The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Stormbringer » Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:24 pm

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Heh. I'm only technically a Yorkshireman in that I was born in Harrogate hospital. I lived in Darlington as a kid.

Excellent. Born in York myself, grew up in Harrogate.
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Post by Strudel » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:36 am

I've got a load of Lifx bulbs in my place now. Definitely a great purchase, but always buy in the sales.

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Post by Wrathbone » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:43 am

Stormbringer wrote:
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Raid wrote:
Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:55 pm
Heh. I'm only technically a Yorkshireman in that I was born in Harrogate hospital. I lived in Darlington as a kid.

Excellent. Born in York myself, grew up in Harrogate.
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Post by Stormbringer » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:53 am

I recently learned that Guy Fawkes, born in York and raised a Protestant, converted to Catholicism and was "radicalised" (to coin a modern phrase) in Harrogate.
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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Stormbringer » Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:49 pm

When you go to use the toilet or tea-point at work and somebody else is in the same room as you, requiring you to immediately leave and hope to find another toilet or tea-point somewhere else in the building.

Maybe that's just me. ¬_¬

On a similar note: needing to do a poo at work.
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Post by Snowy » Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:58 pm

Oh man I run like clockwork, and for me the morning shit (shortly after getting to the office and having some coffee) is one of the most enjoyable parts of my working day. The shit I have to deal with for the rest of it... ;)
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Post by Wrathbone » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:00 pm

We only have one gents' cubicle at work, so it would be awkward if I tried to share the room.

I have view of the office kitchen from my desk, so I can time my brews for when it's empty if I'm particularly anxious.

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Post by Mantis » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:39 pm

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Oh man I run like clockwork, and for me the morning shit (shortly after getting to the office and having some coffee) is one of the most enjoyable parts of my working day. The shit I have to deal with for the rest of it... ;)
Likewise. Particularly satisfying because you're on the clock. I worked out how much I get paid a year to sit on the loo a while back and it was quite a sizable sum.

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Post by Stormbringer » Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:02 pm

This would be great if you had a private bathroom. Otherwise, I do everything in power to ensure nobody even knows I went to the loo.
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Post by Sly Boots » Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:09 pm

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This would be great if you had a private bathroom. Otherwise, I do everything in power to ensure nobody even knows I went to the loo.
... apart from post about it on the internet -_-

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Post by Stormbringer » Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:18 pm

:lol:

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Post by Stormbringer » Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:28 pm

Tasteless Christmas decorations. Unfortunately all too common.
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Post by Strudel » Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:34 pm

Just Christmas generally and all such pointless and arbitrary celebrations.

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Raid » Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:03 pm

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Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:28 pm
Tasteless Christmas decorations. Unfortunately all too common.
I've seen a new 'worst christmas decoration' this year; a projector (probably just a bulb behind some moving cutouts) that projects rapidly moving silhouettes of christmas trees and santa hats onto the front of a neighbour's house. The movement resembles that of cartoon ghosts, so much so that I suspect that it was just a repurposed halloween decoration.

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Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Post by Rossell » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:23 pm

Can you sabotage it?

I'd like it to maybe say some rude Christmas phrases like "Hey ladies, check out my baubles" or something like that.

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