Things you don't get.

Printable View

Show 100 post(s) from this thread on one page

30-01-2018, 08:33 PM
Hibbyradge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

That's what living with Mrs PB is like. She's a bloody nightmare. I do all the cooking in our house and it's like dealing with a 5 year old.

'I don't like that'
Have you tried it'
'No but it looks funny'

I have to hide things or pretend they are something else so she will eat it.

The only food I have refused to at least try as an adult is gooseberries. I had a gooseberry fool as a child and was sick not long after. It may or may not have been that but it put me off them, I tried a gooseberry crumble a few years later and it made me feel like I was about to throw up again. My tastes may have changed but it's pretty much a phobia now.

Ironically, given a previous post of mine, I used to be like that with fish.

I had fish in Poland when I was a boy and I was sick as a dog with the result that I couldn't/wouldn't eat anything but tinned tuna for many years.

Eventually I was able to eat "special" fish ( breaded and cooked to order) from the BBQ in Corstorphine, but battered fish still made me queasy.

Now, I love it in any guise. Maybe you'll have a gooseberry renaissance 😁

PS My wife is the same as yours when it comes to experimenting with food. Infuriating.
30-01-2018, 08:35 PM
Hibbyradge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby

My bacon preferences are:

Crispy Streaky

Soft Back Bacon

Perfect.
30-01-2018, 08:40 PM
Hibbyradge

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianmc

I don't get how/why others don't get that I don't like, or indeed even want to sample, eating something just because they happen to like it.

You like eating mussels?

Fine. Just don't do it anywhere near me. You like eating bogeys? Same applies.

And if you like picking bits of sweet corn out your **** to recycle I will find you repulsive.

In the same way I despise the cretins on I'm a "Celebrity" being feted for eating bugs, eyeballs and testicles.

And YES I would eat a gooseberry - but I wouldn't bore you all with a TV show about it (or harass you if you didn't fancy eating one too).

:faf:

I think you may have taken taken things a touch too far there.
30-01-2018, 11:27 PM
snooky

^
|

I don't get why that whisky glass above doesn't fill up
31-01-2018, 06:07 AM
Scouse Hibee

Painted on eyebrows 🤣
31-01-2018, 08:03 AM
Hibbyradge

Quote:

Originally Posted by snooky

^
|

I don't get why that whisky glass above doesn't fill up

Frustrating, isn't it.
31-01-2018, 11:13 AM
Peevemor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

I still don't get it.

I love all fish, be it haddock, trout, prawns, mussels, octopus or squid etc etc.

I certainly prefer fish to steak, which is extremely hit or miss, in my experience.

I had sea bass last night. Pan fred skin side down in a little olive oil for 4 minutes, then turned and fried for a further 1 minute.

Simple, easy and delicious. I eat the crispy skin, but Mrs HR leaves hers so I get to pick on it. :drool:

I hope it was farmed. I just read that we shouldn't buy wild bass from January - March as the species is endangered and this is their reproduction season.
31-01-2018, 11:25 AM
WeeRussell

Quote:

Originally Posted by danhibees1875

I didn't consider different types actually - I very rarely have streaky... There's maybe a crispiness exemption in there though.

Fair point raised by Scouse - streaky bacon is a different ball game. And often very nice when served in an all inclusive buffet :greengrin

Perhaps I was a bit rash(er) with my statement.

But I stand by my opinion that generally speaking, bacon should be served soft... especially when in a roll!

I don't get folk that don't get that :greengrin
31-01-2018, 05:32 PM
Hibbyradge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peevemor

I hope it was farmeed.

It was M&S.
31-01-2018, 07:14 PM
brianmc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby

Painted on eyebrows 🤣

Depends entirely where you're painting them 🤔
31-01-2018, 07:44 PM
EH6 Hibby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby

As a child brought up as a buthers son, I used to eat hearts, kidney and liver regularly and enjoy it. Now I can't stand liver or kidney, hate the taste and texture of liver and the taste of kidney makes me want to puke.

