Things you just "don't get"?

Pawwed Rig · 09-01-2020 12:58PM

dubstarr wrote: »

If and its a bif we decide to get married,he will take my name.As the kids have my surname,and its easier for him to change his.Than all of us changing ours.

I would prefer this to a double barrell.

Raconteuse · 09-01-2020 12:59PM

In fairness, give me that silly pet carry-on all day long before abuse/neglect - but while I know you can't help but love the little dudes like crazy, humanising them creates too much of an emotional dependency and is not necessary. Give them dry and warm and comfortable shelter, enough to eat and drink (not over-feeding them - it's like it's in fashion now to have an overweight cat because "it's a chonk lol"; yeah arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, breathing and mobility problems, early death... lol :mad:) and rubs, playing and walks, but spend your money only on vaccines, neutering, decent food that meets their nutritional needs.

My parents' cat only goes as far as the utility room where he is fed. He just doesn't want to come in any further. And he meows to go out after a short while of chilling in the utility room after food. No matter how bad the weather is. He's got a little wooden house just next to the back door and he prefers that. Yet he's like a pedigree cat. His fur is so luscious and thick and shiny. He's a stunner. No luxuries required. He's very sociable too - loves rubs and being brushed, but loves having the freedom to do his own thing. And if you tried to put clothes him, lol. Bye bye flesh.

Seamai · 09-01-2020 01:00PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Oh come on man. He wouldn't be my type either, and his "recipes" are bull****, but my mother loves him. Each to their own.

It's not so much that he's not my type, I just think he's a charlatan, I don't know anyone who thinks he's talented but someone must, given the amount of air time he gets so he's obviously managing to fool someone,(my own mother hates him).

09-01-2020 01:02PM

Another for the I just don’t get: double barrel surnames, absolutely idiotic. Keep your maiden name or change to your husbands name either is fine but double barrel is sickening.

dubstarr wrote: »

If and its a bif we decide to get married,he will take my name.As the kids have my surname,and its easier for him to change his.Than all of us changing ours.

You don’t need to have the same surname as the kids. My wife didn’t take my name and kids would have my name. Plenty doing the same.

partyguinness · 09-01-2020 01:10PM

Seamai wrote: »

It's not so much that he's not my type, I just think he's a charlatan, I don't know anyone who thinks he's talented but someone must, given the amount of air time he gets so he's obviously managing to fool someone,(my own mother hates him).

Jaysus- only seen him a few time he's pretty harmless IMO.

I bet even Bambi winds you up and all...:D

sbsquarepants · 09-01-2020 01:11PM

Raconteuse wrote: »

I He's very sociable too - loves rubs and being brushed, but loves having the freedom to do his own thing. And if you tried to put clothes him, lol. Bye bye flesh.

Loves being what he is, and that's how it should be..... It's just a pity that what he is a cat:D

I remember watching the dog whisperer way back and he's with some gobshíte with some little rat dog like a chihuahua or something, dog is psychotic, and she's harping on about how he thinks he a person. Hector snaps at her "He doesn't think he's a person, you think he is. I have never come across a dog who didn't know he was a dog"

Couple of weeks of treating the damn thing like a dog and he was a happy as a pig in shít.....if still a horrible little rat looking thing. I much prefer a dog you can stick a saddle on if the car breaks down!

sbsquarepants · 09-01-2020 01:12PM

partyguinness wrote: »

J

I bet even Bambi winds you up and all...:D

Little bastard, bouncing around like she owns the damn forest!:D:D

the beer revolu · 09-01-2020 01:15PM

Seamai wrote: »

It's not so much that he's not my type, I just think he's a charlatan, I don't know anyone who thinks he's talented but someone must, given the amount of air time he gets so he's obviously managing to fool someone,(my own mother hates him).

I don't get the hate for DS (I've no great love for him either).
Virtually all cook's recipes are recycled from somewhere else - there are almost no truly creative popular tv chefs. People want what they know - they don't really want to be challenged.
What I have seen of his shows, I think the recipes look like they would work and be tasty - I think he picks good recipes and presents them well.
"way too feminine" ???????
what's that all about?

