Hobbo's Poems
A quirky look at life from a Yorkshire poet and his dog's perspective
The Chippy
The Chippy Whale is in the chip shop, Enjoying a tasty cod, Sees the owner, in his flip-flops, And gives to him the nod. Not one to moan, Not his kind of thing But he's found a bone Which he thought he would bring To the boss's attention. "That's fine," says the man, "And, as it's been mentioned, You may have a free can Of pop, whilst you're waiting, We'll cook you a new." And earns five star rating On Chippies4You.
Ha ha. Sounds like you can have a whale of a time in that place!! In Australia chippies are carpenters. 🙂
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🤣🤣 Chippy is sometimes used as slang for carpenter over here, but more often it is a fish and chip shop.
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Okay, now I have to ask … do you call it “pop” up there? Down here, we call it a fizzy drink, although I call it a soda.
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Yes. It is definitely pop. Pop can apply to beer as well. So someone going out on the pop, would be having a night out, beer drinking! 🙂
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I find this so darned interesting.
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👍Oh, and where you call it soda, in France they usually call a can of soda a Schweppes!
If I said here that I was going for a few sherberts, that would mean a few beers! 🙂
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And here, we’d leave off the sherberts and just say, We’re going for a few, which could be anything really. We’re very into ambiguity down here. 😂
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😂👍 Ambiguous as in, a few could mean a lot!
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Pretty much. 😂
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Brilliant!! 😁🖤
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😂 Thanks.
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🖤🖤
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