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Gooders 15-03-2015 05:36 PM

The dog shit all over the pavements once you get into the Thornton Heath/Selhurst area.

chrisophiex 15-03-2015 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skiddo (Post 12289543)
People that write on Internet forums about their wife and put Mrs 'insert their own username'

Eg. "I asked Mrs Skiddo the other day to pop along to the green grocers."

Cringeworthy.

Haha... I always find that quite endearing . Mrs Thompson doesn't agree with me though :D

Isle of Wight 15-03-2015 10:05 PM

Selfie Sticks. Even some nob Pilot from the Red Arrows was using one in a passing out ceremony for the Crew. Looked great, apart from this Prick holding his stick in the air running along "capturing the moment" LIVE IT DONT RECORD IT

elgin eagle 15-03-2015 10:42 PM

Caravans

cappuccinoeagle 15-03-2015 11:06 PM

Thickos on TV, ie David 'Big Head' Haye and Laila 'Cockney Hero' Morse on Celebrity Chase

CT_Palace 16-03-2015 07:10 PM

******* ads on Youtube that you cant skip after 5secs.

Chocky 16-03-2015 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12295092)
******* ads on Youtube that you cant skip after 5secs.

I was thinking this today, its getting worse isn't it?

CT_Palace 16-03-2015 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocky (Post 12295115)
I was thinking this today, its getting worse isn't it?

Yes :veryangry

elgin eagle 16-03-2015 11:36 PM

James 'no mates' Mates.

danpalace07 17-03-2015 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12295092)
******* ads on Youtube that you cant skip after 5secs.

uBlock is your friend

CT_Palace 17-03-2015 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danpalace07 (Post 12295639)
uBlock is your friend

Cheers Dan. I have known about this for Chrome for some time but not for Safari (which I use). However I've just discovered they have just completed a version for Safari! I'm downloading it as I type.

Repped!

Hedgehog 17-03-2015 03:09 AM

Facebook - suddenly started sending me notifications about everyone and their uncle on my iPhone.

I just went in there and turned off the feature, but I know I never turned it on in the first place.

Oddjob 17-03-2015 02:01 PM

Continuing the Facebook theme these godawful 'Share if you hate / love / like /........................' pictures

One yesterday 'Share This If You Hate Child Abuse' so I didn't share it because I think child abuse is great.

It means NOTHING, it doesnt make you deep, caring or passionate, it makes you a vapid attention seeker.

I dont know why I go on FB, it just irritates me beyond all comprehension.

viking's no1 17-03-2015 02:46 PM

People with closed minds.

johnbush 17-03-2015 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viking's no1 (Post 12296225)
People with closed minds.

Nonsense! End of.

mushroom 17-03-2015 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viking's no1 (Post 12296225)
People with closed minds.

Yep.... Also people who object to having their views challenged.

Ghosteagle 17-03-2015 03:28 PM

People who take selfies.

the drexciyan 17-03-2015 03:52 PM

Workwankers who wear their ambitions on their sleeve.

jonah 17-03-2015 04:01 PM

Football pundits who say a player has 'put in a shift'.

No, he hasn't. He's played football for an hour and a half.

Ghosteagle 17-03-2015 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonah (Post 12296385)
Football pundits who say a player has 'put in a shift'.

No, he hasn't. He's played football for an hour and a half.

Also, football pundits who talk of a player being 'entitled to go down' when they mean dived.

the drexciyan 17-03-2015 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghosteagle (Post 12296402)
Also, football pundits who talk of a player being 'entitled to go down' when they mean dived.

Also, football pundits who are called Garth Crooks.

Far East Eagle 17-03-2015 04:44 PM

Michael Owen - boring, no opinions, offers nothing, talks shite, biased, ****.

danpalace07 17-03-2015 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12295643)
Cheers Dan. I have known about this for Chrome for some time but not for Safari (which I use). However I've just discovered they have just completed a version for Safari! I'm downloading it as I type.

