Seasonally Appropriate PunFeb 21, 2020
Y'all I just gave the best theatrical performance of my ENTIRE LIFE to a whopping TWO PEOPLE I'm thrilled and distraught in equal measure
Jenkar Feb 21, 2020
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Okay so: I'm in the shop, with the dinosaur puppet on my arm bc it's been that sort of day, and a grandad notices it and taps his grandson on the shoulder and says "[name], look!" Boy approaches the counter and

Dinosaur: can I help you there sir?
Boy: *confused smile*
Dinosaur: can I help you at all?
Grandad: il a dit "je peux vous aider?"
Dinosaur: ohhh, vous parlez français? Oui, j'ai dit je peux vous aider?
Grandad: ah ouais nous sommes français! [name] le dinosaur est français aussi!

Feb 21, 2020 at 3:42pmWeb
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Boy: (extremly quiet) je suis français
Dinosaur: vous êtes içi en vacance, ou-
Me: uh mate I can't understand a word you're saying
Dinosaur: (extremely a puppet on the end of my arm whose voice is coming out of my mouth) wot
Me: je nuh... er... juh ne comprond... I don't speak French, what are you two saying
(Grandad is absolutely creasing at this point)
Dinosaur to boy: ...mon humain ne parle pas français, elle ne comprends pas une mot.
Boy: je ne parle anglais...
Dinosaur: je peux traduire
Show threadSeasonally Appropriate PunFeb 21, 2020
Folks for ten entire minutes I kept up the bit that I don't speak a word of French and the puppet is fluent. For ten entire minutes of Grandad looking like he was going to piss himself I kept interrupting this bilingual T-Rex's conversation with a small child so he could catch me up and/or translate my input for the kid. And the kid was young enough to believe us entirely.
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Addendum: turns out the dinosaur accent completely obscures my British accent so Grandad earnestly asked me if I was French, when I said "oh we're both British but he's been studying", he clapped and said "it's good that you have him to translate for you, he does a good job! You should learn French too, he can teach you"

Anyway Bilingual Grandad and French Grandson are my new favourite customers and they were only here for half term.

Show threadSeasonally Appropriate PunFeb 21, 2020
Oh geez folks really liked that huh
Show threadJenkar Feb 21, 2020
@Murkrow it's really wholesome
Show threadButternuts 🦆Feb 22, 2020

@Murkrow "I'm in the shop, with the dinosaur puppet on my arm bc it's been that sort of day"

ah yes, a timeless sentiment

Show threadSeasonally Appropriate PunFeb 22, 2020
@batterpunts it just be like that sometimes
Show threadgabby karFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow amazing
Show threadPaulFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow this bought a huge smile to my face
Show threadNauga ClownFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow Oh yes. This is delightful.
Show threadold hazelFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow this is WONDERFUL
Show threadShonalikaFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow this is so so good
Show threadshared public horse .not biteyFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow This is so, so good 😂
Show threadRain DogFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow 💙💙💙the story. Were they from France proper or from the Channel Islands?
Show threadSeasonally Appropriate PunFeb 21, 2020
@Leucrotta Grandad just said "French" and had a very strong French accent when speaking English, so the best I can do is "probably France?"
Show threadmossFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow you're a bard. a puppeter bard (also this made my day) (i read it earlier but forgot to react)
Show threadSeasonally Appropriate PunFeb 21, 2020
@sempervirenx I have accepted my role. I can't play a single instrument despite so many people trying to teach me so many instruments, but I've suspected I was a bard since I convinced a dude from "just browsing thanks" to buying two robots by singing a song about robots
Show threadOldBrushNewPaperFeb 22, 2020
@Murkrow What a lovely thing you made happen! And thank you for setting it down as a story, so we could read it here and smile!
Show threadshorkFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow this is sooo good
Show threadMiari printanière 🌸🐦🌱Feb 21, 2020
@Murkrow You're so cute!
Show thread🌅 Aurore, la trans-parente 🤱Feb 21, 2020
@Murkrow You're so awesome that must have been so funny!!! 😂​
Show threadSophie JaneFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow This is legitimately amazing, and so are your mad skilz.
Show threadhow nowFeb 21, 2020
@Murkrow ah mon coeur, il fond