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Chat => General => Topic started by: smurfboy on April 08, 2007, 08:07:00 pm

Title: Get rid of it
Post by: smurfboy on April 08, 2007, 08:07:00 pm

We've had bring it back - but what about modern inventions we were actually better off without? The so-called advances we didn't need or want?


My first choice is those stupid bottle tops you get on water now; the ones you have to twist to break a seal so that you can squeeze the bottle and drink the water through a pinhole. Talk about a complete waste of time! I bet these things cost millions in research and development, and what is the actual benefit? How hard was it to unscrew a plastic bottle top? 

Title: Get rid of it
Post by: loulou on April 08, 2007, 08:09:18 pm
Get rid of all those annoying leaflets that fall out of newspapers and magazines advertising insurance and saga holidays.
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: Forth Bridges on April 08, 2007, 09:14:14 pm
moblie phones! 
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: wjp666 on April 08, 2007, 09:14:21 pm
chavs
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: Forth Bridges on April 08, 2007, 09:50:39 pm
callingh wating!" 
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: lorri on April 09, 2007, 12:52:39 am
automated phone answer/ queing systems Angry
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: wjp666 on April 09, 2007, 02:08:42 am
pensioners with driving licences.
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: goldencup on April 09, 2007, 11:32:24 am
Chelsea Tractors (4 x 4s), unless there is a genuine need for them (farmers etc).  My sister lives in a small cul-de-sac with no off-road parking and a family have just moved in next door who have FOUR of them!
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: Forth Bridges on April 09, 2007, 11:48:09 am
Local council!

motoways

car,



Title: Get rid of it
Post by: smurfboy on April 09, 2007, 01:28:37 pm
Pay toilets. A reasonable idea in theory (less money from taxes on upkeep) but in practice they don't work - there's only one cubicle compared to a separate set of loos for both sexes, meaning it's almost always occupied if you need it, plus what do people do when they haven't got change? Either wet themselves or go up an alleyway, which is delightful!
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: Scarlet Passion on April 09, 2007, 01:39:08 pm
The toilets near us are great, seperate facilities for the two sexes, at least 3 cubicles and soft toilet paper too. But often they are closed, so what's the point of them? Bit silly really.
 

I would get rid of the call centers for UK companies that are actually in places like Delhi or Outer Mongolia or some-such and bring them all back to the UK where they belong.
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: oldspice on April 09, 2007, 05:32:43 pm
Quote from: loulou
Get rid of all those annoying leaflets that fall out of newspapers and magazines advertising insurance and saga holidays.

 

I agree!

 

I would like to get rid of pointless celebs like Jordan and Charlotte Church and annoying cast members in Corrie starting with the unbearable VERNON! 
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: Forth Bridges on April 09, 2007, 05:50:37 pm
and LES 
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: loulou on April 09, 2007, 10:39:59 pm
Bogus charity people who stand in shop doorways with buckets claiming to be collecting for disabled children.
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 10, 2007, 09:29:43 am
Get rid of Digital TV. Leave analogue alone!
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: indigobluefish on April 10, 2007, 11:15:06 am
Those suspended toilets... Public ones are the worst - they tip when you sit.
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: wjp666 on April 13, 2007, 09:11:09 pm
that black guy who does the Halifax adverts. howard something? he needs to go.
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: smurfboy on April 13, 2007, 09:47:16 pm
He's from Sheldon bab!
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: joan on April 14, 2007, 11:16:23 am
Smurfboy bra
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: smurfboy on April 14, 2007, 01:48:08 pm
Why even bother creating an alter ego when you haven't got the imagination to at least try and make them different?
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: loulou on April 15, 2007, 01:33:10 am
Quote from: wjp666
that black guy who does the Halifax adverts. howard something? he needs to go.

I've met Howard. He is very tall.
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: smurfboy on April 15, 2007, 01:42:07 pm
Get like rid of like people who like put the word like in between every other like word in every like sentence!
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: loulou on April 15, 2007, 01:48:19 pm

Also people who end every sentence with 'you know what i mean '

Title: Get rid of it
Post by: smurfboy on April 15, 2007, 01:50:56 pm
Or those who use the word 'random' to describe anything slightly unusual Angry
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: loulou on April 15, 2007, 01:52:53 pm
or people who start every sentence with 'basically'
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: smurfboy on April 15, 2007, 01:53:35 pm

Basically, it's like totally random - you know what I mean?

Title: Get rid of it
Post by: loulou on April 15, 2007, 01:54:54 pm
I know too many people who talk like that.LOL
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: StarSparkle on April 15, 2007, 03:02:52 pm
Thouse "sports bottle tops" or what ever they're called i cant stand thouse they gross me out. It even took me a while the other day to find a bottle of water without one.
 

Id get rid of all the kids that come to my door and constantly ring the door bell and knock the door untill you answer then they say "my ball/frisbee is in your garden will you get it for me" Grr drive me round the bend.

 
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: goldencup on April 15, 2007, 04:58:42 pm
Quote from: smurfboy

Basically, it's like totally random - you know what I mean?


 

What's my son doing on here? LOL
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: Sweetie pie on April 16, 2007, 02:04:24 pm
Annoying phone calls from call centres Angry
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: loulou on April 16, 2007, 11:06:11 pm
Religious freaks knocking my door .
Title: Get rid of it
Post by: oldspice on April 17, 2007, 07:51:47 am
It's even worse when they try to crawl through the cat flap.