Repped!

no problem. It's so much better than Adblock

Palace_Akie 17-03-2015 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oddjob (Post 12296161)
Continuing the Facebook theme these godawful 'Share if you hate / love / like /........................' pictures

One yesterday 'Share This If You Hate Child Abuse' so I didn't share it because I think child abuse is great.

It means NOTHING, it doesnt make you deep, caring or passionate, it makes you a vapid attention seeker.

I dont know why I go on FB, it just irritates me beyond all comprehension.

FB is great for reminding you how annoying the majority of people are. I've just managed to get rid of any friend who sent me Candy Crush or Farmville requests as they irritated the crap out of me.

Crofty 17-03-2015 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Far East Eagle (Post 12296459)
Michael Owen - boring, no opinions, offers nothing, talks shite, biased, ****.

,,,and he looks like a prematurely born cabbage patch doll:hmph:

Nork1 17-03-2015 09:44 PM

Describing strikers as playing 'up top'. It's 'up front' fer fuxake.

viking's no1 17-03-2015 10:59 PM

40 year old chubsters who suddenly turn up at a Parents' evening having lost loads of weight.

New LP 17-03-2015 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Far East Eagle (Post 12296459)
Michael Owen - boring, no opinions, offers nothing, talks shite, biased, ****.

Agreed, he was nothing short of disgraceful in the recent cup game.

Amazing how a person who gave you such pleasure as a player can reveal himself to be such an utter w@nker once he picks up a microphone.

racehorse-80s 17-03-2015 11:22 PM

Men or should I say Nigels who make a point of proposing to their girlfriends in front of everyone , Love it when the Woman says know though .

kayjay 17-03-2015 11:50 PM

Cricket World Cups that go on forever.

Stellavista 18-03-2015 12:07 AM

The staff in Sports Direct. Please at least pretend you're interested in helping me. And if you don't understand something I am saying to you, don't say 'what?', you rude f*ckers.

Gooders 18-03-2015 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stellavista (Post 12296990)
The staff in Sports Direct. Please at least pretend you're interested in helping me. And if you don't understand something I am saying to you, don't say 'what?', you rude f*ckers.

Zero hour contracts. Minimum wage.

carlito 18-03-2015 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oddjob (Post 12296161)
Continuing the Facebook theme these godawful 'Share if you hate / love / like /........................' pictures

One yesterday 'Share This If You Hate Child Abuse' so I didn't share it because I think child abuse is great.

It means NOTHING, it doesnt make you deep, caring or passionate, it makes you a vapid attention seeker.

I dont know why I go on FB, it just irritates me beyond all comprehension.

I agree, it drives me crazy too. Also, the 'Britain First' knuckle dragger type posts that go around.

Reps AJ 18-03-2015 09:01 AM

This morning, everything.

civil eagle 18-03-2015 09:48 AM

Builders who only turn up for half the day, glad I'm paying for the job not a day rate.
Monday it was 9 till 12 and yesterday 8 till 1 lets see what happens today

TopKnot 18-03-2015 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by racehorse-80s (Post 12296944)
Men or should I say Nigels who make a point of proposing to their girlfriends in front of everyone , Love it when the Woman says know though .

how did you manage to mis-spell 'no' :bash:

Nelson Muntz 18-03-2015 10:31 AM

Johnny Come Lately's who think we should have our Championship loyalty points taken away.
You can't just turn up now we're in the Prem and playing Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City etc and expect to jump the ticket queue.
Where were you at Donny, Scunny and Barnsley?

viking's no1 18-03-2015 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nelson Muntz (Post 12297359)
Johnny Come Lately's who think we should have our Championship loyalty points taken away.
You can't just turn up now we're in the Prem and playing Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City etc and expect to jump the ticket queue.
Where were you at Donny, Scunny and Barnsley?

And Carlisle. Don't forget Carlisle.

