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Old 24th October 2013, 18:58
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I know, life is cruel. It's like when moth type thing (I'm more of an etymologist than an entomologist, sadly. It was flying and dusty...) dive-bombed my beautifully made brew recently. I'm not ashamed to say I wept gently, for at least as long as it took the kettle to re-boil.
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Old 25th October 2013, 06:09
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doing a good deed and ending up the worse for it; like that time a few months back when i helped a man lying on the road babbling away. Turned out he was just off his face on too much of something, but man did he stink, i had to go home again instead of shopping, as i'd planned, as my clothes were reeking of faeces.
Everyone was just standing in a wide circle watching him twitching on the floor screaming in abject horror at things that weren't there. I had already passed the scene by and turned the corner, but my conscience pulled me back around on account of no one doing anything.
Do a good deed and come home stinking of junkie shit, a germaphobe's worst nightmare.

today, coming out of t' chip shop i saw a raggedy-ass cat eating cold wet chips from a puddle in the lashing rain. As i got near it went and hid underneath a car. I hate the way people neglect their cats around here; i felt sorry for him so i went to the shop and bought him some cat food. I used the paper off my chips to put the food on (always thinking, see), but by the time i'd gotten back to where the cat had been hiding it was nowhere to be seen; the torrential rain had destroyed my makeshift paper plate and the wet paper had intermingled with the cat food and the rain water meaning that i was left walking up the high street with my hands held in front of me like a bowl - a bowl full of cat food, wet paper and rain water. Good thing no one was about to see that! Nor to see me as I discretely slopped the lot onto someone's wall near where the cat had last been (hopefully the cat saw it there, at least)
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Old 25th October 2013, 16:46
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stepping on a loose paving stone and mud splashing up ruined new shoes
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Old 25th October 2013, 17:08
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Someone using the vacuum cleaner whilst you're trying to listen to the TV. It's doubly annoying if it's a specific news report which ends simultaneously with the vacuuming.
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Old 25th October 2013, 18:00
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Property sites/Estate agents saying something is a "bathroom" when there is no bath in it. It's a shower room ffs!
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Old 25th October 2013, 20:44
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I blame the Americans. A 'bathroom' is now anything that contains a toilet.
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Old 25th October 2013, 21:26
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Sites like the one advertised on here
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Old 25th October 2013, 21:36
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The laugh of a middle-aged woman.
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Old 25th October 2013, 21:42
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Old 25th October 2013, 22:02
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Old 25th October 2013, 23:57
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Old 26th October 2013, 00:13
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I've noticed recently that many don't seem to start-stop. They laugh and sort carry on with the backend of the laugh anticpating that there will be a reason to a laugh again in the immediate future.
It's because as you get older your laughter muscles take longer to prime. They have to spin up like a gatling gun. It makes sense to keep them spinning in case you need to use them again at short notice.
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Old 26th October 2013, 00:37
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Nah, just trying to keep the peace
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Old 26th October 2013, 20:49
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I've noticed recently that many don't seem to start-stop. They laugh and sort carry on with the backend of the laugh anticpating that there will be a reason to a laugh again in the immediate future.
yeah older people tend to laugh more deeply to ensure everyone else within 2 miles knows that they are having a good time
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Old 27th October 2013, 19:30
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Clocks going back. Like the extra hour of sleep, don't like the whole getting dark earlier thing. We should permanently switch to GMT+1 and get rid of DST – would make autumn/winter a bit less miserable.
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Old 27th October 2013, 22:40
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Next door's blastingly loud telly. I moved away from a young couple who were very, very noisy with TV and music, and my new, middle aged neighbour is almost as bad.
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Old 27th October 2013, 23:22
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Next door's blastingly loud telly. I moved away from a young couple who were very, very noisy with TV and music, and my new, middle aged neighbour is almost as bad.
My next door (well, across the street) neighbours' car is very loud, so I empathise.
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Old 28th October 2013, 17:33
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Anyone who applauds themselves. One day people,one day
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Old 30th October 2013, 00:11
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'Brilliant White' gloss paint that turns yellow after a few months. No matter what brand I try, it always yellows. Bloody rubbish
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Old 30th October 2013, 04:27
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something just made me really jump, think i must of been dreaming and then wasn't sure if the noise was outside or in the house.
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Old 30th October 2013, 10:05
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'Brilliant White' gloss paint that turns yellow after a few months. No matter what brand I try, it always yellows. Bloody rubbish
I know it's crazy. They can make paint that doesn't smell, doesn't drip, rollers easily, washes down, doesn't mould. But they can't make white paint
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Old 30th October 2013, 11:46
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Waking up in the morning.
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Old 30th October 2013, 12:21
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not a bad thing
That reminds me of something that bothered me. For a game that was made entirely to shock people, Manhunt was actually really tame and boring.
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Old 30th October 2013, 12:32
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That reminds me of something that bothered me. For a game that was made entirely to shock people, Manhunt was actually really tame and boring.
it was a stealth game if you don't like stealth games I'd see why you found it boring and out of interest when did you play it because in comparison to games today maybe but for the time I don't think it was.
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Old 30th October 2013, 12:34
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When I'm told to eat with my right hand (I'm left-handed).
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Old 30th October 2013, 12:47
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it was a stealth game if you don't like stealth games I'd see why you found it boring and out of interest when did you play it because in comparison to games today maybe but for the time I don't think it was.
I love stealth games, I just don't think Manhunt was that great. It wasn't a good stealth game, it wasn't a good anything really. And the game was meant to be shocking, it was all over the news for it's gore, but I think it was actually really tame. It didn't shock me, I've seen far more violent and offensive games, even at the time.
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Old 30th October 2013, 16:50
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When I'm told to eat with my right hand (I'm left-handed).
I thought the 'proper' way was fork in left hand?

My father used to make me eat on my own in the other room because i didn't use my fork in my left hand, or, if he couldn't be bothered to move me, he'd just hit me over the head with the fat end of the spoon. I never caved though, i'd rather sit in the cold on my own eating with my right hand and a lump on my head than give him a fecking inch.
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Old 30th October 2013, 18:55
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Workmen that don`t turn up after you`ve wasted a day sat waiting for them
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Old 31st October 2013, 06:39
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I know it's crazy. They can make paint that doesn't smell, doesn't drip, rollers easily, washes down, doesn't mould. But they can't make white paint
Apparently it's something to do with making the paint safer for the environment. But what good is that if the product is crap?
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Old 2nd November 2013, 17:50
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^Well at least the child has fun and gains some spatial awareness when it comes to controlling trolleys.

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