Is eating Heart a Scouse thing? I’d never heard of it before, but I went out with a scouser and he ate it. Never tried it, but if it’s anything like Lucer and Kidneys, I don’t need to, both make me feel physically sick when I so much as look at them.
31-01-2018, 08:58 PM
Peevemor

Quote:

Originally Posted by EH6 Hibby

Is eating Heart a Scouse thing? I’d never heard of it before, but I went out with a scouser and he ate it. Never tried it, but if it’s anything like Lucer and Kidneys, I don’t need to, both make me feel physically sick when I so much as look at them.

There's heart in haggis so it can't be that strong.
31-01-2018, 09:54 PM
Scouse Hibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by EH6 Hibby

Is eating Heart a Scouse thing? I’d never heard of it before, but I went out with a scouser and he ate it. Never tried it, but if it’s anything like Lucer and Kidneys, I don’t need to, both make me feel physically sick when I so much as look at them.

No I don't think so, lambs hearts are very good and have no strong taste like liver or kidney.
01-02-2018, 01:51 AM
lord bunberry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

That's what living with Mrs PB is like. She's a bloody nightmare. I do all the cooking in our house and it's like dealing with a 5 year old.

'I don't like that'
Have you tried it'
'No but it looks funny'

I have to hide things or pretend they are something else so she will eat it.

The only food I have refused to at least try as an adult is gooseberries. I had a gooseberry fool as a child and was sick not long after. It may or may not have been that but it put me off them, I tried a gooseberry crumble a few years later and it made me feel like I was about to throw up again. My tastes may have changed but it's pretty much a phobia now.

I think it’s the food you were brought up on. My gran lived with us when I was growing up and she was Greek. She practically lived in the kitchen and as kids we were used to eating loads of continental style food. As I said earlier in the thread I can’t eat fish, but it’s not through trying.
The thing I really can’t understand is people who go abroad and go to places serving British food and showing British tv shows. Stay in Britain if that’s what you like.
01-02-2018, 08:51 AM
HibernianJK

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'Rourke3

Not a huge fan after the time I thought they were onion rings... I love the idea of fish it's just that I often see it again later. Some of them I simply cannot tolerate [emoji40]

Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk

Same here my mum got them for us on holiday once and told us they were onion rings. Never touched one since.
02-02-2018, 07:45 PM
Just Jimmy

Energy saving light bulbs.

You go into a dark room and turn on the light and wait for 3 hours, until there's enough light to make out some shapes that you don't bump into stuff. You're utterly screwed if you actually need the light for such things as reading or... seeing properly, however.

Useless things.

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
02-02-2018, 08:36 PM
s.a.m

Quote:

Originally Posted by Just Jimmy

Energy saving light bulbs.

You go into a dark room and turn on the light and wait for 3 hours, until there's enough light to make out some shapes that you don't bump into stuff. You're utterly screwed if you actually need the light for such things as reading or... seeing properly, however.

Useless things.

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

:agree: I get that they're important... But.
It's like the olden days. Every time I turn on the light in the front room, I hear Bob Crampsey's voice talking about the Stygian gloom.
02-02-2018, 09:02 PM
bingo70

The queensferry crossing (north bound)

Been over this bridge a few times over the last couple of weeks and I just don’t understand. I go on the same road as I always did, there’s no other roads I can see that are now cut off but i pop out at the new bridge. It’s like they’ve just built the new one and swapped places with the old one?!

I’m sure there’s a logical explanation but it’s messed with my head every time I’ve gone over it.
02-02-2018, 09:15 PM
sleeping giant

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingo70

The queensferry crossing (north bound)

Been over this bridge a few times over the last couple of weeks and I just don’t understand. I go on the same road as I always did, there’s no other roads I can see that are now cut off but i pop out at the new bridge. It’s like they’ve just built the new one and swapped places with the old one?!

I’m sure there’s a logical explanation but it’s messed with my head every time I’ve gone over it.

:faf:

Thought exactly the same the other day.
02-02-2018, 09:51 PM
Hibbyradge

Folk that hate puns.
02-02-2018, 10:07 PM
Scouse Hibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Just Jimmy

Energy saving light bulbs.

