Hedgecutter Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 13 minutes ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: Brexit is bad enough but pronouncing it as "Breggsit" is even worse. It should result in immediate deportation from Are Country. I've just had to endure the annual "pro-shecko" fest from my (unofficial) mother-in-law over the Christmas period. Grinds my gears, but what makes it more annoying is that I know it's in the pipeline in any situation where prosecco might make an appearance. It's got to the point where my other half has started to secretly squeeze by hand under the table to keep the rage held within. She's gradually catching the rage from me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: I've just had to endure the annual "pro-shecko" fest from my (unofficial) mother-in-law over the Christmas period. Grinds my gears, but what makes it more annoying is that I know it's in the pipeline in any situation where prosecco might make an appearance. It's got to the point where my other half has started to secretly squeeze by hand under the table to keep the rage held within. She's gradually catching the rage from me. Just wait until it starts being shortened to "secco". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Just now, Szamo's_Ammo said: Just wait until it starts being shortened to "secco". No, it'll be "'shecko", and the murder culpable homicide of her mother may become a testing phase of the relationship. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 17 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: No, it'll be "'shecko", and the murder culpable homicide of her mother may become a testing phase of the relationship. Have you ever cons(h)idered that your mother in law may, in fact, be Sean Connery? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Just go to StirlingNah, drive to the Falkirk-Stirling DMZ, hand over the package to a Stirling based pal, get him to return it for you, then repeat the process with the £40. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Shecky-skhecky-drink-drink. That Argos thing is shite and I can't see Trading Standards being too chuffed with the whole can't-return-goods-where-you-bought-them farrago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 31 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: No, it'll be "'shecko", and the murder culpable homicide of her mother may become a testing phase of the relationship. Consider yourself lucky that you never have to go through the game where you get offered “some fizz” then handed a box of alkaseltzer, which was a favourite of my ex’s dad. I’m not saying it was the main reason we split up, but it was in the top 2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: 13 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Just go to Stirling Nah, drive to the Falkirk-Stirling DMZ, hand over the package to a Stirling based pal, get him to return it for you, then repeat the process with the £40. Based on the absence of police within it, I presume this is the hard shoulder of the M9 around Bannockburn? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 38 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Consider yourself lucky that you never have to go through the game where you get offered “some fizz” then handed a box of alkaseltzer, which was a favourite of my ex’s dad. Back in the good old days of 1/2p pieces (yeah, yeah, the stone age), hilarious older folk in the pub used to hand you a 1p and say "get us a couple of haufs". Hi-lair-ious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 18 hours ago, Gaz said: Still a different council area. Not an option as I collected from the store. Nah I collected from the store. To be honest what's irritated me more than anything was the staff treating me like I was an idiot for trying to return it. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to return it, so I went to the Argos website, down at the bottom there's a link to Returning an Item section, you click on that and it has the following info: In Scotland - from Tuesday 5 January, items can be returned to an Argos store within a Sainsbury's supermarket, or our Stornoway store, whilst picking up essential shopping. ... For more information about returns, including our extended returns policy and returning Tu clothing, see below. And then you scroll down to Faulty Items and it does state: "If you do need to return an item, you can take it to any Argos store or Argos store within a Sainsbury's supermarket." But it turns out there's an updated Coronavirus guidance section (which would have been helpful if that's what had been linked to) which makes no mention of returns. I'm lucky in that it's only £40, which isn't going to break the bank to my wife and I, but if that had been something that cost a lot of money to a family less comfortable than us that's a major issue. I would just go to Stornoway. Be as well being hung for a sheep than a lamb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 What is this nanny state pish my phone is coming out with? Wasn’t Brexit meant to stop this kind of thing? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Shandön Par said: What is this nanny state pish my phone is coming out with? Wasn’t Brexit meant to stop this kind of thing? Clearly a very smart phone, it just knows that if anyone can injure themselves doing that, It'll be you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Perkin Flump said: Clearly a very smart phone, it just knows that if anyone can injure themselves doing that, It'll be you. What? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Shandön Par said: What is this nanny state pish my phone is coming out with? Wasn’t Brexit meant to stop this kind of thing? Has a wife and kids, has the dog as his wallpaper, good man Shandon! I'm sure I'm mentioned this before in this thread but Scottish tabloids declaring if someone is a Celtic or Rangers fan in stories where it has absolutely no relevance to the story, doubly annoying when the "Celtic/Rangers daft" person is from nowhere near Glasgow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 18 minutes ago, Torpar said: Has a wife and kids, has the dog as his wallpaper, good man Shandon! I'm sure I'm mentioned this before in this thread but Scottish tabloids declaring if someone is a Celtic or Rangers fan in stories where it has absolutely no relevance to the story, doubly annoying when the "Celtic/Rangers daft" person is from nowhere near Glasgow Love that dog. We’re about to have a shower together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Back in the good old days of 1/2p pieces (yeah, yeah, the stone age), hilarious older folk in the pub used to hand you a 1p and say "get us a couple of haufs". Hi-lair-ious.December 1984 was when the half pence stopped. ........ probably to stop that "couple of haufs" joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBo10 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 What is this nanny state pish my phone is coming out with? Wasn’t Brexit meant to stop this kind of thing? This gets on my nerves. I have a Bluetooth speaker I use for audio books and this happens regularly. F*****g irritating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Shandön Par said: What is this nanny state pish my phone is coming out with? Wasn’t Brexit meant to stop this kind of thing? It’s a smart phone. It recognises your taste in music is utter shite and is trying to cure you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said: 9 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: Back in the good old days of 1/2p pieces (yeah, yeah, the stone age), hilarious older folk in the pub used to hand you a 1p and say "get us a couple of haufs". Hi-lair-ious. December 1984 was when the half pence stopped. ........ probably to stop that "couple of haufs" joke. The only thing you could buy with a ha'penny when I was young was a mojo chew ETA: a mojo chew was a sweetie not some kind of sexual act. Edited January 8, 2021 by tamthebam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 A week into the new year and the youngest needs his bedroom done up and we have just found a leak in the bathroom coming into downstairs that requires the whole bathroom to be ripped up. Eta: the source of this was due to water trickling down the side of the bathtub because the kids leave the shower curtain hanging over and the caulk had come away that joins the floor and the bath. Despite me realising this, mrs b (who is nightshift just now) insisted that i check the sink that i fixed a few weeks ago. Having reiterated to her again and again that the ubend at the back of the sink was dry, she still insisted that i should be checking it and the plumber says it will be that. Aye, but the plumber isn’t here is he? And i have checked it, something which, for f**k knows reason why. She is deciding to overlook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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