I have learned that the term lol is not short for:
Lovely (which I thought and didnt much like) or
lots of love (which my friend thought was over familiar)
but it is short for laughing out loud! What a change in tone that makes.

I also discovered that I can send a text from my mobile to a landline. It then rings the phone and reads the text in an automated voice. I sent a text saying - boat is late, lol and the person on the receiving end heard, boat is late, laughing out loud in a monotone voice!! That particular discovery has provided me with hours of fun.

Any discoveries your end?

I also discovered that I can send a text from my mobile to a landline. It then rings the phone and reads the text in an automated voice. I sent a text saying - boat is late, lol and the person on the receiving end heard, boat is late, laughing out loud in a monotone voice!! That particular discovery has provided me with hours of fun.


Well Tonee thanks to you, I have now discovered that if I send a text to a landline with the letters "lol" at the end, it will say "laughing out loud" in a monotone voice, which has just made me laugh out loud!

That discovery is truly excellent!!!! I'm texting our land line now to experiement!!! :laugh:

Well Tonee thanks to you, I have now discovered that if I send a text to a landline with the letters "lol" at the end, it will say "laughing out loud" in a monotone voice, which has just made me laugh out loud!

That discovery is truly excellent!!!! I'm texting our land line now to experiement!!! :laugh:

Oh yes! It works! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

ooh, I am going to try it! :w00t:

my sister did that to me a while ago by mistake & now we make her send all texts to our house phone if we are home.............it provides hours of entertainment

I have learned that the term lol is not short for:
Lovely (which I thought and didnt much like) or
lots of love (which my friend thought was over familiar)
but it is short for laughing out loud! What a change in tone that makes.


Cat, we know a story about that, don't we?

Cat, we know a story about that, don't we?

Well, don't tell us all that you have a secret 'cos that just makes eveyone wet their knickers in excitement/indignation (depending on who you are).

Tell us the bluddy story..... :laugh:

Waiting for Cat so she can tell it properly. Something that happened in another forum.

I was gonna start a whole new thread about this, but then I realised that it could fit quite nicely into Tonee's.........

I've just discovered that there are more members online than Guests. 15 members and 14 Guests.

Well, f.cuk my auntie!!!!!!!! That is fantastic innit??????? :d

I have just discovered that the "lol" thingy does not work on my landline! :(

You lot really need to get out more..... :sad:

Now how does it work...send text and..ooo

Lol :)


Try ROTFLMAO, oh, go on, you know you want to!

M :)

Lol :)


Try ROTFLMAO, oh, go on, you know you want to!

M :)


Guess what???? Y'know, I'm drunk, at home, dead bored, and I am SOOOOOO gonna try this......

Well I discovered channel 705 on Freeview (24 hour live coverage of Big Brother) but I've written all about it on the BB Thread so I won't go into it in depth - but it's good :)

I also discovered that I can send a text from my mobile to a landline. It then rings the phone and reads the text in an automated voice.


I never knew you could do that!
I am going to buy a new phone tomorrow as I dropped mine down the toilet on Sunday :bag:
Is it any particular type of phone that does this?
I think I'm going to upgrade to a camera phone and get a tri band this time so that I can use it in Canada. But I have to get a phone that can text landlines!

In keeping with the proper use of this thread I am now going to tell you of a new discovery I made on Sunday.
If you drop your mobile phone down the toilet it illuminates before dying. This was particulary useful in fishing it out seeing as I tried to go to the loo in the dark.
Anyone going to try it?

I am now going to tell you of a new discovery I made on Sunday.
If you drop your mobile phone down the toilet it illuminates before dying. This was particulary useful in fishing it out seeing as I tried to go to the loo in the dark.
Anyone going to try it?

I think I'll give it a miss, if it's all the same to you bob, I will just take your word for it!

I did once wash and tumble dry my phone (it had fallen down the lining in my coat pocket) needless to say it died!

'I used to belong to Bob and now look at me!'

http://www.cellrepair.us/broken%20cell%20phone.jpg

Today I discovered that if you stand on a cockroach to kill it, they make a very lond crunchy sound and lots of little eggs emerge from it's innards.

Next time I'll just spray the bejayses out of them as usual :sick:

Oh yes! It works! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Ermmm, got so drunk that I forgot I did this. I shal let you all know the results in due course...

