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Minor things that really piss you off !

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    #id
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    I felt v guilty reading that. I did just that earlier, trolley area was too far away; didn't want to leave The Child alone in the car for that long. So I dumped it in the empty space next to the car.

    Sorry.
    I always put it back. I drove in the other day and there was a trolley in the bay I wanted. So I drove in slowly, got up to it and gave it a gentle slow nudge out of the way.

    I then pulled on the handbrake and looked up to see that the trolley was on a slope and the thing had moved into the middle of the driveway and was speeding downwards and at an angle to the cars on the other side. I jumped out, but my daughter also got out of the car and being in a carpark I stopped to grab her hand instead. I then watched as the trolley, now moving at some speed bounced off three different cars before coming to a thud on the side of a white van.

    'Daddy, did you do that?'

    'No.' I said. 'That was Mary Poppins fault' and I dragged her into the shop.
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

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      #id
      People who sit in traffic jams and don't put the hand brake on.
      Like the idiot a couple of weeks ago who was sat on his brakes for 30 minutes whilst we didn't move anywhere - Myself and several others had even turned out engines off.
      Coffee's for closers

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        #id
        Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
        I always put it back. I drove in the other day and there was a trolley in the bay I wanted. So I drove in slowly, got up to it and gave it a gentle slow nudge out of the way.

        I then pulled on the handbrake and looked up to see that the trolley was on a slope and the thing had moved into the middle of the driveway and was speeding downwards and at an angle to the cars on the other side. I jumped out, but my daughter also got out of the car and being in a carpark I stopped to grab her hand instead. I then watched as the trolley, now moving at some speed bounced off three different cars before coming to a thud on the side of a white van.

        'Daddy, did you do that?'

        'No.' I said. 'That was Mary Poppins fault' and I dragged her into the shop.
        "Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."

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          #id
          2 day hangovers
          Bazza gets caught
          Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

          CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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            #id
            Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
            2 day hangovers
            I've nearly got a 3-dayer

            Still feel a bit rough from Friday night

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              #id
              Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
              2 day hangovers
              I've been sporting mine for only four hours now and already it feels like it's been days.
              You won't be alerting anyone to anything with a mouthful of mixed seeds.

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                #id
                Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
                2 day hangovers
                Liiiiiiiiiightweight!
                Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                +5 Xeno Cool Points

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                  #id
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
                  Liiiiiiiiiightweight!
                  Pukey lightweight at that

                  Bazza gets caught
                  Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

                  CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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                    #id
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
                    Liiiiiiiiiightweight!
                    WMPS



                    Expensive (Global) knives that aren't dishwasher safe according to the manufacturer.

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                      #id
                      Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
                      Pukey lightweight at that

                      Nowt wrong with running about in your pants having a puke
                      Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                      +5 Xeno Cool Points

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