Take a seat

Language is an interesting subject to study.. I mean, no language exists without society, whether in the human or animal kingdom.

Why suddenly talk about this?

Yesterday while we were at Macdonalds buying some burgers to 'take-away', the staff very kindly asked us to 'take a seat' while we were waiting for our burgers.

And so, being well accustomed to our culture and understanding phrases such as 'take a seat' in the english language, we knew that he was asking us to make ourselves comfortable by sitting down while we waited.

But.... being the quirky cheeky me, I told SH,
Flo: "so, which seat do you like? the red one or the white ones? he said we can take a seat"
SH: "how about the baby chair?"
SH: "lets ask if we can take a table too"
Flo: "i wonder if he'll still let us take a seat after we have taken the burgers?"

Of course we were at one side being crazy and snickering, but soon handed the burgers which we did 'take away'.. without taking any seat away from that Macdonalds.

There are just so many other words and phrases that we use in everyday life without really thinking that we have all been so socialised into being able to understand the proper protocols and behaviours associated with them.

See if you can pick any out in your next conversation with someone?