One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2

[Liquid Knight]

Got a text earlier from someone I sold the VW Golf Cabriolet to in October saying they hadn't got the log book yet. I sent it off recorded dlivery on November 3rd and got a acknowledgement from the DVLA the 15th.

The suggestion I pay the £25 for a V62 to be sent off was made. Little scam artist.

[Metrosexual]

Re the wedding gifts......

Why not add some class to your big day and state 'no gifts please' and cover the bar bill for your guests. Make people feel you want them there rather than to furnish your new house.

Driving....

You've just savagely carved me up/cut into a queue aggressively/undertook in a bus lane etc etc and now you feel the need to give me the 'moody stare'. Well knob head I'm absolutely petrified.....not!

I'm chuckling to myself at your knob head ness and glad I'm not you.

[DervVW]

CB2152 said:

Liquid Knight said:

This maybe just me but I hate it when I'm driving and a passenger starts a phone conversation. It's as rude as doing the same thing over dinner or fiddling about with their phone during a conversation.

"Does your phone have a camera?"

"Well duh".

"Superb. Put it away or I'll send photo's to Proctology Monthly".

One Sunday I gave a friend a lift, and within 2 minutes he was on his phone talking to someone. This turned out to last almost the whole journey (30 minute drive). I turned the radio down to start with as he said it'd be a quick one, so I had to drive home listening to one side of a conversation about a house.

Worst bit was, at the end of the conversation he signed off with "well I'm nearly home now so I'll see you in a minute..."

I think you were treated as a taxi!

[Mandalore]

drivin_me_nuts said:

CCM604e said:

Blown2CV said:

We're inviting them to our wedding, it's not like it's a one sided gesture on their part.

Blown2CV said:

Your attendance at my wedding is costing me fkloads.

Blown2CV said:

we've been gracious enough to invite people to our wedding

I think that's the problem - in a way you are inviting people to come to something they may not really want to go to and you are expecting them to be happy to indirectly pay for it.

I wonder how many would actually attend if the phrasing of the invites was presented in the same kind of way it is presented here? Somehow I rather doubt it.

A short list to start with.

[Mopar440]

Blown2CV said:

Ranting here as friends and family are attending, but wedding presents. We've lived together for 4 years. We have a house together, as everyone does these days, and we don't need any further possessions, not even updated ones. The wedding isn't leaving us broke, but literally all we'd want is money. It might seem like a rubbish present to you, but I don't give a fk. Your attendance at my wedding is costing me fkloads. We don't want assorted vouchers from all the high street shops. I want vouchers that are accepted everywhere, just like we said (far more politely and diplomatically than this) in the invites, and just like reiterated when you insisted that you wanted to buy as an object instead. Just give us cash ffs!! Vouchers aren't even any more thoughtful than money anyway!!

An excellent post for this thread I may say. One single thing that makes you think "knob"

[CCM604e]

Mopar440 said:

Blown2CV said:

Ranting here as friends and family are attending, but wedding presents. We've lived together for 4 years. We have a house together, as everyone does these days, and we don't need any further possessions, not even updated ones. The wedding isn't leaving us broke, but literally all we'd want is money. It might seem like a rubbish present to you, but I don't give a fk. Your attendance at my wedding is costing me fkloads. We don't want assorted vouchers from all the high street shops. I want vouchers that are accepted everywhere, just like we said (far more politely and diplomatically than this) in the invites, and just like reiterated when you insisted that you wanted to buy as an object instead. Just give us cash ffs!! Vouchers aren't even any more thoughtful than money anyway!!

An excellent post for this thread I may say. One single thing that makes you think "knob"

[Blown2CV]

I can see I am the only one that thinks the way i do. The only thing people have to do is turn up, they get fed all day long, looked after... we're not paying all the bar but basically until about half way through. We've said for no-one to buy us anything, but if we do then please give us a small contribution to the honeymoon. What's wrong with any of that? I am perfectly happy to do all of those things, and the people we want there are invited, and they want to come. The thing i am annoyed at is not how grateful or otherwise people should be, but just certain people, and it tends to be the older generation, feel that cash is inappropriate. I would prefer if they see it from our perspective. The only thing we have left to pay for is the honeymoon. An Argos voucher doesn't help with that. A variety of high street vouchers and household objects, whilst clearly gratefully received, is going to require us to sell them on eBay or something, if we even can. If we can't, then we're stuck with vouchers, with an expiry date, which may well never get used. It's an utter waste. No-one is going to be ungrateful to receive any gift, but if they're going to spend a tenner - that tenner in cash form is not only more useful to us, but more convenient them as they don't need to go buy the thing. Apparently that's in some way an offensive proposition, and I genuinely have no idea why. I've always put a cheque in wedding cards as a gift, because i know that after the significant expense of a wedding, people in this century only require one thing. We're not demanding gifts, in fact the opposite. We're not demanding more expensive gifts either.

