The all new "seethe " thread

[Morgan]

2 hours ago, Harry Potter said:

easily done tbh.

Happy Tuesday, Harold.  😍

[Harry Potter]

55 minutes ago, Morgan said:

Happy Tuesday, Harold.  😍

morning 

[Gavman81]

3 hours ago, Ribble said:

Family, we’ve just had our second kid and a few months ago we sent a message to the whole family stating that we already had everything we needed (from the first one) and that we didn’t want any gifts for the new baby for a variety of reason but mainly that with the extended families on both sides it was just too much stuff that wouldn’t be used and we’d then need to take the time sorting through it all to then bin/take to charity when we’d rather be spending that time with our newborn (whole host of other reasons also given including it just being wasteful, environmental impacts, mental load on both of us etc)

 

My parents have turned up the last 2 weeks with more gift bags than they can carry from aunts, their pals, neighbours etc and have now taken the hump when I reminded them about our ‘no presents please’ request and they just brushed it off with ‘that’s just how their generation is’ and it’s too hard to tell people no! How on earth do you get to 70+ and not be able to tell people you’ve known for most of that not to do something

You’ve had a baby mate and it’s to be expected tbh as it’s just the done thing for some folk of a certain generation.

 

Imagine they had turned up with nothing - I can categorically guarantee at one stage in the future one of you would say “they didn’t even get the kid a gift ! and you’d be like “I know we said don’t get anything but you think they would have got a token gift “

 

Your missus will probably be fine with it and deep down , appreciate the sentiment but as a bloke , I get the annoyance as I suffered from it with both of mine.

 

Always think it’s better to have folk actually care and take time to go to the effort then not though 👍

[il Duce McTarkin]

4 hours ago, FWJ said:

Sore head from last night’s cheap red wine.

 

Get right back on that horse, FWJ.

[FWJ]

33 minutes ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

Get right back on that horse, FWJ.

A bottle of Fleurie at 5.99 should have raised an eyebrow but hey-ho, you live and learn.

[Morgan]

3 hours ago, Harry Potter said:

morning 

Afternoon, old bean.

[Ribble]

3 hours ago, Gavman81 said:

You’ve had a baby mate and it’s to be expected tbh as it’s just the done thing for some folk of a certain generation.

 

Imagine they had turned up with nothing - I can categorically guarantee at one stage in the future one of you would say “they didn’t even get the kid a gift ! and you’d be like “I know we said don’t get anything but you think they would have got a token gift “

 

Your missus will probably be fine with it and deep down , appreciate the sentiment but as a bloke , I get the annoyance as I suffered from it with both of mine.

 

Always think it’s better to have folk actually care and take time to go to the effort then not though 👍

honestly it’s Mrs ribble that’s more pissed off than me, she sent the original message talking about the mental strain on her and the environmental impact of buying plastic junk/primark clothings etc (she passed her degree in environmental science a few years ago) so the whole family know it’s an issue important to her. Both our kids are boys and only 3 years apart so we really do have everything we need, we’d clearly said if anyone felt they absolutely HAD to give something then we’d set up bank accounts for the boys or they could donate to charity on the boys behalf. 

[Dick Dastardly]

Questions like this on job applications really ****ing annoy me. It's a 20hr per week job selling ****ing hammers, mate. I'm only looking for pay. Why the **** would anyone have a passion for selling ****ing screwdrivers to tradesmen? 

 

Our business is made up of thousands of individuals, with one thing in common - a passion for Toolstation! It's important to us that everyone joining the business is equally as passionate. Please explain to me what it is about working for Toolstation that excites you and why.

 

I have absolutely no idea hoe to answe that pish

[Stuart Lyon]

Tell them your'e really into vice and want to screw anything and everything!

[Chairman of the Bored]

3 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said:

Questions like this on job applications really ****ing annoy me. It's a 20hr per week job selling ****ing hammers, mate. I'm only looking for pay. Why the **** would anyone have a passion for selling ****ing screwdrivers to tradesmen? 

 

Our business is made up of thousands of individuals, with one thing in common - a passion for Toolstation! It's important to us that everyone joining the business is equally as passionate. Please explain to me what it is about working for Toolstation that excites you and why.

 

I have absolutely no idea hoe to answe that pish

Just lie. It’s how everyone else does it. 

[Dick Dastardly]

28 minutes ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

Just lie. It’s how everyone else does it. 

I can't.  I'm just going to tell them their question is a steaming pile of shit. In a nicer way, obviously. 

[Dick Dastardly]

1 hour ago, Stuart Lyon said:

Tell them your'e really into vice and want to screw anything and everything!

Hahaha i did like Miami Vice, if that counts

[Dick Dastardly]

Let's be honest, like most applicants I'm looking for a job. I could type some waffle about dying to work for Toolstation and about how selling spanners is an ambition I've harboured since i was young but I'm not a liar and never will be. 

What i am, though, is hard working, honest, loyal, and friendly. I have years of experience dealing with people in a customer facing roll. I can think on my feet and am happy to help others.  