Same for Rachel Allen. I don't get the love or the hate for her. She's a perfectly fine mainstream tv cook.

sbsquarepants · 09-01-2020 01:22PM

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

Another for the I just don’t get: double barrel surnames, absolutely idiotic. Keep your maiden name or change to your husbands name either is fine but double barrel is sickening.

It's way too English for my liking, a remnant of class system bolloxology.

I'm not married, kids have my name, mother obviously goes by her own.
Actually typing this out I've just realised we never even discussed that, i'd have been happy enough for them to have her name - we all know who we are regardless of what's written on our passports!

the beer revolu · 09-01-2020 01:27PM

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

You don’t need to have the same surname as the kids. My wife didn’t take my name and kids would have my name. Plenty doing the same.

You don't have to but it can cause issues if travelling without your partner and the kids have a different name.

Deebles McBeebles · 09-01-2020 01:27PM

My thoughts (I know you've all been waiting)...

1. Pets: Treat them as pets. That doesn't mean kick them and leave them outside all the time. You can show them love, just don't be a prick and start dressing them up or calling them fur babies.

2. Skehan: Parents own a food distribution company so once he was finished playing Eurovision singer, it was natural for him to get into a business where he could flog their products. He is not qualified as a chef in any way. Also, he named his kid Noah Ziggy. Certified twat.

2. Surnames: My wife took my surname and I took hers. For the kids, we just gave them random ones. O'Reilly, Singh and Obama, for anyone wondering.

partyguinness · 09-01-2020 01:30PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

It's way too English for my liking, a remnant of class system bolloxology.

I'm not married, kids have my name, mother obviously goes by her own.
Actually typing this out I've just realised we never even discussed that, i'd have been happy enough for them to have her name - we all know who we are regardless of what's written on our passports!

Funnily enough, my wife flew to Ireland a few years ago with the young fella (I had driven ahead on the ferry). I think he less than 1 at the time.

He has my surname on his passport but the wife has her (different) surname on her passport. She was quizzed at security/check in as to her relationship to the child due to the different surnames- she joked that they should take the child off her and see the reaction if they think she is kidnapping. They left them go.

After that we took to bringing his birth cert also just in case it happened again.

Seamai · 09-01-2020 01:40PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

My thoughts (I know you've all been waiting)...

1. Pets: Treat them as pets. That doesn't mean kick them and leave them outside all the time. You can show them love, just don't be a prick and start dressing them up or calling them fur babies.

2. Skehan: Parents own a food distribution company so once he was finished playing Eurovision singer, it was natural for him to get into a business where he could flog their products. He is not qualified as a chef in any way. Also, he named his kid Noah Ziggy. Certified twat.

2. Surnames: My wife took my surname and I took hers. For the kids, we just gave them random ones. O'Reilly, Singh and Obama, for anyone wondering.

I'll go with certified twat, the perfect example of someone who's not particularly talented but manages to con people. One look at that Youtube confirms why his singing career never took off. I really dislike Jamie Oliver's "cheeky chappy" persona BUT he does manage to produce pretty decent food, gives good tips and twists on existing recipes. I suspect part of the reason that Skeehan has done better than he deserves to is because there are people out there who consider him good looking and "marketable" and in this shallow world we live in that can go a long way. That, I don't get.

the beer revolu · 09-01-2020 01:45PM

Seamai wrote: »

I'll go with certified twat, the perfect example of someone who's not particularly talented but manages to con people. One look at that Youtube confirms why his singing career never took off. I really dislike Jamie Oliver's "cheeky chappy" persona BUT he does manage to produce pretty decent food, gives good tips and twists on existing recipes. I suspect part of the reason that Skeehan has done better than he deserves to is because there are people out there who consider him good looking and "marketable" and in this shallow world we live in that can go a long way. That, I don't get.

I will concede that he's no Jamie (annoying or not - he's a serious player in food) but I genuinely think DS's recipes are solid.
There are very few really good tv chefs.