[ORD]

Blown2CV said:

I can see I am the only one that thinks the way i do. The only thing people have to do is turn up, they get fed all day long, looked after... we're not paying all the bar but basically until about half way through. We've said for no-one to buy us anything, but if we do then please give us a small contribution to the honeymoon. What's wrong with any of that? I am perfectly happy to do all of those things, and the people we want there are invited, and they want to come. The thing i am annoyed at is not how grateful or otherwise people should be, but just certain people, and it tends to be the older generation, feel that cash is inappropriate. I would prefer if they see it from our perspective. The only thing we have left to pay for is the honeymoon. An Argos voucher doesn't help with that. A variety of high street vouchers and household objects, whilst clearly gratefully received, is going to require us to sell them on eBay or something, if we even can. If we can't, then we're stuck with vouchers, with an expiry date, which may well never get used. It's an utter waste. No-one is going to be ungrateful to receive any gift, but if they're going to spend a tenner - that tenner in cash form is not only more useful to us, but more convenient them as they don't need to go buy the thing. Apparently that's in some way an offensive proposition, and I genuinely have no idea why. I've always put a cheque in wedding cards as a gift, because i know that after the significant expense of a wedding, people in this century only require one thing. We're not demanding gifts, in fact the opposite. We're not demanding more expensive gifts either.

You seem to have missed the basic meaning of the word 'gift'. If you want to charge people to attend your wedding, you'll have to make that clear in the invitations; using the word 'gift' will confuse people.

[minerva]

Wow. How incredibly modern of you. I would ask on the invitations for gifts to be made in the form of cash or cheque... Then there is no ambiguity.

It's almost as if the marriage is no longer the most important event of the day anymore.

[Flibble]

ORD said:

You seem to have missed the basic meaning of the word 'gift'. If you want to charge people to attend your wedding, you'll have to make that clear in the invitations; using the word 'gift' will confuse people.

But he doesn't want to charge. He specifically said, "We've said for no-one to buy us anything." What is not clear about that?

Lot of people on this thread determined to be offended at someone telling his wedding guests not to buy anything. Bizarre.

[Blown2CV]

Flibble said:

ORD said:

You seem to have missed the basic meaning of the word 'gift'. If you want to charge people to attend your wedding, you'll have to make that clear in the invitations; using the word 'gift' will confuse people.

But he doesn't? He specifically said, "We've said for no-one to buy us anything." What is not clear about that?

Lot of people on this thread determined to be offended at someone telling his wedding guests not to buy anything. Bizarre.

i can't remember the wording, but it was carefully described. Along the lines of, we've been together for a bit now, we have everything we need, you do not need to get us any gift, but if you really want to then we'd welcome a contribution to the honeymoon. I thought it was reasonable, but apparently not. To be perfectly honest it would be nice if it could just be about the wedding with guests and randoms getting offended at every turn.

[22Rgt]

CCM604e said:

Mopar440 said:

Blown2CV said:

Ranting here as friends and family are attending, but wedding presents. We've lived together for 4 years. We have a house together, as everyone does these days, and we don't need any further possessions, not even updated ones. The wedding isn't leaving us broke, but literally all we'd want is money. It might seem like a rubbish present to you, but I don't give a fk. Your attendance at my wedding is costing me fkloads. We don't want assorted vouchers from all the high street shops. I want vouchers that are accepted everywhere, just like we said (far more politely and diplomatically than this) in the invites, and just like reiterated when you insisted that you wanted to buy as an object instead. Just give us cash ffs!! Vouchers aren't even any more thoughtful than money anyway!!

An excellent post for this thread I may say. One single thing that makes you think "knob"

Unbelievable money orientated materialistic sad fk. Very surprised you have anyone turning up with this attitude. Knob of the forum (and thats up against some pretty stiff opposition) goes to 2CV...

[Hooli]

Blown2CV said:

Flibble said:

ORD said:

You seem to have missed the basic meaning of the word 'gift'. If you want to charge people to attend your wedding, you'll have to make that clear in the invitations; using the word 'gift' will confuse people.

But he doesn't? He specifically said, "We've said for no-one to buy us anything." What is not clear about that?

Lot of people on this thread determined to be offended at someone telling his wedding guests not to buy anything. Bizarre.

i can't remember the wording, but it was carefully described. Along the lines of, we've been together for a bit now, we have everything we need, you do not need to get us any gift, but if you really want to then we'd welcome a contribution to the honeymoon. I thought it was reasonable, but apparently not. To be perfectly honest it would be nice if it could just be about the wedding with guests and randoms getting offended at every turn.

I can see your point, it'd annoy me too.

[MrBarry123]

Blown2CV said:

i can't remember the wording, but it was carefully described. Along the lines of, we've been together for a bit now, we have everything we need, you do not need to get us any gift, but if you really want to then we'd welcome a contribution to the honeymoon. I thought it was reasonable, but apparently not. To be perfectly honest it would be nice if it could just be about the wedding with guests and randoms getting offended at every turn.

