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

[JonRB]

br d said:

What is it?

A *white* hole?

[marmitemania]

Catching bits of the pride of Britain awards out the corner of my eye. 'They discovered they where pregnant' Who discovered they were pregnant? Two ladies? twin sisters? No a man and his wife. The fking sentence does not even make sense. Another American import no doubt.

[popeyewhite]

marmitemania said:

The answer to that question, I have no idea.

Well thanks anyway, I'm not getting an answer from anyone else!

[JonRB]

It's particularly ironic that in the patchy fog on the M3 today, it was the dim-witted drivers who were the ones failing to turn their fog lights off again when we were no longer in the fog patch.

Guess the brightest thing about them is their rear fog lights.

[GroundEffect]

JonRB said:

br d said:

What is it?

A *white* hole?

Obscure that one, but love it.

[RacingBlue]

GroundEffect said:

Obscure that one, but love it.

I've never seen one, no one has...

[Europa1]

Another use of language one for me today: people who don't know the difference between flout and flaunt, as exemplified by someone commenting on the ban on smoking in cars if there are under 18s aboard talking about people who will "just flaunt the law if the police don't enforce it."

Come to think of it, that law annoys me beyond reason: it's a public health issue, not a road safety issue. There are more dangerous things going on on the roads than someone smoking, and I'd rather the few traffic police we have left concentrated on those.

[thismonkeyhere]

Europa1 said:

Another use of language one for me today: people who don't know the difference between flout and flaunt, as exemplified by someone commenting on the ban on smoking in cars if there are under 18s aboard talking about people who will "just flaunt the law if the police don't enforce it."

Totally agree. There are many similar examples. The obvious 'affect' / 'effect' confusion being one, and another that has been grating with me recently is 'averse' / 'adverse' - colleagues trying to tell me 'I am not adverse to that...'.

[JonRB]

thismonkeyhere said:

Totally agree. There are many similar examples. The obvious 'affect' / 'effect' confusion being one, and another that has been grating with me recently is 'averse' / 'adverse' - colleagues trying to tell me 'I am not adverse to that...'.

Those are pretty pacific examples.

[Munter]

JonRB said:

Those are pretty pacific examples.

Careful. You're post may have an adverse affect on him.

[JonRB]

Munter said:

JonRB said:

Those are pretty pacific examples.

Careful. You're post may have an adverse affect on him.

I like this post alot.

[thismonkeyhere]

JonRB said:

Munter said:

JonRB said:

Those are pretty pacific examples.

Careful. You're post may have an adverse affect on him.

I like this post alot.

Stop flaunting the rules of grammar!

[MartG]

JonRB said:

thismonkeyhere said:

Totally agree. There are many similar examples. The obvious 'affect' / 'effect' confusion being one, and another that has been grating with me recently is 'averse' / 'adverse' - colleagues trying to tell me 'I am not adverse to that...'.

Those are pretty pacific examples.

They phase(faze) me too

[Hugo a Gogo]

me to

now lets put on the breaks and stop it their

[thismonkeyhere]

Hugo a Gogo said:

me to

now lets put on the breaks and stop it their

Who's idea was it anyway?

[droopsnoot]

SpeckledJim said:

Worst lyric in the world?

"Even food don't taste that good."

Bryan Adams and Mel C. Makes me tense.

Well, if you ignore the charming "I'm serious as cancer, that rhythm is a dancer". But we could go on all day, if we include some tosh about Kilimanjaro doing something over the Serengeti.

I don't get the Dave Angel gif either, but I have only vague memories of the Fast Show.

[RobinOakapple]

The way Americans either don't emphasise any word in a spoken sentence, or if they do, emphasise the wrong one. Robin Hood would be a good example. To a Yank, it's Robin Hood, whereas to an English person it's Robin Hood.

[SpeckledJim]

droopsnoot said:

SpeckledJim said:

Worst lyric in the world?

"Even food don't taste that good."

Bryan Adams and Mel C. Makes me tense.

Well, if you ignore the charming "I'm serious as cancer, that rhythm is a dancer". But we could go on all day, if we include some tosh about Kilimanjaro doing something over the Serengeti.

I don't get the Dave Angel gif either, but I have only vague memories of the Fast Show.

Now, now. That's a superb lyric. Makes me smile. The Kilimanjaro one is a stinker though, I'll agree.

[JonRB]

thismonkeyhere said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

me to

now lets put on the breaks and stop it their

Who's idea was it anyway?

[Disastrous]

SpeckledJim said:

droopsnoot said:

SpeckledJim said:

Worst lyric in the world?

"Even food don't taste that good."

Bryan Adams and Mel C. Makes me tense.

Well, if you ignore the charming "I'm serious as cancer, that rhythm is a dancer". But we could go on all day, if we include some tosh about Kilimanjaro doing something over the Serengeti.

I don't get the Dave Angel gif either, but I have only vague memories of the Fast Show.

Now, now. That's a superb lyric. Makes me smile. The Kilimanjaro one is a stinker though, I'll agree.

Disagree hugely!

I love the absolute pioneering spirit that led them to believe they could feasibly squeeze "Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the >breath< Seeeeerengettiiiiiiiiiii"

It's like they said "This will be the lyric. Find a way to make it fit. Don't give me any st about meter or syllables. MAKE IT FIT!"