Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

[Frank7]

nonsequitur said:

Oscar nomination for Frank!

Having seen many TV shows and movies being made, roads are usually blocked off and for moving scenes the car is on a trailer. I sense a parrott or two on the way.

I’ll accept your mild admonishment nonseq, as I see you as one of the “good guys”, but although roads are blocked off for filming, and cars may be on a trailer for ‘moving scenes’, if the actor(s) are supposed to be portraying real life, then surely the driver should check his/her mirrors, prior to opening the door in the face of passing traffic, n’est-ce pas?

[SS2.]

Sky presenters who put a question to a guest, but feel compelled to look to camera whilst doing so. Richard Keys was the grand-master of this.

Irritates me more than it should.

[anonymous-user]

SS2. said:

Sky presenters who put a question to a guest, but feel compelled to look to camera whilst doing so. Richard Keys was the grand-master of this.

Irritates me more than it should.

Richard Keys. Those hands know what a neck feels like from behind...

[RizzoTheRat]

fishermanpaul said:

CaptainSlow said:

Chicken satay stick and pots of sauce.

Yes, you can do an initial dip, but once the first section of compressed chicken meat is consumed you can't then d a second dip due to the protruding stick.

YES! What he said!

Is is beyond the intelligence of the satay stick producers to make an edible stick?? Who wants to be left with that bit of (horribly sharp) balsa that will do nothing other than rip the bin bag or lie, claymore-like, in the carpet? An overcooked piece of chicken formed into a skewer would do th...

Scuse me, typing a patent application...

Similarly several eateries around here give you the little plastic containers with a peel back lid for butter/marmalade/jam etc, and then give you a knife with a sharp tip like a steak knife rather than a broad tip that can actually be used to scrape stuff out of the tub.

[j_4m]

fishermanpaul said:

CaptainSlow said:

Chicken satay stick and pots of sauce.

Yes, you can do an initial dip, but once the first section of compressed chicken meat is consumed you can't then d a second dip due to the protruding stick.

YES! What he said!

Is is beyond the intelligence of the satay stick producers to make an edible stick?? Who wants to be left with that bit of (horribly sharp) balsa that will do nothing other than rip the bin bag or lie, claymore-like, in the carpet? An overcooked piece of chicken formed into a skewer would do th...

Scuse me, typing a patent application...

Apply fork to satay stick, slide in a downward motion dislodging chicken pieces, eat individually with fork.

Is this not common sense when eating shishkebab like foods? The stick is merely a scaffold for grilling, not eating.

[V8mate]

j_4m said:

Apply fork to satay stick, slide in a downward motion dislodging chicken pieces, eat individually with fork.

Is this not common sense when eating shishkebab like foods? The stick is merely a scaffold for grilling, not eating.

It's a wonder the human race actually managed to evolve sometimes

[anonymous-user]

Wait - you don't eat the stick?!

[V8mate]

OpulentBob said:

Wait - you don't eat the stick?!

Duh! Else how would you clean your ears?

[Europa1]

People posting about the second Barcelona 2019 Formula 1 test in the "F1 2019 - Barcelona 1st Test chat" thread, rather than the "F1 2019 - Barcelona 2nd Test chat" thread.

[CaptainSlow]

j_4m said:

fishermanpaul said:

CaptainSlow said:

Chicken satay stick and pots of sauce.

Yes, you can do an initial dip, but once the first section of compressed chicken meat is consumed you can't then d a second dip due to the protruding stick.

YES! What he said!

Is is beyond the intelligence of the satay stick producers to make an edible stick?? Who wants to be left with that bit of (horribly sharp) balsa that will do nothing other than rip the bin bag or lie, claymore-like, in the carpet? An overcooked piece of chicken formed into a skewer would do th...

Scuse me, typing a patent application...

Apply fork to satay stick, slide in a downward motion dislodging chicken pieces, eat individually with fork.

Is this not common sense when eating shishkebab like foods? The stick is merely a scaffold for grilling, not eating.

Who the hell picks up a fork at a buffet?

