Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)

[jontykint]

The way Mary-Anne Hobbs does an inane little giggle at herself every 5 mins of her 6music show
or the way every "magical moment" or every "touched her to the very core of her soul" happens with such routine regularity.

[Cantaloupe]

nonsequitur said:

Which crooner kept the Beatles from the No.1 spot in 1967?

Engelhart Pumpernickel probably, Last Waltz ?

I'm sure Ken Dodd had also had a toppermost hit that kept a groovier platter at second spot.

You know the charts were more fun then, Benny Hill rubbing up alongside Atomic Rooster and Lulu ....Oooerr Missus.

[P5BNij]

Cantaloupe said:

nonsequitur said:

Which crooner kept the Beatles from the No.1 spot in 1967?

Engelhart Pumpernickel probably, Last Waltz ?

I'm sure Ken Dodd had also had a toppermost hit that kept a groovier platter at second spot.

You know the charts were more fun then, Benny Hill rubbing up alongside Atomic Rooster and Lulu ....Oooerr Missus.

Yes that's the one, in February '67. We need some proper comedy records in the pop charts, where's Bernard Cribbins when you need him..?

[V8mate]

jontykint said:

The way Mary-Anne Hobbs does an inane little giggle at herself every 5 mins of her 6music show
or the way every "magical moment" or every "touched her to the very core of her soul" happens with such routine regularity.

Amen, brother. She plays some ace tunes, but by god she's inanely dull. And a dreadful sycophant.

[Nimby]

P5BNij said:

... where's Bernard Cribbins when you need him..?

In a hole in the ground?

[V8mate]

Nimby said:

P5BNij said:

... where's Bernard Cribbins when you need him..?

In a hole in the ground?

Wombling free?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Nimby said:

In a hole in the ground?

With a cup of tea

[yellowjack]

V8mate said:

jontykint said:

The way Mary-Anne Hobbs does an inane little giggle at herself every 5 mins of her 6music show
or the way every "magical moment" or every "touched her to the very core of her soul" happens with such routine regularity.

Amen, brother. She plays some ace tunes, but by god she's inanely dull. And a dreadful sycophant.

Mary-Anne Hobgoblin, as she's known in our house. Not sure if we coined that one, or someone else came up with it first, but whenever she comes on, we tend to tune to another station, and have done since her Radio1 days.

[nonsequitur]

Nimby said:

P5BNij said:

... where's Bernard Cribbins when you need him..?

In a hole in the ground?

And looking for the man in the bowler hat.(closest to a bowler).

[P5BNij]

nonsequitur said:

Nimby said:

P5BNij said:

... where's Bernard Cribbins when you need him..?

In a hole in the ground?

And looking for the man in the bowler hat.(closest to a bowler).

Showing my age now, my Mum used to sing it to me when bathing me in the kitchen sink, along with one of Cream's lesser known LP tracks 'Mother's Lament' (''your baby has gawn dahn the plug'ole and won't need a barf anymore...''). Even top rock bands did comedy songs in those days. Beat that, U2 and Coldplay.

Moving swiftly on...

[talksthetorque]

yellowjack said:

Mary-Anne Hobgoblin, as she's known in our house. Not sure if we coined that one, or someone else came up with it first, but whenever she comes on, we tend to tune to another station, and have done since her Radio1 days.

Think that was Mark and Lard.
Her voice always strikes me as a bit “what are you wearing” ie someone trying to sound sexy but failing by a lack of authenticity.
Not something a slightly adenoidal northern male such as myself has any trouble with.

[bristolracer]

yellowjack said:

bristolracer said:

Being Gazumped

All I can say is "best of luck with the ongoing search" really. I hope you find what you want and get a move all sorted sooner rather than later

Thanks

[Cantaloupe]

Brainless trash TV designed for the under 25s [ Love Island , BB, ] being lauded by
40 plus media gurus and Sunday magazine commentators as worthy and entertaining.

Do pi55 off eh ?

[southendpier]

Someone serving then went you get to the front states: "I won't keep you a minute" then goes off and does something that takes ages (well over a minute anyway)

.. and they were right they didn't keep me a minute.

[talksthetorque]

In the chain coffee emporium, the professional barista who is still making someone else's drinks asks what you are wanting - you tell them
Then the other barista finishes with their current customer and moves on to the person in the queue after you.
Meanwhile Mr or Mrs "I'm so efficient I can do two orders" Barista gets asked for three more drinks and half a dozen cakes, and probably some porridge.

[Frank7]

talksthetorque said:

In the chain coffee emporium, the professional barista who is still making someone else's drinks asks what you are wanting - you tell them
Then the other barista finishes with their current customer and moves on to the person in the queue after you.
Meanwhile Mr or Mrs "I'm so efficient I can do two orders" Barista gets asked for three more drinks and half a dozen cakes, and probably some porridge.

It took me between 1 and 1.5 seconds to completely get that, I was speed reading, as is my wont, but my first thought then was, so it doesn’t just happen to me then?

[Langweilig]

Stupid "flat earth" fanatics.

Moon hoax morons.

[anonymous-user]

Langweilig said:

Stupid "flat earth" fanatics.

Moon hoax morons.

This.
FB is full of moon loons today

[Langweilig]

CC07 PEU said:

The fking English school summer holidays. We're over a week into July and they still haven't fking started yet! I want quiet roads for my commute into London. Since when did summer start towards the end of July?

Move to Northern Ireland and you'll get all of July and August as a summer holiday.

[talksthetorque]

Frank7 said:

It took me between 1 and 1.5 seconds to completely get that, I was speed reading, as is my wont, but my first thought then was, so it doesn’t just happen to me then?

That's the abridged version, you should have seen my first attempt, you'd still be reading it!