You go into a dark room and turn on the light and wait for 3 hours, until there's enough light to make out some shapes that you don't bump into stuff. You're utterly screwed if you actually need the light for such things as reading or... seeing properly, however.

Useless things.

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Better going LED, instant light at a fraction of the price for energy.
02-02-2018, 10:30 PM
Time For Heroes

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

Folk that hate puns.

It's as if they are PUNishing themselves
03-02-2018, 06:14 AM
Dalianwanda

Selling fancy doughnuts in my boozer (tasty as they are)
03-02-2018, 06:26 AM
Hibrandenburg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

Folk that hate puns.

Yep, get them PUNted.
03-02-2018, 06:29 AM
Hibrandenburg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby

Better going LED, instant light at a fraction of the price for energy.

:agree: I'm loving what the advancement of LED technology has done for home lighting. There's some great designs to be had now.
03-02-2018, 07:18 AM
Jay

I dont get why First bus have put their prices up, by 30p a journey for me, and still provide a rubbish service!
03-02-2018, 10:23 AM
snooky

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingo70

The queensferry crossing (north bound)

Been over this bridge a few times over the last couple of weeks and I just don’t understand. I go on the same road as I always did, there’s no other roads I can see that are now cut off but i pop out at the new bridge. It’s like they’ve just built the new one and swapped places with the old one?!

I’m sure there’s a logical explanation but it’s messed with my head every time I’ve gone over it.

David Copperfield designed it specially .
03-02-2018, 11:38 AM
bingo70

Quote:

Originally Posted by snooky

David Copperfield designed it specially .

As I said, I knew there’d be a logical explanation.

Cheers for clearing it up.
03-02-2018, 12:00 PM
hibsbollah

Plumbers who come and price for a job, say they want the work and then you never hear from again. Absolute timewasters.
03-02-2018, 04:13 PM
McD

Quote:

Originally Posted by hibsbollah

Plumbers who come and price for a job, say they want the work and then you never hear from again. Absolute timewasters.

Happened to me 4 times on the spin when needing our shower sorted, absolute jokers :grr:
03-02-2018, 04:21 PM
stuart-farquhar

People who don’t get Spoonerisms. Cupid stunts.
03-02-2018, 04:58 PM
snooky

Willie Collum (gave us a pen at Hunbox) WTF?
08-02-2018, 08:31 AM
Gatecrasher

why I don't get change on the bus?
08-02-2018, 10:46 AM
calumhibee1

Why people (myself included) accept cold food from Greggs. It’s supposed to be hot and you wouldn’t accept cold food anywhere else.
08-02-2018, 11:21 AM
WeeRussell

Quote:

Originally Posted by calumhibee1

Why people (myself included) accept cold food from Greggs. It’s supposed to be hot and you wouldn’t accept cold food anywhere else.

That's a good one, that :agree:
08-02-2018, 11:55 AM
DH1875

Quote:

Originally Posted by calumhibee1

Why people (myself included) accept cold food from Greggs. It’s supposed to be hot and you wouldn’t accept cold food anywhere else.

Because a cold steak bake is better than a hot stake bake :wink:
08-02-2018, 12:54 PM
Hibbyradge

Quote:

Originally Posted by DH1875

Because a cold steak bake is better than a hot stake bake :wink:

And a steak bake of any temperature is better than no steak bake.
08-02-2018, 02:22 PM
snooky

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

And a steak bake of any temperature is better than no steak bake.

A hot OR cold steak bake is much better than a warm one, for sure.
A warm one is marginally better than none however, that can change depending on degree of hunger.
08-02-2018, 05:54 PM
Pete

Quote:

Originally Posted by calumhibee1

Why people (myself included) accept cold food from Greggs. It’s supposed to be hot and you wouldn’t accept cold food anywhere else.

Their argument is that if it’s kept hot, it’s subject to VAT.

Hot or not, it’s still overpriced crap and the only way I’d buy anything like a steak bake is if it was half the price and from Iceland or Farmfoods, or whoever sells them frozen.
08-02-2018, 08:38 PM
O'Rourke3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete

Their argument is that if it’s kept hot, it’s subject to VAT.

