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

[Lotus Elan +2]

Probably mentioned numerous times but......
the fkin s (mainly young women) who never put their lights on in stty conditions on the road.
If conditions are poor put your fkin lights on !!!
A really dull and snowing morning this morning and 4 out of 10 cars with no lights on !!!!! s

[Clockwork Cupcake]

jimPH said:

Then she's an idiot.

To revert means to return to its former condition.

So what she is saying is that she will do a task and then become you; implying she was you.

No, what she was saying (from the context) was that she would do the task, notify me, and then the condition of the case would revert to her not working on it. Or, rather, the responsibility for advancing the case would revert to someone other than her.

For the record, I think it sounds a bit wky and I would never use the phrase myself. But neither would I get my panties in a knot if someone did. Having said that, if someone "reached out" to me rather than contacted me, then they would indeed get rather in a knot I must admit.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Sunday 21st January 20:29

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Lotus Elan +2 said:

Probably mentioned numerous times but......
the fkin s (mainly young women) who never put their lights on in stty conditions on the road.
If conditions are poor put your fkin lights on !!!
A really dull and snowing morning this morning and 4 out of 10 cars with no lights on !!!!! s

Agreed.

But at the other end of the spectrum, don't turn your fking foglights on in light rain either.

[Rich_W]

rambo19 said:

Actors who say 'over and out'.

Actors who somehow end up believing they are the character they played. Seems to be less than great male actors who had "tough guy" roles who think that makes them "double hard bds" in real life


Cocks! All of them!

[davhill]

rambo19 said:

Actors who say 'over and out'.

Isn't this OK if they're playing Douglas Bader or someone of that ilk.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

davhill said:

Isn't this OK if they're playing Douglas Bader or someone of that ilk.

No.

'Over' means: I have finished speaking and I expect a reply.
'Out' means: I have finished speaking and I do not expect a reply.

Clearly then, 'Over and Out' is an oxymoron.

[cranford10]

nonsequitur said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

People who talk for 10+ minutes recounting a boring anecdote, in too much detail, and then say "well, to cut a long story short..."

Spandau Ballet.

True

[gothatway]

Bright Halo said:

People who use the phrase “by implication” to justify an opinion.

People who express a point of view and finish off by saying "end of".

[paulguitar]

gothatway said:

Bright Halo said:

People who use the phrase “by implication” to justify an opinion.

People who express a point of view and finish off by saying "end of".

Yep, and those that keep typing 'FACT' as if that somehow magically makes something a fact!

[kowalski655]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

davhill said:

Isn't this OK if they're playing Douglas Bader or someone of that ilk.

No.

'Over' means: I have finished speaking and I expect a reply.
'Out' means: I have finished speaking and I do not expect a reply.

Clearly then, 'Over and Out' is an oxymoron.

Then surely it is script writers that you should get annoyed at...actors just say the words

[V8mate]

cranford10 said:

nonsequitur said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

People who talk for 10+ minutes recounting a boring anecdote, in too much detail, and then say "well, to cut a long story short..."

Spandau Ballet.

True

You two really are Gold.

[227bhp]

nonsequitur said:

227bhp said:

When you arrive at a good restaurant to find a party of 25 just sitting down.

But only when the muzak stops.

Very good

On the subject of 'Over n out' I don't think anyone did it better than the KLF.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

kowalski655 said:

Then surely it is script writers that you should get annoyed at...actors just say the words

I'm not particularly annoyed. I was merely explaining.

However, the feckwits that say: "Roger, Wilco", those eejits should be castrated with a rusty spoon!

[yellowjack]

Lotus Elan +2 said:

Probably mentioned numerous times but......
the fkin s (mainly young women) who never put their lights on in stty conditions on the road.
If conditions are poor put your fkin lights on !!!
A really dull and snowing morning this morning and 4 out of 10 cars with no lights on !!!!! s

A silver Ford Focus bumbling along on a grey, wet morning this morning. FFS man? It's 0630hrs and completely dark. How can you possibly not notice that you have NO EXTERIOR LIGHTS at all lit??? Especially when I gave you a friendly "heads up" flash of high beams from behind, and then every single car (well it felt like every single car anyway) we passed coming the other way was blinding (exaggerated for effect ) ME with their high-beams and I was a very safe distance* behind you...

*very safe distance for many reasons, given that the manner of their driving was as inappropriate for the conditions as was their decision not to turn on their lights.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

"Roger, Wilco"

I thought he was the protagonist in the Space Quest series of games?

Seriously, though, and I realise that if this were QI then I might set off the klaxon, but I thought "roger" meant "understood" or "received", and "Wilco" meant "will comply"?

Edit: Oh, I see now. Wilco is "I understand and will comply" so the Roger is redundant. Klaxon duely triggered.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Monday 22 January 09:56

[droopsnoot]

Lotus Elan +2 said:

Probably mentioned numerous times but......
the fkin s (mainly young women) who never put their lights on in stty conditions on the road.
If conditions are poor put your fkin lights on !!!
A really dull and snowing morning this morning and 4 out of 10 cars with no lights on !!!!! s

I wonder whether the cause of some of these is dashboard lights that come on with the ignition, rather than the "proper" way of coming on with the lights. I saw two cars within about five minutes last week, at 10pm, with no lights on.

No excuse for not noticing or checking, but I wonder if it's the cause.

I do recall having a go at someone I used to work with for the same thing. "But I can see OK" was the response.

[Balmoral]

No event information.

[nonsequitur]

Balmoral said:

No event information.

Doncha just hate it when there's no event info.:

[nonsequitur]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

kowalski655 said:

However, the feckwits that say: "Roger, Wilco", those eejits should be castrated with a rusty spoon!

Please excuse my high pitched posting. Hasn't 'Roger' taken on a new meaning now?

[randomeddy]

People who limp.