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

[Hooli]

DJFish said:

FourWheelDrift said:

People who think a top crust only makes it a pie.

YES!
Anything else is a stew with a hat on.

I've mentioned the 'stew with a hat on' to several pubs/restaurants over the years. As far as I'm concerned it's false advertising, especially as the best bit of a pie is the bottom pastry.

[McAndy]

The pathetic bunch of spineless fools coming through into workplaces today. So many of the under 30s take a day off work for a sniffle or a headache. fking toughen up, get your act together and get into work. Oh, and while I'm on it, learn to think for yourselves. fking pathetic. Really pissed me off this morning.

[Hackney]

read5458 said:

iambeowulf said:

Keira Knightley.

Every movie she does I find her very irritating.
Partly it's her fake posh English accent. I saw her interviewed after Bend It Like Beckham and she sounded like every other Londoner comprehensive educated bird.

Yes she's pretty. But I just can't get past her acting ability and voice.

YES!!. Her voice and occasionally her acting destroyed any hope I had of enjoying Pirates of the Caribbean. Cringe worthy.

Edited by read5458 on Sunday 12th July 10:14

Yes, *those* are the things that make POTC unwatcheable.

[james_tigerwoods]

The whole "I must get my teacher some crap" thing at the end of the year. It's gone from making shortbread to a fking handbag - for the teacher AND teaching assistant.

Apparently I'm being a cheapskate but its OK to buy an overpriced kids drinks bottle at £7 each for both the kids that were put STRAIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE fkING CUPBOARD

[iambeowulf]

james_tigerwoods said:

The whole "I must get my teacher some crap" thing at the end of the year. It's gone from making shortbread to a fking handbag - for the teacher AND teaching assistant.

Apparently I'm being a cheapskate but its OK to buy an overpriced kids drinks bottle at £7 each for both the kids that were put STRAIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE fkING CUPBOARD

Hmm. I thought you were an adult.

Good for you. >pats head but not in a sexual way<





The phrase "Bury their head in the sand like an ostrich" and variations of it invoking that weird bird.
They don't. Ever.

[JonRB]

iambeowulf said:

james_tigerwoods said:

The whole "I must get my teacher some crap" thing at the end of the year. It's gone from making shortbread to a fking handbag - for the teacher AND teaching assistant.

Apparently I'm being a cheapskate but its OK to buy an overpriced kids drinks bottle at £7 each for both the kids that were put STRAIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE fkING CUPBOARD

Hmm. I thought you were an adult.

Good for you. >pats head but not in a sexual way<





The phrase "Bury their head in the sand like an ostrich" and variations of it invoking that weird bird.
They don't. Ever.

Ok... I've read his post and I've read your reply, and the two seem to be completely and utterly unrelated.

What on earth are you on about, iambeowulf?

[iambeowulf]

JonRB said:

iambeowulf said:

james_tigerwoods said:

The whole "I must get my teacher some crap" thing at the end of the year. It's gone from making shortbread to a fking handbag - for the teacher AND teaching assistant.

Apparently I'm being a cheapskate but its OK to buy an overpriced kids drinks bottle at £7 each for both the kids that were put STRAIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE fkING CUPBOARD

Hmm. I thought you were an adult.

Good for you. >pats head but not in a sexual way<





The phrase "Bury their head in the sand like an ostrich" and variations of it invoking that weird bird.
They don't. Ever.

Ok... I've read his post and I've read your reply, and the two seem to be completely and utterly unrelated.

What on earth are you on about, iambeowulf?

First bit was implying he was a child and not the adult with children.
So that attempt at humour was lost on you.

Second bit was in reply to the thread title. Which is why I left a biiiiig gap so stupid people would know it's not related to my first post.

Ok Mr pedantic?

[JonRB]

iambeowulf said:

First bit was implying he was a child and not the adult with children.
So that attempt at humour was lost on you.

Forgive me; your rapier-like wit was clearly lost on me. Have you considered a career as a comedian?

iambeowulf said:

Second bit was in reply to the thread title. Which is why I left a biiiiig gap so stupid people would know it's not related to my first post.

