Grumpy Old Man
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@maroon said in Grumpy Old Man:
I had dinner in a restaurant called Town in Drury Lane last night.
The loo options there are, door number one “Stand Up”, door number two “Sit Down”.
It’s so gender yesterday to have Men’s and Women’s.Always been a fan of taking a shit on the ladies'.
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@maroon said in Grumpy Old Man:
I had dinner in a restaurant called Town in Drury Lane last night.
The loo options there are, door number one “Stand Up”, door number two “Sit Down”.
It’s so gender yesterday to have Men’s and Women’s.Not to drag this thread into the trans debate but this annoys the crap out of me. No one wants it. I don’t want to share a unisex toilet with women, it feels awkward, I feel guilty about being in there, more importantly, it’s not as safe for women and I don’t know any that want it.
Was in Stockholm last week and lots of the bars and restaurants had this set up and I hated it. With the Supreme Court in the UK clarifying that when you say women’s and men’s it must be based on biological sex I worry that the woke brigade will force us down this path and I will forever feel like a dodgy old perv when I go to the loo
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@Dodge said in Grumpy Old Man:
@maroon said in Grumpy Old Man:
I had dinner in a restaurant called Town in Drury Lane last night.
The loo options there are, door number one “Stand Up”, door number two “Sit Down”.
It’s so gender yesterday to have Men’s and Women’s.Not to drag this thread into the trans debate but this annoys the crap out of me. No one wants it. I don’t want to share a unisex toilet with women, it feels awkward, I feel guilty about being in there, more importantly, it’s not as safe for women and I don’t know any that want it.
Was in Stockholm last week and lots of the bars and restaurants had this set up and I hated it. With the Supreme Court in the UK clarifying that when you say women’s and men’s it must be based on biological sex I worry that the woke brigade will force us down this path and I will forever feel like a dodgy old perv when I go to the loo
You could just try and moderate your behaviour a little?
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And just what the fuck is a "tactical" tool bag?
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@Dodge said in Grumpy Old Man:
As a grumpy old man I’m a long way past that point
Just wait a few years and you'll be lucky to get to the loo in time!
Problem solved.
You're welcome.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
And just what the fuck is a "tactical" tool bag?
I dunno, but a tactical stool bag could be a solution for @Dodge
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@Kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@pakman said in Grumpy Old Man:
Amount. It seems to me the misused word of 2026.
I'm certainly looking forward to getting grumpy about that...
To be fair - there's a fair few grammar rules I'm bad at (mostly around the whole discrete vs continuous thing - fewer/less, etc) ... not something that was really taught in the schools I went to... but when you do know a rule, or rather - the fucking meaning of a fucking word - it is irritating as shit.
"... amount of <discrete number>..." does 'feel' wrong even to me.
Like how the order of adjectives just seems 'natural'.
I would guess I've made about 3 grammatical errors in this post, but at least I never used the words "ironic" or "acronym" incorrectly.The order of adjectives is a good example of how almost no native speaker learns the ‘rules’ they just ‘know’ by what they hear around them. So the big, red, fun bus sounds correct whereas the fun, red, big bus sounds clunky.
A good reason to have at least some people who speak correct English on the box.
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