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Post by TallPaul on May 18, 2021 9:27:46 GMT
I'm rarely shocked, and never offended, but even I sometimes need to vent. Let's keep it light-hearted.
I can no longer read the Moulin Rouge thread. Mini Cheddars should only taste of cheddar. The clue is in the name.
Why would a gospel choir be buying a used car?
Going on holiday in Britain is not a staycation.
Richard Osman can't act surprised, at least on the wireless. "The same day!"
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2021 11:25:23 GMT
Those French Fancies you like to get cheap off the market... not made in France.
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Post by robertb213 on May 18, 2021 11:27:16 GMT
They need to stop messing around with Jaffa Cakes. None of this lime or blackcurrant nonsense. Orange middles ONLY.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 18, 2021 12:03:46 GMT
They need to stop messing around with Jaffa Cakes. None of this lime or blackcurrant nonsense. Orange middles ONLY. Until I had the dark chocolate raspberry ones I agreed with you |
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Post by robertb213 on May 18, 2021 12:16:32 GMT
They need to stop messing around with Jaffa Cakes. None of this lime or blackcurrant nonsense. Orange middles ONLY. Until I had the dark chocolate raspberry ones I agreed with you Ooh OK. Haven't had those. OK they can have one more chance! |
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Post by Dawnstar on May 18, 2021 12:20:06 GMT
They need to stop messing around with Jaffa Cakes. None of this lime or blackcurrant nonsense. Orange middles ONLY. There were so many recommendations on here a few years ago for the lime ones that I bought a box. Deeply disappointing. I disliked the first one so much that I binned the rest of them. I've not tried blackcurrant but am not going to take the risk again!
ETA Just looked up jaffa cakes & found pineapple, cherry & passion fruit flavours. What is wrong with McVitie's?! Jaffa cakes are named after jaffa oranges so if they're not orange flavoured then they shouldn't be called jaffa cakes!
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Post by The Matthew on May 18, 2021 12:44:22 GMT
A few weeks late for this but it annoys the hell out of me that most Easter eggs now come with their halves welded together instead of simply falling neatly into two sections so I have to bash them on a table until they shatter and then I'm left with loads of differently-sized fragments that make it nearly impossible to judge how much of it is half an egg and they don't fit back in the packaging in any useful way and you can't wrap them up in the foil without the jagged edges sticking through so I end up eating about three quarters of the egg in one sitting instead of saving half for tomorrow like I intended and then there's only quarter of an egg left and it doesn't seem like it's worth saving that so I finish it off and then I don't have anything left of the egg for the next day so I have to start my next egg a day early and all I want is for eggs to be the eggs I remember from my childhood, dammit.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 18, 2021 13:17:57 GMT
Until I had the dark chocolate raspberry ones I agreed with you Ooh OK. Haven't had those. OK they can have one more chance! To be fair, not jaffa cakes and had them on holiday. Otherwise I'm with you |
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Post by poster J on May 18, 2021 13:35:56 GMT
A few weeks late for this but it annoys the hell out of me that most Easter eggs now come with their halves welded together instead of simply falling neatly into two sections so I have to bash them on a table until they shatter and then I'm left with loads of differently-sized fragments that make it nearly impossible to judge how much of it is half an egg and they don't fit back in the packaging in any useful way and you can't wrap them up in the foil without the jagged edges sticking through so I end up eating about three quarters of the egg in one sitting instead of saving half for tomorrow like I intended and then there's only quarter of an egg left and it doesn't seem like it's worth saving that so I finish it off and then I don't have anything left of the egg for the next day so I have to start my next egg a day early and all I want is for eggs to be the eggs I remember from my childhood, dammit. Perfect excuse to buy more eggs. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 18, 2021 17:10:26 GMT
For fancy Jaffa cake variations, the French have the best - Pims. My favourite flavour there is Pear - which works perfectly with the dark chocolate. They also do a cherry with white chocolate drizzle which is popular with those who like cherry.
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Post by nick on May 18, 2021 17:16:33 GMT
Twenty not twenny
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Post by robertb213 on May 18, 2021 18:13:12 GMT
People who say 'like' fifteen times in a sentence.
Like, can't you, like, string a normal sentence together, like?
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Post by peggs on May 18, 2021 19:14:16 GMT
A few weeks late for this but it annoys the hell out of me that most Easter eggs now come with their halves welded together instead of simply falling neatly into two sections so I have to bash them on a table until they shatter and then I'm left with loads of differently-sized fragments that make it nearly impossible to judge how much of it is half an egg and they don't fit back in the packaging in any useful way and you can't wrap them up in the foil without the jagged edges sticking through so I end up eating about three quarters of the egg in one sitting instead of saving half for tomorrow like I intended and then there's only quarter of an egg left and it doesn't seem like it's worth saving that so I finish it off and then I don't have anything left of the egg for the next day so I have to start my next egg a day early and all I want is for eggs to be the eggs I remember from my childhood, dammit. That is entirely why I end up eating them in one go and nothing to do with lack of self control. Glad not just me that used to find them easier to split. |
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Post by daisy24601 on May 18, 2021 20:27:51 GMT
When people say obviously when it isn't obvious.
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Post by robertb213 on May 18, 2021 20:41:53 GMT
And people who use 'literally' wrongly!
