How much would you pay for a drink in a hip London bar?
Firstly, I would not go in a hip London bar. Secondly, if I was I would drink something else.

Firstly, I would not go in a hip London bar. Secondly, if I was I would drink something else.


Exhorbitant, I would guess

Alot of Aussies who go there are kind of shocked at how costly everything is, since things are still quite affordable over here.

Yeah food and drink is certainly expensive.I do hate the fact that a night out down the pub can cost around

Well who didn't know that London is expensive?
Just like Paris.

Well who didn't know that London is expensive?
Just like Paris.


Yeah, we all know London is exxy as hell, but when you get over there...it's like OMG.. ::)

The ever increasing amount of men with shaved/bald heads and a beer gut - sporting half-mast track suit bottoms - nauseating

The tiny drinks are called shorts.

i'll take a tiny drink

(and Lord knows you'd need to drink bottled water if you were a tourist)


And why would that be?

The water out of the tap here is perfectly drinkable (I've been on the stuff for nearly 40 years!)...

Put some tap water into an empty bottle of Evian and see if anyone can taste the difference... ::)

And why would that be?

The water out of the tap here is perfectly drinkable (I've been on the stuff for nearly 40 years!)...

Put some tap water into an empty bottle of Evian and see if anyone can taste the difference... ::)




Paul, totally agree with you, I was brought up to drink water from the tap as a refreshing drink and still do the same these days, if I'm out tho' I usually buy a chilled bottle just for convenience. Fresh water fountains used to be found in parks and schools everywhere but not anymore.

I think this qualifies, anyway taking a ferry ship from Holland to England and trying to get some sleep in the bar, as there was no space left on the deck, and these drunks stayed up all night long talking and yelling >:(

I think this qualifies, anyway taking a ferry ship from Holland to England and trying to get some sleep in the bar, as there was no space left on the deck, and these drunks stayed up all night long talking and yelling >:(
Yeah, I've had much the same experience. I managed to get a seat and the guy behind me had his feet up resting on the back of my chair which he refused to take down.He kept kicking me in the head and his feet were bare, filthy and covered in verucas  :o so I moved. Worse if it's a rough journey and the decks are swimming in vomit.................. 

The ever increasing amount of men with shaved/bald heads and a beer gut - sporting half-mast track suit bottoms - nauseating
...in London?

And why would that be?

The water out of the tap here is perfectly drinkable (I've been on the stuff for nearly 40 years!)...

Put some tap water into an empty bottle of Evian and see if anyone can taste the difference... ::)


I find that bottled water tastes of plastic, when from a plastic bottle.

I find that bottled water tastes of plastic, when from a plastic bottle.


Bottled water from a glass is the best, but it's more expensive than plastic bottled water

Bottled water from a glass is the best, but it's more expensive than plastic bottled water
It is the same with Coke or Pepsi, a metallic taste from a can and a plastic taste again from a plastic bottle.

It is the same with Coke or Pepsi, a metallic taste from a can and a plastic taste again from a plastic bottle.


Oh, yes!  Sodas always taste best from the glass bottle!  :)

It is the same with Coke or Pepsi, a metallic taste from a can and a plastic taste again from a plastic bottle.



I can't taste anything metallic or plastic-y when I drink Diet Coke from either a can or a bottle. 

I can't taste anything metallic or plastic-y when I drink Diet Coke from either a can or a bottle. 
I never drink Diet Coke in the first place, I am not on a diet.

Lee Evans should be on that list.  Whoever said that guy was funny, should be thrown off the London Bridge.  Or better yet, just throw Lee Evans off the London Bridge 

http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/04/fal.gif


You're right there  ;D

You're right there  ;D
Lee Evans has never made me laugh, and I have given him a chance and never again!

I never drink Diet Coke in the first place, I am not on a diet.




You don't have to be on a diet to drink Diet Coke.

Lee Evans has never made me laugh, and I have given him a chance and never again!


he tries to take off Norman Wisdom

he tries to take off Norman Wisdom
Tries, when Norman Wisdom is still with us, having only just retired on his 90th birthday.

Tries, when Norman Wisdom is still with us, having only just retired on his 90th birthday.


yes, and Norman Wisdom is still funnier than Lee despite his advanced age

Is the music irritating?

You don't have to be on a diet to drink Diet Coke.


Persoanlly, I prefer RC Cola, myself.

It's good, wholesome, and has no sweeteners that are proven to reduce intelligence.

(Yes, it is medically proven that some sweeteners are harmful to one's health.)
-I mean, why else would they call it "Aspartame"?
Break it down phonetically: Ass-part-a-me.
Rather makes sense, doesn't it?

