I must have on my moran shirt today. I went to city hall

[LaraMN]

to get a plat of my property, because we're putting in a fence and need to know where our property line is.
The guy who helped me gave me a photocopy of the lots (just big rectangles) in my vicinity, then spent TWENTY MINUTES explaining to me how to measure my yard with a tape measure. :eyes:
Then he offered to borrow me a tape measure, if I promised to bring it back. Because...yeah...I couldn't possibly have access to anything as obscure as a tape measure.:eyes:

I love the weirdos in my town.



:rofl:

[DS1]

1. Weird? It could have been worse

like demanding the length be converted to units of penis.

[LaraMN]

3. That's an inconsistent unit of measure.

I also lack the equipment to asses the measurement.
Units of leg would be preferable. That would go alot faster.

[billyskank]

14. I estimate your garden to be 10 1/2 penises x 16 1/4.

What?

[skygazer]

2. I just love the way you people from up there talk

"Borrow me" - sorry, that just cracks me up. :rofl:

On a related note, I was at Sears the other day picking up an exercise bike (which I should be on right now) and some guy in a Caddy was picking up a large box. He asked the Sears employee if he had a tape measure - the dude didn't so I offered him mine. Both of them looked completely blank as if the idea that a woman with a small car could have a tape measure was something incomprehensible.

There are weirdos everywhere. :eyes:

[LaraMN]

4. ALRIGHT! "Loan it to me."

It's not my fault. I've lived in Minnesota a looong time!
:rofl:

[commander bunnypants]

9. In the land of the ice and snow.

I would think measuring ice would be rather difficult


CB

[Left Is Write]

17. While "loan" is listed in the dictionary as acceptable....

it really should be lend. He offered to lend you a tape measure.

Either way, he's still the bigger moran. :P

[trof]

20. Bet you really said "borry me".

;-)

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Just last week I had a helpful guy explain to me what a brad was.

He said it was a nail shaped straight up and down like a sewing needle. I resisted the urge to ask him how to thread a brad.
Awfully nice of him to put it in terms that a girl would understand, don't you think?


:D

[skygazer]

10. Idiots

I'm glad that I live with a man secure enough to ask me what the best method of tying rebar is. And then he went to work and taught the rest of the crew, telling them, "Hey, my girlfriend showed me this - it works really well." :P

[Left Is Write]

16. I beg your pardon.

I am a born and raised Minnesotan, and I have never said "borrow me." Ever. It's a Lara thing.

[Shakespeare]

21. Hey, we "borrow me" things down south, too.

It's one of my favorite weird (and slightly incorrect) idioms. :7

[Writer]

5. These aren't weirdos, these are sexist jerks.

I would have called him on it. How dare he talk to you like you're an idiot!

[NamVetsWeeLass]

7. this reminds me

in the small dot on a map that I live in, there is a MORAN road... Everytime I see the sign I bust out laughing. Kinda a combination of "Here's your sign" and "You voted for WHO"

[MorningGlow]

8. Reminds me of a visit to Home Depot

I needed floor paint. Grabbed a gallon off the shelf--you know, the gallon that said "floor paint"--and brought it to the desk for tinting. The child behind the counter said, "Wow, you even picked the right one!" :eyes: Had to refrain from slapping him upside the head.

I get all my paint from Sherwin Williams now.
:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

11. Isn't it a fact that women don't know how to use a tape measure!

:hide:

:hi:

[DS1]

12. That's why men say 8 and women say 5

;-)

[Bassic]

13. I'll tell you a secret

He was probably maximizing the time he spent talking to you because you're hot. :P

[Crazy Dave]

15. You'd have better luck getting a copy of the survey....

...from whoever did it originally when you bought the house. On the survey you'll have more information than what's on the typical tax maps downtown including the house and any existing fences already there.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

18. He wanted to borrow you a tape measure?

What the hell does that mean?
Wouldn't he loan you one? Was this is his wordage or yours?
On edit: I'm sorry this sounded so snarky. I didn't realize this was a regional weirdness. :evilgrin: :hug:
Duckie

[Deja Q]

19. Dang. I was hoping it'd be about your shirt!

:rofl:

[trof]

22. Not to run it into the ground, but on tape measures:

Most of us have a 25' tape, max.
A surveyor's tape is 100', or even 150' or 200'.
It's fiberglass, not metal.
Much easier to use when measuring lot lines.
Maybe that's what he was offering?