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Harmless little acts of rebellion

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KungFuPandaWorks · 17/09/2019 17:55

This is completely LIGHTHEARTED.

My husband absolutely cannot stand Cardi B at all. If she comes on the radio he will switch off, if her songs on the TV he will exit the room or change the channel. Now I don't think she's amazing but, I must admit she has some catchy songs.

My little act of rebellion is when I'm in the car alone, if Cardi B comes on the radio I will turn it up extremely loud and sing my heart out, even giving the woman herself a run for her money. Grin

What are you little acts of rebellion?

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Basketofkittens · 20/09/2019 22:41

Doing as little as possible and seeing if anyone notices. Not as yet! I really do think so many jobs are bullshit jobs.

BlackeyedGruesome · 20/09/2019 22:45

i can't be arsed to use capital letters in my posts. (no point fucking name changing)

iklboo · 20/09/2019 23:33

@SamBeckett - Sheldon's oven bottoms are the mutts nuts.

HennyPennyHorror · 20/09/2019 23:41

I'm a copywriter and was asked to create the lines for a talking doll. The doll was only on the Asian market but they wanted it to speak English to help with language skills.

They asked me to consider the types of games which little girls like to play and also the lifestyle of little girls in general.

So I made it say things like "Let's climb a tree!" and "Shall we play football Daddy?" and "Mom, can we go to the science museum?"

They LOVED it too! There were a lot of lines as it was interactive too!

iklboo · 20/09/2019 23:42

@HennyPennyHorror - that's not rebellion, that's genius Grin

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 20/09/2019 23:46

I hope they got a native speaker to voice the doll.

A Chinese robot we had used to shriek ‘ok.... nowwwww... SHIT!’ It amused me anyway.

HennyPennyHorror · 20/09/2019 23:55

I suspect that Chinese people don't limit their little girls to cooking and babies anyway....lots of girls there go into science.

HennyPennyHorror · 20/09/2019 23:57

I do it a lot actually. I had to write a crappy series of "advice" blogs for teen girls and the titles were already decided and they were things like "How to make him like you" and "Am I as pretty as her?" so most of each article was taken up with me telling the readers that it didn't fucking MATTER if he liked her or not!

They still printed them. I doubt if they even read them! Grin

torthecatlady · 21/09/2019 00:02

I really fancy a kitkat now..

TreacherousPissFlap · 21/09/2019 00:19

Our parish council has shelled out for a solar powered speeding sign. It flashes an angry red number if you're going too fast and a twee little "thank you" if you're at or under the limit.
In times of gloomy weather it doesn't have the oomph to flash every time someone passes it, so you sometimes don't get a thank you as you pass. On these occasions I always mutter "well fuck you then" Grin

Durgasarrow · 21/09/2019 00:28

=
I love you all.

SamBeckett · 21/09/2019 00:34

@iklboo they are indeed !
@HennyPennyHorror that is fantastic , it is inspired not rebellious

NarwhalsNarwhals · 21/09/2019 00:39

My head teacher sent out very specific instructions on displays including that all work must be backed with a 1cm margin, sticking to 1 colour backing per display to make it uniform. Half the work has 7.5mm margins and the other has 12.5mm margins, using a few different shades of the same colour and I then stick them up at random at varying angles.

boptist · 21/09/2019 10:51

Some twattish drivers leave unfeasibly huge gaps between them and the car in front, when in a crawling / stopping line, to make some sort of passive aggressive little point.

Er, we do that to keep the traffic moving Confused Stop-starting leads to phantom traffic jams.

FabulouslyFab · 21/09/2019 12:58

“Some twattish drivers leave unfeasibly huge gaps between them and the car in front, when in a crawling / stopping line, to make some sort of passive aggressive little point.

Er, we do that to keep the traffic moving confused Stop-starting leads to phantom traffic jams.””

Er, don’t be a plonker! You leave huge gaps to keep the traffic moving? Have I got news for you - it doesn’t!

StCharlotte · 21/09/2019 13:46

Some forms offer a lovely list of titles to choose from, so I have a Co-Op card in the name Sister Shoutymomma and a Debenhams card in the name Captain Shoutymomma.

I used to work in a Post Office and a colleague was taking a currency order when you have to have customer's info.

Colleague: Surname?
Customer: Bush
Coll: Miss? Mrs?
Cust: Lady

She really was a Lady and her husband was a Rear Admiral Sir...

shas19 · 21/09/2019 16:54

When my dp irritates me I put his number on craigslist for all types of stuff. Last one was a gimp suit for sale. Also in Tesco they do the fruit for kids but it's usually all battered and bruised so my son picks a fresh one

shas19 · 21/09/2019 17:06

Another one. Dp OCD with the volume on the TV being on an even number so when hes not looking I change it to an odd one

DarlingNikita · 21/09/2019 17:08

Longtalljosie, I THOUGHT so!

I'm going to continue to turn off Lamacq et al.

lotusbell · 21/09/2019 18:13

My dear late mother used to test the grapes in Morrisons before she decided if they were good enough for her to purchase...

Basketofkittens · 21/09/2019 18:24

DH is a military officer but never uses his title outside of work. He was mortified enough with the wedding announcement in the Times!

I occasionally use lady or doctor on drop down boxes but it’s never got me any recognition or freebies. Sad

Tuftymuff · 21/09/2019 18:35

Love it. Will start doing that too

Tuftymuff · 21/09/2019 18:37

That was about the covering of the S*n shitrag of a newspaper in shops so no-one buys it Football

Benefitofthedoubt · 21/09/2019 18:44

Why the Sun? Why not the Daily Mail or any other paper for that matter?

BettyBloom · 21/09/2019 18:52

When getting a lift to work with a colleague also a friend, I always leave the sun visor down when I get out, even when it's not sunny. He hates it and always has a grumble.