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

[RizzoTheRat]

Bloke sat next to me on the plane watching a wide-screen format video on his phone... which he was holding in portrait so he had a tiny video filling about 1/3 his screen!

[gothatway]

Antony Moxey said:

Wouldn’t say I was proud, just that I never seem to have the time or patience for a book, much prefer to watch a film. I’d welcome the reasoning as why this appears to be council.

Watching a film is much more passive/lazy than reading a book; it requires less imagination, less involvement. When reading a book it is your imagination which paints a picture of each character, of each scene - rather than have someone else do that for you.

To take just one example from modern culture, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was a brilliant trilogy of four books - the radio series was nearly as good but from what little I saw of the film it was dire. I'm not sure that anyone ever said that a film was better than the book upon which it was based.

Books also have the huge added bonus that they can be picked up and put down to suit bedtime or commute reading, for example.

My assigning films to council was (mostly) tongue in cheek, of course.

[jumare]

gothatway said:

Antony Moxey said:

Wouldn’t say I was proud, just that I never seem to have the time or patience for a book, much prefer to watch a film. I’d welcome the reasoning as why this appears to be council.

Watching a film is much more passive/lazy than reading a book; it requires less imagination, less involvement. When reading a book it is your imagination which paints a picture of each character, of each scene - rather than have someone else do that for you.

To take just one example from modern culture, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was a brilliant trilogy of four books - the radio series was nearly as good but from what little I saw of the film it was dire. I'm not sure that anyone ever said that a film was better than the book upon which it was based.

Books also have the huge added bonus that they can be picked up and put down to suit bedtime or commute reading, for example.

My assigning films to council was (mostly) tongue in cheek, of course.

re Hitchhikers Guide (HH2G) it was originally a radio series which is by far the best version, and the trilogy is now in 6 parts. Agree that the film was rubbish though and the TV series wasn't much better.

Did listen to the first episode of the 'new' radio series but it didn't hold my attention.

[Bobberoo99]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Antony Moxey said:

Any need for the insult? The point is, I don’t care whether a film is faithful to the book because I’m watching the film.

I agree that there is no need for insults, and I acknowledge your point - if you have no interest in the source material whatsoever, then the film stands in isolation.

However, if the source material (eg. book) is really good, and the film is a travesty of it and is also a crap film, then I think it's perfectly valid to remark that the source material is better and/or the film is a poor interpretation of it.

This especially goes for people who think that because the film is crap then therefore the source material is crap.

(I'm saying "source material" because it's equally valid for comics, manga, video games, etc.)

Well summed up CC, a case in point of the above, Lee Childs character Jack Reacher is around 6feet 4inches tall and weighs around 220lbs/100kg, he is NOT TOM fkING CRUISE anybody seeing the film and not reading the books would believe that Jack Reacher is a medium sized dwarf not a hulking great lump with very quick reflexes and a penchant for finishing a fight in as few moves as possible!!! The books by the way are a fantastic read!!!

[Clockwork Cupcake]

When there's a song that you hate, and it's stuck in your head.

Thanks, brain.

[Bobberoo99]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

When there's a song that you hate, and it's stuck in your head.

Thanks, brain.

I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves.........................

[droopsnoot]

Bobberoo99 said:

Well summed up CC, a case in point of the above, Lee Childs character Jack Reacher is around 6feet 4inches tall and weighs around 220lbs/100kg, he is NOT TOM fkING CRUISE anybody seeing the film and not reading the books would believe that Jack Reacher is a medium sized dwarf not a hulking great lump with very quick reflexes and a penchant for finishing a fight in as few moves as possible!!! The books by the way are a fantastic read!!!

True, but I watched the film recently and it didn't seem that terrible to me. I could see that someone who hasn't read the books (I've read them all, and enjoyed most of them) would just believe him as an action character, and the only way we know that Reacher is a massive bloke in the books is because we keep being told. (ETA - obviously that's the only way we know anything in a book, but what I mean by that is in a film, there are other ways to convey the physical threat of Reacher without it just being size-related).

Not to suggest it'd be in a "top ten" of favourite films, if I were capable of making such a list, but I didn't spend the entire time thinking how short he is and how it ruined it for me.

Edited by droopsnoot on Monday 23 April 10:56

[Bobberoo99]

droopsnoot said:

Bobberoo99 said:

Well summed up CC, a case in point of the above, Lee Childs character Jack Reacher is around 6feet 4inches tall and weighs around 220lbs/100kg, he is NOT TOM fkING CRUISE anybody seeing the film and not reading the books would believe that Jack Reacher is a medium sized dwarf not a hulking great lump with very quick reflexes and a penchant for finishing a fight in as few moves as possible!!! The books by the way are a fantastic read!!!

