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Carpathius Dec 2017 5:07pm, 24 Dec 2017 13,055 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius Being completely unable to locate the roll of sellotape at three fifteen on a Sunday Christmas Eve, necessitating a trip to Asda fifteen minutes before they shut.
ChrisHB Dec 2017 6:58pm, 24 Dec 2017 15,869 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Dingdong merrily on high.
Wobbling in a winter wonderland Dec 2017 1:40pm, 27 Dec 2017 5,929 posts	Quote Pin Wobbling in a winter wonderland Online sales where items are listed as ‘out of stock’ as soon as the sale opens. I’m looking at you John Lewis.
McGoohan Dec 2017 4:21pm, 27 Dec 2017 32,549 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan as a corollary to that... 'Sales' that increase the price of the items above what they were before Christmas. I'm looking at you W H Smith.
Velociraptor Dec 2017 5:37pm, 27 Dec 2017 37,375 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Communal boxes of Thornton's toffee. In particular, the way the chunks stick together and can't be separated, so you have to take a lump that weighs about 1kg, and once you've wrestled the first piece off with your teeth it looks untidy, and next thing you know it's all gone, and you go back to the box, but there's nothing in it but more sputnik-like lumps.
ChrisHB Dec 2017 11:40pm, 27 Dec 2017 15,891 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Football statistics such as this is the 17th time since March, 1959, that a player whose initials are JR has scored the winning goal in the 41st minute of the match.
Surrey Phil Dec 2017 10:01am, 28 Dec 2017 2,213 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil I don't do the National Lottery but their equivalent, "that's the 954th time that ball's been drawn, the last time being 17 weeks ago."
Surrey Phil Dec 2017 4:45pm, 29 Dec 2017 2,215 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Today, it's NatWest online banking. First, it made me reset my details even though what I had already entered was correct, now the system has crashed and I can't get back in. Mickey Mouse bank!
lammo Dec 2017 4:58pm, 29 Dec 2017 8,346 posts	Quote Pin lammo Actually delighted to see nobodys gears were ground sufficiently to post on either 25 or 26
WA Dec 2017 5:13pm, 29 Dec 2017 4,822 posts	Quote Pin WA Please do not power off or unplug your machine. Installing update 1 of 35