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Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 1:47 pm
by J Dory
Halloween was fun here as usual. We set off with the next door neighbours and some hangers on, was chaos on the streets with hundreds of kids, parents walking around with drinks, folks setting up shop in their front yards in full costume, smoke and light effects, music, handing out beers to parents, really is a party atmosphere in my neighborhood.

The joint afterwards was probably a mistake, though I had the common sense to hide the resultant pile of empty wrappers before bed, the kids are none the wiser that their loot was plundered.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:07 pm
by morepork
Fear and Loathing in Toronto.

Glad you had fun matey-potaty. Still hate it but...

Re: RE: Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:00 pm
by Donny osmond
Coco wrote:
morepork wrote:Don't fucking test me.
Ooooohh... Shaking in my Halloween costume.

Come on.. Its the one day a year you can get away with dressing like Donny..
No it isnt

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Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:03 pm
by Buggaluggs
I had one kid come to the house dressed like Hannibal Lecter. His mate was pushing him round on a dolly. That was good. I felt bad about pissing on all the candy after seeing that.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:53 pm
by morepork
You should have given him some fava beans and a nice chianti.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:33 pm
by welshsaint
Me Too....really? Someone touched your knee 30 years ago and it ruined your life?

It detracts from real abuse.

Which reminds me......when I first played senior rugby, anyone who scored a try jogged back and would inevitably get a tap on the arse from the skipper. Am I entitled to compensation? Asking for a friend.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 1:21 pm
by Stones of granite
welshsaint wrote:Me Too....really? Someone touched your knee 30 years ago and it ruined your life?

It detracts from real abuse.

Which reminds me......when I first played senior rugby, anyone who scored a try jogged back and would inevitably get a tap on the arse from the skipper. Am I entitled to compensation? Asking for a friend.
A friend who actually scored tries?

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:22 pm
by rowan
Using the word craft in lieu of write. Annoying enough when it's applied to creative writing (crafting poetry & fiction, for example), but now I see positions being advertised for grammar crafters and content crafters, which is actually editing - nothing to do with crafting at all. All seems a bit crafty to me :?

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:34 pm
by Mikey Brown
rowan wrote:Using the word craft in lieu of write. Annoying enough when it's applied to creative writing (crafting poetry & fiction, for example), but now I see positions being advertised for grammar crafters and content crafters, which is actually editing - nothing to do with crafting at all. All seems a bit crafty to me :?
Fucking hell. Stick the word “curate” in that category too. It’s probably the industry I’m in but 99% of the time is hear people use that word it means they made a Spotify playlist.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:44 pm
by rowan
Mikey Brown wrote:
rowan wrote:Using the word craft in lieu of write. Annoying enough when it's applied to creative writing (crafting poetry & fiction, for example), but now I see positions being advertised for grammar crafters and content crafters, which is actually editing - nothing to do with crafting at all. All seems a bit crafty to me :?
Fucking hell. Stick the word “curate” in that category too. It’s probably the industry I’m in but 99% of the time is hear people use that word it means they made a Spotify playlist.
:lol: Conjures up an image of some hoary old dotard seeing out his retirement in a museum and frequently being mistaken for one of the artefacts :twisted:

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 5:27 pm
by Banquo
Mikey Brown wrote:
rowan wrote:Using the word craft in lieu of write. Annoying enough when it's applied to creative writing (crafting poetry & fiction, for example), but now I see positions being advertised for grammar crafters and content crafters, which is actually editing - nothing to do with crafting at all. All seems a bit crafty to me :?
Fucking hell. Stick the word “curate” in that category too. It’s probably the industry I’m in but 99% of the time is hear people use that word it means they made a Spotify playlist.
Vicars do Spotify? that's worrying

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:49 pm
by J Dory
Canadian Border Services Agency.

As I await delivery of an item from the USofA, I've been utilizing the convenient USPS tracking system to follow it's progress across this great continent. Starting in Latonia Kentucky, up to Cincinnati Ohio, across to Chicago Illinois (wait, you're going the wrong f'ing way), to eventually settle in Mississauga Ontario Canada, oh so close, where it hasn't budged for 3 tortuous days while the Canadian Border Service Agency officer sits reading playboy and picking his f'ing nose.

First world problems and all that, I know.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:30 pm
by welshsaint
And then you get a notification offering help. 'Contact myself'. It's ME you 2@.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 3:37 pm
by Coco
J Dory wrote:Canadian Border Services Agency.

