things that have irked me today

[LadyDeliah]

Lol

[vgrant]

tone blair lecturing about how the fix the middle east on telly today

[El Pibe]

tony blair breathing

[Alan Medic]

A chip on someone's shoulder.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Having to see a recruitment 'consultant' and be polite.

[ruffers]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Having to see a recruitment 'consultant' and be

> polite.

You don't have to be polite. Just let him/her know how you can make them some money.

[Salsaboy]

Tony Blair.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Tony B Liar, as he is also known.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Second irk of the day: my inability to paint my nails then sit quietly and not touch anything for ten minutes.

[miga]

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[vgrant]

people getting angry on the train over a handful of minutes delay and kicking off with the LB staff.

[Otta]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Tony B Liar, as he is also known.

That is so obvious and yet I'd never thought of it.

Which irks.

[vgrant]

the woman on the train yesterday talking about going on a detox. Not the woman herself, but those who make and market this shite by reinforcing insecurities and body image ting. innit

[vgrant]

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[El Pibe]

yep anything that markets/anyone who farts on about detoxifiers makes me want to club seals.

There is only one detoxifier, it's your fuffing liver!!!!!!!

Beetroot/wheat grass/elf pills doesn't suck the toxins out YOUR LIVER DOES!!!!!!

[Robert Poste's Child]

vgrant Wrote:

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> the woman on the train yesterday talking about

> going on a detox. Not the woman herself, but those

> who make and market this shite by reinforcing

> insecurities and body image ting. innit

Wasn't me, but don't knock it till you've tried it (a proper one though or you're wasting your money). Most people use the word detox to mean having a slightly less self-indulgent lifestyle for a bit. The real thing is nothing to do with body image. I can't bear the words 'pampering, 'spa' or 'me time', either - if you ask me that's what's leading to five-year-olds arriving at school still in nappies and unable to have a conversation.

[Robert Poste's Child]

By the way, did you know you can now have your vitamin D levels checked by post? I'm putting this straight in the irk thread so it's handier for you.

[Otta]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> I can't bear the words 'pampering,

> 'spa' or 'me time', either - if you ask me that's

> what's leading to five-year-olds arriving at

> school still in nappies and unable to have a

> conversation.

The only 5 year olds I've ever seen like that have special needs.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Otta Wrote:

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> Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I can't bear the words 'pampering,

> > 'spa' or 'me time', either - if you ask me

> that's

> > what's leading to five-year-olds arriving at

> > school still in nappies and unable to have a

> > conversation.

>

>

> The only 5 year olds I've ever seen like that have

> special needs.

It's always a news item at the start of each school year.

I'm not sure detoxify is the right word anyway as it's not really about toxins and there's more involved than your liver...

[Otta]

What, in The Mail?

[Otta]

Found this frpm the Independent (under all the Mail links).

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hundreds-of-children-over-the-age-of-5-are-sent-to-school-wearing-nappies--and-teenagers-as-old-as-15-cant-use-the-toilet-on-their-own-9295290.html

It says

The survey of 602 teachers in primary schools and 561 teachers in secondary schools found that pupils as old as 15 were not toilet trained, despite having no medical conditions or developmental issues.

Nine per cent - almost one in 10 head teachers and senior staff - said that a child aged between five and seven had come to school wearing a nappy in the past year. The figure was five per cent for classroom teachers.

If the figure is representative of schools across England, it could mean that up to 1,600 of the 16,000 primary schools in the country have at least one pupil over the age of five still wearing a nappy.

What that shows me is that it's full of ifs and maybes and is based on the word of teachers, a lot of whom don't think much of the parents and also wouldn't have a clue what the kids in their class are wearing.

It also says that a kid may have come to school in the last year in a nappy. That is a world away from wearing nappies every day. It could suggest that a kid was sent in with dodgy guts one day in the school year.

[Robert Poste's Child]

No doubt, but I heard it on BBC radio.

(ETA, sorry, crossed with yours. Not sure why mine is displaying in italics too; must be catching.)

[Robert Poste's Child]

I wonder what a 15-year-old not being toilet trained means?

[Earl Aelfheah]

Otta Wrote:

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> Nine per cent - almost one in 10 head teachers and

> senior staff - said that a child aged between five

> and seven had come to school wearing a nappy in

> the past year. The figure was five per cent for

> classroom teachers.

5 per cent of classroom teachers come to school wearing a nappy?

[Earl Aelfheah]

All these italics are irking me