It seems that there must have been a change in restrictions on advertising wang and punani deodorant, as there another hugely distasteful advert for another company.
I knew Lynx had moved on from calling them Atlantis and Africa but I'm not sure on the new names.
It has probably already been mentioned…..but Lime bikes just being dumped / abandoned. There are 7 of them currently in Chinbrook Meadows. They are only ever ridden by ‘kids’ with that incessant beeping alarm constantly going off. I have messaged Lime….lets see if they do anything about it?
People talking at gigs. Went to see a local band last night and there were two geezers behind me shouting nonsense to each other throughout. Feck off down the pub you gobshites!
burger places that list in their ingredients 'house sauce', 'our special sauce' or similar nonsense without giving me any indication what that sauce may taste like. just give me a hint please. I invariably end up ordering without sauce and just adding my own
burger places that list in their ingredients 'house sauce', 'our special sauce' or similar nonsense without giving me any indication what that sauce may taste like. just give me a hint please. I invariably end up ordering without sauce and just adding my own
People talking at gigs. Went to see a local band last night and there were two geezers behind me shouting nonsense to each other throughout. Feck off down the pub you gobshites!
Me and my friend was asked to stop talking at a Peter Gabriel concert. We were two rows back from the front of the stage at Earls Court and a young women very politely asked if we could lower our voices or stop talking. She was right and neither of us took offence but both of have never got our heads around the fact we were at a rock concert, in the best seats and we could all talk at normal audible levels. What annoys me is poor sound systems. And on that point I have all but given up on large gigs after last summers AC/DC Wembley show.
Kier Starmer interview on BBC 2 is a tough watch. Might go back to the tennis.
Kier is an odd name. A question was about something he said a while back that was similar to what Enoch Powell said. Another name we don't hear of that often.. Enoch.
Only other Enoch I could think of is Enock Mwepu, turns out it’s from the Bible. Keir is Gaelic or something bland, fittingly
Kier Starmer interview on BBC 2 is a tough watch. Might go back to the tennis.
Kier is an odd name. A question was about something he said a while back that was similar to what Enoch Powell said. Another name we don't hear of that often.. Enoch.
Only other Enoch I could think of is Enock Mwepu, turns out it’s from the Bible. Keir is Gaelic or something bland, fittingly
Closely related to the Irish Ciarán, Keir is an Irish masculine name that means "dark" or “black.”
Kier Starmer interview on BBC 2 is a tough watch. Might go back to the tennis.
Kier is an odd name. A question was about something he said a while back that was similar to what Enoch Powell said. Another name we don't hear of that often.. Enoch.
Only other Enoch I could think of is Enock Mwepu, turns out it’s from the Bible. Keir is Gaelic or something bland, fittingly
Enoch Showunmi ex Luton, why are we not after him? Oh he's 43 that's why.
Kier Starmer interview on BBC 2 is a tough watch. Might go back to the tennis.
Kier is an odd name. A question was about something he said a while back that was similar to what Enoch Powell said. Another name we don't hear of that often.. Enoch.
Only other Enoch I could think of is Enock Mwepu, turns out it’s from the Bible. Keir is Gaelic or something bland, fittingly
Enoch Showunmi ex Luton, why are we not after him? Oh he's 43 that's why.
Things closing early after they've charged you for a full day.
Don't mind if it's advertised etc, or an emergency obviously.
We were out at the weekend at a place with rides etc, open until half 4, bought the kids the wristbands so they could go on the rides, then they all start closing at half 3 so the park can close for half 4.
No queues at all, so not as if they were cutting off queues that would take half an hour to get on the ride, not a big park so doesn't take 20 mins to usher everyone out and get them to walk back to the exits.
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
The One Show; more vanilla than Vanilla Ice eating vanilla sponge wearing a George ASDA vanilla tracksuit.
They have great guests, but the style and production are A+++++ dishwater. I'd rather spend 30 minutes listening to paint dry.
Its the same for so much stuff made by ITV and the BBC l, trying so hard not to offend the permanently offended so end up making someone that offends nobody but is utterly shite and forgettable
I disagree, I think it's because the vast majority of people are exactly as PopIcon says - vanilla. It's not the apparently offended complaining, it's the terminally dull switching off if anything at all ouside their tiny sphere of interest pops up. If it's not "reality" TV, top ten music, premier league football, uggs, sliders, crocs, shit lager, grey jogging bottoms and hoodies or fucking Greggs, they are not interested...
Maybe and there is something to be said for an overiding dullness of the nation and I use our disgracefully bland crisp stock choices as a data sample
Plain!, Salt and vinegar, cheese and onion
The Europeans laugh at our dull selection of savoury snacks and I don't blame them
And I make you right given the success of the X factor, anything with ant & dec on, I'm a celebrity get me out of here. Dull, dull, dull
Do they? When I come to England, I love the variety of flavours. Which Europeans are these? Thanks to immigration from Asian countries I find a great mix of different flavours in England.
When I first came to France in 2003 I swear that there were only plain crisps available.
Correct - The UK historically led the way in crisp flavours, not just in breadth of range but also in experimentation.
Any visitor to the continent in the 70's and 80's would have been met by a wall of 2 flavours - with or without salt, whilst in the UK we were eating Worcester Sauce, Pickled Onion and Hedgehog.
The rest of the world has caught up thanks to the globalisation of the leading manufacturer (Pepsico / Lays / Walkers), which has to a large extent been built on the history of innovation in the UK snacking industry. The Americans wont like it, but we led them as well.
Incidentally, it states that prawn cocktail crisps don’t sell in France but what it should say is that they are not sold.