Hot or not, it’s still overpriced crap and the only way I’d buy anything like a steak bake is if it was half the price and from Iceland or Farmfoods, or whoever sells them frozen.

The only difference is sitting or take away. I get charged the same whether its cool - can be eaten immediately without blistering the inside of my mouth to volcanic. This involves blistering the inside as well as scalding the lips and chin generally as the gravy is runnier..
In my experience you don't want the food hot unless you are taking it for a 20 minute walk.
08-02-2018, 09:08 PM
Scouse Hibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'Rourke3

The only difference is sitting or take away. I get charged the same whether its cool - can be eaten immediately without blistering the inside of my mouth to volcanic. This involves blistering the inside as well as scalding the lips and chin generally as the gravy is runnier..
In my experience you don't want the food hot unless you are taking it for a 20 minute walk.

You are correct that VAT must be charged on all food that is eaten in, but there is a differentation when it comes to takeaways.

VAT must be charged on hot takeaways but not on cold food or drink items, and if an item such as a sausage roll is hot simply because of it being recently removed from the oven then no VAT need be charged. Greggs sell freshly baked products, not hot held products.
09-02-2018, 11:14 AM
pollution

Whenever I was forced into buying anything from Greggs i felt unwell an hour later.

The steak bake was the worse. I don't know what it is about their food but it makes me boak.

Except their yum yums!
09-02-2018, 11:56 AM
DH1875

Quote:

Originally Posted by O'Rourke3

The only difference is sitting or take away. I get charged the same whether its cool - can be eaten immediately without blistering the inside of my mouth to volcanic. This involves blistering the inside as well as scalding the lips and chin generally as the gravy is runnier..
In my experience you don't want the food hot unless you are taking it for a 20 minute walk.

:agree: Nothing worse than getting a steak bake that's just out the bloody oven.
10-02-2018, 11:39 PM
hibby6270

Jeans/trousers that have great hulking big holes deliberately cut on them in the so called name of fashion. Besides that, wearing them must make you bloody freezing!! What’s the point other than regurgitating the same silly stoopid fashion from 20/30 years ago. Even then I didn’t get it.
11-02-2018, 07:44 AM
bingo70

Quote:

Originally Posted by pollution

Whenever I was forced into buying anything from Greggs i felt unwell an hour later.

The steak bake was the worse. I don't know what it is about their food but it makes me boak.

Except their yum yums!

Steak bakes give me the ****s and within half an hour of eating one I need to find a toilet urgently.

Still eat them though, can’t live your life scared of ****ting yourself.

As for the temperature, cold or like warm for me. I’ve not got the patience to leave it until it cools down so if it’s just out the oven it just means a burnt mouth for me.
11-02-2018, 08:19 AM
One Day

Quote:

Originally Posted by pollution

Whenever I was forced into buying anything from Greggs i felt unwell an hour later.

The steak bake was the worse. I don't know what it is about their food but it makes me boak.

I think its the pastry
11-02-2018, 11:46 AM
lyonhibs

I don't get how when someone chooses to WhatsApp you, particularly with a question, and you reply immediately (as in within seconds) your reply doesn't get 2 blue ticks straight away. Like have they just decided to fire out a question and not hang around for the 6 seconds required to get an answer?

Weirdos
11-02-2018, 02:28 PM
danhibees1875

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyonhibs

I don't get how when someone chooses to WhatsApp you, particularly with a question, and you reply immediately (as in within seconds) your reply doesn't get 2 blue ticks straight away. Like have they just decided to fire out a question and not hang around for the 6 seconds required to get an answer?

Weirdos

I'm the opposite. If I send someone a Whatsapp (no matter how soon after their message to me) I'd be weirded out if it immediately went 2 blue ticks... Unless it's an urgent question they're asking.
11-02-2018, 02:42 PM
Pretty Boy

Rugby players and that grab the shirt, angry face, kind of push each other thing they sometimes do when there's a bad tackle or something.

