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[quote="FarlsboroughThe name is Shaun. Shawn is the phonetic spelling for people too dense to know how to pronounce Shaun. Suck it up, Shawwwwwn [/quote]

Shouldn't it really be Sean?

If the poor guy has problems with people spelling his first name wrong, I dread to think what happens when they attempt to spell his last name, Farquhar. Shawn/Shaun/Sean is the least of his worries, methinks.

Probably you're right Lommy

Farlsborough wrote:Probably you're right Lommy

sssshhh! never tell the lomster she's right...NEVER!

Practising a new effect in front of family. Huge mistake.

You guys warned me several times. Did I listen?? Did I take any notice of your words of wisdom? Nope! I got slaughtered. A laughing stock. I'm never going to perform magic again. Never ever. It's too traumatic. They're all evil.

Something that ticks me off... where do I start:

One thing that I really hate and it seems an unfounded hate that just started randomly is those people(I don't know how popular this is in Europe but in America...) who, on the back of their cars have those christian fishes. I even hate the ones that say darwin and have feet or the ones that say satan and have horns. (No bingo)

Above all of those the ones I dislike the most are the fish that say darwin being eaten by a much larger fish that says truth. That's just beyond...grrrr.

Just venting. (there's a lot of bingo in this post I know)

Bumper/Fender Stickers are more common in the US than the UK, we get a few stickers in the back window, ' My other car is a Porche' and the occasional, 'Mom's Taxi' type of thing. What pees me off are cars with learner 'L' plates on and only the driver in it - if it's a learner it's illegal to be driving alone and if the driver is qualified then take the b****y plates off! I don't care that they may be stuck in place, at one time it was illegal to display learner plates if the driver were qualified and as such sticky L pates ought to be banned! Next gripe? 'Baby on Board' when there's obviously no baby in there. In a vehicle crash, the emergency services waste valuable time searching for non-existent babies, is it really so difficult to reach in and remove these signs, and only display them when they're valid?

OK, the medication is kicking in, I feel better now, thank you....

Mandrake wrote:Bumper/Fender Stickers are more common in the US than the UK, we get a few stickers in the back window, ' My other car is a Porche' and the occasional, 'Mom's Taxi' type of thing. What pees me off are cars with learner 'L' plates on and only the driver in it - if it's a learner it's illegal to be driving alone and if the driver is qualified then take the b****y plates off! I don't care that they may be stuck in place, at one time it was illegal to display learner plates if the driver were qualified and as such sticky L pates ought to be banned! Next gripe? 'Baby on Board' when there's obviously no baby in there. In a vehicle crash, the emergency services waste valuable time searching for non-existent babies, is it really so difficult to reach in and remove these signs, and only display them when they're valid?

OK, the medication is kicking in, I feel better now, thank you....

I hate those "Baby on Board" stickers. I like crashing into the backs of cars and it puts me off.

Seriously, though, "Babe on Board" makes me want to Sharpie on the window "I'll be the judge of that".

Tomo wrote:I hate those "Baby on Board" stickers. I like crashing into the backs of cars and it puts me off.

Seriously, though, "Babe on Board" makes me want to Sharpie on the window "I'll be the judge of that".

Little Princess on Board etc drives me even madder.

My pet hates it when we hoover!

Mandrake wrote:Next gripe? 'Baby on Board' when there's obviously no baby in there. In a vehicle crash, the emergency services waste valuable time searching for non-existent babies, is it really so difficult to reach in and remove these signs, and only display them when they're valid?

I think the Simpsons summed those "Baby on Board" stickers up:

Marge: Look Homer, I got a baby on board sticker! Now people will stop deliberately ramming our car.

"Little princess on board" is bad but occasionally I see ones that refer to the driver, like "Shopaholic on board" or "shoe buyer on board". Brilliant. When I see them I just laugh and laugh, because there's literally nothing funnier than the age-old stereotype that women love to shop.

Sounds like we'd all be ideal for 'Grumpy Old Men' or Grumpy Old Women' how about we start 'Grumpy Old Magicians'?

Lenoir wrote:Little Princess on Board etc drives me even madder.

Not as bad as "Yummy Mummy On Board" or "New Mum On Board". Yuck!

"Little Sod On Board" or "Child Of Average Intelligence On Board" would be better.

I've never understood why some new parents seem to think that everything their little bundle of Winston Churchill lookalike does is the work of a child prodigy. Composing and performing full sonatas at three and beating chess grandmasters is what child prodigies do, not displaying basic cognitive and motor skills.

Tomo wrote:Child Of Average Intelligence On Board"

I think that some of those signs can be really cute! I saw one with 'Little Monkey on Board' the other day which made me smile. Stop being so grumpy you lot, the sun's out so smile!