Room 101 - what single aspect of modern life should be consigned to oblivion?

[Anna]

The latter having as little to do with the first two as possible.

(Sorry - that was a sheep shot, that was)

Oh, and one other thing to be consigned to Room 101 - Jokes about the Welsh and sheep!

[Serial_Apologist]

Speaking of Welsh weather presenters, I was always sorry to see the last of the lady on ITV1 whose hand movements were... something of a turn on, televisually speaking. The one with whom Limpet Optic dated for a while - undoubtedly a man of exquisite taste.

[Anna]

Speaking of Welsh weather presenters, I was always sorry to see the last of the lady on ITV1 whose hand movements were... something of a turn on, televisually speaking. The one with whom Limpet Optic dated for a while - undoubtedly a man of exquisite taste.

You mean Siân Lloyd. She got over being dumped by him and has been married to someone involved in motor racing for the past 5 years. It does seem rather strange that Limpet preferred one of The Cheeky Girls to her doesn't it ........

We are truly off topic, the subject was modern day stuff that drives you mad. Most of mine have been mentioned (automated calls urging claims for PPI, pressing 1 for this and 2 for that and wondering if you will ever speak to a human) but my worst one is txt spk. When I text I spell words correctly, insert punctuation, and if I get a msg in txt spk I cannot be bothered to reply to such garbage.

[3rd Viennese School]

Wot about weather presenters that stand in the south east corner of the map right where my weather is?

And the ones that are happy to bursting point to tell you that the weekend is going to be xxxx.



" Its been a nice dry week but look at all this rain, hail, wind and frogs this weekend!!




makes me so cross.

[gradus]

Wellw.

[Mr Pee]

Oh, and one other thing to be consigned to Room 101 - Jokes about the Welsh and sheep!

Q.What do you call a Welshman with a sheep under each arm?

A. A pimp.

[salymap]

I rather liked DC. Well,he made me laugh with his balletic dancing about and when he pointed I always said "It's rude to point" as my mum invariably said to me. The Royals are allowed to point I notice.

[Don Petter]

OMG yes please! Along with 'leverage' & 'leveraged'.

And gifted and showcased!

[Roehre]

y'know, I mean

[amateur51]

The latter having as little to do with the first two as possible.

(Sorry - that was a sheep shot, that was)

[amateur51]

Oh, and one other thing to be consigned to Room 101 - Jokes about the Welsh and sheep!

Pity them, Anna!

Where's John Skelton to ask a searching question of Mr Pee?

[Flosshilde]

Yes, but that's my point. It's of academic interest (i.e. not being used for practical purposes), unless you're saying that if, in the unlikely event, the sun was shining in Glasgow he made instant, spur of the moment, ad hoc excursions to Scotland, on the basis of notoriously unreliable forecasts?

Well, it depends on what you mean by 'academic'. It helped reduce the geographic distance between us, & gave us something to talk about on the 'phone, when I could correct the misleading forecast he'd seen, & tell him what it was really like. Since he died last year I've rather missed our weather-based chats, which usually went on to cover what was happening in the garden. So not really 'academic' at all.

[Flosshilde]

In effect: he's b*****d orf to New Zealand...

Daniel Corbett is a British broadcast meteorologist, ... regularly appeared on BBC ONE, BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button, BBC Four, BFBS TV, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live. .[/COLOR]

Goodness, what a busy boy he was!

[Old Grumpy]

It would not be so bad if they were labelled up properly - when, particularly, boxed sets are labelled trying to sort out works is a nightmare. Also why when eg Amazon list CDs do they not include the catalogue number.

Spot on - I would put "box sets" into room 101.

[teamsaint]

Spot on - I would put "box sets" into room 101.

because?