taxi4ballet Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 People who say: "Ooh, it's too cold for snow" Er... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Mansplaining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 ?? It is when a man is explaining something in words of one syllable to a woman because he believes that all women are dunces, and that he knows everything about everything and you couldn't possibly understand, but he will tell you (at length) anyway. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 It is when a man is explaining something in words of one syllable to a woman because he believes that all women are dunces, and that he knows everything about everything and you couldn't possibly understand, but he will tell you (at length) anyway. In which case I fully support its inclusion in Room 101! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I like it when you get to the end of a particularly long example of a mansplaining, the man says patronisingly - Have you got that love? - and you can stifle a yawn and reply - I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Ha ha if only they knew ....you've usually got it and more after the first sentence.....but do men get the quantum leaps us females seem to be able to make without all the logical detail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 It is when a man is explaining something in words of one syllable to a woman because he believes that all women are dunces, and that he knows everything about everything and you couldn't possibly understand, but he will tell you (at length) anyway. beautifully mansplained lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 People who say: "Ooh, it's too cold for snow" Er... Well snow rarely falls in really cold temps due to lack of moisture so you can see where they are coming from 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 beautifully mansplained lol Womansplained actually!! (Otherwise known as the art of explaining something to anybody who happens to have got hold of the wrong end of the stick) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I like the Basil Fawlty explanation technique best. It gets straight to the point, in more ways than one and leaves little or no room for confusion or doubt. Unfortunately, it is illegal now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Womansplained actually!! (Otherwise known as the art of explaining something to anybody who happens to have got hold of the wrong end of the stick) but that destroys the joke... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 but that destroys the joke... I know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Finally Southern Rail in 101 Was so disappointed to read no agreement has been reached with either Union now......so the strikes start again next week. I have to go up to London once a week but cannot always come back on the same day. It affects me a lot financially as when the timetable is normal I can buy some much cheaper seats so can go up and back from Brighton to London for less than £10 with a senior rail pass. However once the strikes come back I end up having to buy a ticket which allows me to get any train ( including Thameslink) just to make sure I can get there and back depending on exactly who is striking on any given day of travel. This ticket now costs £23 with a senior rail pass....a significant difference. I do wish this dispute could get sorted out or I will not be able to afford this travel for much longer so will not be able to continue with ballet activities up in London unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 People who put bottles on the supermarket conveyor belt sideways so they roll about all over the place. For crying out loud, put them lengthways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Taxi, I put them on lengthways and they still roll about! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 What drives me mad is when you put a few delicate squashable things on the conveyor last (eggs, cakes, flowers etc) and their great bottles of cola bear down inexorably on them! Pointy end first, that's the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 People who put bottles on the supermarket conveyor belt sideways so they roll about all over the place. For crying out loud, put them lengthways! This is what you would put in Room 101? I could imagine that this could be a Tv programme on your Channel 5. Just clips over clips of 'hilarious' mishaps. Now I think of it... I might even choose watch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 This is what you would put in Room 101? I started the thread in 2012... I've put plenty of other things in since then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Taxi, I put them on lengthways and they still roll about! Janet, buy two wedges of cheese at the same time - problem solved! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) deleted - double post from twitchy fingers! Edited February 21, 2017 by Quintus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 those people who DON'T (won't?) put the divider at the end of their pile on the conveyor belt, so you have to reach past them to do it yourself! Grr! Or then take 5 mins to find their purse/wallet after slowly packing everything away, and placing in 2-3 different bags to what balances... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Or then take 5 mins to find their purse/wallet after slowly packing everything away, and placing in 2-3 different bags to what balances... Oops. Were you standing behind me, Dave? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Or then take 5 mins to find their purse/wallet after slowly packing everything away, and placing in 2-3 different bags to what balances... You need to start shopping in Aldi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 You need to start shopping in Aldi! Too long a walk to my nearest one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 those people who DON'T (won't?) put the divider at the end of their pile on the conveyor belt, so you have to reach past them to do it yourself! Grr! . My bugbear is the person behind me at the checkout who plonks a divider down on the conveyor belt while I am still unloading my trolley, without any idea of how much shopping I still have to unload. And who then proceeds to unload his or her shopping. I usually say, "Excuse me but I still have a lot to unload and you haven't left me enough room". If that doesn't do the trick I just start pushing the divider back and continue unloading. This is a fairly recent phenomenon - I wonder how it started? I really hate supermarket shopping, but then I still remember the old days when food shopping for a week took ages as we queued up at two or three different counters for (e.g) dairy products, prepared meats and so on and then traipsed to another shop for fruit and vegetables, and another for bread, another for dry goods and tinned goods, carrying ever-heavier bags... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 People eating and talking at the same time or just eating with their mouth open, especially when they have literally bitten off more than they can chew, then biting off even more while they are still chewing the first chunk. Then struggling to swallow and trying to wash it down with a drink. Yuk. Just take a smaller bite, chew, swallow and repeat. The mess people can make with even the smallest snack. How is that possible? Perhaps they are used to being waited on at home. The magic cleaning fairy will tidy up after them. People eating with mouth open is one of my pet hates. As Reggie Perrin once said to the offending chewer - once the food has passed your lips, that should be the last we see of it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 My bugbear is the person behind me at the checkout who plonks a divider down on the conveyor belt while I am still unloading my trolley, without any idea of how much shopping I still have to unload. And who then proceeds to unload his or her shopping. I usually say, "Excuse me but I still have a lot to unload and you haven't left me enough room". If that doesn't do the trick I just start pushing the divider back and continue unloading. This is a fairly recent phenomenon - I wonder how it started? I really hate supermarket shopping, but then I still remember the old days when food shopping for a week took ages as we queued up at two or three different counters for (e.g) dairy products, prepared meats and so on and then traipsed to another shop for fruit and vegetables, and another for bread, another for dry goods and tinned goods, carrying ever-heavier bags... I've noticed it happening more and more Anne. It drives me around the bend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I've noticed it happening more and more Anne. It drives me around the bend. I promise I am not one of those :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 While we're on shops, and this has likely been covered before........ everything in the supermarket coming in plastic bags or boxes or clingfilm. They have the nerve to charge for carrier bags, but then every wretched item brings its own plastic detritus with it. Why can't we get cheese, veg, fruit etc in paper bags any more? If the Govt can legislate about carrier bags, which just hits the consumer (I used to use supermarket bags as bin liners, now I buy the liners, so no net plastic saved) then why can't they force the supermarkets to reduce their consumption of plastic packaging? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colman Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Apparently there's a delicate trade-off between food waste and packaging: those plastic covered cucumbers cut wastage massively. I don't know how biodegradable they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Our local council recycles plastic packaging - one of the very few things they are actually good at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 All I know is that Sainsbury's appear to have moved from fruit in recyclable polybags to fruit in non-recyclable polybags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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