Curmudgeon Corner

[PhilofCas]

I'm not sure what a hash brown

You’ve never lived

 

[Big Tabs]

A four-part series, that in the last 5 minutes indicates that this story will be milked for follow-up endless programmes.

also films that end with an obvious setup for a sequel.


grabbing swines

 

[Nero]

Strictly

 

[Big Tabs]

Strictly

Strictly and the editor for adding the sickening computer generated animations to Strictly.

Nauseating.

 

[Monitor Gold 10]

Talking of Americanisms, when did we start "flipping" cars?

When motorists- as opposed to drivers- started buying SUV- type Cars and then rolling them?

 

[Monitor Gold 10]

Has anyone ever discovered how to eat a Big Mac without the contents sliding out all over your hands?

On the very rare occasions I eat these things, I use cutlery and a plate and enjoy it at home.

I cannot stand eating without using cutlery. To the amusement- and at times chagrin- of my friends.

 

[Snufkin]

It's like beer, which is best drunk from a glass to appreciate the flavour. Drinking from a bottle seems uncouth and unwise, especially if the cellar it was stored in has rodents scurrying around over the top of the crates.

 

[Thorn]

And why can't you get fried bread any more? It's those bloody health fascists. They've ruined bacon too.

 

[Thorn]

On the very rare occasions I eat these things, I use cutlery and a plate and enjoy it at home.

I cannot stand eating without using cutlery. To the amusement- and at times chagrin- of my friends.

It's a bad habit that came from the west. They treat pizzas as finger food too.

 

[Bob McC]

Eating in the street.
Uncouth.

 

[Big Tabs]

Eating in the street.
Uncouth.

My first wife wouldn’t eat in the street. I thought a hot sausage roll in a paper bag perfect street food.

 

[Snufkin]

Restaurants that sell Street Food inside.

 

[ks.234]

First prize for really annoying adverts has the go to Numan ‘erectile disfunction is common among men’.

Well, it’s not going to be common among women is it?

Stupid advert.

 

[Dogberry]

First prize for really annoying adverts has the go to Numan ‘erectile disfunction is common among men’.

Well, it’s not going to be common among women is it?

Stupid advert.

You've obviously never met Dolores.

 

[Bob McC]

Or Lola.

 

[Subito]

First prize for really annoying adverts has the go to Numan ‘erectile disfunction is common among men’.

Well, it’s not going to be common among women is it?

Stupid advert.

In America, they substitute the word “guys” for “men” so the afflicted will sound less geriatric and lame. Nope.

 

[Mike Reed]

Talking about guys (not the effigies), it's bad enough for the Americanism to be adopted over here, but utterly ridiculous to extend to both sexes, as it seems to have done in the last few years/decades. Was 'gals' not acceptable as a feminine equivalent?

Wonder how 'guy' originated, and when. It was certainly around in the forties.

 

[Joe Hutch]

OED cites first the US use as 1847. The first British usage cited is in Charles Reade's 1863 novel 'Hard Cash': 'I wouldn't speak to you in the street for fear of disgracing you; I am such a poor little guy to be addressing a gentleman like you.'

The term probably became more popular after the success of the musical 'Guys and Dolls'.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Talking about guys (not the effigies), it's bad enough for the Americanism to be adopted over here, but utterly ridiculous to extend to both sexes, as it seems to have done in the last few years/decades. Was 'gals' not acceptable as a feminine equivalent?.

The problem with that is that you’d now have to say ‘guys and gals’, which carries disturbing overtones of Savile.

 

[Joe Hutch]

Anyway, the correct term is, of course, 'chaps'.