Hedgecutter Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 "best mum in the world" Cards with this on it for Mother's Day. Let's face it, it's incredibly arrogant. There must be well upwards of a million of these cards bought in the UK each year, hence at least 999,999 mothers getting a reward they clearly don't reserve. I reckon it's only fair that Moonpig, Clinton's etc all organise a national 'why my mum is the best' competition, with the winner qualifying for the European stages, and so on. Only then can they be awarded the prestigious bit of folded pseudo-cardboard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Just this minute I've received an email that uses the text 300€. The other day I had one with 1000 NOK. Perhaps it's just the continental way and we're having our Pulp Fiction 'Royale with Cheese' moment. It's a scary world out there. Currency and I raise you dates. Today is 24/07/17, Send that to an American and you would think they would require Robert Langdon to decipher the cryptology of it. I can understand 07/24/17 as these bampots put it but get them to follow what you put and forgot about it. I refuse to yield and all spreadsheets I create or update and emails are correctly shown in 24/07/17 style. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Yet another punter who travelled abroad without insurance needing costly medical attention, so friends are starting a crowdfunding appeal. You can get decent insurance for under £100 in normal circumstances, just buy it, cuntos. #naesympathyhere 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toma_BullyWee Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I wonder if in amongst all the current slabbering about "best mum in the world" Diana, anyone will mention the fact that any half decent parent doesnt go a month without seeing their kids. Wonder what she was up to instead.... To be fair if you had her in laws you'd take any chance you could get to f**k off for a bit. *especially if they are trying to kill you* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: It should be pointed out that I make an excellent cheese sauce. But only if you're grated finely enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 hour ago, MEADOWXI said: Currency and I raise you dates. Today is 24/07/17, Send that to an American and you would think they would require Robert Langdon to decipher the cryptology of it. I can understand 07/24/17 as these bampots put it but get them to follow what you put and forgot about it. I refuse to yield and all spreadsheets I create or update and emails are correctly shown in 24/07/17 style. Absolutely this. Though at least with 07/24/17 there's no doubt what date is meant. Earlier in July though when they write 07/04/17 you tend to wonder what's so great about the seventh of April. Our method is logical - day/month/year, smallest time unit to the largest. With theirs they start in the middle, go downwards then double back to the largest. And if they write 07/04/17 why do they call it the Fourth of July? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, GordonD said: Absolutely this. Though at least with 07/24/17 there's no doubt what date is meant. Earlier in July though when they write 07/04/17 you tend to wonder what's so great about the seventh of April. Our method is logical - day/month/year, smallest time unit to the largest. With theirs they start in the middle, go downwards then double back to the largest. And if they write 07/04/17 why do they call it the Fourth of July? July 4th 2017. I agree it's stupid though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 30 minutes ago, GordonD said: Absolutely this. Though at least with 07/24/17 there's no doubt what date is meant. Earlier in July though when they write 07/04/17 you tend to wonder what's so great about the seventh of April. Our method is logical - day/month/year, smallest time unit to the largest. With theirs they start in the middle, go downwards then double back to the largest. And if they write 07/04/17 why do they call it the Fourth of July? I heard/read of some utterly bizarre logic that because there's only 12 months, that goes first. Then you have 28-31 days, so that's second, then the year is 2000-something, so is third. Sooner Trump gets the b*****ds nuked the better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I wonder if in amongst all the current slabbering about "best mum in the world" Diana, anyone will mention the fact that any half decent parent doesnt go a month without seeing their kids. Wonder what she was up to instead.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 9 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Princess Di was a ride though, eh? She had plenty of practise...................allegedly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Some half wit in front of me in Lidl, not buying anything but returning stuff he didn't want. Checkout girl dealing well with him until he produces two of the Bloo toilet discs that you put in the cistern. He goes on a big story about how he can't open the cistern (not surprising anyone who was listening)..."it's moulded shut"...etc etc...so he wants his money back. He bought them a year ago and doesn't have the receipt...and Lidl don't sell them anymore and thus the assistant can't process the refund. Assistant gets the supervisor...who calls for the manager....queue is getting bigger and I'm getting grumpier. "I'll buy it" says I. I give him the princely sum of 70 pee and the tosser doesn't even offer to give me back the one pee extra. Give the girl her due, she offered to refund me, but you can never have enough toilet fresheners, so I declined her offer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 When folk write 'pee' instead of pence. The number and the letter together, e.g. 70p, is absolutely fine, but writing 70 pee is simply not on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 23 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: In fact, saying pee (or indeed p) is the height of sheer ignorance and laziness. It's pence. It was useful immediately after decimalisation, as it made clear you were talking about 5p and not fivepence (old money). But after about August 1971, six months down the line, I would agree. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, GordonD said: It was useful immediately after decimalisation, as it made clear you were talking about 5p and not fivepence (old money). But after about August 1971, six months down the line, I would agree. Is it too early to say tuppence and thruppence again? I'm thinking if you do you're probably OFTW. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Jagsfan Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Just now, welshbairn said: Is it too early to say tuppence and thruppence again? I'm thinking if you do you're probably OFTW. Tuppence is fine. What is not fine is one pence. 'Pence' is plural. It is one penny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Jimbo Jagsfan said: Tuppence is fine. What is not fine is one pence. 'Pence' is plural. It is one penny. Only if you're feeding the birds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Pensioners who rip the piss out of their free bus pass. On the way to work this morning and a woman who looked perfectly able bodied to walk far enough, took the bus one stop. The journey lasted 15 seconds and she probably stood at the stop longer than that waiting for the bus. Doubt she would've done that if she had to pay. Lazy cow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engelbert_humperdink Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 4 hours ago, Bairnardo said: I wonder if in amongst all the current slabbering about "best mum in the world" Diana, anyone will mention the fact that any half decent parent doesnt go a month without seeing their kids. Wonder what she was up to instead.... Totally agree. Honestly sick to death of this love in the media has with the royal family. The whole lot should be on benefits britain 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 52 minutes ago, IainMorton said: Pensioners who rip the piss out of their free bus pass. On the way to work this morning and a woman who looked perfectly able bodied to walk far enough, took the bus one stop. The journey lasted 15 seconds and she probably stood at the stop longer than that waiting for the bus. Doubt she would've done that if she had to pay. Lazy cow. I suppose it increases their chances of having a bad fall when getting on or off the bus so it's not all bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Is it too early to say tuppence and thruppence again? I'm thinking if you do you're probably OFTW. Nothing wrong with thruppeny bits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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