Annoyances
May 4th 2007, 9:07 pm
#46
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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, 9:08 pm
#47
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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, 9:08 pm
#48
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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
Your good at this ain't ya.
May 4th 2007, 9:10 pm
#50
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,442
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?"
Theory #2
*......at first you become very American......adopt a slight twang, wear 10 gallon hats, support Republican politics, etc, etc.....
*......then you become very British......don plus fours and a deer-stalker (monocle optional)....put a GB or flag sticker on your trunk/boot.....what, what?
*......finally, you sort of even out.......hit a plateau.......bit of this, bit of that......
What sayeth thou, oh great oracle?
May 4th 2007, 9:12 pm
#51
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May 4th 2007, 9:15 pm
#52
Pass me the Marmite..
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Re: Annoyances
It's Friday...... I don't care what country I am in, on a Friday ahhh.. Blisss...
Bugger, I gotta go sit at all those red lights, sit at 4 way stops and teach people (with my horn) they can turn left on a green if no cars are coming straight through....
Bugger, I gotta go sit at all those red lights, sit at 4 way stops and teach people (with my horn) they can turn left on a green if no cars are coming straight through....
May 4th 2007, 9:44 pm
#53
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May 4th 2007, 10:15 pm
#54
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Re: Annoyances
Slow driving, freeways!
Characterless buildings.
No direct debit facility.
Lack of Ribena, Kia Ora or any decent cordial drink.
Lamps instead of ceiling lights, why not both?
No decent lamb. Every time I buy it, it's so rank it tastes like it died of old age.
Missing Brit TV.
No king prawn vindaloo.
Nothing serious, really.
Characterless buildings.
No direct debit facility.
Lack of Ribena, Kia Ora or any decent cordial drink.
Lamps instead of ceiling lights, why not both?
No decent lamb. Every time I buy it, it's so rank it tastes like it died of old age.
Missing Brit TV.
No king prawn vindaloo.
Nothing serious, really.
May 4th 2007, 10:28 pm
#56
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Joined: Jan 2004
Location: Plano, TX
Posts: 4,323
Re: Annoyances
don't eat fast food darling.
let me see about list of annoyances:
drive thru banks
drive thru cleaners
turn right on red
beautiful sunny weather
beautiful lakes
gorgeous houses
sporty cars
good looking men (especially George Clooney)
beautiful garden shops
the great department stores
salad bars
Publix
Whole Foods
Tree lined streets
Smiling polite people
Cute kids
Godiva chocs
Canteloupe
Watermelon
Fresh orange juice
Sour cream
Red Velvet cake
Cheap petrol
Ray's tongue
Well you know all that is hard to put up with, right?
let me see about list of annoyances:
drive thru banks
drive thru cleaners
turn right on red
beautiful sunny weather
beautiful lakes
gorgeous houses
sporty cars
good looking men (especially George Clooney)
beautiful garden shops
the great department stores
salad bars
Publix
Whole Foods
Tree lined streets
Smiling polite people
Cute kids
Godiva chocs
Canteloupe
Watermelon
Fresh orange juice
Sour cream
Red Velvet cake
Cheap petrol
Ray's tongue
Well you know all that is hard to put up with, right?
Smiling polite people
Cute kids
WTF? Did they give you a lobotomy at the airport when you arrived? Cute kids
May 4th 2007, 10:28 pm
#57
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Posts: 3,264
Re: Annoyances
Carpenter ants, bleugh hate 'em.
Not being able to get Clarks kids shoes.
Not being able to get Clarks kids shoes.
May 4th 2007, 10:33 pm
#58
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May 4th 2007, 10:36 pm
#59
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Location: New Jersey
Posts: 2,488
Re: Annoyances
This is so pathetic but...
Why does every 'holiday' has to have a colour associated with it? Valentine's Day is RED & WHITE, Paddy's Day is GREEN & WHITE, Easter and BLUE & YELLOW, Halloween is BLACK & ORANGE, Christmas is RED & GREEN. I bought some Christmas lights the other year, and put them outside my house along with the other lights which are RED & GREEN (much to the, admitted falsified, dismay of my wife). Now, because I have BLUE lights outside each year, everyone assumes one of us is Jewish, because Hanukkah is BLUE...
FFS...
Why does every 'holiday' has to have a colour associated with it? Valentine's Day is RED & WHITE, Paddy's Day is GREEN & WHITE, Easter and BLUE & YELLOW, Halloween is BLACK & ORANGE, Christmas is RED & GREEN. I bought some Christmas lights the other year, and put them outside my house along with the other lights which are RED & GREEN (much to the, admitted falsified, dismay of my wife). Now, because I have BLUE lights outside each year, everyone assumes one of us is Jewish, because Hanukkah is BLUE...
FFS...
May 4th 2007, 10:44 pm
#60
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Re: Annoyances
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