Unpopular opinions part 3

[BringBackGoingForGold]

Just happened upon the last one and liked it, so ...

I don't think The King's Speech is that great a film; I think the directing was often unimaginative, cliched and banal and the script obvious. And Helena Bonham Carter wasn't that good.

There is no poverty in Britain. Try telling a bunch of Africans that you ONLY have a roof over your head and benefits dripping into your account.

People should be grateful for free education and free NHS and free housing and stop WHINING all the time about what ELSE the Government should be doing for them-the Government are NOT your parents, learn some damn responsibility.

Heather Trott from Eastenders is the ugliest woman I've ever seen.

Probably haven't been listening. Actually it's possible that the humour was too highbrow for me- when I told my (feminist) English lecturer that I was going to train to be a primary teacher she said "Oh that's a lovely choice for someone like you!"

Anyone got any toffees?

"Giving your child the name 'Silver' does not make you sound clever, it makes you sound ridiculous." PMSL, totally agree.

Ok.

Breastfeeding is not the be all and end all.

Jeremy Clarkson is a legend and fucking hilarious.

Religion is bollocks.

I like the term Chav, it describes a certain type of people just like the word Goth describes certain people.

I like the term 'LOL' it isn't text speak, it is an abbreviation like PMSL or ROFL.

I don't think it is too much to want GPs to take a bit more interest in their GC.

You don't have to get on with family just because you are related, bollocks to that. It is just unfortunate to be related to some people or marry into them.

I think that people who consistantly are late with birthday cards and presents are just lazy and can't be bothered to remember. Birthdays are the same date every year!

You are not curvy, you are fat (unless genuinely curvy, like slim with big boobs etc).

I probably have loads more but I can't think of them at the moment.

'Skinny people are mostly mean minded thin lipped humourless fucks' apart from me.

madamDeathstare is talking shite about GS cookies. they are all amazing

Motherhood is a doddle.

1st glass here. Oh dear, oh dear...
[necks wine]

So agree with those 'miserable life' books. Ban them. Shoot the readers.

Some more from me:

Airbrushing cigarettes from historical photographs of famous people or from films is just fecking ridiculous. People do actually know that smoking is bad for your health, and removing a cigar from a 60 year old picture of Churchill will not convince any 13 year old boys that actually they shouldn't start smoking.

It should not be considered nigh-on compulsory for 20-30 year old women to automatically like trashy 80's films like Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman. I've never seen either and don't intend to unless forced at gunpoint.

Makeup and high heels on women are not part of the official dress code for most offices, so people shouldn't be scandalised if you choose not to wear either. It is perfectly possible to look professional without painting things on your face or wearing uncomfortable shoes.

Scone should be pronounced to rhyme with "blown" not "gone", and they should be eaten as part of a cream tea with the jam spread on first (with a knife) then the cream dolloped on top (with a spoon). That's just how it should be.

Smoking is both big & clever

boos I can probably let you have the toffee ones if I can have all the soft goopy caramel ones, and also the orange creams. That last is very important.

I want to be able to correct people's grammatical and spelling errors on here

• it pleases me to think people won't continue to make fundamental errors

eg LOL, PMSL etc are not abbreviations, they're acronyms

It may be rude to correct spelling and grammar, but sometimes it's needed

Govts saying sorry for stuff that happened in history hundreds of years ago in a very different time, culture and environment is ridiculous

If you drink a bottle of wine every day, you are an alcoholic.

I am a pedant too activate

Sue you can have all the orange creams and the goopy caramels too, just not the toffees.

And that goes for you all.

What about half a bottle?

I dont think good tattoos look cheap.

I'll have the truffles as orange/coffee/strawberry crap is just not nice :(

Punctuating and spelling properly isn't that difficult.

Thanks activate.

Oh another of mine, bad spelling drives me mad. I'm not a perfect speller at all but if something needed correcting thats fine, then I would know for next time, so I have no problem with it.

An Oxbridge degree is worth more than a degree from any other UK university. My friends at Ox/Cam did more work in a term than I did in a year (at other RG uni), fact.

Anyone drinking a bottle a day has more money than me!

I like spiderlegs!