Either have a square go or walk away. The in between thing just looks silly
11-02-2018, 02:42 PM
Wilson

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyonhibs

I don't get how when someone chooses to WhatsApp you, particularly with a question, and you reply immediately (as in within seconds) your reply doesn't get 2 blue ticks straight away. Like have they just decided to fire out a question and not hang around for the 6 seconds required to get an answer?

Weirdos

I have no idea what any of that means.

Things I don't get...
11-02-2018, 04:48 PM
weecounty hibby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Rugby players and that grab the shirt, angry face, kind of push each other thing they sometimes do when there's a bad tackle or something.

Either have a square go or walk away. The in between thing just looks silly

(Un) fortunately a punch or any violent conduct making contact with the head is a minimum of 12 weeks ban now. Long gone are the days of a right good dust up with no one sent off anymore. I remember listening to Fergus Slattery commentating and there was a bit of pushing and shoving Slattery said with a sigh " ah, the modern day punch up" Fergus was a good old fashioned forward back in the day.
27-02-2018, 04:32 PM
The Modfather

The word “patching”, as in to ignore. The wife used it earlier. I know I can be a bit of a dinasaur at times but never heard of that word before and had to google it. Is it a word the kids use these days or fairly common and passed me by all these years? 🤨
27-02-2018, 04:46 PM
Hibbyradge

Folk wanting games to go ahead in atrocious weather...
27-02-2018, 05:15 PM
snooky

Quote:

Originally Posted by weecounty hibby

(Un) fortunately a punch or any violent conduct making contact with the head is a minimum of 12 weeks ban now. Long gone are the days of a right good dust up with no one sent off anymore. I remember listening to Fergus Slattery commentating and there was a bit of pushing and shoving Slattery said with a sigh " ah, the modern day punch up" Fergus was a good old fashioned forward back in the day.

Or when rugby commentator Bill McLaren described a double headbutt as "a little tete-a-tete"
27-02-2018, 05:20 PM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Modfather

The word “patching”, as in to ignore. The wife used it earlier. I know I can be a bit of a dinasaur at times but never heard of that word before and had to google it. Is it a word the kids use these days or fairly common and passed me by all these years? 🤨

Id never heard it until a year or so ago when my older teens used it. Stupid word.
27-02-2018, 06:29 PM
DH1875

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Modfather

The word “patching”, as in to ignore. The wife used it earlier. I know I can be a bit of a dinasaur at times but never heard of that word before and had to google it. Is it a word the kids use these days or fairly common and passed me by all these years? 🤨

My daughter uses it along with the term patched. Does my head in and if my wife started using it, I think it would end up in divorce.
27-02-2018, 08:14 PM
lyonhibs

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Modfather

The word “patching”, as in to ignore. The wife used it earlier. I know I can be a bit of a dinasaur at times but never heard of that word before and had to google it. Is it a word the kids use these days or fairly common and passed me by all these years? 🤨

I will pretend I never saw this post and thus continue my life of blissful ignorance about this abomination.

What's wrong with "dingied" or "slung him/her a deefie" ??
27-02-2018, 10:34 PM
Sir David Gray

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Modfather

The word “patching”, as in to ignore. The wife used it earlier. I know I can be a bit of a dinasaur at times but never heard of that word before and had to google it. Is it a word the kids use these days or fairly common and passed me by all these years? 🤨

I think it's a relatively modern word and originates from the youth.

I heard younger people saying it at work to begin with and now I hear older people saying it as well.

It seems to be a word that's used quite commonly these days although I tend to avoid it.
28-02-2018, 01:39 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by hibsbollah

I like fantasy as a genre, so I was expecting to love it. I read the book first and was told the TV series was amazing, and like you say I never really 'got' it. Tried it twice in fact.

I'd say it took me a season and a half, binge watched, to really get into it. But, I have persevered and can't wait for the final season!
28-02-2018, 01:55 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

Peeing in public isn't against the law for the sake of having a law.

If you get caught, you'll be prosecuted for"Public Nuisance", which is what it is.

It's not fair to expect people to put up with the mess and the smell.

