AIBU to think that people who use the word "Simples" probably are!?

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I find it quite frustrating to constantly read comments on this forum that are seemingly intelligent but are finished off with the word "simples".

You are quoting a talking Meerkat FFS.

That made me chuckle - simples

It's just leaked into culture / general conversation.

A bit like 'chillax' (from american tv series) and saying 'could you be any more unreasonable?' like Chandler in Friends.

Adverts have a huuuuge influence on us now, as so many people see them.

They are quoting a puppet meerkat. Or is he computer generated?

Dd is 4 and does a brilliant 'simples' with the meerkat sound at the end.

I think YAPossibly BU.

YABU. I have used "simples" myself once. These catchphrases become part of the common parlance, like "beam me up, Scottie" or "book him, Danno" or "holy ..., Batman" or "scorchio"
They liven up speech and add an extra dimension.

This gets better - an extra dimension - snarfle

Is this something from the wireless?

I'm afraid Young Persons' parlance somewhat passes me by...

they create a shared context for those in the know and exclude those who haven't got a clue. It's like hip slang, you've got to keep up or be square.

Ah, I love 'scorchio!'

And I have given up now, but I used to love being able to say 'I ham smoking a faaaag' a la Waynette Slob if dh asked me to do something and I don't wanna

it's the meerkat advert on TV "comparethemarket.com"

yabvu. Meerkats cannot talk, you know, lurker

I used to like 'loadsamoney'

Aleksander is so much more than "simples"

you need isimples

It was amusing for a while and has now had it's day.

Son of a mongoose

do you think they went through all this, so you could get cheap car insurance?

Yes, and when I'm at the wildlife park with DS, spending yet another hour looking at the meerkats, the 50th person to say 'ooh look, meerkats.. simples' will be thrown into the pit and covered in rotten eggs.

I don't think I'll be renewing my annual pass

Don't worry, it's only a fur wound

nah simples=funny quip not navel gazing moment