ChuckMcBalls 18-03-2015 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carlito (Post 12297136)
I agree, it drives me crazy too. Also, the 'Britain First' knuckle dragger type posts that go around.

I have very simple Facebook rules that solve a lot of these problems (and I don't care how close the person is to me in real life, family or not).

1. Post shit like that Britain First stuff? Get deleted.
2. Post those stupid spammy statuses? Get deleted.
3. Start taking selfies with a stick and posting them? Get deleted.

It's made social media a lot less stressful for me.

carlito 18-03-2015 11:02 AM

I've done all 3 :D

civil eagle 18-03-2015 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carlito (Post 12297404)
I've done all 3 :D

This message is hidden because Carlito is on your ignore list.

Chocky 18-03-2015 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danpalace07 (Post 12295639)
uBlock is your friend

Thanks for that! But is there one for Sky Sports News in the early morning to block that F*CKING Vanarama advert they show on EVERY bloody ad break? Especially that fat tosser at the start "WEN MYVANZ OFF THE ROAD AHM NOT WORKIN, WAH AM A GOH-NADOO"

Try thowing yourself under a bus instead then you fat f*cking annoying C*NT.

Far East Eagle 18-03-2015 04:11 PM

Probably should have posted it yesterday but I'm still getting crap about it now:

1. People that aren't Irish celebrating St.Patrick's Day
2. People who call it 'St.Paddy's' Day
3. Ameri***** claiming Irish ancestry which is almost certainly false
4. Ameri***** using their 1/32 Irish status to go out dressed as a leprechaun and get drunk
5. People that forget Ireland can hardly be considered friendly with us over the last 100 or more years
6. People that on the one hand celebrate St.Patrick's Day (that aren't even Irish) and then the next call you a racist for putting a St.George's flag up

Ghosteagle 18-03-2015 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Far East Eagle (Post 12297840)
Probably should have posted it yesterday but I'm still getting crap about it now:

1. People that aren't Irish celebrating St.Patrick's Day
2. People who call it 'St.Paddy's' Day
3. Ameri***** claiming Irish ancestry which is almost certainly false
4. Ameri***** using their 1/32 Irish status to go out dressed as a leprechaun and get drunk
5. People that forget Ireland can hardly be considered friendly with us over the last 100 or more years
6. People that on the one hand celebrate St.Patrick's Day (that aren't even Irish) and then the next call you a racist for putting a St.George's flag up

Have a guinness and calm down:p

Chocky 18-03-2015 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Far East Eagle (Post 12297840)
6. People that on the one hand celebrate St.Patrick's Day (that aren't even Irish) and then the next call you a racist for putting a St.George's flag up

With St. George in my heart keep me English, WAH AM A GOH-NADOO.

Fat cuuuuuuuuuunt.

CT_Palace 18-03-2015 04:26 PM

******* Americans who desperately want to be Irish. What's so special about being Irish FFS? Especially when the vast majority of white Americans' ancestors came from the UK or N.European. But we don't want to mention that do we?

Far East Eagle 18-03-2015 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghosteagle (Post 12297849)
Have a guinness and calm down:p

not being able to neg someone your just repped :p

Ghosteagle 18-03-2015 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12297859)
******* Americans who desperately want to be Irish. What's so special about being Irish FFS? Especially when the vast majority of white Americans' ancestors came from the UK or N.European. But we don't want to mention that do we?

I think that's statistically untrue. Any proof?

CT_Palace 18-03-2015 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Far East Eagle (Post 12297861)
not being able to neg someone your just repped :p

Don't worry, I've just negged him for doubting my totally unbiased, formulated in a fit of annoyance, statistic.

CT_Palace 18-03-2015 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12297875)
Don't worry, I've just negged him for doubting my totally unbiased, formulated in a fit of annoyance, statistic.

