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Chatting with friends in the pub at the weekend and we started talkign about what 3 things etc. we would put in ROOM 101. (Like in the TV show) We chatted for a long while about it, and I thought it could be amusing in the Doves Head. I have a pint in hand, and because of financial implications (divorce etc.) this is my virtual pub!

I will start the ball rolling... (They can be magic related or anything!)

1. Pub Grub - Spending £8.95 on a Sunday roast in a pub that sells fantastic beer (6X, Adnams etc.) But serves you meat that is so well done it looks like an odour eater, and Veg that is boiled for what looks like 2 weeks. And then they serve it on your plate with a load of water! I might be fussy, because not wishing to blow my own trumpet I am quite deft in the Kitchen, but I hate paying money for food that I could do better myself.

2. Off Centre cards - I know that you can use them as a one way deck etc, but I was told to stop using Bikes and Migrate to Tallys to get around the problem. 1st pack of Tallys I open are the worst miscut/offpirnted pack I have ever seen. And they cost me twice as much as my usual Bikes... Hmmm maybe time to go to Bee cards!

3. Ex wives, Solicitors and other cruel people! I think that explains itself.

Fellow Magi, I hand the torch over to you... In the true style of the show feel free to argue agianst my nominations...

AL

1. I'm going to say it before anyone else does... Reality TV Shows. They should all be confined to the very depths of Hell. And the people who watch them with interest and talk about them ALL day at work should be put out of their misery, for all our sakes.

2. My mate Chris, as no matter how good I get at a game on my Xbox, he comes round, plays it once, and beats me every time! It's not fair!

3. Pubs that get renovated and reopen as a trendy wine bar or something. I moved to London from Yorkshire 5 years ago, and in that time, all the decent, dingy, old-man pubs I've found in my locality have been closed down and reopened as poncy,trendy bars, with mood lighting, and comfy chairs, and a new menu with no sausage and mash on it! Grrr! Very annoying for a Yorkshireman that.

Can I add a fourth? There are six on the TV show after all...

4. People who sign up to forums just to cause trouble, don't make a single, constructive comment, and think offensive posts are amusing and clever.

Thank you please

Mark - looking at your second post I think that you'll realise that you perhaps got the order wrong

What are your nominations for Room 101 then DAT?

It's a close call between numbers 1 and 4 there dat, as I abhor them both with equal vehemence.

Righty ho .... my things for room 101.

1. People

2. That

3. Whinge!

lol .. ok, ok ... I'm only pulling your leg, this isnt whinging atall. i really do have a proper choice.

1. America On Line (AOL) ... form the point of view of an IT consultant, there is nothing more damaging to your computer system, its slow, unstable, and leaves you prone to virus and spyware attacks ... just get yourself a proper ISP that lets you use a normal browser and windows dial-up connection.

2. "Dirty Tricks" ... if you watched last fridays show then you will know what i mean!

3. People that believe Sony will still be a big player in the games market given a few years ... this includes all people that own a playstation 2, and are thinking of buying a playstation 3 .... this is 2 birds with 1 stone really ... not only will i anihilate playstation from the world ... but it will also dispose of all the chavs! .... LONG LIVE XBOX ... LONG LIVE THE KING; BILL GATES.

Right ... i could go on forever, thier are quite a few things that grind my gears .. i will no doubt have a torrets style outburst at some point over the next few days with a few more!

Rob

Sir Rawlins, I still think that you are being a little harsh re: dirty tricks, but you never know, after this weeks show, I may agree with you!

Well, where do I start

I agree with the reality TV shows but I'll give three original items for my Room 101 that really annoy me Please note that I have purposely left politics and religion out of my list otherwise It would be hanger 101 rather than a room.

Here goes:

1. Text speak being used anywhere other than in a text message. What particulaly annoys me is people who try to speak in text slang and do all of those irratating hand and arm movements. What's that all about?

2. Sunday night television, particularly the Heartbeat, Midsummer Murder, Piorot type programmes (excuse the spellings) - YUK! TV at it's worst as in my opinion.

3. Pressure sales and in particular, door to door or telephone sales. I can handle both but what annoys me is that they always call when you're in the middle of something. Included in this is when people try to sell you something that you don't want when they don't have what you do want

There you have it!

People who feel compelled to stop and chat in the middle of a pavement, asile in a supermarket or shop doorway. This is usually done in a state rendering them oblivious to the possibility that they might be inconveniencing the rest of the world. They often stand with their extended family and holding all manner of trollys and prams, locked arm in arm and can't understand why people are tutting at them.

These are often the same ones who push a trolly down a supermarket aisle either allowing it to drift in an arbitrary manner so as to not allow anyone else to navigate around them or they push it along at arms length...SIDEWAYS while looking in the opposite direction and stop only where the aisle is most narrow. They then abandon their shopping and waddle off only returning when you DARE to shift their "grocery barge blockade" with a scornful look as if you have pooped in their porridge!

THAT lot (among many others I fear) can sodding well slip off the face of the Earth!!

And ....relax......

lol .. well said Tom ... have to agree with you.

Not many arguments for keeping any of the suggestions out of Room 101 so far, which is good.

I would expand dat's suggestion about 'text speak' to include using it in text messages themselves. I can't stand all the 'gr8' & 'NE1' etc... in messages, as I spend half my time figuring them out. People should use predictive text and learn to send them in proper English I think. Grrr.

Rant over... for the time being!

Mesa thinks that speaksa like thisa soundsa like Jar Jar Binks.

Or: itz gr8 tht ppz lik 2 tlk lk ths bt itz a bt anno$ying @ timez.

Or: Yoz, whatza up manz!

OK enough already

Kati

So what are your nominations for room 101 then Kati?

I have one nomination, and will provide further nominations as I come across them.

Nomination 1, for Room 101, from Zack:
- i_love_stephen_mulhern