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tinaf1 Sat 26-Jan-19 18:28:12

Just that really there are some things I just don’ get

Reality TV
Ant & Dec
Lentils
People who have off road vehicles but live in a town
Avocados
maybe it’s just me getting old and grumpy ?

sassenach512 Sat 26-Jan-19 20:51:19

Trout pouts ( sticking them onto a window comes to mind)

Bum implants ( who in their right mind wants their backside to look like a small country???)

Short top over bare baby bump ( just...no confused)

Tattoos (they may look good when your skin is young and taut but what will it look like when your skin has gone south?)

Meal ingredients delivered through the post (can't people just pick them up at the supermarket anymore??)

Jeans with rips all the way up each leg (what is that all about? is this high fashion these days?)

People who don't put their headlights on when its foggy or even just a bit darker (you might be able to see Sunny Jim but I can't see you looming out of the gloom)

Blinko Sat 26-Jan-19 20:58:34

Ripped jeans
Love Island
I'm a Celebrity, etc.
short tops, bare chests and mini skirts in mid winter...
stilettos
Jeremy Kyle

though I do get lentils, avocados and cous cous. Oh and those recipe boxes...

pensionpat Sat 26-Jan-19 21:00:17

CD printers

pensionpat Sat 26-Jan-19 21:00:50

Or do I mean 3D printers?

Nannylovesshopping Sat 26-Jan-19 21:03:15

Having to pay for a permit to park in the road outside my house because I live near town, I didn’t have to pay when I lived further from town?

Grannybags Sat 26-Jan-19 21:06:47

Glass fronted cabinets full of junk ornaments you have to dust all the time.

annodomini Sat 26-Jan-19 21:41:01

Ready-made ripped jeans. Mrs Brown's Boys. Tanning salons. Canned laughter in sitcoms.

Jalima1108 Sat 26-Jan-19 22:02:27

I get lentils and most definitely avocados!
I half get Dec, kind of.

I don't get so many of the other peculiarities other posters have mentioned, eg ripped jeans, tattoos (why pay for pain?)
art which isn't (no talent, taking the Michael in fact)

Love the hair merlot but I want mine purple

KatyK Sat 26-Jan-19 22:03:27

Poor old Mrs Brown! I wonder how it's won so many awards with just me watching grin

Sarahmob Sat 26-Jan-19 22:12:37

Agreeing with lots of things here - don’t get ripped jeans, breakfast biscuits, bare feet in winter ?

tinaf1 Sat 26-Jan-19 22:35:25

Men wearing shorts in winter (or in some cases wearing them at all ?)
Hope Mrs Brown appreciates you Katy
Great hair Merlotgran

petra Sat 26-Jan-19 22:42:40

Grannybags
Best one on this thread. I have a joke with a friend about hers.
I said I'll know when your dead: all this crap will be in the charity shop.
Just incase anyone's offended: we both have a very dark SOH.

KatyK Sat 26-Jan-19 22:43:45

tina grin

Nandalot Sat 26-Jan-19 22:56:18

Grannybags, I’m shocked! Do you mean I have to dust the ornaments inside the cabinet? I thought the glass meant I didn’t have to.grin

Grannyknot Sat 26-Jan-19 22:56:36

're"trout pouts"... I was on a train recently, quite late, empty coach apart from 3 young women sitting diagonally across for me, I read my book, but was distracted by their conversation because something about the way they spoke sounded odd. I looked up and realised they all had lip fillers and it was affecting their speech! For a moment I felt as if I was in a sci-fi film. It was really strange!

I don't get:
Tanning salons
Oat or almond or soya "milk" (it's not milk!) grin
Kale.

callgirl1 Sun 27-Jan-19 00:07:38

I don`t get
Football (any sport, in fact)
Leggings below and t-shirts above pregnant bellies, with said belly sticking out all bare.
Ant and Dec
I love
Mrs. Brown
My multiple little ornaments in glass fronted cabinet (although I only dust them all just before Christmas!)

MissAdventure Sun 27-Jan-19 01:08:22

I don't get:
High heels.
Mrs Brown's boys.
Alcohol.
Pulling heavy furniture out to clean behind it where nobody looks.
Croissants.
Idiotic 'celebrities'.
Aggressive vegans.
Feminists who want to curtail women's rights to do anything they personally don't agree with.
Women driving around in cars which look like mobile nurseries with cuddly teddies all over the place.
Young women who scream all the time during normal conversations with their friends.
Shopping.
Cupcakes.
Unicorns.
Pugs in tiaras on any home furnishings or clothing for people over 3.
Fake nails.
Shaving off normal hair growth.
Straightners.

Anyway, that's it for a start..

BlueBelle Sun 27-Jan-19 05:13:01

I don’t get dogs in coats
Can’t take my eyes off ‘ the lips’ when done
Don’t get ‘the eyebrows’ so ugly
I don’t get Les Vegas (elvis) weddings
I don’t get wearing pyjamas to the shop
I don’t get Keith Lemon or his bandage (if he still has it)
I don’t get big mobility scooters in little shops
I don’t get expensive restaurants for ‘pie and mash
I don’t get David Walliams and his drooling over men

Love lentil, avocados, and mrs Brown you’re not alone KatyK

cavewoman Sun 27-Jan-19 05:21:37

Blimey MissA, I can't match that!

I don't get -
Twitter
Overgroomed men
Air kissing

But I'm quite partial to Mrs Brown grin

cavewoman Sun 27-Jan-19 05:23:29

Oh yes BlueBelle...Keith Lemon !!

crystaltipps Sun 27-Jan-19 05:57:29

I don’t get
aggressive meat eaters
Bull fighting
Vaping
Train spotting
Collecting stuff like spoons or bus tickets
Fishing for hours, catching some inedible fish then throwing it back in- why?

Alima Sun 27-Jan-19 06:35:46

Agree with so many already but will add why don’t people walk anywhere nowadays? Only see a couple of neighbours actually walk, always accompanied by a dog. Otherwise they don’t leave the house on foot. Weird.

Anja Sun 27-Jan-19 07:00:32

I totally get having to pay for a permit to park in my own street as it means no one else can abandon their car there all day while the go to work.

Get avocados and lentils and sea food.

I don’t get people who get upset about trivial things.

Billybob4491 Sun 27-Jan-19 07:32:09

I don't understand men (young and not so young) who go shopping in this weather wearing just a t shirt and shorts. Its Winter.
I don't understand why people dye their hair all sorts of colours - whats that all about.

BlueBelle Sun 27-Jan-19 07:56:46

I don’t get ‘celebrities’ who court publicity then moan about it
I don’t get guns, knives or animal heads on walls, why?
I don’t get hairbands on bald babies or bows on dogs
I don’t get dogs in handbags
I don’t get fit people using mobility scooters
I don’t get people who shout on the phone in buses/trains so you know their life history
I don’t get why vapers have to blow out something that resembles mount Vesuvius erupting

I really really don’t get bald men with pony tails