciless lines. See how they curve. Feel its ticklish weight in your hand. Know then, and forever, that this is the saucer for you. And for us all. It is a saucer for our times, a piece of cool tablejoy that seems only to have stopped for a moment in your dining nook. What timeless genius is evidenced by the "double circle" design, and the shallow valley mockingly perfect as the resting place for your stirring-spoon. Look at it again, Jasper, look at it. Can you see it move? No, and therein lies its true, shadowy power. How long will it stay? It is not for me to conjecture. Even as I write this, it flickers in and out of reality like a circular god. Highly recommended.
Just the job for a good giggle on a wet weekend while the memsahib does the housework
Maybe not up everybody's street but if you're amused by ridiculous understated English humour (as I am) you can find a hundred of 'em here:
Dr von Vogelhausen's Amazon reviews
Ian
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 17:13
by Tomliner
Ian,perhaps you have a little too much time on your hands!Maybe the memsahib could do with some help
EricT
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 17:54
by DaveB
while the memsahib does the housework
That bit was the most amusing for me
ATB
DaveB
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 23 Jan 2010, 17:19
by AllanL
Dave,
So you got a kevlar flak jacket in the January Sales then.
(I didn't)
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 23 Jan 2010, 20:35
by speedbird591
DaveB wrote:while the memsahib does the housework
That bit was the most amusing for me
Well, what might amuse you even more, young Dave, is that it backfired on me
very badly. I made her a bacon sandwich to give her the stamina for her chores, but before the grease had dried on her chin she got a phone call from a friend with a spare ticket to Bath rugby and she was gone! Next I hear from her is she wants a lift back from the station because she's had a few beers.
Which means that the housework now becomes my job next week. What the hell's gone wrong? Who's in charge around here?
Ian
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 23 Jan 2010, 20:38
by DaveB
They never had it so good mate.. they never had it so good
I've spent the first two hours of the shift in the kitchen being in the way so I've told her I'm going to stand in the garden. I'll make sure I'm out of her way come clean up time
ATB
DaveB
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 24 Jan 2010, 19:50
by Tomliner
Ian,you and DaveB are obviously a pair of wimps who don't have the courage to stand up to your womenfolk.Gird yourselves and stand your ground,show'em who's in charge!Hang on,here comes SWMBO.I'm off
EricT
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 24 Jan 2010, 19:52
by DaveB
I see you have it mastered to a fine art Eric
It's called a tactical retreat mate.. live to fight another day when the odd's are firmly in your favour
ATB
DaveB
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 24 Jan 2010, 20:00
by Tomliner
OK she's gone now.As I was saying be brave and OUCH oh stop that!!----
Re: Dr. M. von Vogelhausen
Posted: 24 Jan 2010, 20:23
by speedbird591
That's the spirit, Eric! Truly inspirational. That's the stuff that made the British Empire what it is today!
Non existent
Ian