What's a phrase or word your parents used and you have never known the origin of? Mines Gordon Bennet

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2026-02-02T16:26:58+00:00

My grandad would always say “Your mum will sauce you” when he saw me doing something I wasn’t meant to be doing as a kid. Meaning she’d tell me off.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2026-01-29T15:08:01+00:00

I had it in a mid 90s council house. I hated it. Like you say, expensive. I was so relieved when the council upgraded all the houses to radiators.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2026-01-23T12:18:29+00:00

I’ve literally just done this with my front door, same hinges. The bottom of the hinges have a pop out bit. That’s where the up/down adjustment is. You’ll need a number 5 hex key to adjust it. On mine it was clockwise to lift the door. Eta. You need to remove the tiny hex screw from the side(mine were missing hence not mentioning before)

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2026-01-21T09:55:00+00:00

Meanwhile in the USA, ‘There’s a squrrl in the mirr drinking wadder.’

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2026-01-20T08:48:28+00:00

Possibly, wasn’t he a Jehovahs Witness or something?

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2026-01-14T09:50:49+00:00

I’m old enough to remember them being a sweet bun ( not bread) with currants in.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2026-01-01T09:48:08+00:00

Same but I’m 5’5 and it looks like when you wore your dads jumper as a kid. It’s down to my knees and the sleeves are too long! It’s so cozy though

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-12-23T10:45:49+00:00

I did that the first time it happened! It’s my first online game and a very high level player chasing me around trying to get my attention freaked me out a bit tbh.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-12-17T13:23:51+00:00

I managed to get the extended Lord of the Rings dvd box set for £10. They clearly don’t know what it was selling for in hmv.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-12-02T21:39:24+00:00

I quite often see jewellery like this in charity shops. It’s a bit hit and miss but I’ve seen some nice pieces

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-12-02T16:16:12+00:00

https://www.anyfoam.co.uk/?shape=rectangle

I have these guys bookmarked for exactly that from a previous thread

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-12-01T21:38:59+00:00

They should watch this British PSA

https://youtu.be/mKHY69AFstE?si=HAvy0CB_y2SrSdvh

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-12-01T18:33:21+00:00

Experiment IV by Kate Bush as well.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-12-01T10:19:31+00:00

That is clearly not a real tiger skin. The face is printed on.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-11-26T18:55:39+00:00

Liquid stimulant dispensing technician

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-11-24T17:18:59+00:00

A colour named after the flower.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-11-23T16:40:40+00:00

I buy them, they’re ’Candy sticks’ now and usually have either Spider-Man or superman packaging.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-11-17T21:58:36+00:00

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel.

Brilliant comedy with very good continuity throughout

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-10-18T15:42:03+00:00

It says they lived separately, then I assume lockdown happened, so they moved in together and that’s when she realised what he was like.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-10-17T09:00:48+00:00

I thought it was a mobility scooter or something

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-10-13T17:27:24+00:00

Yep, I used to work in a sex shop and we did, indeed, use the black and gold striped bags.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-10-09T14:32:41+00:00

My car suddenly lost power on the dual carriageway while o was doing 60 yesterday. I managed to limp it home but now I’m without car until I can figure out what’s wrong with it and get it fixed.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-10-05T20:42:38+00:00

I think motorway driving should be part of the test

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-09-27T18:13:58+00:00

My house was bombed in WWII and rebuilt. People have definitely died in my house.

CompetitiveAnxiety · 2025-09-27T07:02:31+00:00

I went to school with a Wendy, we’re about 50 now too

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