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To think random man got his just deserts to his unsolicited comments today?

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Weartherose · 22/02/2025 15:21

I'm wearing a sports top today to indicate support for a match later today.

Was at the supermarket today and this man, clocked my shirt rolled his eyes and riffed off the Name Three Songs comment and said "I bet you can't name 3 players". So I asked him if he was at the stadium (200 miles away) for momentous match a fortnight ago when X Y and Z scored?

He had the grace to look a bit abashed.

Why do some folk assume you are not fans when you wear band/location/ten shirts? Is it just to show off their superior knowledge?

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Weartherose · 22/02/2025 16:05

BitOutOfPractice · 22/02/2025 16:02

Could’ve been Blackburn rovers, Leeds United, England netball team…

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True true!

Apologies

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DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe · 22/02/2025 16:04

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:56

I did indeed 😂 and despite the miriam-Webster official definition I think it appears to be one of those phrases that has morphed over time so I think we're both right 😂

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She's a genius, that Miriam Webster, isn't she?!

Coconutter24 · 22/02/2025 16:03

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:51

It's just desserts! Can't believe how many people have got it wrong (and yes auto correct does do it) 😂
Desert- eg Sahara
Dessert- eg trifle

If you don't believe me just use your friendly Internet search provider 😊

Taken from my friendly internet search provider:

Despite its pronunciation, just deserts, with one s, is the proper spelling for the phrase meaning "the punishment that one deserves."

BitOutOfPractice · 22/02/2025 16:02

Weartherose · 22/02/2025 15:45

😂

Thought the user name was the clue!

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Could’ve been Blackburn rovers, Leeds United, England netball team…

DearDeadrie · 22/02/2025 16:02

I was wearing a pink floyd t-shirt and I got the 3 questions so I answered
See emily play
Take up thy stethoscope and walk
Lucifer sam
Apparently they are not pink floyd songs according to this 60 year old something man
I told him they are off their debut album and yup Google it and walked off, as I was on my way to the bar another bloke shouted out " piper at the gates of dawn"

JudgeBread · 22/02/2025 16:02

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 22/02/2025 15:56

It's not a terribly long thread but already the Curse of MN has struck and poster after poster is repeating the same point (which in this case happens to be wrong anyway) as if nobody else has already said it. Why do people do this?

Because people type out their response and hit post at different times, without refreshing the thread to check no one else has done the same thing in the meantime. Maybe? Wild idea that lots of people would notice the same thing at roughly the same time, I know, but it happens a lot.

StormInaDcup99 · 22/02/2025 16:02

scanni · 22/02/2025 15:23

I hardly think he got his 'just desserts' becsue you named some sports people.

It actually is 'just deserts'

I only found this out recently and always thought it was desserts!

DadDadDad · 22/02/2025 16:02

"so I think we're both right" @Wavescrashingonthebeach - since the phrase "just desserts" has nothing to do with puddings, I can't really see how you are right at all.

Millymoonshine · 22/02/2025 16:01

When I was talking about football at work a male colleague asked if I even knew the offside rule.
I did and told him exactly what it was.
Tbf he was a little bit contrite.

SALaw · 22/02/2025 16:00

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:51

It's just desserts! Can't believe how many people have got it wrong (and yes auto correct does do it) 😂
Desert- eg Sahara
Dessert- eg trifle

If you don't believe me just use your friendly Internet search provider 😊

Neither of those definitions is relevant so what do they prove? I did the friendly Google search as suggested and it confirmed, as I suspected, that it is "just deserts". Did you Google it?

TheWitchCirce · 22/02/2025 15:59

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:56

I did indeed 😂 and despite the miriam-Webster official definition I think it appears to be one of those phrases that has morphed over time so I think we're both right 😂

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Not really - but if it makes you feel better.

JudgeBread · 22/02/2025 15:58

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:51

It's just desserts! Can't believe how many people have got it wrong (and yes auto correct does do it) 😂
Desert- eg Sahara
Dessert- eg trifle

If you don't believe me just use your friendly Internet search provider 😊

I love it when people are this confidently incorrect. Maybe you should've used your own friendly internet search provider.

honeylulu · 22/02/2025 15:57

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:51

It's just desserts! Can't believe how many people have got it wrong (and yes auto correct does do it) 😂
Desert- eg Sahara
Dessert- eg trifle

If you don't believe me just use your friendly Internet search provider 😊

Oh dear.

