Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 1 hour ago, air_raid said: Exactly my point, baby talk for babies. Make sure you’ve got something swalty in your picky bits but remember little Britni won’t eat fricy or swicy. THIS COUNTRY I've never heard or even seen the words swalty, fricy or swicy in my life. What kind of people are you associating with?! Quote
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 (edited) I said to my mates a while back that picky bits was modern speak that was replacing 'party food'/'finger food' and pretty much all of them said 'what are you talking about, it's been called picky bits forever', so either I'm being gaslit or I come from the one household in the Black Country that just didn't use it. It is twee rubbish though. 'Poorly' is definitely kiddie/toddler-speak round here, as evidenced by the fact my manager uses it to try to undermine / patronise us when we're off sick. 'Been poorly bad haven't you?' in a mock-caring tone, despite the fact he's ill more than anyone the massive massive prick. The one that annoys me most is every Christmas, people acting like Elf On A Shelf is some time-honoured tradition and not some modern marketing ploy . I knows the kids love it but it gets right on my nerves. Edited July 22 by Lorne Malvo Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 32 minutes ago, Lorne Malvo said: The one that annoys me most is every Christmas, people acting like Elf On A Shelf is some time-honoured tradition and not some modern marketing ploy . I knows the kids love it but it gets right on my nerves. You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but have you heard of Picky bits getting on Bacon's tits? Quote
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 4 hours ago, simonworden said: Has that phrase come from some shitty comedy in the 00's? If you asked me to pop a fiver on this I would guess it came from something like Gavin & Stacey and has then been reused on a bloody tik tok or similar. It's basically a verbal If it did, it wouldn’t have come from Gavin & Stacey so you would’ve lost yourself a fiver. My mum was using that years before that show existed. 1 hour ago, Lorne Malvo said: Elf On A Shelf At one job I had, we had someone do it round the office for all of December and post photos of it every day like it was the most hilarious thing. She would come to work extra early to set it up. My idea of sticking it in the water cooler like an escape act gone wrong was nixed. Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted July 22 Moderators Posted July 22 15 minutes ago, TheBurningRed said: My idea of sticking it in the water cooler like an escape act gone wrong was nixed. I wouldn't want that disgusting thing stewing in the water I was going to drink tbh. Quote
DavidB6937 Posted July 22 Posted July 22 I don't mind Elf on the Shelf too much, simply because traditions all start somewhere right? As long as people acknowledge it's something new! Quote
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 7 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: I wouldn't want that disgusting thing stewing in the water I was going to drink tbh. I mean, it was said in a jokey way as an idea. I wasn’t serious about putting a doll that’s been put about the office in drinking water. Quote
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 I feel like it has abated somewhat the last couple of years, but dimwits being excited by the John Lewis Christmas advert like it was some brilliant tradition was truly pathetic. Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 16 minutes ago, gmoney said: See also the Coca Cola truck. I think that's a passage of time thing. Remember taking my daughter, now 21, to town to see the Coke truck when she was a toddler. Missus used to always go on about seeing the ad for the first time feeling like Christmas 20 years ago. So that feels like a tradition now. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 32 minutes ago, Gus Mears said: I feel like it has abated somewhat the last couple of years, but dimwits being excited by the John Lewis Christmas advert like it was some brilliant tradition was truly pathetic. It's probably the most genius bit of advertising ever that they managed to make their advert enough of a "thing" that the BBC reports on it every year. They can't show adverts, but they can do a front page article on the BBC News website talking all about this one specific one. Someone played a blinder there. Quote
Slapnut Posted July 22 Posted July 22 Picky bits has been around for donkey's years in my family, I don't remember ever calling it anything else. Mind you, I've gone right off it on recent years since it's entered the advertising stratosphere. Quote
Raymond Sterio Posted July 22 Posted July 22 My old man always called picky bits a "cold spread", regardless of if there was anything cooked/warmed up as part of the spread. I've encountered the Picky Bits brigade but I haven't yet come across anyone who calls it a cold spread other than my family. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted July 22 Author Members Posted July 22 54 minutes ago, gmoney said: See also the Coca Cola truck. I once saw the Coca Cola truck in real life, on the motorway (maybe the M3?) driving with my Dad. Assume it was off filming or something. As a fizzy drinks nonce, it was one of the best moments of my life, I was genuinely stat struck 😆 Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 22 Paid Members Posted July 22 41 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: Remember taking my daughter, now 21, to town to see the Coke truck when she was a toddler. This would be horrendous if you lived in Colombia Quote
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