Actually, my totally correct statistic:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762137.html

Far East Eagle 18-03-2015 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12297875)
Don't worry, I've just negged him for doubting my totally unbiased, formulated in a fit of annoyance, statistic.

haha :vader::vader:

just noticed I spelt 'you' wrong :D

Ghosteagle 18-03-2015 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12297880)
Actually, my totally correct statistic:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762137.html

You sure you're reading that right? Nice try though:lux:

danpalace07 18-03-2015 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nelson Muntz (Post 12297359)
Johnny Come Lately's who think we should have our Championship loyalty points taken away.
You can't just turn up now we're in the Prem and playing Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City etc and expect to jump the ticket queue.
Where were you at Donny, Scunny and Barnsley?

Are there people that actually think this? Christ.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12297859)
******* Americans who desperately want to be Irish. What's so special about being Irish FFS? Especially when the vast majority of white Americans' ancestors came from the UK or N.European. But we don't want to mention that do we?

******* hate people like this tbh. Insecure melts desperate to cling onto another country's identity. It's always just one of their grandparents who's Irish and they've never been there anyway.

CT_Palace 18-03-2015 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghosteagle (Post 12297893)
You sure you're reading that right?

yep.

Chocky 18-03-2015 05:00 PM

Clinton Morrison was as Irish as you could be. You get me innit?

Ghosteagle 18-03-2015 05:01 PM

Japan superdry.

TopKnot 18-03-2015 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12297880)
Actually, my totally correct statistic:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762137.html

so in 2011 the amount of people in USA who considered themselves as Irish descended is almost 8 times the entire population of Ireland. hmm. Speedy breeders I guess.

CT_Palace 18-03-2015 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TopKnot (Post 12298213)
so in 2011 the amount of people in USA who considered themselves as Irish descended is almost 8 times the entire population of Ireland. hmm. Speedy breeders I guess.

The thing is about that number is as I mentioned in my first post, it's boosted by sad American twats who are desperate to be Irish for some (unknown to me) reason. Their great great great grandfather might have been Irish and married a German, and subsequent great great grandfather, great grandfather, grandfather and father married any nationality you can think of (bar Irish) and they would still consider themselves Irish over anything else.

Stellavista 18-03-2015 08:54 PM

Those earings that look like a black polo.

Stellavista 18-03-2015 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooders (Post 12297112)
Zero hour contracts. Minimum wage.

There's never an excuse for rudeness.

Vince Hilaire's Afro 18-03-2015 09:19 PM

Surely there no longer stands any bathroom countertop yet to be permanently soiled by a carelessly abandoned (yet still plugged in) set of women's hair straighteners?

kayjay 18-03-2015 10:23 PM

People who queue to use the travelators at airports and get beaten
to the gate by commuters walking the floor.

Breaking rocks 19-03-2015 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12297859)
******* Americans who desperately want to be Irish. What's so special about being Irish FFS? Especially when the vast majority of white Americans' ancestors came from the UK or N.European. But we don't want to mention that do we?

It's truly amazing, especially considering the 'special relationship' and the 'hands across the ocean' between the US & UK.

You'd think that 2 million New Yorkers would line the streets for an annual St Georges Day parade rather than pretend to have Irish descent.

It's really staggering that St Patrick's Day is celebrated in every country on earth yet St Georges Day is, on the whole, only celebrated by neo nazis.

Vince Hilaire's Afro 19-03-2015 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Breaking rocks (Post 12298550)
It's truly amazing, especially considering the 'special relationship' and the 'hands across the ocean' between the US & UK.

You'd think that 2 million New Yorkers would line the streets for an annual St Georges Day parade rather than pretend to have Irish descent.

It's really staggering that St Patrick's Day is celebrated in every country on earth yet St Georges Day is, on the whole, only celebrated by neo nazis.

As you've mentioned yourself, England barely celebrates St. George's Day, so it's no wonder no one in America does.

Even so, people of Irish descent in the US far outnumber English/UK, with I think Germans top.

