Tiny Little Things That Cause You Irrational Rage

[????]

Nope that's my memory - mid 80s. When they launched Next Direct especially that was a compulsory Yuppie catalogue to have...and up there wityh house prices in dinner party conversations....at laest one of those tedious sujects no longer features at dinner parties,,,,infact, do people do dinner parties (very 80s alongside Black Tie parties/balls)

[Jeremy]

Would have been possibly too young in the mid-80s to know what was classy and what wasn't. Hell, I still can't figure it out now.

People still have dinner parties, but they just call it "dinner" instead.

[StraferJack]

I remember going to a house where they cooed over the next catalogue - seemed like an unattainable object to me.

And that's just the object. Never mind the contents

[StraferJack]

When Carnell and I do "dinner" , it's more like seething competition.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

I soooooo coveted a Next suit. Never reached those dizzy heights. Those jumper/shirt combos, I hope are consigned to the history bin. I saw one today and it brought on the rage....

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Unless you lifted up the shirt and peeked, how do you know it's not a real shirt and jumper?

[Seabag]

I had a girlfriend who was on the 'next' tip

She dragged me round that shop soooo many times

Good training for learning to say "Nope, I an't doing that" no more

She set me up for life

Tho I still shudder when I see the place/catalogue

[Help-Ma-Boab]

It was on a hangar in a charity shop

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Unless you lifted up the shirt and peeked, how do

> you know it's not a real shirt and jumper?

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StraferJack Wrote:

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> I remember going to a house where they cooed over

> the next catalogue - seemed like an unattainable

> object to me.

>

> And that's just the object. Never mind the

> contents

I may be wrong but I *think* you had to actually pay for the catalogue?

[StraferJack]

Exactly my point

[Robert Poste's Child]

Next was definitely quite classy when it first opened, SJ, kind of Hobbs and Jigsaw end of the market. I remember when the Knightsbridge branch opened. Great excitement. Never worked for me sadly as in those days they made for taller women.

[Loz]

Yorkshire puddings. Why oh why do some puff up beautifully and some barely at all. Last week I think I actually created a batch of Yorkshire biscuits by accident. Little feckers.

[Robert Poste's Child]

More egg or more heat, Loz.

[Jeremy]

In a similar vein to the shirt-jumper... the t-shirt which looks like it has another t-shirt underneath it. But is actually a single garment. Stupid.

[emilyr0se]

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[Help-Ma-Boab]

you TRYIN to wind me up Jeremy.....HATE, HATE those as well. And while we are at, any belt that every came from Next, they can get it too. See aslo cuff-links!

Jeremy Wrote:

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> In a similar vein to the shirt-jumper... the

> t-shirt which looks like it has another t-shirt

> underneath it. But is actually a single garment.

> Stupid.

[Jah Lush]

Next! Cool? Cool, my arse! In what universe was Next ever cool? Not in my world, pal. Preppy office wear for the straight worker bees.

[StraferJack]

no-one said "cool" daaddio - chill

hang loose, but don't fall apart on me man

[Otta]

Next was definitely considered a couple of steps up from Top Shop/Man in the 90s.

RE The jumpers with the bit of undershirt sewn in, do you mean an actual collared shirt type shirt?

[red devil]

Afraid so Ots, welcome to the world of the Mock Shirt...

http://cdn2.next.co.uk/COMMON/Items/Default/Default/Publications/X55/shotview-315x472/480/755-053-X55s.jpg

[Robert Poste's Child]

Person behind me on the bus is eating an apple with their mouth open. I've known horses chew more quietly.

[Jeremy]

I wonder how long it would take people to notice if I started rocking the "mock shirt" look in the office?

[red devil]

I can see some advantages...less washing/ironing...quicker to get dressed/undressed...of course these are all outweighed should someone discover your hidden secret and out you as bit of a cockwomble...

[Jeremy]

Main problem would occur when the air-con gets turned off at 6:30pm... working late, unable to strip down to shirt only... sweltering, imprisoned within the mock-shirt-jumper.

[Loz]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> More egg or more heat, Loz.

Any more heat and they'll combust. I stick the pan on the gas flame for a while before throwing in the batter, just to make sure that oil is smokin'.

But it's the fact that IN THE SAME BATCH some will rise and some won't that truly annoys me. I need Heston Blumen-wotsit on the case. There's some science here I'm missing.