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"Join the club"
Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 12:12 GMT
"The FBI is bugging me" the doctor said. Join the club, Mark thought "Where are they?" he asked.
What does "join the club" mean in the previous sentence? thnx
Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 12:53 GMT
Join the club ~ I'm in the same situation as you.
The FBI is bugging Mark too. (not just the doctor)
Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 16:23 GMT
thx a lot Mi5. But wasn't supposed to be "I'm in the same situation as yours" since we're comparing the situations not the persons
Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 17:56 GMT
But wasn't supposed to be "I'm in the same situation as yours" since we're comparing the situations not the persons
No. "I'm in the same situation as you (are in)" is correct.
Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 18:41 GMT
In British slang "in the club" means something totally different. Something to do with pudding. But I wouldn't know about such things anyway :-)
Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 23:35 GMT
No, it means the same thing here unless it is just that I have never heard of it used anywhere else.
Wednesday, June 30, 2004, 11:07 GMT
No Vic, I heard it in some film the other day, I distinctly remember pissing myself. I think that they were using it as a euphemism for homosexuality. Like as in, "You won't get anywhere with him, love, he's in the club, wink wink."
Wednesday, June 30, 2004, 12:12 GMT
CG:
Don't you mean "in the closet"? Like a gay person who hasn't come out. "In the club" means pregnant
Wednesday, June 30, 2004, 21:52 GMT
That's the one.
Thursday, July 01, 2004, 02:59 GMT
I think you should join the club...
Thursday, July 01, 2004, 03:05 GMT
Sorry Damian! I know you didn't write the last post, because I did! I don't know why I put Damian in the name box. Sorry...
CG: The movie you watched... It sounds like a film made for women. They said "wink, wink". That's Martian dialect. Could the movie be E.T.? Join the Club... That phrase reminds me of that old man that appeared in the posters with the legend "I want you to join the U.S army!" You've seen it, haven't you? You ought to join the club!!!
Thursday, July 01, 2004, 07:13 GMT
If I joined the club I would be on all the news programs today and on GMTV tomorrow morning then I would set out to make a fortune.
Thursday, July 01, 2004, 15:13 GMT
Could anyone give some examples on that expression?
Friday, July 02, 2004, 16:04 GMT
"I have detention after school, every night this week!" cried Jane.
"Join the club", said someone else who also had detention every night that week. Get it?
Saturday, July 03, 2004, 00:41 GMT
yeah, thnx CG
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