Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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The phrase 'and the rest is history'. What am i supposed to do with that? I read it as simple shorthand for the fact that whoever wrote / said it knows little to no further information on the subject. Or more annoying, assumes that the reader does.
For example, using this principle I shall now set out for you the history of the car:
'In 1886 Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, and the rest is history.'
I'm glad you and I now both fully understand and appreciate the history of the car. Indeed, i can go one step further and explain the entire history of everything:
'Approximately 13.8 million years ago the universe rapidly expanded from a high density state, a phenomenon typically referred to as "the big bang". The rest, as they say, is history.'
Come to think of it that's not actually a million miles away from being a definition of what history is in its most literal sense
. Nonetheless, did we learn everything about everything? No, because it's a phrase that actually at its heart means 
k all. When I was at university we were all but banned from saying 'etc' in essays as it would be taken as meaning you didn't know anything further even though you knew your list was incomplete. The same principle should be applied here. Surely everybody has been watching an interesting documentary that has suddenly stopped discussing a subject and instead inserted this useless phrase? Why not just provide a brief summary? A few sentences of text, or maybe 30 seconds of speech, could in all instances summarize what you've just disregarded as 'history'.
For example, using this principle I shall now set out for you the history of the car:
'In 1886 Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, and the rest is history.'
I'm glad you and I now both fully understand and appreciate the history of the car. Indeed, i can go one step further and explain the entire history of everything:
'Approximately 13.8 million years ago the universe rapidly expanded from a high density state, a phenomenon typically referred to as "the big bang". The rest, as they say, is history.'
Come to think of it that's not actually a million miles away from being a definition of what history is in its most literal sense
. Nonetheless, did we learn everything about everything? No, because it's a phrase that actually at its heart means k all. When I was at university we were all but banned from saying 'etc' in essays as it would be taken as meaning you didn't know anything further even though you knew your list was incomplete. The same principle should be applied here. Surely everybody has been watching an interesting documentary that has suddenly stopped discussing a subject and instead inserted this useless phrase? Why not just provide a brief summary? A few sentences of text, or maybe 30 seconds of speech, could in all instances summarize what you've just disregarded as 'history'. 
Snubs said:
'Approximately 13.8 million years ago the universe rapidly expanded from a high density state, a phenomenon typically referred to as "the big bang". The rest, as they say, is history.'
Come to think of it that's not actually a million miles away from being a definition of what history is in its most literal sense.
That's prehistory. History is stuff that's been recorded and analysed by a human.Come to think of it that's not actually a million miles away from being a definition of what history is in its most literal sense.
CC07 PEU said:
People who drink carbonated water - pretentious fkers. They don't even enjoy it, they just drink it to try and impress their peers.
It's good if you're trying to lose some weight by stopping drinking fizzy drinks. It's like a halfway house in that you still have the bubbles but you don't have the sugar.kers. They don't even enjoy it, they just drink it to try and impress their peers.CC07 PEU said:
People who drink carbonated water - pretentious fkers. They don't even enjoy it, they just drink it to try and impress their peers.
I congratulate you on interviewing every single person who drinks carbonated water as to their reasons, motivation, and whether or not they enjoy drinking it. kers. They don't even enjoy it, they just drink it to try and impress their peers.Presumably you'll be passing on the results of this monumentally extensive market survey to the likes of Perrier so they can shut up shop and find something else to sell?
(Personally I don't like fizzy water, but I don't object to people who do)
gowmonster said:
Kiltie said:
Boots the Chemist.
because that's the old name for it or because they done something to you?- You need to ask for a bag at the self checkout.
- They had something I was going to buy marked down and then put the price back up before I'd bought it.
- The staff look at me funny.
JonRB said:
CC07 PEU said:
People who drink carbonated water - pretentious fkers. They don't even enjoy it, they just drink it to try and impress their peers.
I congratulate you on interviewing every single person who drinks carbonated water as to their reasons, motivation, and whether or not they enjoy drinking it. kers. They don't even enjoy it, they just drink it to try and impress their peers.Presumably you'll be passing on the results of this monumentally extensive market survey to the likes of Perrier so they can shut up shop and find something else to sell?
(Personally I don't like fizzy water, but I don't object to people who do)
ker she is quite happy with Tesco or Aldi Chase Spring at 17p a bottle. 
Mind you there are some complete knobbers out there when it comes to bottled water. I once heard a woman in Tesco berating her husband for putting a bottle of Tesco Perthshire Mountain Spring water in the trolley. "No dear, don't get that, it's horrible. Get Highland Spring instead".
IT'S THE SAME f
kING WATER. IT COMES FROM THE SAME fkING SOURCE AND IS BOTTLED IN THE SAME fkING FACTORY. EVEN THE fkING BOTTLES ARE IDENTICAL APART FROM THE fkING LABELS! 
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