Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
R2T2 said:
Superdry the T-Shirts
Too right, they are the worst for it. Recently my brother was given a large SD T shirt for his birthday, he is 5'9 circa 14 stone it was like a super tight crop top.Thus the T shirt was exchanged for an XL, nope still far too small, try XXL then, nope still looks stupid.
In the end he gave up and gave me the T shirt, which even on me (being 3 stone lighter) is still what I would describe as a bit figure hugging like a small medium!
For reference Super Dry claim a large T shirt is suitable for a 40inch chest, at Next a medium is 39-41inch, a SD XXL (largest size available) is 44inch chest which a Next Large.
JonRB said:
R2T2 said:
Kermit power said:
Has anyone yet claimed stupid bloody clothing manufacturers failing to agree on common sizing between them? 
I ordered a couple of mountain bike tops online which turned up this morning. Both were size XL. I've just filled out a returns form to return one for a size L and the other for an XXL!
I know what you mean! In Superdry the T-Shirts won't touch me but the hoodies are XXL, whereas in something like SoulCal I'm an L. I ordered a couple of mountain bike tops online which turned up this morning. Both were size XL. I've just filled out a returns form to return one for a size L and the other for an XXL!
It makes me sad
Timmy40 said:
It's a roasting hot day, the house is well insulted, I can guarantee you 100% the wife will have opened all the windows and doors as it's a hot day. Thus letting all the nice cool air out and all the hot air in.
I can also guarantee that tonight when the air has cooled outside she will be shutting all the doors and windows I leave open thus trapping in the hot air and not allowing the cool night air in.
It doesn't matter how much I tell her, she will do this. It's basic bloody physics. Insulation is not just about keeping the house warm in winter ( she can grasp that ), it also keeps it cool in summer ( she cannot grasp this )
My problem is slightly different. Our bedroom is in a loft conversion, and runs the full width of the house, with Velux windows on one end, and double doors with a Juliette balcony at the other end.I can also guarantee that tonight when the air has cooled outside she will be shutting all the doors and windows I leave open thus trapping in the hot air and not allowing the cool night air in.
It doesn't matter how much I tell her, she will do this. It's basic bloody physics. Insulation is not just about keeping the house warm in winter ( she can grasp that ), it also keeps it cool in summer ( she cannot grasp this )
There are no other buildings within 30 yards on one end, and 100+ at the other, so leaving both ends fully open all day means even on the stillest of days, we still get a pretty decent breeze flowing through, and by bedtime, it's absolutely lovely on all but the very hottest days. All, that is, so long as you keep the bloody door to the rest of the house shut!!!
Having worked at home yesterday, I knew everything was as perfect as it could get by 6pm when I went downstairs from my study next to the bedroom. By 9pm, she'd gone up, left the door open, and the room was sweltering as to top it off, she'd shut the double doors!!
aka_kerrly said:
Too right, they are the worst for it. Recently my brother was given a large SD T shirt for his birthday, he is 5'9 circa 14 stone it was like a super tight crop top.
Thus the T shirt was exchanged for an XL, nope still far too small, try XXL then, nope still looks stupid.
In the end he gave up and gave me the T shirt, which even on me (being 3 stone lighter) is still what I would describe as a bit figure hugging like a small medium!
For reference Super Dry claim a large T shirt is suitable for a 40inch chest, at Next a medium is 39-41inch, a SD XXL (largest size available) is 44inch chest which a Next Large.
I ordered 3 from them, in XXL size thinking they would be okay. (41" chest, bit portly, but not excessively) they we're like wearing an M. Thus the T shirt was exchanged for an XL, nope still far too small, try XXL then, nope still looks stupid.
In the end he gave up and gave me the T shirt, which even on me (being 3 stone lighter) is still what I would describe as a bit figure hugging like a small medium!
For reference Super Dry claim a large T shirt is suitable for a 40inch chest, at Next a medium is 39-41inch, a SD XXL (largest size available) is 44inch chest which a Next Large.
I ended up giving them to my girlfriend, and they fit her the way I would expect them to fit me (Properly, but room to move about) And she's a size 8/10 with an amble bosom.
I bought 2 XL Bench Tees at the same time and they fit me lovely, enough room to move about, but not like wearing a bean bag with arms either.
SpeckledJim said:
See also: putting wooden chopping boards in a full sink of water in the morning, and leave them in there all day. Then complain when they split.
Aaaaaand: I will have consistently said:
Please could you stop leaving the sponges in water in the sink? Please empty the bowl, squeeze out the sponge and leave it on the draining board. Thank you.
A couple of days later, after repeatedly ignoring this polite request.She always will have said:
Eugh, the sponge is disgusting. Can you stick it in bleach or bin it? Why do they always do this?
Timmy40 said:
It's a roasting hot day, the house is well insulted, I can guarantee you 100% the wife will have opened all the windows and doors as it's a hot day. Thus letting all the nice cool air out and all the hot air in.
I can also guarantee that tonight when the air has cooled outside she will be shutting all the doors and windows I leave open thus trapping in the hot air and not allowing the cool night air in.
It doesn't matter how much I tell her, she will do this. It's basic bloody physics. Insulation is not just about keeping the house warm in winter ( she can grasp that ), it also keeps it cool in summer ( she cannot grasp this )
I'd boot my OH out if she insulted the house like that! I can also guarantee that tonight when the air has cooled outside she will be shutting all the doors and windows I leave open thus trapping in the hot air and not allowing the cool night air in.