Persoanlly, I prefer RC Cola, myself.

It's good, wholesome, and has no sweeteners that are proven to reduce intelligence.

(Yes, it is medically proven that some sweeteners are harmful to one's health.)
-I mean, why else would they call it "Aspartame"?
Break it down phonetically: Ass-part-a-me.
Rather makes sense, doesn't it?





Okay.

What about public transportation?

The 5.15 on the London Underground can be irritating.....

And any Newscast involving Richard Baker.

It has suddenly occured to me that are roundabouts plentiful in the USA?


Here in New Jersey there are more circles, as we call them here, than anywhere else in the country.
I know of 9 circles within a 15 mile radius.

Along time ago, we had a Traffic Circle here, but they took it out, and turned it into an extremely wide intersection that still confuses me after all these years

What about public transportation?
When travelling short distances, I prefer to walk.

I did not find programmes like these irritating at all, for I did not watch them in the first place!


hahaha, but I need a refuge from the American b.s. that's on here.

Oh, yes!  Sodas always taste best from the glass bottle!  :)
I've no idea why but Pepsi and Coke taste completely different in the U.K to America.

Here in New Jersey there are more circles, as we call them here, than anywhere else in the country.
I know of 9 circles within a 15 mile radius.
You should go to Swindon in the U.K they have what they call the 'magic roundabout' which is a load mini roundabouts around one big roundabout all  together on one intersection of road it's completely mad !

What about public transportation?


The only good public transport system is in London.

You should go to Swindon in the U.K they have what they call the 'magic roundabout' which is a load mini roundabouts around one big roundabout all  together on one intersection of road it's completely mad !


Geez, that looks confusing.  I bet there are lots of accidents there often?

The M25/lLondon Orbital/UK's biggest car park makes me sick  everytime I'm on it  >:(
you just have to turn the music up and chill, it's a pity all the good stations get knocked off the bandwidth around that area tho' so on a good day you have around 1.5 - 2 hours of hissssssingggggg or Radio4  (my cassette player is broke)

Geez, that looks confusing.  I bet there are lots of accidents there often?
Oh yes !

it's a pity all the good stations get knocked off the bandwidth around that area tho' so on a good day you have around 1.5 - 2 hours of hissssssingggggg or Radio4  (my cassette player is broke)


That's because the shape of the M25 is a sigil (but I forget which one). 



(which will only make sense if you've read the same book I have!)

These..

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/images/stories/stupid-chav-twat.jpg

These..

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/images/stories/stupid-chav-twat.jpg

Ha!They're everywhere,little pests infesting the cities.

Ha!They're everywhere,little pests infesting the cities.


I think some sort of large scale culling operation would be a good plan.

I think some sort of large scale culling operation would be a good plan.

Something inside me says that's not such a bad idea..

Something inside me says that's not such a bad idea..


Scalping!

Scalping!


too good for 'em

too good for 'em


Disembowelment.. then.. strangulation via the Intestines?

Disembowelment.. then.. strangulation via the Intestines?


While they watch

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/images/stories/stupid-chav-twat.jpg
           Exhibit 1: CHAVSTER


I think some sort of large scale culling operation would be a good plan.


Unfortunately I think the chav has a major stranglehold in society now. Programmes to prohit further incessant breeding with the female variety is necessary to prevent freaky chav sprogs appearing only to be carted around shopping centres after their parents have attended court hearings and before curfews.

Unfortunately I think the chav has a major stranglehold in society now. Programmes to prohit further incessant breeding with the female variety is necessary to prevent freaky chav sprogs appearing then being carted around shopping centres after attending court hearings and before curfews.

Somebody please explain to me what exactly a "chav" is  ;D.

Somebody please explain to me what exactly a "chav" is  ;D.


http://www.chavscum.co.uk/

this site might explain things further even if it is a little very biased 

I've no idea why but Pepsi and Coke taste completely different in the U.K to America.


Really?

Slightly different recipe, perhaps?  ???

so, chav=white trash, basically?

does anybody still use the word "yob"?

so, chav=white trash, basically?

does anybody still use the word "yob"?


yeah that's my friends favourite description for tossers who steal cars/joyride etc

i've also heard it used to refer to what we in the states call "soccer hooligans."

http://www.chavscum.co.uk/

this site might explain things further even if it is a little very biased 
I was hoping the chavs had disappeared.

Persoanlly, I prefer RC Cola, myself.

It's good, wholesome, and has no sweeteners that are proven to reduce intelligence.

