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Post by BigIain on Jun 6, 2009 20:28:32 GMT
115: hosting a lunch-party (or dinner party) for friends who choose not bring anything with them. Some people have no decency.
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Post by rikita on Jun 6, 2009 21:09:23 GMT
is it common to bring something to dinner parties there? do they know that? i would guess it varies by culture, after all...
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Post by BigIain on Jun 6, 2009 21:19:01 GMT
Yes, it is common here and especially this circle of friends. They did however go out and buy some wine and a nice bottle of fino sherry
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Post by rikita on Jun 6, 2009 21:19:41 GMT
interestingly i found none of those weird, some of them happen here too and annoy me, others would annoy me if they happened. i guess the first one was the most culturally specific...
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 6, 2009 21:58:06 GMT
Hmmm. Except for the one about the airplane seat, that could have been written about Oaxaca. The twist on the grocery line thing is
115. Stationing a family member in the grocery line with a mostly empty cart, while other family member(s) race around the store seeking armloads of product to pile in said cart. The cart watcher is inevitably in front of me.
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Post by rikita on Jun 7, 2009 14:47:12 GMT
116. cold feet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2009 19:56:37 GMT
117. people of an overly enthusiastic nature
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Post by BigIain on Jun 7, 2009 22:03:07 GMT
118: Being banished from other chat rooms.
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Post by rikita on Jun 7, 2009 22:21:42 GMT
119. people of an overly unenthusiastic nature.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 11:13:41 GMT
120. Passive/aggressive moderators who TEASE !
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 12:33:54 GMT
121. whiny forum members
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Post by rikita on Jun 8, 2009 15:47:17 GMT
122. good weather when i really want to stay in (and when it rained on all the other days when i wanted to go out).
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Post by BigIain on Jun 8, 2009 16:59:54 GMT
123: Not having Sky (no, not that one) TV in my flat and having to watch the drivel served up by the non satellite channels. What a heap of sh**!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 17:05:23 GMT
124. Sharing my office this week with a weird woman from Copenhagen, even if she is doing my work and I am still getting paid
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2009 17:47:20 GMT
125. People who walk their dogs and let them eliminate on other people's property. My mailbox needed replacing because the post bracket has rusted through from so many doggies lifting their leg on the post!
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Post by BigIain on Jun 8, 2009 17:55:50 GMT
126: People who think that everyone from Copenhagen is wierd.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 18:04:50 GMT
127. people who totally misrepresent what others have written
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 8, 2009 20:29:42 GMT
128. People whose dogs pee on Danes.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2009 20:45:58 GMT
129. "Personal Watercraft" which serve no purpose except to waste gas, pollute lakes, make noise and drive people nuts.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 20:49:28 GMT
130. Movies which exist only for displaying special effects
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Post by BigIain on Jun 10, 2009 12:04:36 GMT
131: People who do not return phone calls!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2009 12:07:34 GMT
132. Ditto,BI, and people who NEVER answer their phone and pride themselves on it. "Oh, I never answer my phone".
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2009 13:12:06 GMT
133. People with the title "project manager" who know absolutely nothing about what they're supposed to be doing
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Post by BigIain on Jun 10, 2009 17:25:10 GMT
134: People who ask a question and then do not listen to the answer.
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Post by lola on Jun 10, 2009 18:40:13 GMT
135. Not having enough time right now to read all of these.
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Post by rikita on Jun 10, 2009 19:44:23 GMT
136. people who contact me on msn when i don't want to be contacted but am too lazy to set my status to offline...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2009 19:04:33 GMT
137. Email advertisements that make me click to unsubscribe
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Post by rikita on Jun 12, 2009 15:16:20 GMT
138. people constantly sending me invitations to various friendship- and keep-in-touch sites...
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Post by BigIain on Jun 12, 2009 16:53:39 GMT
139: Further to Rikita's above... all that crap that seems to find its way to my facebook inbox! No, I do not wish to send hugs, drinks or flowers and I do not want to join in any games based on vampires or mobsters!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2009 22:37:29 GMT
140. Weekends that are consistently too short.
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