As I await delivery of an item from the USofA, I've been utilizing the convenient USPS tracking system to follow it's progress across this great continent. Starting in Latonia Kentucky, up to Cincinnati Ohio, across to Chicago Illinois (wait, you're going the wrong f'ing way), to eventually settle in Mississauga Ontario Canada, oh so close, where it hasn't budged for 3 tortuous days while the Canadian Border Service Agency officer sits reading playboy and picking his f'ing nose.

First world problems and all that, I know.
Hmmm... Latonia Kentucky... Isnt that where the "Real Doll" factory is located? :mrgreen:

Re: RE: Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 3:57 pm
by J Dory
Coco wrote:
J Dory wrote:Canadian Border Services Agency.

As I await delivery of an item from the USofA, I've been utilizing the convenient USPS tracking system to follow it's progress across this great continent. Starting in Latonia Kentucky, up to Cincinnati Ohio, across to Chicago Illinois (wait, you're going the wrong f'ing way), to eventually settle in Mississauga Ontario Canada, oh so close, where it hasn't budged for 3 tortuous days while the Canadian Border Service Agency officer sits reading playboy and picking his f'ing nose.

First world problems and all that, I know.
Hmmm... Latonia Kentucky... Isnt that where the "Real Doll" factory is located? :mrgreen:
Trust you to know.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:29 am
by Discreet Hooker
Posts than can only be read and understood by taking similar mind expanding ' medicine ' . :oops: :!:

Re: RE: Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:51 pm
by Coco
J Dory wrote:
Coco wrote:
J Dory wrote:Canadian Border Services Agency.

As I await delivery of an item from the USofA, I've been utilizing the convenient USPS tracking system to follow it's progress across this great continent. Starting in Latonia Kentucky, up to Cincinnati Ohio, across to Chicago Illinois (wait, you're going the wrong f'ing way), to eventually settle in Mississauga Ontario Canada, oh so close, where it hasn't budged for 3 tortuous days while the Canadian Border Service Agency officer sits reading playboy and picking his f'ing nose.

First world problems and all that, I know.
Hmmm... Latonia Kentucky... Isnt that where the "Real Doll" factory is located? :mrgreen:
Trust you to know.
Secrets safe with me J D 8-)

Have to admit, I was impressed with the border security when I was traveling to BC with my daughter when she was a toddler... They would not let me cross without her birth certificate. When I have crossed into Mexico with her, they just peek in the car, ask where I am from and wave me through.

Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 12:02 am
by J Dory
Coco wrote:
J Dory wrote:
Coco wrote:
Hmmm... Latonia Kentucky... Isnt that where the "Real Doll" factory is located? :mrgreen:
Trust you to know.
Secrets safe with me J D 8-)

Have to admit, I was impressed with the border security when I was traveling to BC with my daughter when she was a toddler... They would not let me cross without her birth certificate. When I have crossed into Mexico with her, they just peek in the car, ask where I am from and wave me through.
Birth certificate? Was that because she didn't have a passport? I've been crossing the border in multiple directions with the kiddies and never needed anything other than passports.

Thanks for your discretion regarding the real dolls, wouldn't want that getting out there.

Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:39 am
by Coco
J Dory wrote:
Coco wrote:
J Dory wrote:Trust you to know.
Secrets safe with me J D 8-)

Have to admit, I was impressed with the border security when I was traveling to BC with my daughter when she was a toddler... They would not let me cross without her birth certificate. When I have crossed into Mexico with her, they just peek in the car, ask where I am from and wave me through.
Birth certificate? Was that because she didn't have a passport? I've been crossing the border in multiple directions with the kiddies and never needed anything other than passports.

Thanks for your discretion regarding the real dolls, wouldn't want that getting out there.
This was back in '95 or so..(she is 22 now) I didnt need a passport, just my drivers license. My daughter did not have a passport until the next year.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:07 pm
by rowan
Ok so virtual signalling is obviously the latest buzz word. Having never seen it in my life before, I've now witnessed its use on countless occasions since about August . . . :shock: :?

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:49 pm
by Mikey Brown
I wish I could remember who it was that posed the question of whether anyone has ever sincerely used the phrase ‘virtue signalling’ whilst not being a total and utter dickhead.

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:52 pm
by morepork
....thank god somebody shook the tree. I was struggling to resist...

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:17 pm
by rowan
Mikey Brown wrote:I wish I could remember who it was that posed the question of whether anyone has ever sincerely used the phrase ‘virtue signalling’ whilst not being a total and utter dickhead.
:lol: That's about right!

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:36 pm
by Galfon
humbugger me.. all those lengthy slushy lookalike TV xmas adverts by the biggest retailers..gizza break. :|

Re: The Cringe/Hate Thread

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:03 pm
by morepork
Kill yer television.