True, but I watched the film recently and it didn't seem that terrible to me. I could see that someone who hasn't read the books (I've read them all, and enjoyed most of them) would just believe him as an action character, and the only way we know that Reacher is a massive bloke in the books is because we keep being told. (ETA - obviously that's the only way we know anything in a book, but what I mean by that is in a film, there are other ways to convey the physical threat of Reacher without it just being size-related).

Not to suggest it'd be in a "top ten" of favourite films, if I were capable of making such a list, but I didn't spend the entire time thinking how short he is and how it ruined it for me.

Edited by droopsnoot on Monday 23 April 10:56

A fair point well made, I just can't accept that they chose him to play that character, seems like sales power over realism to me!!!

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Bobberoo99 said:

A fair point well made, I just can't accept that they chose him to play that character, seems like sales power over realism to me!!!

The James Bond of the books was described as being quite physically different to the actors that have played him in film.

Incidentally, did you know that in the book that the film Forrest Gump is based on, his mum actually says "Life isn't a box of chocolates".

[captain_cynic]

Strudul said:

Shiv_P said:

Run the hot water from tap, rinse and put to one side of sink/on draining board. Use a scouring pad loaded with washing up liquid to scrub the plates/pans after first rinse and then rinse again to get rid of washing up liquid remnants

Washing plates in nasty scummy water is so counter intuitive - once the first dish has gone into that water it turns dirty, after a few it resembles the toilet after I've dropped the kids off at the pool. To me it makes absolutely no sense

Yes it costs more in water but I'd rather spend £15.46 or whatever per year extra in hot water then have to eat my food off plates which has a weeks worth of germs and recent food scrubbed all over it

This is pretty much what I do, except I put everything in the sink rather than on the side.

1) Everything in sink
2) Tap on hot, plug not in
3) Soap up pad
4) Grab plate or whatever and clean
5) Rinse
6) Put to side to drain / dry
7) Repeat 4-6 and 3 when necessary

You call that OCD, this is OCD.

1. Rinse everything to get off any bits of food or detritus.
2. Separate dishes into these categories.
2.1. Glassware.
2.2. Mugs.
2.3. Crockery.
2.4. Cutlery.
2.5. Large knives and cooking utensils.
2.6. Pots, pans and trays not used for anything messy (I.E. pasta).
2.7. Pots, pans and trays used for anything messy (I.E. a pasta sauce).
3. IFF you have a dishwasher, you can place glassware, mugs, crockery and cutlery in it at this point.
4. Turn tap on, mix to be just hot enough to put your hand under without scalding.
5. Wash each dish under running water using a bottle of pre-mixed dishwashing liquid, soaping each dish as required. Do so in this order:
5.1. Glassware.
5.2. Mugs.
5.3. Crockery incl. chopping boards.
5.4. Cutlery.
5.5. Large knives and cooking utensils.
5.6. Pots, pans and trays not used for anything messy (I.E. pasta).
5.7. Pots, pans and trays used for anything messy (I.E. a pasta sauce).
6. Rinse free of soap, place on the drying rack. Plates should be ordered by size with chopping boards right at the back.
7. Clean the sponge/scourer properly until all traces of soap and food are removed.
8. Clean the hob, yes, you lazy bar stewards, you made a mess, clean it bloody well up... and take out the bin too if it's full.

Usually though, as I'm cooking for one I usually only have a few things, plate, knife and fork, pan, tongs/spatula and maybe a pot or glass so I tend to just wash everything by hand even though I have a dishwasher.

[captain_cynic]

Bobberoo99 said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

When there's a song that you hate, and it's stuck in your head.

Thanks, brain.

I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves.........................

This is the song that doesn't end... Yes it goes on and on my friend... Some people started singing it not knowing what it was and they'll continue singing it forever just because...

Age: shown

[GIYess]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

The James Bond of the books was described as being quite physically different to the actors that have played him in film.

Incidentally, did you know that in the book that the film Forrest Gump is based on, his mum actually says "Life isn't a box of chocolates".

Noo that's my favorite film quote of all time.

Continuing on the Book V Film debate. There are times I've read the book, wife hasn't, then we watch the film. The wife will ask me "where did he/she come from" or "such and such doesn't make sense" and I'll have to explain that there is a huge chunk missed from the book explaining it. I can see why they cant explain it etc but sometimes favorite bits from books are left out or the way you imagined the scene in the book is better than the film and its disappointing. hence the apparent prejudice against the film.

[Nom de ploom]

Bar staff that can't add two fking numbers together.