[V8mate]

CaptainSlow said:

j_4m said:

fishermanpaul said:

CaptainSlow said:

Chicken satay stick and pots of sauce.

Yes, you can do an initial dip, but once the first section of compressed chicken meat is consumed you can't then d a second dip due to the protruding stick.

YES! What he said!

Is is beyond the intelligence of the satay stick producers to make an edible stick?? Who wants to be left with that bit of (horribly sharp) balsa that will do nothing other than rip the bin bag or lie, claymore-like, in the carpet? An overcooked piece of chicken formed into a skewer would do th...

Scuse me, typing a patent application...

Apply fork to satay stick, slide in a downward motion dislodging chicken pieces, eat individually with fork.

Is this not common sense when eating shishkebab like foods? The stick is merely a scaffold for grilling, not eating.

Who the hell picks up a fork at a buffet?

How about sliding the next chunk along to the end with your teeth then?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

CaptainSlow said:

Who the hell picks up a fork at a buffet?

There's always some forker who will.

[popeyewhite]

CaptainSlow said:

Who the hell picks up a fork at a buffet?

Someone with reasonable table manners? Perhaps you're thinking of a finger-buffet?

[paua]

popeyewhite said:

CaptainSlow said:

Who the hell picks up a fork at a buffet?

Someone with reasonable table manners? Perhaps you're thinking of a finger-buffet?

When was the fork introduced to England? - In the early seventeenth century, it would seem. Introduced from the continent they were at first thought an affectation.

link http://www.cuisinenet.com/glossary/utensils.html


An affectation, no less.

[popeyewhite]

paua said:

popeyewhite said:

CaptainSlow said:

Who the hell picks up a fork at a buffet?

Someone with reasonable table manners? Perhaps you're thinking of a finger-buffet?

When was the fork introduced to England? - In the early seventeenth century, it would seem. Introduced from the continent they were at first thought an affectation.

link http://www.cuisinenet.com/glossary/utensils.html


An affectation, no less.

It's confirmed CaptainSlow's table manners belong back in the early seventeenth century then

[j_4m]

CaptainSlow said:

j_4m said:

fishermanpaul said:

CaptainSlow said:

Chicken satay stick and pots of sauce.

Yes, you can do an initial dip, but once the first section of compressed chicken meat is consumed you can't then d a second dip due to the protruding stick.

YES! What he said!

Is is beyond the intelligence of the satay stick producers to make an edible stick?? Who wants to be left with that bit of (horribly sharp) balsa that will do nothing other than rip the bin bag or lie, claymore-like, in the carpet? An overcooked piece of chicken formed into a skewer would do th...

Scuse me, typing a patent application...

Apply fork to satay stick, slide in a downward motion dislodging chicken pieces, eat individually with fork.

Is this not common sense when eating shishkebab like foods? The stick is merely a scaffold for grilling, not eating.

Who the hell picks up a fork at a buffet?

What self respecting CEO eats from a buffet?

[nonsequitur]

Frank7 said:

nonsequitur said:

Oscar nomination for Frank!

Having seen many TV shows and movies being made, roads are usually blocked off and for moving scenes the car is on a trailer. I sense a parrott or two on the way.

I’ll accept your mild admonishment nonseq, as I see you as one of the “good guys”, but although roads are blocked off for filming, and cars may be on a trailer for ‘moving scenes’, if the actor(s) are supposed to be portraying real life, then surely the driver should check his/her mirrors, prior to opening the door in the face of passing traffic, n’est-ce pas?

I agree with you Frank, they should, in these situations at least 'act' as if they really driving. Do you rememmber the old black and white fifties movies when in a driving scene the wheel was being turned like an HGV without power steering, and that was on a straight road!

[nonsequitur]

j_4m said:

What self respecting CEO eats from a buffet?

A well built CEO, that's who.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

nonsequitur said:

A well built CEO, that's who.

Whilst swigging copious amounts of Red Bull, presumably.

From orbit.

[RizzoTheRat]

2 people have managed to put push bikes with panniers on in the work bike shed next to each other, so you can't fit a bike in the slot in between them. I had to park my bike at least 2 feet further away from the office.