Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind

[Pblakeney]

Reminds me of what the late John Entwistle of The 'Oo apparently said - that you can never really know if your dog loves you - if you stopped feeding it, it would eat you.

Although I don't think that's what killed him.

Reminds me of the joke about wives and dogs.
Want to know who loves you more? Put them in the boot, go for a drive and compare the reaction when you open the boot. 😉😂

 

[icowden]

It does make one wonder how long the cat waited before saying "Oh sod it, she'll do, let's start with the soft stuff."

Not very. It does however suggest that the lady had been deceased for some time if both of the cats were also deceased.

 

[Ian H]

Not very. It does however suggest that the lady had been deceased for some time if both of the cats were also deceased.

Lack of water would get them fairly quickly.

 

[All uphill]

A friend of mine set up a company that, among other things, cleaned up properties where such a thing happened. Not a job for the squeamish.

OT, I may have met them when I needed some business premises in Cardiff cleaned up after a murder resulting in 8 pints of blood being sprayed around.

 

[Rusty Nails]

OT, I may have met them when I needed some business premises in Cardiff cleaned up after a murder resulting in 8 pints of blood being sprayed around.

They closed the company and went back to work in the NHS where the income was more predictable and the travelling was less.

 

[Pross]

They closed the company and went back to work in the NHS where the income was more predictable and the travelling was less.

Did they write a sitcom about it and get Greg Davies to play one of them?

 

[The Crofted Crest]

More trivial this time - annoyance that the GB athletes in the athletics appear to have a choice of two different kits making them hard to identify. There are quite often two athletes in a race wearing different kits.

Totally agree. I was there in Saturday and several teams were changing colours/kit from game to game.

 

[Pross]

Bemusement. I’ve just seen videos of the old school buildings in my home town being demolished (I didn’t go there). It was a typical 1960s school that was showing its age and a modern replacement has been built on the site that apparently has excellent facilities yet people are commenting on what a shame it is. What is it with the rose tinted views of the past? It’s not like it was some historic building with charm and / or architectural value, it was a dilapidated standard template that would have been built quickly and cheaply. The new building will be far cheaper to heat and a much nicer environment for the kids.

 

[briantrumpet]

Bemusement. I’ve just seen videos of the old school buildings in my home town being demolished (I didn’t go there). It was a typical 1960s school that was showing its age and a modern replacement has been built on the site that apparently has excellent facilities yet people are commenting on what a shame it is. What is it with the rose tinted views of the past? It’s not like it was some historic building with charm and / or architectural value, it was a dilapidated standard template that would have been built quickly and cheaply. The new building will be far cheaper to heat and a much nicer environment for the kids.

Exactly the same in Exeter - every time there's a picture of the High Street in the 1960s with a dual carriageway right through the middle and a token flower bed betwen the lanes, they say how much better it was then, and how there aren't any trees or flowers now. I can only assume that rose-tinted glasses aren't involved, just complete blindness, as this is what it looks like these days.

 

[AuroraSaab]

There's something about schools that makes people recast the past in a positive light. A few years ago one of my old teachers died. It ended up in the local paper because they couldn't find any relatives. On Facebook this led to lots of comments about what a legend he was, throwing blackboard rubbers at kids, manhandling them, losing his temper. He was almost sacked a couple of times. He taught the entirely wrong O level syllabus for a term once, yet these kids who were badly let down by the school remembered all this fondly. I suppose you could say time gave them a more relaxed perspective but it's sad that they didn't think they deserved better.

That old school they're pulling down is likely full of asbestos.

 

[Pross]

Exactly the same in Exeter - every time there's a picture of the High Street in the 1960s with a dual carriageway right through the middle and a token flower bed betwen the lanes, they say how much better it was then, and how there aren't any trees or flowers now. I can only assume that rose-tinted glasses aren't involved, just complete blindness, as this is what it looks like these days.
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Whenever something new opens in my nearest town centres the response is “it should be an M&S / John Lewis” etc. despite the fact that M&S closed their stores in both a few years ago. It’s like these companies don’t know how to make money and need a bunch of people who probably shop online telling them what to do. I’m surprised they aren’t all millionaire entrepreneurs considering their ability to know what is needed.

 

[Pross]

There's something about schools that makes people recast the past in a positive light. A few years ago one of my old teachers died. It ended up in the local paper because they couldn't find any relatives. On Facebook this led to lots of comments about what a legend he was, throwing blackboard rubbers at kids, manhandling them, losing his temper. He was almost sacked a couple of times. He taught the entirely wrong O level syllabus for a term once, yet these kids who were badly let down by the school remembered all this fondly. I suppose you could say time gave them a more relaxed perspective but it's sad that they didn't think they deserved better.

That old school they're pulling down is likely full of asbestos.

That was another comment. It almost certainly is but this person seemed to be suggesting it’s a reason not to demolish it didn’t seem to think that maybe surveys are carried out and that demolition will have been carried out to the necessary regulations.

 

[All uphill]

Things used to better back then,



because I was young, with life in front of me.

 

[briantrumpet]

Things used to better back then,



because I was young, with life in front of me.

I hope you've still got life in front of you.

Though maybe not quite as much as you did back then, I'll grant you.

 

[AuroraSaab]

I'm all for artistic interpretation but crikey this new statue in her home town really doesn't do her justice.....

I didn't even recognise the statue of this groundbreaking lady: