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

[I Love Cake]

Frank7 said:

SCEtoAUX said:

I Love Cake said:

People who eat using just a fork, using the fork to cut the meal.

Hello.

And hello from me too, although I admit that I give in with steak type dishes, but even then I’ll sometimes cut the meat into bite size pieces, put the knife down, and just use the fork with my right hand.
Once it’s all cut to size, a knife is superfluous, you’re just holding it like an ornament.
If you’re eating something like a meat pie, mashed potatoes and peas/greens/carrots/swede/parsnips for example, it’s easy to use a fork only.

You don’t use the fork to cut the meal then.

You partially annoy me beyond reason

[alorotom]

Stag and Hen dos in York that roll out of the railway station at midday Saturday already steaming drunk and can barely talk and stand and then blunder into the city centre being loud and abusive to families

[Roofless Toothless]

Frank7 said:

SCEtoAUX said:

I Love Cake said:

People who eat using just a fork, using the fork to cut the meal.

Hello.

And hello from me too, although I admit that I give in with steak type dishes, but even then I’ll sometimes cut the meat into bite size pieces, put the knife down, and just use the fork with my right hand.
Once it’s all cut to size, a knife is superfluous, you’re just holding it like an ornament.
If you’re eating something like a meat pie, mashed potatoes and peas/greens/carrots/swede/parsnips for example, it’s easy to use a fork only.

You need a knork. Available from Amazon.

[Buster73]

alorotom said:

Stag and Hen dos in York that roll out of the railway station at midday Saturday already steaming drunk and can barely talk and stand and then blunder into the city centre being loud and abusive to families

They’ll be an absolute pleasure compared with the groups of drunken slobs that get on the last few trains north after 10.00pm on a Saturday night.

Not a BTP in sight either.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

You know, the majority of this thread could be distilled down into "people who do things differently to me / hold different ideas to me / are just different to me" or, distilled further, just "people"

[talksthetorque]

Roofless Toothless said:

You need a knork. Available from Amazon.

Posting this for two reasons

[DJFish]

Roofless Toothless said:

You need a knork. Available from Amazon.

Good job it’s available online, can’t imagine the young lady at John Lewis would take kindly If I asked her to “show me your knorks”...

[Frank7]

Roofless Toothless said:

You need a knork. Available from Amazon.

Merci bien, ordered 5 minutes ago.

[motco]

What annoys me beyond reason? The BBC's obsession with regional accents - and poorly spoken regional accents in to the bargain.

[Europa1]

paua said:

Your mother's put themselve's about a bit, did they?

You may want to have another go at that, and not just for the punctuation.

[br d]

Bas Vegas.
Just seen it on another thread and keep seeing it repeated on here.
Bas Vegas is not general slang for Basildon, it refers specifically to the Festival Leisure Park where the nightclubs, restaurants and cinemas are, that's why that area is nicknamed Bas Vegas, you know, Vegas in Basildon.

I realise this is of very little interest to anyone but it just aggravates me.

(Do you ever wonder if just after the war the planners of the New Town were sitting in an office somewhere and had this conversation:

What are we going to call it Basil?
Don't know Don.)

Edited by br d on Sunday 3rd March 12:12

[V8mate]

br d said:

Bas Vegas.
Just seen it on another thread and keep seeing it repeated on here.
Bas Vegas is not general slang for Basildon, it refers specifically to the Festival Leisure Park where the nightclubs, restaurants and cinemas are, that's why that area is nicknamed Bas Vegas, you know, Vegas in Basildon.

I realise this is of very little interest to anyone but it just aggravates me.

(Do you ever wonder if just after the war the planners of the New Town were sitting in an office somewhere and had this conversation:

What are we going to call it Basil?
Don't know Don.)

Let's face it, the slang tag only improves the nature of the town.

And Basildon was an existing village, before becoming the name for the new town and borough.

[Roofless Toothless]

Frank7 said:

Roofless Toothless said:

You need a knork. Available from Amazon.

Merci bien, ordered 5 minutes ago.

I hope you didn't order a left handed one.

[br d]

V8mate said:

And Basildon was an existing village, before becoming the name for the new town and borough.

Been in this area 45 years and didn't know that.
Cheers!

[nonsequitur]

Dontecarlo. That is my favourite. Was there yesterday. Didn't spot the casino, but saw the Amazon distribution centre. The size of Wales. (Or Belgium).

Maybe the above Knork was despatched from there.

[Frank7]

Roofless Toothless said:

Frank7 said:

Roofless Toothless said:

You need a knork. Available from Amazon.

Merci bien, ordered 5 minutes ago.

I hope you didn't order a left handed one.

Gulp!
Straight on the phone to Amazon to confirm that I had indeed ordered a right handed one, thanks.

[Frank7]

AlexC1981 said:

The incredible amount of people selling antique furniture on ebay who do not state the dimensions in the listing. How can so many people be so stupid?

Well, over 62 million Americans voted G.W. Bush back into The White House in 2004.
So apparently lots of people can be stupid.

[ambuletz]

i just had an argument with someone that annoyed me.

I'm stood behind a line of people getting cash out the local post office cash machine. some guys on his phone around the corner from it. as the person infront of me is done and walks away he butts in and was like 'oh yes, i was next waiting'. he saw me stood there from the start and could've said something then, but nooooooo.

pissed me right off. wait IN the line!!! not around the corner!

[nonsequitur]

ambuletz said:

i just had an argument with someone that annoyed me.

I'm stood behind a line of people getting cash out the local post office cash machine. some guys on his phone around the corner from it. as the person infront of me is done and walks away he butts in and was like 'oh yes, i was next waiting'. he saw me stood there from the start and could've said something then, but nooooooo.

pissed me right off. wait IN the line!!! not around the corner!

Well done, but I hope no ambulence was required ambuletZ.

[V8mate]

ambuletz said:

i just had an argument with someone that annoyed me.

I'm stood behind a line of people getting cash out the local post office cash machine. some guys on his phone around the corner from it. as the person infront of me is done and walks away he butts in and was like 'oh yes, i was next waiting'. he saw me stood there from the start and could've said something then, but nooooooo.

pissed me right off. wait IN the line!!! not around the corner!

All that weightlifting and you still let people kick sand in your face?

You should send Charles 10 cents.