Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
jamesson said:
Some abbreviations bug the hell out of me. Lappy for laptop, thou for thousand, ambo for ambulance etc. Cretins.
Anyone referring to a distributor as a dizzy and a carburettor as a carby annoys me.As do people that reply "Good" when I ask "How are you?" I didn't query their virtuosity or morality.
Dan Singh said:
jamesson said:
Some abbreviations bug the hell out of me. Lappy for laptop, thou for thousand, ambo for ambulance etc. Cretins.
Anyone referring to a distributor as a dizzy and a carburettor as a carby annoys me.As do people that reply "Good" when I ask "How are you?" I didn't query their virtuosity or morality.
Like being in good health.
Dan Singh said:
jamesson said:
Some abbreviations bug the hell out of me. Lappy for laptop, thou for thousand, ambo for ambulance etc. Cretins.
Anyone referring to a distributor as a dizzy and a carburettor as a carby annoys me.As do people that reply "Good" when I ask "How are you?" I didn't query their virtuosity or morality.
k. But oxi action stain removers (sodium percarbonate) aren't a gimmick.Dan Singh said:
jamesson said:
Some abbreviations bug the hell out of me. Lappy for laptop, thou for thousand, ambo for ambulance etc. Cretins.
Anyone referring to a distributor as a dizzy and a carburettor as a carby annoys me.As do people that reply "Good" when I ask "How are you?" I didn't query their virtuosity or morality.
Cotty said:
I sometimes wonder that if I don't make the effort to contact people and arrange things that I might never see them again. Is this just me or do other people experience this?
It does annoy me thats its always me that has to make the first move to get people motivated to meet up.
My best man. 15 years of no contact, then I started a new job, and he was a major customer's representative helping key suppliers with improvement projects. So I saw him every week, for a year. Then I was made redundant, and I didn't hear from him for 7 years, unless I made contact first. It does annoy me thats its always me that has to make the first move to get people motivated to meet up.
Then I went contracting, and I got a contract with a different part of his company in the same location, so I saw him for lunch every 3 or 4 weeks, then, I moved on to.another contract, and I only spoke to him if I emailed him. I heard he was taking early retirement via someone we both knew, but it turned out the only contact details I had was a work phone number.
I think I could contact him on LinkedIn, but why should I make every move?
Note. We went to school together. Ended up on the same degree course (my fourth polytechnic back up) and shared a house in the 2nd and 3rd years.
Dan Singh said:
Anyone referring to a distributor as a dizzy and a carburettor as a carby annoys me.
Has anyone in the history of Planet Earth ever referred to a carburettor as a carby? I've seen carb on multiple occasions ("twin carb", "carb cleaner") but never seen carby or dizzy until today when you mentioned it.LunarOne said:
Dan Singh said:
Anyone referring to a distributor as a dizzy and a carburettor as a carby annoys me.
Has anyone in the history of Planet Earth ever referred to a carburettor as a carby? I've seen carb on multiple occasions ("twin carb", "carb cleaner") but never seen carby or dizzy until today when you mentioned it.“Carby”: baby talk. FRO
popeyewhite said:
Dan Singh said:
jamesson said:
Some abbreviations bug the hell out of me. Lappy for laptop, thou for thousand, ambo for ambulance etc. Cretins.
Anyone referring to a distributor as a dizzy and a carburettor as a carby annoys me.As do people that reply "Good" when I ask "How are you?" I didn't query their virtuosity or morality.
To describe how you are (the word 'are' being a verb) requires an adverb, not an adjective. 'Good' is an adjective, 'well' is the adverbial form. However, if the question was "What are you?" rather than "How are you?", then 'Good' can be used as an answer, i.e. 'I am good, as opposed to evil'. The statement 'I am good' does not describe your state of wellbeing - the 'good' here is describing the noun (or to be precise in this case the pronoun) 'I'.
LunarOne said:
Dan Singh said:
Anyone referring to a distributor as a dizzy and a carburettor as a carby annoys me.
Has anyone in the history of Planet Earth ever referred to a carburettor as a carby? I've seen carb on multiple occasions ("twin carb", "carb cleaner") but never seen carby or dizzy until today when you mentioned it.
snuffy said:
The correct answer to being asked "How are you?" is to reply "Well, since you ask...".
99.9% of people who ask you that question don't give a toss about you or your answer, and most likely does not even listen to your reply anyway.
There's a Two Ronnies sketch about this very thing.
Link?99.9% of people who ask you that question don't give a toss about you or your answer, and most likely does not even listen to your reply anyway.
There's a Two Ronnies sketch about this very thing.
CivicDuties said:
I'd say the correct answer is "I am well, thanks".
To describe how you are (the word 'are' being a verb) requires an adverb, not an adjective. 'Good' is an adjective, 'well' is the adverbial form. However, if the question was "What are you?" rather than "How are you?", then 'Good' can be used as an answer, i.e. 'I am good, as opposed to evil'. The statement 'I am good' does not describe your state of wellbeing - the 'good' here is describing the noun (or to be precise in this case the pronoun) 'I'.
The correct answer would surely be "I'm very well, thank you. How are you?"To describe how you are (the word 'are' being a verb) requires an adverb, not an adjective. 'Good' is an adjective, 'well' is the adverbial form. However, if the question was "What are you?" rather than "How are you?", then 'Good' can be used as an answer, i.e. 'I am good, as opposed to evil'. The statement 'I am good' does not describe your state of wellbeing - the 'good' here is describing the noun (or to be precise in this case the pronoun) 'I'.
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