Pet Hates........or FFS

[walpurgis]

Pet Hates.

I expect this has been done here before, but I'll give it a bash anyway.

What drives you up the wall, what's incredibly annoying, etc. Here goes with a few of mine.

In the home:

Cushions, why do women have an obssesion with putting loads of cushions all over chairs and sofas that are ergonomically designed to be used as is.

Driving:

Why do some drivers stop at roundabouts and wait until somebody comes along that they can give way to?

Being passed on the inside by some twat using an active bus lane.

At work:

Being emailed by an idiot who sits ten feet away and hasn't got the manners to come and speak to me.

Hype, jargon and plain bad English. Terms like "window of opportunity" and "at the end of the day" And, a word I really, really hate "confidentiality", things are done in confidence or are confidential. This horrible word "confidentiality" was imported into this country from America by Tory MP Gerald Navarro back in the sixties and he was ridiculed at the time, unfortunately it stuck!



The above are just a few of my niggles. Anybody out there with more?

[Beechwoods]

Other people sneezing, I have no problem with my own sneezes, but other people's really gets on my bits :)

Having to listen to someone eating an apple.

Other than that, I'm pretty easy going :lol:

[Covenant]

People who mumble. My daughter for example; the reply to everything she says is "pardon?"
I nag her and her mother, who is an english teacher, nags her. Drives us both mad.

[sparrow]

CD players that don't do as they should all of the time..

[Haselsh1]

Having to constantly get up and bloody turn over vinyl records.

[Marco]

People who smell of lentils.

Marco.

[Roy S]

That stiff clear sharp packaging you have to cut with scissors

[southall-1998]

I hate my father's breathing and coughs. He's asthmatic, and I don't care :lol:;)

[Cotlake]

I hate my father's breathing and coughs. He's asthmatic, and I don't care :lol:;)

Do you really mean what you have just said? Reads very harsh to me.

[southall-1998]

:uhho:

[shane]

People who say "obligated" instead of "obliged". "Obligated" doesn't exist.

[The Grand Wazoo]

"Obligated" doesn't exist.

Well said that man!

[Marco]

Weevils that argue back.

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

I h8 textese :eyebrows:

[Joe]

The phrase 'train station'. It's either a 'station' or a 'railway station'. FFS.

[walpurgis]

Pedantic prats who take everything too seriously and pursue minor issues like a dog worrying a bone!

[Batty]

Lateness, it's just rude.

[Roy S]

People who say 'pacific' instead of 'specific'

[walpurgis]

Lateness, it's just rude.

Quite right. I make a point of always being on time to meet people, as I hate having somebody keep me waiting, not that I wait for long.

[wiicrackpot]

The term ''my bad'' and sentence suddenly stops, really gets up my pipe.

[Covenant]

Virtually all hip-hop, rappy crappy music today. It all seems to be about the person singing the song and generally involves stating how great they are with the ladies and how big their bank balance is.
I didn't want to turn into my father but its happened.....

[synsei]

Twats who insist on driving in the middle lane of a motorway when the inside lane is clear, and also drivers who can't be arsed to signal. When the revolution cometh, they will be the first against the wall... :guns:

[walpurgis]

The term ''my bad'' and sentence suddenly stops, really gets up my pipe.

Absolutely, its another rubbish Americanism that's sneaked into everyday so called English.

I also can't stand people who scatter Gallicisms about, when there are perfectly good English words that say the same thing.

And, how about our youngsters (and older thickos) saying 'innit' all the time?

[Eremite]

People (especially polititians) who say "I refute that..." when they mean "I deny that..."

[Rare Bird]

Don't get me going on this one, just about everything in modern life get up my back side.

[Marco]

Twats who insist on driving in the middle lane of a motorway when the inside lane is clear, and also drivers who can't be arsed to signal. When the revolution cometh, they will be the first against the wall... :guns:

What about the fuckers who hog the outside lane, when the inside lane is perfectly clear, and won't shift to let you overtake? Do we shoot those mutant cock-jockeys too, or simply just torture them in the most sadistic way imaginable? :eyebrows:

Marco.

[walpurgis]

What about the fuckers who hog the outside lane, when the inside lane is perfectly clear, and won't shift to let you overtake? Do we shoot those mutant cock-jockeys too, or simply just torture them in the most sadistic way imaginable? :eyebrows:

Marco.

I had one the other day. 45mph all the way in a 70 limit, some senile octogenerian.

[Marco]

In a Volvo? I bet he was wearing 'driving gloves' (and a somewhat 'pained' expression), too! :D

Marco.

[MartinT]

Another Americanism: transportation. It's transport, duh!

