Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[SpeckledJim]

bristolracer said:

Stickyfinger said:

bristolracer said:

He's not wrong
I managed to push some wax further up and am now waiting 2 weeks for an appointment to have them syringed
My word of choice right now is "pardon "

Bring a little olive oil to the boils and instantly take it off the heat, let it COOL, dribble that in each ear.....wax all gone within a day ....

Taking up valuable NHS time for ear wax....annoying !

I am using olive oil now as per the helpful advice leaflet given to me by the surgery.

Why is boiled oil more effective?

I'm not sure it's more effective, but it'll be cleaner.

[Stickyfinger]

SpeckledJim said:

I'm not sure it's more effective, but it'll be cleaner.

sterile ........it is the only advantage to boiling it.

Use it "warm" to be more effective.

[SilverSixer]

Insurance companies.

I'm changing my car this afternoon. So I go to my insurance company's website to get the phone number, so that I can enter the queue for the hour's pain to tell Graham Ramsbottom (Arnav Raj) in Mumbai all the details of my life and that of my spouse, yet again and have a chat about last night's Eastenders.

"You can now make changes to your policy online!"

Great! So I click the button, I go through all the questions imaginable - why can they not just have a "Nothing's changed except the car" button? Anyway, get to the end after about 10 minutes, click finish.

"Thank you for letting us know about your changes. They will not be live until you have received confirmation from us". Ah. Need changes applied TODAY.

No confirmation coming through. Picking up new car in a couple of hours. I'm going to have to ring them and enter the queue to the hour of pain with Graham Ramsbottom (Arnav Raj), aren't I? Time saved from old process? Zero. Aggro levels: Increased.

wkers.

[yellowjack]

Porn.

Or rather, people on PH substituting the word "pawn" for "porn".

As in...

real estate 'pawn'; automotive 'pawn'; etc

Look! It doesn't get censored, it isn't of itself a "rude word" and it's use in the contexts mentioned has become an accepted use on the wider internet and in conversation.

Is it just a case of idiots getting confused with the play-on-words element of TV show titles like "Pawn Stars" etc, where they are actually filming a reality show about a high-end PAWN SHOP rather than adult entertainment stars in a knocking shop?

Porn. Porn. Porn. There. I typed it again.


...and don't get me started on doughballs using "pron" as a deliberate subterfuge to outfox the swear filter. There's no earthly fking need (supererogatory use of profanity to demonstrate the effective use of the swear filter ) to try to 'sneak' the word into a sentence because you can do so quite openly without drawing any attention from the dispenser...



...or is this simply a case of the terminally unfunny finding themselves hilariously witty to the detriment and "beyond reason" annoyance of that part of the PH membership who function normally?

[Antony Moxey]

yellowjack said:

Porn.

Or rather, people on PH substituting the word "pawn" for "porn".

As in...

real estate 'pawn'; automotive 'pawn'; etc

Look! It doesn't get censored, it isn't of itself a "rude word" and it's use in the contexts mentioned has become an accepted use on the wider internet and in conversation.

Is it just a case of idiots getting confused with the play-on-words element of TV show titles like "Pawn Stars" etc, where they are actually filming a reality show about a high-end PAWN SHOP rather than adult entertainment stars in a knocking shop?

Porn. Porn. Porn. There. I typed it again.


...and don't get me started on doughballs using "pron" as a deliberate subterfuge to outfox the swear filter. There's no earthly fking need (supererogatory use of profanity to demonstrate the effective use of the swear filter ) to try to 'sneak' the word into a sentence because you can do so quite openly without drawing any attention from the dispenser...



...or is this simply a case of the terminally unfunny finding themselves hilariously witty to the detriment and "beyond reason" annoyance of that part of the PH membership who function normally?

I suspect it might be more to do with people's work PCs flagging up the word rather than trying to evade a swear filter.

