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I hate gnomes, what's your pet hate?

266 replies

FancyFran · 23/06/2023 10:19

Just a thread for fun. I have been reading the funeral ones in classics and it reminded me of my late mother. We bought a beautiful cottage in a posh village and I returned home from a holiday to find gnomes in my flower beds.
I got my own back by burying her in a sparkly Bet Lynch top (I had asked her what she wanted to wear at her demise she said 'suprise me, but I'll be dead'.My mother enjoyed black humour as her best friend was a Vicar and she had been a police officer. I still hate gnomes and spotted them in our new village this week. AIBU?

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2chocolateoranges · 23/06/2023 10:22

Gnomes are a bit naff.

my pet hate are crocs! I work in early years and so many children are wearing them and injuring themselves, they offer no support and look hideous!

Rainrainstayawaytilseptember · 23/06/2023 10:24

Cars that aren't parked considerately..
Dc in trolleys not the trolley seat.

DRS1970 · 23/06/2023 10:27

I hate people who hate gnomes.

Just commenting for a friend. 🤗

AlienMonster · 23/06/2023 10:34

I don't like gnomes either. I find them creepy. Keeping to the theme of home decoration, my pet peeve is when people have photos (or art generally) of themselves on the walls. Photos of your children and family or even with your children and family are fine, but just you is urgh.
There was a woman who had an interesting life of travel and was settled in London living on a boat, she was featured on Dinner Date and she had this bronze little sculpture of herself nude in a pose. I just think your visitors don't need to see this and it's very narcissistic. There's a hundred and one thing interesting about her that she could have chosen to display. The way her Dinner Date bloke perved on the nude sculpture and then she was: oh I was in a better shape then (might have also said she was younger like don't expect my boobs to look this perky I suppose?!). I just find it so shallow and I dislike show offs.

frozendaisy · 23/06/2023 10:35

Plug in artificial air fragrance things

AlienMonster · 23/06/2023 10:36

Flags on windows (even if it's football season) or outside your house.

milkydrink · 23/06/2023 10:40

Plastic lawns

Whichwhatnow · 23/06/2023 10:49

AlienMonster · 23/06/2023 10:34

I don't like gnomes either. I find them creepy. Keeping to the theme of home decoration, my pet peeve is when people have photos (or art generally) of themselves on the walls. Photos of your children and family or even with your children and family are fine, but just you is urgh.
There was a woman who had an interesting life of travel and was settled in London living on a boat, she was featured on Dinner Date and she had this bronze little sculpture of herself nude in a pose. I just think your visitors don't need to see this and it's very narcissistic. There's a hundred and one thing interesting about her that she could have chosen to display. The way her Dinner Date bloke perved on the nude sculpture and then she was: oh I was in a better shape then (might have also said she was younger like don't expect my boobs to look this perky I suppose?!). I just find it so shallow and I dislike show offs.

I hate this too. My DH's dad and stepmum have pictures of her all over the house. Including soft focus boudoir photos (multiple)

There's literally one photo featuring DH and his brother in the entire house (dozens of her) and that's of them at their dad and stepmum's wedding, with her fully front and centre.

I actually like her but I do think that's a bit shitty!

PuttingDownRoots · 23/06/2023 10:51

People who hate my gnome collection. The local kids love them... the whole street has them. It started for one neighbour with a disabled (adult) child and it spread as it made him happy.

gettingoldisshit · 23/06/2023 10:52

I hate constant selfies on social media, its so narcissistic! Nothing wrong with the odd nice picture on a special occasion but there are people who constantly post selfies of themselves day in day out!

Made4Sunshine · 23/06/2023 10:58

I viewed house where they had a life sized photo of the owners with a very wide bride ( assume daughter) .It was framed and practically took up a whole wall.

Whichwhatnow · 23/06/2023 11:01

gettingoldisshit · 23/06/2023 10:52

I hate constant selfies on social media, its so narcissistic! Nothing wrong with the odd nice picture on a special occasion but there are people who constantly post selfies of themselves day in day out!

Agree with this one too. I don't mind if people post the odd selfie if it makes them happy but I have a couple of friends who will post 10+ photos of basically the same pouting selfie in one post on a daily basis! Nobody is going to bother to scroll through them and they rarely get likes so what's the purpose?? Other than clogging up my newsfeed 😆

VillageLite · 23/06/2023 11:04

I hate “dirty fries”.
Chips with loads of other random non-complementary foods and sauces spattered over the top.

I hate the name, I hate the taste, I hate the concept.
I hate the trend that food is used for display purposes on Instagram, rather than what tastes best.

Give me a portion of chips (not “fries”) and just one type of sauce in a separate little pot, please.

CurlewKate · 23/06/2023 11:05

Fairies. Much worse than gnomes. Fairies are self absorbed, vain, gaslighting bastards.

AlexTfan · 23/06/2023 11:10

On the garden theme:

hanging baskets

too much colour

clumps of colourful plants arranged at regular intervals

rattan or plastic rattan garden furniture

borders

decking

water features

too much of everything

TomatoSandwiches · 23/06/2023 11:10

Headbands on newborns
Carpet
Techno music

NewAnon · 23/06/2023 11:12

Beetroot juice on other foods.

I like beetroot, but it must be eaten standalone.

OnlyYellowRoses · 23/06/2023 11:18

Fake eyelashes
Food on anything other than a plate, no I don't want my steak of a bloody roof tile!
Dogs in push chairs
Social media 'influencers'

twoandcooplease · 23/06/2023 11:20

@OnlyYellowRoses "no I don't want my steak on a roof tile" 😂😂😂

SouthCountryGirl · 23/06/2023 11:26

People who constantly whistle

weleasewoderick23 · 23/06/2023 11:32

Vertical blinds, the sort that you get in offices. They're awful 😣

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 23/06/2023 11:33

Adults who like Winnie The Pooh.

I can’t explain it.

I have three gnomes though. I like the traditional ones made of stone with no paint on. They have really tall hats.

NeverendingCircus · 23/06/2023 11:33

artificial lawns. They make me distrust the people who put them in. Totally illogical but I have to fight off a dislike for people who have them.

NeverendingCircus · 23/06/2023 11:33

I love a good gnome, though. Just NIMBY.

TomatoSandwiches · 23/06/2023 11:35

I find gnomes quite sinister if you stare at them for too long.