[Macca]

I've also noticed in the past few years that the Americanism 'can I get' has replaced 'may I have' amongst the under thirty's.

[Stratmangler]

I've also noticed in the past few years that the Americanism 'can I get' has replaced 'may I have' amongst the under thirty's.

I've noticed that one too, and it makes my hackles rise :steam:

[jollyfix]

Bar staff who put ice into a pint glass when i ask for a pint of cider.

there is always some numpty parked by the air machine at the garage , so i have to wait for them to buy their milk etc. just park up in the parking bay !!

people who put records and cd's back into the wrong covers/ boxes.

dirty tools.

finding a tea cup placed on top of my speakers.

i could go on, and on........

[shane]

It had to come. Apostrophes.

It's not "cd's". It's "CDs".

[jollyfix]

:doh: :lol:

[MartinT]

Getting acronyms wrong. For instance, my boss writes 'lazer'. Aaaargh!

[anthonyTD]

Other people sneezing, I have no problem with my own sneezes,
but other people's really gets on my bits :)

Having to listen to someone eating an apple.

Other than that, I'm pretty easy going :lol:

Especially when they don't use a handkerchief :eek::lol:
A...

[Puffin]

People who use the word "like" every other word. Well is it "like" it or is it IT!!!:eek:

[Rothchild]

When will people learn that there is no proof in the pudding?!

The proof is not in the pudding! The proof of the pudding is in the eating but that's all.

[walpurgis]

It had to come. Apostrophes.

It's not "cd's". It's "CDs".

Its not it's, its its!

(sorry Shane, couldn't resist that one)

[Rothchild]

You either know your shit, or you know you're shit

;-)

[Ashmore]

"Five items or less".................... arrghhh

Countable nouns. Fewer. FEWER. F-E-W-E-R.

Ahh that's better. :)

[Stratmangler]

Folk who keep loosing things :eyebrows:
Archers loose arrows.
Everyone else keeps losing things.

[chelsea]

cats

[Ashmore]

Yes, cats. Awful creatures. Also people who say 'pacific' instead of 'specific', all 'national treasures' but especially Stephen Fry, taxes, and politicians - especially the Tory ones.

[Marco]

Yes, cats. Awful creatures.

Bah - cats rool!! I love their 'fuck you' attitude and fierce independence. Clearly Stuart and you prefer something more subservient and easily manipulated ;)

Marco.

[Ashmore]

Ha, ghastly schizophrenic fleabags that shit everywhere :ner:

[walpurgis]

I like cats.

My old 'Boy' was brilliant. So friendly, still miss the poor old sod after four years gone. Biggest cat I've ever seen, four feet long from tips of paws to tip of tail stretched out on the sofa.

[shane]

Its not it's, its its!

(sorry Shane, couldn't resist that one)


Awww sod it. I knew that.:steam:

[The Grand Wazoo]

It's not that its at all, it's it's!

Surely it's is correct - the apostrophe denotes the missing letter i as in it is

From The Apostrophe Appreciation Society Website (http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/page2.html)

The rules concerning the use of apostrophes in written English are very simple:

1. They are used to denote a missing letter or letters, for example:

I can't instead of I cannot
I don't instead of I do not
it's instead of it is or it has

2.........

[walpurgis]

Actually, I think you can argue both cases, but 'its' is the posessive, as in belonging to or of and 'it's' is a contraction, the apostrophe indicates missing letters as in 'it has' and 'it is' according to the online Collins Dictionary, but I think common usage comes into play to an extent (and you can spell usage and useage both ways I believe). So it could be I was wrong, or it could still be Shane was wrong. Never mind, as long as we get our point across it matters little.

[walpurgis]

Here's another "pet hate" of mine,

its bad enough the Americans mangling our language and pronouncing nuclear as 'nucular', but now I've noticed this same butchery of English being used by British news correspondents and presenters. There's no excuse!

[The Grand Wazoo]

Ha!!!
Maybe so, but you should never spell apostrophe like you just have!


..... the apostrophy indicates missing letters as in 'it has'......

[MartinT]

Pedants 'R Us.

[Canetoad]

It's not aluminum it's aluminium!

It's tomato sauce, not ketchup!

They're biscuits, not cookies!

And finally...

People who advertise amplifiers and quote the power consumption instead of output because it's bigger! :steam:

[Macca]

Newsreaders pronouncing 'police' as 'pleece'

[walpurgis]

Ha!!!
Maybe so, but you should never spell apostrophe like you just have!

You're right. Tired, a couple of beers, still no excuse.
I went to bed and while I was thinking it 'clicked', realising what I'd done.
I do know better. Now corrected first thing I did today and now standing corrected!