(Yes, it is medically proven that some sweeteners are harmful to one's health.)
-I mean, why else would they call it "Aspartame"?
Break it down phonetically: Ass-part-a-me.
Rather makes sense, doesn't it?


Ass-part-a-me  ;D

some people get terribly addicted to this coca cola stuff the same way kids get too many E numbers  :D

i've also heard it used to refer to what we in the states call "soccer hooligans."


.. Oi.

We've talked about this.

Ass-part-a-me  ;D

some people get terribly addicted to this coca cola stuff the same way kids get too many E numbers  :D
An orange E Number used to be pretty bad.

E's are good, E's are good.. he's Ebenezer Good!

E's are good, E's are good.. he's Ebenezer Good!


nice bit of assonance there

so, chav=white trash, basically?

does anybody still use the word "yob"?


Jou know, I'd like to care, but it's not my yob!
-Freddie Prinze, "Chico & The Man"

When travelling short distances, I prefer to walk.


So what do you do when you want to travel long distances? ???

So what do you do when you want to travel long distances? ???
I ask my son for a lift in his car.

I ask my son for a lift in his car.



that's a good idea

that's a good idea
If my son is unavailable, I do not travel.

nice bit of assonance there


Oooh, you're so clever, I had to find out what assonance was.  ;D

An orange E Number used to be pretty bad.
Did you know they got rid of the blue smartie because they are not meant to have any artificial colours in them now and strangly they couldn't find a natural blue colouring!

Did you know they got rid of the blue smartie because they are not meant to have any artificial colours in them now and strangly they couldn't find a natural blue colouring!


But they were the best ones.

But they were the best ones.
The orange ones are my favourite.

Did you know they got rid of the blue smartie because they are not meant to have any artificial colours in them now and strangly they couldn't find a natural blue colouring!


I haven't had smarties in a long time.  I wonder if the blue ones are still available over here

Jelly Babies- Irritating because one can't find them in the States!!!!

(I was introduced to these delicacies by "Doctor Who" during the 10th Anniversary episode, "The 3 Doctors". Alway swanted to try some, and I can't, without flying to Britain! UARGH!)

Jelly Babies- Irritating because one can't find them in the States!!!!

(I was introduced to these delicacies by "Doctor Who" during the 10th Anniversary episode, "The 3 Doctors". Alway swanted to try some, and I can't, without flying to Britain! UARGH!)


Seek and ye shall find .... a website delivering Bassetts sweets around the world.  Alternatively talk nicely to Davey Thrashmister who might bring you some back and post them on (for a suitable reward)

Seek and ye shall find .... a website delivering Bassetts sweets around the world.  Alternatively talk nicely to Davey Thrashmister who might bring you some back and post them on (for a suitable reward)


Ask nice.

I heard this list on a radio station called Capital Disney. Here are some things that irritate me:

1. The Cheeky Girls.
2. Mobile ringtone commercials on TV.
3. DJs talking over songs on the radio.
4. Being asked the same thing more than once.
5. My brother's Thomas the Tank Engine videos (thank goodness I moved out. My brother is 17 and he still watches those videos)
6. My dad putting his hand(s) on his chest when he talks to me (normally if I talk to him when I'm feeling fed up or moody).
7. My sister being a complete idiot by calling me the youngest daughter in a rude e-mail she sent me. She's the youngest, not me.
8. My mum used to knock on my bedroom door 5 mornings a week when I was still in bed.
9. People getting up to go to the toilet in the cinema, especially when they obscure the view of the screen.
10. People playing with their moile ring tones on the bus or anywhere else.

I live in Brighton and it's like mini London now which is so annoying bacause the prices of everything have just gone sky high and as well as this there's the chav infestation! god I hate them.... I wanted to train my Staffy to attack them but my dad wouldn't let me  >:(

lol that would have been fun.....

Another annoying thing about living here...which nobody seems to  have pointed out is that it rains....nearly all the time... and there's a water shortage at the moment, which confuses me because er aren't we technically on an island????

Kxxx

What annoyed me a few years ago was the time when I was sick in bed, and my kid was watching TeleTubbies.  I had never seen the show and waking up to it, I thought I was in a delirium and having hallucinations; was quite annoying :(

What annoyed me a few years ago was the time when I was sick in bed, and my kid was watching TeleTubbies.  I had never seen the show and waking up to it, I thought I was in a delirium and having hallucinations; was quite annoying :(
this sounds like a really disturbing experience!

