we all know one person like this.

big soft moose said:
Totally of topic , but does this mean you and Cowasaki are an item ? (a 2 mod household, bet the jaffa cake bill is enormous )
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:lol: I think Mrs C might have something to say about that.
(Although if he's hogging all the Jaffas maybe she'd be glad for someone to take him off her hands)
No - 'tis another Darren.

big soft moose said:
leaving that aside the obvious answer with neighbours like this is to tell them all about the 2 week holiday you are planning to take in the carribean - they'll go and book a month long one, and you can relax at home for a stress free month without them
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:D I like your thinking.
Although it is kind of fun to try to get them to spend on useless home accessories that they don't really need.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
I've come across lots of people like that in my time, but my favourite was the story my dad told me of a man he met whilst working, in his student days, as a labourer during the summer holidays.

Every Monday the man came back and boasted of having spent the weekend on a yacht or going to some exotic resort, but he finally excelled himself when my dad, who was working in a ditch, complained of the heat to the man who was standing on the surface.

"It's alright for you" came the reply" "but I'm nearer the sun, and it's much hotter up here"

:thinking: :suspect::runaway:
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No,no,it;s true flash. I'm 6'2" and Dorothy 5'7" and i'm much hotter than Her.:p
gumbo-67 said:
so i was right we all do know someone like that! thank the lord i was just about to go mad!!
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Well,you win there Terri,I have a certificate to say I'm sane.:rules:
 
We all know one person like this--------- well I know at least a dozen:lol: so there.
 
is it just me or is this thread extremely ironic?? :lol: :lol:

*scuttles away with evil grin*
 
Bluekwack said:
My current manager always bigs himself up, so much so with all the big jobs he's had we worked it back and he would have started his working life when he was seven years old
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I used to work with a woman like that she was about 30 when I first knew her and she claimed 20 years experience in finance (she had worked for a catalogue company chasing bad debts) funny I never knew they could employ 10 year olds LOL. Recently she came into contact with a friend of ours and she told him she taught me all I know... :shake:

I am really grateful for that honest, we worked together for about 2 years 20 odd years ago, it's good to know I knew nothing when we met and I haven't learned anything since :shrug:
 
gm43uk said:
I worked with someone who was always boasting - he claimed he was a pilot in the RAF and flew Tornados but when I showed him some video I shot at an airshow he didn't recognise a Tornado... he asked if it was Concorde! He had a picture in his office of some aircrew standing by a jet which he claimed was taken when he was in the RAF... only problem was the plane was an American F15, which the RAF never flew and his face was badly photoshopped over the genuine aircrew.

But his RAF career was soon forgotten after a few pints, then he'd let the cat out of the bag and reveal all about his career in the SAS! We'd get all the tales of his "secret" missions and how, even after 15 years they keep asking him back because of his expertise.
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I think Ive met this guy He told me all about his time with the SAS and the RAF. If you get him really drunk you will find out he actually works for MI5;);)
 
animal17 said:
I think Ive met this guy He told me all about his time with the SAS and the RAF. If you get him really drunk you will find out he actually worked for MFI;);)
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Fixed that for you....
 
My mum does this...anyone tells a story and it gets turned round to an experience about her.

On a serious note it can come from loneliness and living alone as your whole world revolves around you....everything becomes about you and your experiences. Can also be a cover for insecurity about your own self-worth and place in the grand scheme of things.
 
If any of you wonderful people have a gun can I borrow it? (same person doing my nut in)...grrrr
 
ahh but if you've got a gun they'll have a bigger one, and a bullet proof vest - probably souveneirs from their career in the SAS - they were the first person through the window at the iranian embassy after all ...
 
big soft moose said:
ahh but if you've got a gun they'll have a bigger one, and a bullet proof vest - probably souveneirs from their career in the SAS - they were the first person through the window at the iranian embassy after all ...
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:lol: in this case yes you are correct......
 
When people say that sort of thing to me i just guess that they must have a sad life.

