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"Perfect!"

Is another word that the youth seem to throw into conversation, particularly those employed in customer services. Are they being trained to say this? Generally whatever you have been discussing is not "Perfect", rather it is simply what was expected in the first place.

I remember in "Darling Buds of May", David Jason used to say "Perfic". I also think back to this when I hear someone saying "perfect", which as stated above seems to be the "in" word at the moment. I've even found myself saying it... or at least "perfic"!

I'm not sure if this is annoyance, a moan, or confusion... my medical insurance company takes the premium by direct debit on the 1st of every month. They have just informed me that starting this month they will be taking the premium on the last day of the month. Seeing as they already took money on the first of November they are scheduled to take another on the 30th of November and then 31st of December.

This makes 13 installments in 2019, which strikes me as not kosher. I appreciate it will all come out in the wash, but seems like a nice little bonus for them to make their 2019 numbers look better.

Am I wrong?

Show off ‘ look at me’ contestants on quiz shows.

A la the recent Planet of the Apes revival, has someone jemmied the padlock at the Hooray Henry internment facility? I’ve worked in the City for the past 30 years and after a 10 to 15 year lull, there now seems to be a resurgence of middle class twits taking drivel. The Clapham Set are back! Approach with caution if someone intersperses every utterance with OTT superlatives. Which is absolutely perfect, unbelievable and super advice from Moi. Toodles.

:D

Kosovo v England and the ******* CLACKERS. I hope we stuff them.

Looking good defensively .....

Edit. Wrong thread :)

The Christmas adverts e.g. John Lewis. I couldn’t give a crap.
Send the money to the needy and stop these stupid adverts which make us feel ‘all gooey about Christmas’

Special mention for the Amazon advert.

Everyboddy, needs some ... crap. Had it all last year. This ones even worse. Read need this till January

Ordering a coke at the bar, and the barmaid having to ask back 'is Pepsi okay?'

At work last night bar was busy “4 pints of Stella please” just as I poor the last one “anything else mate” yeah a pint of Guinness “:wallbash:

To be fair, “anything else mate” should have been your immediate response to customer ordering four Stellas. Then you nip the situation in the bud... :)

Ohh that actually made my shoulders slump :(

One thing that pisses me off is ordering Coke and being given some feeble substitute for Coke on the assumption that by Coke I mean whatever shitey brand of generic cola happens to be available. No I don't. I mean f***ing Coke FFS. There is no such thing as an acceptable substitute.

And the number of places that stock Pepsi instead of Coke seems to be rising. Waiting staff are frequently surprised when I won't accept Pepsi instead of Coke.

Yeah, that is piss-poor.

Im prepared to bet that you wouldnt know the difference.

I hope you made them wait....a long time.

You drink coke, enough said. Its all toilet.

I would 100%. Diet Coke for me. Pepsi is foul :moo:

As an aside, does anyone remember that Coke Lite stuff from a while back? It was what most corner shops stocked - presumably a cheap import from somewhere. That was foul too.

Any political party who pledges to make it illegal to order pint(s) of Guinness anywhere other than first in a round of drinks would get my vote. It is a far more important consideration than Brexit.

Not with a large rum in it.

Blokes who sit on piece of gym equipment between thier reps when you could fit your reps In easily

People swimming in fast lane who are clearly not fast

Just ask to work in?

The number of idiot cyclists riding around in the dark with no lights or HV jackets. F*cking twats.

Imagine what its like in Jamaica where no bikes have lights and we have fewer street lamps :(

I totally agree with your first point even though I am guilty of it myself.

I absolutely would. I've called these places out on it dozens of times on it and been correct in 100% of cases. And my sister-in-law can tell the difference without even tasting it.

That’s some gift.

Or talking on the phone.

Me too, the difference between Coke is Pepsi is marked, just as it it between (say) Coke and Diet Coke. Don't particularly like any of them on their own, tbh.

Cupid stunts who get on a train at platform four at Sutton who don't shut the doors after them in cold and wet weather. Trains at this platform terminate here in the main and go back the other way. If these cupid stunts want to stay cold then stay on the platform.

Don't let the heat escape. Or what little heat there is.

Or filming each other whilst doing an exercise.

Total bollocks.

You've clearly been 'diluting' it with alcohol. :angel:

Christmas is just a commercial extravaganza, presents should be for children who dont have money to buy things for themselves, adults dont need presents. Every year I dont want gifts.

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Was in the pub trade for years, had loads of people claiming they could tell the difference...not one of them could. In fact one guy, who was adamant to the point of arrogance, was served Pepsi for 6 months without realizing.

Based on? I speak from 45 years' experience. Pepsi and Coke are entirely different drinks and if you can't tell the difference between them you should ask your doctor to refer you to neurology.

As do your teeth :supergrin:

To be fair i could def tell the difference, not sure how to prove it though, maybe if I meet you outside the Holmesdale Saturday we can have it out!

Yes well the less said about what it does to your teeth the better.

Unfortunately I am an ex-pat and the Holmesdale might as well be on Mars.

Maybe I will, if you go an optician so you can see what I based it on.

