SANTAN Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 The Jet 2 song. Hearing it makes me angry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 3 hours ago, The Skelpit Lug said: That is so close to winning the Haiku of the Week award. My all-time favourite haiku is by John Cooper Clarke: To express a thought In seventeen syllables Is very diffic 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 People that refer to covid related contact tracing as Track and Trace: “Track and Trace” is a Royal Mail term used for tracking parcels. The correct term is Test and Trace in England or Test and Protect if you’re in Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 The scarcity of salt and vinegar crisps outwith this archipelago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: The scarcity of salt and vinegar crisps outwith this archipelago. Plenty of sour cream and onion or paprika available though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Plenty of sour cream and onion or paprika available thoughPaprika, I realise it's their only contribution to world cuisine, but East-Central Europe could really do with going easy on the stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: 40 minutes ago, hk blues said: Plenty of sour cream and onion or paprika available though Paprika, I realise it's their only contribution to world cuisine, but East-Central Europe could really do with going easy on the stuff. I was a little bevvied last Friday night and was feeling peckish so I made a cracker with a slice of cheese and decided to spice it up with a bit of paprika, a bit too much paprika to be honest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 People that describe themselves as "opinionated"... everyone is opinionated you just have poor social skills. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Stormzy said: People that describe themselves as "opinionated"... everyone is opinionated you just have poor social skills. Akin to "doesn't suffer fools gladly". A crabbit arse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, jimbaxters said: Akin to "doesn't suffer fools gladly". A crabbit arse. Or more simply 'an arsehole'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 'Calls a spade a spade' = says whatever they want with zero consideration for who they're saying it to, or their surroundings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Along similar lines, people who are "brutally honest" enjoy the brutality far more than the honesty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, TheScarf said: 'Calls a spade a spade' = says whatever they want with zero consideration for who they're saying it to, or their surroundings. I think I only ever used it once. Unfortunately, it was explaining the personality of a third party to a black person I was speaking to. They never batted an eyelid but there was no hole I wouldn't have crept in to the rest of the day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I think I only ever used it once. Unfortunately, it was explaining the personality of a third party to a black person I was speaking to. They never batted an eyelid but there was no hole I wouldn't have crept in to the rest of the day. Similarly, I went to visit clients (a male couple) in their trendy east London flat with a new colleague. She was a bit nervous and wouldn’t shut up. For some reason the guys had three irons (they maybe liked ironing) sitting out. Iron (short for iron hoof) was at the time (maybe still is) Cockney slang for homosexual. She kept saying “ooh, this place is full of irons”. They looked pissed off, she was oblivious and I just wanted to curl up and die. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Shandon Par said: Similarly, I went to visit clients (a male couple) in their trendy east London flat with a new colleague. She was a bit nervous and wouldn’t shut up. For some reason the guys had three irons (they maybe liked ironing) sitting out. Iron (short for iron hoof) was at the time (maybe still is) Cockney slang for homosexual. She kept saying “ooh, this place is full of irons”. They looked pissed off, she was oblivious and I just wanted to curl up and die. Closest I came to something like that was when I was explaining a frustrating situation to a colleague who looked like a younger version of Patrick Stewart and I was on the verge of saying "It would make you tear your hair out" but managed to stop myself in time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 hours ago, TheScarf said: 'Calls a spade a spade' = says whatever they want with zero consideration for who they're saying it to, or their surroundings. Reported for racism 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 "I've got a right to my opinion!" is only ever used by someone whose argument has just been taken apart molecule by molecule and dropped in a nuclear incinerator. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 The expression "grit your teeth" often followed with "and get on with it" gets on my nerves more than it should. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said: The expression "grit your teeth" often followed with "and get on with it" gets on my nerves more than it should. ^^^^^^Nae teeth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: ^^^^^^Nae teeth Ha . On that subject 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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