Or people who, upon getting off a train or tube, immediately stop to gawk around like a lost fool or sort out their luggage etc and cause a total logjam for everyone else trying to get on or off the train.
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Or people who, upon getting off a train or tube, immediately stop to gawk around like a lost fool or sort out their luggage etc and cause a total logjam for everyone else trying to get on or off the train.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief
Another one is "You know what?" It's usually the precursor to some self-righteous guff. I've been going on about it for ages but, you know what? They're still doing it.
Likewise people at the store check out fumbling through their bag/pockets for their purse or wallet.Quote:
Originally Posted by lyonhibs
FFS, know where it is beforehand, ya numptie. You've probably just stood in a queue for five minutes with your finger up your derriere. :brickwall
According to Scouse Hibee you're supposed to not moan about this and use the stairs. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Mixu62
Exactly :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by ColinNish
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Originally Posted by snooky
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Only cos electricity only reached Merseyside in the last couple of years and they still stare at the "moving staircase" uttering phrases like "what witchcraft be this?!":greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by ColinNish
But I have lived in Edinburgh since 92 :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mixu62
Sneaky managers who make it their mission to try and catch out staff..... especially the ones who used to work on the shop floor and know and took advantage of all the tricks in the book. Snakes.
What did they catch you doing? ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
:agree: I posted on this irritating fad back in the annals of this thread. It might go out of fashion slowly just like the demise of the overuse of Australian questioning intonation, which is on the decrease, thank God.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief
Too busy checking their Facebook status.Quote:
Originally Posted by snooky
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Not my grade :greengrin. I just don't get how someone can go from militant as **** to arse licker in a matter of a few weeks. :confused:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experimentQuote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
££££Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
I mentioned that on the documentary thread, very unsettling viewing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
There's a German film "Das Experiment" that covers the story. Not sure if it was released in the UK but was quite big over here.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Oven gloves. In my experience, every "purpose made" oven glove has been hopeless at holding anything warmer than a kid running a temperature.
Always end up with a tea towel folded over a couple of times which does the job perfectly.
My Hibs oven gloves do the trick nicely, probably because they're Hibs class.Quote:
Originally Posted by lyonhibs
The Universities own footage is on Youtube IIRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
The number of smart ar**'s that post on football forums :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
:wink: .... Brrrr!
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Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Links that don't work :greengrin
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Originally Posted by Just Alf
People too lazy to cut and past :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
Going up the stairs in your house that you've lived in for 10 years and taking an extra step at the top.
Never a good thing.
"These steps go right up to 11."Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
Everybody knows that. :wink:
I do now :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by snooky
People whose sentences go up at the end. It's everywhere now.
Who started that habit? The Americans? The Aussies? Was it some popular TV show?
AQI according to Stephen Fry............. Australian Questioning Intonation.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Having the " excuse me you are in my seat" conversation on the train yesterday. To be told by the lassie, "the seat reservations aren't working so I just sat here". I then explained that you don't need the reservation system to be working to be able to read your ticket and sit in the correct seat.