Annoyances
May 4th 2007, 8:31 am
#31
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Re: Annoyances
......complete and utter sensory overload......flat out refuse to take my kids there anymore.......they wonder why they are the only ones in the estate who never go........I just tell them Satan lives there 
........after 3 hours you have the mental capacity of one of these:
thought my Son had lost his mind in there. ........after 3 hours you have the mental capacity of one of these:
May 4th 2007, 8:32 am
#33
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Re: Annoyances
Inability of most Americans to use both knife and fork simultaneously.
Lack of sidewalks/pavements outside major cities
Wearing flip flops everywhere...
The obsession with appearance as the no. 1 priority (not just for people)
The phobia of seeing nipples, penises and other body parts in public (even art)
Salad with croutons in it
The big is better mentality (pity it doesn't apply to intellectual capabilities)
Lack of sidewalks/pavements outside major cities
Wearing flip flops everywhere...
The obsession with appearance as the no. 1 priority (not just for people)
The phobia of seeing nipples, penises and other body parts in public (even art)
Salad with croutons in it
The big is better mentality (pity it doesn't apply to intellectual capabilities)
May 4th 2007, 8:37 am
#35
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May 4th 2007, 8:39 am
#36
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Re: Annoyances
Personally, I sometimes go thru McD's and get an ice cream cone. it's soooo good - and cheap. I'm so happy about getting the cone, I don't worry about whether I like go thru the drive through. Ever tried their ice cream Paddington? $1 for a cone.
May 4th 2007, 8:44 am
#37
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Re: Annoyances
When I first arrived, it was things that worked the wrong way, light switches, and the first half of a game is the top. "T"s that sound like "D"s still annoy me.
But, trust me, there were things that I disliked more, in Britain.
But, trust me, there were things that I disliked more, in Britain.
May 4th 2007, 8:45 am
#38
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Re: Annoyances
We're Brits for blimey sake. We are not happy unless we can have a little moan...
To add to my list :-
Lack of decent tesco deli counter
and Take out Fresh Injun Food
American Tea Bags (max of 3 tea leaves per bag)
Noisy Grass Blowers (what's wrong with a Rake)
FAD with eating out at "Taste like Home Food" joints - so friggen eat at home then FFS...
Addiction to Basketball (every friggin hoop scored looks like any other... to me)
Americans who say Soccer is boring !!!!
Check out Cashiers who don't say PLEASE nor THANK YOU...
Americans that don't know what :-
A cashpoint machine is.
A trolley is (to wheel my naff American Bread in)
A Fridge is
How to spell Cheque
Who call Herbie, Herbie but a Herb, an URB !!!!!
Real Cheese is
A Mobile Phone (not cell) is
TTFN
To add to my list :-
Lack of decent tesco deli counter
and Take out Fresh Injun FoodAmerican Tea Bags (max of 3 tea leaves per bag)
Noisy Grass Blowers (what's wrong with a Rake)
FAD with eating out at "Taste like Home Food" joints - so friggen eat at home then FFS...
Addiction to Basketball (every friggin hoop scored looks like any other... to me)
Americans who say Soccer is boring !!!!
Check out Cashiers who don't say PLEASE nor THANK YOU...
Americans that don't know what :-
A cashpoint machine is.
A trolley is (to wheel my naff American Bread in)
A Fridge is
How to spell Cheque
Who call Herbie, Herbie but a Herb, an URB !!!!!
Real Cheese is
A Mobile Phone (not cell) is
TTFN
But... we know what a fridge is (you guys don't mean something different do you?)
May 4th 2007, 8:47 am
#39
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Re: Annoyances
They are nice, buy them for my little Lad, mummy has a lick of course. It's just like Toni Bell ice cream from back home.
May 4th 2007, 8:48 am
#40
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Re: Annoyances
......actually, I will be late somewhere in order to avoid one. 
There is just something savagely evil about them........when St Peter has his book open and is sifting through the candidates, he'll be jerking his thumb to the unlucky ones in the direction of a drive-thru.......a rather hot one.
There is just something savagely evil about them........when St Peter has his book open and is sifting through the candidates, he'll be jerking his thumb to the unlucky ones in the direction of a drive-thru.......a rather hot one.
May 4th 2007, 8:49 am
#41
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Re: Annoyances
I've never had their ice cream, sometimes I develope a great need for a cheeseburger and fries though. I don't use the drive through, communication can be difficult as I don't know the menu by heart.
May 4th 2007, 8:52 am
#42
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Re: Annoyances
If we do stop at fast food whilst on the road - we go to Wendy's. While OH is inhaling a burger, I get a large chili. Love their chili. Apart from that, I really don't frequent the places.
