ShakehandsTom - DFC

The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

I agree. It's been on the news loads already. It may sound selfish, but it;s only interesting for people who are involved in it. I really couldn't give a shit tbh. That is all.

Got up this morning. Planned to have some breakfast then go to the P&B Game. Just on here to check the final arrangements then... My Dad: 'Erm, Tom, I've got some bad news for you, it's only 10 past 7, and not 10 past 8 cos the clocks went back.' Not amused.

When I used one of these 'fast scanning thingummys' at asda, it was quite easy to use and gave me the correct change. If you're in a hurry, they're good an in my last experience of them, they're not bad.

When I started to play them, and won regularly , I thought, ach, they're a piece of piss, but recently after erm...not winning , I am beginning to get that feeling.

Tbh mate, I don't hate the people at all, as I know as well as you do that they are only doing a job and perhaps don't take sadistic pleasure out of annoying me. I juts hate the calls because they are annoying. Also as was said in someone else's post, when they don't take no for an answer. No offence of annoyance intended Coddy.

The way you've worded that question reminds me of the questions in Maths Heinemann (sp) textbooks in Standard Grade at school. i.e <insert some equation here> Can you solve this equation? Answer in jotter: 'No'. Technically the teacher couldn't mark it wrong, as I pointed out to her once . She didn't really take much interest in my homework after that (when I handed it in that is ) Quality. B)

They are like those people in town who stop you for a survey. If I wanted to take a survey, do you not think I'd go online or go and decide to go into a shop and do it? Do you think I'd really want to stop, in the middle of town, when it's pissing down with rain and take a survey that's not going to affect me anyway?

There's been a notice/banner outside a restaurant/pub/hotel nearby for Christmas dinner, for about a month and a half now.

Phoenix's post just reminds me of the people from Vodafone who fone me up, and ask me if I'm happy with their service. The woman on the other end of the phone is that incompetent, that they still phone me up, even though I'm with Orange now, and have been for over 6 months. 'Are you happy with the service Vodafone provides you?' 'I'm not with Vodafone anymore.' 'So you're happy with the service that they provide then? 'I'm not with them anymore.' (Code: 'In that they provide me with sweet fa, then yes.' I'm not with them anymore so I couldn't give a toss about their service tbh.)

The phoes4u salesman who i 'spoke' to on Saturday. Fair enought, that;s your job to entice folks into the shop and buy a phone, I have nothing against being asked 'are you thinking of getting a new phone' by the salesman. That's fine. But...when I say no, that means 'I'm not interested in a new phone'. He then says 'oh mate, what phone have you got then' <Shows phone> (Decent enough. Sony Ericsson W900i. THEN, he has the cheek to say to me (the customer) 'aw come on man, that's old.' Get a grip, i'll bloddy well deiced if it's old you tosser. When I do go to get a new phone, I'll go out-of-my-way to not buy it from him. Rant over.

How true, Mr Kilt.

I got my haircut and the blonde bits in as per usual and was toying with the idea of growing it (a bit), but decided to get it a 2 at-the-back-and-sides. Having done that I do want to grow my hair a bit, and it'll now takes ages to grow enough for me to get 'that look'.

Would've been £38.00. Before any moany person comes on and states it's not a fortune, I have the intelligence to realise this but it would have been a tidy return for a quid.

Not winning football coupons. Having been crap at them ever since I started, I've become pretty much accustomed to not winning on accumulators, but the manner of the one last night was terrible. For £1.00 (a sensible stake given my track record with accumulators ) on three draws: Werder Bremen vs Barcelona = 1-1 Spartak Moscow vs Sporting Lisbon = 1-1 Liverpool vs Galatasaray = 3-2. It would have been better if they'd been 3-0 up with 2 minutes left, you know it's over. But for it to be 3-2 and for Galatasaray to throw everyhing but the kitchen sink (apparently ) and not score is just aaaaaarrrrrrgghhhh!!! :bairn Rant over.

Andy Gray's commentating (or mainly just his pronunciations of names) Can his producers, who must surely have more than six brain cells between them not tell him how to pronouce the Liverpool Forward - Dirk Kuijt It's not 'Koot'* Andy, it's pronounced, in the main by other pundits/commentators, and himself as 'kite'* *Spelled phoenetically. (sp) Get it right!

I think if there's something that you really feel strongly about, then most people on here do rant, yes. I don't really think I do (correct me if I'm wrong), but I'm pretty relaxed about most stuff.

Do you feel better now that you've aired your thoughts?

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now. B)

There's a debate waiting to be started there by someone, surely?

Some people's responses to winning prizes on gameshows. Fair does, if you've just won ' Who Wants' To Be A Millionaire' or something of that ilk, then pretty much any response can be merited, but.... why do people, when on small prize gameshows (there's one on itv i think, but i don't know it's name ) after winning, say, £3000 say 'Oh my God, I don't believe it'? Why do you not believe it?!?! You've just phoned up and given the answer you thought it was and you knew what the prize was before you phoned in! Believe it. You've just phoned in with an answer, so you obviously DO think it's the right answer! Rant Over.

In shops when you go up to the sales assistant and say something like 'have you got this in a size 'x'?' and they say: 'is there not one out there?' Do they really think I'd take the trouble of asking them if there was one already bloody out there.