for an ad-free Fetcheveryone experience!

What really grinds your gears?

2 lurkers | 184 watchers

Hills of Death (HOD) Jul 2019 6:34pm, 6 Jul 2019 34,582 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) Malcom Rifkin was on tele last night I was thinking if your so clever why you not going for it yourself
Diogenes Jul 2019 6:38pm, 6 Jul 2019 38,322 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes John Major is one of the few exceptions
ChrisHB Jul 2019 6:43pm, 6 Jul 2019 18,154 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB [ John Major appeared totally inadequate as PM but now he towers above most current politicians. ]
RunningRonnie Jul 2019 6:43pm, 6 Jul 2019 1,613 posts	Quote Pin RunningRonnie Sitting on a plane and being told that we're late because we boarded too slow and missed the slot. Erm... no. I think it's because you started letting the previous passengers off 5 minutes before the scheduled departure time!
Diogenes Jul 2019 6:45pm, 6 Jul 2019 38,323 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes I think Major was hugely underrated at the time.
XB Jul 2019 6:45pm, 6 Jul 2019 7,939 posts	Quote Pin XB This is one from my childhood - the fact that the boardgame Mastermind is nothing like the telly programme. Everytime I see it, Mrs XB was playing it today, I am reminded of the utter disappointment all those years ago.
Velociraptor Jul 2019 6:47pm, 6 Jul 2019 42,185 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Totally that, XB. Particularly because answering general knowledge questions was my sort of thing and the coloured peg game was completely incomprehensible to me.
Surrey Phil Jul 2019 9:02pm, 6 Jul 2019 3,073 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil I used to have the word edition. It was interesting but not exciting. Probably not the sort of game a primary school child would go for.
Dvorak Jul 2019 9:41pm, 6 Jul 2019 17,771 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak [I was playing a form of Master Mind online last night. And i had the board game. And Electronic Master Mind. Possibly Deluxe Master Mind. Then i watched Mastermind.]
WA Jul 2019 10:55am, 7 Jul 2019 6,022 posts	Quote Pin WA [I never had the board game, and I don't think I've ever played it, but I can see the box clearly in my head. Why is that?]