Gooders 19-03-2015 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stellavista (Post 12298261)
There's never an excuse for rudeness.

I agree - but with that shop you get what you (don't) pay for.

It's cheap as chips because it is run on a shoestring with too few poorly paid staff that are worked like dogs and who live in fear of not getting any hours next week.

If you want exemplary service pay the premium and go to one of the more highly staffed more expensive shops.

You can't have your cake and eat it.

Worksop Palace 19-03-2015 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooders (Post 12298672)
I agree - but with that shop you get what you (don't) pay for.

It's cheap as chips because it is run on a shoestring with too few poorly paid staff that are worked like dogs and who live in fear of not getting any hours next week.

If you want exemplary service pay the premium and go to one of the more highly staffed more expensive shops.

You can't have your cake and eat it.

This just isnt true

Yesterday I bought some lemon drizzle cake. And I ate it all.

Gooders 19-03-2015 10:25 AM

So you don't have it.

kolinkins 19-03-2015 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooders (Post 12298792)
So you don't have it.

:D:D:D

TopKnot 19-03-2015 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooders (Post 12298792)
So you don't have it.

Its still in his stomach for a while.

Adlerhorst 19-03-2015 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TopKnot (Post 12298845)
Its still in his stomach for a while.

And if he really ate all of it and ate it too quickly, he might well have it again. Though it might lack a certain something presentationally

And if he were one of those unpleasant creatures that regurgitate and re-eat food (I understand these are known as dogs), he could have it, eat it, have it, eat it, have it, eat it and have it again.

viking's no1 19-03-2015 11:14 AM

English Teachers who write in school reports 'Spelling is very important as it contributes to a thirs of the marks in SPAG. Reviewing your work for spelling errors will assist'.

And then, at a Parents' evening, when I say I didn't understand the sentence and should 'thirs' be 'third', it's suggested it's a typo. A bloody typo! Where's the reviewing of your work Mrs Teacher? My daughter will be suggesting any future spelling errors are pen mistakes.

Yoda 19-03-2015 11:55 AM

Sadly, she had probably did review it and still not notice the errors!

Plus, I believe draft reports are read by either the Head of Dept, Deputy or Head (depending on the size of your school etc), so they haven't corrected her poor English either.

Icy 19-03-2015 01:58 PM

Allowing "suggestions" in the Transfer forum thread. An open invitation for every loony to fill the site with drivel. Can't we section it off into a sub-forum?

SeanPalace84 19-03-2015 02:17 PM

When your getting off the train and the idiots getting on just stand in your way. Have some ******* patience.

smileysmith 19-03-2015 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeanPalace84 (Post 12062187)
Music snobs (Oh that's not real music....**** off!)

Sorry, just can't resist this one.

People who like rubbish music. :D

Gooders 19-03-2015 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeanPalace84 (Post 12299260)
When your getting off the train and the idiots getting on just stand in your way. Have some ******* patience.

I remember being shocked by this behaviour in Holland back in the early nineties.

It's here now. :rolleyes:

TopBaller 19-03-2015 02:52 PM

Right now everything, pissed off from the morning

mushroom 19-03-2015 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeanPalace84 (Post 12299260)
When your getting off the train and the idiots getting on just stand in your way. Have some ******* patience.

Saw a lady get to the top of a escalator and just stand at the top with her suitcase, while loads of people were smashing in to the back of her, she started shouting how rude they were... Someone had to activate the emergency stop button, absolutely carnage. Lady yesterday managed to take up 3 loading bays at ikea by parking parallel, when people moaned she said "I'm not comfortable with reversing"

People are stupid.

TopBaller 19-03-2015 02:54 PM

Right now everything, waked up pissed off

danpalace07 19-03-2015 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smileysmith (Post 12299289)
Sorry, just can't resist this one.