I see. Well, thanks for the clarification.

Of course, if you were as clever as you seem to think you are, then no explanation would have been necessary.

[iambeowulf]

JonRB said:

iambeowulf said:

First bit was implying he was a child and not the adult with children.
So that attempt at humour was lost on you.

Forgive me; your rapier-like wit was clearly lost on me. Have you considered a career as a comedian?

iambeowulf said:

Second bit was in reply to the thread title. Which is why I left a biiiiig gap so stupid people would know it's not related to my first post.

I see. Well, thanks for the clarification.

Of course, if you were as clever as you seem to think you are, then no explanation would have been necessary.

Have you had a bad week so far John?
Are there a lot of things that really annoy you?
Are you more irritable than you normally are (and don't we all know about it)?
Have you tried hugging someone?

Try it!

Love you.

[nute]

bds who take massive carry on bags onto planes and take up the entire overhead bin and the check in agents who let them do it despite the damn bag being miles bigger than the size they say they allow. Half the time its a woman who not only has a huge wheelie carry on but a fecking great big hand bag as well. They never ever use what is in the carry on during the flight.

To make it worse now when you check your bags in the BA staff will put a label on the small bag anyone considerate carries stating that it must be put under the seat in front of you to save room in the overhead bin for the bloody stupid sized wheelie bags the tts insist on taking on the plane.

Well i don't want to put the small bag containing a paperback and an iPad under the seat in front of me, i want to put my bloody feet there as I'm 6'4" and i need the bloody space.

[james_tigerwoods]

iambeowulf said:

james_tigerwoods said:

The whole "I must get my teacher some crap" thing at the end of the year. It's gone from making shortbread to a fking handbag - for the teacher AND teaching assistant.

Apparently I'm being a cheapskate but its OK to buy an overpriced kids drinks bottle at £7 each for both the kids that were put STRAIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE fkING CUPBOARD

Hmm. I thought you were an adult.

Good for you. >pats head but not in a sexual way<

Confused

My point was that there is that pressure on parents to get the teacher an expensive gift as a thank you at the end of the year when all the other parents are doing the same - a "cold war" escalation of gifts if you will.

My daughter is happy to spend a few hours making a nice tasteful and thoughtful card (she's, genuinely, good at drawing and the like) but apparently that's not enough...

[JakeT]

john2443 said:

It's Driving Licence in the UK you tards!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leather-Drivers-Licence-In...

Why would you carry insurance docs with you? Full Schedule, policy info and all the specifics in the event you get pulled over? Are there many people still stuck in 1985?

[PoleDriver]

nute said:

bds who take massive carry on bags onto planes and take up the entire overhead bin and the check in agents who let them do it despite the damn bag being miles bigger than the size they say they allow. Half the time its a woman who not only has a huge wheelie carry on but a fecking great big hand bag as well. They never ever use what is in the carry on during the flight.

To make it worse now when you check your bags in the BA staff will put a label on the small bag anyone considerate carries stating that it must be put under the seat in front of you to save room in the overhead bin for the bloody stupid sized wheelie bags the tts insist on taking on the plane.

Well i don't want to put the small bag containing a paperback and an iPad under the seat in front of me, i want to put my bloody feet there as I'm 6'4" and i need the bloody space.

Ewwwww! You don't sit up the back with the hoi polloi do you?

[iambeowulf]

james_tigerwoods said:

Confused

My point was that there is that pressure on parents to get the teacher an expensive gift as a thank you at the end of the year when all the other parents are doing the same - a "cold war" escalation of gifts if you will.

My daughter is happy to spend a few hours making a nice tasteful and thoughtful card (she's, genuinely, good at drawing and the like) but apparently that's not enough...

Right ok. Obviously my attempt at a joke went over everyone's head (well at least two) so let's just pretend I never said anything.

Teachers suck.

