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One like that near us, but they allow you to BYOB. Then charge an opening fee! 😆Only realising it's a Muslim restaurant after I've ordered the food. No booze.
Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?
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Time Waster
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There's research into prehistoric humans found in caves in cheddar gorge that shows those from that time were actually people with many physical attributes of black Africans. Hair, skin colour, etc.
Then there's more research indicating traditional "out of africa' migration theory isn't sufficient to explain human evolution and spreading around the world. Denisovians, neanderthals and other human species don't completely fit this theory AFAIK.
I am English but I call myself a mongrel in that I'm definitely a mix of ancestry. I know ancesters left England and Sweden for America at different periods from early colony to more modern times, then came to England two generations back. I've got Welsh in there too. Allegedly Irish and Spanish. My surname has origins from France pre 1066 I once read. Could that mean French or even Norse ancestry way back. England is saxon, angles, Vikings, pict, roman, celtic, etc. So I am a mongrel like everyone in Europe I reckon.
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
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- Hertfordshire
The American yearning to connect with a European ancestry is pretty unique, especially given the earnest patriotism and love for their country that Americans have. Is it the romanticism of a more ancient history than that of the USA which appeals maybe?
Although the history of white colonisation of the US landmass isn't the oldest story in world geopolitics, it does go back to the 1600s and 1700s which is farther than most of us go in our search of where our personal story started. Even a mass emigration like the one which followed the potato blight of the mid 1800s is now 7 generations ago. How far do most of us go back in defining our lineage, 2 generations? 3, 4?
On my own ancestry for example, I only have to go back three generations (great grandparents) and literally everyone then and before then is Irish, but I certainly don't see myself as Irish, other than having an Irish surname. There's no ethereal voice calling me back to "the old country". I do really like it there and I've enjoyed every visit and felt comfortable, and the Irish are an amazing people, but I certainly can't claim to be Irish. My parents and grandparents were all born in the Northwest of England or the West of Scotland, and cultural cues from there are really what's shaped me. Not the fact that some people who I've never met used to live in Cork.
I work for an American company and consequently most of my colleagues and friends are American. A good half of my colleagues claim Irish lineage, I think that's clearly the one to have if you hanker for a romantic back story! One or two of them poke fun at my Englishness (I think they've been watching too many Hollywood films where the English guy is the baddie, or too many Joe Biden speeches perhaps), and they like to josh that we're "natural enemies" since they're "of good Irish stock". Ironic that in all but one case*, I'm closer to being Irish than them.
Bottom line is, we're all mongrels to some extent, it's probably a little dishonest to pick and choose which bit of the bloodline you like.
(*My boss is a New Yorker, but his parents went over there from Ireland in the 1940s and he still has living relatives in Ireland, so I get that one).
Although the history of white colonisation of the US landmass isn't the oldest story in world geopolitics, it does go back to the 1600s and 1700s which is farther than most of us go in our search of where our personal story started. Even a mass emigration like the one which followed the potato blight of the mid 1800s is now 7 generations ago. How far do most of us go back in defining our lineage, 2 generations? 3, 4?
On my own ancestry for example, I only have to go back three generations (great grandparents) and literally everyone then and before then is Irish, but I certainly don't see myself as Irish, other than having an Irish surname. There's no ethereal voice calling me back to "the old country". I do really like it there and I've enjoyed every visit and felt comfortable, and the Irish are an amazing people, but I certainly can't claim to be Irish. My parents and grandparents were all born in the Northwest of England or the West of Scotland, and cultural cues from there are really what's shaped me. Not the fact that some people who I've never met used to live in Cork.
I work for an American company and consequently most of my colleagues and friends are American. A good half of my colleagues claim Irish lineage, I think that's clearly the one to have if you hanker for a romantic back story! One or two of them poke fun at my Englishness (I think they've been watching too many Hollywood films where the English guy is the baddie, or too many Joe Biden speeches perhaps), and they like to josh that we're "natural enemies" since they're "of good Irish stock". Ironic that in all but one case*, I'm closer to being Irish than them.
Bottom line is, we're all mongrels to some extent, it's probably a little dishonest to pick and choose which bit of the bloodline you like.
(*My boss is a New Yorker, but his parents went over there from Ireland in the 1940s and he still has living relatives in Ireland, so I get that one).
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Local news sites. Especially those that have stories about which supermarket has the best own brand something. Latest one was semi skimmed milk. it's just a page to show you adverts that conver more of the page than the article.
Oh then you backspace out of it once you realise what it is only to get onto a link page of more stories from them and their advertisers masquerading as news articles. You have to double backspace out of it. Annoying!
Oh then you backspace out of it once you realise what it is only to get onto a link page of more stories from them and their advertisers masquerading as news articles. You have to double backspace out of it. Annoying!
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My American great aunts used to go on about how their old family house was the oldest house in the town, 150 years old or so. They were sat in a 400 year old house at the time over here in England having seen various English cathedrals or churches that originated from almost a thousand years ago! It's all relative!
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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I fart in your general direction
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
people who don't read the post they're responding to... they just read the first bit then post their advice which, had they read the whole post, would realise their advise isn't required.
eg. POST: I've got a cold. Did an LFT test just in case... it's clear : )
REPLY: I suggest you do an LFT test immediately!
Yeah, thanks for that
eg. POST: I've got a cold. Did an LFT test just in case... it's clear : )
REPLY: I suggest you do an LFT test immediately!
Yeah, thanks for that
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
I super-agree
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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And... people who don't read previous posts so they don't notice that you already answered the question 30 minutes ago and then post the same thing that you did!people who don't read the post they're responding to... they just read the first bit then post their advice which, had they read the whole post, would realise their advise isn't required.
eg. POST: I've got a cold. Did an LFT test just in case... it's clear : )
REPLY: I suggest you do an LFT test immediately!
Yeah, thanks for that
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
or a month ago... as was evident recently in the booze & antibiotics thread
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
[Forgetful ColinJ wonders if he ever posted on a booze & antibiotics thread...or a month ago... as was evident recently in the booze & antibiotics thread
]Quite!
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That stupid yodelling pizza advert....i aught to go out more
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- London
excusable I think - life not always long enough to read the whole of cchat and sometimes the urge to help is just too strong.
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- London
a variant is folk who just delight, on anything to do with a product or tech query, just saying what THEY have.people who don't read the post they're responding to... they just read the first bit then post their advice which, had they read the whole post, would realise their advise isn't required.
eg. POST: I've got a cold. Did an LFT test just in case... it's clear : )
REPLY: I suggest you do an LFT test immediately!
Yeah, thanks for that
A form of consumer dick/twat waving.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
a recent 'need advice about turntables' thread springs to mind
