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No deliberately contrary provocative opinions.

No “Marmite” types that are famous for inspiring strong feelings for and against.

Just things you honestly dislike, but whch for some reason seem to be loved by virtually everyone else.

Off the top of my head I’ll start with these...

It’s a Wonderful Life
Star Wars
Only Fools and Horses
The Young Ones
John Motson
Eighties pop music
Any drink that mixes alcohol with fruit or fruit juice (eg cocktails - not wine, beer, cider, etc). One exception: Bloody Mary.
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Bloody mary: the thinking mans cocktail.
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Eaststand wrote:Bloody mary: the thinking mans cocktail.


Ha.

I don’t claim to be imaginative. :)

It’s savoury tasting, hence it avoids the “fruit/alcohol” taste that I don’t like.
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I fucking love them mate. Plus you dont get hangovers off them, and when you're on holiday, you can have them with breakfast.
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Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Bruce Springstein
Garlic
Facebook
Reality shit
Star Wars
Dr Who
Game of Thrones
Boy and Girl bands
Dogs
Sugar in tea or coffee
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+100,000,000,000,000 on Ed fucking Sheeran.
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Reg wrote:No deliberately contrary provocative opinions.

No “Marmite” types that are famous for inspiring strong feelings for and against.

Just things you honestly dislike, but whch for some reason seem to be loved by virtually everyone else.

Off the top of my head I’ll start with these...

It’s a Wonderful Life
Star Wars
Only Fools and Horses
The Young Ones
John Motson
Eighties pop music
Any drink that mixes alcohol with fruit or fruit juice (eg cocktails - not wine, beer, cider, etc). One exception: Bloody Mary.



Fucking hell, Reg that could have come straight from my head.
The only caveats are that I used to love The Young Ones when they were first on. Three decades later and not seen since I sat down and tried to watch a few again and they have not aged well. Not at all.
The cocktail thing, I dont drink any cocktail so do not feel qualified to have an opinion on the matter. Though I am a firm believer on sweet and savoury things being kept apart at all costs and I do like a nice drink of tomato juice with some Worcester sauce.



Can I also throw into the mix:

Christmas, (especially) New Years Eve festivities and anything or anyone to do with Australia. Oh and James Bond.
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Coriander
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Coconuts Ughhh!
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Oh how could I forget this one.

Wine.

I know nearly everyone else these days loves the stuff and I'm not dismissing the whole wine appreciation thing as pseud's nirvana (though I suspect much of it is) also leaving any inverted snobbery aside, and I'll admit to a little of that too, but I genuinely find the taste of wine actively repellent. A waste of good vinegar. And I have actually drunk vinegar. And preferred it to wine.

If I lived in a country or culture where wine was the primary alcoholic sustenance then I think I might become teetotal.
So, sorry, everyone else enjoy their wine and whatever joy comes with it, I'll opt out thanks.
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People who do stupid shit which is lauded as brave. Like that crybaby woman who went round the world in a dinghy.

Thats not brave, sweetheart, thats fucking retarded.
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Zambo wrote:Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Bruce Springstein
Garlic
Dr Who
Game of Thrones
Boy and Girl bands
Sugar in tea or coffee

Don't think any of those things are universally loved, particularly Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith!
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The Ghost of Alex Higgins wrote:Coriander
Carling

- coriander despised by loads of people (I like it, though)
- Carling is piss lager - loads of people can't stand it (unless you were referring to Will Carling - unlikely)
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Game of Thrones is. Jesus christ, Ive never seen so many people get so enthusiatic about women being raped.
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