Minor complaints thread (8 Viewers)

[Reets]

I get this too

There has clearly been a conscious decision to move away from comforting 40+ year-old men on their musical taste, to actually having a broader spectrum of music on there

I just want one new tune every few weeks that I can't get out of my head, and can send to my hugger and try and impress her with it

You hug now?
I don’t even know who you are anymore.

 

[Deadmanposting]

You hug now?
I don’t even know who you are anymore.

I discovered my own inherent huggability

 

[seanc]

We were chatting as a group, and someone just casually throws in the phrase "left-footer".
Woah, that is not on I said. Never ever heard that said out loud before.

There was some significant context to this. He meant no offence but he still said that and I got defensive. Then we apologised to each other for five minutes.

I'm not privy to whatever happened up there. Still hit me like a ton bricks though. Just couldn't believe he thought it was ok to say, even in this particular context. I'm not religious, but y'know.

"Well", says another person, who is a colleague "if you want to chat about that sort of thing you can argue with this atheist protestant".

Isn't that that why we just work so well together?, I said.

,

 

[Deadmanposting]

someone just casually throws in the phrase "left-footer"

What does this mean?

 

[Cormcolash]

What does this mean?

The question we are all asking!

 

[Deadmanposting]

The question we are all asking!

There's some significant context to it, Corm

 

[Cormcolash]

That's exactly what a left-footer would say

 

[therealjohnny]

Do we still care about this left/right footer thing? Some of my best friends etc

Is it any more offensive than West brit..
Or bogger @Cormcolash

 

[Cormcolash]

Haha I'd never heard of a left-footer before now, and I'm from Belfast like

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Was certainly a thing among kids when I was growing up

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I’ve only ever heard the term used in the context of using your non-dominant foot to kick a football. What’s the context here?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Why are Catholics sometimes called 'left-footers'? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk

www.theguardian.com

 

[seanc]

Do we still care about this left/right footer thing? Some of my best friends etc

Is it any more offensive than West brit..
Or bogger @Cormcolash

Do we? I dunno. I had just never actually heard the phrase used before, I was really taken aback by it.

 

[therealjohnny]

I'm amazed that people, especially Northern Ireland people are not familiar with the term.

I'm shocked.

Or for my N.I pals , I'm shacked.

 

[magicbastarder]

i have heard the phrase used a few times i'd say, and not specific to a religion IIRC. used by catholics to refer to protestants and vice versa, and also used to refer to someone as being gay i think. just a general 'he's from the other team' way.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Often paired with comments about how close eyes were together

 

[Cormcolash]

You only have one eyebrow

 

[seanc]

I’ve only ever heard the term used in the context of using your non-dominant foot to kick a football. What’s the context here?

Our very atheist friend had a "left-footer" funeral. Though it seemed fairly ecumenical to me. He didn't specify what kind of funeral he'd like. So the crematorium basically just decided to do it that way.

A friend of Belfast protestant descent made the comment.

 

[therealjohnny]

All this brings to mind a documentary I saw years ago on Jews in Northern Ireland.

An old guy told how when he was a boy some older boys put him up against the wall demanding to know which foot he kicked with

"Neither", he said, "I'm Jewish."

After a confused pause, they asked him " Well are you a Protestant Jew or a Catholic Jew?"

 

[Deadmanposting]

Hard for me to get angry about this left-footer stuff when I'm cracking on about the bang of tan off a house in Ireland