Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
antspants said:
generationx said:
English people who use the following Americanisms:
"Can I get..."
I catch myself saying this sometimes and it annoys me every time I do it "Can I get..."
That's another one to add to the new year resolutions!
If one wanted to be correct, surely one should really say "I wish to procure..."
generationx said:
Personally I would be more likely to say "Please can I have...". That would be better. And more polite.
Yes, granted. I do wonder if "have" is really any better than "get", though. I'm not defending the Americanism, btw, and don't use it myself. But on the face of it, neither really correctly conveys the fact that you wish to purchase / procure something. Or, if "have" does then surely "get" does also.
ClockworkCupcake said:
antspants said:
generationx said:
English people who use the following Americanisms:
"Can I get..."
I catch myself saying this sometimes and it annoys me every time I do it "Can I get..."
That's another one to add to the new year resolutions!
"Can I get?"
"No, sorry Sir, customers are not allowed on this side of the counter".
Edited by Balmoral on Wednesday 11th January 11:11
Recently I've noticed myself becoming unreasonably irate with the dark and the wind.
The dark annoys me because it prevents\makes more difficult any vaguely interesting stuff that I want to crack on with when I get home from a day sat in front of a computer.
The wind annoys me because it keeps blowing s
t around when I'm trying to use it. The massive tt.
The dark annoys me because it prevents\makes more difficult any vaguely interesting stuff that I want to crack on with when I get home from a day sat in front of a computer.
The wind annoys me because it keeps blowing s
t around when I'm trying to use it. The massive tt.This seems to be a new trend but having to give taxi drivers' directions to destinations.
In Toronto we threatened to get out of the cab without pay as he had no idea where he was going.
Even in my home town 9 times our of 10 we have to give directions home to our house.
This is their job, if I need to provide assistance I want a discount ;-)
In Toronto we threatened to get out of the cab without pay as he had no idea where he was going.
Even in my home town 9 times our of 10 we have to give directions home to our house.
This is their job, if I need to provide assistance I want a discount ;-)
With taxi drivers it's all about context.
I don't expect landmarks to be a problem - "take me to Piccadilly Circus".
What annoys me is when you start with: "Do you know where Such-and-Such Business Park is?" And you get an affirmative only for them to start driving in the opposite direction. Grrr!
The corollary is that I never expect to get in a taxi without either knowing or previously researching the destination in enough detail that I'm not shafted!
I don't expect landmarks to be a problem - "take me to Piccadilly Circus".
What annoys me is when you start with: "Do you know where Such-and-Such Business Park is?" And you get an affirmative only for them to start driving in the opposite direction. Grrr!
The corollary is that I never expect to get in a taxi without either knowing or previously researching the destination in enough detail that I'm not shafted!
The one in toronto started "do you know Cirque du Solel is in the east docks"
"Yes of course sir"
"then why are you going in the opposite direction?"
After much arguments when we eventually got to where it was.
"where do you want to be dropped"
"way back near the massive Fu*king tent you drove passed"
"Yes of course sir"
"then why are you going in the opposite direction?"
After much arguments when we eventually got to where it was.
"where do you want to be dropped"
"way back near the massive Fu*king tent you drove passed"
Paw Patrol
Most Kids TV I don't have a problem with, some of it is great and has my 5 year old son adding, subtracting, spelling and learning some great stuff, some stuff is plain funny and entertaining, but Paw Patrol, oh for the love of god.
Christ it's irritating. The voice cast consists of budding Cynthia Young stage school pupils, who as they are playing "puppies" burst into regular yipping and barking. and then there is the sailor who needs to be rescued every other day because he's either crashed or fallen off his boat, of the mayor of the town with her shrill irritating voice who needs her pet chicken rescuing presumably on the other days when captain dhead isn't crashing or falling off his boat.
Oh and don't get me started on Fireman Sam..
Most Kids TV I don't have a problem with, some of it is great and has my 5 year old son adding, subtracting, spelling and learning some great stuff, some stuff is plain funny and entertaining, but Paw Patrol, oh for the love of god.
