Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    edited July 2022
    Best school in the country ;)

    "Insert rant about trains today"
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    rick_chasey said:

    Journalists who name drop fancy schools as if we’re all supposed to know. For about a week I thought Sunak lived in the outskirts of Winchester and I wondered what the hell that mattered - is the town really that posh? “Sunak went to Winchester” wtf

    I take it you only work with people who went to Eton or Harrow? Even I've heard of Winchester.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,903
    And, yes, Winchester is pretty posh.
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  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    The only Winchester I've heard of is the pub in Shaun of the Dead
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    skyblueamateur said:

    The only Winchester I've heard of is the pub in Shaun of the Dead

    Did you never watch Minder?
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    rjsterry said:

    And, yes, Winchester is pretty posh.

    Probably less posh, but bloody expensive nonetheless.

    As my former boss said to me

    "if you want to run a company, go to Winchester. If you want to run the country, go to Eton."
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    surrey_commuter said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    The only Winchester I've heard of is the pub in Shaun of the Dead

    Did you never watch Minder?
    Good point. Loved Minder as a kid.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited July 2022
    Pross said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Journalists who name drop fancy schools as if we’re all supposed to know. For about a week I thought Sunak lived in the outskirts of Winchester and I wondered what the hell that mattered - is the town really that posh? “Sunak went to Winchester” wtf

    I take it you only work with people who went to Eton or Harrow? Even I've heard of Winchester.
    Worked* but yes. Honestly, half the office chat went straight over my head.

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    I always find the question "Where did you go to school?" to be one of the most ridiculous. Also never heard of Winchester College.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498
    TheBigBean said:

    I always find the question "Where did you go to school?" to be one of the most ridiculous. Also never heard of Winchester College.

    Used to love playing football against them for my school, they were hopeless. Cricket on the other hand they always thrashed us.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,299
    TheBigBean said:

    I always find the question "Where did you go to school?" to be one of the most ridiculous. Also never heard of Winchester College.

    In Glesca that question "what school did you go to?" has a different context. I.e. are you a left footer or not?
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    The last time I was asked what school I went to, it was a test to determine whether or not I should be punched in the face by the slightly older and larger child who was asking.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    My school was used in the filming of the Beiderbecke tapes. It’s now the site of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise building.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Winchester did a lot of the filming for Harry Potter.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    shirley_basso said:

    Winchester did a lot of the filming for Harry Potter.

    So it’s not a 1960’s Secondary Modern then.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,603
    Tashman said:

    TheBigBean said:

    I always find the question "Where did you go to school?" to be one of the most ridiculous. Also never heard of Winchester College.

    Used to love playing football against them for my school, they were hopeless. Cricket on the other hand they always thrashed us.
    Yeah, but did you play rugby against the Eton boys?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,295
    edited July 2022
    This is what our leaders think is a killer put down.



    (Wykehamist means went to Winchester, not Eton, which is the only good school.)
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Pretty brutal from an Etonian, it has to be said.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    Its like listening to an evil version of Bertie Wooster.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    kingstongraham said:

    This is what our leaders think is a killer put down.



    (Wykehamist means went to Winchester, not Eton, which is the only good school.)
    "Did you go to school?" Is asking, within some circles, whether you went to Eton.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    webboo said:

    My school was used in the filming of the Beiderbecke tapes. It’s now the site of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise building.


    I thought The Beiderbecke Tapes was filmed up north? HM Customs and Excise is HQ'd in London (just behind Southbank).
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    TheBigBean said:

    kingstongraham said:

    This is what our leaders think is a killer put down.



    (Wykehamist means went to Winchester, not Eton, which is the only good school.)
    "Did you go to school?" Is asking, within some circles, whether you went to Eton.

    Absolute blerts.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Ben6899 said:

    webboo said:

    My school was used in the filming of the Beiderbecke tapes. It’s now the site of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise building.


    I thought The Beiderbecke Tapes was filmed up north? HM Customs and Excise is HQ'd in London (just behind Southbank).
    It was filmed in Leeds and the surrounding area. My school Moor Grange was on the ring road and following it’s closure and demolition, according to Wikipedia is home to a Custom and Excise building.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    webboo said:

    Ben6899 said:

    webboo said:

    My school was used in the filming of the Beiderbecke tapes. It’s now the site of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise building.


    I thought The Beiderbecke Tapes was filmed up north? HM Customs and Excise is HQ'd in London (just behind Southbank).
    It was filmed in Leeds and the surrounding area. My school Moor Grange was on the ring road and following it’s closure and demolition, according to Wikipedia is home to a Custom and Excise building.

    Ah, up near Lawnswood?
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,938
    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.
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  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498
    briantrumpet said:

    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.

    1. 'E's passed on!
    Pass on or pass away has apparently been used in the sense 'die' since about 1375; Lay Folks Mass Book (MS. B) 112: “God lord graunt .. rest and pese Þat lastis ay to christen soules passed away.” It implies a life beyond this one.
    2. This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be!
    3. 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
    4. 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace!
    5. If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
    6. 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory!
    7. 'E's off the twig!
    8. 'E's kicked the bucket,
    9. 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil,
    10. run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    briantrumpet said:

    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.

    There's a weird aversion to saying someone has died. Whenever I say it people seem to look at me like I'm being overly blunt and insensitive. Similar with people who try to avoid saying they or someone else has cancer.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    briantrumpet said:

    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.

    The Americans are very prudish.

    The same people are avoidant of the word toilet, and would prefer if you asked where you can take a nap (restroom) or bathe (bathroom).
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,903
    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.

    There's a weird aversion to saying someone has died. Whenever I say it people seem to look at me like I'm being overly blunt and insensitive. Similar with people who try to avoid saying they or someone else has cancer.
    It's a funny one. After my dad died earlier this year, I found myself using 'passed on' when talking to some people - mainly those less familiar. I guess it's wanting to avoid making people feel awkward and having to trot out the standard phrases.
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Toilet is a ghastly word.

    Just say bathroom.

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