On 22/09/2016 11:03, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 22 September 2016 01:27:16 UTC+1, James Wilkinson wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:16:56 +0100, whisky-dave wrote:

On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:20:45 UTC+1, James Wilkinson wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 22:51:56 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Lobster
wrote:

On 20 Sep 2016, "James Wilkinson" grunted:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:33:07 +0100, Scott
wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:46:46 +0100, "James Wilkinson"
wrote:

Why do some people call the thing on the wall a "plug socket"?
Isn't that a bit like saying a "cock vagina"?

Is it not closer to saying 'railway station' to distinguish from a
bus station, police station or electricity substation? 'Socket' has
more than one meaning.

But "meet me at the railway station" is required so you don't wait for
me at the bus station. However "plug the hoover into the socket" suffices

But who does say "plug the hoover into the plug socket"?

Some twerps do, enough to make it ****ING ANNOYING.

What annoys me is people who correct me for saying hoover instead of vacuum.

and so they should I dyson myslef.

When you can get the bloody thing to work.

Mine do.
You need to plug them in and switch them on too.



I've found that works too.