What grinds my gears...

[Pliskin]

At the moment everything. All bollocks! 

[Leeds Fox]

On 17/10/2020 at 13:30, Facecloth said:

Live in a flat, so no bin to put it in.

Someone in your block is probably walking around with a freshly shaved pair of knackers! 

[Bellend Sebastian]

Finding that I've been paying insurance on my freezer for so long that I could have bought two more freezers with what I've spent. Needless to say I've never made a claim (adopts Morrissey singing voice) AND THERE'S NO-ONE BUT MYSELF TO BLAME

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

On 17/10/2020 at 13:23, Rain King said:

Check your bin? Been waiting for an Amazon delivery for the last couple of days. Just gone and put something in the bin and noticed the Amazon box at the bottom of the bin 🤮

Crazy, in my last house the postman used to leave packages on the front door step, which anyone could of picked up and walked away with. 

[Nalis]

Male solo singers/warblers with an acoustic guitar. Absolutely saturated market and most just sound like your average spanner at a party who brought the guitar no one asked for.

Edited 20 October 2020 by Nalis

[AKCJ]

People that get dogs and constantly feed them until the poor sods can't walk two metres without running out of breath.

 

Should be locked up for animal cruelty. 

[FOXYTALK]

Trying to use a cleaning wipe from a packet and pulling out 5x. Then trying to ram them back in trying not to break the packet. 

[String fellow]

The remote controls for those multi-coloured light bulbs. I've got four of them, and every one has now stopped working, despite fitting new disc batteries. The bulbs themselves can be switched on at the mains, but remain stuck on one colour, because the remotes don't work. Quite annoying!

[foxile5]

That Philip Schofield was able to treat his Mrs like shit and deceive her yet come out looking like the wronged party some how.

 

It's done his career the power of good. 

[Jimothy]

25 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

That Philip Schofield was able to treat his Mrs like shit and deceive her yet come out looking like the wronged party some how.

 

It's done his career the power of good. 

How do you know he's treated her like shit? Or are classing coming out as gay after years of marriage as treating her like shit? Its obviously something he's struggled over for years, and he's discussed it with her before going public. He hasn't kicked her out the family home. I fail to see how he's treated with anything other than respect and dignity whilst coming to terms with himself.

 

Also as far as I can see, he's not gained any work since he came out, so failing to see where its done his career the would of good.

[foxile5]

1 minute ago, Facecloth said:

How do you know he's treated her like shit? Or are classing coming out as gay after years of marriage as treating her like shit? Its obviously something he's struggled over for years, and he's discussed it with her before going public. He hasn't kicked her out the family home. I fail to see how he's treated with anything other than respect and dignity whilst coming to terms with himself.

 

Also as far as I can see, he's not gained any work since he came out, so failing to see where its done his career the would of good.

The maintainence of a marriage that was a disguise for his sexuality in order to protect his career. That's absolutely not on in my books and borders on emotionally manipulative; that's what I would term 'treating her like shit'. 

 

If you're not straight that's absolutely fine. It shouldn't allow you to use a marriage as a ruse. 

[Jimothy]

1 minute ago, foxile5 said:

The maintainence of a marriage that was a disguise for his sexuality in order to protect his career. That's absolutely not on in my books and borders on emotionally manipulative; that's what I would term 'treating her like shit'. 

 

If you're not straight that's absolutely fine. It shouldn't allow you to use a marriage as a ruse. 

I and I'm sure you have no idea if he stayed in that marriage to protect his career or because he couldn't face who he was.

[foxile5]

1 minute ago, Facecloth said:

I and I'm sure you have no idea if he stayed in that marriage to protect his career or because he couldn't face who he was.

Well he had publicly acknowledged he knew he was gay BEFORE he was married so its certainly not the latter. 

 

It's not ok. She's a human who thought she was marrying a man who was straight and she wasn't. He was knowingly gay. Can't really think there is much excuse for that. 

[Jimothy]

7 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

Well he had publicly acknowledged he knew he was gay BEFORE he was married so its certainly not the latter. 

 

It's not ok. She's a human who thought she was marrying a man who was straight and she wasn't. He was knowingly gay. Can't really think there is much excuse for that. 

