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Original poster

my pet hate

39 replies

nailpolish · 30/08/2005 15:43

FLEECES

wouldnt own one if you gave me all the cash in the bank

OP posts:

colditz · 04/09/2005 23:08

Teenagers with flawless skin who wear so much makeup it makes them look a rough 35.

The "Muffin" effect (tight trousers, flobbley belly)

Women in clothes that are far too small. I am a size 18. I wear size 18 clothes. Squishing myself into a 14 doesn't make me look like a size 14, it just makes me look even fatter. It's not rocket science!

Middle aged men who wear jeans with those brown pointy shoes.

White jogging bottoms on anyone who isn't a model.

Matching Mummy and Daughter clothes.

Slavish adherance to fashion, regardless of body size and shape.

Fat men in pink shirts. They look like jellybabies.

Mothers who wipe a baby's face after every mouthfull. For goodness sake, leave the poor child be!

Tattoos. Sorry, I know that one will make me unpopular.

Tanzie · 04/09/2005 23:13

Colditz - have just spat tea over keyboard at your "fat men in pink shirts"!

Tanzie · 04/09/2005 23:14

The female equivalent - large, blonde and wobbly, underdressed in a baby pink vest - are blancmanges.

colditz · 04/09/2005 23:15

baby pink is a colour for babies and thin people. Hence I never wear it. It is not a colour you should wear if you are a bit fat.

colditz · 04/09/2005 23:16

PMSL at blancmanges

sallystrawberry · 04/09/2005 23:19

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ediemay · 04/09/2005 23:20

Knickers 2 sizes too small under trousers 3 sizes too small - big wodges of bum sticking out either side

harpsichordcarrier · 04/09/2005 23:23

Feet exposed when they should be hidden. Scaly heels, yellowy flaky toenails, hairiness, second toe bigger than the first... bleugh. All male feet and about 75% of female feet in this category.

ediemay · 04/09/2005 23:35

sunbed-tanned crepey cleavage

jenk1 · 05/09/2005 13:05

Black tights or black trousers with white shoes-people are actually STILL wearing these, also middle aged and old men with black trousers and white trainers and my real pet hate

THE BUM BAG

bakedpotato · 05/09/2005 13:26

Shrugs.

2. White peasant skirts with low-slung disc belts. (Is there no shame in ubiquity? Am I missing something?) 3. Bag charms. Sienna Miller has a lot to answer for.

soyabean · 05/09/2005 20:25

agree abt those belts with circles, yuk. But my all time worst is..deck shoes.

bagpussmice · 05/09/2005 20:57

women who meticulously style the front and sides of their hair and leave the back and you can still see the flat bit they slept on (normally happens with older women I must say)

bundle · 06/09/2005 12:57

bakedpotato, have seen gypsy skirt/belt combo on 2 yr olds on Holloway Road!

also hate:

collared shirts with collared jackets

navy

court shoes

(quite like fleeces though , specially the £2 ones i bought for the girls this week from tesco)

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