Lol :)


Try ROTFLMAO, oh, go on, you know you want to!

M :)

It doesn't work!

It just says "rot fl may oh" in a monotone voice.

I was childishly looking forward to it saying "@rse" in a robotic voice. :sad:

I am now frantically trying to discover what ROTFLMAO means...
i think i have some of the words right.....

...just gotta go and make a call.........

A - I take it to mean Roll on the floor laughing my a*rse off :laugh:

OH....so that's what the R and the A stands for....
oops...
I need to upgrade my mind.
Thanks...ILS.
:bangin:

Karenh

Thanks For Partaking In That Scientific Research :)
Shame Really, Oh Well.

My Caps Lock Key Is Stuck.......

M

Oooh It Changed It For Me....cool

M :)

My Caps Lock Key Is Stuck.......

M

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I tried it today at work and it does say "laughing out loud" and "roll on the floor laughing", but I didn't bother doing the longer version. Just presumed BT wouldn't encourage such gutter language. :angel:

I have just discovered that the "lol" thingy does not work on my landline! :(

It should do Bella as I am in Scotland annoying the locals with this discovery!!

I sent a txt to my Irish landline to see if this new discovery worked here. It does but lol translates to lots of luck :cry: - i think the uk wins with the laughing out loud translation !

A sad new discovery because I should have known this but I didnt. I found out that you are not supposed to use your mobile in a garage as it could cause a spark and blow the whole place up. Now, why did I never know this? DOH!

A sad new discovery because I should have known this but I didnt. I found out that you are not supposed to use your mobile in a garage as it could cause a spark and blow the whole place up. Now, why did I never know this? DOH!

Ahh, but Richard Hammond on Braniac once tested this theory out by placing loads of mobile phones in a caravan with lots of petrol and called all the phones up.
It didn't work, the phones didn't set anything off.

But they did blow up the caravan using other means:laugh:

Ahh, but Richard Hammond on Braniac once tested this theory out by placing loads of mobile phones in a caravan with lots of petrol and called all the phones up.
It didn't work, the phones didn't set anything off.

But they did blow up the caravan using other means:laugh:

If I remember correctly it was nylon clothing that they used - so don't wear nylon clothing in the garage - it's not safe:laugh:

Ahh, but Richard Hammond on Braniac once tested this theory out by placing loads of mobile phones in a caravan with lots of petrol and called all the phones up.
It didn't work, the phones didn't set anything off.

But they did blow up the caravan using other means:laugh:

I feel better now :D having further information. Thanks!

If I remember correctly it was nylon clothing that they used - so don't wear nylon clothing in the garage - it's not safe:laugh:

Oh yeh, that's right, got a guy dressed up in all the gear, stuck him in a plastic bin, dancing a jigging about, then got him to touch the wire and BOOM:laugh:

Tonee texting to landline has provided me with much amusment. I've been sending texts to landlines of folk I don't want to talk to and all have acknowledged my mesages but not one has commented on the strange lady with the boring voice. I bet they think it's me and that is my best pis*ed of voice. I had to send all the texts to myself first just to hear what they sounded like.
How did you discover you could do this!
I'm also going to see if my phone knows what lol means.
oh and regarding your phone in petrol stations, thay have had signs up for ages, mobile phone with line through. Over here anyway.

Tonee texting to landline has provided me with much amusment. I've been sending texts to landlines of folk I don't want to talk to and all have acknowledged my mesages but not one has commented on the strange lady with the boring voice. I bet they think it's me and that is my best pis*ed of voice. I had to send all the texts to myself first just to hear what they sounded like.
How did you discover you could do this!
I'm also going to see if my phone knows what lol means.
oh and regarding your phone in petrol stations, thay have had signs up for ages, mobile phone with line through. Over here anyway.

My discovery came when I was on a tiny island in scotland and waiting for a ferry and little credit on my mobile. I needed to get hold of someone but mobile to mobile I didnt think I could make it and then, the voice of wisdom, from a 12 year old girl. I think I might have been talking about lol and how I dont like the term (random comment I am sure). I had a lot of fun with this is Scotland, the laughing out loud said by the strange lady got me laughing if no-one else. lots of luck, is a bit of a downer!!
Mobile phone signs - I am so visually unobservant when I am not working. Just switch off to the world. A sign for mobile phones has never registered with me. However, I was talking to a few regular drivers yesterday and they had known about the signs but not why and so continued to use their phone in the garage?

