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Post by hild on Aug 24, 2016 12:22:34 GMT
People who call me 'babe' or 'hun' - this may occur disproportionately because I live in Essex Many years ago, we had a man came to give an estimate for some plumbing work. He called Mrs A ,babes......he didn't get the job. I hate 'guys' as in...Hi guys, can I get you table.....Okay guys is this table okay.....Hi guys are you ready to order..........Is everything okay with your food guys.......etc. etc..it was only myself and my mother dining, we weren't even much of a group so when it got to the point where the waiter said ....Hi guys is there anything else I can do for you....my mother said "Yes, please stop saying "guys", every time you do I take a percentage off your tip, you appear to have lost approximately 40% of it so far, you have dessert and coffee to make it up, is that acceptable to you!"..........go mum!!!
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Post by althea on Aug 24, 2016 12:52:09 GMT
I have a couple of those, gus. It's no easier with one of those.It's just another thing for the sellotape to stick to me. Honestly,sellotape turns vicious when it gets near me.
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Post by althea on Aug 24, 2016 12:56:11 GMT
Why is it I have to shout/repeat/repeat everything for my mother (92) but when I say something on the quiet about her to my brother, she hears every word? It is the same with my husband.If I call him,he ignores me,in case I want him to do something. I have been putting it down to the fact his hearing is not good. The other day I kept calling him loudly because there was a spider in the kitchen. He shouted back,"I can't hear you."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 13:17:56 GMT
Reminds me of the chap who went to the doctor who was worried his wife was going deaf.
Well said the doctor it is an easy thing to work out. Quietly go up behind her and ask her a question, and you will be able to tell.
That evening he went in and his wife was at the kitchen sink
'What's for super darling?' he said in a normal voice. Silence
So he went a bit closer and a bit louder said
'What's for supper darling?'
'Silence again so he went even closer and in a very loud voice said
'WHATS FOR SUPPER DARLING?'
At which point she turned around and said
'For the last bloody time, I have told you, it's chicken!'
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Post by marispiper on Sept 4, 2016 9:57:40 GMT
Has anyone noticed how the BBC have decided to televise frequent programmes/news items/one show stuff promoting positive images of Moslems. I am getting fed up with them now and think...oh no, not another one.
Surely we know there are decent Moslems; this is a kind of propaganda.
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Post by aubrey on Sept 4, 2016 11:23:03 GMT
I've not noticed, especially: but what's up what's wrong with it? Even if it's propaganda, there's plenty of propaganda from the other side, like that racist dick Kelvin McKenzie (and the rest of the Sun).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2016 11:44:10 GMT
Has anyone noticed how the BBC have decided to televise frequent programmes/news items/one show stuff promoting positive images of Moslems. I am getting fed up with them now and think...oh no, not another one. Surely we know there are decent Moslems; this is a kind of propaganda. Perhaps there are plenty of Muslims in high BBC jobs, the head of religious affairs for instance is a Muslim - hence Songs of Praise is reduced to a shadow of it's former self. Political correctness carried too far I would also question the disproportionate number of non white presenters/newsreaders etc
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Post by marispiper on Sept 4, 2016 13:03:05 GMT
Now that's funny because I think presenters are fine from any ethnicity... or sexual/gender identity come to that. My gripe is, I don't think we should be making anything of it at all.
The Bishop of Grantham is gay. So? Is my response.
All the promotion of minorities as special cases...no.
Just accept, don't promote.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 13:26:37 GMT
Now that's funny because I think presenters are fine from any ethnicity... or sexual/gender identity come to that. My gripe is, I don't think we should be making anything of it at all. The Bishop of Grantham is gay. So? Is my response. All the promotion of minorities as special cases...no. Just accept, don't promote. In that case should we be making anything out of the Keith Vaz incident? After all as far as I know he as not broken the law.
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Post by marispiper on Sept 5, 2016 14:05:26 GMT
Now that's funny because I think presenters are fine from any ethnicity... or sexual/gender identity come to that. My gripe is, I don't think we should be making anything of it at all. The Bishop of Grantham is gay. So? Is my response. All the promotion of minorities as special cases...no. Just accept, don't promote. In that case should we be making anything out of the Keith Vaz incident? After all as far as I know he as not broken the law. That's what I was thinking. There is a big push to legitimize sex workers...but clearly not those who use them! If it is legal what's the fuss? Equally, it really irritated me that two men were castigated for holding hands in Sainsburys!!!! It's legal for heavens sake. Just because some people tut-tut...tough!
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Post by ARENA on Sept 5, 2016 14:56:23 GMT
When I was on Fleet Street the idea was to inform the public, not to prejudice them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 15:13:41 GMT
Now that's funny because I think presenters are fine from any ethnicity... or sexual/gender identity come to that. My gripe is, I don't think we should be making anything of it at all. The Bishop of Grantham is gay. So? Is my response. All the promotion of minorities as special cases...no. Just accept, don't promote. In that case should we be making anything out of the Keith Vaz incident? After all as far as I know he as not broken the law. Sensational headlines sell newspapers. I am surprised at the Mirror
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Post by clioseward on Sept 5, 2016 15:22:15 GMT
Adverts that talk down to you.
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Post by marispiper on Sept 17, 2016 16:02:08 GMT
Adverts that talk down to you. What I hate is adverts that load you with either guilt or misery...and the voices they use...insincere sincerity. Cancer Research...some poor mite with tubes/no hair Water Aid...shoeless black little kids Heart Foundation...you will die of heart attack The ones on the radio are actually worse.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 16:12:31 GMT
Adverts that talk down to you. What I hate is adverts that load you with either guilt or misery...and the voices they use...insincere sincerity. Cancer Research...some poor mite with tubes/no hair Water Aid...shoeless black little kids Heart Foundation...you will die of heart attack The ones on the radio are actually worse. I pay very little attention to adverts these days, anything watched from ITV is recorded and the adverts fast forwarded They used to be informative but are now just silly. I mean "How clean are you after going to the toilet" - Andrex was better with the cuddly puppy
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