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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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  • #7622
    lkionm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭lkionm


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    Lads, will ye ever fook off with the shaving in the gym nonsense.

    What so you know about growing facial hair, hater?


  • #7623
    tara73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭tara73


    PaddyORuadhan wrote: »
    And the ketchup bottle could not possibly go into the bin until it spent a good portion of its life upside down in the fridge door to make sure every drop of tomato sauce was out of it.

    ..that's not too bad. I grew up with my mum cutting the toothpaste tube in two to scratch out the last bits..:rolleyes:


  • #7624
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    One thing I think is stingy is when "friends" leave the onus on you to chase them up if they borrowed money off you. I knew one or two people like this in secondary school who if you would decide to give them a dig out would just burn you and then act like the amount of money is not worth worrying about. It has been enough for me to cut off friendships because it shows a lack of respect for the other person.


  • #7625
    Chemical Burn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 545 ✭✭✭Chemical Burn


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    Lads, will ye ever fook off with the shaving in the gym nonsense.

    Shaving straight out of the sauna / Turkish bath / steam room ....etc, is very good for your skin and the optimum time to shave. Your pores are opened and very little, if any, irritation occurs to your skin as a result.


  • #7626
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Chemical Burn wrote: »
    Shaving straight out of the sauna / Turkish bath / steam room ....etc, is very good for your skin and the optimum time to shave. Your pores are opened and very little, if any, irritation occurs to your skin as a result.

    http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1103

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #7627
    Lawless2k12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 385 ✭✭Lawless2k12


    MistyCheese wrote: »
    I never go to the gym!

    Do you even lift bro?


  • #7628
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Remmy wrote: »
    One thing I think is stingy is when "friends" leave the onus on you to chase them up if they borrowed money off you. I knew one or two people like this in secondary school who if you would decide to give them a dig out would just burn you and then act like the amount of money is not worth worrying about. It has been enough for me to cut off friendships because it shows a lack of respect for the other person.

    they become frenemies This term was first used in US in 1977, and was included in a North American English dictionary in 2009. :)


  • #7629
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    BoardsMember wrote: »
    Wouldn't you need to see the contract before offering an opinion on it?

    Of course. But do you not think its "reasonable" to assume a house is worth less with no central heating, doors or electrical fixtures? I'm hardly making wild assumptions.


  • #7630
    bit of a bogey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭bit of a bogey


    This thread is hilarious!
    I have one friend who is unbelievable and I could talk about all day. The kind who takes home the remaining 6 or 7 McDonalds chips to reheat and eat the next day.

    I went away with him one time, just himself, me and one other. He’s great craic but never again. Basically it was a piss up and we spent 3 solid days in and out of pubs but every single time I had to tell him when it was his round. We’d all be sitting there with empty glasses for ten minutes. Broke my heart!

    Another time on a night out he was stuck for money and asked me for a lend of money so I gave him fifty (found out later that night that one of the other lads also gave him 50!). Didn’t see him for about another month but when I did he came up to me and said here is the money I owe you….and gave me a 20! He knew I hadn’t forgotten but wouldn’t bother saying anything - I learnt my lesson.

    The best one was when I went away on a stag with him. We are sitting in the pub and we decide that we would all throw in a tenner to get the groom to be a “stripper”. So the money is put on the table and the groom goes off down the road to get his present. Arrives back 10 mins later and says lads I bottled it. I couldn’t go ahead with it and he throws the money back down on the table. Everyone reaches in and takes their tenner back but when I go to take mine there’s none left. I harp up saying I didn’t get mine back! My stingy mate reaches into his pocket and gives me a tenner-oh he says, I never put one in!


  • #7631
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,650 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    bit of a bogey wrote: »

    The best one was when I went away on a stag with him. We are sitting in the pub and we decide that we would all throw in a tenner to get the groom to be a “stripper”. So the money is put on the table and the groom goes off down the road to get his present. Arrives back 10 mins later and says lads I bottled it.

    Comma's are important sometimes :pac:


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  • #7632
    Keenan Uninterested Camp
    Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Keenan Uninterested Camp


    minidazzler wrote: »
    Comma's are important sometimes :pac:

    There's no comma needed in there. Not misusing apostrophes is also important :pac:


  • #7633
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,650 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    bluewolf wrote: »
    There's no comma needed in there. Not misusing apostrophes is also important :pac:

    :( Damn you...