'I am literally gutted!'
No you're really not!!
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Post by n1david on May 18, 2021 20:44:31 GMT
"would of" "should of" "could of"
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Post by robertb213 on May 18, 2021 20:59:16 GMT
"would of" "should of" "could of" YES! Top of the list. Idiots! |
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Post by Dawnstar on May 18, 2021 21:06:44 GMT
And people who use 'literally' wrongly! 'I am literally gutted!' No you're really not!! "I am literally dead" is the most annoying example of this. If you were literally dead then you wouldn't be saying/writing that you were! |
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Post by poster J on May 18, 2021 21:07:36 GMT
People who say 'like' fifteen times in a sentence. Like, can't you, like, string a normal sentence together, like? It can be a verbal tic though. It's so commonplace where I grew up that sometimes I do it without even realising. Not 15 times a sentence, but it can slip through. |
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Post by robertb213 on May 18, 2021 21:21:20 GMT
People who say 'like' fifteen times in a sentence. Like, can't you, like, string a normal sentence together, like? It can be a verbal tic though. It's so commonplace where I grew up that sometimes I do it without even realising. Not 15 times a sentence, but it can slip through. True, and sometimes it's nerves to fill time when they don't know what they're trying to say. But it's only excusable up to a point! 🤣 |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 19, 2021 8:03:50 GMT
When people say obviously when it isn't obvious. My work colleague does this one. I always say that isn't obvious, that's why I was asking a question |
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 19, 2021 8:31:10 GMT
My puritanical friend and I started slagging off inappropriate flavours for hot cross buns. Salted caramel I'm talking to you.
Now in the supermarket we take random pics and zap them to each other, chocolate with sweetcorn, instant coffee flavoured with whitechocolate and raspberry.
Its become a competition to see who can find the most gross item.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 11:47:46 GMT
My puritanical friend and I started slagging off inappropriate flavours for hot cross buns. Salted caramel I'm talking to you. Now in the supermarket we take random pics and zap them to each other, chocolate with sweetcorn, instant coffee flavoured with whitechocolate and raspberry. Its become a competition to see who can find the most gross item. Hot cross buns with sweetcorn in? Really? Why would anyone think that was a good idea?! |
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Post by marob on May 19, 2021 11:59:59 GMT
And people who use 'literally' wrongly! 'I am literally gutted!' No you're really not!! "I am literally dead" is the most annoying example of this. If you were literally dead then you wouldn't be saying/writing that you were! I feel a bit bad about this, but it always gets me when someone has actually died and people start posting stuff about there being “another angle in heaven.” |
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Post by alece10 on May 19, 2021 12:40:46 GMT
Don't know if already mentioned... but people who don't know the difference between "borrow" and "lend"
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 19, 2021 12:50:16 GMT
My puritanical friend and I started slagging off inappropriate flavours for hot cross buns. Salted caramel I'm talking to you. Now in the supermarket we take random pics and zap them to each other, chocolate with sweetcorn, instant coffee flavoured with whitechocolate and raspberry. Its become a competition to see who can find the most gross item. Hot cross buns with sweetcorn in? Really? Why would anyone think that was a good idea?! Sorry I should clarify. What started off with slagging off hotcross buns has now spread to chocolate, coffee and what ever that suitabley offends us |
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 13:01:46 GMT
Hot cross buns with sweetcorn in? Really? Why would anyone think that was a good idea?! Sorry I should clarify. What started off with slagging off hotcross buns has now spread to chocolate, coffee and what ever that suitabley offends us I did think that was a seriously bizarre combination! The most variation in hot cross buns I've tried is apple & cinnamon & I found that deeply disappointing, partly because I only found one small piece of apple in the whole bun. |
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Post by TallPaul on May 19, 2021 13:04:09 GMT
Hot cross buns with sweetcorn in? Really? Why would anyone think that was a good idea?! Sorry I should clarify. What started off with slagging off hotcross buns has now spread to chocolate, coffee and what ever that suitabley offends us I'm not sure I dare admit that the donuts I bought in Morrisons on Monday had a pink lemonade filling. Right nice they were. I only went in for a packet of Vesta chow mein! |
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 19, 2021 13:07:43 GMT
Sorry I should clarify. What started off with slagging off hotcross buns has now spread to chocolate, coffee and what ever that suitabley offends us I'm not sure I dare admit that the donuts I bought in Morrisons on Monday had a pink lemonade filling. Right nice they were. I only went in for a packet of Vesta chow mein! I could see that working. The dough is plain and so lends it's self to adding flavours. HXBuns are flavoursome enough in my book. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 19, 2021 13:42:49 GMT
Sorry I should clarify. What started off with slagging off hotcross buns has now spread to chocolate, coffee and what ever that suitabley offends us I'm not sure I dare admit that the donuts I bought in Morrisons on Monday had a pink lemonade filling. Right nice they were. I only went in for a packet of Vesta chow mein! Why is it that Vesta Chow Mein is only available at Mozzie’s? I mean, you CAN get it on Amazon but it’s crazy prices. Even though I’m a committed Ocado customer I have to get a Morrissons delivery every now and then to stock up on Vesta and no added sugar Dandelion & Burdock. |
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