Trivial things that annoy you part 8191.1

Ally Dick · 17-12-2015 12:50AM

Looking forward to the Vincent Browne show, and Mick Clifford comes on....and it looks like it could be a regular occurrence. Bull. I won't watch it if Vincent isn't on it

Savage Tyrant · 17-12-2015 01:09AM

My daughter is looking for the boy versions of the Ever After High dolls.... She has 8 of the girl ones but I can not for the life of me track down these boy ones... Except on Amazon and I'm not confident I could get the delivered on time now for xmas day.

And I thought I was sorted.

DareGod · 17-12-2015 01:16AM

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

My daughter is looking for the boy versions of the Ever After High dolls.... She has 8 of the girl ones but I can not for the life of me track down these boy ones... Except on Amazon and I'm not confident I could get the delivered on time now for xmas day.

And I thought I was sorted.

"Ever After High" ?

I'm about to hit 30 and I can honestly say that this is the first time in life that I have ZERO idea as to what that is.

Last I remember, it was High School Musical.

What an ageing cli-ché I am.

Now, as I re-read your post, if your daughter already has eight of these dolls, I think that that is more than enough to have - of anything. I don't think you should be concerned. Maybe "satisfaction with what one already has" is the gift a child needs more than anything in this sort of situation? Or am I missing something? As with anyone who is over the age of 27, I'm not down with the kids.

Samsgirl · 17-12-2015 01:30AM

Puking children and midnight bed clothes changing x 2

Savage Tyrant · 17-12-2015 01:32AM

She got 3 from myself and 1 from her mother today for her birthday. And she had the other 4 already... But this is specifically for xmas

Ever After High ... It's a silly enough concept, though for children so that's ok I suppose... Dolls of the children of famous fairy tale characters. :pac:
Apple White is the daughter of Snow White
Madeleine Hatter the daughter of the the Mad Hatter
There's daughters and sons of loads of characters that we would remember from our childhoods.

DareGod · 17-12-2015 01:36AM

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

She got 3 from myself and 1 from her mother today for her birthday. And she had the other 4 already... But this is specifically for xmas

Ever After High ... It's a silly enough concept, though for children so that's ok I suppose... Dolls of the children of famous fairy tale characters. :pac:
Apple White is the daughter of Snow White
Madeleine Hatter the daughter of the the Mad Hatter
There's daughters and sons of loads of characters that we would remember from our childhoods.

That actually sounds amazing :eek: Sounds like one of the better ideas of recent times.

Anyway, for whatever it's worth, my advice would be to not dedicate any of your worry to your child getting the toys they "want" for Christmas. If I'm not mistaken, the happiest (in the true sense of the word) and most likeable people tend to be the ones who had very few material items growing up (all else being relatively equal.) Just my two cents. Don't worry about it, is what I'm saying.

Ally Dick · 17-12-2015 01:37AM

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

My daughter is looking for the boy versions of the Ever After High dolls.... She has 8 of the girl ones but I can not for the life of me track down these boy ones... Except on Amazon and I'm not confident I could get the delivered on time now for xmas day.

And I thought I was sorted.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Ever-After-High-Royal-Dexter-Charming-Doll-/301824983359?hash=item46462bc13f:g:2JMAAOSwHQ9WUc3L

Savage Tyrant · 17-12-2015 01:56AM

Ally Dick wrote: »

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Ever-After-High-Royal-Dexter-Charming-Doll-/301824983359?hash=item46462bc13f:g:2JMAAOSwHQ9WUc3L

Seen that already... Est delivery from 29th Dec... But thanks for looking. :-)

Ally Dick · 17-12-2015 02:01AM

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

Seen that already... Est delivery from 29th Dec... But thanks for looking. :-)

Ah sh1t. Would you get it any quicker through a Parcel Motel address ? I'd say you would. Have you heard of that service ? Quicker than standard mail

Badly Drunk Boy · 17-12-2015 10:04AM

KatW4 wrote: »

You leave Tullamore out of this! Great place so it is. ï¿¼

Go somewhere! Have fun

I was trivially annoyed the only time I went to Tullamore on the train. I was getting the 4.51 train to Portarlington to see my sister, got on the train at 4.53, and sailed right through Portarlington! (All the trains were 10-15 minutes late). Next stop was Tullamore so I hopped out there. I had to wait 90 minutes for the next train back so I bought a bag of chips.

Good story, eh? Tullamore rocks!!

KatW4 · 17-12-2015 10:15AM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote:

Good story, eh? Tullamore rocks!!

Great story! But actually I'd be more than trivially annoyed if that happened to me! Tullamore is great

Badly Drunk Boy · 17-12-2015 10:27AM

Another annoying thing is when typing, the auto-spellcheck highlights a word that you've typed, and suggests something more obscure. In my previous post, 'Tullamore' was highlighted. Fair enough, it's a proper noun and not a well-known place globally (sorry, KatW4!) so it suggested 'Tularemia' would be better, a severe infectious bacterial disease of animals transmissible to humans, characterized by ulcers at the site of infection, fever, and loss of weight. (Sorry again, KatW4!)

