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Pro cycling's the spectator sport for you, Mrs S:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
Peeing on the bike can have other benefits, especially if temperatures dip in the mountains or the windswept French countryside. "In races that are soaking wet and freezing cold, I like to piss myself," Cavendish says. "It warms me up for a split second. You get warm and you don’t have to fuss around."
I dont want to watch it! In my job i clean enough of that and other things up. Its really not a hobby of mine :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
I suppose it us the difference between being merely domesticated or being civilised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Wild birds **** everywhere and I hope you wouldn't advocate our doing the same - and I don't want to hear of any dodgy pornos before someone chips in.
We’d probably be more upset with birds if they were ****ting big human sized turds though :hilariousQuote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
How do you civilise a bladder?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilson
Folk clearing their path / driveway when it’s still belting down with snow.
Much easier to keep on top of it rather than have it freeze then more snow on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs
:agree: Easier to shovel freshly flallen snow than the hard packed or soggy stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
But it's not going to freeze is it? I'm leaving mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
It'll compact itself under its own weight, trust me, I fell for this back in 2010 and when it came to the point of clearing I was lifting sheets of ice 6 inches thick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
I'm clearing the snow once a day, akin to painting the Forth bridge but it's easy enough to stay on top of it.
Already compacted and frozen underneath.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
People who sit in their car in the snow, Rev the arse out it, spin the wheels, car doesn’t move. Oh, I know, I’ll keep revving and revving, and spinning the wheels, it’s bound to work eventually, the 45 minutes I’ve been here doing it and getting nowhere at all don’t count. idiots :rolleyes:
Lucky I live in Musselburgh :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
Will be clearing it tomorrow though for something to do!
I was in the supermarket yesterday and some idiot was doing just that. There was a queue of around 4 cars behind him as he kept spinning the wheels. Eventually everyone got fed up and we drove round him. He’s probably still there.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
I had to stop my taxi dozens of times over the years to allow passengers to pee outside, most of the journeys were less than 10 minutes. I'll guess 40% of them were female. I only ever had two who let flow in their seat and both were women.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
Peeing outside is legal if you're a diabetic!
Not sure why either either popped into my head, but the original stories to, not going to the MK Dons game and a Jambo crying on a balcony in Bulgaria, both passed me by.
What was the origins of them?
The MK Dons stuff arose when AFC Wimbledon were first due to play MK Dons at MK Dons. AFC fans were boycotting it in protest at the fact the club had relocated and rebadged itself from the original 'Wimbledon'. That led to the thread about not going, not organising a bus, not watching the highlights etc etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
The Bulgarian balcony tears were I think a straight lift from a post on Keechback. Not sure if it was a genuine HOMFC fan or one of us. Their site was absolutely riddled with us at one point, posting all sorts of silliness.
Didn't somebody ask if people fancied going to the mk game? And then everyone said no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mibbes Aye
The tears was someone on KB saying they were on a hotel balcony in Bulgaria in tears of happiness because of some bull****.
Mrs Brown's boys. Least funny drivel in TV history
Some men of a certain age have significant bladder issues and peeing outside if no suitable toilet is available is their only option. I have no problem with it as long it's done discretely.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
I don’t get how when you hear your favourite song on the radio it sounds better than if you just put it on yourself.
Love island. Morally bankrupt show giving wannabe nobodies a shot at 'fame'.
Not sure if this belongs here or in Pet Peeves but....
The way some people have no sympathy or empathy for people in their own community with issues possibly caused by relatable issues but when a celebrity has a similar problem they appear genuinely upset and concerned.
I have a couple of women in my work who know a lady who is an alcoholic. They seem to have no sympathy whatsoever and 'just an alkie' seems the go to phrase. Yet this week it was in the news that Demi Lovato (a singer for those who don't know) had overdosed on heroin and they were both on Facebook commenting on links saying they 'hope she gets the help she needs' and that she 'need help to beat her demons'. In the office it was all 'well she has a problem and we should have some sympathy'.
Same 2 are a right pair of gossips and when an ex colleague got done for drink driving they were all over it with their judgemental pish. When whatever one of Ant and Dec it was who got caught doing the same it was all 'it's nobody else's business really' and 'he obviously has problems and needs help'.
****ing hypocrites.
People who just can’t mind their own business at work.
