That is really, really fascinating. Also, I guarantee, if I've had a drink, the next Spanish and French speakers I meet will definitely be queried on his or her feelings about forks.

Ha! I compromise my professional future, my relationship and basically my personal development using my one year in France to learn French being so stubborn and argumentative for the same reason with my teachers.

I had to vote 'shrooms for that reason but it did give me some time to reflect at how very, very sad it is that I will never be able to try quaaludes. I feel like I would have really, really had just a lovely, great time.

I feel your pain. I get frustrated when nouns for phallic shaped items in French are feminine. Then again, as an anglophone learning French sometimes just the concept of masculine and feminine sends me into a fit of rage.

I'll never forget when I was waitressing at a function in a small town I lived in and a guest kicked up a stink alerting us that she was vegan despite not mentioning it in her RSVP only to see her the very next day at my second job at KFC ordering fried chicken. when she noticed who I was she told me "I don't eat the…

I'd be suspicious of this guy's allergy to tomatoes being that serious because, like you say, he didn't mention it during his order and people who are "deathly allergic" to something generally point it out so that their food isn't prepared close to where cross contamination could be a risk to the allergen.

Congratulations! You remind me of me when I started out as a legal assistant to become a paralegal in a fancy big firm. I think the first few months I was thinking "I'm never going to get this" talking to clients and barristers on the phone made me shake like a leaf and I was terrified I'd screw up something huge. The…

Have fun! I went about two years ago and it was fabulous! If you are going to walk on the glacier the tour company (I think only one or two are allowed to take you) will supply special shoes, crampons and a coat. But the west coast was really rainy when I went so make sure you have a rain coat. Shoes are such a pain…

Ahhhh. In my heart of hearts I love Aussie men but I do remember growing up thinking "why aren't the guys at school more like American boys because no male character on Dawson's Creek (my only reliable cultural reference) would never proposition a female for a gobbie!"

Awesome. I've never heard "handjibber"! I actually can't wait to tell a friend that one. I remember working the term "hand-shandy" into a conversation once and she almost died. I think handjibber will actually kill her.

Ha! That is brilliantly offensive, I'm actually going to try and work that into a sentence tomorrow.

Yeah, I take them both to mean blow jobs. I probably should've added that I grew up in Australia "shut ya gob" would be slang for "shut your mouth" but I did come from the country.

Sorry. This was part of the courting ritual during my teens in a country town in Australia. I have since moved to France.

I haven't heard "blowie" in years! Reading that made me shudder. A gross guy I used to know used to say both "blowie" and "gob job". So gross.

I once returned home to find my 3 very stoned male housemates standing around my CD player singing along to this cover. When it finished I asked "oh, are you guys Dixie Chicks fans?" and one responded "no, this is Fleetwood Mac" and then they hit repeat and sang along again. It was definitely this cover and it…

That is a solid effort!

Yeah, I think it would've been a tough one to avoid forever. I had a lot of difficulty praising my bro on his dance technique until I later saw it on television and was like "oh, that's really it! He nailed it!"

I avoided "gangnam style" for aaaages. I remember asking a (younger) coworker what it was and his response was something like "you know what, don't worry, just don't google it or watch it on YouTube, just leave it, you'll be fine" then my 8 year old half brother rocked up at my house to show me his "new dance" and…

Oh! I thought I didn't have one but I just realised when I read your comment. I've never read or watched Harry Potter either (despite receiving the book as a gift which I later re-gifted).

Ha! And the stamina.