 

 

 

 

I'm not getting that job then...😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

[Morgan]

16 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:

Let's be honest, like most applicants I'm looking for a job. I could type some waffle about dying to work for Toolstation and about how selling spanners is an ambition I've harboured since i was young but I'm not a liar and never will be. 

What i am, though, is hard working, honest, loyal, and friendly. I have years of experience dealing with people in a customer facing roll. I can think on my feet and am happy to help others.  

 

 

 

 

I'm not getting that job then...😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

Clearly it's not the role for you. 

[Dick Dastardly]

1 minute ago, Morgan said:

Clearly it's not the role for you. 

Nope. 😂

I wish they'd put the question at the start so i didn't have to waste 20 minutes filling in the form. 

[Chairman of the Bored]

1 hour ago, Dick Dastardly said:

Let's be honest, like most applicants I'm looking for a job. I could type some waffle about dying to work for Toolstation and about how selling spanners is an ambition I've harboured since i was young but I'm not a liar and never will be. 

What i am, though, is hard working, honest, loyal, and friendly. I have years of experience dealing with people in a customer facing roll. I can think on my feet and am happy to help others.  

 

 

 

 

I'm not getting that job then...😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

They don’t care either. You could put the stuff you mention above and that’d be fine. 
 

They just want some acknowledgement of their question. 

Edited April 10 by Chairman of the Bored

[Dick Dastardly]

47 minutes ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

They don’t care either. You could put the stuff you mention above and that’d be fine. 
 

They just want some acknowledgement of their question. 

That is actually what i typed in 

[Chairman of the Bored]

1 hour ago, Dick Dastardly said:

That is actually what i typed in 

[Morgan]

5 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said:

Let's be honest, like most applicants I'm looking for a job. I could type some waffle about dying to work for Toolstation and about how selling spanners is an ambition I've harboured since i was young but I'm not a liar and never will be. 

What i am, though, is hard working, honest, loyal, and friendly. I have years of experience dealing with people in a customer facing roll. I can think on my feet and am happy to help others.  

 

 

 

 

I'm not getting that job then...😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

 

4 hours ago, Morgan said:

Clearly it's not the role for you. 

 

3 hours ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

They don’t care either. You could put the stuff you mention above and that’d be fine. 
 

They just want some acknowledgement of their question. 

 

3 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said:

That is actually what i typed in 

Including ‘roll’?

 

 

1 hour ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

 

[Dick Dastardly]

29 minutes ago, Morgan said:

 

 

 

Including ‘roll’?

 

 

 

Jeezo. I'm definitely not getting the job after that grammatical catastrophe!  >Insert sad face emoji<

[Chairman of the Bored]

8 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said:

Jeezo. I'm definitely not getting the job after that grammatical catastrophe!  >Insert sad face emoji<

Hate to make you feel worse, but it’s a spelling issue rather than grammar. 

[Dick Dastardly]

4 minutes ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

Hate to make you feel worse, but it’s a spelling issue rather than grammar. 

😉

[cheetah]

Folk thinking they are insulting you by calling you 'woke' what the **** is wrong with being alert to prejudice, discrimination and social injustices? 

 

The anti-woke brigade are a shower of *****, and seem proud of it. 

[Morgan]

9 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said:

Jeezo. I'm definitely not getting the job after that grammatical catastrophe!  >Insert sad face emoji<

 

35 minutes ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

Hate to make you feel worse, but it’s a spelling issue rather than grammar. 

[Dick Dastardly]

2 hours ago, Morgan said:

 

I'm having a nightmare.  From now on I'm only going to communicate by mime. 👍

[Morgan]

16 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:

I'm having a nightmare.  From now on I'm only going to communicate by mime. 👍

[Dick Dastardly]

48 minutes ago, Morgan said:

✋️ 😪✋️

[FWJ]

5 hours ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

Hate to make you feel worse, but it’s a spelling issue rather than grammar. 

And the spelling issue is that the o  is missing its circumflex?

[Dick Dastardly]

On 03/04/2026 at 18:51, Dick Dastardly said:

Annoying, antisocial and scaffy new neighbours moved in about a month ago. Litter all over the place.  Bin bags flung anywhere but the wheelie bins and awful loud bang bang dance music being played right now. It's like the fair has moved in beside me. 

Now they are singing the sash. I thought they smelled like huns. 

[Chairman of the Bored]

2 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said:

Now they are singing the sash. I thought they smelled like huns. 

Don’t worry, music will go off soon as the lad has an early start at Toolstation the morn. 

[Canscot]

On 10/04/2026 at 06:41, Dick Dastardly said:

Questions like this on job applications really ****ing annoy me. It's a 20hr per week job selling ****ing hammers, mate. I'm only looking for pay. Why the **** would anyone have a passion for selling ****ing screwdrivers to tradesmen? 

 

Our business is made up of thousands of individuals, with one thing in common - a passion for Toolstation! It's important to us that everyone joining the business is equally as passionate. Please explain to me what it is about working for Toolstation that excites you and why.

 

I have absolutely no idea hoe to answe that pish

Ask AI! Submit your application and see what happens.
Agreed. Ridiculous question. 