As a straight man I've never had to face coming out, but I've known gay men over the years who have been married, and admitted to knowing they were gay before getting married but couldn't bring themselves to tell everyone the truth, so went through with it. They weren't tv presenters. I think its much more complicated than you give it credit.

[FoxesDeb]

12 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

Well he had publicly acknowledged he knew he was gay BEFORE he was married so its certainly not the latter. 

 

It's not ok. She's a human who thought she was marrying a man who was straight and she wasn't. He was knowingly gay. Can't really think there is much excuse for that. 

I've always imagined that she knew

[foxile5]

5 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

As a straight man I've never had to face coming out, but I've known gay men over the years who have been married, and admitted to knowing they were gay before getting married but couldn't bring themselves to tell everyone the truth, so went through with it. They weren't tv presenters. I think its much more complicated than you give it credit.

A member of my family did something very, very similar except without the safety net of money. 

 

I don't find it okay. It's making someone else suffer for your own unhappiness and I don't think it's alright whichever way you dress it up. 

[foxile5]

Just now, FoxesDeb said:

I've always imagined that she knew

It has never struck me that way. If they both went in eyes open it's a different kettle of fish. 

[RonnieTodger]

Perhaps he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't gay? It was a far less accepting time back then.

 

He's neither a hero nor a villain, I don't see why people care.

[Jimothy]

22 hours ago, foxile5 said:

A member of my family did something very, very similar except without the safety net of money. 

 

I don't find it okay. It's making someone else suffer for your own unhappiness and I don't think it's alright whichever way you dress it up. 

So you don't know for sure if he did to protect his career, or because he couldn't bring himself to tell his family back in 1993. So you can't make the unsubstantiated claim he did it to protect his career.

 

I get you feel for whatever reason he did it he's wrong, but I'd suggest that as neither of us (I'm assuming) have ever had to come out, we shouldn't judge people on how much they struggle doing it and the mistakes they make in doing so. 

Edited 21 October 2020 by Facecloth

[Dunge]

I think it’s worth noting that the acceptance of sexuality being inherent and unchangeable is a fairly recent thing. Older generations tended to see it as a choice, or something to be resisted. I don’t know Schofield’s mind but it may be that he genuinely felt that if he tried hard enough he could “beat” homosexuality. I expect he truly and deeply cares for his wife and likely feels incredibly guilty about it all. But the way the world was, he may well have felt for years that he could change.
 

It’s also worth noting that, as a child of the 80’s/90’s myself, I remember the word “gay” being the go-to insult at school, a word used to imply weakness and humiliation. It’s no wonder if people from that time or earlier not only wanted to hide it but also fought like heck against their own urges. Those from religious backgrounds likely still do for similar reasons.

 

I have known of a similar situation and I do feel for the person on the receiving end, who did absolutely nothing wrong but blamed themself. I was a touch annoyed about the “perpetrator” (for want of a better word). But all in all, I think the truth is that life’s just a bit poo sometimes.

[Danno]

 

 

Really great video by the club, and then completely ruined by the LCFC commentator. Why is his voice so grating? 

[Christoph]

People who get their dogs ears clipped. **** off with the "their floppy ears can get infections"...biggest myth going. Just admit you want to pretend you're a hard man with a big scary looking dog. 

[Jon the Hat]

On 17/10/2020 at 22:23, RonnieTodger said:

Does anyone actually find The Last Leg funny?
 

It’s always the show that ends up on TV after you’ve watched something decent, but don’t think I’ve ever laughed at it. 
 

Like a prosthetic Soccer AM

I think it was quite entertaining for a while, but as it got more political and spouted utter nonsense a lot, then less so.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

On 17/10/2020 at 22:23, RonnieTodger said:

Does anyone actually find The Last Leg funny?
 

It’s always the show that ends up on TV after you’ve watched something decent, but don’t think I’ve ever laughed at it. 
 

Like a prosthetic Soccer AM

 

I like Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker on other stuff but Adam Hills grates on me something rotten.

[Heathrow fox]

16 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

I like Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker on other stuff but Adam Hills grates on me something rotten.

When Widdicombe and Hills were regulars on Mock The Week.Before the last leg became a thing I think?Widdicombe was really funny.Hills had one joke.The fact he had one leg.It wasn’t funny the first time.Let alone 57 times later.