[ClockworkCupcake]

yellowjack said:

...and don't get me started on doughballs using "pron" as a deliberate subterfuge to outfox the swear filter. There's no earthly fking need (supererogatory use of profanity to demonstrate the effective use of the swear filter ) to try to 'sneak' the word into a sentence because you can do so quite openly without drawing any attention from the dispenser...

pron (or more correctly pr0n) is part of Internet sub-culture (aka "teh internetz"), particularly l33t.

Whilst it had its roots in evading swear filters, it's now used deliberately often with tongue in cheek.

Likewise deliberately using "teh" instead of "the". Usually done ironically, or for lolz.

[yellowjack]

Antony Moxey said:

I suspect it might be more to do with people's work PCs flagging up the word rather than trying to evade a swear filter.

Well in that case I hope they click on this thread, and are subject to all manner of flashing lights and warning klaxons, prior to being marched out of the premises by the highly trained, high readiness Pervert Ejection Squad.

Seriously? It's a "work" PC and these useless muppets are being paid by someone to "work" yet they are on an almost totally pointless (in the grand scheme of things) internet forum, not working. I strongly suspect that if this is the case then their contribution at "work" won't be greatly missed if they are dismissed because I typed the word "PORN!!!" three times in a row.


And people accuse me of "having too much time on my hands"? At least I'm retired and can choose to waste my entire day waffling on about irrelevant crap on the internet if it pleaseth me...

[yellowjack]

ClockworkCupcake said:

pron (or more correctly pr0n) is part of Internet sub-culture (aka "teh internetz"), particularly l33t.

Whilst it had its roots in evading swear filters, it's now used deliberately often with tongue in cheek.

Likewise deliberately using "teh" instead of "the". Usually done ironically, or for lolz.

Thanks for that. I've never been (un)fortunate enough to be invited to join any kind of sub-culture, so was going about with the completely silly idea that it was just a bunch of internet thickos who simply couldn't spell, so made the whole 'sub-culture' thing up.

As for "deliberately using "teh" instead of "the". Usually done ironically, or for lolz" ? Ah. I get it now. And I am consequently rofling (that's how you phrase it, I'm sure. If it isn't I'll just start a new sub-culture where it IS a "thing"...) and lolling whilst trying to tpye so plaese ecxues ayn speeiling mistooks. How we all chuckled out loud!

What next? Because I'm pretty sure most of the PH membership likes nothing better than mocking "sub-culture" bks. Snap-backs worn the wrong way around "what a bunch of knobs". VAG "Scene" halfwits cutting roadsprings and stretching tyres? "what a bunch of knobs". "stickerbombing" vinyls? "what a bunch of knobs". Ironic use of deliberate spelling mistakes? Well... you get the picture.

No wonder I get flak when I submit a long post on a thread, properly constructed and written, using correct spellings and grammar to the best of my ability.

I shall now consider myself to be...

a) educated on this matter

...and...

b) probably subject to a Fatwa by some random group of "internet sub-culture" nerds I've never even been aware of


Oi! Nerds!

[MartG]

ClockworkCupcake said:

Likewise deliberately using "teh" instead of "the".

I often do that by accident - seems my left hand types faster than my right

[popeyewhite]

Buying a crate of Carling, red light at the self-serve till:

Hello, would you like approval?
No, I'm 53 years old, I don't need approval to buy a crate of beer. It's the machine that wants approval.

Grrrr

[kowalski655]

yellowjack said:

Antony Moxey said:

I suspect it might be more to do with people's work PCs flagging up the word rather than trying to evade a swear filter.

Well in that case I hope they click on this thread, and are subject to all manner of flashing lights and warning klaxons, prior to being marched out of the premises by the highly trained, high readiness Pervert Ejection Squad.

Seriously? It's a "work" PC and these useless muppets are being paid by someone to "work" yet they are on an almost totally pointless (in the grand scheme of things) internet forum, not working. I strongly suspect that if this is the case then their contribution at "work" won't be greatly missed if they are dismissed because I typed the word "PORN!!!" three times in a row.


And people accuse me of "having too much time on my hands"? At least I'm retired and can choose to waste my entire day waffling on about irrelevant crap on the internet if it pleaseth me...