[Dick Dastardly]

9 hours ago, Chairman of the Bored said:

Don’t worry, music will go off soon as the lad has an early start at Toolstation the morn. 

😂😂😂🖕

[Dick Dastardly]

6 hours ago, Canscot said:

Ask AI! Submit your application and see what happens.
Agreed. Ridiculous question. 

I did, then just went with my instincts instead...

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

The number of AI created doctors and health gurus now appearing on YouTube. You can see plain and simple it's AI by the obvious unnatural eye movements and hand gestures yet some people are still taken in and post comments praising the person they think is a real human. They also say" post in the comments where you are watching from" to get more clicks and boost these fake channels even more ! 

[Stuart Lyon]

Just been told by HMRC that I shouldn't have been paid the Winter Fuel/Heating Allowance because of my income. When I originally qualified for this I was paid the full amount and when my wife became eligible it was split between us. As my wife's income is no where near the threshold shouldn't she get the full amount instead of half?

[Tazio]

Main Street and Quality Street in D Mains are closed for the next 10 weeks so no through traffic at all and buses all diverted along Queensferry Road. Signs everywhere telling you the road is closed. I’ve just spent 20 minutes at the bus stop that’s still open watching dozens of cars ignore the signs and get to the end of Main Street and have to do a U turn. All the usual suspects that turn it into a rat run every night. 

[The Real Maroonblood]

3 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said:

Just been told by HMRC that I shouldn't have been paid the Winter Fuel/Heating Allowance because of my income. When I originally qualified for this I was paid the full amount and when my wife became eligible it was split between us. As my wife's income is no where near the threshold shouldn't she get the full amount instead of half?

I would think she should get the full amount.

Are they asking for it back?

[Stuart Lyon]

14 hours ago, The Real Maroonblood said:

I would think she should get the full amount.

Are they asking for it back?

They're asking for my share back.

[skinnybob72]

Commuting by train, sans earphones and overhearing people talking about their dull as **** lives. 

Edited April 17 by skinnybob72

[Harry Potter]

Constant repeats of the same adverts on the tv, boring, boring, so boring.

[superjack]

Sara Cox has been given the radio 2 breakfast show. She was the reason I gave up on the radio 1 breakfast show. 

I've quite enjoyed it the last couple of weeks with Gary Davies. Why didn't they just give him the gig?

Listening numbers will start to drop when she takes over.

[Harry Potter]

Whats the script with ITV 3,  (classic emmerdale), goes out of focus every day, no other channels 

or programmes do this, beyond me.

While im here , its still cauld , .

[Ribble]

18 hours ago, Harry Potter said:

Whats the script with ITV 3,  (classic emmerdale), goes out of focus every day, no other channels 

or programmes do this, beyond me.

While im here , its still cauld , .

 

Probably a bandwidth issue, especially if streaming/watching through a Sky/Virgin set top box. ITV will pay for a certain upload bandwith for ITV 3 and being their 3rd channel will be relatively low which will be fine for the majority of their programming on it but maybe not quite enough when more viewers than normal stick on classic Emmerdale?

[Ribble]

On 13/04/2026 at 17:41, Tazio said:

Main Street and Quality Street in D Mains are closed for the next 10 weeks so no through traffic at all and buses all diverted along Queensferry Road. Signs everywhere telling you the road is closed. I’ve just spent 20 minutes at the bus stop that’s still open watching dozens of cars ignore the signs and get to the end of Main Street and have to do a U turn. All the usual suspects that turn it into a rat run every night. 

 

When I pick up Ribble jr form the In laws In Pilton I normally go via crammond but thats been ruined with the roadworks with everyone coming from silverknowes golf club way unable to go queensferry road.

[Harry Potter]

1 hour ago, Ribble said:

 

Probably a bandwidth issue, especially if streaming/watching through a Sky/Virgin set top box. ITV will pay for a certain upload bandwith for ITV 3 and being their 3rd channel will be relatively low which will be fine for the majority of their programming on it but maybe not quite enough when more viewers than normal stick on classic Emmerdale?

Through the new virgin box, feels like i need specs , ha ha, its only Emmerdale, nothing else, your

theory sounds about right, 

[tian447]

Google, specifically the browser. 

 

Any time you search anything now, the sponsored results come up first, even if they are completely unrelated. Want to search for JKB The Terrace? Well here's adverts for Now TV and Sky Cinema first. 

 

Company policy sets it to the default so it's not just as easy as using Brave and DuckDuckGo or an alternative instead! 

 

 

[Cade]

Google has been shite for years.

It's corporate, AI slop now.

Bing or DuckDuckGo are much better.

[Harry Potter]

Might get warmer next month, its only May..

[Tazio]

Totally forgot there were matches on tonight. I’m currently leading the predictor at work by 1 point but I’m guessing that’s blown my chance of winning. 

[Tazio]

11 hours ago, Tazio said:

Totally forgot there were matches on tonight. I’m currently leading the predictor at work by 1 point but I’m guessing that’s blown my chance of winning. 

Panic over. The person in 2nd place got every score wrong.