My son was recently on a school trip to England and so he bought a packet of prawn cocktail crisps (probably a family pack, knowing him) which he shared with friends. He told me that they were all surprised how nice they were.
I think that there is a lot of stereotyping and second guessing going on from what is said in that article.
A lot however is to do with marketing and misunderstanding. Give a French person a pot of marmite (sold at double the price than in the UK) and they will spread it thick like it’s nutella and tell you it’s awful. Spread it thinly on toast, cut it up into small bitesize pieces, and offer them on a well presented tray with a glass of wine and they love it. I know because I once did it at a party.
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
Spend the next 12 to 18 months turning your Mrs / Mr against their family. This also halves your Christmas / birthday spending, on top of not having them turn up at random times. Win win win
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
Grudgingly make him a tea then charge him £2.50 for it, £3 if he wants a biscuit.
Bloody hell. I really would have just said to him at the door ’sorry, we’re both busy at work - we work from home remember- I’ve got an important meeting in (look at watch) shit 30 seconds - come back in two hours, it’ll be nice to have lunch together, see you later (insert name), bye’ . Close door. I mean, you did tell him in the phone only 12 hours earlier.
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
Should have shagged his daughter upstairs while he was making his own tea downstairs
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
Should have shagged his daughter upstairs while he was making his own tea downstairs
whilst shes on her conference call, are you mad!...that would probably be a verbal warning at least.
My father in law. Most of the time a lovely bloke but sometimes acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his own way.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
The gradual decline in the use of ’direct emails’ in favour of asking you to sign in to a website. I therefore get multiple emails from the bank, three different schools, insurance company etc etc etc telling me I have a message and for each one I have to sign in to a separate website to read it.
Ten years ago each company would send an email with the actual message. Everything therefore takes 2 times longer than previously.
Add to that complicated sign ins with weird passwords, QR codes, pictures asking me how many fannys I can see in an orgy (or actually something far more boring), click here if not a robot, and god knows what - seriously, things were easier before the internet when you had to go into the town centre to do everything face to face.
At the moment, for example, I’ve been waiting over a week for one pay slip because the French éducation system put it on a website that I’d never used before. I had to fill out details to set it up with lots of complications. Now I can sign in but I’ve no idea how to find the bloody thing. If I had been able to cycle 15 minutes to the school to get it, it would have been much quicker. Or why not post it to me?
The internet for administrative tasks has turned to shit, and I would eradicate the invention of it along with smartphones if given the power in the blink of an eye.
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Every days a shool day ffs -
Went to see a local band last night and there were two geezers behind me shouting nonsense to each other throughout.
Feck off down the pub you gobshites!
disgusting!
She was right and neither of us took offence but both of have never got our heads around the fact we were at a rock concert, in the best seats and we could all talk at normal audible levels.
What annoys me is poor sound systems. And on that point I have all but given up on large gigs after last summers AC/DC Wembley show.
Don't mind if it's advertised etc, or an emergency obviously.
We were out at the weekend at a place with rides etc, open until half 4, bought the kids the wristbands so they could go on the rides, then they all start closing at half 3 so the park can close for half 4.
No queues at all, so not as if they were cutting off queues that would take half an hour to get on the ride, not a big park so doesn't take 20 mins to usher everyone out and get them to walk back to the exits.
Has the day off work today and wants to drop something at our house (really not urgent) only tells us a quarter past 10 last night. We tell him we both have busy days so he can come at lunch.
Arrives at 5 to 10. Which means we have to pay for a parking permit for him to park on the street - restrictions lift at 11, he knows this. He doesn't want to just drop the thing and go, he wants to come in and stay for lunch, but is annoyed my wife is in meetings until half 12. Throws a strop when asked to take his shoes off - always been the case in our house but either way its chucking it down outside and we spent yesterday afternoon cleaning the house in anticipation of a busy week and being away from Friday for a friends wedding. I get everything out for him to make a cup of tea and say help yourself I've got a meeting, stick the TV on see you in an hour. He moans about having to make his own tea and being left alone when hes a visitor. Fuck off. I just walk off.
And now I'm writing this and not concentrating in my meeting as he pissed me off too much.
Incidentally, it states that prawn cocktail crisps don’t sell in France but what it should say is that they are not sold.
My son was recently on a school trip to England and so he bought a packet of prawn cocktail crisps (probably a family pack, knowing him) which he shared with friends. He told me that they were all surprised how nice they were.
I think that there is a lot of stereotyping and second guessing going on from what is said in that article.
A lot however is to do with marketing and misunderstanding. Give a French person a pot of marmite (sold at double the price than in the UK) and they will spread it thick like it’s nutella and tell you it’s awful. Spread it thinly on toast, cut it up into small bitesize pieces, and offer them on a well presented tray with a glass of wine and they love it. I know because I once did it at a party.
Close door.
I mean, you did tell him in the phone only 12 hours earlier.
Ten years ago each company would send an email with the actual message. Everything therefore takes 2 times longer than previously.
Add to that complicated sign ins with weird passwords, QR codes, pictures asking me how many fannys I can see in an orgy (or actually something far more boring), click here if not a robot, and god knows what - seriously, things were easier before the internet when you had to go into the town centre to do everything face to face.
At the moment, for example, I’ve been waiting over a week for one pay slip because the French éducation system put it on a website that I’d never used before. I had to fill out details to set it up with lots of complications. Now I can sign in but I’ve no idea how to find the bloody thing. If I had been able to cycle 15 minutes to the school to get it, it would have been much quicker. Or why not post it to me?
The internet for administrative tasks has turned to shit, and I would eradicate the invention of it along with smartphones if given the power in the blink of an eye.