Annoying PH behaviours/phrases

[fangio]

Shirley for surely (or are they being facetious?).

[Chester draws]

Leptons.

[Conscript]

Vixpy1 said:

Yep, its simply what the Range Rover has been known as since they released the sport, its in fairly widespread use.

I know, but it still makes me cringe. I think it's because I automatically of Terry Tibbs, which is a parody, but it's never said with any sense of irony

[GroundEffect]

fangio said:

Shirley for surely (or are they being facetious?).

May want to go watch Airplane!

[Wacky Racer]

Two big gripes.

People who don't know how to spell DEFINITELY


People who start threads such as:-

Lawn mowers.... talk to me

Want a Porsche...need advice



What happened to the word please?

[0000]

If the last general election was held in NP&E UKIP would've won.

[toasty]

6 figs.

I don't give a flying fig!

[Johnspex]

"She/old girl" when talking about a car.
"they are a nice car"
"Ahem"
"I was making progress"
"drop in an LS2 crate engine"

I'll also go with "shirley". I'm guessing that a lot of people think that's correct and aren't just repeating the joke.
"Alot"
"methinks" What are you? 400?
"me likey" What are you? 6?

I'll think of more soon.

[Prof Prolapse]

I like "making progress", it's how you admit to driving like a fking hooligan in polite company.

[Europa1]

"I have a [X] for track work"

[Zoon]

Pull the trigger

[EnglishTony]

0000 said:

If the last general election was held in NP&E UKIP would've won.

That maybe the site's owners' preference. Haymarket is connected to Michael Heseltine and it's his old seat Boris Johnson now represents.

[Shaoxter]

Putting question marks after suggestions on a what car thread.

[Matt Harper]

Ticking boxes
Scratching V8 itches
V8 soundtrack
Ruinous
Feckless
Just slap on a supercharger
Track work
My fleet
Wafting
PAX

However, the thing that really gets up my nose is destination bragging.
Example: "I just booked first class tickets to (insert exotic destination here). What's it like? Any tips on what to do/see there?"
My question is, who makes arrangements for vacations, not knowing what they're letting themselves in for? Or is it more a case of, "Look how flash I am".

Finally, I get a little irked by those who get all confrontational/smart-assed/dismissive on others posts, but don't have the common decency to 'fess up or apologize when they are demonstrably wrong/mistaken/lying.

[valiant]

Frozen sausages, throw a can of red bull, etc, etc.

They were funny for about a week when first mentioned. Now seem the default answer to any topic involving a dispute where the poster thinks he's being original.

You're not, it's been done to death and you are not funny for mentioning it.

[zygalski]

wormus said:

We haven't done this topic for a while: What sort of behaviour, phrases, spelling mistakes etc annoy you most on this forum (or PHs in general) ?

For some irrational reason, people who call other people "Fella" irritates me. So does use of the word "loose" instead of "lose".

What's yours?

This
+1

[AH33]

People who "fund" a car, rather than "buy" or "pay for" one.

[Meridius]

Residuals.

[Issi]

People who call their animals 'my little lad/girl' it's a dog/cat/gerbil for goodness sake.

People who are too lazy to use any kind of search engine - where can I buy socks in Peterborough?

Recommend me ........., can't you make up your own mind which bloody toaster/kettle/BMW to buy unless you've asked the opinion of strangers.

Likewise holidays - Just booked two weeks in Paris - what to do when I'm there?'

[Gad-Westy]

Europa1 said:

"I have a [X] for track work"

Beat me to it. Such a chore, all that track work but somebody has to do it.

People who put an unnecessary 'so' at the beginning of sentences. That's not comfined to PH. It appears to have come from nowhere and suddenly become a perfectly acceptable way to talk.

People who can think of nothing else to say other than "+1" or hilariously "+1,000,000".

I've been on here long enough to remember when this was all fields and I don't remember the sheer rudeness that I see now. There was always banter, some of it offensive, but most threads now seem to have utterly antisocial posts that you rarely encounter in 'real world' conversation.

ETA, "Bork factor". I forgot "Bork factor".

Edited by Gad-Westy on Thursday 5th May 16:16

Edited by Gad-Westy on Thursday 5th May 17:36