Christ it's irritating. The voice cast consists of budding Cynthia Young stage school pupils, who as they are playing "puppies" burst into regular yipping and barking. and then there is the sailor who needs to be rescued every other day because he's either crashed or fallen off his boat, of the mayor of the town with her shrill irritating voice who needs her pet chicken rescuing presumably on the other days when captain d
head isn't crashing or falling off his boat.Oh and don't get me started on Fireman Sam..
Skii said:
Paw Patrol
Most Kids TV I don't have a problem with, some of it is great and has my 5 year old son adding, subtracting, spelling and learning some great stuff, some stuff is plain funny and entertaining, but Paw Patrol, oh for the love of god.
Christ it's irritating. The voice cast consists of budding Cynthia Young stage school pupils, who as they are playing "puppies" burst into regular yipping and barking. and then there is the sailor who needs to be rescued every other day because he's either crashed or fallen off his boat, of the mayor of the town with her shrill irritating voice who needs her pet chicken rescuing presumably on the other days when captain dhead isn't crashing or falling off his boat.
Oh and don't get me started on Fireman Sam..
In a nutshell, all American kids tv programmes. Horrible, horrible things.Most Kids TV I don't have a problem with, some of it is great and has my 5 year old son adding, subtracting, spelling and learning some great stuff, some stuff is plain funny and entertaining, but Paw Patrol, oh for the love of god.
Christ it's irritating. The voice cast consists of budding Cynthia Young stage school pupils, who as they are playing "puppies" burst into regular yipping and barking. and then there is the sailor who needs to be rescued every other day because he's either crashed or fallen off his boat, of the mayor of the town with her shrill irritating voice who needs her pet chicken rescuing presumably on the other days when captain d
head isn't crashing or falling off his boat.Oh and don't get me started on Fireman Sam..
Not saying British ones are great, certainly the likes of Postman 'imbecile' Pat are awful, but the Americans take it to another level.
Skii said:
Paw Patrol
Most Kids TV I don't have a problem with, some of it is great and has my 5 year old son adding, subtracting, spelling and learning some great stuff, some stuff is plain funny and entertaining, but Paw Patrol, oh for the love of god.
Christ it's irritating. The voice cast consists of budding Cynthia Young stage school pupils, who as they are playing "puppies" burst into regular yipping and barking. and then there is the sailor who needs to be rescued every other day because he's either crashed or fallen off his boat, of the mayor of the town with her shrill irritating voice who needs her pet chicken rescuing presumably on the other days when captain dhead isn't crashing or falling off his boat.
Oh and don't get me started on Fireman Sam..
My son loves it and while I'm fine with an episode or two of it, after that I struggle. You're right, it's the voices.Most Kids TV I don't have a problem with, some of it is great and has my 5 year old son adding, subtracting, spelling and learning some great stuff, some stuff is plain funny and entertaining, but Paw Patrol, oh for the love of god.
Christ it's irritating. The voice cast consists of budding Cynthia Young stage school pupils, who as they are playing "puppies" burst into regular yipping and barking. and then there is the sailor who needs to be rescued every other day because he's either crashed or fallen off his boat, of the mayor of the town with her shrill irritating voice who needs her pet chicken rescuing presumably on the other days when captain d
head isn't crashing or falling off his boat.Oh and don't get me started on Fireman Sam..
Fireman Sam is truly awful and basically everything in it is a problem caused by that Norman kid (again, irritating voice) with the useless mum. I think by now, the rest of the village would have given him a sufficient beating that he won't cause any more problems.
Postman pat makes Hermes look like a good delivery company and has a fleet of expensive vehicles for delivering 2 parcels a day.
Don't let your kids go on Netflix and watch Word Party, probably the most irritating of the lot.
We're probably a bit too soft on him with TV and he gets a lot of his choices, but there are limits and I end up putting rugby/football on for a bit of sanity.
Balmoral said:
The lame attempts to dramatise and pique interest in the Freeview programme information.
"Bob has to nip upstairs for something, will he make it?"
It seems to be the whole thing."Bob has to nip upstairs for something, will he make it?"
Coming up in the program you are just about to watch....
Coming up after the ads in the program you are already watching.
Previously (before the ads) in the program you had already watched!!
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