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People who force you to be irritating.

True Story:

I used to frequent a pet shop that sold bags of live daphnea (water fleas). I bought them for my fish. Each time I bought some, the shop assistant would first ask me, "How many would you like?" and I'd reply, "Ooh, I dunno, about a hundred?"

The very first time I replied with this, she groaned and laughed slightly. The second was a little more awkward, but I couldn't stop myself and, after years of this, she would just frown at me as if to say, "You're not funny." Then I'd look at her as if to say, "You hate me, don't you." Then she'd look at me as if to say, "DIE!" before handing me a bag of fleas. I'd give her the money, we would share forced thankyous and I'd leave.

The thing is...she never ONCE said, "How many BAGS would you like?" EVER! So, I'm sorry, but she brought it on herself.

She eventually stopped working there, which was a relief, because I was still buying water fleas after my fish had died and really needed an excuse to stop doing that.

Made me itch that.

Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ 6th February 2019, 11:13 AM

Years ago a teacher insisted the absolute WORST, most AWFUL, UNFORGIVBALE thing you can do is split an infinitive. He was later outed as a paedo. Interesting set of standards.

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It depends on whose infinitive was split.

Quote: Briosaid @ 6th February 2019, 2:42 PM

I have a marvellous optician but I have a hard job not laughing when he says (almost every time), 'Now we'll look at your own eyes.'

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Who on earth would say something like that? I guess it must be a Scotch thing.

Quote: Old Lady Leg @ 6th February 2019, 4:08 PM

People who force you to be irritating.

True Story:

I used to frequent a pet shop that sold bags of live daphnea (water fleas). I bought them for my fish. Each time I bought some, the shop assistant would first ask me, "How many would you like?" and I'd reply, "Ooh, I dunno, about a hundred?"

The very first time I replied with this, she groaned and laughed slightly. The second was a little more awkward, but I couldn't stop myself and, after years of this, she would just frown at me as if to say, "You're not funny." Then I'd look at her as if to say, "You hate me, don't you." Then she'd look at me as if to say, "DIE!" before handing me a bag of fleas. I'd give her the money, we would share forced thankyous and I'd leave.

The thing is...she never ONCE said, "How many BAGS would you like?" EVER! So, I'm sorry, but she brought it on herself.

She eventually stopped working there, which was a relief, because I was still buying water fleas after my fish had died and really needed an excuse to stop doing that.

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Are they priced individually then?

Just heard that a defibrillator was stolen from a phone box in a little town called Lydd at the end of last month. Now, whilst I'm pretty pissed off that anyone would nick something like this, seeing as there are limited numbers of them around, I'm more pissed off that this equipment is being stored in lovely old red phone boxes. Why not make a secure structure to house the equipment near the phone box and leave the PHONE in the PHONE box. It even says 'Defibrillator' at the top of the box, where it's supposed to say 'Telephone'. Obviously, so people having heart attacks know where it is, but it really pisses me off.

It could've been used by somebody having a heart attack.

Does anybody use a phone in a phone box? They're usually used as a toilet.

Quote: Old Lady Leg @ 7th February 2019, 9:04 AM

Just heard that a defibrillator was stolen from a phone box in a little town called Lydd at the end of last month. Now, whilst I'm pretty pissed off that anyone would nick something like this, seeing as there are limited numbers of them around, I'm more pissed off that this equipment is being stored in lovely old red phone boxes. Why not make a secure structure to house the equipment near the phone box and leave the PHONE in the PHONE box. It even says 'Defibrillator' at the top of the box, where it's supposed to say 'Telephone'. Obviously, so people having heart attacks know where it is, but it really pisses me off.

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Unfortunately they can't be made secure as they are there for any person-in-the-street to grab and to use to try to save someone with a malfunctioning heart.

Bloody irritating weather forecasters, particularly the numpties who talk about 'spits and spots of rain'. I'd like to spit in their eyes.

My daughter has had nits for the past month. I've complained to the school and they said they would send out a 'nit letter'. Well...the nit letter has not cured anyone's nits and, after constantly treating my own daughter's long, thick hair and combing her free of nits over the weekends, she just goes back in and gets more big bastards back on her head. It's now half-term and she's, again, clear of the little shits. So we have one week of no nits, before she goes back and gets some more. This is really pissing me off...thanks for reading.