SAMTALK · 17-12-2015 10:55AM

When I woke this morning I thought it was Friday....Its not

:(

Medusa22 · 17-12-2015 11:14AM

I am fasting today and I've been up since 6am, I'm hungry!!

rainbow kirby · 17-12-2015 11:23AM

Heat at work turned up to normal December levels + it being freakishly warm for December (16c in London) = being absolutely ROASTING at my desk.

Samsgirl · 17-12-2015 01:20PM

Manager barks at me - why aren't you wearing your Santa hat and flashing badge???
Eh, cos Im 42 and not 6yrs old??

eisenberg1 · 17-12-2015 01:24PM

Samsgirl wrote: »

Manager barks at me - why aren't you wearing your Santa hat and flashing badge???
Eh, cos Im 42 and not 6yrs old??

I bet that's not what you said in your head;)

maudgonner · 17-12-2015 01:39PM

Samsgirl wrote: »

Manager barks at me - why aren't you wearing your Santa hat and flashing badge???
Eh, cos Im 42 and not 6yrs old??

I wonder if there are any Google staff on here who can confirm? Apparently some staff there used to have to do a weekly stint as "Google Angels" where they would go around helping new hires with any issues they might have.

This being Google, they had to wear wings.

And carry a wand.

Because in Google shame is for life, not just for Christmas.

scdublin · 17-12-2015 01:54PM

When you call someone out for bull****ting, and people when referencing the conversation later say "you were going mad". They've clearly never actually seen someone going mad but it just makes it seem like they think you were really bothered by it and completely lost your temper, when it reality you were just pointing out that something didn't add up etc.

Pac1Man · 17-12-2015 01:57PM

Medusa22 wrote: »

I am fasting today and I've been up since 6am, I'm hungry!!

It's Christmas, not Easter.

Rubberlegs · 17-12-2015 01:58PM

My teenager is unwell and not in school. It hasnt stopped her from moaning and whining at me since I got back in the door, about how her friend is away for the Christmas holidays and she will have nothing to do.
My sister and I brought wreaths to the graves today. There was this weird little dog in the graveyard, he reminded me of Alf the alien. He kept walking over Dad's grave and pulling at the wreath. When we hunted him off, he looked really annoyed and kept barking at us. Then I said to my sister, what if that's Dad reincarnated and he's messing with us. We were so freaked out we had to leave. When the dog saw us walking away he went right back to the grave again:(

Medusa22 · 17-12-2015 02:06PM

Pac1Man wrote: »

It's Christmas, not Easter.

I'm waiting to have a minor operation today and I need to have a general anaesthetic so I can't eat

Feeeed meee

OldNotWIse · 17-12-2015 02:16PM

Medusa22 wrote: »

I'm waiting to have a minor operation today and I need to have a general anaesthetic so I can't eat

Feeeed meee

Good luck

wp_rathead · 17-12-2015 02:34PM

I'm still annoyed Chewbacca didn't get a medal at the end of A New Hope

Rubberlegs · 17-12-2015 05:31PM

Fcuking superglue

. I bought some because I'd a couple of Christmas decorations that needed fixing. Firstly I thought I had the lid off, and squeezed it, but it all oozed out down the sides of the tube and over my fingers. Then I managed to glue Santa to the top of the table, and when I went to pull him off again I broke him in half. Everywhere I laid the tube down has left a patch of glue, and my fingers look like I've some peeling skin condition.

jimgoose · 17-12-2015 05:32PM

73Cat wrote: »

Fcuking superglue . I bought some because I'd a couple of Christmas decorations that needed fixing. Firstly I thought I had the lid off, and squeezed it, but it all oozed out down the sides of the tube and over my fingers. Then I managed to glue Santa to the top of the table, and when I went to pull him off again I broke him in half. Everywhere I laid the tube down has left a patch of glue, and my fingers look like I've some peeling skin condition.

Acetone-based nail polish remover. Great tack, turns superglue "off" chemically.

endofrainbow · 17-12-2015 05:37PM

73Cat wrote: »

Fcuking superglue . I bought some because I'd a couple of Christmas decorations that needed fixing. Firstly I thought I had the lid off, and squeezed it, but it all oozed out down the sides of the tube and over my fingers. Then I managed to glue Santa to the top of the table, and when I went to pull him off again I broke him in half. Everywhere I laid the tube down has left a patch of glue, and my fingers look like I've some peeling skin condition.

you pulled Santa off ?:eek:

SAMTALK · 17-12-2015 05:39PM

endofrainbow wrote: »

you pulled Santa off ?:eek:

TKs !!! I look demented sitting at my desk laughing

New Home · 17-12-2015 05:39PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Acetone-based nail polish remover. Great tack, turns superglue "off" chemically.

That might also remove the varnish from the table top, though, and I seem to remember acetone is not formica-friendly either... There's a superglue remover which you should be able to find easily enough, it's sold in little tubes. I'm not sure what the active ingredients are, though, but I don't think it contains acetone, the one I had it didn't smell like it.

Rubberlegs · 17-12-2015 05:43PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Acetone-based nail polish remover. Great tack, turns superglue "off" chemically.

Thanks, jimgoose ! Which brings me to another annoyance, the smell of nail varnish is filling the house as there is a nail painting session going on upstairs. If there's nail varnish on sheets I'll lose the plot.

Trivial things that annoy you part 8191.1

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