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Discussion in 'Watford' started by Bolton's Boots, Jun 14, 2013.

  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Yup - still haven't come to grips with being charged for air and water at service stations - all free in Oz, well the part I come from anyway.

    And grapes - they're about half that price in Oz at the moment, and that's the out-of-season price.

    Shouldn't that be "..ashamed to be white, innit?" Really can't stand that put-on Yardie accent either.

    Exported Kiwis. <whistle>
     
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  2. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Macho Ozzies ... who go on about POMs, Women and the purpose of life is to beat England at anything... don't they realise the world has moved on ;) ( I am playing one at chess currently and the first thing he said when we started was "Hi POM loser...." <doh> )
     
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  3. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    <laugh>

    There's not that many left though - receding into the hills I think. And to be fair, I've never experienced the "..beat England at anything.." thing - a bit of a one way street I suspect. I think it was replaced years ago when the realisation hit home that, in sporting terms, they are simply superior.:)
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    LOL! Superior at PR Gaffes currently!!!
     
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  5. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    The snow stays too long.
    The price of beer.
    Having a bad national football team, so we are only 300000 people.
     
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  6. Jsybarry

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    Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini
     
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  7. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    1. I think this has been said before but BT or Deutsche Telekom call centres.
    2. Trying to book rail tickets online from the German railways.
    3. German government officials.
    4. Germans trying to be funny or polite (Neither works).
    5. German car drivers.
    6. People who drive with the windows down and the radio blasting.
    7. My neighbour's cats treating my vegetable garden as their own.
     
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  8. Guy1960

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    Fat people
    Swearing in public
    Aggressive people
    Holloway
    Excessive tweeters
    Lack of decent sport on terrestrial TV
    Gary Lineker and smug pundits generally
    Junk emails
    The EEC
     
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  9. Deleted 1

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    Can we have as may goes as we like? Got another one from last night - overweight women who get aggressive and abusive when you offer them your seat. Pregnant women must despair of idiots like that as it's not exactly encouraging people to give their seat up is it? Say nothing, smile sweetly and be grateful someone's offered you a seat you ignorant bint <steam>
     
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  10. Norwayhornet

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    Do that sort of chilvarous thing here and you will get serious weird looks .
     
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  11. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Won't be much space left in the room if we throw all them in. <whistle>

    And, yes - have as many goes as you like. <ok>
     
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  12. Golden Gordon

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    Pretty well all the above, barring the cat litter tray- ours are very good and just go outside- usually in next door's garden, I think.

    Add:

    Middle lane drivers on motorways. Late at night, nothing much on the road, scooting along the inside lane at 70 plus a bit for luck- there he/she is coming up in the distance. Middle lane, 60mph, teeth gritted, frown of concentration. Is he/she going to move over or do I have to move all the way across to the outside lane? Nope, no movement. Rigor mortis has set in, I think. Bah!!

    Plus: people who keep their diaries on their phone/i-pad/blackberry/ psion organiser. Trying to fix up next few meetings (rehearsals, usually, for me). Those few of us still using traditional pen and paper are long done and dusted, then we get the usual chorus of "what day are we talking about?" "Which month?". Then we find that no, turns out they can't do that, they've got a dental appointment or something. Bah and double bah!!
     
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  13. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Agreed on both counts!

    I had to use an organizer at work, so the PAs could schedule appts. so the snr mngmt said.. and I once made a training day for my team and put the wrong year in.. they were all there I was in another town <doh> .. good outcome though ;)
     
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  14. babyhornetdan

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    1. People who lack manners
    2. People who shout down the phone
    3. People who take items off the shelves in a shop but put it back somewhere else
    4. Justin Bieber
    5. Nicky Minaj
    6. Drivers who drive under the speed limit in dry/good conditions
    7. Managers who have no experience of the job, but insist their way is always best.

    Thats just to name a few.
     
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  15. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    May be going to ruffle a few feathers here - sorry if that's the case, but why is driving under the speed limit a problem ? Also, in wet conditions people drive slower and, because they are closer together, there are more accidents - in dry conditions there are fewer accidents but with more fatal consequences - which raises the question - what are 'good' driving conditions ?
     
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  16. canary-dave

    canary-dave Well-Known Member

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    A real pet hate of mine, made much worse by "text speak" and using fewer characters on twitter, but it really steams me up when people use "of" instead of "have" as in I would of.... or I could of.... God it pains me just to use it as an example! <grr> <steam> <grr>
     
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  17. Busy Being Headhunted

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    listening to someone who cannot complete a sentence without a swear word
     
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  18. babyhornetdan

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    Feel free to ruffle. I mean that if its a dry, clear day on an A road or Motorway what is the point of doing 50 or 60? Or even less, I have come across some twerp doing 40!! on the M1. Its very dangerous as people arent expecting it and as they slow people behind them jam on their breaks and cause accidents. There is a reason farm traffic and other categories of vehicle arent allowed on motorways and its because they are too slow!
     
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  19. babyhornetdan

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    Oh **** off you old twat. :emoticon-0110-tongu
     
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  20. Norwayhornet

    Norwayhornet Well-Known Member

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    Not true here sunny summer conditions people obey stupidly slow speed limits , in winter snow and ice they all turn into speed freaks ,its frightening . last year in rogaland 87% of accidents on the roads were under 30 kmh , thus leading me to believe going slowly is bloody dangerous.
     
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