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What don't you 'get'?
The Groob Started conversation May 21, 2005
I thought it would be interesting to start a thread where people can state what they don't 'get' that (many) others seem to.
I don't get Terry Pratchett
I don't get rugby
What don't you 'get'?
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted May 21, 2005
That frog ringtone thing.
Piercings.
Tattooes.
Dogs.
Any kind of sex which involves stuff I do on the toilet, behind a locked door.
Plastic surgery-enhanced massive breasts.
Hair extensions.
Wayne Rooney.
Chavs.
Ignorant drivers/road hogs.
"Happy slapping"
"Wars" on h2g2.
What don't you 'get'?
Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride Posted May 21, 2005
Football and football holigans
Chess
David Beckham and Victoria 'Posh'
Rap and hip hop Music
What don't you 'get'?
Mu Beta Posted May 21, 2005
League of Gentlemen
Mobile phones with cameras
The incessant popularity of game threads on askh2g2
B
What don't you 'get'?
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted May 21, 2005
Football.
'Celebretory'
Poker on TV.
Sport on TV.
The government.
People who do not drink.
Racists.
Homophobes.
Stupid people.
Lobsters.
People who don't like cheese.
People who don't 'experiment' mor ewith 'things connected to 'sex'. 
The second third forth and ffith laws of thermodynamics.
Relitivity.
Mathmatics.
Physics.
'Fasion'.
the 'wars' that supossidly exist on here.
The royal family, and the obsession that some people seem to have with them (ditto for the obsession some people seem to have with 'celibs from TV etc).
What the heck R and B is ment to be anymore. 
Life.
the Universe.
Everything.
What don't you 'get'?
Madbeachcomber, I've done my spring cleaning, does that make me sad? Posted May 21, 2005
Parents that dont make sure their children wear seat belts,
Mums and Dads and Mums to be that smoke,
People who leave dogs in cars in the hot weather
,
Ditto The league of gentlman,
People who keep spiders as pets
,
Girls who wear their hair in a tight pony tail but have one strand of hair each side hanging down like a fu-man-chu mostache,
people who eat offal
What don't you 'get'?
Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride Posted May 21, 2005
Pheonix Nights and Little Britain
What don't you 'get'?
Baconlefeets Posted May 21, 2005
Bo Selecta
How I can crave the smell of porridge and the taste of it when I was little but when I try it now, it's manky
Junk mail, who buys their crap? Why does someone send me an email evry day for the past year trying to get me to buy a penis enhancer when I always delete the email?
Life
People who make life more difficult for themselves by putting themselves in bad situations, then complain about it.
Aardvarks. What are they?
Anteaters, see above.
Cds of Dolphins, whales, birds etc
Those people on the highstreet who sell home made metal bracelets and frames.
What don't you 'get'?
Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted May 22, 2005
sport
cars
weather as a conversation topic
religion
royalists
shopping for clothes
fashion
What don't you 'get'?
Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted May 22, 2005
intolerance
modern art
rap, hip hop
Friends
What don't you 'get'?
Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride Posted May 22, 2005
Eurovision voting are they mad?
What don't you 'get'?
Orcus Posted May 22, 2005
Yes
The Fast Show (a little old hat now I know)
People's hatred of things other people like - e.g. the 'ban football' brigade.
What don't you 'get'?
mitsy_mu the spacegirl Posted May 22, 2005
the office
laurel and hardy
eddie murphy
fruit sold in plastic bags
shrink wrapped plastic
What don't you 'get'?
YalsonKSA - "I'm glad birthdays don't come round regularly, as I'm not sure I could do that too often." Posted May 22, 2005
4x4 vehicles as urban transport.
The school run. I had to walk when I was a kid, so why can't they?
House prices.
Gardening.
Cooking as a recreational pastime.
Decorating as a subject of conversation.
Cyclists. Do they want to be killed? They appear to put a lot of effort into trying.
Advertising. I don't want one. Stop trying to convince me that I do.
Alcopops.
Idiots. There are MILLIONS of them out there. Where's Darwin when you need him?
What don't you 'get'?
YalsonKSA - "I'm glad birthdays don't come round regularly, as I'm not sure I could do that too often." Posted May 22, 2005
Oh, and my other great bugbear:
FLIP-FLOPS
They are SO ugly. You can't run in them. They make that 'slap-slap-slap' noise when you walk in them. They are unflattering on EVERYBODY.
BUY SOME SHOES, DAMMIT!
What don't you 'get'?
A Super Furry Animal Posted May 22, 2005
People who don't 'get' things.
What's so hard? Are you incapable of thinking outside of your own preferences? That other people might like something different to you?
RF
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What don't you 'get'?
- 1: The Groob (May 21, 2005)
- 2: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (May 21, 2005)
- 3: Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride (May 21, 2005)
- 4: Mu Beta (May 21, 2005)
- 5: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (May 21, 2005)
- 6: Madbeachcomber, I've done my spring cleaning, does that make me sad? (May 21, 2005)
- 7: Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride (May 21, 2005)
- 8: Baconlefeets (May 21, 2005)
- 9: Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride (May 21, 2005)
- 10: Baconlefeets (May 21, 2005)
- 11: Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride (May 21, 2005)
- 12: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (May 22, 2005)
- 13: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (May 22, 2005)
- 14: Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride (May 22, 2005)
- 15: Orcus (May 22, 2005)
- 16: Lord Wolfden - Howl with Pride (May 22, 2005)
- 17: mitsy_mu the spacegirl (May 22, 2005)
- 18: YalsonKSA - "I'm glad birthdays don't come round regularly, as I'm not sure I could do that too often." (May 22, 2005)
- 19: YalsonKSA - "I'm glad birthdays don't come round regularly, as I'm not sure I could do that too often." (May 22, 2005)
- 20: A Super Furry Animal (May 22, 2005)
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