I live in Brighton and it's like mini London now which is so annoying bacause the prices of everything have just gone sky high and as well as this there's the chav infestation! god I hate them.... I wanted to train my Staffy to attack them but my dad wouldn't let me  >:(

lol that would have been fun.....

Another annoying thing about living here...which nobody seems to  have pointed out is that it rains....nearly all the time... and there's a water shortage at the moment, which confuses me because er aren't we technically on an island????

Kxxx


It's Mother Nature's cruel way of deceiving you. In terms of amount, much of the U.K. isn't that wet - London averages perhaps 550mm - the reason why it seems wet is the area is (as you'd know) in the path of westerly depressions, which bring long periods of cloud and very light, constant drizzle, which doesn't amount to much in terms of actual millimetres in the dams.etc.

What annoyed me a few years ago was the time when I was sick in bed, and my kid was watching TeleTubbies.  I had never seen the show and waking up to it, I thought I was in a delirium and having hallucinations; was quite annoying :(


try Boobahs for a really trippy experience

try Boobahs for a really trippy experience
Yes, I see what you mean, Howard attached a picture of a Boobah in one thread.  Looked like a cross between an orange Bigfoot Big Bird thing!

When my daughter was young I used to get up with her and put the tv on.  Then I could catch a crafty snooze on the sofa whilst she watched tv.  Early morning children's tv started with Boobah.  Even my daughter would ask for it to be switched off because it gave her a headache

When my daughter was young I used to get up with her and put the tv on.  Then I could catch a crafty snooze on the sofa whilst she watched tv.  Early morning children's tv started with Boobah.  Even my daughter would ask for it to be switched off because it gave her a headache


It makes Telly Tubbies look like respectable TV...Goodness me... :-\\

Did you know they got rid of the blue smartie because they are not meant to have any artificial colours in them now and strangly they couldn't find a natural blue colouring!
I remember that and at the time there was a huge advertising campaign promoting the blue smartie.

I haven't had smarties in a long time.  I wonder if the blue ones are still available over here
Are smarties still available?

I heard this list on a radio station called Capital Disney. Here are some things that irritate me:

1. The Cheeky Girls
2. Mobile ringtone commercials on TV
3. DJs talking over songs on the radio
4. Being asked the same thing more than once
5. My brother's Thomas the Tank Engine videos (thank goodness I moved out)

It is the music that is a bit annoying, but love the voice of Ringo.

The Music? ???

The Music? ???
The music that introduces the programmes.

1. Cold callers
2. Caravans
3. Queue-jumpers
4. James Blunt
5. Traffic wardens
6. People who tailgate
7. Brown-nosers
8. Chantelle and Preston from Big Brother
9. Ex-smokers
10. Noisy neighbours

Source: Survey by Lactofree
I think this list can be updated, please add:


Cyclists on pavements
Pedestrians walking blind as they stare at their phones
Other contestants on Big Brother (and Celebrity Big Brother)
Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus
Found footage films


Any more to add?

Agree with cyclists on bloody pavements, Philip!

Also:
The British singles charts. Today's music is crap and I no longer follow the charts.
The Only Way Is Essex cast and similar being referred to as celebrities. They are not.
The Royal Family.
The social class system.
The terms 'United Kingdom' and 'UK'. Unless I have to use them to make a point like now or use them in an e mail address, I never use those terms. It is NOT united, it is a divided land.
The national obsession with Kylie.

Agree with cyclists on bloody pavements, Philip!

Also:
The British singles charts. Today's music is crap and I no longer follow the charts.
The Only Way Is Essex cast and similar being referred to as celebrities. They are not.
The Royal Family.
The social class system.
The terms 'United Kingdom' and 'UK'. Unless I have to use them to make a point like now or use them in an e mail address, I never use those terms. It is NOT united, it is a divided land.
The national obsession with Kylie.
...and the charts have now moved to a Friday.

I never knew that, not following them! Takes the fun out of it.

I never knew that, not following them! Takes the fun out of it.
We used to listen to the charts when driving home on a Sunday, now that pleasure has been denied.  ;D

Agree with cyclists on bloody pavements, Philip!

Also:
The British singles charts. Today's music is crap and I no longer follow the charts.
The Only Way Is Essex cast and similar being referred to as celebrities. They are not.
The Royal Family.
The social class system.
The terms 'United Kingdom' and 'UK'. Unless I have to use them to make a point like now or use them in an e mail address, I never use those terms. It is NOT united, it is a divided land.
The national obsession with Kylie.
Over night I occurred to me, we say we are British, not United Kingdomish. Even though it says UK on our passports.

Good point. It says Irish on mine. I have dual nationality but prefer to travel on an Irish passport.