[Clive]

Here's another "pet hate" of mine,

its bad enough the Americans mangling our language and pronouncing nuclear as 'nucular', but now I've noticed this same butchery of English being used by British news correspondents and presenters. There's no excuse!
Well, you'll just have to get acclimated to it! :(

[walpurgis]

Yeah, yur right. we have to put up with this sort of crap monday thru sunday.

[MartinT]

People who use the construct "could of" or "should of".

Aaaaaaaargh!

[Clive]

"comprises of" too!

[synsei]

This thread would be a handy research resource for the new series of Grumpy Old Men... :lol:

[walpurgis]

This thread would be a handy research resource for the new series of Grumpy Old Men... :lol:

Less of the "old" mate!

[Stratmangler]

Ten times smaller.
It's a tenth as big FFS :doh:

[Marco]

Pet hates? 2-2 draws at home in The Champions League against Dutch dafties, eh dude?

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

I couldn't believe the poor defending on the 2 goals we conceded :doh:

Back to pet hates - Champions League referees.
Tonight's referee made some shocking decisions, and he bottled it at the end with the penalty he didn't give for the most blatant shirt pulling I've ever seen.

[Marco]

Nightmare, mate. I never saw the game, but sounds like someone should've gone to Specsavers! ;)

Let's hope the ref we get tomorrow night (at the Barca game in Glasgow) has better eyesight and judgement. Wish us luck! :)

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

Nightmare, mate. I never saw the game, but sounds like someone should've gone to Specsavers! ;)

Let's hope the one we get tomorrow night (at the Barca game in Glasgow) is better. Wish us luck! :)

Marco.

I knew we were going to have problems when the ref's guide dog led him onto the field...:eyebrows:

Hope it goes well for you tomorrow :)

[walpurgis]

Self opinionated twats on other forums (of which I'm not a member and possibly wouldn't be allowed to be), knocking proper Tannoy dual concentrics, when by their own admission they've never heard a pair properly set up in an appropriate system and in a suitable environment.

I know its all subjective, but making sweeping statements with nothing to back it up with is pretty dim. And, I probably should ignore idiots, but I haven't, so there.

(I expect a few of you may know who and where I'm refering to.)

I may even add a link if somebody asks me nicely.

[Marco]

If you're talking about the mince written on Dicky Dunce's, erm, 'forum', then it's probably best just to laugh. I did! :D

Cheers, Chris. TBH, I'd settle for the 2-2 draw your guys got.

Marco.

[southall-1998]

+1 for walpurgis post.

[Marco]

People who wave their unwashed armpits at you in enclosed spaces, such as lifts. The same applies when pissy pants obviously haven't been changed for a few days {boak} :spew:

Marco.

[southall-1998]

What a post to put up, Marco! :)

[Marco]

True, though!

Marco.

[Rare Bird]

Disgustin innit.. Coffee breath really turns my guts.

[Marco]

Same here, and bad breath in general. Why folk can't brush their teeth thoroughly every day, and especially before going out in public (and maintain proper standards of hygiene in general), I've no idea...

Sheer laziness, I assume! :rolleyes:

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

Chris Moyles.
About as funny as child molestation.

[Marco]

Have you seen him recently? He's lost a lot of weight... Looks about 10 years younger!

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

Have you seen him recently? He's lost a lot of weight... Looks about 10 years younger!

Marco.

Doesn't make him any funnier :eyebrows:

[Marco]

No, but minus the lard, there's less chance of him smelling... :eyebrows:

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

No, but minus the lard, there's less chance of him smelling... :eyebrows:

Marco.

:rfl:

[Stratmangler]

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Use of incorrect terms.
Now if the word "dramatically" had been used then all would be well, but the use of "drastically" implies that things are made worse.
Is is just me? :scratch:

[MartinT]

It's not just you :eek:

[walpurgis]

'Negatory'

(another little transatlantic treat)

[The Grand Wazoo]

"There is a disconnect"

[bobbasrah]

Something that bugs the hell out of me is the TV set being today's radio. First realised how much it annoyed me in the late eighties before LCD offered reduced power "viewing"...
It goes on, is not watched, but chunters away in the background like muzak in a store...

TV = Vision, Hifi = Audio, or used to be....

[MartinT]

"There is a disconnect"

I'm afraid I use that one myself :rolleyes:

Comes of working for a Japanese company for 10 years followed by an American company for 7.

[Rare Bird]

Just to break the subject a tad but this has been bugging me.. I set the heating to switch on at 9:30PM last night, by the time i got in around 10:15PM, i was greeted by what sounded like i'd left the tap running!

