Things We Hate

[SUTSS]

I was flying back from Dinard airport which is in the middle of nowhere and only has one flight a day and as we were sitting on the plane waiting to take off two wild boar wandered onto the track and we had to wait about 45 minutes until they could be chased off. That's the only flight delay I've ever had.

 

[mistermagic]

There's an airport in Dinard???

 

[SUTSS]

It has one flight a day to Stansted and some days in the summer it flies to the Channel Islands and to East Midlands as well. It's a strange airport. No screen with flight/check in times because it doesn't need it. Only one check in desk. And, of course, an Irish bar.

 

[Dave-Vale]

St Patrick's Day.

 

[mistermagic]

St Patrick's Day.

I never went but I can see how it can get on someone's tits. Living in a city where a lot of beerfests are going on, what really pisses me off is how people who don't even like beer just buy the costume and drink it like it's been coming from their mother's tits from day one. Then go back to how beer is evil once the party's over.
When I'll get a job, I'll try and go to one. See what the fuss is about. Bearing in mind that I've been to the Oktoberfest twice so it'll have to be fucking special to impress me.

 

[Dave-Vale]

I just don't see how it has spread worldwide.

If you're actually Irish, fair enough. Otherwise, no.

 

[TomPNE94]

Wait wait wait, let's reverse back a bit here...

People don't put their butter in the fridge???

 

[Pagnell]

I just don't see how it has spread worldwide.

If you're actually Irish, fair enough. Otherwise, no.

That's just it though. For a lot of people the smallest hint of Irish in their ancestry (regardless of how far back it was, how tenuous the link or whether it's based on fact/wishful thinking) means they're Irish on St. Patrick's Day. And for some on every other day too. See BlueBee.

 

[Stringy]

There's a tent gone up in Sheffield city centre for St Patrick's day. Probably just fall of people talking about Sinn Fein, potato famines and U2.

 

[Pagnell]

Wait wait wait, let's reverse back a bit here...

People don't put their butter in the fridge???

Proper butter is meant to be in a lidded butter dish and left out. That is what a butter dish is for. Otherwise it's like trying to spread concrete. Nasty shit like Lurpak Spreadable etc isn't butter, it's a vegetable oil based spread with a nominal amount of butter in it. These are designed specifically so they spread out the fridge. I'm full of useful information I am.

 

[T.A]

Full of boring information, yeah.

 

[Pagnell]

Did you know there's 45 calories in a Jaffa Cake?

 

[TomPNE94]

We have clover and I've never found it difficult to butter bread with cold butter

 

[Stevencc]

I love St. Patrick's day because it's my birthday and the thought of all the drunken revellers gives me an excuse to stay in and have a quiet one.

 

[Pagnell]

We have clover and I've never found it difficult to butter bread with cold butter

Clover isn't butter.

 

[TomPNE94]

whatever, same difference

 

[Veggie Legs]

Proper butter is meant to be in a lidded butter dish and left out. That is what a butter dish is for. Otherwise it's like trying to spread concrete. Nasty shit like Lurpak Spreadable etc isn't butter, it's a vegetable oil based spread with a nominal amount of butter in it. These are designed specifically so they spread out the fridge. I'm full of useful information I am.

Very badly designed then, Lurpak Spreadable is an oxymoron.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Campaign for Real Butter. Fuck fake fat. Down with dissimulated dairy. Demur to faux beurre. Sod pseudo suet. No more created cream or spurious spread. Pack a proper pat. Lobby for legitimate lard. Clarify clarification and say gee whiz for genuine ghee.

 

[Pagnell]

Fuck yeah! Or something.

 

[Oaf]

Did you know there's 45 calories in a Jaffa Cake?

Now there's a discussion we've not had on this site (or you know, that other site site) in a fair old while.

They're cakes.

Discuss.

 

[Craig]

Lurpak though, I just can't believe it's not butter.

 

[Cardsfan]

Now there's a discussion we've not had on this site (or you know, that other site site) in a fair old while.

They're cakes.

Discuss.

They're biscuits, no cake is that small.

 

[spireite]

When they're called 'Jaffa Biscuits' the matter may be open for discussion

 

[Oaf]

These aren't exactly massive though are they? Are they biscuits too?

 

[Oaf]

Biscuit versions of Battenberg

(On that topic actually, how fucking incredible is Battenberg?)

 

[Cardsfan]

These aren't exactly massive though are they? Are they biscuits too?

Fuck, I'm out

 

[Cardsfan]

It sounded really clever and abrupt in my head

 

[Craig]

Battenburg is great, anything with marzipan on is though.

 

[SALTIRE]

Battenburg is great, anything with marzipan on is though.

My sister and mum love marzipan stuff and get Battenburgs once or twice a week. I don't mind them myself, but I could take them or leave them tbh.

 

[GodsGift]

Battenburg is great

I prefer Michael Oliver to be honest.