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trisher Mon 05-Dec-16 18:14:29

It's the little things I am talking about. The things for which there seems to be absolutely no reason. The things that irritate you. The things you don't understand. For example I don't understand why when I buy a pack of 2 bras which are supposed to be the same size and just a different colour, one of them fits really well and the other doesn't.
Any more irritants?

trisher Wed 07-Dec-16 15:39:29

Now I know I have to attack the biscuits with a bread knife and why my jewellery is all tangled up. Do people really have purple bras? I thought red was exotic, but purple!!!

Elegran Wed 07-Dec-16 15:51:21

Don't get it mixed up and tangle up the bread and biscuits then attack your jewellery with the bread knife! Though in the past I have used a knife to open a stubborn locket that wouldn't yield to a thumbnail.

marionk Wed 07-Dec-16 15:55:43

the teaspoons at the bottom of the washing up bowls are mine - been wondering where they are all going! Do you have my missing forks as well??

Yorkshiregel Wed 07-Dec-16 16:15:16

Why did the council think it was a good idea to place dog poo waste bins right next to the benches around the town? Who wants to sit on a bench on a nice sunny day with the warm smell of dog poo drifting past when you are eating your sandwiches?

Yorkshiregel Wed 07-Dec-16 16:22:07

Why do manufacturers put the price of something embedded in the wrapping? Why do they put labels on the back of jumpers where they are bound to itch? Why do shoe manufacturers put a sticky label on the sole of the shoe? Why does the man across the road get out his leaf blower immediately after the other man across the road has put his leaf vacuum machine away? Why does the man walking his dog allow it to poo on my garden when there is a field across the road? Why do people assume you will welcome them coming in to your house without wiping their feet first?

I could go on! :-)

Yorkshiregel Wed 07-Dec-16 16:24:15

Marionk, maybe we could do swapsies with knives, spoons and forks long lost?

Yorkshiregel Wed 07-Dec-16 16:25:10

Why does my OH think I will not notice when he throws away my much treasured 'junk'?

Conni7 Wed 07-Dec-16 17:27:19

I have had a good laugh here, but I don't laugh when they all happen to me!

DaphneBroon Wed 07-Dec-16 17:34:47

Wondering would time2rhyme belong on this thread confused ?

Pigglywiggly Wed 07-Dec-16 18:02:00

Why do my family believe that if they leave dirty cups, plates etc on the worktop above the dishwasher they will find their own way inside it?

Mauriherb Wed 07-Dec-16 18:58:59

Why does my BT vision box need to update / reboot 10 minutes from the end of an exciting programme?

pollyperkins Wed 07-Dec-16 19:15:10

Piggly wiggly - because no doubt they do as you put them in! My son used to say much the same before he left home: 'I've noticed that if I drop dirty clothes on the floor, thy reappear washed and ironed as if by magic a couple of days later." Said with a winning, if cheeky smile!

nancyma Wed 07-Dec-16 19:49:01

Manicure just finished looking wonderful although still just a little tacky ; need to go to the loo !!!! Every time and yes I always go before the manicure starts

Alima Wed 07-Dec-16 20:18:37

Exaltedwombat, please explain why. (Where I used to work a friend there used "puppies" as a euphemism for boobies). I am very confused.

Elegran Wed 07-Dec-16 20:30:47

Pigglywiggly and -Pollyperkins* Have they been speaking to the man in this video?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1_QTm-wpsY

grannybuy Wed 07-Dec-16 20:54:29

Trisher, I complained to M & S after buying two blouses, same garment, in two different colours. I bought the second one because the first was such a good fit, but the second didn't fit nearly so well. I was told that different colours of the same garment were often produced in different factories, hence the discrepancy.

janeayressister Wed 07-Dec-16 21:56:02

Plonking yourself on a lavatory seat to find it wobbles violently to one side.
Sitting down on a lavatory to find it has been urinated on.
Sitting down on a lavatory to find the lid is still on.
Pulling on flesh coloured tight to find that there is a ladder running up the back. Sqeezing some squidgy plastic container with the last of expensive makeup in it, to find it then splurges onto the floor.
Having lipstick stuck to my teeth.
Hardly touching some item in a shop and it promptly falls onto the floor.
Snagging a nail when I am out and finding I haven't got a file with me.

Synonymous Wed 07-Dec-16 22:12:59

Being tired and very sleepy in my armchair only to find it impossible to drop off when tucked up in bed.

Nanna58 Wed 07-Dec-16 22:28:18

Those irritating ribbon things in tops and blouses that are supposed to be wrapped round the clothes hangers, but never are! I chop 'em off!

Indinana Wed 07-Dec-16 22:40:22

Why are jars of coffee, drinking chocolate etc always taller than the teaspoon that the instructions tell you to measure the damn stuff with? Fine when the jar is full, but when it's nearly empty.... grrr!

cornergran Wed 07-Dec-16 23:00:20

Ring pulls on cans that pull off before the can is open.
Hard disc recorder that doesn't
The bjggest gripe at the moment is a supplier that doesn't when he says he will. How is that ok?

Llamedos13 Wed 07-Dec-16 23:41:22

Or like now when I just finished a long story and it disappeared before my eyes, so freaking annoying.

Llamedos13 Wed 07-Dec-16 23:45:06

or the ring pull on the can of corned beef that fails halfway through

annodomini Wed 07-Dec-16 23:51:02

Same thing with cans of sardines.

Shanma Thu 08-Dec-16 00:07:07

Why do birds who have been gorging on fruit decide to poo on my white washing, but never on old gardening clothes?