Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
SilverSixer said:
nicanary said:
The latest catchphrase from all political parties - "working people".
Did you see Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe last night? They over dubbed the three leaders' speeches, replacing the word working in this phrase with another one ending in -king, but starting with fu-. Then bleeped it out. It was jolly amusing.Nichola Sturgeon, Nichola Sturgeon. Nichola Sturgeon....
Well worth a look on iPlayer.
Timmy40 said:
People who don't understand how wide there car is. These people usually drive very very small cars, For KA's mostly, but seem to think when passing on a narrow road, parking or anything else that they are driving something as wide as a Challenger Main battle tank.
They are funny at times though. I've seen such a retard in a Ka stop at a gap as if their car wouldn't fit. What made it funny was they just followed a bus up to the gap & saw it get through the gap.
king Tradepoint advert on the radio. It sounds like they're singing "straight boys", not "Tradepoint"..!Hooli said:
Timmy40 said:
People who don't understand how wide there car is. These people usually drive very very small cars, For KA's mostly, but seem to think when passing on a narrow road, parking or anything else that they are driving something as wide as a Challenger Main battle tank.
They are funny at times though. I've seen such a retard in a Ka stop at a gap as if their car wouldn't fit. What made it funny was they just followed a bus up to the gap & saw it get through the gap.Hooli said:
They are funny at times though. I've seen such a retard in a Ka stop at a gap as if their car wouldn't fit. What made it funny was they just followed a bus up to the gap & saw it get through the gap.
Reminds me of the time I followed a van through a corner on an A-road at about 50mph in the Corrado, with my (ex)wife in the passenger seat and her screaming "We're skidding! We're skidding! Slow down!" to which I replied that if a bloody van was able to out-corner us then I might as well sell the Corrado and buy one. 
nicanary said:
Rear screen wipers which operate whenever you are using windscreen wipers and engage reverse gear, with no override facility. Dry rear screen = screeeech, ruined blade. F*ckwit design.
^^ Definitely this! I used to have a van which did it, drove me nuts.Can I have people who put acronyms into posts expecting other people to understand what they are on about? Spoils a good story....
wildcat45 said:
I asked him about my OGM on my voicemail.
ShiningWit said:
nicanary said:
Rear screen wipers which operate whenever you are using windscreen wipers and engage reverse gear, with no override facility. Dry rear screen = screeeech, ruined blade. F*ckwit design.
^^ Definitely this! I used to have a van which did it, drove me nuts.Can I have people who put acronyms into posts expecting other people to understand what they are on about? Spoils a good story....
wildcat45 said:
I asked him about my OGM on my voicemail.
popeyewhite said:
ShiningWit said:
nicanary said:
Rear screen wipers which operate whenever you are using windscreen wipers and engage reverse gear, with no override facility. Dry rear screen = screeeech, ruined blade. F*ckwit design.
^^ Definitely this! I used to have a van which did it, drove me nuts.Can I have people who put acronyms into posts expecting other people to understand what they are on about? Spoils a good story....
wildcat45 said:
I asked him about my OGM on my voicemail.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/OGM.html
ShiningWit said:
It's an abbreviation. An acronym is a separate word formed from an abbreviation. Such as RADAR or SCUBA. There are some words you'd be forgiven for thinking are acronyms when they're not. BEEB, for example, is a colloquialism.
popeyewhite said:
ShiningWit said:
It's an abbreviation. An acronym is a separate word formed from an abbreviation. Such as RADAR or SCUBA. There are some words you'd be forgiven for thinking are acronyms when they're not. BEEB, for example, is a colloquialism.
ShiningWit said:
That is somewhere between being debatable and a fine line
No, it's fact. It's not debatable and it's nowhere near any kind of line. Since you can't be bothered to Google it yourself:http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/acronymterm.htm
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