"a pint of peroni and a diet coke, no ice please?"

barperson pulls beer first (first mistake but as that was what was requested first immediately assumes that is the first drink to prepare - it is not and never has been).

proceeds to get second drink. Total £4.75. I can add that up from the price list on the bar. no bar person has to go to til, press screen, come back ask for £4.75 (sometimes says please) returns to til, keys in amount to give change, returns with a possible thank you.

i know tills are electronic to keep stock levels and monitored and keep an eye on staff when they have to log in with a key fob everytime but crikey can they just not add up two numbers and save time and serve more people more quickly.

really annoys me

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Nom de ploom said:

Bar staff that can't add two fking numbers together.

"a pint of peroni and a diet coke, no ice please?"

barperson pulls beer first (first mistake but as that was what was requested first immediately assumes that is the first drink to prepare - it is not and never has been).

proceeds to get second drink. Total £4.75. I can add that up from the price list on the bar. no bar person has to go to til, press screen, come back ask for £4.75 (sometimes says please) returns to til, keys in amount to give change, returns with a possible thank you.

i know tills are electronic to keep stock levels and monitored and keep an eye on staff when they have to log in with a key fob everytime but crikey can they just not add up two numbers and save time and serve more people more quickly.

really annoys me

Mind you, on the flip side, you get the bar staff who just make up a number. I've had the same round come to a different price on each visit to the bar on the same night.

Edit: But, yes, in your scenario it would not be beyond the wit of man to say "£4.75 please" and then go key that into the till with one visit, rather than two.

[Zarco]

GIYess said:

Continuing on the Book V Film debate. There are times I've read the book, wife hasn't, then we watch the film. The wife will ask me "where did he/she come from" or "such and such doesn't make sense" and I'll have to explain that there is a huge chunk missed from the book explaining it. I can see why they cant explain it etc but sometimes favorite bits from books are left out or the way you imagined the scene in the book is better than the film and its disappointing. hence the apparent prejudice against the film.

Child 44 is a good example of this. Decent book. Film version barely makes sense as it just seems to skip large parts of the plot. Even having read the book I struggled to follow the film at times.

[droopsnoot]

Bobberoo99 said:

A fair point well made, I just can't accept that they chose him to play that character, seems like sales power over realism to me!!!

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that TC put up some of the money to buy the film rights, so the casting director didn't have a lot to do on that one.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

droopsnoot said:

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that TC put up some of the money to buy the film rights, so the casting director didn't have a lot to do on that one.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Zarco said:

Child 44 is a good example of this. Decent book. Film version barely makes sense as it just seems to skip large parts of the plot. Even having read the book I struggled to follow the film at times.

Mind you, on the flip side, I think that the Amazon TV adaptation of The Man in the High Castle is actually better than the book.

But this is getting a little off topic now and also isn't relevant to Antony's right to be annoyed beyond reason.

Anyway, back on topic, it annoys me that the sun rises in the West and that there isn't a thread on PistonHeads called "Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)" and, indeed, that there is no such thing as PistonHeads.

[Hugo a Gogo]

captain_cynic said:

You call that OCD, this is OCD.

1. Rinse everything to get off any bits of food or detritus.
2. Separate dishes into these categories.
2.1. Glassware.
2.2. Mugs.
2.3. Crockery.
2.4. Cutlery.
2.5. Large knives and cooking utensils.
2.6. Pots, pans and trays not used for anything messy (I.E. pasta).
2.7. Pots, pans and trays used for anything messy (I.E. a pasta sauce).
3. IFF you have a dishwasher, you can place glassware, mugs, crockery and cutlery in it at this point.
4. Turn tap on, mix to be just hot enough to put your hand under without scalding.
5. Wash each dish under running water using a bottle of pre-mixed dishwashing liquid, soaping each dish as required. Do so in this order:
5.1. Glassware.
5.2. Mugs.
5.3. Crockery incl. chopping boards.
5.4. Cutlery.
5.5. Large knives and cooking utensils.
5.6. Pots, pans and trays not used for anything messy (I.E. pasta).
5.7. Pots, pans and trays used for anything messy (I.E. a pasta sauce).
6. Rinse free of soap, place on the drying rack. Plates should be ordered by size with chopping boards right at the back.
7. Clean the sponge/scourer properly until all traces of soap and food are removed.
8. Clean the hob, yes, you lazy bar stewards, you made a mess, clean it bloody well up... and take out the bin too if it's full.

Usually though, as I'm cooking for one I usually only have a few things, plate, knife and fork, pan, tongs/spatula and maybe a pot or glass so I tend to just wash everything by hand even though I have a dishwasher.

what are your non-crockery mugs made of?

[227bhp]

Clothes with events on them like Christmas.
I've currently got Christmas underwear and a Christmas T-shirt on, so am I supposed to only wear it for two weeks per year? I'll never wear the fking things out at that rate and will still have them when i'm an OAP.