I hate gnomes, what's your pet hate?

[FancyFran]

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?

Hair bands/ bows on babies .

Clowns. Creepy, creepy, creepy. And totally unfunny.

@jellyminelli

FFS is an acronym - not an emoji

Also people without kids who park in parent and child spaces. Particularly if it's a bloke in a van, who then sits there with the engine running eating or smoking.

Hyacinths. Bleugh. And pansies with the big black splotches. And begonias.

People who offer you a cup of tea then serve you smelly floral Earl Grey/Lady Grey stuff in a delicate cup. I want proper tea. In a mug. A big mug.

@Cluelessasacucumber one of the funniest things I have seen was my then 15 year old daughter spotting an owl in broad daylight on a house and being overcome with excitement.

I instantly recognised it as being a fake owl used as a bird scarer/deterrent, but I kept schtum.

She bobbed down and was doing a crouched down walk whilst taking photographs as she walked down the hill to get nearer to the house.

I held back with the dogs trying not to laugh.

She got nearer and nearer and then there was a moment of silence and puzzlement before she exclaimed in surprise, "It's not real!"

She saw the funny side and I'm still tempted all these years later to buy one and hide it in our garden to see if she spots it when she visits.

Disney themed accessories and clothes on adults

@TheLightSideOfTheMoon I don't know why "They have really tall hats," made me laugh, but it did, so thank you.

Clothing with extra buttons used for decoration. Can't stand it.

Pet hates.

People keeping tarantulas, giant land snails, snakes, lizards etc.

How do you feel about Elton John?

"FFS is an acronym - not an emoji"

Also not a word. You said it, use your words for fucks sake

I came on to say this.

I hate Boris too, but doesn't everyone except Jacob Rees Mogg and Carrie Johnson?

I have found my evil twin x

Adults pretending to be children, like at the beginning of Blood Brothers, or Swallows and Amazons (the play) or in any other capacity. The sight of them frolicking playfully is bad enough, but they usually put them in shorts or dungarees and that is 100 times worse.

I took DS to We're all going on a Bear Hunt in the theatre and all I can say it it is my own fault for not thinking that through.

Lip fillers. Unless you are Liz Hurley and can afford the very best, every woman I have ever seen who has had lip fillers looks blatantly obvious that they have had them done.

Ans yes, even the posters on here that then say theirs looks completely natural and they post a photo. Dreadful.

What's wrong with keeping the land snails?

Just wondering. It's a popular pet with the young folk here. As long as they're kept in the correct environment, heated usually.

Pedestrians who walk behind reversing cars.

Anyone who refers to Elsa as a princess instead of a queen.

@ditalini i had a thing for Sasson bobs. Just had the lot cut off. My nose is crooked so the hair should be equal on both sides. Too much Steve Strange.

I can't stand shops with only one lamp for sale. Lamps should come in pairs. Mind you I have gemini rising.

Plastic wrapped broccoli. The devil's food but my family like it. I love cabbage so not a complete carb scoffer.

I do like a select few motivational sayings but my favourite has to be a door mat with 'ah, muck off' on it . I was banned from using it.

Any variation of ‘live, laugh, love’ 🤮

See also: crushed velvet or white marble. They tend to be found together in the homes of the ‘live, laugh, love’ people.

Nice to meet you, evil twin 😄😄😄😄😄

I want a motivational saying for my kitchen but it will say 'Bears, Beets, Battlestar Gallactica'.

"Mind you I have gemini rising."

what?

This sounds like the type of thing that would be on my list

I feel the same!

The worst example of this was a War and Peace adaptation. The actress playing Natasha adopted a lisping, whispering, high pitched voice to indicate she was a girl. And wore a highly flammable looking satinette dress with enormous puff sleeves.

@jellyminelli and a moon in virgo😉

Dummies or pacifiers in the mouths of anyone over the age of 6 months. Actually I can't stand to look at them in an infants mouth but I accept they were invented for babies. The sight of a child that is walking who has one rammed in its mouth is awful.

Obviously if this is an aid to a disabled child then that is different before anyone starts!

@WetBandits crushed velvet nearly made me wet myself.