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Perfectly reasonable things which you unreasonably unreasonable about

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GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 10:44

Names with umlauts in them, unless you live in Germany or nordic lands. I don't mind accents in names, or that funny dot above the i in Irish names, but names with umlauts in get on my tits. Especially Zoë. Everyone can pronounce it when it is spelled Zoe. It is just attention seeking.

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Jazmyn · 13/09/2010 13:07

people not shutting cupboard doors........

HowAnnoying · 13/09/2010 13:08

long nails.

AlCrowley · 13/09/2010 13:08

You were right the first time montoyadiary.

I always think it's needs an extra i too so have had to train myself out of putting it in.

Poledra · 13/09/2010 13:08

People who park in my spot in the work car park - unreasonable because it's not really my spot, just one that's easy to get in and out of, does not have a tree that mugs you as you get out the car and is just the right distance from the office to give me a nice walk before I sit on my arse all day.

I have 2 Phase8 dresses - a plain black wrap one I wear for work, and a black and white evening dress. They're lovely and I'm definitely not over 50. Don't listen to that GetOrf, she's an opinionated bitch who goes commando under her jeans Shock

stillbobbysgirl · 13/09/2010 13:09

danny dyer

montoyadiary · 13/09/2010 13:09

men with fleshy lips

HowAnnoying · 13/09/2010 13:09

gel in kids hair and this weird mullett fashion for boys thats doing the rounds at the moment.

AlCrowley · 13/09/2010 13:10

second stillbobbysgirl! Danny 'what a twat' Dire

I have Monsoon dresses - my MIL buys them for me Hmm

SarahJim · 13/09/2010 13:10

Wobbly teeth. No I don't want to see it, however little you are.

nickelbabe · 13/09/2010 13:10

inspired by the salewoman who has just been trying to sell me accident insurance cover:

people who put their hand out for you to shake and it's just limp and lifeless - ladies in the 18th century put their limp hand like that, not 21st century women! either shake my hand properly or keep it to yourself!

SarahJim · 13/09/2010 13:13

Oh, and montoyadiary me too with the men with fleshy lips - I thought it was just me. Yuk yuk yuk.

StealthPolarBear · 13/09/2010 13:14

"stillbobbysgirl Mon 13-Sep-10 13:00:18
Girls who do that flappy thing at their faces to show you they are trying soooo hard not to cry."

YES that would have been one of mine, if I had thought of it first. I blame Jennifer Aniston for that.

GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 13:15

lol Poledra Grin

Do you buy slacks from Country Casuals as well?

Am loving the Pixie Lott loathing. Do you reckin she is really called Pixie? I bet she is called Lindsay, or Claire, or something.

She is so contrived. I remember once listening to her warble on on Radio 1s live lounge, my god she cannot sing live. She just goes ahahahahahahaahah quivery voice and thinks she sounds like Aretha Frankin. She is the spiritual heir to fucking Duffy.

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AlCrowley · 13/09/2010 13:16

Her name is Victoria

Not sure how I know that Confused

StealthPolarBear · 13/09/2010 13:16

I wonder whether Simon Cowell checked if that was the name on her birth certificate before calling her that?

GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 13:17

OOh yes SarahJim - wobbly teeth.

I hated that part of motherhood 'mum I've got a wobbly tooth'

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AlCrowley · 13/09/2010 13:17

Confirmed "Pixie Lott (born Victoria Louise Lott; 12 January 1991)"

Thanks Wikipedia

StealthPolarBear · 13/09/2010 13:20

Have started her anti fan club thread :) I thought it deserved its own area

Poledra · 13/09/2010 13:21

"Do you buy slacks from Country Casuals as well? "

Of course, and I buy proper knickers to go underneath them, none of your thongs or such like, a good pair of armpit-huggers, that's what you need, what with the nights drawing in and the winter coming............

SarahJim · 13/09/2010 13:23

GetOrfMoiLand, my DH keeps the old teeth of our kids -I can't even look in the box! It just makes me think of those awful pictures of piles of teeth from wars and concentration camps.

Also though, those plaster casts you get of your baby's hands or feet - It is only me who thinks that just says 'Pompeii'?

GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 13:24

OOh stealth, well done.

HOW can someone born in 1991 be a pop star?

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noeyedear · 13/09/2010 13:28

I hate celebs ( mainly female) who go on food programmes when clearly they have ishoos with anything with more than 2 calories in and pick at the food with a horrified look on their face- It's a food programme silly cow- just EAT SOMETHING!

PfftTheMagicDragon · 13/09/2010 13:28

People who say goodbye about 5 times quickly before you leave.

The postman just did it - handed my parcels and say "CheersThanksVeryMuchThanksALotSeeYouBye!"

specialmagiclady · 13/09/2010 13:28

Lots of bells being rung here but the big one that's made me go "EEEEEEW" is "passed on". Died. Dead. It's okay. I mean, it isn't, but euphemising it isn't going to change anything.

I used to have a friend who used to say "make love" about one night stands, FFS. Shagging, rutting, fucking, porking, screwing but NEVER making love!

Also: hiccups, sniffing, repeated sneezing (so often accompanied by sniffing... double aargh!)

silverten · 13/09/2010 13:29

Relatives who get arsey, when at your party, about exactly when the champagne should be opened and how you should drink it.

It's my party. I paid for the sodding champagne. Don't be so bloody serious about the stupid stuff. If you don't want to drink it with your food, don't. If you don't want to make a frivolous cocktail out of it, don't.

But don't chuck a wobbler because we are having some fun being silly with it.

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