tongue_tied_danny Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Fairy lights piss me off. I'm always mildly irritated when I visit a pub or restaurant that has a string of fairy lights draped across a window or along the edge of the ceiling. It just looks tacky as f**k. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Madame RH33 said: I'm on a run of form akin to @Shandon Par. Having done my ligaments pre Christmas, I've since fallen twice more. You're status as a fallen woman is well known on here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 4 hours ago, hk blues said: The last 2 places I've lived have the most annoying habit amongst mid-late teens where they put on fake American accents when the closest 99.9% of them have been to America is having a McDonald's. Do they maybe learn their English off American TV shows? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 5 hours ago, Madame RH33 said: I'm on a run of form akin to @Shandon Par. Having done my ligaments pre Christmas, I've since fallen twice more. Vasa syndrome (Vasa (ship) - Wikipedia) or being top heavy will do this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 12 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Vasa syndrome (Vasa (ship) - Wikipedia) or being top heavy will do this. Pics......oh.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 20 hours ago, Rizzo said: Fan-made "highlights" videos from football matches posted to YouTube. There's a chunt who makes highlights videos that look legitimate. I click on them and it's a FIFA rerun of the same match. He should get the jail for that. Awful behaviour. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, velo army said: There's a chunt who makes highlights videos that look legitimate. I click on them and it's a FIFA rerun of the same match. He should get the jail for that. Awful behaviour. See also plane crash footage. “footage of 767 bursting into flames” (on Psion Flight Simulator) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 2 hours ago, velo army said: There's a chunt who makes highlights videos that look legitimate. I click on them and it's a FIFA rerun of the same match. He should get the jail for that. Awful behaviour. I got caught out yesterday and clicked on a video that was obviously taken with a Nokia 3310 from the back of out South stand. Seems an odd thing to post when we have free highlights from falkirktv. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 So newer LG washers and dryers play a little musical ditty called “The Lincolnshire Poacher” when their cycle ends. I’ve checked, there’s no option to change its volume or choice of tune. I’m getting quite close to surgery, but the speaker is also used for diagnostics if something goes wrong… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, TxRover said: So newer LG washers and dryers play a little musical ditty called “The Lincolnshire Poacher” when their cycle ends. I’ve checked, there’s no option to change its volume or choice of tune. I’m getting quite close to surgery, but the speaker is also used for diagnostics if something goes wrong… The "Lincolnshire Poacher" was a British Intelligence Service numbers station operating from Cyprus sending codes to 007 types. It played the tune as a sort of calling card. If your washing machine gets blown up by Putin then you'll know why. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 3 hours ago, TxRover said: So newer LG washers and dryers play a little musical ditty called “The Lincolnshire Poacher” when their cycle ends. I’ve checked, there’s no option to change its volume or choice of tune. I’m getting quite close to surgery, but the speaker is also used for diagnostics if something goes wrong… Lovely cheese. Have some on Bath Olivers with plum chutney each time the cycle finishes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 7 hours ago, tamthebam said: The "Lincolnshire Poacher" was a British Intelligence Service numbers station operating from Cyprus sending codes to 007 types. It played the tune as a sort of calling card. If your washing machine gets blown up by Putin then you'll know why. I remember Golden Wonder using the tune in one of their animated ads, with a crisp getting married to a pickled onion and his father 'welcoming' her to the family with a really lecherous expression on his face. Tried to find it on YouTube but it's not there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 18 hours ago, welshbairn said: Do they maybe learn their English off American TV shows? Yes, but it gets on my nerves as it's so fake and done to make people think they are American. Hard to believe we live in a world where there are people who are not American still want people to think they are. I'd be putting on a Russian accent or something like that to disguise my true origins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 11 hours ago, TxRover said: So newer LG washers and dryers play a little musical ditty called “The Lincolnshire Poacher” when their cycle ends. I’ve checked, there’s no option to change its volume or choice of tune. I’m getting quite close to surgery, but the speaker is also used for diagnostics if something goes wrong… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 18 hours ago, welshbairn said: Do they maybe learn their English off American TV shows? When I was an exchange student in Sweden, there was a guy who had a very strong American accent when he spoke in English. I asked him if he had ever been there and he said no - his accent was purely from TV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, hk blues said: Yes, but it gets on my nerves as it's so fake and done to make people think they are American. Hard to believe we live in a world where there are people who are not American still want people to think they are. I'd be putting on a Russian accent or something like that to disguise my true origins. You should dole out copies of Still Game to your neighbours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: You should dole out copies of Still Game to your neighbours. ...ya p***k. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 7 hours ago, GordonD said: I remember Golden Wonder using the tune in one of their animated ads, with a crisp getting married to a pickled onion and his father 'welcoming' her to the family with a really lecherous expression on his face. Tried to find it on YouTube but it's not there. https://www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/record/94db9377-2872-4fec-825d-1e792d65e6a1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, ajwffc said: https://www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/record/94db9377-2872-4fec-825d-1e792d65e6a1 That's the one, and the dad's expression is even creepier than I remembered. Wouldn't be allowed these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits Commercial: Wagon Wheels | Catalogue | History of Advertising Trust (hatads.org.uk) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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