Quote: Old Lady Leg @ 17th February 2019, 12:48 PM

My daughter has had nits for the past month. I've complained to the school and they said they would send out a 'nit letter'. Well...the nit letter has not cured anyone's nits and, after constantly treating my own daughter's long, thick hair and combing her free of nits over the weekends, she just goes back in and gets more big bastards back on her head. It's now half-term and she's, again, clear of the little shits. So we have one week of no nits, before she goes back and gets some more. This is really pissing me off...thanks for reading.

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That's appalling. Since the school obviously aren't doing anything about it, would there be any gain in approaching your education authority?

Quote: Old Lady Leg @ 17th February 2019, 12:48 PM

My daughter has had nits for the past month. I've complained to the school and they said they would send out a 'nit letter'. Well...the nit letter has not cured anyone's nits and, after constantly treating my own daughter's long, thick hair and combing her free of nits over the weekends, she just goes back in and gets more big bastards back on her head. It's now half-term and she's, again, clear of the little shits. So we have one week of no nits, before she goes back and gets some more. This is really pissing me off...thanks for reading.

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Golly! I remember one day back in primary school, grade three (I think), when there was a nit scare. There was a very speedy, cursory inspection of each kid's scalp by a community nurse. The poorest kids were sent off for a shampoo treatment and the rest of us were sent back to class. And that was it; it only ever happened once. Although whenever a kid came to school with a crewcut, they would be suspected of having nits.

I don't reckon combing is an effective treatment. Human, horse or dog, you want a shampoo treatment to leave in overnight and then wash out in the morning. And incinerate the bed linen and mattress (or the dog kennel or stable) if problems persist.

Quote: Briosaid @ 17th February 2019, 4:00 PM

That's appalling. Since the school obviously aren't doing anything about it, would there be any gain in approaching your education authority?

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It's not the education authority's responsibility; responsibility lies with each child's parents.

A school should identify any child with live head lice and immediately notify a parent, who should immediately remove the child from the school, treat the lice, and return the child to school the same day (unless of course the lice are discovered late in the afternoon). A parent may not keep a child off school simply because the child has head lice - because live lice are (in theory) very quickly and easily disposed of.

It's impossible for a building or even a single room to be infested with lice. Lice cannot fly, jump or even run: they simply amble along at their own pace as they move around a person's hair. If one person's hair should come into contact with another person's hair, the lice can stroll across to a new home. If they should wander onto a comb or into a hat, they don't worry as they'll soon be back on the same person's head or they'll soon arrive on a new person's head.

The problem is that the NHS in England is no longer prescribing headlice treatments as a routine measure. That change in policy has come as something of a blow to low-income families who, of course, may not be happy to spend £13 on a single treatment. The NHS treatment (a bug-buster kit), in stark contrast, costs the NHS less than a fiver and will treat a family of four for a whole year.

I suppose the furthest a school could go towards preventing head lice is to remove every infected child as soon as lice are discovered and to check them carefully for head lice when they return to school.

As I say, it's the parents' responsibility but the government has made it a lot more difficult for many parents to be responsible as they should be.

The trouble with my girl is that she's still at primary, so the kids are all touchy feely at this age. No kid is sent home if suspected of lice and there is no 'nit nurse' anymore. It really does depend on if other parents act on the nit letter and check/treat the problem. Twice it's been me who's alerted the teacher and, believe me, I have treated nits for many years, having had three girls with thick, long hair. You kind of get used to the rigmarole. Obviously, combing out doesn't completely fix the problem, but you do have to comb the big wankers out, to make sure there are as few as possible crawling out to other heads in the household...and to help alleviate the itching.

They're not allowed to go through a kid's hair anymore. Plus, if a parent can't be bothered to sort a nit problem out, a nit letter isn't going to work. Ooh...it's all gone a bit Mumsnet in here, hasn't it. Urgh!

All I can say is that these parents are lazy bastards. In the dark ages when I was at school, the nurse came round every so often and we were trundled through to be examined. I remember there was some poor girl (nice person) and when the nurse lifted her skirt, she bellowed 'Girl, have you no knickers on'?' What must it have done to that girl? She obviously came from a very poor family.

Quote: Briosaid @ 17th February 2019, 8:25 PM

when the nurse lifted her skirt, she bellowed 'Girl, have you no knickers on'?'

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I think I remember that girl.

Wasn't she the one who used to turn up to school in a fur coat?

Quote: Rood Eye @ 17th February 2019, 9:29 PM

I think I remember that girl.

Wasn't she the one who used to turn up to school in a fur coat?

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Absolutely not. She was a poor wee soul who smelled. Sadly her name was Stella, a star. I do wonder where she is now, if she still lives. Maybe I'll Google her in Scotland's People.