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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,948
    edited September 2023
    NorthStandUltra said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    The McDonalds advert made to look like Ceefax/Teletext.

    Basically, remember the 90s?  McDonalds was there in the 90s!!

    Yeah, and there was a massive issue over the safety of beefburgers... why remind everyone?

    Always remember some kid at school who was a bit "Jay from the Inbetweeners" with his stories trying to claim he was the kid in that ad, despite everyone saying it was famously Scott Parker.

    Really odd lie to tell.
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    NorthStandUltra said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    The McDonalds advert made to look like Ceefax/Teletext.

    Basically, remember the 90s?  McDonalds was there in the 90s!!

    Yeah, and there was a massive issue over the safety of beefburgers... why remind everyone?

    you can tell he's a prick even at that age

    prick
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    Yeah hope his ball burst.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    Why are there tea rooms and coffee houses but not coffee rooms or tea houses?
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    IdleHans said:
    Why are there tea rooms and coffee houses but not coffee rooms or tea houses?
    And why are all Italian restaurants “little”?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    Why do Reading always kick off at 8pm midweek?
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    ValleyGary said:
    Why do Reading always kick off at 8pm midweek?
    Because of local congestion / public transport availability.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,845
    SporadicAddick said:
    IdleHans said:
    Why are there tea rooms and coffee houses but not coffee rooms or tea houses?
    And why are all Italian restaurants “little”?
    And why is a restaurant owner a restaurateur and not restauranteur ? 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Where did my penis go?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Where did my penis go?
    WHAT?
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    NorthStandUltra said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    The McDonalds advert made to look like Ceefax/Teletext.

    Basically, remember the 90s?  McDonalds was there in the 90s!!

    Yeah, and there was a massive issue over the safety of beefburgers... why remind everyone?

    I'm confused as to whose shirt that is. In my head I always thought it was Swansea City, but looking again, I don't think it is. [Thinking out loud: It might not be any particular kit as they might not have wanted to put off rival supporters]

     
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    ValleyGary said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Where did my penis go?
    WHAT?
    It used to be down there - can't see it now.
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    MrOneLung said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    IdleHans said:
    Why are there tea rooms and coffee houses but not coffee rooms or tea houses?
    And why are all Italian restaurants “little”?
    And why is a restaurant owner a restaurateur and not restauranteur ? 

    I can answer that one - cos it's foreign innit? restaurant is a froggy immigrant word as is restaurateur.  Them frogs don't have proper sensible rules for words and that like what we Brits do, cos they're french and foreign.

    The derivation of restaurant is from a French verb 'restaurer' (approx to restore oneself).  The restaurant is the place in which the restoration takes place.  'Restaurateur' translates as the bloke who facilitates the restoration, rather than a bloke who owns a restaurant.
    Similarly in English: restoration is performed by a 'restorer' rather than a restorater -  although this sort of mangled construction of nouns is creeping in across the pond in America with their relentless corruption of our beautiful language.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    I always find it strange how some people love types of food and others hate them.

    We were in Cromer today and whilst I’m not a huge seafood fan, was looking forward to trying a dressed Cromer crab so booked into a recommended restaurant. 

    Although I managed to eat it, I wasn’t impressed and thought it was a bit rank. My wife loved it. 
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,148
    DaveMehmet said:
    I always find it strange how some people love types of food and others hate them.

    We were in Cromer today and whilst I’m not a huge seafood fan, was looking forward to trying a dressed Cromer crab so booked into a recommended restaurant. 

    Although I managed to eat it, I wasn’t impressed and thought it was a bit rank. My wife loved it. 
    My missus has a list of foods as long as your arm that she doesn't eat. I have three: oysters, salted anchovies and crab. Of that three, she loves crab and salted anchovies.  🙄 
  • Super_Eddie_Youds
    Super_Eddie_Youds Posts: 1,977
    DaveMehmet said:
    I always find it strange how some people love types of food and others hate them.

    We were in Cromer today and whilst I’m not a huge seafood fan, was looking forward to trying a dressed Cromer crab so booked into a recommended restaurant. 

    Although I managed to eat it, I wasn’t impressed and thought it was a bit rank. My wife loved it. 
    Maddest one for me is licorice, I can stand the stuff. I can see the redeeming features in most food but licorice is horrific, can’t stand the taste or smell, even writing this is making me nauseous. 

    My wife loves it, will eat a full bag in one go if she thought her stomach could take it. There’s always some in the cupboard. Vile vile vile stuff. 
  • Masterbrew
    Masterbrew Posts: 263
    "Happy Halloween" - the night when the portals between the living world and the spirit world are open and the souls of the dead can return being treated like somebody's birthday!
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,948
    How every other company, service etc is really hot on data protection, but you walk into a pharmacy and they ask you to tell everyone in the building at least your full name and address, sometimes your date of birth etc.

    Plus you can find out that Shiela from 124 Station Road, DOB 1/12/76 has an STI and the runs.
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,106
    Why, whenever I go to amusement arcade on a pier, there is always someone hoovering.
    Day or night, summer or winter, on every pier.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,125
    North Lower Neil said:

    Plus you can find out that Shiela from 124 Station Road, DOB 1/12/76 has an STI and the runs.
    Bloody hell, still?
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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,948
    Fumbluff said:
    North Lower Neil said:

    Plus you can find out that Shiela from 124 Station Road, DOB 1/12/76 has an STI and the runs.
    Bloody hell, still?
    Yep, hoping it clears up before her birthday.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    So many threads lately where a person says something and another person says they said something entirely different. 
    Presumably people feeling the need to exaggerate to validate their point of view. 
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,457
    People who reply to their own posts.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,333
    People who wear jackets with no sleeves in freezing weather
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,148
    People who wear flip-flops or sliders in the street. Especially when it's freezing. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,948
    Those 'Do you want to opt out of emails about Mother's Day/Father's Day/Christmas' etc emails.

    So instead of getting a reminder, you'll get an email to discuss the reminders and it'll remind you anyway, just slightly earlier.

    What a waste of time and effort all round.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    MrWalker said:
    Why, whenever I go to amusement arcade on a pier, there is always someone hoovering.
    Day or night, summer or winter, on every pier.
    Have you got very muddy boots?
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,457
    People who still display tax discs in their cars.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    edited February 2024
    JaShea99 said:
    People who still display tax discs in their cars.
    Especially out of date ones!
  • arny23394
    arny23394 Posts: 1,180
    edited March 2024
    Just seen a fat bird on a dating app describe herself as ‘kinda doughy’ and able to ‘take a surprising amount of meat.’ Eh?

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