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Wanky things you’re guilty of

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Pumpkittenspice · 15/09/2024 06:28

For me, it’s using a Fortnum and Mason hamper basket as a piece of decor…

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NQOCDarling · 23/09/2024 06:51

Natsku · 17/09/2024 10:02

Foyer - that's the word I've been trying to remember for ages! Couldn't remember how to describe the entrance bit of a building (a public one, not my house, because I'm not that wanky Grin) but could only think of lobby which didn't seem right.

Lobby is american
Do not use lobby...

MrsMitford3 · 23/09/2024 08:37

I have just realised both my DD and my dog named after stunt fruit 😂

scalt · 23/09/2024 08:51

NQOCDarling · 23/09/2024 06:51

Lobby is american
Do not use lobby...

Is "lobby" American? I can just hear Basil Fawlty saying "You'd all be standing down here in the lobby. I don't know why we bother, we should let you all burn!".

Perhaps "vestibule" for an entrance hall?

Natsku · 23/09/2024 09:28

Ooo vestibule sounds better.
I definitely associate lobby with America, like hotel lobby, which is why it didn't seem right to me.

holiverterwist · 23/09/2024 10:05

Le Crueset? Amateur!

Royal Copenhagen musselmalet porcelain on display, darlings!

muddyford · 23/09/2024 14:16

Asparagus tongs.

Drivingoverlemons · 23/09/2024 17:39

I bought a Rosetta Stone tea towel at the British Museum.

Drivingoverlemons · 23/09/2024 17:41

And my favourite coffee mug has Balzac’s signature on it (not literally, obvs).

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 23/09/2024 18:30

What’s wanky about Uggs? I have Ugg-style sheepskin house boots, from Celtic (made in the U.K. from local skins) and they’re brilliant in cold weather. And they’re machine washable - mine are several years old and I’ve just washed them so they’re ready for 🥶 weather.

Aroastdinnerisnotahumanright · 23/09/2024 20:49

Natsku · 23/09/2024 09:28

Ooo vestibule sounds better.
I definitely associate lobby with America, like hotel lobby, which is why it didn't seem right to me.

American English :

Foyer for a house (not pronounced the French way)
Lobby for a public building, like a hotel
Vestibule is an interior entryway enclosed by doors on two sides

That was pretty wanky

Just4thisthreadtoday · 23/09/2024 20:59

Shannith · 22/09/2024 15:12

I'm so achingly middle class that I don't even notice.

It's just my stuff. Dualit kettle (though is 20 years old) le creuset salt pig, pewter goblets for water (£6 for 4 charity shop). At the last count 6 fancy jugs. Black lab. Which is hilarious as I grew up working class and went to a shit school. Did well professionally and academically. Books and art everywhere.

DH is basically upper class and we kind of met in the middle.

DD named after a stunt fruit

Honestly I'd hate myself but I never really think about it. And half the stuff is hand me downs/charity shop.

@Shannith you called your daughter Pineapple??

Shannith · 23/09/2024 22:01

@Just4thisthreadtoday the other one. Stunt Christmas foliage anyway. Clementine.

Shannith · 23/09/2024 22:03

@Marine30 it's not as fancy as it sounds. I do have a good friend who does proper fancy drives.

It's a pony and we go fast and do a bit of prancing in between.

Natsku · 24/09/2024 03:56

Aroastdinnerisnotahumanright · 23/09/2024 20:49

American English :

Foyer for a house (not pronounced the French way)
Lobby for a public building, like a hotel
Vestibule is an interior entryway enclosed by doors on two sides

That was pretty wanky

What are the British English words for these?
In Finnish we call an interior entryway enclosed by doors on two sides a "wind-cupboard" and I just love it, not wanky, just very descriptive.

Just4thisthreadtoday · 24/09/2024 07:09

Shannith · 23/09/2024 22:01

@Just4thisthreadtoday the other one. Stunt Christmas foliage anyway. Clementine.

@Shannith

i was only joking😂but I've not heard of clementine being called 'a stunt fruit' before this thread, so couldn't think of anything you might have called her.

Clementine is pretty.

