Sunday, 30 August 2015

20 things that I really, really, don't like (in no particular order).


                              Résultat de recherche d'images pour "wide eyed children paintings"

1: Laziness
2: Waste
3: Lack of punctuality
4: Bread-n-butter pudding
5: Bad manners
6: The colour orange
7: Violence
8: Cold weather
9: Snobbism
10: Paintings of wide-eyed children.
11: Cars (or any machines) that don't work
12: Arrogant, insolent, neighbours
13: Very strong wind
14: Experts who aren't
15: Political correctness
16: ISIS
17: All crime
18: Snakes
19: The green bits (angelica) in mixed preserved fruit
20: and finally... The Corbyn/Lucas/Brand/Galloway/Sturgeon alliance.



48 comments:

Susan Heather said...

Just love bread and butter pudding - haven't tried it yet with gf bread.

Judith said...

There's a recent (and quite interesting) movie about the woman who painted those big-eyed children doing the rounds at the moment. And I often wonder why that green stuff is included in preserved fruit, it has no taste at all.

Jean said...

I always found those paintings rather disturbing. They're too cute, almost provocative.
I agree with most things on the list but would delete bread and butter pudding (delicious) and the colour orange (so sunny) and include cruelty of any kind to people or animals.

Cro Magnon said...

I think 'cruelty' comes under No 17.

Cro Magnon said...

Bread and butter pudding is the work of the devil; made only to provoke nausea.

Cro Magnon said...

I can't stand those green bits. If Lady M allows one single piece into her Christmas Cake, I refuse to eat it.

Coppa's girl said...

Agree 99.9% with your list Cro, but don't mind the colour orange - depending on what shade it is....
Have never understood why bread and butter pudding is so popular.

The Cranky said...

You make me glad angelica isn't big here.

I think my list would include punishing those who are the victim.

Anonymous said...

I hate hello kitty she has no mouth !

Cro Magnon said...

I had to look her up on Google. Now you've reminded me of No 21; those dreadful floral baby's headbands. Ghastly!

Cro Magnon said...

Angelica should be banned.

Yael said...

I think i shall love bread and butter pudding, never had it here,

Cro Magnon said...

Bread and butter pudding should be banned.

Cro Magnon said...

Be grateful Yael; it's awful.

New World said...

We had it for school dinners, put me off for life Yael, it is vile.

Cro Magnon said...

I was forced to eat it at Prep' school.... I vomited it.

New World said...

I would include two others, greed and, because of the way I feel at the moment, the dominance of Google.

New World said...

Ours looked like vomit.

The Cranky said...

Just looked up bread and butter pudding, looks rather like American bread pudding. Awful stuff, even with whisky sauce.

The Weaver of Grass said...

I agree with most of these Cro, although I do feel you can't beat a really good bread and butter pudding with lots of plump raisins in it and possible some high quality marmalade.

Jacqueline @ HOME said...

I would rather eat my own liver with a rusty spoon than eat bread and butter pudding Cro !!
I'm not really a pudding person but my mum made a good bread pudding which is entirely different to bread and butter pudding !
It's funny how, within your 20 things, there are some that are very deep and meaningful but it's bread and butter pudding that has dominated the comments !! XXXX

Cro Magnon said...

It brings out the worst in people. The world is divided into two camps; pro and contre.

Cro Magnon said...

No, no, no. All the individual components are fine, but once assembled they become evil.

Cro Magnon said...

The only thing that would improve it is dynamite.

Cro Magnon said...

We all hate Google; regardless of how useful it is.

Aril said...

The blogger Vintage Vixen collects those style of paintings and calls them her wall of misery! http://vintagevixon.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/heaven-knows-im-miserable-now.html

Cro Magnon said...

Good god..... Nightmare! Strangeways is too good for her.

Tom Stephenson said...

There are 2 sorts of B and B pudding - really good and really bad, with nothing in between. Really good version is made with condensed milk.

Tom Stephenson said...

Yael - see above and try not to taste the bad version first.

Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe said...

It seems that bread and butter pudding evokes the strongest feelings in your readers. That is a good thing!

Cro Magnon said...

Or a bad thing....!

Frances said...

Something I really, really like are your posts.

Cro Magnon said...

I knew you had good taste, Frances!

donna baker said...

Cro, is it perhaps the texture of the pudding that you dislike? With my kids, I've noticed things they won't eat usually involve texture, but that being said, I'll never eat vile liver no matter the texture.

Cro Magnon said...

I just associate it with being sick. Even thinking about it makes me queasy.

Anonymous said...

Orange is a good thing. It prevents you choosing a grapefruit by mistake.

Jennifer said...

I'm not sure if I ever had bread and butter pudding..sounds like I'm not missing much.

The Cranky said...

LOL, best comment!

Yael said...

There is no end to the new things i learn in blogland.

Coppa's girl said...

Absolutely - shall we start a website dedicated to the banning of bread and butter pudding !

Coppa's girl said...

Yes, agree with that one too !

Aril said...

I'm not sure she takes them seriously :-)

Cro Magnon said...

Think yourself lucky, Jennifer.

Cro Magnon said...

That's one way of looking at it!

Cro Magnon said...

En masse they are quite fun, but I think it would drive you mad eventually.

Ninaschen said...

My original comment disappeared. I wonder if it will resurface?

I like your slightly quirky list.

I find the kitschy wide-eyed paintings of children disturbing, as I do snakes (the real thing, not the paintings). Bread 'n' butter pudding is not something I grew up with but I trust your taste as I also find the green bits in dried fruit erky.

I rather like orange. Though I understand your aversion, considering your neighbours' taste!

Twiggy said...

I love b and b pud, and make a lovely one so I'm told. With you on the angelica though, I also hate mixed peel and put double the amount of cherries in my Christmas puds instead of mixed peel , urgh !!!

angryparsnip said...

What really are those green bits ?
Maybe ground up space aliens.

cheers. parsnip

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