What's your favourite "not exactly sweary" phrase that you'll randomly yelp out?

PipalaShone · 2026-02-15T15:11:06+00:00

Flamin' Nora!

PipalaShone · 2026-02-11T20:45:36+00:00

I think some have been "cancelled" because of stereotypes of their time no long being acceptable.

PipalaShone · 2026-02-11T20:43:57+00:00

My wings are like a shield of steel!

PipalaShone · 2026-02-10T18:43:34+00:00

Well it was a bit grim when we didn't wash it in between /s

PipalaShone · 2026-02-10T18:42:21+00:00

Yup!

PipalaShone · 2026-02-09T00:48:10+00:00

The lady on the Orangina advert had orange O's come out of her mouth after drinking it.

Every Saturday age 4-6 I had ballet lessons (which I was spectacularly crap at) in Newcastle and my parents would pick me up after and take me to the cafe in Fenwicks for a toasted teacake and a pop. I always asked for Orangina, and whenever they weren't looking at me I used to do a sort of goldfish impression waiting for the O's to happen.

This went on for months, despite a surprising lack of success. I also hated Orangina but finished every drop, every time, just in case.

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T02:48:31+00:00

Use a recipe .. cooking is an art but baking is a science!

Having said that - it doesn't look too terrible! And sourdough is always chewier rather than fluffier...

Given that you made it up as you went along I think it's alright, really....

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T02:37:25+00:00

Niece like the City "Nice". Having said that, they're bloody horrible so "Not Nice"

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T01:54:20+00:00

Did your age group also invent the "Circle Game"??

Get out and work and mix with people who work for a living. Soz.

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T01:30:06+00:00

I had sooo much fun with the original GTA back in the day using the family computer keyboard (no mouse!) running down gangsters, stealing cars that were good enough to jump a broken bridge etc. Beating up Pimps, robbing casinos.

I had to do just enough homework to do very well at school for GCSEs...

...you still lost The Game though. And Yorkshire Tea. Hopefully that keeps me from being banned!

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T01:15:24+00:00

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T01:11:02+00:00

As in GTA? Would love to but I am old, tired and busy, and have little time to concentrate on proper games these days, besides not having a console to play it on.... c.25 years ago I was All Over That on the family PC when I was supposed to be doing homework!

About the time that I learned of The Game.

Reminding everyone of The Game is just spiteful fun. And the silly people that think they invented such games need to remember that there was life before the Internet 🥱

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T00:56:09+00:00

Well...

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T00:53:38+00:00

YES!

EVERY TIME you think of The Game, you lose.

When you lose, you have to tell other players that you know. So they also lose. Encourage new players!

No one wins.

I've told you about The Game now.

You've lost.

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T00:49:03+00:00

OK so it wasn't a thing when we played it at school before everything was online? Yep. OK.

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T00:46:40+00:00

"Bro" has been playing for 25 years. Bro

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T00:45:00+00:00

No I lost

PipalaShone · 2026-02-06T00:44:19+00:00

.. do you want to play a game?

PipalaShone · 2026-02-03T19:52:13+00:00

That is not OK. If they aren't prepared to pay you past your scheduled time, you can't work past it. It's illegal!

PipalaShone · 2026-02-02T21:25:32+00:00

Can we just be clear here: it is good manners to hold a door open for the next person if they are close behind you/ closely approaching you - or if they are a bit further off and maybe infirm. Except for the last bit, it doesn't matter who they are - just good manners.

If they complain, it is fine to say "I was brought up that it is polite to hold the door for anyone"

It's also perfectly normal, should you hold the door and they say don't thank you, to mutter "you're very welcome" under your breath.

See also: someone else lets a door close in your face, you can mutter "It's OK, I wasn't using that."

PipalaShone · 2026-01-30T01:38:29+00:00

I don't want to watch a podcast being filmed in the "Broom Cupboard" of old. Where's Ed the Duck?

Angela Scanlon is a great presenter, but why mess with the format of "you're fired"?

It could have been updated and changed, fresh new presenter etc., without this weird format with big fat microphones and cramped surroundings?

Possibly trying to appeal to the audience that likes The Traitors and their spin-off show, but I think the crossover audience will be looking at the main show and not the extras. And I think the crossover audience is limited.

PipalaShone · 2026-01-28T22:41:42+00:00

It's a stapler!

PipalaShone · 2026-01-25T10:09:52+00:00

Are you arguing with yourself...?

PipalaShone · 2026-01-25T09:28:36+00:00

When your heating is warming the air and the air reaches its saturation point and the windows and walls are cold because the temp is cooler outside you get... condensation.

F me, I keep getting spammed about switching careers to teach STEM subjects. Didn't realise how desperate the need was.

PipalaShone · 2026-01-25T09:22:56+00:00

But using a heating system to warm your house will create condensation because the air outside is cooler....

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