Shannith · 24/09/2024 07:12

@Just4thisthreadtoday at Christmas I put some leaves on her, arrange her artfully in the fruit bowl so I look fancy for visitors Grin

scalt · 24/09/2024 09:16

I've seen a few interesting ones in umpiring higher level netball matches, although some of them are for very good practical reasons. The serious players and umpires don't wear any old trainers, they wear netball trainers, which are especially designed with the sport in mind. They are only certain brands, more rigid than running shoes, especially around the heels and ankles, to give some protection against sprains. You can't get them in many actual shops, not even ones which separate shoes into different sports: you usually have to order them online. And the players don't wear "dresses": they wear uniforms (or at least, they're referred to as such in the written rules). Some leagues also have the rule that umpires must wear white, which is clearly different from the players' uniforms.

What's also notable is the pile of Crocs, sliders and occasionally Birkenstocks beside the court, or Ugg boots in the winter: the players who value their shoes only change into their netball trainers just before warming up for the match, and afterwards, they're straight back into their Crocs and socks for the short walk from the court to the car. I was a bit surprised by all this, until I started umpiring the higher level matches, and saw it all the time.

Another sight sometimes seen is the children on camping chairs playing on an ipad, sometimes completely covered with a blanket in cold weather, while mummy or big sister (or both) plays her Saturday netball game.

Another one I've seen is swimming teams in matching onesies and flip flops when they're out of the pool.

herecomesautumn · 24/09/2024 10:55

scalt · 24/09/2024 09:16

I've seen a few interesting ones in umpiring higher level netball matches, although some of them are for very good practical reasons. The serious players and umpires don't wear any old trainers, they wear netball trainers, which are especially designed with the sport in mind. They are only certain brands, more rigid than running shoes, especially around the heels and ankles, to give some protection against sprains. You can't get them in many actual shops, not even ones which separate shoes into different sports: you usually have to order them online. And the players don't wear "dresses": they wear uniforms (or at least, they're referred to as such in the written rules). Some leagues also have the rule that umpires must wear white, which is clearly different from the players' uniforms.

What's also notable is the pile of Crocs, sliders and occasionally Birkenstocks beside the court, or Ugg boots in the winter: the players who value their shoes only change into their netball trainers just before warming up for the match, and afterwards, they're straight back into their Crocs and socks for the short walk from the court to the car. I was a bit surprised by all this, until I started umpiring the higher level matches, and saw it all the time.

Another sight sometimes seen is the children on camping chairs playing on an ipad, sometimes completely covered with a blanket in cold weather, while mummy or big sister (or both) plays her Saturday netball game.

Another one I've seen is swimming teams in matching onesies and flip flops when they're out of the pool.

Isn't that just sport.

How is it wanky?

scalt · 24/09/2024 11:02

You could apply that to lots of things in this thread. Isn’t it just good food, semantics, language, warm footwear, etc?

herecomesautumn · 24/09/2024 11:15

scalt · 24/09/2024 11:02

You could apply that to lots of things in this thread. Isn’t it just good food, semantics, language, warm footwear, etc?

Ok. Fair enough

Other things have been wanky though. Wrapping your child up while you play a sport didn't strike me as particularly noteworthy but if you think that's wanky, ok

Aroastdinnerisnotahumanright · 24/09/2024 12:36

herecomesautumn · 24/09/2024 10:55

Isn't that just sport.

How is it wanky?

AI?

Marine30 · 24/09/2024 13:22

Shannith · 23/09/2024 22:03

@Marine30 it's not as fancy as it sounds. I do have a good friend who does proper fancy drives.

It's a pony and we go fast and do a bit of prancing in between.

Add a pony to just about anything and it immediately becomes mc (bar Steptoe).

catin8oots · 24/09/2024 14:44

'Achingly' middle class will never cease to make me howl

Verv · 24/09/2024 15:29

I go to watch collector meet ups where we meet, drink, and look at one anothers watches.
On year they had reserved us a table using this sign, which was hugely fitting.
This thread reminded me of it and made me lol.

Wanky things you’re guilty of
Pumpkittenspice · 24/09/2024 15:40

Verv · 24/09/2024 15:29

I go to watch collector meet ups where we meet, drink, and look at one anothers watches.
On year they had reserved us a table using this sign, which was hugely fitting.
This thread reminded me of it and made me lol.

Hope you have them an excellent review on TripAdvisor!

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