Opening the bathroom door right there in front of me the toilet's pot cistern had split right down the front, water pissing all over..

I have no idea what had caused it but all i can think of is the heat in the small bathroom from the radiator Vs the freezing cold water in the cistern caused it to split.

Anyhoots fitted a new one this morning. Anyone ever encountered this before??

[walpurgis]

Andre,

I suspect this could be due to excessive Gamma particle bombardment caused by a very localised thinning of the Ozone layer.


Geoff.

[Macca]

It was once so cold in my bathroom that the metal pole that suspends the shower curtain contracted so much it fell into the bath. (It has suckers at either end that fix it to the tiles). Happened in the midle of the night - woke me up, I thought some one was breaking in. My breath was fogging in the bathroom it was that cold.

[Mr Nad]

Another pronunciation one: the increasing trend of saying pryvacy rather than privacy.

Also, 'Lessons have been learned'. Bloody meaningless! Tell me exactly what you have learned and what you are doing to prevent mistakes happening again.

Oh, and DAB radio. 15 miles from Crystal Palace, and I can't receive a single station. If I could receive it, I would lose Radio Kent which I can receive just by pointing the ariel on my Roberts radio in a slightly different direction. But I would gain the World Service, R5Live and R4LW. I miss the world service. However, I'd lose all those shortwave stations... nothing like Radio Netherlands on a Sunday lunchtime.

[Rare Bird]

It was once so cold in my bathroom that the metal pole that suspends the shower curtain contracted so much it fell into the bath. (It has suckers at either end that fix it to the tiles). Happened in the midle of the night - woke me up, I thought some one was breaking in. My breath was fogging in the bathroom it was that cold.

Blimey thats cowd.. what was it fred flinstones pad?

[Macca]

Blimey thats cowd.. what was it fred flinstones pad?

I wish! My only consolation is that the house cost less to buy than Martin T's car ;)

[Rare Bird]

Me too if i could come home from work every day to find Wilma & Betty Rubble starkers on the sofa :eyebrows:

[The Grand Wazoo]

I once lived in the wing of a castle in Cumbria - it had a useless heating system and the walls were about 4' thick sandstone. My bedroom had an en-suite that had previously been a sort of small round turret that was built onto the corner of the building. This meant that the room had 270 degrees of external walls. In mid-winter, my toothpaste used to have ice crystals in it!

The living room was the best hi-fi room I ever had though - 30'x19'x16' !

[walpurgis]

My wife likes to say "and what message does that send out?". It drives me potty.

[Rare Bird]

My wife likes to say "and what message does that send out?". It drives me potty.

:lol:

my wife always complains about me banging on about the 1960's all the time :lol:

[MartinT]

I wish! My only consolation is that the house cost less to buy than Martin T's car ;)

At the bottom of someone's garden, is it?!

[Marco]

Don't get that one.... :scratch:

Marco.

[MartinT]

...as in 'shed'.

[Marco]

Ah, right!

Marco.

[Macca]

...as in 'shed'.

It's more of a hut, really...

[Tim]

Loutish football fans who cannot keep their mouths shut at Kevin Bridges comedy shows and ruin the show for both the artist and audience :steam:

[Cotlake]

People buying lottery tickets and generally also checking the results on previously bought tickets when they could have researched that for themselves at home. They then go on to buy scratch cards....arrrrh :steam:

The whole process seriously slows up retail checkout for the rest of us.

[Stratmangler]

People buying lottery tickets and generally also checking the results on previously bought tickets when they could have researched that for themselves at home. They then go on to buy scratch cards....arrrrh :steam:

The whole process seriously slows up retail checkout for the rest of us.

Whoa Tiger!
Take one of these ...

http://mummyisagadgetgeek.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chill_pill.preview.jpg

[Macca]

People buying lottery tickets and generally also checking the results on previously bought tickets when they could have researched that for themselves at home. They then go on to buy scratch cards....arrrrh :steam:

The whole process seriously slows up retail checkout for the rest of us.

And the same is true for people buying electricity or cellphone top-ups - bloody deadbeats! Students buying armfuls of munchies - comes to £4.30 - they have to pay by debit card. Wankers...

[Marco]

Lol - I actually agree with Greg, as that shit also pisses me off, standing there inside a newsagents waiting to buy a newspaper (with cash!) while fools, chasing a near impossible dream, are buying bloody Lottery tickets and holding everyone back, in much the same way as the diddies who insist on carrying out their whole week's banking at an ATM machine (that's what fooking HOME banking is for, you wankstains), piss me off, when I only want in quickly to withdraw a tenner!