Have you never had a lunch break? Any decent employer wont mind people using their PCs then. Or would you also object to people using the bogs at work & not stting at home?
IIRC it was someone who said they couldnt get the property porn thread because of its title, so it was changed...no harm done

[ben5575]

yellowjack said:

Thanks for that. I've never been (un)fortunate enough to be invited to join any kind of sub-culture, so was going about with the completely silly idea that it was just a bunch of internet thickos who simply couldn't spell, so made the whole 'sub-culture' thing up.

As for "deliberately using "teh" instead of "the". Usually done ironically, or for lolz" ? Ah. I get it now. And I am consequently rofling (that's how you phrase it, I'm sure. If it isn't I'll just start a new sub-culture where it IS a "thing"...) and lolling whilst trying to tpye so plaese ecxues ayn speeiling mistooks. How we all chuckled out loud!

What next? Because I'm pretty sure most of the PH membership likes nothing better than mocking "sub-culture" bks. Snap-backs worn the wrong way around "what a bunch of knobs". VAG "Scene" halfwits cutting roadsprings and stretching tyres? "what a bunch of knobs". "stickerbombing" vinyls? "what a bunch of knobs". Ironic use of deliberate spelling mistakes? Well... you get the picture.

No wonder I get flak when I submit a long post on a thread, properly constructed and written, using correct spellings and grammar to the best of my ability.

I shall now consider myself to be...

a) educated on this matter

...and...

b) probably subject to a Fatwa by some random group of "internet sub-culture" nerds I've never even been aware of

Oi! Nerds!

To be fair that flak instigatingly long post could be condensed in to the words 'rofling' and 'snapback'

A quality rant though

FWIW, I believe a Rofling is a creature befriended by Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit...

[Antony Moxey]

yellowjack said:

Antony Moxey said:

I suspect it might be more to do with people's work PCs flagging up the word rather than trying to evade a swear filter.

Well in that case I hope they click on this thread, and are subject to all manner of flashing lights and warning klaxons, prior to being marched out of the premises by the highly trained, high readiness Pervert Ejection Squad.

Seriously? It's a "work" PC and these useless muppets are being paid by someone to "work" yet they are on an almost totally pointless (in the grand scheme of things) internet forum, not working. I strongly suspect that if this is the case then their contribution at "work" won't be greatly missed if they are dismissed because I typed the word "PORN!!!" three times in a row.


And people accuse me of "having too much time on my hands"? At least I'm retired and can choose to waste my entire day waffling on about irrelevant crap on the internet if it pleaseth me...

Yes, because everyone who goes to work works from the exact second they arrive to the exact second they leave. I can't imagine anyone has a break or lunch period and would be utterly astounded if their employers allowed them to use company computers for personal use during those breaks.

[bristolracer]

How did we do ? emails.....

Not content with one, but asking you again and again

I expect there is some marketing hipster putting these companies up to this spam, encouraging them to "reach out" to their customers whilst not realising that this sort of thing pisses people off.

I only bought a sodding extension lead ffs

[V8mate]

MartG said:

ClockworkCupcake said:

Likewise deliberately using "teh" instead of "the".

I often do that by accident - seems my left hand types faster than my right

It came about from typical mistypes. People type teh instead of the, pron instead of porn, form instead of from.

Internet kiddies then overlaid numbers into those typos to make the l33t lingo CC described.

[227bhp]

I like pron, it seems very PH to me.

[227bhp]

And carp.

[Brother D]

People that take photos on their phone with a dirty greasy lens.

You absolute bast*rds. It take 0.5 secs just to clean it on a bit of clothing.

Who are you??

[DavieW]

Brother D said:

People that take photos on their phone with a dirty greasy lens.

You absolute bast*rds. It take 0.5 secs just to clean it on a bit of clothing.

Who are you??

People that take photos and video clips in portrait instead of landscape orientation.

[Bandit110]

Local radio phone-ins for such things as "songs related to things you find in the kitchen".....

Caller: Eye Of The Tigerbread.

Ugghhhh.... kill me