Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]

[hidetheelephants]

Issi said:

Once again, my usual moan about people on quiz shows who really haven't got a clue -

Q. What girls name originally comes from the Greek for bright, and is also a County on the west coast of Ireland?
A. Briggo.

What is the answer? The greek for bright is Phoebe, but I'm struggling for a county in Ireland.

Alternatively I'm just thick.

[Einion Yrth]

hidetheelephants said:

Issi said:

Once again, my usual moan about people on quiz shows who really haven't got a clue -

Q. What girls name originally comes from the Greek for bright, and is also a County on the west coast of Ireland?
A. Briggo.

What is the answer? The greek for bright is Phoebe, but I'm struggling for a county in Ireland.

Alternatively I'm just thick.

Clare -> Clara -> late Latin - Clarus "clear, bright, famous".

Question wrong, so blaming the contestant for being a bit thick on that is perhaps unfair.

[Issi]

Einion Yrth said:

hidetheelephants said:

Issi said:

Once again, my usual moan about people on quiz shows who really haven't got a clue -

Q. What girls name originally comes from the Greek for bright, and is also a County on the west coast of Ireland?
A. Briggo.

What is the answer? The greek for bright is Phoebe, but I'm struggling for a county in Ireland.

Alternatively I'm just thick.

Clare -> Clara -> late Latin - Clarus "clear, bright, famous".

Question wrong, so blaming the contestant for being a bit thick on that is perhaps unfair.

I may not have got the exact wording of the original question, but the point still stands -

Girls name - Briggo?
County in Ireland - Briggo??

[anonymous-user]

Goddamn fking BBC and their website monkey cretins. The way to navigate to iPlayer is via the BBC homepage.

I've suffered 9 weeks of slow fking goddamn -speed broadband, having to wait til Thursday to catch up with Bake Off every single sodding week.

Then, navigating to iPlayer this evening to watch the final, on the front page of the fking BBC site, a smiling winner with Paul fking "shag anything that moves" Hollywood.

Might as well not bother watching now you absolute steaming bubbling s. So fking desperate to show that Nadiya won it ("Look! We're diverse! It's not a middle aged white woman!"), that they ruin it for all the people who haven't seen it yet.

BBC wkers. Paul Hollywood is no longer on my "I'm not gay but if I HAD to..." list.

Edited by OpulentBob on Thursday 8th October 16:38

[anonymous-user]

Players on GTA online, faffing about selecting which outfit and mask they want for a heist.

Just select Ready you its not a fashion parade.

[RobinOakapple]

People on forums who, instead of putting forward reasons why they disagree with someone, simply resort to name calling or remarks such as 'Jesus Christ'.

[MartG]

Successive governments selling public services to foreign owned companies then acting surprised when the unemployment figures rise when they offshore UK jobs to support their home workforce

[WD39]

Stickyfinger said:

WD39 said:

Yes, aged four.

The local Priest had sharp teeth ?

Indeed. He's just got jailtime.

[WD39]

ch108 said:

WD39 said:

ch108 said:

JonRB said:

It's particularly ironic that in the patchy fog on the M3 today, it was the dim-witted drivers who were the ones failing to turn their fog lights off again when we were no longer in the fog patch.

Guess the brightest thing about them is their rear fog lights.

In the misty conditions this week, it annoys me that a fair amount of drivers didn't have any lights on at all. One of which was a marked police car.

And the driver this morning who decided to turn their rear fogs on when we hit a misty patch, even though I was behind them and had been for some time. Do they think I suddenly wouldn't be able to see them? Surely if you can see the car behind in your mirrors, then there is a good chance they can see you! I had to endure these retina burning lights for the next 5 miles or so.

How about this scenario: The car in front of you had no clue as to your intentions.
You may have exited the highway or pulled into a lay by at ant moment then the perceived glow would be visible to the car behind you.

Are you sure you were not to close to be retinised by the rear fogs?

Agree with the comments about leaving fogs on when in clear weather.

I suggest that there should be an audible warning, fairly feint and intermittant, to inform drivers that fogs are 'on'.

By jove! I think I just invented something.