    But would it not be correct given he was going to the stripper that it read "the groom to be, a stripper." Otherwise it sounds like he's being a stripper.


  • #7634
    Keenan Uninterested Camp
    Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Keenan Uninterested Camp


    minidazzler wrote: »
    :( Damn you...

    But would it not be correct given he was going to the stripper that it read "the groom to be, a stripper." Otherwise it sounds like he's being a stripper.

    No; if you really wanted it to be clear, you could say "we were going to get a stripper for the groom to be/future groom/prospective groom". No commas.
    It does sound funny though :D


  • #7635
    Squeaky the Squirrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Squeaky the Squirrel


    See ye in 80 or so posts when this ^^^ is finished!:pac::pac:


  • #7636
    Keenan Uninterested Camp
    Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Keenan Uninterested Camp


    I knew this poster once who was so stingy with stingy stories, they posted on the stingy story thread about apostrophes...
    No wait :(


  • #7637
    stmol32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭stmol32


    bit of a bogey wrote: »
    The kind who takes home the remaining 6 or 7 McDonalds chips to reheat and eat the next day.

    Who the hell leaves 6 or 7 McDonalds chips behind?


  • #7638
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,853 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    Anyone who shaves regularly knows that the best time to shave is after a shower - your facial hairs are easier to cut and your pores are open from the hot water. perfectly reasonable to have a shave in the gym, I see fellas doing it all the time, and i've seen fellas do it at swimming pools as well.
    The closest shave you will ever get is after coming out of a steam room.


  • #7639
    BeerSteakBirds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭BeerSteakBirds


    I dont know whats stingy about showering and shaving in the gym. I work out every morning and thats where I shower and shave. You expect me to shower twice or shower at home where its bloody freezing instead ? Better not add any more dampness to my bathroom than necessary in fact :D .Nobody notices and I always clean up any mess which is easy if you shave inside a shower cubicle with a suction cup stick on mirror :)


  • #7640
    Katy89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 126 ✭✭Katy89


    BeerSteakBirds wrote: »
    ..with a suction cup stick on mirror :)

    with what???


  • #7641
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Katy89 wrote: »
    with what???
    It's an alternative use for a moon cup


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  • #7642
    WastingLight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭WastingLight


    Seeing a woman about 70 years old scream at the person behind the till when they "forgot" to give her 1c change would be one of mine...


  • #7643
    BeerSteakBirds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭BeerSteakBirds


    Katy89 wrote: »
    with what???



    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=suction+cup


  • #7644
    Kat1170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,749 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    BeerSteakBirds wrote: »
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=suction+cup

    Seen a post from a guy on the internet once, he was too stingy to even stick up a picture. :P


  • #7645
    cuana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭cuana


    My brother in law is the meanest person I have ever met.......... seriously unreal

    So my sister! decides to get married a number of us head over they kindly offered for us to stay in there house which was great we arrived in we were given a list of jobs to do.......... ok we're happy to oblige but our first week of the holiday was a working holiday and I mean did we work!! from painting, gardening, to carpentry any family member with a skill was put to use - FREE LABOR by the time they were married we were exhausted having spent the week running around & the night before wedding putting up decorations before wedding! The thing that upset me was the fact that we worked extremely hard to get there in the first place, spent a fortune to get over, gifted them generously & ended up saving them a small fortune in maintenance of there home ehhhhh we were on holiday!!

    In the meantime my then BF was just after moving over! So anyhow we all had made different plans & met occasionally I was due to meet my family in a nearby city when my brother in law suggested staying with my BF & I due to cost of hotels!

