Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
RumbleOfThunder said:
New Hipster pub names. Generations loved these places and knew them as something proper like The Swan or The Rose and Crown. Quick lick of paint and it becomes something pathetic like "The Crafty Dog" or "The Pig and Pump". f
k off.
I had a friend at uni who was from Sheffield and there was a pub local to him called The White Swan which everyone referred to as The Mucky Duck, as an affectionate in-joke. k off. Then the pub was taken over by new management who actually renamed it The Mucky Duck and everyone was very annoyed about that. It's like when someone posts a subtle joke, and everyone is riffing on it with puns and winks that show they also got it, and then a Captain Obvious comes along and just straight-out says the punchline and ruins it all.
This was in the early 90's so it's by no means a new thing.
RumbleOfThunder said:
New Hipster pub names. Generations loved these places and knew them as something proper like The Swan or The Rose and Crown. Quick lick of paint and it becomes something pathetic like "The Crafty Dog" or "The Pig and Pump". fk off.
In our town The Prince of Wales has been changed to The Last Crumb and The Eldon Arms is now The Weather Station. Both Hipster places, smelling of beard oil and around £5 a pint or more.k off. Clockwork Cupcake said:
I had a friend at uni who was from Sheffield and there was a pub local to him called The White Swan which everyone referred to as The Mucky Duck, as an affectionate in-joke.
Then the pub was taken over by new management who actually renamed it The Mucky Duck and everyone was very annoyed about that. It's like when someone posts a subtle joke, and everyone is riffing on it with puns and winks that show they also got it, and then a Captain Obvious comes along and just straight-out says the punchline and ruins it all.
This was in the early 90's so it's by no means a new thing.
I used to pass it regularly!Then the pub was taken over by new management who actually renamed it The Mucky Duck and everyone was very annoyed about that. It's like when someone posts a subtle joke, and everyone is riffing on it with puns and winks that show they also got it, and then a Captain Obvious comes along and just straight-out says the punchline and ruins it all.
This was in the early 90's so it's by no means a new thing.
ChevyChase77 said:
RumbleOfThunder said:
New Hipster pub names. Generations loved these places and knew them as something proper like The Swan or The Rose and Crown. Quick lick of paint and it becomes something pathetic like "The Crafty Dog" or "The Pig and Pump". fk off.
In our town The Prince of Wales has been changed to The Last Crumb and The Eldon Arms is now The Weather Station. Both Hipster places, smelling of beard oil and around £5 a pint or more.k off. Clockwork Cupcake said:
I had a friend at uni who was from Sheffield and there was a pub local to him called The White Swan which everyone referred to as The Mucky Duck, as an affectionate in-joke.
Then the pub was taken over by new management who actually renamed it The Mucky Duck and everyone was very annoyed about that. It's like when someone posts a subtle joke, and everyone is riffing on it with puns and winks that show they also got it, and then a Captain Obvious comes along and just straight-out says the punchline and ruins it all.
This was in the early 90's so it's by no means a new thing.
The Hope and Anchor in Bristol is locally known as ‘The Hopeless wThen the pub was taken over by new management who actually renamed it The Mucky Duck and everyone was very annoyed about that. It's like when someone posts a subtle joke, and everyone is riffing on it with puns and winks that show they also got it, and then a Captain Obvious comes along and just straight-out says the punchline and ruins it all.
This was in the early 90's so it's by no means a new thing.
ker’. I wouldn’t be annoyed in the slightest if it became its official name 
yellowjack said:
Some things can be pan fried, or deep fried.
Also, bear in mind that there is a difference between pan frying and shallow frying, both of which use a pan but different quantities of oil. Edit: Then there is sautéing, which is similar to pan frying but done at a higher temperature.
RumbleOfThunder said:
ChevyChase77 said:
RumbleOfThunder said:
New Hipster pub names. Generations loved these places and knew them as something proper like The Swan or The Rose and Crown. Quick lick of paint and it becomes something pathetic like "The Crafty Dog" or "The Pig and Pump". fk off.
In our town The Prince of Wales has been changed to The Last Crumb and The Eldon Arms is now The Weather Station. Both Hipster places, smelling of beard oil and around £5 a pint or more.k off. 
That Touareg 48-hour test drive advert annoys me
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"The hardest part will be giving it back".
No the hardest part will be trying to find a parking space big enough that one you park you can open the doors.
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"The hardest part will be giving it back".
No the hardest part will be trying to find a parking space big enough that one you park you can open the doors.
MartG said:
RumbleOfThunder said:
ChevyChase77 said:
RumbleOfThunder said:
New Hipster pub names. Generations loved these places and knew them as something proper like The Swan or The Rose and Crown. Quick lick of paint and it becomes something pathetic like "The Crafty Dog" or "The Pig and Pump". fk off.
In our town The Prince of Wales has been changed to The Last Crumb and The Eldon Arms is now The Weather Station. Both Hipster places, smelling of beard oil and around £5 a pint or more.k off. Happened in my village. Nice, honest pub. Not very inspirational but well-used by the locals. Sold up to a young couple. They revamped it into a gastro-pub, which was, to be fair, very good. The locals abandoned it. It was no longer a boozer but rather a restaurant that served beer. Two years later, they went bust and the pub sat empty for about a decade, as the owner tried to get planning for a residential development. Eventually, it was returned to being a gastro-pub but is, imho, worse than the previous iteration, with the slowest service imaginable. It has lasted longer than the last attempt but I assume it is not long fro this world.
ArnageWRC said:
Add 'Pan fried'......
And it really shouldn't annoy me, but it does; people who pronounce Sram with an 'H' = Shram. Why?
I have a feeling that I’m severely “putting myself on offer” here, but Sram? And it really shouldn't annoy me, but it does; people who pronounce Sram with an 'H' = Shram. Why?
I’ve not heard of Sram, so I Googled it, and it could be something to do with cycles.
Is it a word in common parlance, or it an acronym, SRAM?
I can certainly agree with the sentiment, adding a non existent H annoys me too.
I had a girlfriend years ago, an Eastender, transplanted to Essex, she was guilty of doing that.
Words like studio, became shtudio, or, “it was out of shtock”, not stock, drove me nuts.
Frank7 said:
ArnageWRC said:
Add 'Pan fried'......
And it really shouldn't annoy me, but it does; people who pronounce Sram with an 'H' = Shram. Why?
I have a feeling that I’m severely “putting myself on offer” here, but Sram? And it really shouldn't annoy me, but it does; people who pronounce Sram with an 'H' = Shram. Why?
I’ve not heard of Sram, so I Googled it, and it could be something to do with cycles.
Is it a word in common parlance, or it an acronym, SRAM?
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