I had no idea that you can text a landline. I am now having endless fun texting my house and listening to it :)

Cat, we know a story about that, don't we?
Oh yes we do Patsy - even if it is a bit late but here we go:

Peeps who were at Portsmouth already know this.

When pregnant with freddie I posted on a lovely board for ladies up the duff. One of the girls told that she thought LOL meant Lots of Love and when a poor girl posted that she had miscarried, this other girl posted a message on the board ending LOL, infact quite a few - some just saying LOL infact. Someone intervened in the end and stopped her; she was devastated.

Oh yes we do Patsy - even if it is a bit late but here we go:

Peeps who were at Portsmouth already know this.

When pregnant with freddie I posted on a lovely board for ladies up the duff. One of the girls told that she thought LOL meant Lots of Love and when a poor girl posted that she had miscarried, this other girl posted a message on the board ending LOL, infact quite a few - some just saying LOL infact. Someone intervened in the end and stopped her; she was devastated.

God, that's awful - just goes to show how we assume people know what we mean when we use abbreviations. But, I am still unsure about lol because people post here using it at the end of their post - what is it also short for? A term of endearment?

It just means "laughing out loud". As in, if they said something in real life, they might laugh after they had said it.

God, that's awful - just goes to show how we assume people know what we mean when we use abbreviations. But, I am still unsure about lol because people post here using it at the end of their post - what is it also short for? A term of endearment?


I know its awful tonee, but I still cry with laughter when ever I tell the tale.

I know its awful tonee, but I still cry with laughter when ever I tell the tale.

well, you are braver than me because when I read it I was laughing but didnt want to own up to that :bag:

It just means "laughing out loud". As in, if they said something in real life, they might laugh after they had said it.

But people say Hi Lol I think they mean lovely?

Never heard of that one.

I think some people just go overboard with their lols

It drives me up the wall sometimes

I think some people just go overboard with their lols

It drives me up the wall sometimes

LOL :laugh:

Today I discovered that if you stand on a cockroach to kill it, they make a very lond crunchy sound and lots of little eggs emerge from it's innards.

Next time I'll just spray the bejayses out of them as usual :sick:



VoR....Never ever ever tread on a roach...

As you discovered they excrete eggs when you tread on them. The eggs stick to your shoe (in the treads etc) and then you enter a building. Some (many) will come away especially where there is fabric like carpet, rugs, mats etc and nestle away to prepare to hatch.....

Before you know it the building is infested....


If you are going to do it...put some card or newspaper etc between it and your shoe....................





I learnt this when I was living in the far east and it IS an important lesson

Ewwwww yuck - please say you wiped your shoe before walking in the house Voicey :shocking:

I used to live in a place where cockroaches flew into my flat. The trick is to get them on their backs and tread. Otherwise you are left chasing the *************around the place!

Just learnt a new txt speek

F.O.C.T.O.B














Face Of Crimewatch Tits Of Baywatch

Did you learn that on the other 'high brow' forum :bag:

Did you learn that on the other 'high brow' forum :bag:


Meooww - never said it was High-Brow...just that theres more action and debate. Anyway...made me laugh

I have just discovered that I dont like packing and I would rather procrastinate and chat than start the moving process. I never knew that about myself before :whistling

tonnee - I can't get my text to landline to work over here at all. I type the text as usual, and key in the number of the landline, and press send, but nothing has happened.


just did it though. Does it take time to get translated and on to the number?

tonnee - I can't get my text to landline to work over here at all. I type the text as usual, and key in the number of the landline, and press send, but nothing has happened.


just did it though. Does it take time to get translated and on to the number?

I havent experienced that problem, try again and see if it recurs? The full landline number 01 etc and it should work. It is a pity about laughing out loud not being the abbreviation here but you could always include it in your text.
Good luck!

I just texted "lol" to my land line and it said Lots of Love instead of Laugh Out Loud.........does my phone need to be updated? :unsure:

I've just discovered this bit of fun - had try it out. Does anyone know how much it costs? I had £4 credit on my phone and I got a text to say I now have £1.98 :angry: Also it sent the message to my phone twice. It was funny though - and it said Lots of Love :)