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To get annoyed when people on tv

317 replies

LittleMissDonkeyonADustyRoad · 05/01/2015 14:08

Don't wash their hands after going to the toilet

Don't wash their hands after touching raw chicken, especially when they just rub their hands on a towel Angry

When they don't close the door after going in and out the house

And many more Grin

Please tell me I'm not alone!

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MrsPresley · 05/01/2015 15:42

Adult characters being given names that have only recently become fashionable for babies eg. Lola, Belle, Archie, Finn

I know a Belle and Archie in their 20s and a Finn in his 30s as well as a Belle and Archie in their 70/80s so they've been around a while.

Don't know a Lola though, except in the Barry Manilow song Grin

TheDietStartsTomorrow · 05/01/2015 15:42

The not saying goodbyes after a telephone conversation bugs me too.

Also, how they just some to know everyone's number from memory even when borrowing a phone. My DH cant remember mine even after 5 years of having the same number.

halfwildlingwoman · 05/01/2015 15:43

Since having a baby I am ultra tuned to wonder why the mother has apparently abandoned their newborn. I spent the whole of Series 3 (or was it 4) of Breaking Bad worrying about where the tiny baby was.

BlueThursday · 05/01/2015 15:52

Everyone always seems to have the correct change when at the shops

EatShitDerek · 05/01/2015 15:55

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PureMorning · 05/01/2015 15:56

My mums called lola amd shes 55

No one does up a shoelace or catches clothes on door knobs

Babys car seat is really light and swund round wildly

GallicShrug · 05/01/2015 16:06

Ah yes, and children always go straight in the car seat. Parent leans in and fiddles for 2 seconds while looking over their shoulder to talk to someone. No child throws itself on the tarmac, refusing to go anywhere but the driver's seat, battles with the strength of a rugby team (unless possessed!) or punches the parent in the eye while resisting buckles.

Babies always puke in a cute, milky dribble on the adult shoulder.

Gartenzwerg · 05/01/2015 16:07

If it's a sci-fi/techno-thriller with someone hacking into a computer, at some point the words ACCESS DENIED will come up on the screen in flashing red, accompanied by a beeping noise.

Yes, and when it does happen the hacker simply types "OVERRIDE" or some other nonsense in order to bypass the security. And don't get me started on Independence Day when they interfaced an Earth laptop with an alien spaceship to upload a virus. It just worked, complete compatible by all accounts !

MrsSlocombesPussy · 05/01/2015 16:14

Where characters (mainly in the soaps) decide to live and work in the USA, Canada or New Zealand without having to go through months worth of visa applications.

dustarr73 · 05/01/2015 16:17

And all the detectives are maverick.They only work alone.Until they have to be partnered by a near retired cop who is retiring in 48 hours.
All the police chiefs are either black or female.Sometimes both[grin[.

And the both the main characters cant stand each other but in the end fall in love.

elportodelgato · 05/01/2015 16:20

People leave the house without turning off the lights, also they come home from work to a house already illuminated by lovely lamps. Never happens to me & DH is very concerned about the carbon emissions on telly Grin

BlueberryWafer · 05/01/2015 16:24

How un-awkward sex is. The woman slips out of her clothes, climbs onto the man's lap and starts grinding! There is no fumbling around and no "slipping out". Oh and they all swap positions really effortlessly and easily... Sex is NOT like that!

JeanneDeMontbaston · 05/01/2015 16:24

YY, the sex sheet.

Teachers in American TV never plan their lessons, so they are always in full flow when the bell rings.

Half of the cast of Grey's Anatomy are medical geniuses, yet no-one except Sandra Oh has realized that the death rate for staff is approximately 983 times higher than the national average.

squoosh · 05/01/2015 16:25

When people in soaps get married the only people who attend the wedding are their neighbours. No one seems to have schoolfriends, work colleagues or relatives who live in another location.

BertieBotts · 05/01/2015 16:26

Oh but in America they don't have duvets, they have sheets and blankets. So the sheet would be on top anyway. But yes who lies all coyly with the sheet up to their chin after having sex? You don't tend to care if they see you naked afterwards.

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BertieBotts · 05/01/2015 16:27

Oh oh and when the bedside lamps are magically turned off by the main light switch. Whaa? I want a house wired up like that!

YY sex positions are often impossible too, especially changing from one position to another.

BertieBotts · 05/01/2015 16:29

And they don't stop to put condoms on, put it anywhere after DTD or ever mention using one at all.

And where is the crusty sex towel or penis beaker?

JeanneDeMontbaston · 05/01/2015 16:31

When they kiss in the morning, without going to brush teeth first. Ewwwwww.

Quenelle · 05/01/2015 16:38

On the eastenders they never discuss salaries or house values. It's always "the going rate".

MrsMoppandBucket · 05/01/2015 16:38

When people have a conversation and both of them are facing the camera instead of each other.

For example a women will be sitting at her dressing table, facing us. A man comes in to talk to her. She continues to talk to him without turning around to face him, she doesn't even look at him in the mirror, just gazes off into the middle distance.

I find it practically impossible to hear someone unless I'm looking at them, I certainly couldn't sustain a conversation that way. Plus it's very very rude.

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 05/01/2015 16:38

Tv adverts where a lunchbox is being made up and they place the sandwiches directly into the tub - not in foil or a sandwich bag and Then place an Apple or something next to them. yes to this one especially when kid is seen walking into school swinging it by the handle... bet that lunch lookes a right mess when the box opened Grin

BalloonSlayer · 05/01/2015 16:45

yy to Eastenders. My old boss used to live in Fassett Square, the inspiration for Eastenders (they were going to film it there too but decided in the end it wouldn't work so built a set that was a virtual replica).

Have a look at how much those houses are worth that on EE are owned by someone who works part time in a cafe and mans a market stall for a tenner as-and-when. Grin

Samcro · 05/01/2015 16:48

BernardlookImaprostituterobotf glad I am not alone on that one. they always wear masks, but have flowing locks... I drive dh mad commenting on it.

ProfYaffle · 05/01/2015 16:50

When they go into the pub and order 'a pint please' - of what??? Milk? Lemonade?