Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

[AlexC1981]

My estate agent has put up a rubbish photo of my lounge. It's wonky and half the photo is of the carpet.

[mko9]

21st Century Man said:

The American habit of giving surnames as first names, particularly to girls.

Such as??

[anonymous-user]

mko9 said:

21st Century Man said:

The American habit of giving surnames as first names, particularly to girls.

Such as??

You're really asking that?

Riley
Harper
Murphy
Oakley/Oakleigh
Avery

And for boys:
Jackson/Jaxon
Hunter
Mitchell

etc etc.

See also: any council estate here.

[Red9zero]

AlexC1981 said:

My estate agent has put up a rubbish photo of my lounge. It's wonky and half the photo is of the carpet.

When we sold our last house I took most of the photos myself. Estate agent used a potato in the rain I think.

[bristolracer]

Red9zero said:

AlexC1981 said:

My estate agent has put up a rubbish photo of my lounge. It's wonky and half the photo is of the carpet.

When we sold our last house I took most of the photos myself. Estate agent used a potato in the rain I think.

We had one agent who came to quote, who wanted to charge for "professional" photos.

Err, ok let's do no photos and see how quickly you get your commission shall we?

[21st Century Man]

mko9 said:

21st Century Man said:

The American habit of giving surnames as first names, particularly to girls.

Such as??

Carter and Taylor are the two that were on TV at the time and prompted my post.

[FiF]

Something that was on Bosch this morning. A character gets intercepted by the Feds who insist on taking them downtown for a discussion. Character's car gets left, unlocked and door window wide open.

Suppose they could use the remote and lock it plus use remote close all windows option but guess that just brings out my inner Clarkson.

[21st Century Man]

FiF said:

Something that was on Bosch this morning. A character gets intercepted by the Feds who insist on taking them downtown for a discussion. Character's car gets left, unlocked and door window wide open.

Suppose they could use the remote and lock it plus use remote close all windows option but guess that just brings out my inner Clarkson.

Maddie and her colleague did similar when they ran off in different directions chasing a suspect, their cruiser was abandoned in a rough area with the doors and windows open and the keys in the ignition. As if!

[V8mate]

21st Century Man said:

FiF said:

Something that was on Bosch this morning. A character gets intercepted by the Feds who insist on taking them downtown for a discussion. Character's car gets left, unlocked and door window wide open.

Suppose they could use the remote and lock it plus use remote close all windows option but guess that just brings out my inner Clarkson.

Maddie and her colleague did similar when they ran off in different directions chasing a suspect, their cruiser was abandoned in a rough area with the doors and windows open and the keys in the ignition. As if!

I think Bosch is the only TV cop I've ever seen lock their car. (TV) police seem to universally leave them unlocked.

[Halmyre]

OnTheBreadline said:

mko9 said:

21st Century Man said:

The American habit of giving surnames as first names, particularly to girls.

Such as??

You're really asking that?

Riley
Harper
Murphy
Oakley/Oakleigh
Avery

And for boys:
Jackson/Jaxon
Hunter
Mitchell

etc etc.

See also: any council estate here.

Or the upper classes, as Billy Connolly pointed out years ago.

"You've got all these people with last names for first names...(puts on posh accent) Finlay, Crawford..."

[FiF]

Halmyre said:

OnTheBreadline said:

mko9 said:

21st Century Man said:

The American habit of giving surnames as first names, particularly to girls.

Such as??

You're really asking that?

Riley
Harper
Murphy
Oakley/Oakleigh
Avery

And for boys:
Jackson/Jaxon
Hunter
Mitchell

etc etc.

See also: any council estate here.

Or the upper classes, as Billy Connolly pointed out years ago.

"You've got all these people with last names for first names...(puts on posh accent) Finlay, Crawford..."

Or another one, pronunciation, Bertie, sounds like Bartay.

[anonymous-user]

Halmyre said:

OnTheBreadline said:

mko9 said:

21st Century Man said:

The American habit of giving surnames as first names, particularly to girls.

Such as??

You're really asking that?

Riley
Harper
Murphy
Oakley/Oakleigh
Avery

And for boys:
Jackson/Jaxon
Hunter
Mitchell

etc etc.

