I wish it hadn't of been invented.

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I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by bfcjg » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:31 pm

Had my tea out ruined, soggy chips and a vinegar infused steak and all thanks to those ******* bottles with the ponsy lids that for some reason pubs/restaurants seem to think make them look like a fine dining establishment. You either get no vinegar or a deluge after you attempt the lid open a bit/slight angle ratio. Why the f were they ever invented ?
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by Wile E Coyote » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:36 pm

possibly so we can share your Mr Bean moments with us, quite funny that, even though your meal was spoit.

Must admit there are quite a few things which have had me baffled in restaurants from time to time.
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by Pstotto » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:39 pm

...It depends if you messed up or not or if it had a faulty lid on it. If it were broken then you were entitled to ask for a new meal, but if you didn't sort out what it was before then it's an unhappy accident. I've done similar with salt and pepper.

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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by happyclaret17 » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:41 pm

spot on about the vinegar jug....just get some sarsons on the table.
tell you what p1sses me off....you order a meal with gravy etc and you have to ask for a spoon....
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by Wile E Coyote » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:44 pm

So many over priced restaurant meals could be considerably improved with brown sauce, I love it personally. Just seems a bit wrong asking for it in some establishments.
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by evensteadiereddie » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:44 pm

What ? The word "of" instead of "have" ?
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by bfccrazy » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:44 pm

Whilst we're on the food subject - places that serve chips in little buckets or cages etc ...

JUST PUT THEM ON MY PLATE NEXT TO THE REST OF MY FOOD - AND GIVE ME MORE THAN 5 OF THEM!!
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by MrClaretandBlue » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:45 pm

Ketchup sachets. Uttter shite, impossible to open and when you do there's barely enough for one chip. Stick a squeazy bottle on the table and spare us the charade.
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by Rick_Muller » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:46 pm

The touchscreen mobile phone - it has proliferated social media to be the disease of modern times

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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by randomclaret2 » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:49 pm

No need for " of " or " have "
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by Wile E Coyote » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:50 pm

MrClaretandBlue wrote:Ketchup sachets. Uttter shite, impossible to open and when you do there's barely enough for one chip. Stick a squeazy bottle on the table and spare us the charade.
you turn them round and around searching for the invisible seam which is supposed to allow you to tear it open, but it tends to rip suddenly and cover your hands in the stuff.
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by newminted » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:50 pm

bfccrazy wrote:Whilst we're on the food subject - places that serve chips in little buckets or cages etc ...

JUST PUT THEM ON MY PLATE NEXT TO THE REST OF MY FOOD - AND GIVE ME MORE THAN 5 OF THEM!!
Usually also served not on a plate but some off-cut of floorboard or broken roof slate. When/why did that nonsense start? I blame that prick Jamie Oliver!
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by bfccrazy » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:51 pm

MrClaretandBlue wrote:Ketchup sachets. Uttter shite, impossible to open and when you do there's barely enough for one chip. Stick a squeazy bottle on the table and spare us the charade.
Was at a chippy in Blackpool on the front and had to ask for ketchup - they said people kept nicking bottles of ketchup and mayo off the tables and it was costing them a fortune so they had to have it behind the counter.

There was me thinking someone giving me some rock from there as a kid was a bit mehhh.
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by bfcjg » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:57 pm

I went to a place in Manchester earlier in the year and they thought it clever to expect the customer to cook their own meat on hot stones. Lazy bsterds it's like getting a plumber out and he watches you change a ball cock and charges you a premium.

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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by bfccrazy » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:59 pm

newminted wrote:Usually also served not on a plate but some off-cut of floorboard or broken roof slate. When/why did that nonsense start? I blame that prick Jamie Oliver!
I was in a cocktail bar other week in Liverpool that gave me a milk-bottle and a straw to drink this concoction out of....... Why!

Also when you get a cocktail and they use up valuable rum space with 73 gallons of crushed ice.
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by Duffer_ » Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:00 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:...but it tends to rip suddenly and cover your hands in the stuff.
I've never been THAT excited about a sachet.

UTC!
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by bfccrazy » Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:01 pm

bfcjg wrote:I went to a place in Manchester earlier in the year and they thought it clever to expect the customer to cook their own meat on hot stones. Lazy bsterds it's like getting a plumber out and he watches you change a ball cock and charges you a premium.
There was a place in Rawtenstall that did this and all the sheeple of Burnley were raving about it - it cost about £30 to drive 20 mins go and cook a steak on a stone ....... Words fail me.

When posh chefs do "deconstructed food" too !!

A cheesecake is a thing of glory - If I wanted some cream and a digestive biscuit infused with some sweet tasting s*it - I'd of ordered that.
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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by piston broke » Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:50 pm

Places that serve chips like a giant Jenga set.
Feck off will ya.

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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by bfcjg » Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:57 pm

Chips with skins on are another that get me. Wedges they call them, just lazy people who are either to tight to buy frozen chips or to bone idol to peel and cut them or put them through a chopper.

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Re: I wish it hadn't of been invented.

Post by Westyorkclaret » Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:05 pm

bfccrazy wrote: they said people kept nicking bottles of ketchup and mayo off the tables
Who in their right mind will put mayo on chips ? - with the obvious exception of Steven Defour, being Belgium and all that

Even ketchup is pushing it a bit - vinegar, salt and WHITE pepper is all that is needed. Oh, and none of these frozen thrice cooked efforts either

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