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It wasn't a bottle of Red Stag was it?? lolI stopped doing it, i always made an effort with my gift but every year the person who got me just gave me any old rubbish they had spare.
It wasn't a bottle of Red Stag was it?? lolI stopped doing it, i always made an effort with my gift but every year the person who got me just gave me any old rubbish they had spare.
Any aftershave, I tend to go red where it's put on and then it stings before the redness starts. I try to use any product that is unperfumed .It wasn't a bottle of Red Stag was it?? lol
I assume you never told your colleagues about the problem. I'd ban people who don't say anything becuaee they fear it would be impolite. I like people to be straight with me.That's happened to me. I try to avoid secret Santa. I usually end up with after shave and I can't stand the stuff. It makes me itch.
I just keep it for the following year and give it to someone elseI assume you never told your colleagues about the problem. I'd ban people who don't say anything becuaee they fear it would be impolite. I like people to be straight with me.
But then you have another aftershave to get rid of when you get another one.I just keep it for the following year and give it to someone else
Or, even worse, you give it back to the person who gave it to you.I just keep it for the following year and give it to someone else
OK, I admit that one's smart. You aren't telling them they got a bad present, just giving them a hintOr, even worse, you give it back to the person who gave it to you.
My mum definitely hasn't done that with a birthday present...
My mum didn't even realise until she was handing over the rapped present. She avoided that particular friend for some time afterwards...OK, I admit that one's smart. You aren't telling them they got a bad present, just giving them a hint
My auntie did that to my mum once, didn't even change the wrapping paper.Or, even worse, you give it back to the person who gave it to you.
My mum definitely hasn't done that with a birthday present...
I'd hate to receive a rapped present; it would be far preferable if it was sung opera-style...My mum didn't even realise until she was handing over the rapped present. She avoided that particular friend for some time afterwards...
Oops! I agree with your opinion though...I'd hate to receive a rapped present; it would be far preferable if it was sung opera-style...
Yes, cheap programming of course, which is all the rage. One exception, though, is a series on Radio 4 which airs from time to time at antisocial hours hosted by Matthew Syed and uses his surname as a play on words. Syed is a perceptive man with an unusual take on many things, and is certainly thought-provoking without being either deliberately provocative or cranky. I make a point of listening to it when I find it on.Programmes, particularly on the radio, that are described as ‘a sideways look at...’ This turns out to be a group of previously (and soon to be once more) unknowns doing a mish-mash of sketches that are either derivative or only comprehensible to a minuscule group of people, mostly their college friends. And of course there is a ‘clever’ running gag or stock character, that is so clever that nobody else is smart enough to see the joke.
You don't have to wait for it to be broadcast.One exception, though, is a series on Radio 4 which airs from time to time at antisocial hours hosted by Matthew Syed and uses his surname as a play on words. Syed is a perceptive man with an unusual take on many things, and is certainly thought-provoking without being either deliberately provocative or cranky. I make a point of listening to it when I find it on.
I would ban reference to the heart as the source of emotion (or lack of) outside of greeting cards. Especially when it comes to reporting news.I would ban the phrase "heartless thieves" which will be used at some stage this season when a house is burgled and pressies stolen. I don't think thieves have a heart of gold the rest of the year.
He's one of those people who turns on the charm for the camera. Have come across him on several occasions, although none were in connection with his books despite me having been a bookseller from when his first book was published, under the name Richard Stein. I know a bookseller who had him in his shop for a signing and he said afterwards 'wow, and Nathan Outlaw was SO pleasant when he came!'Rick Stein,watching him gushing on about French cooking ( as he does with just about every country other than GB ) doesn't he realise that while we were ( and others ) were busy fighting the Germans etc ,the French were faffing around learning how to cook ! we learnt to win wars the French didn't to learn to cook
One reason I still like my Doro flip phone . My fear is, if I were to get a smart phone, with the nature of what I do for a living, (gardening) it wouldn't last long.Busy day, dropped the phone - broken screen.
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Restaurants that add extra charges for adults ordering from the childrens' menu, but still give them child-size portions
I didn't know that was a thing, I would be angry about that, too
I'd throw my toys out of the pram; that'd learn them.Restaurants that add extra charges for adults ordering from the childrens' menu, but still give them child-size portions
Would you elaborate please?Restaurants that add extra charges for adults ordering from the childrens' menu, but still give them child-size portions
There's a local restaurant which displays a notice underneath its menu saying "Please note: an extra charge will be added to your bill for adults who order a meal from the children's menu (portion sizes remain the same)"Would you elaborate please?
Oh really?There's a local restaurant which displays a notice underneath its menu saying "Please note: an extra charge will be added to your bill for adults who order a meal from the children's menu (portion sizes remain the same)"
I don't really understand the point of this as a practice, other than to alienate customers.