to HATE 'simples'

[Floopy21]

Makes me cringe everytime I see it typed. Awful phrase which makes me lose respect for the posters who use it.

I'm amazed at how many people use the word "loose" when they actually mean "lose".

how about get over it

hehe

< runs away >

cleaver and clever

OMG I was pondering posting this just this morning .

It does my bap in.

People who say/type 'simples' = complete idiots.

I think I used the phrase "simples" this very day

< sacrifices self >

I haven't heard anyone using this? As in meerkat ad?

I said "End of!" to my preschooler the other day and was instantly ashamed of myself. Then he said, "no, its not end of!"

You lose respect over one word?! Man, you're high maintenance.

Simples - very annoying. Also hate 'of' instead of 'have', as in 'should of'.

I was thinking that this morning OP, but I didn't like to come on and offend the people who say it.

I don't mind hiding behind backing you up though

Bunny, surely people who judge others' intellect on the basis of one word are not looking too bright either?

I hate being called naive, esp when they can't spell it properly

I might consider taking up the phrase "does my bap in " though

I like the ring, the poise, the gravitas of that one...

am teasing, btw

"laters" does it for me every time,
the word is later,
it has no plural and when used regularly by a 50 something woman is just wrong, it's wrong if a spotty teenager says it so stop it you silly woman

sorry, woman drives me batty at the best of times

fwiw, I don't like it either, but if it's a particular thread you're talking about, then it's a direct ref to the meerkat advert.

Oh you naughty girl AF get back here for your spanking

I use simples, usually in response to some ridiculous post. An idiotic post deserves an idiotic answer.

It's a colloquialism from my glamorous Morn Iron upbringing .

Just to clarify I don't hate 'simples' because it's grammatically incorrect.

It's people adopting it from that damn advert and thinking they're funny because of it.

The same kind of people who wear novelty ties in your office and describe themselves as 'wacky' and 'crazy'when they're really just irritating.

oo yes please, TM

Obviously I meant Norn Iron .

Yes, but all of you who hate simples (not keen on it myself but it doesn't make me incandescent with rage) are bound to use words or phrases that drive other people equally bananas. I find I have no respect for posters who have no respect for posters who unwittingly annoy other posters with a relatively innocuous phrase.

What's a bap? A head? I think I like it...tests out 'does my bap in' in the office...odd looks all round. O.

yes, I do feel saying "simples" is slightly less abrasive than saying "now off you fuck, you thick twat"

YANBU

I have decided that the next time I'm speaking to someone and they say a "schimples!!" that I am SIMPLY going to kill them.

A bap is a bread roll or norks round our way floopy