Room 101

[rower40]

Hayfever
TV Adverts that are MUCH LOUDER than the programme they've interrupted

(More to follow when my body & brain recover from FNRttC - about Christmas.)

[Justin(e)]

More to follow when my body & brain recover from FNRttC

It is Sunday evening now.  Plenty of time to have recovered; although maybe I could blame my lethargy today on that ride.

In fact, now that I think of it - let's put all gratuitous night riding in the room.  After all, what point is there riding at 2:30am and trying to call it fun.  We MUST be wrong.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

goats

What have you got against goats?

[Sergeant Pluck]

Hayfever
TV Adverts that are MUCH LOUDER than the programme they've interrupted

(More to follow when my body & brain recover from FNRttC - about Christmas.)

They are all louder than the programmes - deliberately so, and I believe advertisers pay for the privilege.

[eck]

People who move to remote parts of the country for the "quality of life" and then appear on the local news whining about the slow broadband connection / the local school being closed because there are only three pupils there / how far away the nearest Waitrose is... 

EDIT: or should this be in the RANT thread? 

[Mrs Pingu]

goats

What have you got against goats?

No, you can't have goats! They're cheeky, cute, smell lovely (see next point) and they make delicious cheese

[Adrian]

Hayfever
TV Adverts that are MUCH LOUDER than the programme they've interrupted

(More to follow when my body & brain recover from FNRttC - about Christmas.)

They are all louder than the programmes - deliberately so, and I believe advertisers pay for the privilege.

How much would we have to pay to have them at par, or better quieter?

[annie]

Hayfever
TV Adverts that are MUCH LOUDER than the programme they've interrupted

(More to follow when my body & brain recover from FNRttC - about Christmas.)

They are all louder than the programmes - deliberately so, and I believe advertisers pay for the privilege.

How much would we have to pay to have them at par, or better quieter?

It is the price of a remote with a "mute" function

You have no need to put this in here, isn't there a new law forbidding this from now happening?

[Gus]

 more to go in room 101

Doping
My TV

[Cudzoziemiec]

Asthma
Insincere people
Horseflies

So that room's gonna be pretty crowded with 99.9% of the human race in there (best talk to the horseflies).

[mike]

goats

What have you got against goats?

No, you can't have goats! They're cheeky, cute, smell lovely (see next point) and they make delicious cheese

my hatred developed over a couple of summers looking after a dozen goats on my cousins farm in Norfolk.  They're possibly the most manevolent, evil, smelly, stubborn and bloody-minded creature on the earth - see Baphomet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

their only saving grace is the cheese, the meat is absolutely minging and only slightly palatable in a very strong curry.   The milk, on cornflakes or in tea is absolutely foul.

and as for lavender...

[bikenerd]

Hayfever
TV Adverts that are MUCH LOUDER than the programme they've interrupted

(More to follow when my body & brain recover from FNRttC - about Christmas.)

They are all louder than the programmes - deliberately so, and I believe advertisers pay for the privilege.

How much would we have to pay to have them at par, or better quieter?

It is the price of a remote with a "mute" function

You have no need to put this in here, isn't there a new law forbidding this from now happening?

This seems to be something I talk (i.e. moan!) about quite often.
The adverts are not allowed to be any louder than the TV programs that they interrupt.  However, many of the adverts have the dynamic range of their soundtrack compressed, i.e. the volume of all the sounds in the advert are the same as the loudest sound in the preceding TV program.  Our auditory system perceives this as being louder than the TV program, even though the peak of the volume isn't louder.

I employ the mute button, or skip the adverts after recording a program on the digital PVR thingy. 

[ian]

Goat's cheese. All of it. Tastes wrong. Like a tramp fell asleep on your tongue. And then wet himself.

Plus, I inadvertently ate some during a picnic in Butte Chaumont, and in my exaggerated bout of choking, managed to roll down a steep hill and bang my head.

Bad stuff. And it's everywhere. Taking the veggie option is now an extreme sport for me.

[CathH]

dust
slugs
mildew
p*ncture faeries!

[tiermat]

Big Issue sellers that ask you three times in the space of 5 minutes if you want to buy their "last" copy.

Not that I have anything against BI sellers, in fact I think it is great that the majority are selling it to get their feet back on the ground, and  I once spent an interesting afternoon chatting to one in Leeds, but please please please, if I said no the first time you asked I am not going to change my mind just because you asked again.
Courgettes
Aubergines (they both should be tried at The Hague for crimes against decent food kind)

[clarion]

Banks

Cars

Banks

and

Banks

[JT]

Speakerphones.

People who are moody at work - leave it at home FFS.

[pcolbeck]

"Alternative" medicine.

Down the chute with Homeopathy, Chiropractic and especially Crystal Healing.

[Mr Larrington]

New Age wonks who steadfastly maintain that if you slice a tomato "the wrong way" it will fill up with "negative energy" and taste funny.

Astrology.

[Elleigh]

New Age wonks who steadfastly maintain that if you slice a tomato "the wrong way" it will fill up with "negative energy" and taste funny.

Perhaps that is why I don't like tomatoes.  Which is the right way to cut them? 

[Mr Larrington]

New Age wonks who steadfastly maintain that if you slice a tomato "the wrong way" it will fill up with "negative energy" and taste funny.

Perhaps that is why I don't like tomatoes.  Which is the right way to cut them? 

Dunno, I don't like tomatoes either...

[Fi]

Neither do I.  Put 'em in.

[PhilO]

New Age wonks who steadfastly maintain that if you slice a tomato "the wrong way" it will fill up with "negative energy" and taste funny.

Perhaps that is why I don't like tomatoes.  Which is the right way to cut them? 

Dunno, I don't like tomatoes either...

+1

Can we put tomatoes in room 101, then?

Together with the companies which are incapable of making a sandwich which isn't slathered in the hateful things! 

....And who are then also incapable of putting tomato on the filling description. 

 

(As you may have gathered  - just the smell of tomatoes makes me vomit....)

[onb]

Blokes should consume lots of tomatoes and tomatoe based products as it is extreemly beneficial in preventing prostate enlargement.

[Jules]

No , not the tomato!!!


Can I just suggest you try some other varieties?  I can understand if you buy your tomatoes from the supermarket - most of those are the fruit equivalent of the 'Value' chicken and are grown in greenhouses in the Netherlands - or your expereince is with the tinned variety.

There's some really nice ones out there