Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
Discussion
Lemming Train said:
No MOT reminders like you get for car tax annoys me beyond reason, although probably one for the 'first world problems' thread. Car tax runs out today so just trying to renew it online as I write. "This vehicle requires a valid MOT certificate". WTF? 
Just checked the MOT site :
? No MOT
Expired:
26 January 2019
I genuinely thought it wasn't due until June!
That's part of being an adult... Just checked the MOT site : ? No MOT
Expired:
26 January 2019
I genuinely thought it wasn't due until June!
OddCat said:
Have we had "people who pronounce words starting with 'th' as 'f'" yet ?
Bloke on Radio Four this morning "firty fousand.....". WTF.
I think the big bloke on The Chase on ITV does this too. What is the matter with these people ?
Oh fBloke on Radio Four this morning "firty fousand.....". WTF.
I think the big bloke on The Chase on ITV does this too. What is the matter with these people ?
k YES! I work with quite a strange chap, he doesn't say much at all, and he reveals nothing about his personal life, fair enough. But when he does speak about work related matters, he is eloquent and well spoken, yet he pronounces his th's as f's, almost as if he truly believes that 'firty free' is the correct way to say thirty three. He doesn't have a speech impediment of any kind as far as I can tell, VERY annoying.These are the same kind of people that say, 'vuh' instead of 'the' although the person in question doesn't do that.
Edited by Gary29 on Tuesday 30th April 15:20
Gary29 said:
Oh fk YES! I work with quite a strange chap, he doesn't say much at all, and he reveals nothing about his personal life, fair enough. But when he does speak about work related matters, he is eloquent and well spoken, yet he pronounces his th's as f's, almost as if he truly believes that 'firty free' is the correct way to say thirty three. He doesn't have a speech impediment of any kind as far as I can tell, VERY annoying.
These are the same kind of people that say, 'vuh' instead of 'the' although the person in question doesn't do that.
Your colleague is a true cockernee geezer I would say.k YES! I work with quite a strange chap, he doesn't say much at all, and he reveals nothing about his personal life, fair enough. But when he does speak about work related matters, he is eloquent and well spoken, yet he pronounces his th's as f's, almost as if he truly believes that 'firty free' is the correct way to say thirty three. He doesn't have a speech impediment of any kind as far as I can tell, VERY annoying.These are the same kind of people that say, 'vuh' instead of 'the' although the person in question doesn't do that.
Edited by Gary29 on Tuesday 30th April 15:20
matchmaker said:
A new door entrance system was fitted to our block of flats. Each flat was provided with 2 key fobs. Any more had to be ordered and paid for. Eack flat in the block has 3 bedrooms which means a minimum of 3 people in each flat...
If they are RFID ones then you may want to look into doing your own spares. Clockwork Cupcake said:
nonsequitur said:
Your colleague is a true cockernee geezer I would say.
Owed aht yer aaand. 
Owed sounds more like when well spoken actor chappies try to effect a Cockney accent, and say hold as if it rhymed with their way of saying gold, goaled.
The same way that they can’t say bold, old, told, fold or bowl in the Cockney way, they’ll say, boled, oled, toled, foaled, and boal.
woman on the bus today.
anyone who;s been on the 'new' routemaster buses in london know there's an area at the back on the lower floor with seats facing one another.
I'm sitting on one bench nearest to the window, facing the rear of the bus. on the bench infront of me two people are sitting there.
on the benches to my left (on the other side of the bus) nobody is sitting on the bench facing the rear, two people are sitting on the bench facing the front.
a woman gets on, sits next to me instead of the free bench on the left.
nearer to my stop the two people on the bench infront of me (facing the front) get off. i decide to sit there and sit on the side closest to the isle as i'm getting off net stop.
the woman then gets up and sits back next to me (she's now sitting nearest to the window).
this pisses me off so i sit in the seat she was just in.
have people no personal space? why not just have the whole bench to yourself?
anyone who;s been on the 'new' routemaster buses in london know there's an area at the back on the lower floor with seats facing one another.