Recently moved from a private office with just two of us to an open plan office with up to 12 people and finding it really hard.Too many people listen to your phone conversations, shout an opinion about your conversation, interrupt when I am speaking to guy next to me, offer an opinion about a particular problem they here me dealing with, interfere when they know nothing about it. The list is endless,it’s driving me crazy.
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Originally Posted by lord bunberry
Spot on. Even worse when an adult requests a song to be played just to hear their name on the radio.
I can understand the excitement for children but for Matthew driving from Godalming to Exeter to see his mummy??
I've never got .....
1) Simple Minds
2) the Big Dipper
3) fly fishing
4) cricket
5) horse racing
6) camping
:agree: Brilliant. It's the same with TV and film, even though you have the DVD.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
In fact, even Fawlty Towers or Only Fools appearing on council TV (when on all the time on Gold, which I have) is different!
:agree: A bit like meeting up with some past casual acquaintences when they are back in town yet you probably hardly (if ever) saw them when they actually lived here.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
I see more and more of these combination locked key boxes fixed to the wall at the front of houses. No way I would leave a set of my house keys in a box on the wall at my house, just asking for trouble.
Mostly AirBnB operators. Owners want strangers in their houses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
Also used by elderly people who have carers going in and don't have the mobility to get to the door.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
Indeed. But there's been an explosion in the number of keysafes visible recently and not that many people have suddenly got old/infirm!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Yep. One of the guys in my old stair got rumbled subletting because of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
Social housing, letting it on AirBnB, key safe wouldn't work so someone buzzed a neighbour for help and she promptly grassed him. No sympathy from me either, folk are desperate for affordable housing in Edinburgh and he was abusing it.
First wave of the Baby Boomers are in their 70's now. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
Totally agree, but what I don't get is how done folk challenge that point of view by getting torn into the celebrity, like they don't deserve sympathy or empathy because Joe Bloggs gets called a junkie when they are in that situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
It's like they don't consider that the empathetic approach is the right one, and that what needs to change is not the attitudes to the celebrities, but to the ordinary folk.
Becoming a problem with tenements in Edinburgh. So many are being installed on communal property without permission from the property owners.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
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:agree: An utter blight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Alf
Love Island. Why do people idolize deadbeats whose only claim to fame is getting through a casting process. Gone are the days when role models had to actually achieve something before being granted celebrity status, now they're being worshipped for being thick. No wonder our world is ****ed up!
I agree. It saddens me that our teens idolise people who think brexit means we would have no trees, so called beautiful people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Thats the situation my mum finds herself in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I was so sure she said cheese at the time - I'd be prepared to let her have that one. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
I was going to argue that noone really "idolises" them, but you're probably actually right. Everyone is an idol these days.
I did enjoy the show though - was good entertainment. :greengrin
I never saw it other than clips i couldnt avoid. Im delighted to say none of my kids watched it either. They are idolised, ive seen my teens facebook page and teenage girls in particular want to be these people.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
The amount of grown men and women who watched it religiously :confused: And I'M the odd one out for refusing to watch it. 10 seconds of it told me it was, as suspected, utter pish containing so many character traits that I despise in life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
I can't believe how much discussion and social airtime this got during the time of a football world cup!!!
The thing about Love Island or other reality TV stars is to an extent I don't blame the 'stars' or other people who want to be like them.
Why study for 5 years to be a Doctor or teacher or take a job earning, in real terms, less than your parents or in some cases even grandparents when you can piss about on TV for a few weeks and potentially make a million? Love Island et al are a symptom of the problem rather than the problem itself.
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
The Truman Show was pretty well on the mark.
We, as a society, have created the situation where such careers are a possibility. The only way we can avoid that is for everyone to ignore these programmes. And that isn't going to happen; soap-operas (which is what they are, in truth) are easy on the eye and brain. They're also relatively cheap to make.
Like you, I have no real problem with people "making it" as a so-called reality star. The market is there, just as it is for doctors, software developers and porn actors. If people want to take advantage of the opportunity, so be it.
And the upside is that, if the TV companies can make a lot of money off these programmes, they can direct it into the kind of stuff that I like. :greengrin
The problem is that it’s a tiny minority that actually make it onto these shows and the rest are left to go through life with no skills. I would be worried if my daughter was looking at these people and thinking it was a viable way of making a career for herself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Surely no one is aiming for "reality TV star" as a career aspiration though? Maybe I'm just too out of touch to know for sure. But I think it's very easy to spout hyperbole/exaggerate on social media, and so when someone says "OMG, I want to be like Meg" they're probably doing it after finishing their maths homework with no actual desire to make themselves anything like the contestants.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
I think a lot of the people who go on are part-time models already and it just helps boost their profile/CV really and they come out of it with some kind of relevant job/more appearances to raise their profile. Heck, you might even get 1 or 2 who are genuinely looking for love.
