At Shakedown, we’re all fairly learned people. However, despite having been through the education system to university level – some members of the team say stuff that’s so unbelievably dumb that it warranted it’s own page on the site. You won’t find any of this crap in a fortune cookie…
Pickford buys a bike at MT2
Sophie sees Rich’s bike.
Sophie: “Ooooooohhhhhhhh! Did you cycle here?”
JB: “No, they’ve started selling bikes at the Lookfly shop.”
Sophie wants some reduced sandwiches
At Tesco, JB spots that Sophie is holding some reduced sandwiches.
JB to Chubb: “Oh sweet – reduced sandwiches we can get some for tomorrow.”
Sophie: “Oh cool! Where are they?”
JB: “Errr, in your hand Soph.”
Sophie: “Hahahahaha – LOL! No, I meant is there a section for reduced sandwiches?”
JB: “Well where did you get them from.”
Sophie: “Over there.”
JB: “That’s the reduced section then.”
Louise shows an incredible understanding of chemistry
At pre-drinks at High Octane, we’re all talking about our drinks when someone (maybe Hector) says;
Hector: “Get on the liquid of life – H20!”
Louise: “That’s not liquid!”
Mike Elliot: “Uh, Louise – it’s water.”
Louise: “Oh.”
The roots of the word ‘debonaire’
People are at Devon/Uriel training talking about smart clothes when the word ‘debonaire’ pops up.
Catherine: “Why’s it called ‘devon air’? What’s it got to do with Devon?”
JB: “What the f*&k?”
Catherine: “What’s it got to do with Devon?”
JB: “Nothing – it’s ‘debonaire’. Not ‘devon air’. It’s a totally different word.”
Catherine: “But they sound the same.”
JB: “There’s a ‘B’ in it, not a ‘V’, it’s like high class, swanky, smart – y’know?…”
Catherine: “Yeah but it’s way too similar – it must have something to do with Devon…”
JB: “Best of luck with your degree.”
Rambo Starr
Emery and JB are sat in Exeter’s Wetherspoons when Jake Warren runs up.
Jake: “Catherine is on the ITBox. The question is ‘Who is the fourth member of The Beatles? John, Paul, George and…'”
Emery: “Yeah, what’d she pick?”
Jake: “Rambo. John, Paul, George and Rambo.”
Sophie meets Pickford for the first time
As we were waiting for players to arrive at CMIN in 2012, Sleonard welcomed Rich with more enthusiasm than everyone else. There was just one problem with this…
Sophie: “Oh hello, babe!”
Turns to JB and says,
“Does he know me?”
JB: “Do you know him?”
Sophie: “No.”
JB: “Then no, Soph, he doesn’t know you.”
Mel tries not to get wet
Mel: “I spent my afternoon climbing over a boy”
We snigger
Mel: “Oh shut up you! I was canoeing and in the middle of the lake was a buoy and I was trying to get my leg over it without getting wet.”
Cue the hysterics.
Sophie shows a very loose interpretation of the word ‘fictional’
JB: “So Dean has moved from Chicago to Seattle.”
Sophie: “JB, you know the made up city in Superman…”
JB: “Metropolis, yes.”
Sophie: “Is that the same place that he’s gone?”
JB: “Are you asking if the fictional city of Metropolis is the same place as Seattle?”
Sophie: “Yes.”
JB: “No.”
Sophie tries guessing Mojo’s real name
Abi: “Sophie, do you know what Mojo’s real name is?”
Sophie: “Uuuuuummmmmm”
Abi: “His initials are also JB.”
Sophie: “Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmm”
JB: “What’s Mojo’s real name Soph? His name is MoJOE. Remember his name starts with J. Mo…JOE.”
Sophie: “Moe?”