People who like rubbish music. :D

Taylor Swift's 1989 was my album of 2014 and Carly Rae Jepson's new song is my favourite song right now

Fight me

Kylie_Tracey 19-03-2015 03:17 PM

the 2 parking tickets issued by UKPC and Smart, first one for the crime of leaving my car out of my bay close to the recycling area and the second one at Matalan Sutton after I popped into a nearby shop to get some shrapnel for the machine, apparently I had passed the 15 minute limit, each ticket is £130 and £90 but generously reduced by 50% is paid within 14 days !

viking's no1 19-03-2015 03:21 PM

England Squads

Nigel_Scarfer 19-03-2015 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viking's no1 (Post 12298868)
English Teachers who write in school reports 'Spelling is very important as it contributes to a thirs of the marks in SPAG. Reviewing your work for spelling errors will assist'.

And then, at a Parents' evening, when I say I didn't understand the sentence and should 'thirs' be 'third', it's suggested it's a typo. A bloody typo! Where's the reviewing of your work Mrs Teacher? My daughter will be suggesting any future spelling errors are pen mistakes.

My son's teacher wrote a really snide note in one of his books a couple of years ago telling us that we needed to make him practice his handwriting at home every evening (he was 6 at the time). The note was so full of basic grammatical errors that I felt duty bound to correct it in red ink, like she would do to his work. A couple of days later when dropping him off in the morning, I was called into the headmaster's office and accused of bullying the teacher and undermining her work - by correcting the message she'd written in his book. The headmaster felt this was a more serious issue than the fact that they had a teacher who clearly couldn't write English correctly teaching year 1 pupils. He also tried to make out that it was racist to say this as she was Asian, although as I pointed out to him born and bred in the UK and having been through the UK university system and therefore presumably spoke English as a first language.

jonah 19-03-2015 04:34 PM

Having a cold that won't feck off after a week.

Chocky 19-03-2015 06:41 PM

People who wear earrings that look like this.

http://www.zercustoms.com/news/image...k-Silver-b.jpg

SeanPalace84 19-03-2015 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danpalace07 (Post 12299356)
Taylor Swift's 1989 was my album of 2014 and Carly Rae Jepson's new song is my favourite song right now

Fight me

Ha same here on both accounts. Think we're the only two here though. 1989 is a great album and I really really really like Carly's new song. Bad taste :lux:

Stellavista 19-03-2015 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocky (Post 12299685)
People who wear earrings that look like this.

http://www.zercustoms.com/news/image...k-Silver-b.jpg

I refer you to my post on the previous page...

CT_Palace 19-03-2015 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danpalace07 (Post 12299356)
and Carly Rae Jepson's new song is my favourite song right now

Fight me

Do you really really really really really really like it?

Palace_Akie 19-03-2015 07:55 PM

Sepp Blatter

danpalace07 19-03-2015 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT_Palace (Post 12299786)
Do you really really really really really really like it?

tbh yeah, it's ridiculously catchy

Chocky 19-03-2015 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stellavista (Post 12299749)
I refer you to my post on the previous page...

Yes I did indeed see it before my post. :)

Not a whoosh surely?

Mr Statto 19-03-2015 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nigel_Scarfer (Post 12299411)
My son's teacher wrote a really snide note in one of his books a couple of years ago telling us that we needed to make him practice his handwriting at home every evening (he was 6 at the time). The note was so full of basic grammatical errors that I felt duty bound to correct it in red ink, like she would do to his work. A couple of days later when dropping him off in the morning, I was called into the headmaster's office and accused of bullying the teacher and undermining her work - by correcting the message she'd written in his book. The headmaster felt this was a more serious issue than the fact that they had a teacher who clearly couldn't write English correctly teaching year 1 pupils. He also tried to make out that it was racist to say this as she was Asian, although as I pointed out to him born and bred in the UK and having been through the UK university system and therefore presumably spoke English as a first language.