See also: any council estate here.

Or the upper classes, as Billy Connolly pointed out years ago.

"You've got all these people with last names for first names...(puts on posh accent) Finlay, Crawford..."

The line between council and upper class is wafer-thin.

Common to both:
Shagging their cousins.
Their pets come above their kids (Ok so posh is horses and council is snakes but lets not be racist towards the animals).
Stupid names, and
Double-barrelled names.
Don't care about money, as the next handout (parents/bennies) is only a couple of weeks away.
Garden ornaments.
Rusty old Subarus.
Probably loads of other things too.

[/judgemental]

[eldar]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

I've got to chuckle with one of my friends.

If you tell her you've just booked a one week holiday in a hotel in Tenerife then she'll say she's just come back from 2 weeks in her villa in Elevenerife.

Tell her you're the worlds biggest wker and she'll say she's frigged herself 20 times in the past hour.

Why do people do it?

Errr, oh. I mean, it annoys beyond reason.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Monday 16th May 00:28

I've got two friends like that...

Hah. I've got four.

[Whats on Second]

mko9 said:

21st Century Man said:

The American habit of giving surnames as first names, particularly to girls.

Such as??

Madison is my favourite

but Madison pales against the imaginative names among african-american women.

However, to even mention this, not even pass an opinion, is seen as racist, so there it must end.

[Cotty]

V8mate said:

I think Bosch is the only TV cop I've ever seen lock their car. (TV) police seem to universally leave them unlocked.

Or they do and have that generic BEEP BEEP that every movie car has when being locked or unlocked.

Edited by Cotty on Friday 20th May 14:02

[Alex_225]

Cigarette butts!

Seem to be the only bit of rubbish that people seem to think is a bit more ok to just litter the place with.

Most people don't just willingly drop a drinks can or crisp packet on the floor, some do but they are the properly useless knuckle draggers. Seems flicking a cigarette wherever you like doesn't seem to be so much of an issue for people.

Gets right on my b*llocks though!

[shih tzu faced]

Suspects in British telly police dramas. Usually well spoken but gobby attitude women with their arms folded.

They always speak to the investigating officer (usually the main character and a bit of a maverick DI) as Detective Inspector. Over and over again. Yes Detective Inspector… I suppose you have a warrant Detective Inspector… You won’t find anything in there Detective Inspector (looking at the wonderbra he’s just fished out of the knicker drawer)… etc etc

Has anyone in real life apart from another plod ever referred to an officer of the law by their rank? I fecking doubt it but in telly land it happens all the time for some reason.

More of a niggle than a full on annoyance tbh

[yellowjack]

V8mate said:

21st Century Man said:

FiF said:

Something that was on Bosch this morning. A character gets intercepted by the Feds who insist on taking them downtown for a discussion. Character's car gets left, unlocked and door window wide open.

Suppose they could use the remote and lock it plus use remote close all windows option but guess that just brings out my inner Clarkson.

Maddie and her colleague did similar when they ran off in different directions chasing a suspect, their cruiser was abandoned in a rough area with the doors and windows open and the keys in the ignition. As if!

I think Bosch is the only TV cop I've ever seen lock their car. (TV) police seem to universally leave them unlocked.

There was one TV cop show (possibly Line Of Duty?) where cops in a rough area wouldn't even leave their cars locked. They were crewed by two officers and one of them was left with the car while the other made "house calls".

[Mallard126]

Whats on Second said:

mko9 said:

21st Century Man said:

The American habit of giving surnames as first names, particularly to girls.

Such as??

Madison is my favourite

but Madison pales against the imaginative names among african-american women.

However, to even mention this, not even pass an opinion, is seen as racist, so there it must end.

It isn't though, is it? If you say "I've seen women with the following names which are utterly ludicrous [insert stupid names here]" that's fine.

If you said "Black Americans are thick/council/whatever and this is borne out by the stupid names they give one another" that is quite blatantly racist. It's not that difficult to not be racist/not sulk because you can't be overtly racist as the fancy takes you.

[thewarlock]

Calling people council because you're unaware that other cultures that don't only involve cups of tea, cornish pasties and complaining about foreigners, exist.

Council.