One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 5

[PDP76]

People who tailgate in the snow and ice - knobs !
Teen girls in little hatchbacks tailgating - knobs !
Teen lads tailgating me in the little A180 d they have - knobs !
Tailgaters - knobs !
Passenger seat drivers that don’t shut up about every single little hazard they spot ffs I can see - knobs !

[kingston12]

OllieJolly said:

I've noticed this recently, however now the more I look into it the more I see it has long been "a thing", and actually the longer I look into it the more it annoys me.
I'll have to give examples as I'm not sure how to describe it.

"My car needs washed", "the baby needs changed", "that wall needs painted"

In what world does anyone speak like that and think it's correct? It doesn't even sound right.

I've noticed that type of thing is increasing as well. The problem is that it doesn't take long before they become adopted into the language as more people just accept them as being correct.

The one I see a lot of is "I'm sat here looking out of the window". When did that become correct?

Then there is loose instead of lose. That has become so widespread that the spellcheck on my Mac actually tries to 'correct' lose to loose every time I type it.

[Magnum 475]

OllieJolly said:

I've noticed this recently, however now the more I look into it the more I see it has long been "a thing", and actually the longer I look into it the more it annoys me.
I'll have to give examples as I'm not sure how to describe it.

"My car needs washed", "the baby needs changed", "that wall needs painted"

In what world does anyone speak like that and think it's correct? It doesn't even sound right.

I've only ever encountered this in Scotland, and assumed it was a strange quirk of the people north of the border. Please don't tell me it's migrated south now?

[Deranged Rover]

Magnum 475 said:

I've only ever encountered this in Scotland, and assumed it was a strange quirk of the people north of the border. Please don't tell me it's migrated south now?

I know two people who say this and they are both Scottish!

[nonsequitur]

kingston12 said:

I've noticed that type of thing is increasing as well. The problem is that it doesn't take long before they become adopted into the language as more people just accept them as being correct.

The one I see a lot of is "I'm sat here looking out of the window". When did that become correct?

I think 'I'm sat' originates from Yerksha.

[Greg the Fish]

nonsequitur said:

I think 'I'm sat' originates from Yerksha.

And we all now how uncouth THEY all are!

So damn lazy the even shorten a damned three letter word!

Takes t' piss lad.

[OllieJolly]

Magnum 475 said:

I've only ever encountered this in Scotland, and assumed it was a strange quirk of the people north of the border. Please don't tell me it's migrated south now?

I must admit, it does seem to be predominantly a Scottish/American thing, and of course I am no expert at grammar but I like to think I get it right for the most part and nothing that should be obvious.

Project Farm on YouTube being a guilty example, and here's one from over on PassionFord (not picking on the individuals):

Edited by OllieJolly on Friday 5th February 18:28

[Pan Pan Pan]

kingston12 said:

OllieJolly said:

I've noticed this recently, however now the more I look into it the more I see it has long been "a thing", and actually the longer I look into it the more it annoys me.
I'll have to give examples as I'm not sure how to describe it.

"My car needs washed", "the baby needs changed", "that wall needs painted"

In what world does anyone speak like that and think it's correct? It doesn't even sound right.

I've noticed that type of thing is increasing as well. The problem is that it doesn't take long before they become adopted into the language as more people just accept them as being correct.

The one I see a lot of is "I'm sat here looking out of the window". When did that become correct?

Then there is loose instead of lose. That has become so widespread that the spellcheck on my Mac actually tries to 'correct' lose to loose every time I type it.

You are correct, the one I found odd was people saying they were bored of something, instead of being bored with something, but it seems that saying being bored of something, is used more and more these days.

[TarquinMX5]

Miserablegit said:

Greg the Fish said:

You are so so wrong.

Ok, if you're at a bar and you want a pint (oh my god! Remember those days? Actually standing at a bar and ordering a pint!!!) 'Can I get...' refers to 'I will help myself to a pint'...If you said 'please could you get me a pint of...' then that would be different.

Correct grammar, let alone etiquette, is 'Please may I have'. They are providing you with the 'pint' and then the pint is yours to do with it as you wish so they have no assumption they will be getting it back. As it is yours, please feel free to pour it over the knob standing next to you that gets served next and says, 'Can I get...'

Unfortunately, grammar and etiquette seem to be dying, rapidly, in this country.

I always associate “can” with a question of ability and “may” associated with a polite request.

“Can you play the guitar?” “yes I can play the guitar”
“Can I play the guitar?” “I have no idea as we’ve just met”
“May I play your guitar?” “yes you may play my guitar”


“Can I play your guitar?” “No you cannot. You’re a st bass player and don’t have the skills to play the six strings of joy that are my guitar. Your songwriting skills are those of a drunken six year old and only the drummer is less talented than you. You are only in the band because you have a van”

Correct.

"Yes you can but you may not"

[carlove]

Got Radio 2 on in the office, they’ve just been discussing drivers not clearing their windscreens of snow/ice.

One guy just rang and says he does it, and it’s fine. Firstly it’s bad for the environment having the engine running, second he has an old van so doesn’t have a choice but to drive without clearing the windows, third he had a van stolen 15 years ago when he left it running and finally he’s never had a crash so it’s fine.
He uses a blowtorch to clear a small amount of snow or ice from his view and off he goes.