I'm sure the lawyers/courts/judges etc would love to argue about where it was and wasn't acceptable to pee in public. The amount of legislation that would require would make a lot of rich people even richer.

Is it fair for someone to be publicly humiliated by peeing themselves in the street just because a bit of waste ground behind a bush has a pee smell until the next time it rains?

Here in NZ, there seems to be plentiful public toilets for the most part, but they are pretty hard to find in the UK these days IIRC.
28-02-2018, 05:44 AM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-O

Is it fair for someone to be publicly humiliated by peeing themselves in the street just because a bit of waste ground behind a bush has a pee smell until the next time it rains?

Here in NZ, there seems to be plentiful public toilets for the most part, but they are pretty hard to find in the UK these days IIRC.

But somehow women manage
28-02-2018, 07:34 AM
jonty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

But somehow women manage

ladies do. women don't :greengrin
28-02-2018, 07:38 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

But somehow women manage

So you keep saying, but I think you’re naive, and wrong, if you think no woman has peed in the street / public.
28-02-2018, 07:45 AM
Scouse Hibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

But somehow women manage

No they don't, they are just as bad if not worse than men.
28-02-2018, 07:47 AM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-O

So you keep saying, but I think you’re naive, and wrong, if you think no woman has peed in the street / public.

Ive never said a woman has never peed in the street but its not a common occurrence. Happy to be proved wrong,anybody say when they last saw a woman pee outdoors? Im in my 50s and can hand on heart say that me and my pals have never ventured there since toddlerhood :agree:
28-02-2018, 08:08 AM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby

No they don't, they are just as bad if not worse than men.

Dont believe you.
28-02-2018, 08:24 AM
Scouse Hibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

Dont believe you.

Well there are plenty of images and you tube videos to suggest otherwise!
28-02-2018, 08:49 AM
lapsedhibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

Ive never said a woman has never peed in the street but its not a common occurrence. Happy to be proved wrong,anybody say when they last saw a woman pee outdoors? Im in my 50s and can hand on heart say that me and my pals have never ventured there since toddlerhood :agree:

Last week, out cycling in the borders. A lady cyclist stopped and asked the rest of us to avert our gaze.
28-02-2018, 09:36 AM
snooky

Quote:

Originally Posted by lapsedhibee

Last week, out cycling in the borders. A lady cyclist stopped and asked the rest of us to avert our gaze.

Maybe she was homophobic and you misinterpreted her? :wink:
28-02-2018, 09:44 AM
Peevemor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

Ive never said a woman has never peed in the street but its not a common occurrence. Happy to be proved wrong,anybody say when they last saw a woman pee outdoors? Im in my 50s and can hand on heart say that me and my pals have never ventured there since toddlerhood :agree:

http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/03/woman-...-view-5477227/
28-02-2018, 09:50 AM
Sir David Gray

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby

Well there are plenty of images and you tube videos to suggest otherwise!

Oh aye? :greengrin
28-02-2018, 09:57 AM
matty_f

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby

Well there are plenty of images and you tube videos to suggest otherwise!

You are Gary Locke and I claim my ten pounds! :greengrin
28-02-2018, 10:15 AM
Scouse Hibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by matty_f

You are Gary Locke and I claim my ten pounds! :greengrin

Busted.
28-02-2018, 10:15 AM
Scouse Hibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir David Gray

Oh aye? :greengrin

😉
28-02-2018, 11:27 AM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby

Well there are plenty of images and you tube videos to suggest otherwise!

Thats not something ill be checking out :Ummm:

Its just not something I see and I dont think I know anybody who would but I see plenty men doing it.
28-02-2018, 11:28 AM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by lapsedhibee

Last week, out cycling in the borders. A lady cyclist stopped and asked the rest of us to avert our gaze.

Fairs do's, different scenario though
28-02-2018, 11:30 AM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peevemor

http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/03/woman-...-view-5477227/

Its made the news, says it all.
28-02-2018, 01:04 PM
snooky

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

Its made the news, says it all.

