My pet hate has to be.....

OutLore said:
I don't think there's a state where you can't do it at all - but there are some junctions where it's not allowed in any state, but they're well sign posted.
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Okie dokie then....it's been a while lol
 
viv1969 said:
Oh yes, here's one that makes me spit.....

Vegetarians who seems to think that fish or chicken do not fall into the description of, well...meat. How convenient!
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Agreed

Vegetarian. The clue's in the name! Since when is a fish a vegetable? O:-)
 
Message to Mrs frac.

Daughter Frac is a veggie, i`m not, I want meat in my curry, not some sheite substitute, real meat.......thanks love..............:D
 
viv1969 said:
Oh yes, here's one that makes me spit.....

Vegetarians who seems to think that fish or chicken do not fall into the description of, well...meat. How convenient!
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Vegetarians who expect you to cook vegetarian food for them when they come to dinner, but when you go there for dinner.... NO MEAT!
 
OutLore said:
Vegetarians who expect you to cook vegetarian food for them when they come to dinner, but when you go there for dinner.... NO MEAT!
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Haha!! Never looked at it like that! :clap:
 
I had a really good one earlier, but couldn't find the thread, now I can't remember it!

One that does get me though is stupid websites with auto-complete address entry, parcel2go is a good example. You put your house name and postcode in and it adds the rest - clicking next then gives an error saying you must enter a street! FFS YOU typed the address, not me, and I don't live on a street anyway - not everyone lives in a city! Grrrr!
 
"Yes, the minestrone soup is vegetarian." Followed by "It's made using chicken stock, is that OK?" Or, "The veggie option for the roast lunch is just the veggies, which are vegetarian." Followed by "The roast spuds are roasted in goose fat."

I'm not veggie but Mrs Nod is (proper veggie, although not vegan) and has had both those scenarios. As has been pointed out above, "proper" vegetarians don't eat any dead animals (other than insect parts that are almost inevitably ground in flour) or products derived from them (rennet, gelatin etc, which makes cheese choice awkward and careful label reding a must!). Makes eating out in France (in particular) a pain - they don't (or at least didn't) get the concept, even sprinkling specifically ordered veggie pizza liberally with anchovies, one of the main reasons we now go further afield, although we have visited Paris once or twice, where the concept isn't as alien as it seems to be in Brittany!
 
Nod said:
"Yes, the minestrone soup is vegetarian." Followed by "It's made using chicken stock, is that OK?" Or, "The veggie option for the roast lunch is just the veggies, which are vegetarian." Followed by "The roast spuds are roasted in goose fat."

:lol:
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British people that say "fair play".
Spanish people that replace "qu" with "k" when writing.
 
Those street "artists" who stand like statues all painted gold or silver, i just was to go over and push them over, but i just go as far away from them as i can!
 
Bluekwack said:
Those street "artists" who stand like statues all painted gold or silver, i just was to go over and push them over, but i just go as far away from them as i can!
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I am getting annoyed with this in London now. They're not even good ones.

Although the one in York (outside Evil Eye) who is painted purple and sits on a bike is pretty ingenious!
 
The way Americans pronounce the word jaguar. JAGWiRE.:annoyed:
 
People who misuse the word 'literally'.

"My jaw literally hit the floor." - It probably didn't.
"I was literally queuing all morning." - I doubt you were there for more than an hour.

Some people seem to use it to add emphasis to everything they say in the hope of somehow turning a boring story into something interesting, or to try and make a lie sound believable. :bonk:
 
Ricardodaforce said:
And the way they are incapable of saying dog. It always comes out as darg.
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To be fair you get the same pronunciation in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset et al too :lol:
 
pepi1967 said:
Same as the saying many moons ago If you ask me they have been watching to many cowboys and Indian films
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From 'Anthony and Cleopatra' by Mr William Shakespeare

ACT III SCENE XII

DOLABELLA

Caesar, 'tis his schoolmaster:
An argument that he is pluck'd, when hither
He sends so poor a pinion off his wing,
Which had superfluous kings for messengers
Not many moons gone by.
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viv1969 said:
To be fair you get the same pronunciation in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset et al too :lol:
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TBH, I've lived in Devon all my life (bar 2 months in Glasgow) and weent to school in Dorset and have never heard dog spoken like that by a local, only Septic tourists!

DorsetDude said:
Bloody cheek :razz:
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Bloody cheek? Bloody nose more likely!!! :P
 
Nod said:
TBH, I've lived in Devon all my life (bar 2 months in Glasgow) and weent to school in Dorset and have never heard dog spoken like that by a local, only Septic tourists!



Bloody cheek? Bloody nose more likely!!! :P
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Hence the laughing smilie :p
 
Nod said:
TBH, I've lived in Devon all my life (bar 2 months in Glasgow) and weent to school in Dorset and have never heard dog spoken like that by a local, only Septic tourists!
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But that's the thing - if you're from there, you won't hear it. Just like people from "Norf Landan" honestly think they're saying "North London" :lol:
 
OutLore said:
But that's the thing - if you're from there, you won't hear it. Just like people from "Norf Landan" honestly think they're saying "North London" :lol:
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Robert Peston (him off the BBC) on Twitter today

@peston said:
As Norf London teen in 70's I was contemptuous of Chas & Dave. Heard them on R2 yesterday & thought they were great. It's gnawing my soul
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:)
 
my pet hate... He hates it when i insert things into his anus.

Sorry couldn't resist, its a jimmy carr joke
 
People that insist on booby-trapping the washing up by hiding sharp knives under the suds with the rest of the dishes.
 
Bloody time slots from gas fitters etc. Between 12 and 6. Oh great thanks, thats my day completely ****ed right there then. :annoyed:
 
DorsetDude said:
Bloody time slots from gas fitters etc. Between 12 and 6. Oh great thanks, thats my day completely ****ed right there then. :annoyed:
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Or worse, couriers that deliver between 8am and 8pm (and the turn up the next day, 10 minutes after you left the house)
 
TriggerHappy said:
People who misuse the word 'literally'.

"My jaw literally hit the floor." - It probably didn't.
"I was literally queuing all morning." - I doubt you were there for more than an hour.

Some people seem to use it to add emphasis to everything they say in the hope of somehow turning a boring story into something interesting, or to try and make a lie sound believable. :bonk:
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Are you sure your name isn't Sheldon?
 
TriggerHappy said:
Is that sarcastic? I have difficulty telling ;)
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Yes, that was sarcasm. :thumbs:
I've just seen the episode on tv where Penny's thick boyfriend said he hadn't been to a comic book store in literally a million years. Sheldon's reposnse reminded me of your post.
 
OutLore said:
But that's the thing - if you're from there, you won't hear it. Just like people from "Norf Landan" honestly think they're saying "North London" :lol:
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Although I'm from here, I would bet fairly serious money on nobody being able to tell it from my voice! In much the same way as a North Londoner friend is hard to place. I'm very aware of local accents and idioms but the dog/darg isn't one I've heard here.

Many American prononciations are similar to South coast ones from Pilgrim days - as are American spellings (color, humor etc), although IIRC, the Mayflower originally set sail from somewhere a bit East of Plymouth but had to put in for urgent repairs.
 
nilagin said:
Yes, that was sarcasm. :thumbs:
I've just seen the episode on tv where Penny's thick boyfriend said he hadn't been to a comic book store in literally a million years. Sheldon's reposnse reminded me of your post.
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:lol: That's probably not a good sign for me!
 
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