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

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

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jet_noise

5,650 posts

182 months

Saturday 11th April 2015
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iva cosworth said:
jet_noise said:
iva cosworth said:
People,mainly on here,who use stupid abbreviations for car names.

I've just seen "Veccy"....Vectra ?

Fez for Fiesta,Fezzer for Ferrari,Escy or Essy for Escort.
How's the Cossie?
I can tolerate that,just about.
tongue outhehe

Scousefella

2,243 posts

181 months

Saturday 11th April 2015
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Today I was walking with my 3 year old daughter into a Tesco superstore, there was a small group of black chaps who were meeting and greeting just near the entrance - all well and good but why on Earth do they have to address each other as N*GGER/N*GGA?????

Thankfully my little one never repeated the word but at her age she picks up so much vocab so very easily now.


popeyewhite

19,873 posts

120 months

Saturday 11th April 2015
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Scousefella said:
Today I was walking with my 3 year old daughter into a Tesco superstore, there was a small group of black chaps who were meeting and greeting just near the entrance - all well and good but why on Earth do they have to address each other as N*GGER/N*GGA?????
Why shouldn't they? In the black guys culture the word is quite normal, it's only our fked up culture where it's a hanging offence to even say eeny meeny.

Scousefella

2,243 posts

181 months

Saturday 11th April 2015
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popeyewhite said:
Scousefella said:
Today I was walking with my 3 year old daughter into a Tesco superstore, there was a small group of black chaps who were meeting and greeting just near the entrance - all well and good but why on Earth do they have to address each other as N*GGER/N*GGA?????
Why shouldn't they? In the black guys culture the word is quite normal, it's only our fked up culture where it's a hanging offence to even say eeny meeny.
Because if my daughter utters the word in nursery on Monday I would expect a pretty unpleasant phone call.

King Herald

23,501 posts

216 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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One thing that really pisses my boil: tardiness! Ignorant people always being late, making people wait. What the juddering fk is so hard about planning a little to make sure you are ready when you are supposed to be???????

Told the wife this morning we are going to meet some friends, at 12:30 at a local swimming resort, for lunch, swim, gasbag etc.

"We leave at 12 o'clock" I told her, "exactly, on the dot". "Okay" said she, "no problem".

So, I'm playing PS4, 11:45 I shut my game down, pack my stuff, get ready, lock all the doors and windows, 12 o'clock I'm looking for the wife and daughter. Daughter is in the shower, wife is outside playing with the dogs, still dressed in her scruffs..... madfuriousmadfuriousmadmadfurious

I flew in from the USA last Thursday, after four weeks offshore, Wife knew for a week when I'd arrive, so I'm at the airport, phoned her, told her when the plane hit tarmac, and by the time I cleared immigration, collected bag, customs, walked outside, annnnnnndddddddd stood in the burning sun for a half hour until she finally arrived.


grumbledoak

31,532 posts

233 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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King Herald said:
One thing that really pisses my boil: tardiness! <wife tales>
A cynic might suggest that your wife doesn't value your time.

A divorced cynic would probably suggest that she's already done the cost/benefit analysis of the divorce. wink

gowmonster

2,471 posts

167 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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King Herald said:
One thing that really pisses my boil: tardiness! Ignorant people always being late, making people wait. What the juddering fk is so hard about planning a little to make sure you are ready when you are supposed to be???????

Told the wife this morning we are going to meet some friends, at 12:30 at a local swimming resort, for lunch, swim, gasbag etc.

"We leave at 12 o'clock" I told her, "exactly, on the dot". "Okay" said she, "no problem".

So, I'm playing PS4, 11:45 I shut my game down, pack my stuff, get ready, lock all the doors and windows, 12 o'clock I'm looking for the wife and daughter. Daughter is in the shower, wife is outside playing with the dogs, still dressed in her scruffs..... madfuriousmadfuriousmadmadfurious

I flew in from the USA last Thursday, after four weeks offshore, Wife knew for a week when I'd arrive, so I'm at the airport, phoned her, told her when the plane hit tarmac, and by the time I cleared immigration, collected bag, customs, walked outside, annnnnnndddddddd stood in the burning sun for a half hour until she finally arrived.
so always give her the wrong earlier time so you have planned in some contingency? ie, you need to leave by 11:30

fatboy18

18,947 posts

211 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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gowmonster said:
King Herald said:
One thing that really pisses my boil: tardiness! Ignorant people always being late, making people wait. What the juddering fk is so hard about planning a little to make sure you are ready when you are supposed to be???????

