Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
jamei303 said:
The correct way is to issue an instruction, but the British are too polite.
Most of the time, but not always, but it helps if they are.Years ago, I was sitting on the rank outside the V & A, Cromwell Road, Kensington, when a 40 something couple came down the steps and approached my taxi.
They were moving easily, no limping or apparent discomfort, the man opened the back door for his wife, and said to me through the f/n/s window, “Harrods.”
I said, “What’s the magic word?”
He said, “Bolloc*s!”, and opened the back door for his wife to get out, then they walked away.
Now I would have taken them, albeit reluctantly, but Harrods is some 720 metres from the V & A, the meter wouldn’t have moved from the flag fall, I thought, ‘Phew, dodged that bullet.’
He only had to add please to Harrods, and that would have been that.
PPEhero said:
My old man always ask what the gravity of whatever ale he is considering drinking is, really pi55es me off
Tell him to find out the same way that he expects you to find out.I used to have a brother-in-law who, when we went in a strange pub, would ask me what beers they had. When I told him that I didn't know, I had just walked in the door same as him - why didn't he find out and come and tell me. Why did he expect me to know?
He isn't my brother-in-law any more.
The Mad Monk said:
Tell him to find out the same way that he expects you to find out.
I used to have a brother-in-law who, when we went in a strange pub, would ask me what beers they had. When I told him that I didn't know, I had just walked in the door same as him - why didn't he find out and come and tell me. Why did he expect me to know?
He isn't my brother-in-law any more.
Reminds me of a guy who is still my brother-in-law, he lives on the Kent coast, but when he comes up to visit us, he’ll walk into a pub with me, having known me for maybe 40 years, and being fully aware that I only drink vodka, never beer, (unless I’m in Arizona and it’s 35 degrees, when I may have a cold one), and say, “Do you know what bitter they have?”I used to have a brother-in-law who, when we went in a strange pub, would ask me what beers they had. When I told him that I didn't know, I had just walked in the door same as him - why didn't he find out and come and tell me. Why did he expect me to know?
He isn't my brother-in-law any more.
I always say the same thing, “No, go on, I give up, what bitter DO they have?”
Frank7 said:
The Mad Monk said:
Tell him to find out the same way that he expects you to find out.
I used to have a brother-in-law who, when we went in a strange pub, would ask me what beers they had. When I told him that I didn't know, I had just walked in the door same as him - why didn't he find out and come and tell me. Why did he expect me to know?
He isn't my brother-in-law any more.
Reminds me of a guy who is still my brother-in-law, he lives on the Kent coast, but when he comes up to visit us, he’ll walk into a pub with me, having known me for maybe 40 years, and being fully aware that I only drink vodka, never beer, (unless I’m in Arizona and it’s 35 degrees, when I may have a cold one), and say, “Do you know what bitter they have?”I used to have a brother-in-law who, when we went in a strange pub, would ask me what beers they had. When I told him that I didn't know, I had just walked in the door same as him - why didn't he find out and come and tell me. Why did he expect me to know?
He isn't my brother-in-law any more.
I always say the same thing, “No, go on, I give up, what bitter DO they have?”
It's just conversational chit chat, no different from asking what the weather is doing,when you can both clearly see out of the window, the guy is banging your sister,its only polite to try and engage you in conversation.
Frank7 said:
The Mad Monk said:
Tell him to find out the same way that he expects you to find out.
I used to have a brother-in-law who, when we went in a strange pub, would ask me what beers they had. When I told him that I didn't know, I had just walked in the door same as him - why didn't he find out and come and tell me. Why did he expect me to know?
He isn't my brother-in-law any more.
Reminds me of a guy who is still my brother-in-law, he lives on the Kent coast, but when he comes up to visit us, he’ll walk into a pub with me, having known me for maybe 40 years, and being fully aware that I only drink vodka, never beer, (unless I’m in Arizona and it’s 35 degrees, when I may have a cold one), and say, “Do you know what bitter they have?”I used to have a brother-in-law who, when we went in a strange pub, would ask me what beers they had. When I told him that I didn't know, I had just walked in the door same as him - why didn't he find out and come and tell me. Why did he expect me to know?
He isn't my brother-in-law any more.
I always say the same thing, “No, go on, I give up, what bitter DO they have?”
OK in a quiet country pub, a bit annoying when it is somewhere busy.
bristolracer said:
Do these things annoy you beyond reason?
It's just conversational chit chat, no different from asking what the weather is doing,when you can both clearly see out of the window, the guy is banging your sister,its only polite to try and engage you in conversation.
Not quite banging my sister bristolracer, he is my wife’s brother, and what annoys me is that after knowing for forty years that I drink nothing but vodka in a pub, (with the occasional rye whiskey), and couldn’t tell a pint of Doombar from a pint of Stella, he will still, without fail, ask me what brand of beers does the pub that we’ve just walked into stock.It's just conversational chit chat, no different from asking what the weather is doing,when you can both clearly see out of the window, the guy is banging your sister,its only polite to try and engage you in conversation.
bristolracer said:
In which case you should be charming him with your wit and banter especially as your sexual exploits are well recorded on these very forums! 
He’s well versed in my sparkling repartée, but if I did as you suggested, even holding back the best salacious bits, I have visions of him whispering in his sister’s ear.As a good South London boy, if he knew who’d burgled his house, he wouldn’t grass on them, but he wouldn’t hesitate to drop a dime on someone who’d transgressed against his skin and blister.
nonsequitur said:
MartG said:
People commenting on a Youtube video about Anderton boat lift who cannot understand that a caisson full of water will weigh the same with or without boats in it 
Come on people - Archimedes figured this out in 250BC !
A niche subject I would say.Come on people - Archimedes figured this out in 250BC !
nonsequitur said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
WAVman said:
People who ask for things in shops or pubs by saying "Have you got a ......?"
Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
Whereas, presumanly, what you would prefer them to say is "Greetings, Stout Yeoman! I wish to enter into a financial negotiation for the procurement of a pint of your lager. Pray tell, could you furnish me with the information as to whether your stock levels are sufficient to enable this transaction to conclude successfully please?" Example, in a pub, "Have you got a pint of lager please?"
It's a pub, of course they have a pint of lager!!
Geordie lasses like her don't stand for any nonsense.
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