General Chat

Andy, I have a 'bullshit bingo' sheet on my desk, for picking out the management speak during teleconferences :) The only one I'll admit to using occasionally myself is 'touch base'. Ashley - I just put a CD in instead.

Paul, I go out of my way not to, however my barbers plus the local takeaway are guilty of playing local radio, which is the only time I hear it. Haven't got round to changing barbers or trying out a different takeaway lol

Some cockney driver (late as usual, but it's not just him. He's new) asking me if I had all sorts of change but he just didn't want me to give it to me. He was asking the people behind me if they had any but in the end he gave me some, short of course but I didn't care by then. Really late today he was.

Another one: That our front door faces on to one road, but our address is for another adjoining one. Bright bit of planning from someone there. We would have to change the house deeds to get it amended. Too expensive. Every delivery, be it take-away or package has to have additional directions. If our regular postie goes on holiday we don't get post for a week. Mutter mutter chunta. RW

Paul re No 2 on my list - You'll have your chance to tell all on Saturday! LOL >*|*<

sloooooow websites grrrrrrrrrr

people coughing, sneezing and sniffing all round you at work when you can't get away from them

Daniel, If you ever visit London, best stay away from taxis. You'd get more than you bargained for with Cockney banter, how to set the world to rights, and be short-changed into the bargain. (It's called 'giving a tip'.) Now, I hope you're getting your homework done quickly, as you've two roles to play on Ken's Panto thread. And please note - I have had quite enough of stuffed bears in my house, so don't get any ideas. 'Mummy' >*|*<

oh no... not a panto thread... does he know what he's letting himself in for ? (oh yes he does... oh no he doesn't... lol)

CB, guilty of the second one on your list, it's a bloke's prerogative though lol

people who sit for the entire train journey sniffing (you DO know you're just inhaling all the bad stuff back in) and then have the cheek to look at ME in disgust when I blow my nose the man at the train station in the morning who's taken to calling me santa's little helper purely because I have a red woolly hat that's pointy (it's cold - I'd wear a pillow on my head at 5.30am if I had to) generally - people that eat loudly or chew gum, or spend the train jourmny loudly rustling sweety bags and crunching them noisily not all my irritations are train related honestly

People who, whilst eating, scrape the food of the fork with their teeth, and make that irritating scraping noise!!

and another one at work - when you call someone and they say - he's just in a meeting about that, he'll be free at XXpm, try calling back. So you call back at XXpm and they tell you they're putting together an email and will notify you asap. you wait and wait and wait and no email so you call back and they STILL won't answer your questions on teh phone. You know when I started work you rang people and they talked to you and answered questions. That was how you figured out how bright they were and whether you trusted what they said or you called back later to double check. I'm sure Alexander Graham Bell didn't invent the phone purely as a means of exchanging emails addresses.

Heres a script of when I talk to my mum; Paul: Mum? Mum: ....... Paul: Mum?? Mum: ......... Paul: Muuuuuum?? Mum: ............. Paul: MUUUUMMMMM???? MUUUUUUUUMM? Mum:................. Paul MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!!!! Mum: WHAT FOR GODS SAKE???!!!!????? Why the bloody hell didn't she answer me he first time? It'd save her from shouting dosey mare!

People who think they are clever and are not! People who insist my name is Hazel......it's not! Queueing................for anything Telephone surveys Heather

Paul, could it be perhaps that your next two words are 'can I' we tend to switch off sometimes, just to preserve our sanity you understand, and also so that we dont become accoustomed to thinking that our name is 'Mumcani' :-))))

Andy, Aaaah! Whassup, Diddums! LOL Good thing you're not joining us on Saturday then - don't want two long faces in the photos! >*|*<

And i really hate people keep saying 'but erm' every other word! Snoring really annoys me And people who keep sighing.

Sigh, some of us can't help snoring dear. lol

Paul!! tuts lol Im a very annoying sulker, i do know that.