Common
Freddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."
My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.
What stuff do you think is common?
( , Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
Freddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."
My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.
What stuff do you think is common?
( , Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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"Common"...
1. Watching any reality TV Show.
2. Having a homepage on a social networking site.
3. Watching any TV Talent Show
4. Watching any soap opera.
5. Buying a BMW or Audi because of the name.
6. Wearing designer labels.
7. Block paving the front garden for parking.
8. Giving your children surnames as christian names (e.g "Riley", "Connor" etc)
9. Attempting in any way to emulate a premiership footballer and his WAG
10. Putting a conservatory on the back of your barratt 4 bedroom 'executive' home.
11. Having the word 'executive' in your job title, when you dont actually sit on the board.
12. Listening to any form of music in your car at top volume so the rest of us can 'enjoy' it.
13. Watching any property makeover show.
14. Watching anything on the ITV1, 2 or +2 channels.
15. Being smothered in chunky gold or silver jewellery.
16. Having tatoos, visible or otherwise.
17. Reading The Sun, Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express. Doubly so if you believe what you read in them.
18. Dressing like a twentysomething when you're in your 40's or 50's (or older).
19. Building an extension so you can have an en-suite in your bedroom. (especially when you have a 3 bed semi in a crappy market town).
20. Driving an SUV when you have no intention of using it offroad.
Prejudice... ah where have you been all this time?
( , Sat 18 Oct 2008, 13:35, 9 replies)
1. Watching any reality TV Show.
2. Having a homepage on a social networking site.
3. Watching any TV Talent Show
4. Watching any soap opera.
5. Buying a BMW or Audi because of the name.
6. Wearing designer labels.
7. Block paving the front garden for parking.
8. Giving your children surnames as christian names (e.g "Riley", "Connor" etc)
9. Attempting in any way to emulate a premiership footballer and his WAG
10. Putting a conservatory on the back of your barratt 4 bedroom 'executive' home.
11. Having the word 'executive' in your job title, when you dont actually sit on the board.
12. Listening to any form of music in your car at top volume so the rest of us can 'enjoy' it.
13. Watching any property makeover show.
14. Watching anything on the ITV1, 2 or +2 channels.
15. Being smothered in chunky gold or silver jewellery.
16. Having tatoos, visible or otherwise.
17. Reading The Sun, Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express. Doubly so if you believe what you read in them.
18. Dressing like a twentysomething when you're in your 40's or 50's (or older).
19. Building an extension so you can have an en-suite in your bedroom. (especially when you have a 3 bed semi in a crappy market town).
20. Driving an SUV when you have no intention of using it offroad.
Prejudice... ah where have you been all this time?
( , Sat 18 Oct 2008, 13:35, 9 replies)
But buying/owning a BMW...
is okay if you buy it because you like it then, not just for the name?
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 20:53, closed)
is okay if you buy it because you like it then, not just for the name?
( , Sun 19 Oct 2008, 20:53, closed)
I score two...
Well, one and a bit - I've watched a talent show, but it was that Peter Kay one.
Oh, and I'd call my kid Cameron or Connor, but that's because I'm 3/4 celtic and those sort of names feature heavily in the old family tree earlier down the line.
( , Mon 20 Oct 2008, 11:12, closed)
Well, one and a bit - I've watched a talent show, but it was that Peter Kay one.
Oh, and I'd call my kid Cameron or Connor, but that's because I'm 3/4 celtic and those sort of names feature heavily in the old family tree earlier down the line.
( , Mon 20 Oct 2008, 11:12, closed)
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