Things you just "don't get"?

Greyfox · 11-03-2020 08:43PM

Widdershins wrote: »

Valuing who and what I have comes easily.

Your in the minority so, if more people where like you the world would be a better place.

the purple tin · 12-03-2020 07:09PM

How exactly did this mad run on toilet paper get started? Was it triggered by something specific?
If it was a bad stomach bug going round where you would need a lot of extra tp I would understand it, but why tp and not bread like during the big snow?

Widdershins · 12-03-2020 07:10PM

Harem pants

pinkyeye · 12-03-2020 11:16PM

the purple tin wrote: »

How exactly did this mad run on toilet paper get started? Was it triggered by something specific?
If it was a bad stomach bug going round where you would need a lot of extra tp I would understand it, but why tp and not bread like during the big snow?

In Ireland at least it's because they're all imported. If you remember during the snow they didn't have them back in stock for a few days.

Nowhere in Ireland manufactures them.

Deja Boo · 12-03-2020 11:48PM

Werewolf, the game. I don't get it... but wish I did!

Seamai · 13-03-2020 12:16AM

Widdershins wrote: »

Harem pants

Hideous things.

Salvation Tambourine · 13-03-2020 12:21AM

vriesmays wrote: »

A drawing of Malahide Castle on the cover of People's Friend magazine.

Bit too much green?

Widdershins · 13-03-2020 04:17AM

Seamai wrote: »

Hideous things.

Aren't they! So slovenly looking.

Speaking of which I dont get people who cannot be fecked to tie their laces, tuck or button their shirts or make the slightest effort.

Also I REALLY don't understand what Im missing about this virus?
Sorry to drag it in, but what are people basing "the Spanish Flu and Ww2 of our generation" on? Projections of the next waves?

I was never on board the "its the flu!" dismissive bandwagon but I feel Ive missed something in between that and where we are now.

Id just like someone to précis it for me?

Deja Boo · 13-03-2020 05:58AM

I don't know, but where we are is surreal.

Widdershins · 13-03-2020 07:35AM

Deja Boo wrote: »

I don't know, but where we are is surreal.

It's extraordinary. I'm standing back waiting to see more of this picture.

Pawwed Rig · 13-03-2020 08:34AM

Deja Boo wrote: »

Werewolf, the game. I don't get it... but wish I did!

Neither did I but I signed up for a game or 2 and it is actually very good fun if not a bit too time consuming at this stage of my life.

I really do not get the toilet paper panic. In a worst case scenario one could just use the shower!

Deja Boo · 13-03-2020 08:42AM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Neither did I but I signed up for a game or 2 and it is actually very good fun if not a bit too time consuming at this stage of my life.

I really do not get the toilet paper panic. In a worst case scenario one could just use the shower!

Did you understand the rules and setup before ...or during the game?

whisky_galore · 13-03-2020 08:49AM

the purple tin wrote: »

How exactly did this mad run on toilet paper get started? Was it triggered by something specific?
If it was a bad stomach bug going round where you would need a lot of extra tp I would understand it, but why tp and not bread like during the big snow?

People started taking dumb ass Australians and their panic buying seriously.
If I was stuck I could use newspaper as a substitute or commune with nature with a fist full of grass. I realise the latter may not be an option for urbanites.

Widdershins · 13-03-2020 09:48AM

"Family cloth". Google it. Its the latest thing in the world of reusables.
I use reusable everything else but its a step too far for me. Even the name makes me shudder.
However you could always cut up an old sheet into squares if truly stuck, and dispose of them straight afterwards. People must be terribly precious about their 7 ply moistened, fragranced, patterned paper if theyre hoarding it like this. They can't all have Crohns etc

Tacitus Kilgore · 13-03-2020 10:40AM

Widdershins wrote: »

"Family cloth". Google it. Its the latest thing in the world of reusables.
I use reusable everything else but its a step too far for me. Even the name makes me shudder.
However you could always cut up an old sheet into squares if truly stuck, and dispose of them straight afterwards. People must be terribly precious about their 7 ply moistened, fragranced, patterned paper if theyre hoarding it like this. They can't all have Crohns etc

Surely just having a wash would be better than using an old tee shirt and having to dispose of it?

