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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    seth plum said:
    When the battery goes in your impossible to open smoke alarm in the middle of the night and the damned thing chirps loudly every 30 seconds or so.
    Had this when I was staying at my mums a few weeks ago. Started beeping around 3, so went downstairs and spent ages getting the battery out to stop it. Managed to do it and then realised it was the carbon monoxide detector that was beeping. Obviously, this was a sealed unit and couldn’t stop it. Had to wrap it in a towel and put it in the kitchen cupboard.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,242
    seth plum said:
    When the battery goes in your impossible to open smoke alarm in the middle of the night and the damned thing chirps loudly every 30 seconds or so.
    Had this when I was staying at my mums a few weeks ago. Started beeping around 3, so went downstairs and spent ages getting the battery out to stop it. Managed to do it and then realised it was the carbon monoxide detector that was beeping. Obviously, this was a sealed unit and couldn’t stop it. Had to wrap it in a towel and put it in the kitchen cupboard.
    Those things are remarkably resistant. Our one got sledgehammered, was the only solution
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    seth plum said:
    When the battery goes in your impossible to open smoke alarm in the middle of the night and the damned thing chirps loudly every 30 seconds or so.
    Had this when I was staying at my mums a few weeks ago. Started beeping around 3, so went downstairs paused pornhub and spent ages getting the battery out to stop it. Managed to do it and then realised it was my Mum's the carbon monoxide  pervy son detector that was beeping. Obviously, this was a sealed unit and couldn’t stop it. Had to wrap it in a towel and put it in the kitchen cupboard before going back to pornhub and knocking one out.

  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
    Can't? as in you can't pull off that look?

    very clever
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
    Cataract?
  • People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
    What about blind people?
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
    What about blind people?
    Blind people, shoe salesmen, insurance brokers - doesn't matter what their job is.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
    Coot?
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
    What about blind people?
    I am sure if they were anywhere near a tube train they would have a dog or a stick. The people I am talking about are not blind, well only to the fact they look stupid.
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  • People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
    What about blind people?
    I am sure if they were anywhere near a tube train they would have a dog or a stick. The people I am talking about are not blind, well only to the fact they look stupid.
    Never know they might have put their stick down accidentally or their dog may have ran off...
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892

    Things like this:

    "People have criticised the children's TV show Peppa Pig after it referred to firefighters as 'firemen' in an episode called The Fire Engine.

    London Fire Brigade (LFB) posted a message on social media saying: "Come on @peppapig, we've not been firemen for 30 years.

    "Using out of date stereotypical gender specific wording prevents young girls from becoming firefighters."

    They say that language referencing firefighters as 'men' is sexist, when women can be firefighters too.

    Sexism is when somebody or a group of people are discriminated against or treated differently due to being male or female.

    LFB is running a campaign called Firefighting Sexism to encourage more women to work as firefighters, as there are currently many more men in the profession.

    People have criticised the name of the programme Fireman Sam too, which was first shown on TV in 1987.

    They say that using language like this - especially in children's TV shows - encourages stereotypes.

    A stereotype is when people have fixed or oversimplified ideas about what something should be like - for example, that firefighters are men.

    Some have disagreed with the criticism though, saying that it is just a cartoon and it is not intended to be sexist, so it should not be treated in this way.

    It isn't the first time that the issue has been in the news.

    In January 2019, a mum took to social media to explain how her four-year-old daughter had said she wished she were a boy so that she could be a firefighter when she was older. This was because she thought only boys could do the job.

    "I've seen in books they are all boys," her daughter said."

    As for the mum above, instead of taking to social media, how about offering some parental advice to her daughter to help her understand the situation.

  • What about Penny Morris?

    Firefighter Penny Morris is a member of the Pontypandy Fire Brigade.

    She originally hailed from Newtown. She is the main driver of Venus, the rescue tender and Neptune, the rescue boat. She attended the Newtown Fire Academy.


  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    Macronate said:

    Things like this:

    "People have criticised the children's TV show Peppa Pig after it referred to firefighters as 'firemen' in an episode called The Fire Engine.

    London Fire Brigade (LFB) posted a message on social media saying: "Come on @peppapig, we've not been firemen for 30 years.

    "Using out of date stereotypical gender specific wording prevents young girls from becoming firefighters."

    They say that language referencing firefighters as 'men' is sexist, when women can be firefighters too.

    Sexism is when somebody or a group of people are discriminated against or treated differently due to being male or female.

    LFB is running a campaign called Firefighting Sexism to encourage more women to work as firefighters, as there are currently many more men in the profession.

    People have criticised the name of the programme Fireman Sam too, which was first shown on TV in 1987.

    They say that using language like this - especially in children's TV shows - encourages stereotypes.

    A stereotype is when people have fixed or oversimplified ideas about what something should be like - for example, that firefighters are men.

    Some have disagreed with the criticism though, saying that it is just a cartoon and it is not intended to be sexist, so it should not be treated in this way.

    It isn't the first time that the issue has been in the news.

    In January 2019, a mum took to social media to explain how her four-year-old daughter had said she wished she were a boy so that she could be a firefighter when she was older. This was because she thought only boys could do the job.