Whilst to begin with I was very much in the "you are being knobish" camp from your first post, I'm now coming around to your view.

If you're saying cash or nothing and people give you a candle, an Argos voucher or any other st, it'd piss me off too.

[jk888]

The award for today has to go to the absolute numpty in the Hyundai i30 on the A56 in Whitefield. This is an extremely busy road which links Manchester and Bury. All the traffic is plodding along at about 30 - 35 mph when this idiot comes flying down the middle of the road overtaking all of us at about 60 mph. As if this wasn't stupid enough he then narrowly misses an ambulance on a blue light run coming the other way. I then get to the next set of lights and Mr Numpty is sat there. Well you got a lot further didn't you? Carry on like that and it will be you in the back of that ambulance

[yellowjack]

22Rgt said:

CCM604e said:

Mopar440 said:

Blown2CV said:

Ranting here as friends and family are attending, but wedding presents. We've lived together for 4 years. We have a house together, as everyone does these days, and we don't need any further possessions, not even updated ones. The wedding isn't leaving us broke, but literally all we'd want is money. It might seem like a rubbish present to you, but I don't give a fk. Your attendance at my wedding is costing me fkloads. We don't want assorted vouchers from all the high street shops. I want vouchers that are accepted everywhere, just like we said (far more politely and diplomatically than this) in the invites, and just like reiterated when you insisted that you wanted to buy as an object instead. Just give us cash ffs!! Vouchers aren't even any more thoughtful than money anyway!!

An excellent post for this thread I may say. One single thing that makes you think "knob"

Unbelievable money orientated materialistic sad fk. Very surprised you have anyone turning up with this attitude. Knob of the forum (and thats up against some pretty stiff opposition) goes to 2CV...

Did you fk up the quoting deliberately, or are you just 'slightly dim', Tim? You appear to have said absolutely nothing.

Oh, and what colour is the boathouse at Hereford, Walt?

[AlexRS2782]

yellowjack said:

Did you fk up the quoting deliberately, or are you just 'slightly dim', Tim? You appear to have said absolutely nothing.

Oh, and what colour is the boathouse at Hereford, Walt?

Just like his Call of Duty Sniper alter ego, he's attempted to covertly inserted himself and his rant in place of the smiley that was originally posted in the reply by user CCM604e.

Sadly his covert posting tactics have failed on this occasion as it's been noticed

[CCM604e]

I couldn't tell if he was trying to be clever or he doesn't know what he's doing

[Hackney]

Flibble said:

ORD said:

You seem to have missed the basic meaning of the word 'gift'. If you want to charge people to attend your wedding, you'll have to make that clear in the invitations; using the word 'gift' will confuse people.

But he doesn't want to charge. He specifically said, "We've said for no-one to buy us anything." What is not clear about that?

Lot of people on this thread determined to be offended at someone telling his wedding guests not to buy anything. Bizarre.

But he also said,

Blown2CV said:

We've said for no-one to buy us anything, but if we do then please give us a small contribution to the honeymoon.

So, don't buy us anything, give us money.
While you may think you're giving loads of people a free feed / night out you invited them. If you didn't want to pay, don't invite them.

At our wedding we appreciated the travel that a lot of people had to do (my best man came from the States, my wife's family came over from Ireland) and we'd lived together for a few years.
We had a small gift list at John Lewis for close family but we also told people that they didn't have to buy us anything.
We also did away with the ridiculous Americanism of wedding favours and made a contribution to Cancer Research UK (My dad, my wife's mum both lost their lives to cancer) on behalf of each guest.

BTW, asking for money? Knob.

[Raynkar]

yellowjack said:

22Rgt said:

CCM604e said:

Mopar440 said:

Blown2CV said:

Ranting here as friends and family are attending, but wedding presents. We've lived together for 4 years. We have a house together, as everyone does these days, and we don't need any further possessions, not even updated ones. The wedding isn't leaving us broke, but literally all we'd want is money. It might seem like a rubbish present to you, but I don't give a fk. Your attendance at my wedding is costing me fkloads. We don't want assorted vouchers from all the high street shops. I want vouchers that are accepted everywhere, just like we said (far more politely and diplomatically than this) in the invites, and just like reiterated when you insisted that you wanted to buy as an object instead. Just give us cash ffs!! Vouchers aren't even any more thoughtful than money anyway!!

An excellent post for this thread I may say. One single thing that makes you think "knob"

Unbelievable money orientated materialistic sad fk. Very surprised you have anyone turning up with this attitude. Knob of the forum (and thats up against some pretty stiff opposition) goes to 2CV...

Did you fk up the quoting deliberately, or are you just 'slightly dim', Tim? You appear to have said absolutely nothing.

Oh, and what colour is the boathouse at Hereford, Walt?

Your post made me chuckle out loud

If we get past the fact that 22 REGT is a Royal artillery outfit, do people REALLY still ask what colour the boathouse is?
I thought that ancient question lost any use or remaining humour when 'them' moved to Creden Hill