A headline splash no doubt. :cb
28-02-2018, 02:38 PM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonty

ladies do. women don't :greengrin

Its not often me and my pals are called ladies but i'll go with that :agree:
28-02-2018, 06:25 PM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

Ive never said a woman has never peed in the street but its not a common occurrence. Happy to be proved wrong,anybody say when they last saw a woman pee outdoors? Im in my 50s and can hand on heart say that me and my pals have never ventured there since toddlerhood :agree:

I saw it a couple of years ago, in full view of an entire pub in a Main Street in Wellington. Rancid. I’ve seen it numerous times at music festivals and the like. It happens. Maybe you can’t see them because they’re squatting behind something.

I’m not advocating that you just go peeing everywhere and anywhere at all times of day, and preferably not on anyone’s property either, but when alcohol is involved and it’s late at night, there is sometimes no other viable option. As noted, it would preferably be a park or something rather than in someone’s doorway or the like. The latter is not acceptable.
28-02-2018, 07:14 PM
lapsedhibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by snooky

Maybe she was homophobic and you misinterpreted her? :wink:

:greengrin but definitely no homophobicism involved in this instance. She was out, cycling. :wink:
28-02-2018, 08:05 PM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-O

I saw it a couple of years ago, in full view of an entire pub in a Main Street in Wellington. Rancid. I’ve seen it numerous times at music festivals and the like. It happens. Maybe you can’t see them because they’re squatting behind something.

I’m not advocating that you just go peeing everywhere and anywhere at all times of day, and preferably not on anyone’s property either, but when alcohol is involved and it’s late at night, there is sometimes no other viable option. As noted, it would preferably be a park or something rather than in someone’s doorway or the like. The latter is not acceptable.

A couple of years ago, kinda proves my point. Its not common.
28-02-2018, 08:53 PM
Hibbyradge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-O

Is it fair for someone to be publicly humiliated by peeing themselves in the street just because a bit of waste ground behind a bush has a pee smell until the next time it rains?

No-one should be forced to wet themselves. If they can't hold it in any longer, they should pee somewhere. If they get caught for doing so, bad luck, but it's no-one else's fault that they found themselves in that situation.

The only real alternative would be to allow folk to pee in public, but if that happened, and it wasn't an offence, it would become even more common place.
28-02-2018, 08:56 PM
brianmc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

A couple of years ago, kinda proves my point. Its not common.

George Street, Edinburgh every Friday and Saturday night. Even saw it Princes Street one evening. Not a rare occurrence.
28-02-2018, 09:14 PM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianmc

George Street, Edinburgh every Friday and Saturday night. Even saw it Princes Street one evening. Not a rare occurrence.

Fair enough, ive never seen it but theres enough of you saying it happens. Im not that much of a regular in town at weekends unless im heading for nightshift
28-02-2018, 11:17 PM
HUTCHYHIBBY

Is this pish conversation still ongoing?
01-03-2018, 12:45 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

A couple of years ago, kinda proves my point. Its not common.

I've never seen a man doing such a thing during the subsequent two years.

Isn't it the fact that men are more likely to have drunk higher volumes of liquid than women (i.e. pints), rather than women being incredibly adept at controlling their bladders at all times?

I'm not sure where you are looking that you seem to constantly see men peeing in public all over the place?
01-03-2018, 12:49 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

No-one should be forced to wet themselves. If they can't hold it in any longer, they should pee somewhere. If they get caught for doing so, bad luck, but it's no-one else's fault that they found themselves in that situation.

The only real alternative would be to allow folk to pee in public, but if that happened, and it wasn't an offence, it would become even more common place.

I just think there should be (and there probably is) some discretion used by Police. If it's the middle of the street and you're drunk and peeing right in someone's doorway or such like, then it's a fair cop. If you've actually done your best to be discreet, stay away from private property, and there's no viable alternative nearby, then I don't think it's deserving of a fine/conviction.
01-03-2018, 12:51 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY

Is this pish conversation still ongoing?

I apologise for my stream of consciousness. :greengrin
01-03-2018, 06:56 AM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-O

I've never seen a man doing such a thing during the subsequent two years.

Isn't it the fact that men are more likely to have drunk higher volumes of liquid than women (i.e. pints), rather than women being incredibly adept at controlling their bladders at all times?

