Trivial Things That Really Shouldn't Annoy You, But Do!

ancient_mariner said:
This is all based on a misunderstanding of the origins of my user ID:
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That'll teach you to go for Black Friday deals - last week, the wheels were included! :D
 
Odd one out round. (Have I got News for you -like). Which one is the odd one out?

Union, Steeple, Scrumpy, iPhone-7.
 
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Scrumpy. You get pi55ed ON scrumpy but pi55ed OFF with the others!

Or do I know J*** S**t?
 
Nod said:
That'll teach you to go for Black Friday deals - last week, the wheels were included! :D
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And the grips & shifters too. Serves me right for being a cheapskate. :p
 
Yeah! But they were Shimano crap! :P ;)
 
I could think of a definition but it might get me banned. I'll go with 'boy band rock' just now.

Don't see Tool on there much these days. :(
 
@Cobra, not sure if you've ever tried Tool, but I can highly recommend them, Schism, Forty Six and 2, Parabola, The Pot are good breaking in tracks. ;)
 
Dale. said:
not sure if you've ever tried Tool,
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TBH I'd never heard of them, I'll give them a look, though, but I'm more led zep pink floyed ELP Ozzi Osbourne AC/DC etc
and the "classic" rock & roll from years gone by.
 
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@dale, I've listened to the ones you listed, not all of them all the way through admittedly, but I can certainly hear a Pink Floyed / Led Zep AC/DC and to some extent Blue oyster cult, too, influence in there.
But not overly keen TBH. Thanks for the suggestions though :)
 
Cobra said:
@dale, I've listened to the ones you listed, not all of them all the way through admittedly, but I can certainly hear a Pink Floyed / Led Zep AC/DC and to some extent Blue oyster cult, too, influence in there.
But not overly keen TBH. Thanks for the suggestions though :)
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They are growers. :)
 
Threads that are of sufficient length that you can't be bothered to read through to find out whether your particular complaint has already been mentioned.

normally I just wouldn't post but I'm annoyed that I can't be bothered, which sounds like a contradiction, which is also annoying

m'jus gonna go with everything.......to be safe..:)
 
Crowds at Christmas markets.
Rain when you have a weekend away.
 
DorsetDude said:
None of the examples given for irony in Alannis Morrissettes song 'ironic', are ironic.
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Which was the point of the song.
Sadly, most didn't catch on.
 
Card shops generally

but if I really wanna wind myself up.........cheap card shops
 
Graham W said:
The preponderance of phoney French accents used in advertising at this time of year. It isn't clever and it certainly isn't "Sexy". Stop it...just stop it!
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Oh, and while we're at it. There's an advert for a set of hand tools where you only need one battery. Stop using a cod American accent...and it's pronounced Battery not Baddery
 
Television programmes which, at the end of one episode, tell you what is going to happen in the next episode. I'm quite happy to wait until next week, it is something to look forward to.

Television stations that shrink the closing credits of a programme so they can show you what is coming on next. When the only guide was the Radio Times then it might have been a bit useful, but with electronic on-screen programme guides what is the point?

Dave
 
Tringa said:
Television programmes which, at the end of one episode, tell you what is going to happen in the next episode. I'm quite happy to wait until next week, it is something to look forward to.

Television stations that shrink the closing credits of a programme so they can show you what is coming on next. When the only guide was the Radio Times then it might have been a bit useful, but with electronic on-screen programme guides what is the point?

Dave
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Amusingly, such shows that show clips from next week's episode, often start with "previously" clips so you remember what was going on. But if you are watching several episodes back to back on say iPlayer or Prime, you'll see it all 4 times if you don't skip forward. Essential for binge watchers.
 
Tringa said:
Television programmes which, at the end of one episode, tell you what is going to happen in the next episode.
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And the ones where they re tell what happened 5 mins ago............. before the adverts :mad: (ok for dementia sufferers I guess :D )
 
Water taps with an aerating nozzle - you still need just as much water as you did before, but now when you fill a glass it all bubbles over. Stoopid.
 
Been looking all over for simple vinegar bottle but no shops seem to sell them... then my sister found some and bought us 2. They both leak. It annoys the hell out of me that these things are shipped here from China(?) and no one rings the factory and says "These things are crap, we're sending the whole lot back."

If the importers gave a damn the shops wouldn't have to be full of (half designed assembled in the dark by people who couldn't give a flying) tat.

Oh, and another thing... Aunt Bessies vegi toad in the hole... I've been buying these for years and they never ever look like the picture on the box. Usually there's only the merest drizzle of pudding mix which surprises me as I'd have though it'd be cheaper than the sausage and something they wouldn't have to be mean with.
 
woof woof said:
Oh, and another thing... Aunt Bessies vegi toad in the hole... I've been buying these for years and they never ever look like the picture on the box. Usually there's only the merest drizzle of pudding mix which surprises me as I'd have though it'd be cheaper than the sausage and something they wouldn't have to be mean with.
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Why do you continue buying them if they're so disappointing? :D
 
People.
 
1. People who can't be bothered to use upper case letters or punctuation in their posts. I'll also add spell checking to that .. it's annoying to read a post that is full of silly errors that could easily have been avoided if the poster had troubled to go to 'preview' and subsequently corrected the words with the little red wavy line under them!

2. I'm at a T-junction and the car approaching from my right turns into my road without indicating and I then have to wait several minutes for another gap.

3. People who insist on keeping their mobile phone in their hand at all times, even when they're not using it. Just put it in your pocket or in your bag for goodness sake, then you'll have both hands free!

4. Over familiarity at the checkout desk and/or insincere check-out cheeriness. I came in to buy something and go .. if I wanted conversation I'd have gone to the pub.

5. The person in front of me in a queue is leaving an enormous gap between themselves and the person in front of them. It only makes me want to close right up to their shoulder when they get to the front.

6. Americanisms creeping into our everyday spelling and language. I blame mobile phones and text speak .. people are too lazy to spell out a whole word.

7. People who insist on enunciating the letter 'H' when it should be silent. There isn't any part of a word in the English language in which 'aytch' is pronounced 'haytch'.

8. My biggest current pet hate is yet another Americanism and that's the pronunciation of the word 'Sloth'. Here in the UK this beautiful slow moving mammal's name has always been pronounced 'sloth' as in 'loath', 'both' or troth', but definitely not as in 'cloth', 'broth' or 'moth'. Presenters of wildlife programmes are increasingly moving towards this awful mispronunciation and it really grates every time I hear it. At least David Attenborough still gets it right!
 
@Rupert67

I'm not going to address all your points as life is simply too short, however, regarding point 7, you are wholly incorrect.
 
Rupert67 said:
People who insist on enunciating the letter 'H' when it should be silent.
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As in Helephant I guess ?

Going along an almost deserted M6 toll, somewhere around the national speed limit, in the near side lane, a car finally over takes, (he took forever)
in lane 3 and continues for as far as the eye can see. And no, Not a BMW either it was a Ford Mondeo.

Going along an almost deserted M6 toll, somewhere around the national speed limit, with the Cruise control set, over the next 15 miles or so, I over took the same car 3 times.
Why come blasting past, and slow down half a mile up the road?
 
To check his/her texts and/or answer the phone?
 
He's just playing overtaking tennis. :p
 
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