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kate white

Oct 23rd 2007 2:03 am

Re: What drives you nuts??

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Originally Posted by jempee (Post 5457583)

Can definatly vouch for that. My son has been out with his (canadian)girlfriend for dinner in Victoria and the waitress even passed him her phone number :ohmy: Didn't please the girlfriend.

My husband has been told (even when im with him) what a lovely accent he has etc. We were in our local shop and the cashier asked if that was all and he said ' yes, unless you have the loving off a good women i can have'. in all seriousness she replied, well if you give me your phone number i know plenty of girlfriends that will just love that accent! when we were leaving she then said 'if your serious come back and give me that number'............

HELLO, IM STANDING RIGHT HERE, WHAT AM I CHOPPED FRICKIN LIVER :curse: :rofl:

:rofl::rofl:Ive got to tell him that one and he does like the girls lets hope this will help:thumbsup:PLEASE or he really will drive mom and dad nuts:ohmy:

mandi moo

Oct 23rd 2007 2:43 am

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Thought id jump on the band wagon....one thing that drives me nuts is bad breath, not getting my own way ;), and football when my soaps are on :curse:
My major bug bare though is when people are eating gum and they chew REALLY loudly or eat there food and make all the noise of a pig like my OH does when eating a kebab after a night out :rofl:
Mandi x

bazzz

Oct 23rd 2007 5:47 am

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...people who mix up "there" and "their".

rwin	Oct 23rd 2007 6:00 am

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Originally Posted by bazzz (Post 5458563)

...people who mix up "there" and "their".

there annoying

hot wasabi peas

Oct 23rd 2007 6:03 am

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Originally Posted by rwin (Post 5458614)

there annoying

Yes, they our.

(like I should talk)

hot wasabi peas

Oct 23rd 2007 6:07 am

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leaf blowers :curse:

(not Belinda Stronach)

Steve_P

Oct 23rd 2007 6:12 am

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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas (Post 5458640)

leaf blowers :curse:

I agree:curse::curse::curse:

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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas (Post 5458640)

(not Belinda Stronach)

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Edna Bucket

Oct 23rd 2007 6:43 am

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Originally Posted by rwin (Post 5458614)

there annoying

No they're really annoying

daft batty

Oct 23rd 2007 7:21 am

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Originally Posted by jempee (Post 5457591)

I really hate that as well. I am often QUITE sarcastic im afraid to those that forget there manners.

isnt that bad manners?

Atlantic Xpat

Oct 23rd 2007 7:30 am

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The thing that has me shouting abuse at the TV is the TV ad for the Newfoundland and Labrador 24/7 healthline. A laudable service, you can call anytime & speak to a nurse in a call centre. The ad shows pictures of concerned Newfoundlander and Labradorians talking on the phone to the Nurse, In A Call Centre and becoming visibly happier. Now thats all well and good but then the ad comes to a close and this nurse, WEARING SCRUBS with a STETHOSCOPE around her neck and Bluetooth headphone on smiles knowingly at the camera. She's in a friggin call centre so why the scrubs??? And what's she going to do with the Stethoscope?? Ask me to put the bloody phone receiver to my chest while she sticks the other end onto her bluetooth bloody headset??? Do the people that run the healthline think we're stupid!!!

OK. I admit. I need to get out more. :D

RodRos&Co.

Oct 23rd 2007 8:22 am

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Originally Posted by jempee (Post 5457583)

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: OMG I thought I was getting paranoid:blink:

Steve_P

Oct 23rd 2007 8:29 am

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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 5458979)

Now thats all well and good but then the ad comes to a close and this nurse, WEARING SCRUBS with a STETHOSCOPE around her neck and Bluetooth headphone on smiles knowingly at the camera. She's in a friggin call centre so why the scrubs??? And what's she going to do with the Stethoscope?? Ask me to put the bloody phone receiver to my chest while she sticks the other end onto her bluetooth bloody headset??? Do the people that run the healthline think we're stupid!!!

OK. I admit. I need to get out more. :D

At a stretch I could buy the scrubs (uniform in a sense) but I do have to question the stethoscope.:confused:

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Do the people that run the healthline think we're stupid!!!

No but the people contracted to write the ad do and they'll likely have sold those healthline people on the idea that the scrubs and stethoscope are necessary to portray the appropriate image.:p

It's all about image in the world of advertising.

Biiiiink

Oct 23rd 2007 8:41 am

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There's a USA diabetes ad that does that too - call centre ops wearing white coats. Why??

And I *hate* the way that old boy with the bushy 'tache says "die-uhh-BEE-tuss".

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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 5458979)

Steve_P

Oct 23rd 2007 8:45 am

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Those stupid Viagra ads with the people talking gibberish.

Also the Yoptimal ads with the idiot with the grey hair buying yogurt at a bar.

rwin	Oct 23rd 2007 1:48 pm

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 5459293)

Those stupid Viagra ads with the people talking gibberish.

I hate those too. But I wish I was the one who came up with it.

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