Is this Coke/Pepsi debate the packed lunch set to of 2019?

AFAICT you quoted three of us who disagreed with you and added the erudite comment "Total bollocks" without any explanation. You also said you would bet that I was wrong, again giving zero evidence or argument, which suggests that you think you have telepathic powers.

I don't see that my wearing glasses will make you look reasonable.

They’re both shite, just drink water.

Debate over.

I can tell the difference between butter and 'I can't believe it's not butter'.

I quite like a Coke (or Pepsi) now and then on a hot day.

After 18 holes on a hot day a pint of Coke goes down well before starting on the pints.

Plus, rum and cokes.

:D

i didn't have you down a s a teenager Al....

Anyhoo,

I think Pete should organise a blind tasting challenge with the bollox brigade purely for BBS entertainment - I will organise some sandwiches in tupperware.

Berliners excel at this

are for teenagers who lack tastebuds

Teenagers go for vodka and coke.

and me and little al apparantly. Rum and Cokes here are at least 50% rum.

Liquor of choice for me, although I am more partial to beer or wine TBH.

Pepsi or Coke zero evidence?

i only mentioned that as in my era most of the people i knew their first spirit based drink was Bacardi and coke with vodka and orange a close run second...

Pepsi Max or Coke Zero confusion reigns.

lol Malibu.

I can also tell the difference between Diet Coke and Coke Zero. Did I read somewhere that Coca Cola were aiming Coke Zero at men and Diet Coke at women in their advertising?

And I can also tell the difference between Roses Lime Cordial (the best) and other own label stuff.

Is that by the labels on the bottles?

:D

It’s anything with cheap vodka nowadays for teenagers.

No, by taste - really. The same way I could tell the difference between a good Youngs beer and Watneys Party Seven. And Sainsbury's Own Label chocolate and Lindt or Green and Blacks. And beef and lamb.

If I am being whooshed, please put me out of my misery.... (although I appreciate the entertainment value)

Are we talking about bottle or cans here, or those terrible dispenser things they have behind the bar these days (well here at least)?

The dispensers are basically dispensing bubbly coloured water...

SodaStreams ?

Opera - people with big lungs shouting.

Ballet - Advanced skipping.

Easy in soda water, impossible with anything else.

Lottery winners who win big who say they’re gonna carry on working.
Mugs!

At an open mike/jam night. People that get up to sing that don't know words. And use the phone��

A mate booked a singer for her mums birthday, the singer used her phone for the backing tracks.

Nope. Roses has a cleaner, sharper taste.

You can taste the artificial sweetener in most other lime cordials.

It doesn’t need soda water for that.

Makes you wonder why they bother buying a ticket in the first place

Plugged into the PA?

Fear and lack of imagination, I should think. Or, of course, a job or business they really love.

Barcardi is shite. In my day it was Pernod and black.

Bluetoothed. Worse still she was using You Tube backing tracks so some still had the "sting" or jingle of the particular channel at the start.

In my teens, I went out with a girl primarily because she drank pernod & black & was therefore a delicious snog.

News readers, especially local ones, who shuffle their papers at the end of the bulletin for no discernible reason at all.

Is that why you used to rub Nutella on your penis ?

Or the BBC ones who have to give every guest all that "so good to see you" claptrap.

Really can't stand the way the entire news/breakfast/whatever team have all adopted an aggressive and combative stance with any political representative as if they were Robin Day or Paxman at their worst.

1 - because most of them aren't quick witted or knowledgeable to do so and they can't distinguish between outwitting them and the mindlessness of just repeating the same dumb question by rearranging the words. If he/she says no comment, it's not clever to persist it's stupid.

2 - because you never get to hear what the politician is trying to say. Fair do's in a late night focused and detailed interview that you persist and get them into a corner but not on Breakfast TV or outside Parliament.

I do get that during elections they have to be seen to keep a balance but this is 365/6 days a year now. Yawn....... and painful to watch.

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My company cutting our hours during the week, hence we lose money, then in December they’re expecting us to do Saturday’s when they get busy!!

They can go **** thy selves:grrr:

Not after Corbyns 4 day week then?

When rubbed on the genitals?

Did your tongue go a funny colour too?

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Neighbours.

Mrs NKE. She's just turned the telly over to watch those bloody celebrities in the jungle and that pair of boring fart presenters.

There's nothing on tele tonight, anyway. I've looked. There's a Hunt v Lauda documentary (1976) on BBC4 at 22:00. Until then, you may as well dip in and out of BBS threads. It's what I'm currently doing.

Corbyn works for Microsoft in Japan does he?

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...k-productivity

Will they implement the four day week permanently then? No, didn't think so.

Seeing as it's a trial no, but my question still stands.

Also, a 4 day week is better than the Conservative implemented 3 day week...or was JC to blame for that too?

The heating in my house, yes I know its cold outside but why does my wife turn the inside of our house into the Gobi dessert?

You are being a blancmange about this.

It's what women do. Anything below 75 degrees needs further heating :D. My mother and sister could rent out their place to Kew Gardens as an overspill of their tropical butterfly house. If I visit for the weekend after the Autumn equinox I take shorts and t-shirts.