An aimless sofa
By Fleur
@Fleura (31668)
United Kingdom
March 23, 2023 10:13am CST
Yesterday evening we were doing a crossword after dinner. It wasn’t a very intellectual puzzle, just an easy one, but it’s fun for us all to do together.
Anyway, one of the clues was ‘an armless sofa’ (answer: ottoman) but at first glance I thought it said ‘an aimless sofa’ and then we all started giggling about the mental image of a poor aimless sofa, not knowing what to do with itself 
I could just imagine something rather like a cross between the animated footstool in Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and Talkie Toaster from the comic sci-fi series Red Dwarf, wandering about looking for something to do and then springing into action if anyone looked as if they might want to sit down, maybe suggesting they might like to put their feet up or wheedling that it would be good to have a little rest 
Have you misheard/misread something that made you laugh?
All rights reserved. © Text copyright Fleur 2023. Image from Disney Clipart.
I could just imagine something rather like a cross between the animated footstool in Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and Talkie Toaster from the comic sci-fi series Red Dwarf, wandering about looking for something to do and then springing into action if anyone looked as if they might want to sit down, maybe suggesting they might like to put their feet up or wheedling that it would be good to have a little rest
Have you misheard/misread something that made you laugh?
All rights reserved. © Text copyright Fleur 2023. Image from Disney Clipart.10 people like this
8 responses
@allknowing (145386)
• India
24 Mar 23
I remember saying Have some passion one me instead of compassion
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@allknowing (145386)
• India
24 Mar 23
@Fleura We were at a picnic and I said that to my then boss (lol)
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@Fleura (31668)
• United Kingdom
23 Mar 23
There's a big gate in town with a sign that reads 'Fire main behind gate'. I have passed that way literally hundreds of times and most of those times I accidentally read 'fireman' and I think 'Why's he standing behind the gate?' and then I realise. It's been years and I've only just got over doing that!
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@leighnyork (1880)
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23 Mar 23
I have misread so many things and they turn out to be hilarious.
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@shaggin (74174)
• United States
23 Mar 23
That does sound fun everyone getting involved in a crossword.
I don’t think I could picture a single image for an aimless sofa you definitely have a better imagination than I do. I wouldn’t have even thought of the real answer to armless sofa either .
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
23 Mar 23
I know I have but, of course can't think of what it was.
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