I'm not sure where you are looking that you seem to constantly see men peeing in public all over the place?

Show me where I said that? Your being silly now Steve.
01-03-2018, 07:31 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

Show me where I said that? Your being silly now Steve.

Ok, minor exaggeration but you said “I see plenty men doing it”.
01-03-2018, 07:56 AM
Jay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-O

Ok, minor exaggeration but you said “I see plenty men doing it”.

Exactly. I see it when im out on my peeing vigilante shifts.
01-03-2018, 08:24 AM
Hibrandenburg

Why do people seem to have a problem with a bloke nipping into the bushes to relieve themselves when we've got thousands of dogs pishing all over the place?
01-03-2018, 08:42 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs. S

Exactly. I see it when im out on my peeing vigilante shifts.

You still haven’t explained where you’re seeing plenty men doing it?
01-03-2018, 08:43 AM
Steve-O

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg

Why do people seem to have a problem with a bloke nipping into the bushes to relieve themselves when we've got thousands of dogs pishing all over the place?

I bet the female dogs plan their route and wait til they get home :wink:
01-03-2018, 10:17 AM
Hibbyradge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-O

I just think there should be (and there probably is) some discretion used by Police. If it's the middle of the street and you're drunk and peeing right in someone's doorway or such like, then it's a fair cop. If you've actually done your best to be discreet, stay away from private property, and there's no viable alternative nearby, then I don't think it's deserving of a fine/conviction.

Yeah, I agree with that.

The police will say it's not their job to differentiate between offences. That's the courts' job.

However, I'm pretty sure the police turn a blind eye to it more often than not.
01-03-2018, 10:31 AM
Pretty Boy

A few years ago in Aberdeen my mate got an on the spot fine for having a pee 'in the street'. He was desperate, it was 2am and he nipped down a side street, into an unlocked goods yard and took a slash down a drain. Mid stream 3 Police officers jumped on him and issued him with the fine. They must have followed him down there. Now he broke the law but it seems a bit of a waste of Police time given he took reasonable grounds to get out of view and to avoid 'contaminating' the area.

At the same time Aberdeen city Council had a scheme where they had open, uncovered urinals set up on Union Street on weekend evenings for men to pee in. So had we been 20 minutes closer to town my mate could have had a pee in full view of hundreds of people contributing to the resulting stench that anyone who has used high volume use portable toilets will be aware off and been fine but peeing in a drain in a relatively secluded area saw him fined £80.
01-03-2018, 11:55 AM
lapsedhibee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-O

I just think there should be (and there probably is) some discretion used by Police. If it's the middle of the street and you're drunk and peeing right in someone's doorway or such like, then it's a fair cop. If you've actually done your best to be discreet, stay away from private property, and there's no viable alternative nearby, then I don't think it's deserving of a fine/conviction.

As per PB's post above, seems to me that the most considerate place would be not behind a bush etc but straight down a drain, and better a drain in the public road than in someone's garden.
01-03-2018, 12:11 PM
snooky

Dogs, cats & horses can relieve themselves without fines (unless the owner is with the dog).
I think humans are being victimised. Young policemen's prostrates are obviously still in good order.
01-03-2018, 08:14 PM
Mibbes Aye

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

No-one should be forced to wet themselves. If they can't hold it in any longer, they should pee somewhere. If they get caught for doing so, bad luck, but it's no-one else's fault that they found themselves in that situation.

The only real alternative would be to allow folk to pee in public, but if that happened, and it wasn't an offence, it would become even more common place.

Once I hit my mid-twenties I found that after two pints I was at the toilet on a half-hourly basis.

Twenty years on, I tend to drink wine rather than beer but it’s still the same, make sure I go before I leave the pub for example, because if I don’t I’ll be needing to go within fifteen minutes.

I drive a lot with work, usually two or three-hour journeys and I won’t even bother with a coffee for the car unless I’ve got the pit stops carefully planned :greengrin

Show 100 post(s) from this thread on one page

All times are GMT. The time now is 03:00 PM.