Take your own advice and Google "just deserts". We'll wait ...

DadDadDad · 22/02/2025 15:57

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:51

It's just desserts! Can't believe how many people have got it wrong (and yes auto correct does do it) 😂
Desert- eg Sahara
Dessert- eg trifle

If you don't believe me just use your friendly Internet search provider 😊

I believe that's called being confidently wrong.

But if I take your tip and google it, then I can quickly find what you seem to be ignorant of: "just deserts" is a phrase "... using an older noun version of desert meaning "deserved reward or punishment," which is spelled like the arid land, but pronounced like the sweet treat." www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/just-deserts-or-just-desserts

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 22/02/2025 15:56

It's not a terribly long thread but already the Curse of MN has struck and poster after poster is repeating the same point (which in this case happens to be wrong anyway) as if nobody else has already said it. Why do people do this?

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:56

TheWitchCirce · 22/02/2025 15:55

Oh I so hope that you did use your friendly internet provider 😂

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I did indeed 😂 and despite the miriam-Webster official definition I think it appears to be one of those phrases that has morphed over time so I think we're both right 😂

PersephonePitstop · 22/02/2025 15:55

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:51

It's just desserts! Can't believe how many people have got it wrong (and yes auto correct does do it) 😂
Desert- eg Sahara
Dessert- eg trifle

If you don't believe me just use your friendly Internet search provider 😊

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/just-deserts-or-just-desserts#:~:text=Despite%20its%20pronunciation%2C%20just%20deserts,but%20pronounced%20like%20the%20sweet

TheWitchCirce · 22/02/2025 15:55

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:51

It's just desserts! Can't believe how many people have got it wrong (and yes auto correct does do it) 😂
Desert- eg Sahara
Dessert- eg trifle

If you don't believe me just use your friendly Internet search provider 😊

Oh I so hope that you did use your friendly internet provider 😂

Onlycoffee · 22/02/2025 15:54

It doesn't matter if you are a die hard fan or not, it's just clothes and no one should be gatekeeping.
If someone doesn't know the players or songs or whatever, who cares.

HouseAshamed · 22/02/2025 15:52

PurpleFlower1983 · 22/02/2025 15:26

It’s desserts not deserts.

No, it is not. It's 'just deserts'.

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Weartherose · 22/02/2025 15:52

BlackBean2023 · 22/02/2025 15:52

I get this when I wear a Wales shirt (I live in south east England - my mum is Welsh so when the rugby is on I'm Welsh through and through!). They soon regret it when I want to have a conversation about the politics of WRU, passages of play and how the new laws are changing the game Grin

Currently cheering you on 💞

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BlackBean2023 · 22/02/2025 15:52

I get this when I wear a Wales shirt (I live in south east England - my mum is Welsh so when the rugby is on I'm Welsh through and through!). They soon regret it when I want to have a conversation about the politics of WRU, passages of play and how the new laws are changing the game Grin

Othermentions · 22/02/2025 15:51

NotTheDebtDoctorWithTheHungryScalpel · 22/02/2025 15:48

She doesn't care.

She is confident that she could name the entire back catalogue of every band who's merch she wears, she doesn't need to prove it to anyone, let alone middle age men trying to either embarrass her or engage her in conversation.

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Exactly

by dignifying them with an appropriate response is giving them what they want

Cattery · 22/02/2025 15:51

RobinHeartella · 22/02/2025 15:25

Kudos for spelling just deserts correctly. Lots will come on the thread telling you you've got it wrong.

Mind you, I wouldn't have bothered to respond to the tiresome man

It’s desserts. Desert is where the camels live

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/02/2025 15:51

It's just desserts! Can't believe how many people have got it wrong (and yes auto correct does do it) 😂
Desert- eg Sahara
Dessert- eg trifle

If you don't believe me just use your friendly Internet search provider 😊