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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Miss Demeanour on October 08, 2009, 05:15:21 PM
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6270964/The-50-most-confusing-things-in-the-world.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6270964/The-50-most-confusing-things-in-the-world.html)
* LIFE'S 50 BIGGEST CONFUSIONS
1. Foreign call centres
2. Algebra
3. What women see in Russell Brand
4. Why Cheryl Cole is still with Ashley
5. Credit card interest rates
6. Buying a house
7. Politics
8. The laws of cricket
9. Insurance policies
10. Loan interest rates
11. Football's offside rule
12. Religion
13. Converting currency
14. Languages
15. Filling out insurance forms
16. Setting up wireless networks
17. Men
18. Stephen Hawking's theories
19. Figuring out nutritional information on food labels
20. Kerry Katona
21. All the different lottery draws
22. Fixing printers
23. Predictive text
24. Poker
25. Twitter
26. Small print
27. Automated phone systems
28. Why and how Stonehenge was built
29. Women
30. Donnie Darko
31. Filling out passport forms
32. Reverse parallel parking
33. Clocks going back / forward
34. Packaging on kids toys
35. Crop Circles
36. Computers
37. Birmingham's Spaghetti Junction
38. Train fares
39. Fruit machines
40. People who crack their knuckles
41. Reading a map
42. Re-tuning the TV
43. The M25
44. Train timetables
45. Setting an alarm on a cooker/oven
46. In the Night Garden
47. Reading a train timetable
48. Magic Roundabout in Swindon
49. The tube
50. Fax machines
So what's been missed then rubschin:
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The Brat?
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That's not confusing - just idle , selfish and narrow minded evil:
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We solved #42 days ago cloud9:
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Good grief I came to a full stop when I got to what do women see in Russell Brand I could come up with nothing other than sick2: obviously. and that was pretty nasty.
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Good grief I came to a full stop when I got to what do women see in Russell Brand I could come up with nothing other than sick2: obviously. and that was pretty nasty.
Agreed. The most confusing thing is why anybody would read past #3... rubschin:
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Good grief I came to a full stop when I got to what do women see in Russell Brand I could come up with nothing other than sick2: obviously. and that was pretty nasty.
Agreed. The most confusing thing is why anybody would read past #3... rubschin:
evil:
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6270964/The-50-most-confusing-things-in-the-world.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6270964/The-50-most-confusing-things-in-the-world.html)
* LIFE'S 50 BIGGEST CONFUSIONS
1. Foreign call centres
No problem, just remember you're the customer
2. Algebra
Easy peasy
3. What women see in Russell Brand
They don't
4. Why Cheryl Cole is still with Ashley
Love (amazingly)
5. Credit card interest rates
Just pay it off monthly
6. Buying a house
Whatever form is presented - just sign it
7. Politics
POWER!
8. The laws of cricket
Hit and run
9. Insurance policies
Designed not to pay out whatever the circumstances
10. Loan interest rates
Screw the borrower
11. Football's offside rule
Whatever the the linesman decides
12. Religion
I'm scared of dying
13. Converting currency
Why worry? you're on holiday
14. Languages
everyone speaks English - what's the problem?
15. Filling out insurance forms
see no. 9
16. Setting up wireless networks
Just remember your WEP code
17. Men
"drink, women, feck,"
18. Stephen Hawking's theories
"simples"
19. Figuring out nutritional information on food labels
Why worry? if it tastes good it's bound to be fattening
20. Kerry Katona
Pass
21. All the different lottery draws
Designed to extract cash from the plebes
22. Fixing printers
Waste of time - buy a new one
23. Predictive text
Ask a teenager
24. Poker
I bet it's not really confusing
25. Twitter
Twater
26. Small print
see no. 9
27. Automated phone systems
Let's see how long we can keep you hanging on and earn lots of lovely money
28. Why and how Stonehenge was built
rubschin:
29. Women
rubschin: rubschin: rubschin: rubschin: rubschin: rubschin: rubschin:
30. Donnie Darko
who?
31. Filling out passport forms
keep inside the boxes
32. Reverse parallel parking
turn the wheel the opposite to what seems correct
33. Clocks going back / forward
Spring forward, fall back
34. Packaging on kids toys
to give the impression of value for money
35. Crop Circles
the truth is out there
36. Computers
alt-ctrl-del
37. Birmingham's Spaghetti Junction
easy the second time around
38. Train fares
Peak time = expensive - other times = no trains anyway
39. Fruit machines
LOSE
40. People who crack their knuckles
coz they can
41. Reading a map
North to the top
42. Re-tuning the TV
It's all crap - why bother?
43. The M25
Avoid - at all costs
44. Train timetables
Hope over experience
45. Setting an alarm on a cooker/oven
Don't - dinner is going to burn anyway
46. In the Night Garden
what's a night garden FFS?
47. Reading a train timetable
Just to let you know you've just missed the last train home
48. Magic Roundabout in Swindon
follow Dougal
49. The tube
"Mind the gap" and remember to keep to the left
50. Fax machines
yesterday's technology
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eeek:
Time on your hands Uncle...?
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Couldn't sleep then I just got sort of carried away. confused:
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Couldn't sleep then I just got sort of carried away. confused:
Oh dear... something on your mind then...? happy100
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Just a bit confused.
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worthy:
FYI - Donnie Darko is a film which has one of 'those' endings
In the night garden is a children's TV programme ( 4 under 5's) - which is completely bizarre and obviously written by drug riddled writers who have given up on 'the dream' . But toddlers love it noooo:
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worthy:
FYI - Donnie Darko is a film which has one of 'those' endings
In the night garden is a children's TV programme ( 4 under 5's) - which is completely bizarre and obviously written by drug riddles writers who have given up on 'the dream' . But toddlers love it noooo:
IMHO Donnie Darko is a film which has one of 'those' beginnings and middle too. Daughter number two loves it. whacky115
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Missed?
What about bra-clips?
Mastered only by a few.
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You were surely provided with enough advice in the past whistle:
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I was a quick learner and it was an inviting subect.
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The 'Facebook' thread is pretty confusing. confused2:
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Facebook is pretty confusing.
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Facebook is pretty confusing.
surrender: Indeed it is I am forever posting things in the wrong place/wall how my children laugh. evil:
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Facebook is pretty confusing.
surrender: Indeed it is I am forever posting things in the wrong place/wall how my children laugh. evil:
Laughing with you, I'm sure... ;)
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Facebook is pretty confusing.
surrender: Indeed it is I am forever posting things in the wrong place/wall how my children laugh. evil:
Laughing with you, I'm sure... ;)
NOT if they are anything like my children they're not. noooo:
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Facebook is pretty confusing.
surrender: Indeed it is I am forever posting things in the wrong place/wall how my children laugh. evil:
Laughing with you, I'm sure... ;)
noooo: They just point and laugh. sad24: