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Little things that annoy you

Spoonz Red E

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People saying “the proof will be in the pudding”.

Cough, cough, Tavy, cough.
Good job you nipped that one in the bud.

Nine stitches saves time.
 

Rosencrantz

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People saying “the proof will be in the pudding”.

Cough, cough, Tavy, cough.
It depends if the question was "do you normally put a coin in the Xmas Pud? If yes, can you prove it?"
 

fred binneys head

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It depends if the question was "do you normally put a coin in the Xmas Pud? If yes, can you prove it?"
Hoisted by my own petard.
 

iscalad

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It depends if the question was "do you normally put a coin in the Xmas Pud? If yes, can you prove it?"
Proof surely refers to alcoholic content of said pudding.
 

Grecian2K

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Hoisted by my own petard.
Sounds painful. :eek:
 

tavyred

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People saying “the proof will be in the pudding”.

Cough, cough, Tavy, cough.
A common crime apparently (I googled). Language evolves Fred. 😉
 

elginCity

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"Was you ?" and "or summat" is Wiltshire dialect that has evolved, but still hurts my ears.
 

angelic upstart

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On the subject of language, it's high time remuneration was changed to renumeration because everyone says it that way anyway.
 

angelic upstart

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Modern man's haircuts are another source of mild annoyance as I'm a bald person
 

Alistair20000

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On the subject of language, it's high time remuneration was changed to renumeration because everyone says it that way anyway.
No no no no a thousand times No.

Not everyone says it that horrid way either :mad:
 
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