Told the wife this morning we are going to meet some friends, at 12:30 at a local swimming resort, for lunch, swim, gasbag etc.

"We leave at 12 o'clock" I told her, "exactly, on the dot". "Okay" said she, "no problem".

So, I'm playing PS4, 11:45 I shut my game down, pack my stuff, get ready, lock all the doors and windows, 12 o'clock I'm looking for the wife and daughter. Daughter is in the shower, wife is outside playing with the dogs, still dressed in her scruffs..... madfuriousmadfuriousmadmadfurious

I flew in from the USA last Thursday, after four weeks offshore, Wife knew for a week when I'd arrive, so I'm at the airport, phoned her, told her when the plane hit tarmac, and by the time I cleared immigration, collected bag, customs, walked outside, annnnnnndddddddd stood in the burning sun for a half hour until she finally arrived.
so always give her the wrong earlier time so you have planned in some contingency? ie, you need to leave by 11:30
Better still, go without them, they will have a strop on for a few weeks but eventually they will get the point wink Like trying to get my son up for a early start car meet, given up now, his loss.

BristolRich

545 posts

133 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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The Victoria Plumb TV advert and the use of a stylised plum as their logo...

MartG

20,678 posts

204 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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When I open up Facebook to send my son a message, and the first post that pops up is the results of the Grand Prix which I have yet to watch frown

King Herald

23,501 posts

216 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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fatboy18 said:
gowmonster said:
King Herald said:
One thing that really pisses my boil: tardiness......
so always give her the wrong earlier time so you have planned in some contingency? ie, you need to leave by 11:30
Better still, go without them, they will have a strop on for a few weeks but eventually they will get the point wink Like trying to get my son up for a early start car meet, given up now, his loss.
I used to do that years ago, but it caused too much grief. Usually I don't plan much nowadays if I can help it, as I always manage to get something wrong, the destination, the choice of events, the type of restaurant etc. So, now I make a point of telling them to pick everything and I also make an even stronger point of reminding them I've always been wrong in the past..... they get the hint, it hits a raw nerve. biggrin

JonRB

74,554 posts

272 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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The Virgin Media broadband advert where the guy is a (literal) Navy Seal playing something like Call of Duty in co-operative mode (complete with gaming headset) and at the end of the advert, the wife comes in and sends their little daughter over to "sit next to daddy" and fk up his game for him. What an absolutely vile thing to do.

RobinOakapple

2,802 posts

112 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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JonRB said:
The Virgin Media broadband advert where the guy is a (literal) Navy Seal playing something like Call of Duty in co-operative mode (complete with gaming headset) and at the end of the advert, the wife comes in and sends their little daughter over to "sit next to daddy" and fk up his game for him. What an absolutely vile thing to do.
I haven't seen this advert, but am surprised that the sending of the daughter is a 'vile' thing to do. Am I misunderstanding something?

JonRB

74,554 posts

272 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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RobinOakapple said:
I haven't seen this advert, but am surprised that the sending of the daughter is a 'vile' thing to do. Am I misunderstanding something?
Because it's saying "what you're enjoying doing is worthless in my eyes, so I am going to spoil it for you. But, worse, I'm going to make our daughter do the dirty work and teach her that it is ok to do something like that".

Sure, it's just an advert, but it just seems like a rather mean thing to do.

Plus, it annoyed me beyond reason; hence the post. smile

dudleybloke

19,824 posts

186 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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Its nuclear not nucular!

nicanary

9,795 posts

146 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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dudleybloke said:
Its nuclear not nucular!
Not if you're George Dubya.....

dudleybloke

19,824 posts

186 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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nicanary said:
dudleybloke said:
Its nuclear not nucular!
Not if you're George Dubya.....
Seems like most yanks say it wrong.

Cotty

39,540 posts

284 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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RobinOakapple said:
I haven't seen this advert, but am surprised that the sending of the daughter is a 'vile' thing to do. Am I misunderstanding something?
This one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXeQPotCzIE

I suppose its a bit like the mother flower arranging and the dad asking his son to kick over the pots.

Edited by Cotty on Sunday 12th April 18:06

MartG

20,678 posts

204 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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dudleybloke said:
Its nuclear not nucular!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEYUoISCQ5w

dudleybloke

19,824 posts

186 months

Sunday 12th April 2015
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MartG said:
dudleybloke said:
Its nuclear not nucular!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEYUoISCQ5w
Indeed!
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