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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Most confusing things
« on: October 08, 2009, 05:15:21 PM »
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* 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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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2009, 05:29:03 PM »
The Brat?
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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2009, 05:31:39 PM »
That's not confusing - just idle , selfish and narrow minded  evil:
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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2009, 05:45:12 PM »
We solved #42 days ago  cloud9:
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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2009, 06:16:15 PM »
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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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2009, 06:28:30 PM »
Quote from: Miss Creant on October 08, 2009, 06:16:15 PM
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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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2009, 07:08:03 PM »
Quote from: Barman on October 08, 2009, 06:28:30 PM
Quote from: Miss Creant on October 08, 2009, 06:16:15 PM
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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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2009, 12:24:34 AM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on October 08, 2009, 05:15:21 PM
    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
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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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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2009, 04:10:54 AM »
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Time on your hands Uncle...?
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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2009, 05:17:18 AM »
Couldn't sleep then I just got sort of carried away.  confused:
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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2009, 05:21:51 AM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on October 09, 2009, 05:17:18 AM
Couldn't sleep then I just got sort of carried away.  confused:
Oh dear... something on your mind then...?  happy100
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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2009, 05:25:31 AM »
Just a bit confused.
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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2009, 06:03:31 AM »
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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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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2009, 07:21:07 AM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on October 09, 2009, 06:03:31 AM
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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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Re: Most confusing things
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2009, 09:15:23 AM »
Missed?

What about bra-clips?

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