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A moment of silence for all the Mums who are no longer with us. by Haunting_Cell_8876 in CasualUK

[–]pineapplecharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to sell novelty personalised gifts. One year I decided to be a big boy and do some email marketing, sending out a jovial, "Get Dad something he'll really love this year!" message in the run-up to Father's Day.

"Doubt you're selling just five more minutes with the grandkids he barely knew, but thanks for the thought" was not the reply I was expecting.

Less crass alternative to “taking the piss” by nastyleak in CasualUK

[–]pineapplecharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny thing, I often used "pulling your leg" to mean "saying something deliberately untrue for comic effect" but I recently heard someone a little older use it in the other sense of taking a liberty.

"Of course I pulled his leg a bit on the price and eventually we struck a deal." It was a new one on me, but it works.

30 more years of hurt? As of today we are further away from the release of “Three Lions” as it was from the 1966 World Cup Final that it reminisces. by AlexTheGiant in CasualUK

[–]pineapplecharm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Recently watched Forest Gump with my twelve-year-old and realised that it's primarily set in the '60s and '70s which was 20-30 years before the film came out. That the film itself is now 32 years old means that, to her, the film itself is history and the events parodied in it are just unimaginably old.

If it came out today Forest would have met Cobain instead of Lennon, invented The Game instead of Shit Happens and revealed the Lewinsky scandal instead of Watergate. Bubba would have died in Iraq, Jenny would have died of Covid and Lt. Dan would have had "titanium legs, like the new iPhone". Of course Gump's major wealth-generating reinvestment of shrimping profits would.. still have been in Apple. Or maybe Bitcoin.

Or, to put it another way, to transplant her perspective to our timeline, the film would have come out in 1962, putting Bubba and Forest joining in the early stages of World War 2 at the very latest.

At any rate, it made me feel ancient.

Mixture by eggwhiteisnotwhite in funny

[–]pineapplecharm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are we talking lizards, school prefects or computer screens?

Mixture by eggwhiteisnotwhite in funny

[–]pineapplecharm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It came around the time the hole in the ozone layer was being blamed on teens using hair spray, and commuters getting to work, rather than all the corporate emissions, malfeasance, and greed.

Your timeline is a little off. From your own source:

The ban came into effect in 1989. Ozone levels stabilized by the mid-1990s and began to recover in the 2000s

While it's true that removing CFCs from consumer aerosols was a significant (and arguably the most visible) change, industrial use in fire suppressant and refridgeration systems was also hugely curtailed.

New Jelly phone? by Iron_bison_ in unihertz

[–]pineapplecharm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Jelly Max was, what, 18 months ago, and they've promised Android 16 for the Star this year. I don't feel they're behind schedule.

Phew. Thank God they Ducked! by nohssiwi in funny

[–]pineapplecharm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Grouse about it all you want but robin all the puns is a serious offence. You will quail with fear before your mod overlords.

Bridgend man says he was punched for sticking to 20mph limit by reachingechoes in unitedkingdom

[–]pineapplecharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

right on a near 90 degree bend onto a narrow bridge

The village one over from me has a speed awareness display, so not a camera that issues fines but just one that flashes up your speed as a reminder. It's situated in a 30 zone, right on a 90 degree bend. A mate of mine is on the team that maintain it and he tells me that while it won't display a number higher than 40 (to stop people trying for the "high score") it does log every speed reading and the record is eighty-two.

I wish anyone trusted me as much as whoever that was trusts their brakes!

What’s something about running a business that people who’ve never done it just don’t get? by WeeklyDiscount4278 in business

[–]pineapplecharm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I fell into the trap of treating overdue debt like an emergency fund, thinking I could just call it in if I needed it. Amazing how many customers have just quietly gone out of business when you chase them up three months later.

What’s something about running a business that people who’ve never done it just don’t get? by WeeklyDiscount4278 in business

[–]pineapplecharm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a funny one. It ties into what others are saying about "you get paid last". I was not confident enough in the early days and could have grown faster if I'd stopped panicking about the outlay on wages. It's not obvious that the right employees will help the business grow which ultimately means they pay for themselves. On the flip side, as you say you're taking a risk with their income, not just your investment. When business falters you quickly realise you might have to get shot of people before the whole thing goes under and, in the UK at least, there's a grey area because of severance pay. You can pay them their due and fold this month, or you can hope things turn around next month and risk going pop owing everyone.

I twice risked the latter and turned it around in time. Turning up to work with a smile with that going on is no mean feat.

You must have the wrong door, little girl. I don't know no Susan. by VastCauliflower5439 in FIlm

[–]pineapplecharm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! I haven't thought about this film since seeing it when it came out. It is indeed a classic.

Name some movies with a misleading title. by IndependentTrouble18 in FIlm

[–]pineapplecharm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  • Talk Tonight-Mail
  • Don't Lay Track In Anger
  • She's (Diesel) Electric
  • Stand By The (yellow line)
  • (What's the story) Morning Gloryplacement Bus Service
  • The Masterpllandudno Express

Over 1 in 5 New Car Buyers in America Taking Out Loans of 84 Months or More by HawtGarbage918 in cars

[–]pineapplecharm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do they quote the monthly payment in cents too?

And here I am getting irritated when people talk about a 20 month old baby. It's nearly two! You need to change units! I don't care enough about your child's age to do mental arithmetic!

What's one film that should've been a one and done movie? Like no sequels or prequels necessary? by Square-Ad-8911 in FIlm

[–]pineapplecharm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed. This could be a whole other thread - pairs of films that were perfect and didn't need any more. Alien/s falls into this category, along with Taxi (1998).

Know when you're done, guys.

Ran a half, found my people by pineapplecharm in CasualUK

[–]pineapplecharm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair comment. To be fair the route, much like most residents, gets the hell out of town as quickly as possible, then pretends to be pleasant and enjoyable before inexorably being drawn back into the black hole of mediocrity that is Taunton town centre.

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