It took me three minutes to get my car in a safe condition to drive this morning and it has the slowest de mister ever (diesel problems). Sometimes it can take 5-6 minutes for it to demist once the ice is clear, I just leave earlier and catch up on my emails in the car while I wait.

If you don’t clear at least your windscreen and front windows you’re a knob.

[MorganP104]

carlove said:

Got Radio 2 on in the office, they’ve just been discussing drivers not clearing their windscreens of snow/ice.

One guy just rang and says he does it, and it’s fine. Firstly it’s bad for the environment having the engine running, second he has an old van so doesn’t have a choice but to drive without clearing the windows, third he had a van stolen 15 years ago when he left it running and finally he’s never had a crash so it’s fine.
He uses a blowtorch to clear a small amount of snow or ice from his view and off he goes.

It took me three minutes to get my car in a safe condition to drive this morning and it has the slowest de mister ever (diesel problems). Sometimes it can take 5-6 minutes for it to demist once the ice is clear, I just leave earlier and catch up on my emails in the car while I wait.

If you don’t clear at least your windscreen and front windows you’re a knob.

Yeah, I heard this guy too, and was baffled.

A general rule of thumb to live by is this:

"I'm not interested in hearing the opinion of someone who has both the time and the inclination to call into a radio station during the working day."

It's stood me in reasonable stead all these years.

[carlove]

MorganP104 said:

Yeah, I heard this guy too, and was baffled.

A general rule of thumb to live by is this:

"I'm not interested in hearing the opinion of someone who has both the time and the inclination to call into a radio station during the working day."

It's stood me in reasonable stead all these years.

I do normally follow that rule myself, but that guy got me.

As I pulled up at work yesterday a Navara went by with a completely frozen windscreen, it was in the middle of the road as the driver wiped the inside with a demister pad, not sure that’ll help the ice frozen on the outside.

I did learn a lesson in not spraying screen wash at -5 just after de-icing (there was muck from passing vehicles hit the window), it froze again, luckily I could safely pull over and scrape it off.

Edited by carlove on Friday 12th February 14:45

[nonsequitur]

MorganP104 said:

Yeah, I heard this guy too, and was baffled.

A general rule of thumb to live by is this:

"I'm not interested in hearing the opinion of someone who has both the time and the inclination to call into a radio station during the working day."

It's stood me in reasonable stead all these years.

Does that include posting on an internet discussion forum?

[Muddle238]

People who leave trolleys in the middle of a car park. Especially when they’ve parked literally three bays from a trolley park, utter bottom-feeding, cretinous nobs.

[MorganP104]

nonsequitur said:

MorganP104 said:

Yeah, I heard this guy too, and was baffled.

A general rule of thumb to live by is this:

"I'm not interested in hearing the opinion of someone who has both the time and the inclination to call into a radio station during the working day."

It's stood me in reasonable stead all these years.

Does that include posting on an internet discussion forum?

Of course not! We're all geniuses!

ETA: Just spotted the timestamp on your post - 17:02. Nicely done.

[Pan Pan Pan]

Magnum 475 said:

OllieJolly said:

I've noticed this recently, however now the more I look into it the more I see it has long been "a thing", and actually the longer I look into it the more it annoys me.
I'll have to give examples as I'm not sure how to describe it.

"My car needs washed", "the baby needs changed", "that wall needs painted"

In what world does anyone speak like that and think it's correct? It doesn't even sound right.

I've only ever encountered this in Scotland, and assumed it was a strange quirk of the people north of the border. Please don't tell me it's migrated south now?

It would seem that by changing washed to washing, and changed to changing the sentences would sound right, and only one extra letter would be required!

[Pan Pan Pan]

Muddle238 said:

People who leave trolleys in the middle of a car park. Especially when they’ve parked literally three bays from a trolley park, utter bottom-feeding, cretinous nobs.

It seems to be down to sheer laziness,(and in some cases includes scum behaviour)
I watched a knob parked two feet from one of the big waste bins in a McDonalds car park, put all the boxes, wrappers, and cups of the substantial amount of food he had just bought in the drive through, straight out of his side window, and onto the car park floor, and then just drive off when he had finished.

[Hol]

Pan Pan Pan said:

Muddle238 said:

People who leave trolleys in the middle of a car park. Especially when they’ve parked literally three bays from a trolley park, utter bottom-feeding, cretinous nobs.

It seems to be down to sheer laziness,(and in some cases includes scum behaviour)
I watched a knob parked two feet from one of the big waste bins in a McDonalds car park, put all the boxes, wrappers, and cups of the substantial amount of food he had just bought in the drive through, straight out of his side window, and onto the car park floor, and then just drive off when he had finished.

No disagreement from me.

I can also remember maybe 7/8 years back, someone on this forum actually commenting it was ok to leave trolleys as people were employed by the shops to collect them.

[Dan Singh]

Anyone who says “my bad” is a knob.

[ch37]

I discovered the very fine line between 'having a bit of fun on an empty, greasy roundabout' and something nearly far worse this morning.

I was walking on the pavement alongside a roundabout, seemingly in slow motion a Civic appears, sideways, and loses it, heading in my direction. Very close call before he came to a stop. Knob!

I was nearing the end of a 10 mile walk across fields, this was the only bit of a pavement on the entire walk and I'd not seen anyone for 3 hours, so it really was a million to one chance that I (or anyone) would be there at that moment. Roads completely dead too.