Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]

[Justayellowbadge]

Willy Nilly said:

Referring to the that clock tower in Westminster as Big Ben annoys me beyond reason.

The that?

[Willy Nilly]

Justayellowbadge said:

Willy Nilly said:

Referring to the that clock tower in Westminster as Big Ben annoys me beyond reason.

The that?

A bit of a typo, I'll take that and the grammar police have been informed, but this place https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=westminster+cloc...

Big Ben is the fking bell, you bells.

[Squishey]

8Ace said:

Timmy Time.

fking little wker.

[Langweilig]

Bombarded with cold calls from Swinton Insurance. I have signed up with the TPS. So why am I receiving phone calls like this?

[Hackney]

1. headrests set ridiculously high
1a. bonus points for if the person is very short

2. Using speed cameras on "smart motorways" to help manage traffic flow but not doing a bloody thing about shockingly bad lane discipline which actually causes poor traffic flow

[MissChief]

Langweilig said:

Bombarded with cold calls from Swinton Insurance. I have signed up with the TPS. So why am I receiving phone calls like this?

Presumably because at some point you've ticked (or unticked, need to be careful and read what it says) something that gives them permission to do so. TPS can't override that.

[james_tigerwoods]

Getting bombarded by calls because someone is taking out dodgy loans using my number (but not address) can't be avoided either....

bd. I even know the fker's name.

[Zelda Pinwheel]

Radio 2 breakfast - Moira Stuart's laugh: hyuck hyuck hyuck...

And why does she seem so completely gormless when talking about anything other than the news? I don't know why but suddenly anything she has to say other than the news headlines has me reaching for the volume knob.

Recruitment agencies. I do not need half a dozen calls A DAY selling me their services. It is getting harder to remain civil on the phone. I know it's not their fault but I do wish they'd please ps off and leave me alone.

[Roy Lime]

Unfortunately, it appears that yet another new example of utterly piss-poor English is creeping into general use and, frankly, it is about as welcome as a spinach-flavoured fart.

I refer to this business of failing to recognise that the indefinite article is modified by a following vowel sound. This is truly the mark of the simpleton. While I understand that some people are just a bit dim, I strongly suspect others are doing it deliberately, for effect, because they’ve heard some vapid, vacuous tt doing it on their TVs and they think it makes them appear cool. It doesn’t. It needs to cease forthwith. In conclusion: Anyone who refers to a early bath, a evening meal or a insurance policy is either AN idiot or AN arse hole.

[CB2152]

Roy Lime said:

Unfortunately, it appears that yet another new example of utterly piss-poor English is creeping into general use and, frankly, it is about as welcome as a spinach-flavoured fart.

I refer to this business of failing to recognise that the indefinite article is modified by a following vowel sound. This is truly the mark of the simpleton. While I understand that some people are just a bit dim, I strongly suspect others are doing it deliberately, for effect, because they’ve heard some vapid, vacuous tt doing it on their TVs and they think it makes them appear cool. It doesn’t. It needs to cease forthwith. In conclusion: Anyone who refers to a early bath, a evening meal or a insurance policy is either AN idiot or AN arse hole.

A certain J. C. R. Clarkson Esq. does this on Top Gear. Sometimes the other way around. The one that springs to mind is "an sheep" in one of the episodes. I don't mind much when he does it because I think he's literarily (yes, I wondered if that was a word as well, it is) quite talented and is doing it for the cameras, but I've heard people referring to "a animal" and "a incredible moron" at work, and I genuinely don't know whether they're trying to be funny (which they're not) or an eejit.

[JonRB]

Roy Lime said:

I refer to this business of failing to recognise that the indefinite article is modified by a following vowel sound.
...
In conclusion: Anyone who refers to a early bath, a evening meal or a insurance policy is either AN idiot or AN arse hole.

I find it extremely hard to understand how anyone outside of Yorkshire would cope with the clumsiness of the verbal stumble / lack of flow that saying that out loud would entail.

[Einion Yrth]

JonRB said:

Roy Lime said:

I refer to this business of failing to recognise that the indefinite article is modified by a following vowel sound.
...
In conclusion: Anyone who refers to a early bath, a evening meal or a insurance policy is either AN idiot or AN arse hole.

I find it extremely hard to understand how anyone outside of Yorkshire would cope with the clumsiness of the verbal stumble / lack of flow that saying that out loud would entail.

There are accents where the glottal stop is effectively just another consonant. If you were brought up with one of those it's a non issue.

[onyx39]

Gtoday, for the first time in ages, I had to post a letter , actually it was two.
No local post offices, so headed to Sainsbury's.
"Do you sell stamps?"
"Yes"
" Excellent, can I have two please?"
"Sorry, they come in books of six"
So it costs me almost 4.00 to post two letters.
Because you can bet your life that next time I need to send a letter, I will have lost the remaining 4!

Edited by onyx39 on Saturday 14th February 16:20

[JonRB]

Einion Yrth said:

There are accents where the glottal stop is effectively just another consonant. If you were brought up with one of those it's a non issue.

Indeed. Hence my reference to Yorkshire. But I accept what your are saying - there are more accents than that which use it.

[JonRB]

onyx39 said:

Because you can bet your life that next time I need to a letter, I will have lost the remaining 4!

Keep them in your wallet - that's what I do. The last book of stamps I bought lasted several years.

[LoriF50]

Roy Lime said:

Unfortunately, it appears that yet another new example of utterly piss-poor English is creeping into general use and, frankly, it is about as welcome as a spinach-flavoured fart.

I refer to this business of failing to recognise that the indefinite article is modified by a following vowel sound. This is truly the mark of the simpleton. While I understand that some people are just a bit dim, I strongly suspect others are doing it deliberately, for effect, because they’ve heard some vapid, vacuous tt doing it on their TVs and they think it makes them appear cool. It doesn’t. It needs to cease forthwith. In conclusion: Anyone who refers to a early bath, a evening meal or a insurance policy is either AN idiot or AN arse hole.

Entirely agree. Text speak/abbreviated rubbish is equally annoying

[Langweilig]

People who post pictures of their food on Facebook. This is especially annoying when you're in a restaurant of an evening.

[Cledus Snow]

Interflora.

The showers of bds didn't use my message on the flowers I sent the missus.

I spent ages thinking of something thoughtful and from the heart . She got 'happy valentines day'

[Jon321]

Langweilig said:

People who post pictures of their food on Facebook. This is especially annoying when you're in a restaurant of an evening.

People who check their Facebook accounts in a restaurant of an evening.

[Langweilig]

Cledus Snow said:

Interflora.

The showers of bds didn't use my message on the flowers I sent the missus.

I spent ages thinking of something thoughtful and from the heart . She got 'happy valentines day'

They're supposed to "Say it with flowers". Sue 'em.