    I figured it would happen so off I went shopping spent a fortune prepared a dinner & breakfast for 8 two for nights so they were fed & watered!! I didn't care it was fun anyhow we did a small amount of travelling around when they left my brother in law suggested I should pay my share of the fuel................ :mad:

    When he lived in Ireland he accept a pint but would never ever buy one in return! He lived here three years and never bought a round

    I love him to bits but he occasionally makes my blood boil :mad:


  • #7646
    Eathrin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    cuana wrote: »
    My brother in law is the meanest person I have ever met.......... seriously unreal

    So my sister! decides to get married a number of us head over they kindly offered for us to stay in there house which was great we arrived in we were given a list of jobs to do.......... ok we're happy to oblige but our first week of the holiday was a working holiday and I mean did we work!! from painting, gardening, to carpentry any family member with a skill was put to use - FREE LABOR by the time they were married we were exhausted having spent the week running around & the night before wedding putting up decorations before wedding! The thing that upset me was the fact that we worked extremely hard to get there in the first place, spent a fortune to get over, gifted them generously & ended up saving them a small fortune in maintenance of there home ehhhhh we were on holiday!!

    In the meantime my then BF was just after moving over! So anyhow we all had made different plans & met occasionally I was due to meet my family in a nearby city when my brother in law suggested staying with my BF & I due to cost of hotels!

    I figured it would happen so off I went shopping spent a fortune prepared a dinner & breakfast for 8 two for nights so they were fed & watered!! I didn't care it was fun anyhow we did a small amount of travelling around when they left my brother in law suggested I should pay my share of the fuel................ :mad:

    When he lived in Ireland he accept a pint but would never ever buy one in return! He lived here three years and never bought a round

    I love him to bits but he occasionally makes my blood boil :mad:

    Seriously stingy use of punctuation there :P


  • #7647
    cuana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭cuana


    Eathrin wrote: »
    Seriously stingy use of punctuation there :P


    Guilty!! I'm the worst :o


  • #7648
    Darren 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Darren 83


    My sister is the worse , still waiting on my birthday present that was 4 months ago she always does it.

    Also she takes the toilet roll from the local town centre.


  • #7649
    billy2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭billy2012


    Darren 83 wrote: »
    My sister is the worse , still waiting on my birthday present that was 4 months ago she always does it.

    Also she takes the toilet roll from the local town centre.

    My old boss would use the same tea bag to make 3 cups of tea!!


  • #7650
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    cuana wrote: »
    My brother in law is the meanest person I have ever met.......... seriously unreal

    So my sister! decides to get married a number of us head over they kindly offered for us to stay in there house which was great we arrived in we were given a list of jobs to do.......... ok we're happy to oblige but our first week of the holiday was a working holiday and I mean did we work!! from painting, gardening, to carpentry any family member with a skill was put to use - FREE LABOR by the time they were married we were exhausted having spent the week running around & the night before wedding putting up decorations before wedding! The thing that upset me was the fact that we worked extremely hard to get there in the first place, spent a fortune to get over, gifted them generously & ended up saving them a small fortune in maintenance of there home ehhhhh we were on holiday!!

    Seriously stingy with the full stops there bud. Makes it very hard to read.

    Anyway, if that was me, I'd have told the brother in law that I was on my holidays and to eff off if he expected me to be an unpaid labourer for him. If you had agreed ahead of time that you'd do odd jobs for him, in exchange for a free bed, fair enough. But to just hand someone a hammer and say get to work as soon as they get off the plane, that is very bad form.


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  • #7651
    GAAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    My friends are still laughing about this.

    I was in tesco's the other day and was in a horrible mood, it seemed like the universe decided to get every knob faced twat to descend on the store for a twat convention. People walking right in front of me without looking, parking in an aisle beside another trolley so as to block the whole feckin thing. The mongo's who stop beside you and basically invade your personal space so as to see what you have in your hand, as the thought you might get something they wont kills them.

    But the worst, and I mean worst is the old couple. Now this couple were well dressed and had a trolley full of shopping. They were in the freezer section blocking things up as a tesco produce trolley was on the other side, I have to stand there waiting while they debate between two bags of frozen chips.

    Yep frozen chips, not world peace, or the greenhouse effect, frozen bleedin chips. And what pray tell was the debate about? The chips he wanted were FOUR F*CKIN PENCE dearer than the ones she wanted. I lost it grabbed 10p from my pocket and shoved my way past slamming the 10p coin on their bag and shouted "THERE YOU GO NOW LET THE MAN HAVE HIS F*CKIN CHIPS!!"

    :mad:


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