Your first bit doesn't make sense. Why turn their fogs on when I was behind them? Had i turned off the road or into a layby, that would possibly have been the time for them to turn them on, and not before? We were on a straight bit of road with no exits or laybys for at least a couple of miles.

And no I wasn't too close. Now given that foglights are designed to pierce through fog, (we were in no more than a light mist), even at a safe following distance, they can still be annoying. Which is why i stand by my belief that rear fogs should only be used when there is nothing immediately behind you. If there is something behind you at a reasonably close distance they can see you.

You audible warning is a good idea, but I'd take it a stage further and make it something like an intermittent airhorn within the car. They wouldn't get left on then!

I think on some cars in the past, the foglights switched off with the ignition to prevent them being left on.

Do I Read you correctly: You hit fog...you switch your rear fog lights on...but not if there is someone behind you...

Did I miss that bit in the Highway Code?

[JonRB]

WD39 said:

Do I Read you correctly: You hit fog...you switch your rear fog lights on...but not if there is someone behind you...

Yes, exactly so. It's called using your brain and thinking for yourself, rather than blindly following a set of rules.

Why exactly do you think you have fog lights?

[Stickyfinger]

JonRB said:

Yes, exactly so. It's called using your brain and thinking for yourself, rather than blindly following a set of rules.

Why exactly do you think you have fog lights?

If there is a car behind you that can see you...DO NOT put your fogs on ....its stupid, annoying can be dangerous !

[MartG]

Stickyfinger said:

JonRB said:

Yes, exactly so. It's called using your brain and thinking for yourself, rather than blindly following a set of rules.

Why exactly do you think you have fog lights?

If there is a car behind you that can see you...DO NOT put your fogs on ....its stupid, annoying can be dangerous !

When driving in fog, if you're being dazzled by the foglights of the car in front, perhaps you are driving too close

[Stickyfinger]

MartG said:

When driving in fog, if you're being dazzled by the foglights of the car in front, perhaps you are driving too close

If I can be dazzled I sure can see them from a few more meters back...so WHY put them on ??...I can see you so you DO NOT need them do you.

HC guide
You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves

You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226) as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves.

Edited by Stickyfinger on Thursday 8th October 19:14

[DoubleSix]

People who blast their screen washers as soon as the sun hits their car....

[leigh1050]

People with rucksacks and other massive bags on the way to work on the train.
Why do they sit clutching said bags on their laps? Do they not know there is a luggage rack above their heads?

[WD39]

JonRB said:

WD39 said:

Do I Read you correctly: You hit fog...you switch your rear fog lights on...but not if there is someone behind you...

Yes, exactly so. It's called using your brain and thinking for yourself, rather than blindly following a set of rules.

Why exactly do you think you have fog lights?

For driving in fog?

(Anyone else out there have thoughs on this?)

[JonRB]

WD39 said:

For driving in fog?

(Anyone else out there have thoughs on this?)

I meant why do you think you have rear foglights. What purpose do they serve? What is their actual intended function?

Come on, this isn't hard. Engage your brain before mashing your keyboard. Feel free to do so with an instruction manual open in front of you, if you prefer.

[markmullen]

JonRB said:

WD39 said:

For driving in fog?

(Anyone else out there have thoughs on this?)

I meant why do you think you have rear foglights. What purpose do they serve? What is their actual intended function?

Come on, this isn't hard. Engage your brain before mashing your keyboard. Feel free to do so with an instruction manual open in front of you, if you prefer.

Exactly. The point of rear fogs is for the car behind to see you in fog. If they're 10 car lengths back and can see you perfectly well there is no point in having them on. It winds me up, similarly people in the middle of town, in a queue, with rear fogs on. Thanks for that, I just couldn't see you 10 foot behind you without that massive red light.

[Adenauer]

RIGHT, YOU ABSOLUTE BLOODY RETARDED MORONS, I REALLY WOULD, HONESTLY, BOIL YOU IN OIL, REALLY.........

Spam Emails are annoying, but Spam Emails that when you click on the unsubscribe button then send you another Email confirming that you have successfully unsubsribed. Jesus Christ Almighty.

One just even sent me another Email saying 'Goodbye'.

I'll be drowning a Kitten if anyone wants me.

[RacingBlue]

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