Clapping - too noisy?
 

Do you find clapping to be unnecessary noise?

This has been highlighted today by the unconventional behaviour of SNP MPs in the commons.

I must admit that I sometimes find that it goes on for too long and is irritating.
When I listen to old comedy shows on the radio, it seems to be a frequent irritating waste of listening time. There are better briefer ways to express enjoyment/appreciation - a single 'hear hear' or 'bravo' is enough - or even pleasant sounding laughter when appropriate.

I find the loud the prolonged sound of clapping irritating - do you?

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Clapping for the right reason is fine Margaret, it,s a reward for services rendered. Not something ever deserved in politics, I would suggest it was delaying tactics, just claptrap.

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Not at all, agree wi ossy kid.:)

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I don't mind clapping for the right reason.....to show appreciation or approval.
It must be great to have done a performance and get a response from the crowd.....after all that is what you are there for and that is what they have paid for(usually).
I am sure I would feel disappointed/demoralised if I had done a performance and was met by a wall of silence.

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Clapping is wonderful it drowns out the sound of karaoke 'singers' that are murdering a popular song.

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I applaud MargaretR for this. You've got to hand it to Margaret P too for the way she handled her response. She could have just palmed it off.

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Bob go and stand in the corner for being facetious.:)

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He can't help it Margaret.
He's clapped out!

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And you can go and stand in the other corner:)

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How come this room only has two corners?

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it hasn't Less there are two more...still vacant.
I just didn't want Bob and Gordon to be in the same corner, getting their heads together!

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I tried to imagine Bernard Manning's reaction if he told one of his best jokes and the audience shouted 'Bravo'.

I couldn't.

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The ancient Romans used to wave their hankies (it'snot a myth)

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Well i aint n ancient roman.:D

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They could say a lot with their thumbs as well- no clapping, cheering or booing needed.

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That is no good for Lancastrians...they wipe their noses on their sleeve:D.
I don't know anyone who uses real hankies these days.

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You know me Margaret, I'm never without a clean handkerchief about my person.
I even have one in my dressing gown pocket at this moment as I sit here typing this text.

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I do. This is from childhood when every day we had to hold our hankies up in Junior School. One time I had forgotten mine, so I was taken to the front of the class and smacked. Ever since, I feel naked if I am not carrying a hanky. I am 61 now, so this has stayed with me for over 50 years.

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Bought another five of em' only last week. Never go out without them.

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I use them too. Having a permanent nasal drip it would cost a fortune to use tissues.
It also saves trees and keeps down landfill.

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I am just glad not to having to Lauder all those hankies.....sounds like you could keep a Chinese laundry in businesses:).

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I always sent my kids to school with a little cotton hankie when they were small. Haven't seen one for ages.

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We always took a cotton hankie to school tucked up our sleeves, I remember having one with Tufty embroidered on it that was my favourite - I lost others but never that one ��

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Yes we were always asked at the door...have you been to the toilet, have you got clean underwear on, have you got a clean hankie???

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Can you imagine the court case these days if a teacher asked if you're wearing clean underwear?

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I was always told to wear clean underwear in case I was knocked down by a bus.

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Which is a strange idea, 'Cos guess what first thing is you would do if you saw a bus heading towards you?

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I remember(in my youf) seeing little old men, bowed over, in long grey coats, wandering around the town centre looking in the gutters for 'fag ends'.
They probably weren't old(worn out early by working in the mines or mills) but they looked it.The good old days?
They all had one thing in common- a big 'dewdrop' on the end of their noses. It was that I noticed most.
Now, in my old age, I have the same problem as MargaretR has and they had- a permanently runny nose.
I haven't got a cold, it's just like a dogs nose- wet!
Funnily enough sitting down for a hot meal really sets it off?
So I always have a hanky handy and yes I go through a few. Don't want a pocket full of soggy tissues.
The joys of getting old- I'm thinking of buying a long grey coat but I'll draw the line at old 'fag ends'.

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Why restrict yourself? These days with modern dye stuff your coat doesn't have to be grey.

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You've got to get yourself into the part, the role.
Wearing a black leather biker outfit on my Suzuki Hayabusa with a dew drop on the end of my nose just wouldn't look right.

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Having my chauffeur lean around passing me a kleenex just to keep the upholstery dry in my Bentley is something I also attempt to avoid, hence a good old fashioned cotton hanky!

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During the TV coverage of the royal jubilee debacle I recall a close up of Phil the Greek removing a nose drip onto a finger of his white kid glove.

So maybe they are part human :rolleyes:

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You've cracked it, MargaretR!
It's the genes from our Royal ancestors which cause it!
They say breeding will out but I can think of better ways.

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I do have the RHneg blood which the royals insist is essential when they inbreed, but I shudder to think that I am maybe distantly related to that parasitic lot.

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the question was always asked by mother or grandmother....never a teacher.
I think they assumed that this question had been asked prior to you leaving the house.

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He only did this because he wasn't brought up in Lancashire and daren't use his sleeve...that braid would make a helluva mess of your nostrils.

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Sorry for the misunderstanding, circumstances could almost be as bad as reading a local newspapers display of the news then being harassed because you thought they had attempted to be accurate.

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I'm disappointed; I thought this thread would be about defecating cows.:(

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Last time I saw a cow defecating it was a very quiet event.

The noise only started when someone stepped in it. :eek:

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I thought it was something to do with flatulent orientals.

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... or Vanna White.

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You got me there, had to Google her.

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ironically poor advice as upon seeing the bus about to hit you one would promptly shat themselves :)

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Berbum Bob Dobson! Very cleverly worded post

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Kids or hankies?

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Here we go again - Kids or Hankies??