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I’m in a mood. What should be banned (lighthearted)

531 replies

Merryoldgoat · 10/01/2025 19:05

Fucking door knocking charity callers. Why is it allowed? It’s intrusive and I bloody hate it.

Pink deodorant - always cloying and horribly floral.

Having to refill rinse aid

I think the menopause is hitting hard today.

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evtheria · 10/01/2025 19:17

Ice on steps, roads, and pavements, please. Allowed on rinks, ponds, and other places of that sort.

Also: Bananas in smoothies, while we're at it.

Knowitall69 · 10/01/2025 19:16

Jars/containers with stickers that are really hard to remove.

Makes reusing them difficult.

Bloody annoying.

CluelessAsFuck · 10/01/2025 19:15

Inspirational quotes printed on crappy pieces of wood. Blurgh.

Ponoka7 · 10/01/2025 19:15

Those paper lids under the plastic one that only half comes off, if you're lucky. The lid on the listerine bottle that you aren't guaranteed to open.

VoodooRajin · 10/01/2025 19:15

Lists like this

MyDeepZebra · 10/01/2025 19:15

Oh and children on bikes/scooters/heelies/hoverboards/skates in supermarkets. Their parents deserve a special place in hell.

poemsandwine · 10/01/2025 19:15

Imperrysmum · 10/01/2025 19:14

The phrase “coming of age”

Edited

And 'journey'!

jay55 · 10/01/2025 19:14

Digestive issues and piles. Banished from the earth please.

Also people who stand in front of the seats and train stations and don't let people get through to sit.

Kaminari · 10/01/2025 19:14

I concur with courgettes and celery

Also radish.

Imperrysmum · 10/01/2025 19:14

The phrase “coming of age”

shellyleppard · 10/01/2025 19:14

Annoying holiday company adverts....also the ones for brilliant white on low temperature wash ( especially the fairy ones)

TheTruthHurtsDontIt · 10/01/2025 19:14

People who stop in doorways to have a chat.

People who stop with their trolley/pram horizontally across a shopping aisle so you can't get by.

People who pull out in front of you making you slam the breaks on then proceed to drive at 17mph

Actually just people. People should be banned.

Raquelos · 10/01/2025 19:14

The word "methinks". It is only ever used by tossers on a setting of maximum smugness and it makes my brain shudder and mutter, No, fuck right off!

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 10/01/2025 19:13

Obnoxiously loud car and motorbike engines.

People walking too slowly and taking up the whole pavement so I can’t get round them.

Mud.

People who don’t feel the cold and say things like “you CAN’T be cold” to me. Bloody well can.

MyDeepZebra · 10/01/2025 19:13

Orange men with tiny hands.

Newusernameforthiss · 10/01/2025 19:13

Imperrysmum · 10/01/2025 19:11

Grown men being fussy eaters

Oh that's a great one. Instant ick.

username299 · 10/01/2025 19:13

People who stand in shop doorways talking.

FanofLeaves · 10/01/2025 19:12

Rude people in cafes. On my way over to the only free table in a cafe yesterday with the twins I nanny in a double buggy, a couple with their two dogs full on pushed past us at speed to get to it first. ‘Sorry!’ trilled the lady as the breeze hit my face 🤣

Would possibly have understood a bit if it was a vibey not very child friendly type place but it’s a big old child friendly church hall cafe, with plenty of space for pushchairs and roaming toddlers, which is why we go.

I mean how much of a knob do you actually have to be. This was after they stood behind me sighing while I struggled with the doors to enter in the first place.

Newusernameforthiss · 10/01/2025 19:12

4x4s in London/big cities. You live in an urban area!!! You DO NOT need a Range Rover!

shellyleppard · 10/01/2025 19:11

@JoanThursday definitely both 🤣🤣

Imperrysmum · 10/01/2025 19:11

Grown men being fussy eaters

Whotenanny · 10/01/2025 19:11

Athletic/athleisure wear if not actively exercising.

juglover2008 · 10/01/2025 19:10

People in shopping centers who walk in a straight line and expect you to jump out of thier way

Overtheatlantic · 10/01/2025 19:10

Nail polish that smudges

JoanThursday · 10/01/2025 19:10

My 'D'H eating a pack of peanuts and sounding like a small army on a gravel path <shoots look to right of room>

Right now, don't know whether to ban the nuts or the husband.

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