Irritations

[mpriestnall]

Or anyone called Michael!

[mpriestnall]

I see your Michael Oliver and I raise you a Michael McIntyre's bouncy hair!

Just his hair? I think you're letting him off lightly!

[Svensson]

Michael Oliver!

I see your Michael Oliver and I raise you a Michael McIntyre's bouncy hair!

[mpriestnall]

Michael Oliver!

[c.d.]

"Slim Fit" clothing. An absolutely horrible fashion trend in my opinion. I don't think anybody looks good in it especially men. I see men in skinny fit jeans who obviously think they are killing it but to me it makes them look like they have pipe cleaner legs. And a slim fit suit on a man looks like he was poured into it and it seems that they are always fighting against it as it does not drape naturally on the body.

I understand fashion trends but what is really annoying is that it seems like every damn thing now is slim fit.

c.d.

[mpriestnall]

Arise, Sir Gareth Southgate!

April Fool's joke? Checks calendar, no that's not it.

Winning any national competitions? No again.

Apparently it's for ""contributions to association football" - Must have missed that.

And also for "including supporting the Prince's Trust". Hhmmm.

And for looking smart in a waistcoat?

[Herlock Sholmes]

Or you see a really good price on an article of clothing or sneakers on Google but when you go to the website all that is offered is some bizarre size meant for Andre the Giant or a color like electric pink.

c.d.

I have the opposite problem c.d. as I usually find only sizes that are too small but I get the same issue with colour. Never the one that i want.

[c.d.]

I propose the word ‘from.’

Every time you look into buying something they always advertise the prices as ‘from,’ but to get anything remotely decent you never get anywhere near that price. It’s always way more.

Or you see a really good price on an article of clothing or sneakers on Google but when you go to the website all that is offered is some bizarre size meant for Andre the Giant or a color like electric pink.

c.d.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I propose the word ‘from.’

Every time you look into buying something they always advertise the prices as ‘from,’ but to get anything remotely decent you never get anywhere near that price. It’s always way more.

[DJA]

I have a strong suspicion that many charities outsource the donation appeals to commercial firms who operate on a commission basis and who on sell donors details to other charities. This may explain why begging letters arrive from charities with which one has had no previous contact.

Sometimes one marketing firm has many clients.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Think of it like sweet and salty popcorn, Herlock, or salted caramel anything. The combination is yummy.

Love,

Caz
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It just seemed weird to me but thousands can’t be wrong. What about porridge with a sausage and a couple of rashers of bacon?

[Enigma]

Charities. You try to do a good deed by donating to them and you are then inundated with letters appealing for more money. They often include a little note pad or mailing stickers with your address on them as a thank you gift. But they must spend more on postage and all that stuff than what you sent them in the first place.

c.d.

This is so true. Once in the same mail delivery I received two letters from the same charity. One letter was a receipt for a recent donation, the other was a begging letter.

I have a strong suspicion that many charities outsource the donation appeals to commercial firms who operate on a commission basis and who on sell donors details to other charities. This may explain why begging letters arrive from charities with which one has had no previous contact.

Never ever disclose your phone number, otherwise you will receive calls asking you to consider giving on a monthly basis.

[caz]

I’ve never had salt in porridge Caz. I recall thinking that someone was making it up when I first heard about it years ago. Does it make much of a difference?

Think of it like sweet and salty popcorn, Herlock, or salted caramel anything. The combination is yummy.

Love,

Caz
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[caz]

Charities. You try to do a good deed by donating to them and you are then inundated with letters appealing for more money. They often include a little note pad or mailing stickers with your address on them as a thank you gift. But they must spend more on postage and all that stuff than what you sent them in the first place.

c.d.

I once donated a one-off £10 to a child cruelty charity and made it clear that I wasn't in a position at the time to make a regular monthly payment.

This fell on deaf ears and after three more appeals to raid my dwindling piggy bank, I told them in no uncertain terms that since they had already wasted my tenner on me, instead of on the children, they could go and take a long walk off a short pier.

I now donate all my unwanted clothes to the local children's hospice shop, and they let me know how much is raised.

Love,

Caz
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[FISHY1118]

A notable achievement