Grumpy Old Man

[Catogrande]

@Victor-Meldrew There used to be a Facebook page dedicated to overheard in Waitrose with some good ones but the addition of the yacht must trump all previous

[MajorRage]

People who think where you buy your food from says more about you than where you buy your food from

[Bones]

@MajorRage sorry to interrupt you in the middle of your muesli.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:

@Victor-Meldrew There used to be a Facebook page dedicated to overheard in Waitrose with some good ones but the addition of the yacht must trump all previous

Think the couple must have been stocking up for a weekend cruise on their yacht moored in Plymouth Harbour, just down the road

[Victor Meldrew]

@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:

@MajorRage sorry to interrupt you in the middle of your muesli fennel dust.

Fixed

[MN5]

What the fuck has this thread become ?

British shopping habits ?

Any talk of shopping makes me grumpy which conveniently brings me to my next point.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN MID NOVEMBER !!!!

Fuuuuuuuccccckkkkk Offffffffffff !!!!!

[Bones]

@MN5 our neighbours have put their decorations up outside over a week ago.

Not sure where they shop sorry.

[MajorRage]

@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:

@MajorRage sorry to interrupt you in the middle of your muesli.

It's 7pm. Regardless of where you shop, what sort of heathen has muesli for dinner?

To be honest, I find sneering at Waitrose shoppers as sad as people who sneer at people who drive sports cars.

[Bones]

@MajorRage jebus, you and @nta both on the rag this week.

[Crucial]

Idiots that think scanning a COVID QR code involves rummaging in their bag, undoing their silly wallet phone case then perfectly lining up the code from a few inches away.

[MajorRage]

@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:

@MajorRage jebus, you and @nta both on the rag this week.

If I was I’d be using waitrose sanitary products so I’d barely even notice and still be able to go swimming, horse riding ....

[Snowy]

@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:

@R-L said in Grumpy Old Man:

@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:

@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:

You shop at Waitrose don't ya?

God, that's another thing which gets on my goat - bloody Waitrose shoppers who think shopping there enhances their social status.

"Oh Tristan found some Fig & Guava Focaccia there last week. He likes to feed to the ducks".

Fluffybunnies

Lmaaao!

They do have lovely stuff though! Mmmm.

Mrs Meldrew & I actually heard a woman say this in the Saltash Waitrose a year or two back.

"Giles, Do we have enough organic muesli on the yacht.....?"

Man that made me laugh. People who make comments like that are usually "fur coat and no knickers" as my wife would say.

So more this:

Than this:

To stay on topic - people who call boats without sails yachts. Yes it has changed over time but it is still wrong.

[Victor Meldrew]

@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:

It's 7pm. Regardless of where you shop, what sort of heathen has muesli for dinner?

Sports car owners.

[Victor Meldrew]

@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:

@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:

@MajorRage jebus, you and @nta both on the rag this week.

If I was I’d be using waitrose sanitary products so I’d barely even notice and still be able to go swimming, horse riding ....

Jeez. Don't get me started on all those cringeworthy sanitary protection ads and how "happy" you will be.

And why the fuck do they use blue water?

[Machpants]

@Snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:

@JC I am seriously not involved in this one.

Although I might have a pair of these somewhere from the eighties (which is a bit creepy TBH):

[Bones]

@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:

@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:

@MajorRage jebus, you and @nta both on the rag this week.

If I was I’d be using waitrose sanitary products so I’d barely even notice and still be able to go swimming, horse riding ....

Do ahhh...do you offer subscriptions?

[Snowy]

@Machpants That's hilarious. I worked with a few of them. A couple of Aussies and some yanks. The RAF were mostly O.K even the Red Arrows guys (who ocassionaly did the hand thing).

My standard line when asked what I did was aluminium tubing transport.

[Machpants]

@Snowy There really is no point in using flying jet fighters as a chat up line, no one ever believes you! Dolphin trainer, Canadian hydro engineers, lighthouse painters (I do the red, my buddy does the white) much more consistent results

[Catogrande]

@Machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:

@Snowy There really is no point in using flying jet fighters as a chat up line, no one ever believes you! Dolphin trainer, Canadian hydro engineers, lighthouse painters (I do the red, my buddy does the white) much more consistent results

Close to 100% I’d guess. Shame really.

[Snowy]

@Machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:

@Snowy There really is no point in using flying jet fighters as a chat up line, no one ever believes you! Dolphin trainer, Canadian hydro engineers, lighthouse painters (I do the red, my buddy does the white) much more consistent results

Airline pilot - gets either a "piston wristed gibbon" look, or a Tui billboard look. Just not the required responses if you are trying to pull (so to speak). Pretty sure my wife rolled her eyes when she found out what I did in the first instance (after the aluminium tubing transport, then I was in the shit for lying to her, but not actually a lie).

Getting a bit off topic, but like to hear some of your success stories. So, best job to impress a girl? We have ruled out pilot (although @RL seems to be "on board", yes, pun intended).