Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
MartG said:
The Sun calling this a jet
I reckon the four black spinny things give it away as not being a jet....
Whilst I don't disagree with you, and they clearly got it wrong as far as popular parlance is concerned as it is clearly a propeller aircraft rather than a jet aircraft, those could actually be turboprops (which have quite a lot in common with jet technology). I reckon the four black spinny things give it away as not being a jet....
ClockworkCupcake said:
MartG said:
The Sun calling this a jet
I reckon the four black spinny things give it away as not being a jet....
Whilst I don't disagree with you, and they clearly got it wrong as far as popular parlance is concerned, those could actually be turboprops (which have quite a lot in common with jet technology). I reckon the four black spinny things give it away as not being a jet....
MartG said:
They are turboprops - still not a jet though
Certainly not what the public would call a jet, for sure. So your point does stand of course. But turboprops are jet technology (turboprop rather than turbojet). But I know I'm splitting hairs here and it doesn't alter the Sun's stupidity or your annoyance at it.
1, Ebay "collection only" items sold by people who live in the arse end of nowhere, or up a mountain. They probably wont post it because their nearest post office is miles away but still...
2, Every bloody Youtube video now has to have an overly long intro promoting the user's channel or something. It's tedious and as annoying as the adverts that pop up. At least you can skip those
3, Chufftards who stick their sat nav in the middle of the sodding windscreen. Just how important is it to see clearly anyway?!!
2, Every bloody Youtube video now has to have an overly long intro promoting the user's channel or something. It's tedious and as annoying as the adverts that pop up. At least you can skip those
3, Chufftards who stick their sat nav in the middle of the sodding windscreen. Just how important is it to see clearly anyway?!!
Football commentators who can't speak the Queen's English. I'm not talking about the "pundits" who are ex-footballers and have the IQ of a watering-can. It's the bona fide TV presenters who appear to have taken different English Grammar lessons to those I remember.
Presently on TV - Arsenal v. Hull. The commentator spoke about Arsenal's home defeat to Watford, and reckoned it wasn't helped by, and I quote, "losing two early goals". How did they lose them? Did they ever possess or own the goals? Had they thoiught about popping round to the local police station to see if they'd been handed in? P*sses me off something rotten, the completely incorrect use of a word or phrase.
(See also a player "winning" a penalty. You can't win one, it's awarded to your team. If you win one, by definition you have attempted to obtain one, and that's also known as cheating. )
Presently on TV - Arsenal v. Hull. The commentator spoke about Arsenal's home defeat to Watford, and reckoned it wasn't helped by, and I quote, "losing two early goals". How did they lose them? Did they ever possess or own the goals? Had they thoiught about popping round to the local police station to see if they'd been handed in? P*sses me off something rotten, the completely incorrect use of a word or phrase.
(See also a player "winning" a penalty. You can't win one, it's awarded to your team. If you win one, by definition you have attempted to obtain one, and that's also known as cheating. )
nicanary said:
Football commentators who can't speak the Queen's English. I'm not talking about the "pundits" who are ex-footballers and have the IQ of a watering-can. It's the bona fide TV presenters who appear to have taken different English Grammar lessons to those I remember.
Presently on TV - Arsenal v. Hull. The commentator spoke about Arsenal's home defeat to Watford, and reckoned it wasn't helped by, and I quote, "losing two early goals". How did they lose them? Did they ever possess or own the goals? Had they thoiught about popping round to the local police station to see if they'd been handed in? P*sses me off something rotten, the completely incorrect use of a word or phrase.
(See also a player "winning" a penalty. You can't win one, it's awarded to your team. If you win one, by definition you have attempted to obtain one, and that's also known as cheating. )
On the thread of commentators, wrt the pundits. I get really angry at how they "interpret" the rules of the game. Worst offender, Dixon. Mans a cocksocket.Presently on TV - Arsenal v. Hull. The commentator spoke about Arsenal's home defeat to Watford, and reckoned it wasn't helped by, and I quote, "losing two early goals". How did they lose them? Did they ever possess or own the goals? Had they thoiught about popping round to the local police station to see if they'd been handed in? P*sses me off something rotten, the completely incorrect use of a word or phrase.
(See also a player "winning" a penalty. You can't win one, it's awarded to your team. If you win one, by definition you have attempted to obtain one, and that's also known as cheating. )
MartG said:
Someone flipping out and going into a full-on anti-Nazi rant because someone used three brackets to emphasise something in a post e.g. (((xyz))) Apparently this is an anti-semitic meme - though no-one commenting on his rant had ever heard of it
Wow. That apparently is a thing. From a quick wiki reading it shouldn't offend unless somebody's name is in the brackets.Oldandslow said:
MartG said:
Someone flipping out and going into a full-on anti-Nazi rant because someone used three brackets to emphasise something in a post e.g. (((xyz))) Apparently this is an anti-semitic meme - though no-one commenting on his rant had ever heard of it
Wow. That apparently is a thing. From a quick wiki reading it shouldn't offend unless somebody's name is in the brackets.
Customers
Especially ones who keep e-mailing asking for updates on their order and get annoyed if I don't reply immediately
Look, time spent replying to your mails is time not spent on working on your order, and when I'm working on your order I'm not sat at the PC waiting for your next nagging mail.
Especially ones who keep e-mailing asking for updates on their order and get annoyed if I don't reply immediately
Look, time spent replying to your mails is time not spent on working on your order, and when I'm working on your order I'm not sat at the PC waiting for your next nagging mail.
bristolracer said:
Willy Nilly said:
Emmys, Grammys, Baftas, Oscars, the lot of them.
especially when the whole thing becomes either political (boo hoo we dont like Trump) or politically correct ( Adele/Beyonce, maybe just judge it on the music, not the skin colour!) 
k off. Multi level department stores where the escalator system does not form a continuous zig zag and forces you to walk around in between floors to get the next level up and then down.
Especially when menswear is on the upper floors, I have no interest in walking through the lingerie department and children's clothes to get to where I'm going.
Especially when menswear is on the upper floors, I have no interest in walking through the lingerie department and children's clothes to get to where I'm going.
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