Joke Items

[Gavin Chipper]

I think people used to be scared of this new technology breaking aeroplanes and maybe they just left the rules in place on some airlines.

[Ian Fitzpatrick]

I use airplane mode when on a Cruise Ship!

[David Williams]

Flu Jabs.
Ive been having annual flu jabs since before covid and within 4 weeks I have always got the flu

No, you had a bad cold. I used to think the same as you, until one year I really did have the flu. It's another ball game altogether - I could actually understand how people could die of it. I now know I've only had flu once in my life and I never want to have it again.

[David Williams]

Airplane mode

The last couple of flights I've been on they've also asked you to alert the crew if your electronic device starts to emit smoke. I wonder what people used to do? About as likely as a conflagration in a petrol station from someone using a phone while filling their car.

[Marc Meakin]

Flu Jabs.
Ive been having annual flu jabs since before covid and within 4 weeks I have always got the flu

No, you had a bad cold. I used to think the same as you, until one year I really did have the flu. It's another ball game altogether - I could actually understand how people could die of it. I now know I've only had flu once in my life and I never want to have it again.

I've had flu and Pneumonia in the past.
It could have been covid as I was wiped out for 2 days with full body ache and a high temperature.
I still have a cold, runny nose, phlegm on chest.

Ive always assumed a flu jab protects you against some strains of the flu but not all

[Callum Todd]

The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum

[Gavin Chipper]

I think the deathwatchness of it is fine. It just has the wrong title.

[Marc Meakin]

The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum

Maybe it's fixable it needs editing to from 2017

[Gavin Chipper]

The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum

Maybe it's fixable

The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.

[Marc Meakin]

The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum

Maybe it's fixable

The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.

I'd forgotten who started this thread

[Andres Sanchez]

Maybe it's fixable

The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.

I'd forgotten who started this thread

From what I feel like is a bird's eye view, someone who at this point I feel like we treat now as Voldemort.

[Fiona T]

Spa days. Pay £150 to visit a swimming pool you can't actually swim in and sit around in a dressing gown chatting to your mates. People love them so perhaps I'm missing something. Doing one next week so will see if I can be persuaded but strongly suspect it will confirm my views!

[Marc Meakin]

Spa days. Pay £150 to visit a swimming pool you can't actually swim in and sit around in a dressing gown chatting to your mates. People love them so perhaps I'm missing something. Doing one next week so will see if I can be persuaded but strongly suspect it will confirm my views!

I always thought that nobody actually pays for their own spa days unless its a group thing.

[Fiona T]

Butterfly swimming stroke. Why?

[Gavin Chipper]

I mean, swimming is a joke activity anyway, but surely breast stroke is pretty mental too.

[Marc Meakin]

I mean, swimming is a joke activity anyway, but surely breast stroke is pretty mental too.

It's certainly not fun to watch but unlike other sports (I'm talking about equestrian sports and to a lesser extent cycling ) at least its a level playing field

[Ian Volante]

Butterfly swimming stroke. Why?

A faster evolution from breaststroke which was faster and thus became unfair to those using the traditional style.

[Marc Meakin]

Not an item but news feeds from twitter.
Especially with regards the suspect in the Southport atrocity.
Never thought I would big up the BBC even if they largely avoided the Huw Edwards story on the news

[Gavin Chipper]

We have this television and the channels are ordered alphabetically. 4Seven is number 1. BBC 1 is number 23.

[Gavin Chipper]

The live stories on the BBC news website. Generally just a load of incoherent stuff stuck together. I'll wait for you to write a proper article on it, thanks.

[Marc Meakin]

The live stories on the BBC news website. Generally just a load of incoherent stuff stuck together. I'll wait for you to write a proper article on it, thanks.

Although I got most of my Olympic coverage from Eurosport ,those pieces the BBC did on all of our elite athletes before their events on repeat every day , was annoying and it would seem jinxing those athletes in most cases