# Actual things you actually said (or heard) in the last 24 hours

**URL:** <https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198>\
**Category:** Not Games\
**Created:** [4 February 2021 14:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198 "2021-02-04T14:27:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![jfs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/jfs/32/29565_2.png) [@jfs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/jfs)\
**Post date:** [2 October 2026 09:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3089 "2026-10-02T09:38:18Z")

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What worries me is that I have a clearer, better recollection of many of the adverts that I saw during the 80’s than I do the programmes I watched.

There’s an element of the repeated nature of the adverts there, but it’s also due to the skill that good adverts are put together with to **make** them memorable.

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**Author:** ![Griffster77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/griffster77/32/1048_2.png) [@Griffster77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Griffster77)\
**Post date:** [2 October 2026 09:42 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3090 "2026-10-02T09:42:08Z")

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I can still remember the phone number for Coldseal Windows from a radio advert about 30 years ago! “Coldseal Windows are the best, Double 2, Double 1 Double 5!!” - I struggle to remember what I ate for lunch yesterday…

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**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\
**Post date:** [2 October 2026 09:56 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3091 "2026-10-02T09:56:39Z")

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I can (and occasionally do) sing the full\* 30 second jingle for a sewing machine brand which was advertised on TV in the 70s and 80s. It was just burned into my brain at a particular age (I guess when the sewing machine market warranted significant TV advertising budgets, and I was watching a lot of TV). I’ve never purchased a sewing machine, but if I ever decide to do so… I’ll feel pretty much obligated to include them in my considerations :).

(\*) Almost. There’s two words I could never make out, so I have to mumble that bit.

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**Author:** ![Griffster77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/griffster77/32/1048_2.png) [@Griffster77](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Griffster77)\
**Post date:** [2 October 2026 14:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3092 "2026-10-02T14:00:53Z")

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Found the ad I particularly remember! [https://www.101soundboards.com/sounds/115115-three-pigs-coldseal-windows-commercial-song](https://www.101soundboards.com/sounds/115115-three-pigs-coldseal-windows-commercial-song)

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**Author:** ![jfs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/jfs/32/29565_2.png) [@jfs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/jfs)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2026 10:15 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3093 "2026-10-04T10:15:51Z")

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“We are captivated by your jellyfish body language”

(Quinns Quest: Play to Find Out: S5E1 :-))

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**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2026 17:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3094 "2026-10-04T17:26:07Z")

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“I’m trying to learn to play that song behind my head. I can’t even play it in front of my face.”

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**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\
**Post date:** [6 October 2026 18:09 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3095 "2026-10-06T18:09:28Z")

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“…the Fray Bentos pie enigma…”

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**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\
**Post date:** [6 October 2026 19:00 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3096 "2026-10-06T19:00:51Z")

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I didn’t know Dan Brown had a new book out.

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**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/gus/32/1019_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Gus)\
**Post date:** [6 October 2026 22:09 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3097 "2026-10-06T22:09:42Z")

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[loud ‘thunk’ noise]

**Gus** : ‘Was that a spaniel?’

[considering pause]

**Interlocutor** : ‘I think it was a heavy-duty hedgehog, actually.’

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**Author:** ![Shimmin](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Shimmin](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Shimmin)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2026 19:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3098 "2026-10-07T19:45:54Z")

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“If they didn’t want to be vassals, they should have asked us to leave before the fighting started.”

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**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2026 12:47 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3099 "2026-10-08T12:47:00Z")

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“…stands out like a vibrator in a religious supply store…”

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**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2026 13:01 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3100 "2026-10-08T13:01:20Z")

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Ah, I miss my VIBRATOR

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**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2026 13:01 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3101 "2026-10-08T13:01:59Z")

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I should possibly clarify that this was a supervillain I made for Golden Heroes. He didn’t get out much and was unaware of any other connotations of the word.

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**Author:** ![Sexagesimalian](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/sexagesimalian/32/10542_2.png) [@Sexagesimalian](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Sexagesimalian)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2026 13:40 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3102 "2026-10-08T13:40:23Z")

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> [@Lordof1](#):
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> I should possibly clarify

No, no you shouldn’t.  
My head canon is better. 😍

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**Author:** ![WolfeRJ](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/wolferj/32/16786_2.png) [@WolfeRJ](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/WolfeRJ)\
**Post date:** [8 October 2026 14:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3103 "2026-10-08T14:02:17Z")

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Perhaps the phonetics will be helpful here

vaɪ- **breɪ** -tɔː

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**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/gus/32/1019_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Gus)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2026 15:04 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3104 "2026-10-12T15:04:44Z")

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‘So you can imagine that went down faster than a rat sandwich. [_loooong silence_] I think I was thinking of drainpipes but going the other way. I‘m such a dickhead sometimes.’

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2026 15:09 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3105 "2026-10-12T15:09:36Z")

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The faster you eat it, the less you have to taste it?

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**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/gus/32/1019_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Gus)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2026 16:37 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3106 "2026-10-12T16:37:57Z")

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That would _work_, but in this instance she was expressing approval of the thing that went down faster than a rat butty.

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**Author:** ![DrBob](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/drbob/32/10_2.png) [@DrBob](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/DrBob)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2026 17:52 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3107 "2026-10-12T17:52:03Z")

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This was said at Furnace RPG con on Saturday, but I’m only just back from there…

“I don’t want to use the handgun! I want to punch the fish!”

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**Author:** ![dscheidt](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@dscheidt](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/dscheidt)\
**Post date:** [13 October 2026 00:41 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/actual-things-you-actually-said-or-heard-in-the-last-24-hours/2198/3108 "2026-10-13T00:41:17Z")

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Talk about setting a low bar.

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