Dots1982 · 09-01-2020 01:50PM

Converse shoes. Seem extremely expensive for a badly made product.

sbsquarepants · 09-01-2020 01:53PM

partyguinness wrote: »

Funnily enough, my wife flew to Ireland a few years ago with the young fella (I had driven ahead on the ferry). I think he less than 1 at the time.

He has my surname on his passport but the wife has her (different) surname on her passport. She was quizzed at security/check in as to her relationship to the child due to the different surnames- she joked that they should take the child off her and see the reaction if they think she is kidnapping. They left them go.

After that we took to bringing his birth cert also just in case it happened again.

We've had that ourselves, made worse by the fact that my missus is half Egyptian our eldest girl is blonde, blue eyes with the complexion of casper the friendly ghost but her sister could pass for Mo Sallahs daughter, the other 2 are somewhere in the middle, but it's usually a ten second conversation to sort it out and it's nice to think that someone is actually keeping an eye out should some headcase decide to bring your kid home as a souvenir!

Seamai · 09-01-2020 02:02PM

Sorry folks, I'm bound to offend someone here but why is the world and it's mother so obsessed with Hely Hansen jackets?, is it to give the idea that they own a boat? Have a buddy who sails and he says he finds them poor quality. There's nothing remotely exclusive about them, a while back I was waiting to get my hair cut in the barbers and there were three young traveller men wearing them across from me.

09-01-2020 02:22PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

You don't have to but it can cause issues if travelling without your partner and the kids have a different name.

You just need to bring a copy of the birth cert on the off chance they do ask. Never heard it being an issue with people I know with different names to their kids, certainly not near enough of a reason to change surname (unless the woman wants to change her surname, that’s different).

Jrop · 09-01-2020 02:25PM

Ricky Gervais

Tacitus Kilgore · 09-01-2020 02:39PM

Jrop wrote: »

Ricky Gervais

^ this,

Watched some idiot abroad again recently - I enjoy yer man Karl with moaning and whining, but Ricky is nothing but a bullying arsehole, just a complete wanker

09-01-2020 02:42PM

I don’t mind Donal Skeehan, don’t get the hate really. Not being a qualified chef doesn’t matters in the context of a cookery show imo he is entertaining and makes nice/simple dishes that are easy to do yourself.

the beer revolu · 09-01-2020 03:05PM

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

I don’t mind Donal Skeehan, don’t get the hate really. Not being a qualified chef doesn’t matters in the context of a cookery show imo he is entertaining and makes nice/simple dishes that are easy to do yourself.

Jaysus, Nox, we're in agreement again.
What's going on??;)

dubstarr · 09-01-2020 04:04PM

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

I don’t mind Donal Skeehan, don’t get the hate really. Not being a qualified chef doesn’t matters in the context of a cookery show imo he is entertaining and makes nice/simple dishes that are easy to do yourself.

Ye i dont mind him.Hes easy to understand and makes some nice dishes

Mister Vain · 09-01-2020 11:13PM

Derry Girls. I watched 3 episodes and I didn't laugh once. Tommy Tiernan uses his own accent and the rest is just hurdy gurdy hurdy. I don't get it.

Whitecarstones · 09-01-2020 11:21PM

GAA. What a pile of money racket twaddle.

Ludikrus · 10-01-2020 01:37AM

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

You don’t need to have the same surname as the kids. My wife didn’t take my name and kids would have my name. Plenty doing the same.

True maybe but it’s a pain in the hole and I bet you your missus will regret it. My sister-in-law didn’t take our surname and the one piece of advice she gave my fiancée (now wife) was take it (she did). When kids arrive it’s not worth the hassle and confusion...school, forms, travel...before kids you can’t imagine all the scenarios where different surnames will cause grief but you’ll find out pretty quickly. I’d go as far as tell her take the surname before kids come along.

NSAman · 10-01-2020 02:01AM

Walnut whips without the walnuts????? WTF?

Assetbacked · 10-01-2020 02:12AM

I don't get laces and why they exist. Velcro is far more practical to tighten a shoe but doesn't require the effort tying laces involves. Laces always tear too.