[RobinOakapple]

iambeowulf said:

Right ok. Obviously my attempt at a joke went over everyone's head

It's not that. It's the fact that your joke was so bad that it wasn't even recognised as being an attempted joke.

[anonymous-user]

nute said:

bds who take massive carry on bags onto planes and take up the entire overhead bin and the check in agents who let them do it despite the damn bag being miles bigger than the size they say they allow. Half the time its a woman who not only has a huge wheelie carry on but a fecking great big hand bag as well. They never ever use what is in the carry on during the flight.

To make it worse now when you check your bags in the BA staff will put a label on the small bag anyone considerate carries stating that it must be put under the seat in front of you to save room in the overhead bin for the bloody stupid sized wheelie bags the tts insist on taking on the plane.

Well i don't want to put the small bag containing a paperback and an iPad under the seat in front of me, i want to put my bloody feet there as I'm 6'4" and i need the bloody space.

Plus a billion.

Not to mention of one of the bins locks fails, and the door pops open, you could end up with a 12kg hard-cornered case landing on you.

Inconsiderate fkwits.

Plus the s that push the baggage trolley right to the baggage reclaim carousel, and fk everyone else who wants to actually collect their bags. I like standing immediately upstream of them, then when collecting my bag "accidentally" knocking the their trolley in to their shins/kids/elderly relatives. That'll learn ya, ya big shiny bell-ends. Yeah, it makes me a too, but I've just sat on a plane listening to their screaming kids for 10 hours, the last thing I want is to be delayed further from reaching my destination.

I've since learned, the trick with travel is take a tiny bag with an iPad and a power bank and a bar of choc, sit on an inside aisle seat as far forward as possible, when you land grab the bag and get straight up, as far forward as you can (the business class folks will have done something similar), straight off, to immigration and baggage reclaim first. I went from wheels down straight to standing outside Mumbai airport with 2 cases in 25 minutes on Saturday. A new record. It helps if you look pissed off when walking through the green channel too.

Oh, and travelling Indians piss me off too. I have never known a ruder bunch of people. Especially the older women. They are the epitome of who I would call "a steaming bubbling ". Passport control - they just stand right next to you, practically pushing you out of the way.

I hate flying. I hate airports. I hate the people that use airports. I hate the people that take kids on planes and then expect everyone else to turn the lights off or keep quiet because little ttina is sleeping. I hate kids on planes. I hate people who get excited by getting on a plane. Air travels annoys the st out of me. I don't know why, because I love planes.

[thismonkeyhere]

iambeowulf said:

Teachers suck.

I think teachers are pretty awesome on the whole, and do a great job.

However:

They don't half get stty with you if you dare to suggest that it's pretty great to have 6-8 weeks off in the summer, and the rest.

And yet:

I've seen at least two teachers on FB, and one in person, having a jolly good gloat about that fact that they are finishing work and have the whole summer off, and how awesome it is.

FFS, make your minds up!

Edited by thismonkeyhere on Wednesday 15th July 09:29

[anonymous-user]

^

[McAndy]

thismonkeyhere said:

I think teachers are pretty awesome on the whole, and do a great job.

Yep.

thismonkeyhere said:

They don't half get stty with you if you dare to suggest that it's pretty great to have 6-8 weeks off in the summer, and the rest.

These are the good teachers.

thismonkeyhere said:

And yet:

I've seen at least two teachers on FB, and one in person, having a jolly good gloat about that fact that they are finishing work and have the whole summer off, and how awesome it is.

These are the bad teachers.

[PoleDriver]

McAndy said:

thismonkeyhere said:

I think teachers are pretty awesome on the whole, and do a great job.

Yep.

thismonkeyhere said:

They don't half get stty with you if you dare to suggest that it's pretty great to have 6-8 weeks off in the summer, and the rest.

These are the lying teachers.

thismonkeyhere said:

And yet:

I've seen at least two teachers on FB, and one in person, having a jolly good gloat about that fact that they are finishing work and have the whole summer off, and how awesome it is.

These are the truthful teachers.

EFA