I'm sitting on one bench nearest to the window, facing the rear of the bus. on the bench infront of me two people are sitting there.
on the benches to my left (on the other side of the bus) nobody is sitting on the bench facing the rear, two people are sitting on the bench facing the front.
a woman gets on, sits next to me instead of the free bench on the left.
nearer to my stop the two people on the bench infront of me (facing the front) get off. i decide to sit there and sit on the side closest to the isle as i'm getting off net stop.
the woman then gets up and sits back next to me (she's now sitting nearest to the window).
this pisses me off so i sit in the seat she was just in.
have people no personal space? why not just have the whole bench to yourself?
Frank7 said:
You may, just may, have that wrong CC, we Cockneys are more likely to say, ‘old aht yer aaand.
Owed sounds more like when well spoken actor chappies try to effect a Cockney accent, and say hold as if it rhymed with their way of saying gold, goaled.
The same way that they can’t say bold, old, told, fold or bowl in the Cockney way, they’ll say, boled, oled, toled, foaled, and boal.
Well, you got the gist anyway. And it was an allusion to Mike "Wheeler Dealers" Brewer, who often pays "free farsand pahns" for a car, and once did up an "emm free" (M3). Owed sounds more like when well spoken actor chappies try to effect a Cockney accent, and say hold as if it rhymed with their way of saying gold, goaled.
The same way that they can’t say bold, old, told, fold or bowl in the Cockney way, they’ll say, boled, oled, toled, foaled, and boal.
ambuletz said:
woman on the bus today.
anyone who;s been on the 'new' routemaster buses in london know there's an area at the back on the lower floor with seats facing one another.
I'm sitting on one bench nearest to the window, facing the rear of the bus. on the bench infront of me two people are sitting there.
on the benches to my left (on the other side of the bus) nobody is sitting on the bench facing the rear, two people are sitting on the bench facing the front.
a woman gets on, sits next to me instead of the free bench on the left.
nearer to my stop the two people on the bench infront of me (facing the front) get off. i decide to sit there and sit on the side closest to the isle as i'm getting off net stop.
the woman then gets up and sits back next to me (she's now sitting nearest to the window).
this pisses me off so i sit in the seat she was just in.
have people no personal space? why not just have the whole bench to yourself?
The old moving seat trick. Older than a dropped handkerchief. I think you missed out there.anyone who;s been on the 'new' routemaster buses in london know there's an area at the back on the lower floor with seats facing one another.
I'm sitting on one bench nearest to the window, facing the rear of the bus. on the bench infront of me two people are sitting there.
on the benches to my left (on the other side of the bus) nobody is sitting on the bench facing the rear, two people are sitting on the bench facing the front.
a woman gets on, sits next to me instead of the free bench on the left.
nearer to my stop the two people on the bench infront of me (facing the front) get off. i decide to sit there and sit on the side closest to the isle as i'm getting off net stop.
the woman then gets up and sits back next to me (she's now sitting nearest to the window).
this pisses me off so i sit in the seat she was just in.
have people no personal space? why not just have the whole bench to yourself?
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Frank7 said:
You may, just may, have that wrong CC, we Cockneys are more likely to say, ‘old aht yer aaand.
Owed sounds more like when well spoken actor chappies try to effect a Cockney accent, and say hold as if it rhymed with their way of saying gold, goaled.
The same way that they can’t say bold, old, told, fold or bowl in the Cockney way, they’ll say, boled, oled, toled, foaled, and boal.
Well, you got the gist anyway. And it was an allusion to Mike "Wheeler Dealers" Brewer, who often pays "free farsand pahns" for a car, and once did up an "emm free" (M3). Owed sounds more like when well spoken actor chappies try to effect a Cockney accent, and say hold as if it rhymed with their way of saying gold, goaled.
The same way that they can’t say bold, old, told, fold or bowl in the Cockney way, they’ll say, boled, oled, toled, foaled, and boal.
I just get the p*x of middle class actors, doing a fine job of acting, but getting egg all over their faces when failing miserably to deliver words like gold and old in the way a Cockney would.
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