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  1. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    It's better than "from the gecko"!
  2. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Had it twice although the second time was not nearly as bad as the first.
  3. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Whoever it was called me again and when I asked what it was about refused to tell me. You can guess my reply.
  4. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Unsolicited phone call from 'Severn Trent' asking ME to confirm details of my name and address. Surely they would know that already if they were genuine?
  5. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Shop assistants who begin or continue a conversation with someone else while they're serving me. It's as if I'm invisible or something. :mad:
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    Things that annoy you

    Chinese sellers on eBay. It's not always clear they are based in China, product descriptions are often misleading and it's virtually impossible to cancel an order once it's been placed.
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    Lucy Letby

    Perhaps they also know more than an Oxford-educated, multi-prize-winning neuroscientist? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/09/lucy-letby-conviction-unsafe-says-boris-johnson-adviser/ James Phillips, who worked as a special adviser to the former prime minister and to the secretary of...
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    The 'Very obvious' hot babes thread!

    A young Emma Stone in The House Bunny (2008)
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    Things that annoy you

    It's pointless clicking on a Mirror group link anyway since the content is invariably different from or even exact opposite of what the headline says it is.
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    Lucy Letby

    I couldn't find a 'Sharon' but I managed a Michele and an Alison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/24/lucy-letby-hospital-accident-waiting-happen-nurse-claims/ Michele Worden, an ANNP at the unit who had worked in the NHS for 28 years, was made redundant in 2007 after refusing to be...
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    The Olympics

    Bit difficult for British competitors since they have to travel to Switzerland to train.
  12. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    I was only twelve or thirteen at the time, I don't think they cared?
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    The Elephant still up on a pole in Coventry

    I think it was styled to be viewed from below, much like the Statue of Liberty? The original plan was for a pair of marble columns with much bigger war elephants on top and the statue of Godiva between the two but the 'peaceniks' on the council decided it was too war-like.
  14. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    None. You'd think someone in the box office would have warned me when I bought the ticket?
  15. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    I once mistakenly visited a cinema during one of those "mother and baby" sessions, it was a new thing at the time. Mind you, you could here a pin drop while Winnie the Pooh was on and I'd have been lynched if I'd made a sound. Never been back since.
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    Lucy Letby

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/05/neonatal-nurses-resigning-amid-lucy-letby-fallout/ Neonatal nurses are resigning from Britain’s baby units because they fear being accused of harming infants like in the case of Lucy Letby, a consultant has claimed in a new Channel 5 documentary. In...
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    Lucy Letby

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/03/countess-of-chester-hospital-lucy-letby-bacteria-outbreak/ The neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked suffered an outbreak of bacteria lethal to babies, a leaked risk report shows. David Livermore, professor of Medical Microbiology, at the University...
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    Southport Stabbing

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    Things that annoy you

    No, Dr. Suneel Dhand, he's just one of many who believe drugs are being over-prescribed.
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