Other People's Hobbies You Couldn't Live With

[naomi24]

The woman on Gogglebox who knits all the time would drive me crazy. Wherever you look there's awful, old-fashioned, out-dated knitted stuff. What looks like multiple multi-coloured blankets covering the sofa and chair and soppy little doily things on the table - I think even the socks she wears are hand-knitted. The place looks like a jumble sale.

What hobbies would drive you nuts?

[Ken4155]

Constructing well known buildings out of toe-nail clippings.

[ToraToraTora]

Anything noisy!

[sunny-dave]

There is a group in our village that makes knitted and crocheted items not so very different from those you are so dismissive of.

The blankets go to cancer patients who feel the cold so intensely during chemotherapy - nothing works as well as hand knitted wool for giving warmth and comfort.

Tiny little hats and gloves that look like twee doll's clothes .... go to premature baby units - the families value them so much.

Just because something offends your affected pseudo-metropolitan mentality please don't act all condescending ... I suspect a photo of your kitchen would give me some amusement about your style (or lack thereof).

[naomi24]

Sunny-Dave, was that really necessary? This is a light-hearted thread posted in the home of natter and nonsense in order to generate some natter - so I’ll relegate your nastiness to the nonsense section. I’ve knitted for charity - but I couldn’t live in a house where everything is draped in knitted stuff. (If it’s any consolation I’m not struck on you either but I’m not so rude or so sour that I would pull you to bits for the sake of it).

[Rosetta]

It was a perfectly harmless question sunny-dave, so no need to be rude.
Personally someone learning a musical instrument would soon drive me potty, I remember the kids learning the recorder (painful). But then I am tone deaf and have no sense of rhythm so what do I know

[naomi24]

Thank you, Rosetta. And speaking if music, living with a drummer practising all the time would take some doing.

[Rosetta]

I banned all relatives from giving drums, I could have become murderous

[jourdain2]

We once lived next door (across 2 drives) to a family whose teenage son formed a group. He bought a drum kit. His family moved their car out and banished the band to the garage - it was horrible for a long time until they gave up!

[MargoTester]

Agree with Rosetta at 14.06 no need for rudeness even if it's wrapped in holiness.
I couldn't live with someone's hobby mess all over the place on tables chairs etc etc - unless it was confined to their own room.
Living with my son trying to play the viledin was pretty trying - fortunately he found he enjoyed cricket more

[Moorea7]

I couldn't live next door to Alice - she practises on the bagpipes.

Naomi24/ 14.04/ Well said!

[bhg481]

Margo - nver heard VILEDIN before, but I like it. It might be irritating but it's less harmful to ornaments than indoor cricket.

[naomi24]

Thanks Moorea. Hard work here sometimes innit. ;o)

Margo, I know a little girl who’s learning the violin. I must remember ‘viledin’. She’ll love that!

[MargoTester]

Viledin is such a brilliant word for describing the noise isn't it :-)

[Geoffrey13]

I couldn't live with anybody who turns every thread into a personal spat ;-)

[Maydup]

I couldn’t like with a collector of anything. A collection of anything at all would make me quite miserable!

Dolls would be the worst I think, closely followed by ornamental cats.

[Arksided]

Yeah dolls are creepy. As I live alone can't think of much but as Naomi mentioned Gogglebox in her OP, I couldn't live with that Giles fella he'd have taken a long holiday under the patio if he lived with me.

[lankeela]

Moorea7 - pity poor Smokie for twenty-four years he's been living next door to Alice (Alice? What The Funicular is Alice?)

[lankeela]

An elderly friend asked me to try to sell two collectable lifelike baby dolls for her and said we could split the money - after 24 hours in my house I had to take them back to hers - they gave me the heeby jeebies as they seemed to watch you wherever you went.

[construct1245]

Anything that's too noisy e.g. instruments

[ladybirder]

Lankeela for you.