I don’t know if people see it as a career choice, but it certainly wouldn’t surprise me. If young people are looking up to them, then they are seen as role models surely? My post was more in response to the notion that people will think that they don’t have to get a good education as a career in reality tv is an easier option.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Of course. I certainly won't ve pushing it as a career path for my own daughter. I can see why there is an appeal to some though.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
Big Brother was a really interesting programme when it first started, once people realised there was money to be made after it it all turned into a bit of a pantomime. It initially was an interesting social experiment though.
I think you’re right. Kids will naturally look at famous people and want to be like them. The difference now from 20 years ago is that famous people generally had a talent and had worked hard to become famous. I’ve never watched love island, but I’m guessing it’s full of young adults with perfect figures and good looks. It’s not really reflective of society and shouldn’t really be called reality tv as it’s nothing of the sort.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
It's easy to forget how good it was when it started.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
It did go downhill very quickly.
You'd like to think that wouldn't be an option. Generally, you get your education when you're still under your parents control and they'd hopefully steer you right. You'd also be too young to go on any of these shows.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
I don't know if they are seen as role models or not, they probably are. I don't see how that's any worse than footballers being role models though - it's probably easier to fall into the bracket of "I'll be a footballer, I don't need an education" than similar about being a reality TV star.
I think it's meant to be seen as being reflective of "aspirational" society rather than actual society. Which is probably just a whole other can of worms. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
The problem with shows like Big Brother is people are drawn to the conflict so the producers and executives ramp that up. I think it was the 3rd series of Big Brother that the guy from Orkney won that saw viewing figures drop dramatically half way through because they were all quite nice and just a bit dull. After that they threw in people who were self proclaimed 'extroverts' and 'out there' with the token middle aged straight laced 1 or 2 and it became a million miles removed from what it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
See also Wife Swap, Come Dine With Me etc etc. Take a homophobe and throw them together with Mr Camp and mix Ms Socialist with Mr Thatcher and pretend we have to ask 'what's going to happen?'
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Originally Posted by Smartie
Donkeys watching donkeys over a farm gate!
But with extra braying.Quote:
Originally Posted by pollution
Can't remember who tweeted it, but there was a comment along the lines of the path to celebrity being getting your cervix smashed in on national TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
There's some utter dross on itv2 right now, meant to be a celebrity show but if they changed the word 'celebrity' to '******wit', it would be closer to the mark.
Absolute garbage.
I have to admit I have never watched any of it, but your description is how I imagine it to be. It’s clearly a generational thing, but on this occasion I’m glad to be too old for that **** :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
You know what.... TV. I prefer walking, talking, biking, hiking,pubs,cafes,people watching,urban strolls,country walks,motor biking, scootering, sports live, fishing, sailing, sports cars, trains, planes and automobiles. So there!!!
What about "the burds" of the world? ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by stuart-farquhar
With biking and motorbiking on his list, it's fair to say he does a good bit of riding.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
:-) I wonder how long that post'll survive for!
A lot of this year's cast are probably a lot smarter than me or you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
It's just relatively entertaining and easy viewing. People like to live vicariously through the people too.
Easy viewing it may be but, most people now have a multitude of channels available to them to provide something a tad more entertaining than that gash! Rant over. :-)
I have none. Just got rid of my telly. Had enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
What do you point your furniture at?
:faf: That's my big problem right now. :cool2:Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
I couldn't imagine a life without music.Quote:
Originally Posted by stuart-farquhar
If you're paid a salary of X pounds/per annum, how come you have to work an extra day for nothing on (some) leap years? Shouldn't you get an extra day off on those ones? :dunno:
Cos it's per year... I'd imagine only those paid weekly or on zero hours 'benefit'Quote:
Originally Posted by snooky
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I'd never really thought of that! Maybe an additional 365th of a days holiday (1.2 minutes) added to my holiday allowance every 4 years would be a fair compromise. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by snooky
Long single file lines in almost any Wetherspoons. FFS the bars are huge, do you do it in any other pub?
Mainly because of ordering food and you need the assistant to be at the the till to enter table number etc then order.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
I noticed this for the first time ever at a pub recently.
