Miscellaneous Off Topic Off Piste

[Colin the Bear]

[ADMIN started new thread with off topic/piste posts]

Fridge full of food but nothing to eat.
Oh wait... I've gone off piste.

 

[Stephen Howard]

...people who say 'piste' when they mean topic.

😛😛😛😛

 

[Targa]

I don't think people went off Topic, Mars just decided to stop making them.

 

[Colin the Bear]

What's got a hazelnut in every bite?
Something about squirrels.

 

[wakyct]

Oh wait... I've gone off piste.

Is this what you all mean in the UK by taking the piste?

 

[IllinoisJ]

Women saying Lizzo is beautiful but get mad when you say "You look like Lizzo."

Good one 🙂
Though I had to google "Lizzo" to get it.

 

[Vetinari]

I don't think people went off Topic, Mars just decided to stop making them.

Ahh back to chocolate. We've been here before.

 

[saxyjt]

...people who say 'piste' when they mean topic.

😛😛😛😛

I struggle to find the connection between piste and topic! But that's probably me being French.

 

[IllinoisJ]

ski joke

 

[saxyjt]

ski joke

Dangerous slope!

 

[Pete Effamy]

Dangerous slope!

Well not entirely - in the UK there was a chocolate bar called Topic.

Chocolate - off piste - off topic - chocolate.

Steve Howard isn’t a pretty face.

JUST! Sorry, forgot the word just…

 

[Targa]

Dangerous slope!

Toblerone?

 

[Woodpad]

...people who say 'piste' when they mean topic.

😛😛😛😛

It is a common remark for people from Flemming and from Wallonia, so you just declared war to Belgium.

To remain of topic, there is chocolate with the name Piste Noire

 

[mizmar]

It is a common remark for people from Flemming and from Wallonia, so you just declared war to Belgium.

Yeah but...
... I don't know Flemish; but in french "piste" is, as I'm sure you know, basically, "track". In English "off track" is quite unremarkable. People lose track of the conversation. But "piste", in english, is a marked route on a ski slope - people who "go off piset" are not just off track, but a bit out of control and heading out of their safe zone, unsafe.
I'm pretty sure hors piste or off track don't have the same connotation as off piste.

Have I just come off track or off piste?

War averted

 

[greenstripe]

All this talk of ski slopes and chocolate has got me thinking of the old Ice Magic commercial from about 40 years ago

View: https://youtu.be/GRum36tqP9Q?si=GRjdaTyH5adeTR4j

 

[DavidUK]

Toblerone?

I had a fruit and nut one last week.
Very nice. Try one.

NB. I am not a Toblerone endorser, influencer, or employee.

 

[Targa]

I like the dark one but shops don't sell it, though it is available online.
Dark chocolate Bounty is the same never usually in the shops.

 

[DavidUK]

White one is good too.

 

[saxyjt]

In french piste is used in many different but similar contextes, like 'piste de dance' for dancefloor, 'piste de ski' for ski slope, 'piste d'atterrissage' for landing strip, 'piste de cirque' is the ring in a circus...

When we talk about 'hors piste' in a ski context, that's when you ski outside the safely groomed section of the ski slopes to enjoy the 'poudreuse' or fresh deep powdery snow and that is at your own risk! We also have 'sortie de piste' for a person or vehicle that goes off track!

 

[dexdex]

Off piste = pissed off ?