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The Gallery – One Word

Trish Burgess Posted on09/03/201107/04/2016 The gallery 27 Comments

We saw this lorry on a French motorway a few years ago.

Husband: “That’ll do nicely!”
Me: “What, every day? You’ll be lucky!”

The prompt for this week’s Gallery is ‘One Word’. Pop over to Tara to see more.

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27 Comments

  1. Vickie Ford Reply
    09/03/2011 at 7:16 am

    HAHAHAHAHA

  2. Steve Reply
    09/03/2011 at 8:00 am

    That's an expression I use every time I have to go to work. "Another fockedey."

  3. The Moiderer Reply
    09/03/2011 at 8:00 am

    lol

  4. planb Reply
    09/03/2011 at 8:21 am

    Genius – and you've got me wishing I'd posted my photo of a lorry we saw in the queue for the Eurostar (German, I think) that was just called f*cker. You'd have thought someone would have said "erm, Hans, you know that's really rude in English don't you?", but clearly not.

  5. helloitsgemma Reply
    09/03/2011 at 8:32 am

    love that, very funny!

  6. Karin @ Cafe Bebe Reply
    09/03/2011 at 8:55 am

    Hee hee! The French…you've got to hand it to them! 😉

    Karin

    • Anonymous Reply
      05/11/2013 at 12:45 am

      Fockedey is a Flemish (Belgium) and originally a coastal name. It consists of two words: Focke = volk = people and dey = dag = dey, meaning people coming from the east. The name appears around 1298 in Calais (Kales). At that time people spoke a kind of old Dutch.

  7. ohabbyreally Reply
    09/03/2011 at 9:05 am

    Too funny! x

  8. muummmmeeeeee...... Reply
    09/03/2011 at 9:08 am

    Too funny Trish x

  9. Mummy Mishaps aka Jenny Paulin Reply
    09/03/2011 at 9:12 am

    Ha ha brilliant!

  10. PippaD Reply
    09/03/2011 at 9:40 am

    Hehehe, only once a day though? ;0)

  11. Laura - Are We Nearly There Yet Mummy? Reply
    09/03/2011 at 10:02 am

    Ha, love it. Think my Husband would too.

  12. The Dotterel Reply
    09/03/2011 at 10:04 am

    Has the ring of a useful curse, too… Oh Fockedey!

  13. Sarah (Catching the Magic) Reply
    09/03/2011 at 11:07 am

    Ha, ha! So funny!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a fabulous beach holiday!!!

  14. The Alexander Residence Reply
    09/03/2011 at 1:43 pm

    Brilliant, I think my husband would find this hilarious too.

  15. achan Reply
    09/03/2011 at 2:35 pm

    That's hilarious, I can't believe you had your camera out so quick!
    thanks for stopping by

  16. Jacq Reply
    09/03/2011 at 2:53 pm

    Men eh! My DH would have said exactly the same; ever the optimist.

  17. Mari's World Reply
    09/03/2011 at 3:52 pm

    Brilliant – my reply would have been the same 😀

  18. EmmaK Reply
    09/03/2011 at 4:19 pm

    Fookin hell

    made me think of new lyrics to Zip a dee doo dah:

    Fokedey doo dah
    Fokedey day
    Wonderful Feeling
    Wonderful Day

    I'm with your husband on this. Join my campaign for Equal Rights for Orgasms over at my blog

  19. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    09/03/2011 at 6:20 pm

    Thanks for the comments, everyone. Glad it made you chuckle.

    Steve and The Dotterel – I think it makes an excellent new swear word and describes well that Monday morning feeling.

    Plan B – great you decided to publish your rude bus after all!

    Pippa – too right! I think that's quite enough.

    Emma K – what a delightful little ditty. You could probably do something similar with Yesterday by The Beatles.

    "Fockedey…all my troubles seemed so far away
    Now my husband says he wants to play
    Oh he believes in a Fockedey"

    Have been over to your blog and added my two pennorth!

  20. The Domestic Anarchist Reply
    09/03/2011 at 6:50 pm

    Hilarious x

  21. LinzW1976 Reply
    09/03/2011 at 7:10 pm

    Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! x

  22. Iota Reply
    09/03/2011 at 7:12 pm

    Very funny!

  23. CherishedByMe Reply
    09/03/2011 at 9:10 pm

    Haha!!! Very funny. 🙂

  24. Funky Wellies Reply
    09/03/2011 at 10:20 pm

    Excellent! Just love you take on the theme!

  25. Mummy Matters Reply
    09/03/2011 at 10:26 pm

    Brilliant!! Hubby found it so funny he is now choking – not that I think that's brilliant of course 😉

  26. Mirka Reply
    10/03/2011 at 8:14 pm

    You made me laugh, that's exactly what I need now 😉 @Kahanka

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