Things that annoy

[snaw]

Whats wrong with flour on baps it could be quite sensual ....

Flour baps implies you've got a bit carried away with the age old solution with a plus sized lady ...

[moorfield]

Ignorants barstewards who don't give my heavily pregnant (6+ months) wife a seat on the tube.

You can't get pregnant standing up.

[snaw]

You can't get pregnant standing up.

Umm, well actually ...

[configman]

Ignorants barstewards who don't give my heavily pregnant (6+ months) wife a seat on the tube.

Happens on a daily basis.

At least she had two arms to hang on with, try it with a dislocated shoulder. A couple of years ago not one man or woman ever offered me a seat even though I was in plaster for over a month. I was hanging on with one good arm and trying to keep control of baggage with other. On the Waterloo and City you need to be an octupus and have 8 arms to hang on with.

[cailin maith]

I agree with the whole Tube thing - it was horrific this weekend.... I hate the tube anyway but when it's rammed with rude tosspots, it's even worse. I couldn't imagine having to deal with rush hour. Too scary for me.

[KathyWoolfe]

You can't get pregnant standing up.

Yes you can.

[realityhack]

There is a story(urban myth?) about a chap who offered an overwight lady a seat on a tube - she said "do I look pregnant to you?".

No urban myth - that's happened to me twice since I've been in London. They really did look pregnant. The look I got, blimey.

Nah, it's just indicative of what happens to people when they've lived in London for a little while.

Not me, not yet, but it is an effort to hold on to manners, you have to remember not to get swept up in it. I do notice the slow-down when I go up North, say, while queuing in a shop. That's frustrating when you've lived in London for a while.

I would do, given the chance, the level of common courtesy, decency and friendliness improves the instant I leave our stinky capital and improves steadily as I travel North :-)

I completely agree. Even the chavs are more polite up North.

[Xenophon]

Yes you can.

The more you post, the more I like you.

[TheFaQQer]

Yes you can.

The chances of conceiving via intercourse standing up are low. Optimal positions for increasing the likelihood of conception are man on top and doggy.

HTH.

[Dow Jones]

Let's get this cleared

I've been oop North and I can't say I've noticed much difference to do with manners in some of the big cities there. It's OK if you come from a small village where 'please/thank you' is the norm, however the pace of life in London is so fast, you may not have the time for courtesy and niceties.
In the same way, if you came from 'Sleepy Hollow', you will find that New York is probably one of the rudest places to live, however - if you ever got to meet any - NYorkers are some of the nicest people. Same goes for London and Londoners, if you are an ignorant visitor.
I use the tube regularly and it's just a fact of life that train drivers don't wait for everyone to get in before they decide to shut the doors, so if you don't want to wait for ages until the next one, you jump in when you can. Why are some people so slow and take so much time to exit, it beats me. I tend to think that some may do it deliberately-as several times I've seen them smiling when others are left behind. So hurry up and don't take your time, slow Northeners/Polish/tourists. Stop listening/humming to your ipod/mp3/walkman/etc or reading your metro/city am/lite/etc free rags and pay attention to the stations.
And don't get me started on the pregnant women that do stare at people. Why is always a man that gets up and never a woman? Seldom akcnowledged by means of a 'thank you', so why bother? It's a chicken and egg situation, have people stopped being courteous because others stopped respecting their courtesy? Think about it!