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Things you love, which most people hate!

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ScruffMuffin · 30/05/2026 17:27

As we have a thread about popular things we hate, I thought it might be fun to hear about the opposite.

Unpopular things that I think are great include:
Bagpipes
The deeply unfashionable Fairport Convention
Pickled gherkins/ onions/ beetroot/ cabbage!

I draw the line at pickled eggs. I was given one in error at the chippy once, and namely tried it. It was like trying to bite into a bouncy ball.

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Whosthetabbynow · 01/06/2026 11:22

Being left alone
Housework especially piles of washing to get through
Cleaning the toilet every day; gives a lovely sense of ‘clean’
Rainy weather: less people out and about
Food shopping
The cat cuddling me on the bed moulting; doesn’t bother me.
Pease pudding

HeneralClux · 01/06/2026 13:49

Insects and "creepy crawlies" especially beetles. Spiders, woodlice. Seagulls and pigeons.

MrSchubertWhiskers · 02/06/2026 01:58

ScruffMuffin · 01/06/2026 10:47

BTW what are coffee creams? Not sure I've heard of them before.

Another unpopular like of mine... is my straggly hair, which is currently down to my bum.

You used to get them in boxes of Roses and Quality Street, they were coffee versions of the strawberry ones, but with a smoother filling. Delicious.

Airyfairy77 · 02/06/2026 08:22

Being single, I love it!! I’m amazed on how many people are desperate for a relationship, or cling onto a bad one just because they don’t want to be alone.

Tonissister · 02/06/2026 08:47

I LOVE folding laundry into neat smooth rectangles. It gives me immense pleasure.

MrSchubertWhiskers · 02/06/2026 11:46

Tonissister · 02/06/2026 08:47

I LOVE folding laundry into neat smooth rectangles. It gives me immense pleasure.

Please come & do mine 😂

FKAT · 02/06/2026 13:17

WaffleParty · 31/05/2026 23:22

I can get on board with people loving rats and pigeons but Tony Blair 😳 - surely not!

I love taking the bins out. Makes me feel grownup and responsible. My neighbour calls me the Binfluencer because mine are always out first. Makes me insanely proud.

That reminds me:

Rupert Murdoch

EvieBB · 02/06/2026 20:56

ScruffMuffin · 30/05/2026 17:27

As we have a thread about popular things we hate, I thought it might be fun to hear about the opposite.

Unpopular things that I think are great include:
Bagpipes
The deeply unfashionable Fairport Convention
Pickled gherkins/ onions/ beetroot/ cabbage!

I draw the line at pickled eggs. I was given one in error at the chippy once, and namely tried it. It was like trying to bite into a bouncy ball.

Yep I love all the pickles aswell (including pickled beetroot and pickled cabbage aka sauerkraut)...but I would as I have Polish parents lol
(Yes I also draw the line at pickled eggs though.... horrid 🤮

EvieBB · 02/06/2026 21:07

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 31/05/2026 09:14

I love children too, including other people's and all babies. I can't fathom not wanting to cuddle a baby.
I like Shippams paste as well, I've got chicken in the cupboard. (It makes nice fish cakes- the salmon one mixed with mashed potatoes and an egg and fried.)
I like Spam.
I like random people talking to me on the bus etc.

Ohhh yes I love cuddling babies 🥰
Also love a fried spam and egg sandwich (altho my cholesterol levels may be paying the price 😱😂
....and I really don't mind a chat with a random stranger..
Well, I'll just have to go out and buy some of this salmon Shippams paste (never had it) and make these fishcakes as you and I seem to have lots in common! 😂

PeonyPassion · 02/06/2026 21:16

Really don’t think cuddling babies is something most people hate 😂

Anarchy99 · 02/06/2026 21:28

PeonyPassion · 02/06/2026 21:16

Really don’t think cuddling babies is something most people hate 😂

You would be surprised….the lengths I have had to go to so I don’t have to do it…

Oilwillhelp · 02/06/2026 22:42

PeonyPassion · 02/06/2026 21:16

Really don’t think cuddling babies is something most people hate 😂

I hate babies full stop.

NormasArse · 02/06/2026 23:12

Oilwillhelp · 02/06/2026 22:42

I hate babies full stop.

But you were one.

ruethewhirl · 02/06/2026 23:18

NormasArse · 02/06/2026 23:12

But you were one.

Not this one again. On what planet is it logical that people should love babies because they were one once?

Anarchy99 · 02/06/2026 23:19

NormasArse · 02/06/2026 23:12

But you were one.

What does that have to do with it? We were all babies and children once.

It doesn’t mean that everyone likes babies or children.

Anarchy99 · 02/06/2026 23:20

ruethewhirl · 02/06/2026 23:18

Not this one again. On what planet is it logical that people should love babies because they were one once?

And they say it like it’s a ‘gotcha’ 🙄

CoffeeAlwaysNeeded · 02/06/2026 23:53

Traffic jams. Mainly because it gives me guilt free time off from the never ending to do list that my life has become

ScruffMuffin · 03/06/2026 00:21

I don't like babies much. Although I loved my own, I found it a boring grind until they reached about 4 and 2.

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TyroneBarkleyManofValueNSOUL · 03/06/2026 03:08

quirkychick · 01/06/2026 07:26

I also love rhubarb, gooseberries, mushrooms and prunes! I used to get told off as a child for eating the cooking apples raw as well.

@thinkingaboutipswich I love the traditional hymns (I'm not Christian) because they are beautiful and nostalgic. I used to be the teacher who took hymn practice.

Used to love eating green gooseberries lovely sour goodness.
Not saw them in years.

DistanceCall · 03/06/2026 03:45

I think this should be added to Classics.

clarepetal · 03/06/2026 04:59

Nothing wrong with a bit of Matty Groves.

piscofrisco · 03/06/2026 06:24

ArwenUndomniel · 30/05/2026 19:35

I like Yankee Candles. I always have one on the go but most people on here hate the "artificial pong". I also love snakes and spiders!

Yankee Black Cherry is the nuts.

piscofrisco · 03/06/2026 06:26

Small yappy dogs. They are just trying to inhabit some big dog energy. I prefer to think of them as scrappy.

EvieBB · 03/06/2026 08:44

HeneralClux · 01/06/2026 13:49

Insects and "creepy crawlies" especially beetles. Spiders, woodlice. Seagulls and pigeons.

😱 OMG, no oooo!

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