When Amy was in year 4 she brought some spellings home to learn & I was surprised to see one was spelt wrong. I pointed it out to Amy & she refused to believe me - she just couldn't get her head round the fact that a teacher could be wrong, even when I showed her in the dictionary. It was only when a team of teachers came 6th at a quiz night that she realised they weren't infallible!

civil eagle 19-03-2015 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeanPalace84 (Post 12299695)
Ha same here on both accounts. Think we're the only two here though. 1989 is a great album and I really really really like Carly's new song. Bad taste :lux:

1989 is a great album without a doubt one of my favourite recent albums

elgin eagle 19-03-2015 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kylie_Tracey (Post 12299386)
the 2 parking tickets issued by UKPC and Smart, first one for the crime of leaving my car out of my bay close to the recycling area and the second one at Matalan Sutton after I popped into a nearby shop to get some shrapnel for the machine, apparently I had passed the 15 minute limit, each ticket is £130 and £90 but generously reduced by 50% is paid within 14 days !

Ticket from Matalan

chrisophiex 19-03-2015 11:45 PM

Young children ( 5 or 6 years old ish ) being interviewed on the radio about something or other and giving stupid one word answers . It always ends up with the presenter loading the questions :

Presenter : "Hello (insert child's name). Now, I've heard a little story about you being really brave and picking up the phone all by yourself and dialling 999 on your mummy's mobile and telling the nice man at the end of the phone that there's a cow on the loose in the high street, and you had to call them because your mummy got knocked over by the cow, didn't she? And you called the police to report this and they then got the fire brigade out to help catch the cow, didn't they, and got it put back safely into the farmer's field, didn't they ? "

Child : " Yeah".

Hedgehog 20-03-2015 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisophiex (Post 12300083)
Young children ( 5 or 6 years old ish ) being interviewed on the radio about something or other and giving stupid one word answers . It always ends up with the presenter loading the questions :

Presenter : "Hello (insert child's name). Now, I've heard a little story about you being really brave and picking up the phone all by yourself and dialling 999 on your mummy's mobile and telling the nice man at the end of the phone that there's a cow on the loose in the high street, and you had to call them because your mummy got knocked over by the cow, didn't she? And you called the police to report this and they then got the fire brigade out to help catch the cow, didn't they, and got it put back safely into the farmer's field, didn't they ? "

Child : " Yeah".

Sounds like a Tony Pulis interview!

Kylie_Tracey 20-03-2015 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by elgin eagle (Post 12300060)
Ticket from Matalan

only popped in for some underpants and socks

MKDave 20-03-2015 03:35 AM

I know, before you say it.
I'm getting old.
But, in what world is it acceptable to have a bloke in tight shorts and high heels dancing in an advert.
It doesn't have anything to do with what is being advertised, that I can see.
I think it says a lot when a company thinks this is an acceptable advert for their product, and the general public just accept it.
A sign of the times (sigh)
Not a better world
:(:(

mroakley9 20-03-2015 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SeanPalace84 (Post 12299695)
Ha same here on both accounts. Think we're the only two here though. 1989 is a great album and I really really really like Carly's new song. Bad taste :lux:

Please tell me this is some kind of sick, tasteless joke.

GorBlimey 20-03-2015 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MKDave (Post 12300200)
I know, before you say it.
I'm getting old.
But, in what world is it acceptable to have a bloke in tight shorts and high heels dancing in an advert.
It doesn't have anything to do with what is being advertised, that I can see.
I think it says a lot when a company thinks this is an acceptable advert for their product, and the general public just accept it.
A sign of the times (sigh)
Not a better world
:(:(

That really doesn't worry me. I get more pissed off by the loan sharks who make borrowing money seem easy, painless and a solution for people in financial need. Nice, jokey ads that sanitise the small print that they'll be charged over 1000% APR.

These feckers deserve to endure a slow and painful end, commensurate with the misery and hardship they spread around to needy and gullible people.


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