    "I've seen in books they are all boys," her daughter said."

    As for the mum above, instead of taking to social media, how about offering some parental advice to her daughter to help her understand the situation.

    If we’re taking Peppa Pig, I’m more worried about the message the tax dodging antics of Miss Rabbit gives out. How many f*****g jobs has she got?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,977
    They make out Daddy Pig to be a right dopey prick as well, which annoys me.
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    What about Penny Morris?

    Firefighter Penny Morris is a member of the Pontypandy Fire Brigade.

    She originally hailed from Newtown. She is the main driver of Venus, the rescue tender and Neptune, the rescue boat. She attended the Newtown Fire Academy.



    only because shes fucking station officer Steele behind his wife's back.

    Slag!
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    Greenie said:
    People who wear sunglasses on the tube, why??

    I am pleased to say there is a four letter word that describes you and it begins with a 'C'.....................whats that, no sorry it's not 'Cool' the four letter word I was thinking of ends with a 'T'

     
    Coot?
    They need wigs, not sunglasses!
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    People saying haitch when it's aitch.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,740
    seth plum said:
    When the battery goes in your impossible to open smoke alarm in the middle of the night and the damned thing chirps loudly every 30 seconds or so.
    Just insert screwdriver into the slot and then gently slide away from you.....

    Yeah right. 

    Where is the narrative about nothing happening until you clump it and it either rips the whole unit (and some plaster) from the ceiling or otherwise where the ‘removable’ section flies out at escape velocity and smashes on the floor?!?
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    edited March 2019
    They make out Daddy Pig to be a right dopey prick as well, which annoys me.
    Likewise Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin. It seems to be perfectly acceptable to portray men as fat, lazy, thick, immature, irresponsible, insensitive drunks. I'd be offended as a man were it not for the fact that I couldn't care less.
    As for firefighters, I saw a female firefighter climbing out of a fire engine just the other day: a vision of beauty.
    #misogynisticpotentialrapistwholoveswomeninuniform
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  • Macronate said:

    Things like this:

    "People have criticised the children's TV show Peppa Pig after it referred to firefighters as 'firemen' in an episode called The Fire Engine.

    London Fire Brigade (LFB) posted a message on social media saying: "Come on @peppapig, we've not been firemen for 30 years.

    "Using out of date stereotypical gender specific wording prevents young girls from becoming firefighters."

    They say that language referencing firefighters as 'men' is sexist, when women can be firefighters too.

    Sexism is when somebody or a group of people are discriminated against or treated differently due to being male or female.

    LFB is running a campaign called Firefighting Sexism to encourage more women to work as firefighters, as there are currently many more men in the profession.

    People have criticised the name of the programme Fireman Sam too, which was first shown on TV in 1987.

    They say that using language like this - especially in children's TV shows - encourages stereotypes.

    A stereotype is when people have fixed or oversimplified ideas about what something should be like - for example, that firefighters are men.

    Some have disagreed with the criticism though, saying that it is just a cartoon and it is not intended to be sexist, so it should not be treated in this way.

    It isn't the first time that the issue has been in the news.

    In January 2019, a mum took to social media to explain how her four-year-old daughter had said she wished she were a boy so that she could be a firefighter when she was older. This was because she thought only boys could do the job.

    "I've seen in books they are all boys," her daughter said."

    As for the mum above, instead of taking to social media, how about offering some parental advice to her daughter to help her understand the situation.

    Why the hell is the TV show still called; FIREMAN Sam then!!
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    People on Twitter who think they have an original or unique opinion and end it with 'A thread' and another 26 tweets. No. Just no. I'm not going to read it you moron. Who do these people think they are? No one cares.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    People on Twitter who think they have an original or unique opinion and end it with 'A thread' and another 26 tweets. No. Just no. I'm not going to read it you moron. Who do these people think they are? No one cares.
    The reason twitter took off was that it was limited to 140 characters and doing so stopped long rants. 
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited March 2019
    They make out Daddy Pig to be a right dopey prick as well, which annoys me.
    @DaveMehmet gets the same treatment in his house. Which is fair enough I suppose.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    They make out Daddy Pig to be a right dopey prick as well, which annoys me.
    @DaveMehmet gets the same treatment in his house. Which is fair enough I suppose.

    They don't have to make out mate.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    People who cling on to the old ways.

    Unless it's me of course.  B)
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    This smiley faced banter between Henner and JS at the moment
  • They make out Daddy Pig to be a right dopey prick as well, which annoys me.
    Daddy Pig is a successful architect and a loving, patient Dad who spends a ton of time with his kids.

    I also may have some sympathy for him liking a snooze on the sofa and a bit too much cake.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    They make out Daddy Pig to be a right dopey prick as well, which annoys me.
    Daddy Pig is a successful architect and a loving, patient Dad who spends a ton of time with his kids.

    I also may have some sympathy for him liking a snooze on the sofa and a bit too much cake.
    He can't read a f******g map to save his life though 
  • Or do DIY.

    Again, I sympathise.
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