That maybe they dont feel as good about themselves as they make out or maybe they feel like they have to say things like that to make themselves feel better.

Either way just smile sweetly then talk about them behind their back in the canteen:D
 
Kerioak said:
I don't know anyone like this and I everything I have or do is probably less interesting, cheaper or smaller than everyone else's :'( :(
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Awww :hug2:

Your picture editing skills are quite good ;)
 
wouldn't mind but this mornings was all over hayfever!!!
 
- probably souveneirs from their career in the SAS - they were the first person through the window at the iranian embassy after all ...
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If everyone who claims to have been first through the window at the embassy was there' they'd have got stuck going through - and the building would probably have collapsed under their weight

Incidentally a while back I used to work with an old boy, who was well past retirement age but came in twice a week as a volunteer to keep his skills sharp (he was a real godsend as he could fix virtually anything mechanical) - he was a quiet old chap, never boasted , never bragged, and when asked what he'd done during the war he response was always "nothing important"

It was only when he died and we attended his funeral that we discovered he'd served with the original SAS in the western desert.
 
big soft moose said:
If everyone who claims to have been first through the window at the embassy was there' they'd have got stuck going through - and the building would probably have collapsed under their weight

Incidentally a while back I used to work with an old boy, who was well past retirement age but came in twice a week as a volunteer to keep his skills sharp (he was a real godsend as he could fix virtually anything mechanical) - he was a quiet old chap, never boasted , never bragged, and when asked what he'd done during the war he response was always "nothing important"

It was only when he died and we attended his funeral that we discovered he'd served with the original SAS in the western desert.
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you know what that sound about right the ones that have done don't shout about it the ones that haven't gob off all the hecking time..
 
I used to know someone that was very loud and assertive who could not stand - literally - any form of billy bull **** and/or compulsive liars. Whenever I was with him and we heard someone do one of these classic BS moments, he would call them up on it. It was hilarious. His patience level for something like that was so low, he'd flat out make them look absolutely stupid. He was quite intelligent and had a way with words as well, so many arguments in pubs and out and about took place.

I personally can't do that as I don't really like confrontation and I tend to just give it the "right ok" and make a note to generally avoid said person.

It is interesting that people feel the need to make stuff up. I can't really show any sympathy though because if they have such low self esteem, that's not the way to solve it as it makes things worse. At least invent something believable, and occasionally, rather than every time a conversation occurs.
 
You already know my feelings on this Terri and the tale of my 5ft nothing ex next door neighbour who'd done everything from special forces to rock star in the 60's.

There's always one or two...but its generally easy to catch them out if you call their bluff
 
When they start I'd just start doing the biggest yawns I could muster. Or if you can, just walk away while they're still yapping on. Saying 'Whatever' is also an unsubtle way of telling them to shut up as they're talking utter bollards in your opinion.

It just depends on how impolite you wish to become!
 
Once worked with a guy who was good friends with John Lennon....

Also remember one lunch time, somebody was reading a paper with an article about how nasty the Kray twins were - his response

'They weren't like that when i knew them'!!
 
His name wasnt mr F Fraser was it ?
 
Currently working with a Billy Bull**** character at the moment, who's been spouting improbable rubbish all week. He was regaling us today with a tale of going into a Harvester restaurant and not getting his steak cooked to his liking. So the manager let him go into the kitchen to cook his own....and the grill chef was so impressed he applauded his skills.

Also apparently he can eat a Phall curry without even breaking into a sweat. :D
 
boogie man said:
Also apparently he can eat a Phall curry without even breaking into a sweat. :D
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anyone can do that - you just have to douse it in 4 litres of yoghurt

(that aside that particular boast is just asking for you to bring him a little takeaway treat - make sure you tell the guys at the takeaway that its for an english gob***** who doesnt think phall is very hot :lol: )
 
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i have more MP than you and more zoom

i rarly tell any one of the stuff ive done even though ive got pictures of most of it and the worst of it

have heard people tell stories of what i (we) did but with the extra big guns and stuff
 
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