brit-gob 9 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 There's a few new people in my office, and to put it bluntly I'm none too keen on them. But they seem to want to be social and where I work it's easy to bump into them outside the office, at lunch etc. I've got a few "avoidance" strategies but running out of effective ones. Any good ones other than the "I'm busy".... Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 burp in their face. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 say you have an appointment at the STD clinic Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Tell them you're from Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Originally Posted By: soubriquet Tell them you're from Scotland. Grow a beard Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 ask to borrow some money Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 i can't stand this. i normally just be a bit rude and go back to reading the paper or whatever else i was doing before. when i see people i don't like talking to on the bus i ackowledge them then go back to listening to my music. yeah, it must seem pretty rude, but it's better than talking to them about crap i'm not interested in Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Originally Posted By: Weegeoff Originally Posted By: soubriquet Tell them you're from Scotland. Grow a beard You're not paying attention. This is an international and multi-cultural forum. The only racist here is overtly Scots. He's playing the "Celt" card. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Originally Posted By: soubriquet Originally Posted By: Weegeoff Tell them you're from Scotland. Grow a beard You're not paying attention. This is an international and multi-cultural forum. The only racist here is overtly Scots. He's playing the "Celt" card. [/quote Sorry. Could you say that in English? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Looking for a fight Jimmy? The only person on these forums who is overtly anti- another nationality comes from Scotland. The Scot anti- another bases his antipathy entirely on nationality, and not personality. I'll re-phrase his comments. "I don't like Japs because they are are Japs and come from Japland, and I want them to loose". Is that plain enough for an adopted Scot to understand? Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Originally Posted By: soubriquet Looking for a fight Jimmy? The only person on these forums who is overtly anti- another nationality comes from Scotland. The Scot anti- another bases his antipathy entirely on nationality, and not personality. I'll re-phrase his comments. "I don't like Japs because they are are Japs and come from Japland, and I want them to loose". Is that plain enough for an adopted Scot to understand? What substance are you on Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 This one: Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver The highlight for me was when England lost.... Originally Posted By: soubriquet Where do Scotland sit? Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver oooooooooooohhh, bring out the good ol red white and blue eh Soubs? Originally Posted By: soubriquet Bullshit. I hate national anthems, and I loathe flags. Check the mirror, TB, and you will see the racist nationalist. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Originally Posted By: soubriquet This one: Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver The highlight for me was when England lost.... Where you in the competition Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 How droll Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I think you should go back to bed and wakeup in a better mood Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 And find another Celt whinging about the injustices of something that happened 400 years ago? I would love it if a decent night's sleep would cure the world of the need for revenge. Unfortunately, tomorrow Sunnis are going to be killing Shias. Muslims are going to be killing Jews. Serbs are going to be killing Croats. And vice versa. All justified by an historical grievance. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Heavy Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I'm not anti- Scot or anti- Celt, half my family are Celts. I'm totally opposed to people hanging on to historical injustices as a justification for violence. Why were Catholic Celts killing Protestant Celts in northern Ireland (and vice versa)? Because the parents took good care to pass on the poison to their children. Fill your children with hate and revenge. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Still to heavy I am going to bed. Good night Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I still think, if you ask them to lend you money, they will avoid you forever. Try it. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Can you lend me 50 quid thursday? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 sure, come and get it. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I'll pay you back on Friday Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Soubs, you got it wrong mate, I ain't racist. All this stems from the fact that I won't support England at sports?? Get over yourself mate. Anytime a sports orientated discussion came up and I commented on Englands performance all you did was rag about Scotland and how our record is worse than England's. What has that got to do wth the price of tea in China? I can have an opinion over a team if I want. When have I ever said derogatory or racist comments concerning English people? At sports I have a choice of who to support and who not to, and the reason I choose not to support England is because they are my teams biggest rivals. I would be very surprised to hear Man U fans giving their support to Liverpool, or Spurs and Arsenal fans doing the same. Rivalry's are just that, 2 entities who compete against each other, these are usually based on proximity. Neighbours competing against those closer to them. Seems to me this thread has shown that you have been brooding over this for a long time and you've let it get you all tied up. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I love to see a good fight. But not between you two. You two are friends, I can see that. Link to post Share on other sites
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