Where does beef come from? etc.

[Lissa]

Many, many years ago I worked at the National Agricultural Centre in Stoneleigh. I did a stint on the Children's Farm area when they were short staffed, which was open for school trips to visit to let kids see animals up close. I used to love walking into the pen of the White Park bull we had there wearing a red t shirt when inner city kids were visiting. The sharp intakes of breath as they all waited for me to get gored were hilarious.

I was giving a motorway lesson a couple of weeks ago. We were heading south on the M6 and I said that at the next junction we needed to head east. She had absolutely no clue which way to go.

When my son was 3 he said "Do hens lay eggs and pigs lay sausages, Dad?"

True.

Originally Posted by Woz

I was giving a motorway lesson a couple of weeks ago. We were heading south on the M6 and I said that at the next junction we needed to head east. She had absolutely no clue which way to go.

Neither would I... I'd expect left or right as directions, unless I had a map with me, then i could work out East and west.

Some of the nursery children my wee one goes to always answer with "Asda" when asked the source of any food product.

Eggs? Asda
Milk? Asda

But what animal do they come from?

A truck brings them to asda.

This is what comes from stupid giant supermarkets, and not proper butchers/greengrocers etc...



Oh - and I should add, my lecturers at university were all appalled when I told them I had no idea how to do long division. I wasn't taught it in school, we were taught to use calculators. Basic arithmetic yes, but long division and multiplication always on a calculator.

Originally Posted by fenjer

Neither would I... I'd expect left or right as directions, unless I had a map with me, then i could work out East and west.

Your heading South....

Originally Posted by plowsie

Your heading South....

uh huh, but what if the next junction leads on to a fly-over or underpass... (i dont know the M6 well at all...) or if there is a round about at the top, "due east" might not be left.

Originally Posted by plowsie

Your heading South....

Plus the sliproad off is always on the left on the motorway....

Yes - I am aware of that thank you

[timwilky]

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Originally Posted by Woz

I was giving a motorway lesson a couple of weeks ago. We were heading south on the M6 and I said that at the next junction we needed to head east. She had absolutely no clue which way to go.

A few years ago, my wife broke down on the M6 whilst on an exit slip road. When asked by the AA, was she on the North or South bound exit she said North.

She phoned me to proudly tell me she had called the AA, when I told her that she must be on the southbound as she was on her way home. She replied, it must be North as we live "up North". She had no idea the North, South, east, west were directions and thought they were places.

Salford girls you cannot beat them (unfortunately)

Originally Posted by fenjer

Yes - I am aware of that thank you

Sorry, I wasn't making fun of you. I was just stating an obvious fact that doesn't help like Plowsie did.

Like you mentioned, you can't assume East or West unless you know the road signs say the direction or which direction the towns lie.