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Not to have been blown away by....

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Bluesheep8 · 14/10/2017 17:34

OK, share things that "everyone RAVES about" but when you tried it/went there/ate it etc it left you properly underwhelmed and you've almost ashamed to admit it. Don't need to give details or reasons, just name THE THING
I'll start........

Australia

OP posts:
DurhamDurham · 14/10/2017 22:26

Adele....clearly I'm not alone with this choice

The Beatles, just a boy band imo

Robbie Williams, heard better in my local pub

Trifle, it would all be so much nicer not all mixed together

Mashed potato, why would you when you could have roast potatoes?

woollyminded · 14/10/2017 22:28

Cars. Going about in them is fine, but that's the end of my interest.

BriechonCheese · 14/10/2017 22:28

Agree with Australia

The Wire
Breaking Bad
First Class flights

SmilingButClueless · 14/10/2017 22:28

Remembered a few more.

Istanbul
Aurora borealis
Whisk(e)y
Facebook
Jo Malone

Steaksauce · 14/10/2017 22:30

Game of Thrones
Anything coconut
Gin
Cats
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
The Big Bang Theory
Impractical Jokers
The Purple One in Quality Street
Barcelona
Paris
Nutella

I don’t get any of them.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 14/10/2017 22:30

Beatles grim? Are you sure you're not thinking of Bucks Fizz? Confused

Here Comes The Sun
Something
Penny Lane
Yesterday
Michelle
She Loves You
Norwegian Wood
Ticket to Ride
Hard Day's Night
Help
Paperback Writer
Eleanor Rigby
With a Little Help From My Friends
All You Need Is Love

Grim?

SlightlyJaded · 14/10/2017 22:30

Barcelona
The Wire
Pandora Bracelets
Chardonnay
Lobster
Tom Hiddleston
Meryl Streep
and
Hershey Bars

ModreB · 14/10/2017 22:30

Barcelona.
Lisbon.
Short Hair over 50 yo.
Nandos.
Subway.

Flowershower · 14/10/2017 22:30

Eurodisney. So so shit. Snow White smoking around the back of a ride was a highlight. Might as well just empty your wallet at the gate too as it's ridiculously expensive. Hated it.

TossDaily · 14/10/2017 22:30

The Ritz.

Gordon Ramsay's restaurant in Claridges.

The Phantom of the Opera.

The Epcot Center.

The Louvre.

GerrytheBerry · 14/10/2017 22:32

Oreos and sushi

xqwertyx · 14/10/2017 22:35

Watched Game of Thrones .... Blush

Orangesaretheonly · 14/10/2017 22:36

Gin
Breaking Bad
The Kardashians
Game of Thrones
Sushi

Feliciaxxx · 14/10/2017 22:38

New Zealand

xqwertyx · 14/10/2017 22:38

Nandos and Dominos i agree with, hate them both Confused

fairyofallthings · 14/10/2017 22:38

Skyr yoghurt
Prosecco

SchadenfreudePersonified · 14/10/2017 22:42

Truffles

Dominos pizza

and bloody STARBUCKS - that stuff is FILTH!

catlitterinmyturnups · 14/10/2017 22:42

Dogs
Cars
Hot weather
False nails
Posh handbags
Yoga
Star Wars
Vaping
Boden
Next
Fairground/themepark rides

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 14/10/2017 22:43

A single issue obsessive continues:

They were absolutely not just a boy band!

  1. They were instrumentalists as well as vocalists. They weren't chosen for their looks, they were there because they were talented.
  2. Three of them were amongst the best songwriters of the 20th century. (Sorry, Ringo, you weren't.)
  3. They worked closely with their producer to get the sound they wanted.
  4. They were the first group to adopt this model. Before them, singers/instrumentalists were given material by their management, and had little say over the production. They changed the industry for everyone else.
  5. They were working class lads making good. They were a sign of hope in that respect, in a way that 50 years later we have forgotten, given that social mobility is now significantly worse than it was in the 50s and 60s.
  6. They went to the US and led the way for other British bands to go over there and achieve success, at a time when US culture was spreading all over the world and elbowing out the native talent.
  7. They introduced young people all over the Western world to new ideas like meditation, Buddhism, sitar music. They opened minds.
  8. They set up their own production company, which again was a new thing for a pop group to do.
  9. They didn't doff their caps to the upper classes. They had attitude. Lennon sent back his MBE because of British support for the Vietnam war.
AuntieRoberta · 14/10/2017 22:47

Paris.

I had high expectations, but for me, most disappointing place I have ever visited. I even revisited it a couple of years later - same reaction.

Catra · 14/10/2017 22:51

Posting again to agree with a few more -

Robbie Williams (Mediocre voice and a class A twat)
Chocolate (I mean, I don't mind it, but I can think of umpteen more irresistable foods ie: cheese in all its glorious forms)
Cars (It baffles me why people would want to spend more money on them than is absolutely necessary - they get you from A to B, big deal!)
Pets (the noise, the smell, the time commitment, the vets bills, the chaos they wreak around the home. Unpopular opinion I know, but I get all the affection and unconditional love I need from humans without feeling the need to domesticate / trap an animal for my own benefit)

PolkaDottyRose · 14/10/2017 22:54

House of Cards.

Taratill · 14/10/2017 22:56

Starbucks
Subway
Nandos
Great British Bakeoff, if you can't smell it or taste it what's the point.
Strictly
Eastenders
Downton Abbey
The Beckhams
National Trust (don't shoot me down)

Taratill · 14/10/2017 22:57

OH yes and
SMIGGLE -overpriced trash!

Lou898 · 14/10/2017 22:57

I’m with you on that one LML.....don’t get why people rave about Nando’s.