It doesn't matter how much I tell her, she will do this. It's basic bloody physics. Insulation is not just about keeping the house warm in winter ( she can grasp that ), it also keeps it cool in summer ( she cannot grasp this )
McAndy said:
SpeckledJim said:
See also: putting wooden chopping boards in a full sink of water in the morning, and leave them in there all day. Then complain when they split.
Aaaaaand: I will have consistently said:
Please could you stop leaving the sponges in water in the sink? Please empty the bowl, squeeze out the sponge and leave it on the draining board. Thank you.
A couple of days later, after repeatedly ignoring this polite request.She always will have said:
Eugh, the sponge is disgusting. Can you stick it in bleach or bin it? Why do they always do this?
So infuriating.
Leaving porridge in bowls to dry out all day, but putting greasy baking trays in a full sink of cold water "to soak". Please do it the other way round. If its water soluable you can soak it, if it isn't it will never work.
Also "this bin stinks" takes bag out of bin, puts it next to kitchen door. Next morning "the kitchen stinks". Either leave the stench in the bin or take it outside, don't move it where it will be easier to smell.
Neither is as irrationally annoying as claiming that the use of leftovers is a sign of good home economics, rather than a sign of planning meals poorly. When I cook there are no leftovers, just full people.
The Don of Croy said:
I was annoyed yesterday by the BBC News reporter at Wimbledon doing a piece about the heat - and telling us it was over 42degrees on Centre Court already IN THE SUNSHINE using the 'official' thermometer.
Why are these people so dumb? How do they get on TV?
The quality of TV interviewing is at an all-time low. Richard Dimbleby they are not. It's the banality of their questions that make me kick my telly - things like chatting to a sportsman/woman after a win and all they can come up with is " how are you feeling after that win?" WTF do you think their answer's going to be , you halfwit? What's the point in them being there if that's all they can think to say?Why are these people so dumb? How do they get on TV?
My most recent rant is the newspaper articles that have obviously been written entirely from a Twitter feed. Someone on the staff picks up on a story (which is usually not terribly interesting to start with), finds a few comments, and turns it into an article. Melanie from Shrewsbury said "that annoy me to lol".
And the TV interview of the anti-fracking protestors on North West Tonight last night, while they're all jumping up and down cheering because Cuadrillas application has been turned down, the journo keeps sticking microphones in faces and asking "How do you feel?" as if all the jumping and cheering doesn't rather give the mood away. And one of them says "Well, I think you can imagine how I'm feeling". Marvellous, thanks for your contribution. "Yes, yes I can imagine it, but I was hoping you might actually say something sensible about what a great victory it was [even though it apparently wasn't thrown out because of the protestors, but because of a planning policy thing], rather than look like you've only joined the protest as an excuse for a few days off work".
And the TV interview of the anti-fracking protestors on North West Tonight last night, while they're all jumping up and down cheering because Cuadrillas application has been turned down, the journo keeps sticking microphones in faces and asking "How do you feel?" as if all the jumping and cheering doesn't rather give the mood away. And one of them says "Well, I think you can imagine how I'm feeling". Marvellous, thanks for your contribution. "Yes, yes I can imagine it, but I was hoping you might actually say something sensible about what a great victory it was [even though it apparently wasn't thrown out because of the protestors, but because of a planning policy thing], rather than look like you've only joined the protest as an excuse for a few days off work".
The Don of Croy said:
I was annoyed yesterday by the BBC News reporter at Wimbledon doing a piece about the heat - and telling us it was over 42degrees on Centre Court already IN THE SUNSHINE using the 'official' thermometer.
Why are these people so dumb? How do they get on TV?
Same as the people on Facebook who post a picture of the temperature readout in the car, forgetting the fact that it's been parked in the sun in a hot car park for 8 hours. It wasn't really 37 degrees yesterday, you fool.Why are these people so dumb? How do they get on TV?
nicanary said:
OpulentBob said:
f
king Wimbledon. Boring, poncey, gay working-class-pretending-to-be-middle-class game. attended by tts and played by bigger tts. About as exciting as a runny nose.
And, while I'm here, anyone but fking Murray.
fk off Wimbledon.
tts.
Ashes start soon. king Wimbledon. Boring, poncey, gay working-class-pretending-to-be-middle-class game. attended by tts and played by bigger tts. About as exciting as a runny nose. And, while I'm here, anyone but f
king Murray.f
k off Wimbledon. t
ts. Tip-top.
OpulentBob said:
nicanary said:
OpulentBob said:
fking Wimbledon. Boring, poncey, gay working-class-pretending-to-be-middle-class game. attended by tts and played by bigger tts. About as exciting as a runny nose.
And, while I'm here, anyone but fking Murray.
fk off Wimbledon.
tts.
Ashes start soon. king Wimbledon. Boring, poncey, gay working-class-pretending-to-be-middle-class game. attended by tts and played by bigger tts. About as exciting as a runny nose. And, while I'm here, anyone but f
king Murray.f
k off Wimbledon. t
ts. Tip-top.
(well this is Pistonheads)
fatboy18 said:
OpulentBob said:
nicanary said:
OpulentBob said:
fking Wimbledon. Boring, poncey, gay working-class-pretending-to-be-middle-class game. attended by tts and played by bigger tts. About as exciting as a runny nose.
And, while I'm here, anyone but fking Murray.
fk off Wimbledon.
tts.
Ashes start soon. king Wimbledon. Boring, poncey, gay working-class-pretending-to-be-middle-class game. attended by tts and played by bigger tts. About as exciting as a runny nose. And, while I'm here, anyone but f
king Murray.f
k off Wimbledon. t
ts. Tip-top.
(well this is Pistonheads)
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