Things you hate IV

Me too. They make me sick as a parrot

 

Always, or just at the end of the day?

 

Just leave it on the side of your plate then.

 

There are no easy posts at this level so I'm delighted you gave 110% and had that in your locker. A real 6 pointer.

 

You have to be particularly wary of them early doors and in them areas, especially the mixer.

 

Christ, when Mrs D was pregnant with our first child Northwick Park point blank refused to reveal the sex of the baby during the scan. I asked the nurse if we looked like we'd be aborting it if it was a girl? Made no difference.
When we went through the same thing with our 2nd I was watching like a hawk and saw that it was a girl. I said this to the nurse and she refused to confirm it. It was.

So I nominate Northwick Park Hospital for things I hate.

 

I add baby showers to that too, just they way they’ve got so overblown. I and my whole family were invited to my second cousins one for their baby not long ago. I was scratching my head as to why I had been invited as I’d not seen them for years, then I realised the more people they invite the more gifts they get.

 

In fact, all 'events' smuggled over from America designed to extract money from you; gender reveal parties, baby showers, Halloween, school proms...

 

30 androgynous guests meet up, guess the sex of the other guests, and then on the count of 10 all reveal their sexual apparatus to see who got most right ?

 

You must have looked like you were planning on a gender reveal party.

 

The idea of someone wanting rid of a child because it's not male is utterly vile.

 

I'm glad I read further on into this thread, as my mind boggled after reading your post only.

 

Quite right. Farking Halloween has completely blitzed 'penny for the guy'.

 

Inflation killed "penny for the guy".

 

About 30 years ago, Northwick Park had the highest infant mortality rate in the country.

Perhaps condescending treatment like this explains why.

 

We had this at Watford General for our first. We paid privately for a 4d scan. For our second they'd changed the rules and told us.

Both girls.

 

I dunno. I feel like Halloween is harmless fun for kids at a miserable time of the year.

If you wanna get involved, buy a pumpkin and a big multi bag of haribo. If you don't, dont.

 

Watford FC.

So we went to the last ladies match of the season because there was a family fun day.

My daughter, who still wants to follow Watford despite my apathy for them, was delighted to win a signed shirt on one of the games.

This was on 1st May.

Finally, after me chasing them, they told me that when the ladies team (they never specified which side would sign the shirt) were Back for preseason, they'd get the shirts signed then and post them out. Late summer.

They can't even give you a free prize without it being a pile of ****

 

School Proms are utterly sh*t. God awful photos wearing ridiculously priced dresses where everyone's pretending to be having a wonderful time with people they're unlikely to ever see again after the summer.
Both my girls described the experience as an expensive school disco utterly devoid of any atmosphere.
Horrific things.

 

In the 90s I won a phone in prize on Capital Radio. Never turned up and I'm still resentful now.

 

Rotary or button dial?

 

What was the prize?

 

Rotary

An F1 package for naming Alain Prosts nickname.

 

Was is “Prosty”?

 

That's outrageous. Did you chase them?

 

Prost-ate?

 

"Big Al"?

 

Prosty the Go-Man.

 

This deserves more credit than it got.

 

Prosty McProst Face

 

Give it time.

 

No. It was maybe even earlier than I thought, roughly 1988, the Paul McKenna show. I expect it would have been a load of old tat anyway.