May 4th 2007, 8:57 am
#43
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Re: Annoyances
I forgot. One that irks me is/are Brits who become more and more British, the longer they are here, the wives who go and join the "Daughters of the British Empire"
http://www.dbesociety.org/
"Do you enjoy social and fundraising events such as British Faires, The Highland Games, Victorian Teas, Garden Parties, Fashion Shows, Family Picnics and so on?"
http://www.dbesociety.org/
"Do you enjoy social and fundraising events such as British Faires, The Highland Games, Victorian Teas, Garden Parties, Fashion Shows, Family Picnics and so on?"
May 4th 2007, 9:04 am
#44
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Re: Annoyances
Too much fun for a Friday afternoon..... Some more.... I need a beer NOW !!
Obsession with Horrible Cookies
Cookies made from cookie dough, put in the oven and then the "I made these for you" claims.
Chicken Teri-YUKKI in all mall food courts
Self flushing toilets that forget how to flush or flush you when you sit. How friggin difficult is it to flush, why do we need an auto flush FFS
Delta's new food service... "You may choose from any ONE snack"
Restaurant Chains - what's wrong with restaurants that are different from each other...
America has made me addicited to $4.29 coffees. How did that happen?
Obsession to "EDGE" cut lawns EVERY WEEK... Let it overgrow for a bit !!
A channel dedicated entirely to WEATHER - WTF
Commercial Breaks....
and to end my Friday list (maybe)...
When I order a cup of hot tea. I DON'T want CREAM when I ask for Milk. I don't WANT LEMON. I don't want a POT of warm WATER and a Bag and NO I do not want EARLY GRAY just because I'm a Brit..
TTFN
Obsession with Horrible Cookies
Cookies made from cookie dough, put in the oven and then the "I made these for you" claims.
Chicken Teri-YUKKI in all mall food courts
Self flushing toilets that forget how to flush or flush you when you sit. How friggin difficult is it to flush, why do we need an auto flush FFS
Delta's new food service... "You may choose from any ONE snack"
Restaurant Chains - what's wrong with restaurants that are different from each other...
America has made me addicited to $4.29 coffees. How did that happen?
Obsession to "EDGE" cut lawns EVERY WEEK... Let it overgrow for a bit !!
A channel dedicated entirely to WEATHER - WTF
Commercial Breaks....
and to end my Friday list (maybe)...
When I order a cup of hot tea. I DON'T want CREAM when I ask for Milk. I don't WANT LEMON. I don't want a POT of warm WATER and a Bag and NO I do not want EARLY GRAY just because I'm a Brit..
TTFN
May 4th 2007, 9:06 am
#45
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Re: Annoyances
Too much fun for a Friday afternoon..... Some more.... I need a beer NOW !!
Obsession with Horrible Cookies
Cookies made from cookie dough, put in the oven and then the "I made these for you" claims.
Chicken Teri-YUKKI in all mall food courts
Self flushing toilets that forget how to flush or flush you when you sit. How friggin difficult is it to flush, why do we need an auto flush FFS
Delta's new food service... "You may choose from any ONE snack"
Restaurant Chains - what's wrong with restaurants that are different from each other...
America has made me addicited to $4.29 coffees. How did that happen?
Obsession to "EDGE" cut lawns EVERY WEEK... Let it overgrow for a bit !!
A channel dedicated entirely to WEATHER - WTF
Commercial Breaks....
and to end my Friday list (maybe)...
When I order a cup of hot tea. I DON'T want CREAM when I ask for Milk. I don't WANT LEMON. I don't want a POT of warm WATER and a Bag and NO I do not want EARLY GRAY just because I'm a Brit..
TTFN
Obsession with Horrible Cookies
Cookies made from cookie dough, put in the oven and then the "I made these for you" claims.
Chicken Teri-YUKKI in all mall food courts
Self flushing toilets that forget how to flush or flush you when you sit. How friggin difficult is it to flush, why do we need an auto flush FFS
Delta's new food service... "You may choose from any ONE snack"
Restaurant Chains - what's wrong with restaurants that are different from each other...
America has made me addicited to $4.29 coffees. How did that happen?
Obsession to "EDGE" cut lawns EVERY WEEK... Let it overgrow for a bit !!
A channel dedicated entirely to WEATHER - WTF
Commercial Breaks....
and to end my Friday list (maybe)...
When I order a cup of hot tea. I DON'T want CREAM when I ask for Milk. I don't WANT LEMON. I don't want a POT of warm WATER and a Bag and NO I do not want EARLY GRAY just because I'm a Brit..
TTFN
is that all 
