Pistonheaders and their First World Problems.

[Chris Type R]

e46m3c said:

Was going to take my TVR for a spin today but my side hurts after slipping on a yatch a couple of days ago.

What's a yatch, and do I need one ?

[100 IAN]

Chris Type R said:

e46m3c said:

Was going to take my TVR for a spin today but my side hurts after slipping on a yatch a couple of days ago.

What's a yatch, and do I need one ?

I wondered the same so Googled it...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Yat...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yat...

[PD9]

King Herald said:

I'm disgusted that the Heathrow Hilton hotel doesn't have free wifi in the rooms! I had to wander down to the lobby and lurk like a teenager to post this....

Get yourself signed up to HiltonHonors. WIFI free for all members.

[Timmy40]

Chris Type R said:

e46m3c said:

Was going to take my TVR for a spin today but my side hurts after slipping on a yatch a couple of days ago.

What's a yatch, and do I need one ?

A yatch is a snitch of a thing like a sneed.
And everyone needs one I'm sure you'll agree.

[canucklehead]

My 993 has a duff aftermarket CD changer (well the CD player bit of it works, but the changer/eject CD bit is wonky and nearly defunct), which means I either have to trawl my cassette collection for tunes, or, worse, listen to the radio.

[GroundEffect]

The nappa leather on my M3's front seats are showing signs of wear. That will just not do.

[anonymous-user]

bought some strawberries and went to eat one and the picker had taken a bite out of one..

[ChemicalChaos]

One half of our electric gates is currently broken. It is only just possible to squeeze my Range Rover in and out through the working half.

[Sebring440]

ChemicalChaos said:

One half of our electric gates is currently broken. It is only just possible to squeeze my Range Rover in and out through the working half.

Buy a Hummer then.

[anonymous-user]

ChemicalChaos said:

One half of our electric gates is currently broken. It is only just possible to squeeze my Range Rover in and out through the working half.

Keep on studyin'.

[Bluedot]

We've had our downstairs 'cloakroom' recently modernised and decorated.
It all looks very nice, new fast flush toilet in gleaming white, new white basin with single handle tap. Freshly tiled around the basin, fresh dark grey floor tiles and all freshly decorated, in other words all very fresh, you get the idea.
My gripe ? The toilet seat doesn't stay up on it's own leaving me to either hold it up with one hand or sit down - which just feels weird if you've only nipped in for a quick wee.
We could get the bloke back to fix it but it seems a bit of an overkill.
I'm a bloke and will just live with it.

[Chris Type R]

Bluedot said:

The toilet seat doesn't stay up on it's own leaving me to either hold it up with one hand or sit down - which just feels weird if you've only nipped in for a quick wee.

I'm in a similar situation - one loo for a pee, another for a poo - and the upstairs one for both.

[anonymous-user]

Undo the little wingnuts under the toilet seat. Slide seat forward 10mm. Retighten wingnuts. Never suffer a ttted bell-end again. Not accidentally anyway.

[Davie_GLA]

My trusty smart telly in the lounge is apparently too old to get the latest netflix client. How is one supposed to live with this outdated user experience.

Only one thing for it. I reckon this is enough justification for a new one. The wife doesn't agree.

[weeboot]

The mobile signal in the office is too poor to support messaging on Tinder...

I might as well throw myself in the lake.

[Nimby]

OpulentBob said:

ChemicalChaos said:

One half of our electric gates is currently broken. It is only just possible to squeeze my Range Rover in and out through the working half.

Keep on studyin'.

What's the problem?

[Jimmy Recard]

OpulentBob said:

Keep on studyin'.

One is is. The gates are.

Collective nouns seem to be misunderstood. It's hard to count how many times I hear "Mercedes are taking the new car around the Nürburgring" or "Portugal are winning the football match."

They just sound so wrong.

[SpudLink]

Nimby said:

OpulentBob said:

ChemicalChaos said:

One half of our electric gates is currently broken. It is only just possible to squeeze my Range Rover in and out through the working half.

Keep on studyin'.

What's the problem?

I agree with Nimby. Only one gate is broken, so the grammar would seem to be correct.

My first world problem today is that my lunch break has been spoiled by a pointless grammatical argument on a web forum.

[Europa1]

Jimmy Recard said:

One is is. The gates are.

Collective nouns seem to be misunderstood. It's hard to count how many times I hear "Mercedes are taking the new car around the Nürburgring" or "Portugal are winning the football match."

They just sound so wrong.

Glad it's not just me that this grates with. "The team have done well..." or "The Conservative party have...". Maybe I should be in the things that annoy you beyond reason thread.

Edited by Europa1 on Tuesday 12th July 12:26

[Jimmy Recard]

SpudLink said:

I agree with Nimby. Only one gate is broken, so the grammar would seem to be correct.

My first world problem today is that my lunch break has been spoiled by a pointless grammatical argument on a web forum.

It's not because there is one gate. It's because there is only one half. "Half of the group is in agreement" is correct even for a group of a billion people.