If we're all stuck at home pooping our brains out, we'll probably have time to hop in the shower anyway....

Pawwed Rig · 13-03-2020 11:12AM

Deja Boo wrote: »

Did you understand the rules and setup before ...or during the game?

You pick them up as you go (if you survive long enough).
The lads are good at helping out first timers too. Sometimes they will assign you a 'mentor' who you can ask questions

Runaways · 13-03-2020 02:29PM

Another one.
A massive cohort of posters really really hate Ireland and everything in it from services to government to the people. Like it’s in every thread.
Very weird.

Gwynplaine · 13-03-2020 02:44PM

Horseracing. If there was no gambling, no one would look at it.

Widdershins · 13-03-2020 02:55PM

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Surely just having a wash would be better than using an old tee shirt and having to dispose of it?

If we're all stuck at home pooping our brains out, we'll probably have time to hop in the shower anyway....

Cloth squares for wiping properly before standing up as I suppose you can't shower every time you use the toilet and if you get sick you mightn't be up to standing in the shower just for that. I haven't given it a lot of thought though

Tacitus Kilgore · 13-03-2020 03:03PM

Widdershins wrote: »

Cloth squares for wiping properly before standing up as I suppose you can't shower every time you use the toilet and if you get sick you mightn't be up to standing in the shower just for that. I haven't given it a lot of thought though

Hopefully neither of us ever have to

AlphabetCards · 13-03-2020 07:20PM

Love island. They speak to each other like no one I know. It feels scripted, but I know it isn't. It is as if they are coached in how to approach situations, how to enunciate words, how to limit their vocabulary to appeal to everyone. It is so odd.

Redneck Reject71 · 13-03-2020 08:49PM

Widdershins wrote: »

"Family cloth". Google it. Its the latest thing in the world of reusables.
I use reusable everything else but its a step too far for me. Even the name makes me shudder.
However you could always cut up an old sheet into squares if truly stuck, and dispose of them straight afterwards. People must be terribly precious about their 7 ply moistened, fragranced, patterned paper if theyre hoarding it like this. They can't all have Crohns etc

There is only so much I would be willing to reuse. A family cloth is not one of them,heh.

vriesmays · 13-03-2020 09:05PM

After drinking a few cups of black coffee I develop a cough.

Redneck Reject71 · 13-03-2020 09:07PM

vriesmays wrote: »

After drinking a few cups of black coffee I develop a cough.

Unclean!heh.Make sure you have your bell to ring when your in public.

Jigsaw · 13-03-2020 10:07PM

Ice hockey. I think it is ****.

Pawwed Rig · 15-03-2020 06:18PM

Joe Wilkinson

Nevin Parsnipp · 15-03-2020 08:03PM

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Love island. They speak to each other like no one I know. It feels scripted, but I know it isn't. It is as if they are coached in how to approach situations, how to enunciate words, how to limit their vocabulary to appeal to everyone. It is so odd.

Only one thing worse than "Love Island" it's the stupid beuers that watch it !

Completely contrived and over hyped sh1te ....

the purple tin · 16-03-2020 12:49PM

Dead-end, sinkhole warzone estates always have really charming sounding names like 'Primrose Hill', 'Buttercup Valley' etc.
Why not rename them 'Heroin Row', 'Concealed-Weapon Meadow, etc. Give potential buyers a heads-up.

Conor Bourke · 16-03-2020 12:56PM

the purple tin wrote: »

Dead-end, sinkhole warzone estates always have really charming sounding names like 'Primrose Hill', 'Buttercup Valley' etc.
Why not rename them 'Heroin Row', 'Concealed-Weapon Meadow, etc. Give potential buyers a heads-up.

Cherry Orchard sounds delightful, the reality is somewhat different however

the purple tin · 16-03-2020 12:58PM

Cornelius Crow wrote: »

Cherry Orchard sounds delightful, the reality is somewhat different however

That's what I was thinking. Didn't want to mention any real places though

Things you just "don't get"?

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