Six people stood in a straight line to order drinks, not food.
There was room to stand beside the bar. Any good bar staff will know who is next to be served.
I hope that this is not going to be a new thing.
Nope not having that. Its a bar like any other. Food or not it doesn't happen anywhere else. Ive spoken to managers and staff in Spoons in many cities and none understand it. One manager even put signs up telling customers there was no need to queue. Its a complete mystery!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
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At the risk of upsetting done Wetherspoon regulars, I think it's because they don't regularly frequent pubs and are unfamiliar with the etiquette,,,,Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
My mum will rarely be found in pub, but she can't walk past a Wetherspoon for a coffee or what have you, and she'll gladly stand in line for that coffee!!!
Tell her to go to Starbucks and leave the pubs for the boozers! ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
Pub in Glasgow Airport, we were told to form a queue at the other side of the pillar that splits the bar because they can't tell who's next if there's not an orderly line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
I've never seen that happen before other than once in Aberdeen after our recent 0-0 game, and I'm a fairly regular customer of spoons across Edinburgh/Glasgow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
However, when it happened I didn't mind. I imagine anyone at the tables we queued past weren't happy but I was content to know I'd be served in turn. One for the pet peeves thread is when the bar tenders have no idea who is next (not their fault) and you and another customer both know you were there first but they start shouting their order ahead of you.
Sad days indeed when the bar staff don't know who's next. It was a skill all bar staff had at one time but no more. There's loads of things now become common which piss off us oldies (OK maybe just me) Automatically filling a glass to the top with ice. Pouring a whole bottle of tonic in your gin without asking. Next time you ask for two drams and they're coming out the same optic, pay attention to how quickly the second one is filled. Has the optic had time to fill properly?Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
You're right!. Should have been top of the he list!!Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Gerry Cinnamon.
Just Weegie chaviness all round.
Folk that feel the need to play music on public transport without the aid of earphones.
I don't know much about him beyond that one overplayed song that's inexplicably popular. Every time I see him he just screams CELTIC though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
Folk that feel the need to challenge every rule,regulation or procedure and waste time trying to argue their point.
100% agree with this, if they actually just did what everyone else manages to do without a fuss then everyone's life would be a lot easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
Obviously there's a place for a bit of anarchy/challenge but not with everything and not all the time. Arguing for arguing sake is just idiotic.
Something I don't understand is how do people in front of us take a long time at ATM's and check-in counters etc...yet when we go it seems to be really quick? Never quite understood that....
:agree: Mostly done because they only see the disadvantage to themselves and don't get why said rules are there for the benefit of the many.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
When you're on a course for work and you know that if you just let them teach you you could all get away an hour early but some buffoon keeps asking stupid questions or giving personal scenarios which are totally irrelevant to the course and others join in so you know your there for the duration.
I don't mind folk challenging a way of doing things if they have a constructive and workable alternative solution themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
My work just seems to be full of the 'this is a ***** way of doing things' mob who shrug their shoulders and look vaguely alarmed when you ask them how they would do it instead.
Oh yes...the 5 day offshore first aid/advanced first aid is an absolute disgrace. Not the attendees coming out with rubbish though but the trainers. A two day course padded out to five days by tales of heroics from times past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
Nail on head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
ha. every bloody course I go on for work is like that. stories of what the trainer did their whole career and how close they are to retirement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
mate we've all done this **** hundreds of times we just need you to sign the form to say we sat the course and we'll get back to actually working. cheers...
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Folk that get their cash out then put the card back into piss about with statements and that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigwheel
Should be 1 transaction then back to the end of the queue if you really need to do something else.
I can honestly say I've never seen the film Grease and I have absolutely no intention of watching it. I just just don't get it and the hype that surrounds it. I personally don't think that not having seen it is a big deal to be honest but the looks of utter shock horror I get (mainly from women) when I say this are really funny. It's like in that moment of admitting I haven't seen I have all of a sudden become a social outcast.
Ram it, I'm no watching it.... ever! :greengrin
What is the thing you "don't get" here?Quote:
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Originally Posted by Future17
Don't get the hype around the film and how it seems to be a "cult" classic. Also don't get why it seems to be such a big deal to some that I've not seen it and do not want to...
I know what you mean, I get the same attitude and 'how can you not have seen it' pish when I tell people I have never seen Top Gun. And I have to intention to watch it as I cant stand Tom Cruise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab