Pet Peeves

[Carnage]

No, the older one was sealed. I wouldn't mind but I only found out when I poured the off stuff into a mug of coffee. And this was after I'd burned toast, too.

[Emphyrio]

May as well call a halt to today and go on the cans.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

May as well call a halt to today and go on the cans.

To paraphrase head-wreckers on Twitter, we need to normalize these kind of clauses. Three Murphy's Law strikes in a day; on the cans. A basic human right, protected by the rule of law.

[Emphyrio]

That seems like a very sensible idea. I'm on board anyway.

[Carnage]

Sign me up.

[Caomhaoin]

My young lad, on paper, is impressive enough as he can speak English, Spanish and Polish very well. Teaching him a bit of Gaeilge too.

It's come to my attention lately however that he's either half a fuckin eejit or he is just allergic to general culture.

Me - 'Here, what's the capital of Italy'?

Himself - 'Paris'

Me - 'Ehh, we'll leave that one for now. What's the capital of Ireland then'

Himself - 'Buachaill'

😳😳😳😳😳😳

[Kurt Cocaine]

You leave any Benny Hills lying around lad? 

[Carnage]

Getting a refund of 5p from Amazon due to overcharging or something, which is fine. Being charged 30c for the transaction is the peeve.

[Mower Liberation Front]

American foods being introduced over here that bear only a superficial resemblance to the original - or just use the name.

Latest being Oreo O's. The new UK and Ireland version is bland as fuck. And of course all the places here that imported the original are now only stocking the cheap imitation.

Still not as bad as the Chips Ahoy launch a few years ago. "Should we bring in the Chewy Chips Ahoy, or even the standard ones? Naaah, we'll bring out totally original stupid shit nobody's heard of, like putting popcorn into the cookies."

[StoutAndAle]

American foods being introduced over here that bear only a superficial resemblance to the original - or just use the name.

I get what you mean - I'm a sucker for Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream and Mike & Ike's any time I'm in the US. The thing is that there's not a fucking hope of any US snack food passing EU regs as-is. They have to be modified.

This is probably a good thing. Otherwise I'd be in a junk food coma on my mobility scooter.

[Circlepit]

I was in a the Kinsale SuperValu the other day and I saw fruit loops and captain crunch cereals  in a special American section.
That town gets loads of tourists so I'd imagine that's why.
I've never had them and the kids were intrigued to say the least.
Not a chance says I.
I imagine it's like giving kids redbull mixed with cardboard. 

[Blackout]

Reeses cereal - which is about 2 dollars in the states - is about 7 euro in Supervalu.

[Blackout]

Procrastination. Work is piling up and I'm too busy watching videos on YouTube.

[Carnage]

These should help:

https://youtu.be/arj7oStGLkU

https://youtu.be/52lZmIafep4

[livingabortion]

The Yanks will eat any sort of shite, they came up with cheese you can spray for fuck sake.