FUCKWITS!! :rolleyes: :wanker:

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

Lol - I actually agree with Greg, as that shit also pisses me off, standing there inside a newsagents waiting to buy a newspaper (with cash!) while fools, chasing a near impossible dream, are buying bloody Lottery tickets, in much the same way as the diddies who insist on carrying out their whole week's banking at an ATM machine (that's what fooking HOME banking is for), piss me off when I only want in quickly to withdraw a tenner!

FUCKWITS!! :rolleyes: :wanker:

Marco.

And I thought I was a cranky old bastard :eek:
I'm nowt but a learner compared to you, Greg and Macca :D

[Marco]

Lol - not cranky, just little tolerance for zoomers!

Marco.

[Cotlake]

Yep, get you completely Marco! Bugger, we seem to have something in common :eek:

[Marco]

Hehehe... It had to happen sometime! :D

Marco.

[Macca]

I used to be really chilled out. But age seems to be tempering that :)

Had a go the other night at some knob driving like a lunatic in the works car park. Nearly ran me and a couple of birds down. I called him a fucking idiot and he gave me a bit of a look. Now found out he is the boyfriend of a work colleague and has just completed second tour in Afghanistan. Oops...

[Stratmangler]

I used to be really chilled out. But age seems to be tempering that :)

Had a go the other night at some knob driving like a lunatic in the works car park. Nearly ran me and a couple of birds down. I called him a fucking idiot and he gave me a bit of a look. Now found out he is the boyfriend of a work colleague and has just completed second tour in Afghanistan. Oops...

If he doesn't like being called a fucking idiot then he shouldn't be driving like one.

[Rare Bird]

People who do the lottery in general :rolleyes:

[Macca]

If he doesn't like being called a fucking idiot then he shouldn't be driving like one.

I agree. But I suspect that I may not be able to use that logic to reason with him while he is beating me to death. I 've not had to try in a long time but I doubt that I can do the old chop suey like I used to :lol:

[Stratmangler]

I agree. But I suspect that I may not be able to use that logic to reason with him while he is beating me to death. I 've not had to try in a long time but I doubt that I can do the old chop suey like I used to :lol:

Fair comment.
However, drop the information of his behaviour on the right desk and he'll be surprised just how fast shit rolls downhill.
The MOD take a very dim view of such misbehaviour.

[Rare Bird]

I've got an idea to cut this pointless thread short, let all agree that people just can't stick each other ;)

[Firebottle]

I absolutely detest the modern idiom of 'yeah, no ......' before answering a question.
I want to shout STOP, do you mean yes, or do you mean no FFS?

Even the boss of Red Bull F1 uses this stupid idiom,
Give me strength,

Alan

[walpurgis]

Agreed, my wife uses "yeah, no" constantly. Not a good way to express anything!

[shane]

I was right!

(sorry, it takes me a while to catch up sometimes).

Whilst I'm here, please note:

1) it's camera, not camra

2) it's battery, not battry

3) it's properly, not proply.

4) it's probably, not probly.

[The Grand Wazoo]

........ it's probably, not probly.

.........or worse still, 'prolly'................ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Marco]

What about 'wufty', short for 'we have to'? :rolleyes:

Marco.

[walpurgis]

If you're talking about the mince written on Dicky Dunce's, erm, 'forum', then it's probably best just to laugh. I did! :D

Cheers, Chris. TBH, I'd settle for the 2-2 draw your guys got.

Marco.

I see Mr Dung is at it again.

He's definitely off my Christmas card list!

Why can't he get any more members? Too many proper places (like here) for people to go instead I expect.

[Rare Bird]

Why do people say things like 'I've been & done it, i have' ! The person already established He's done it right at the start!!

[Tim]

Interest Checks . . . I know I'm probably the only one here, but WTF is an 'interest check', its either for sale or it isn't - drives me nuts :rolleyes:

[synsei]

Interest checks are for people who haven't quite made up their minds whether they want to sell but might do if the price is right. Gonna be putting one up of my own shortly Tim so feel free to rant... :cool:

[Tim]

That must be it then Dave, I can't be doing with people who cannot make up their minds ..... In or Out, Yes or No ...... anything in the middle is a complete waste of time IMO. Sitting on the fence is something I never do and I have no time for folk that do.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w63/greatgig/Rant.gif

:lol:

[synsei]

There, now that feels much better doesn't it Tim... :lol:

[Tim]

There, now that feels much better doesn't it Tim... :lol:
Much :D

[Natalie NWA]

Cats, my cat Millie has just taken a chunk out of my hand because I shoved her off my bed, they cheeky devil. I love them really.

One thing that does bother me, are people who ask a question with an answer.

Example' are you going out tonight' yeah. Why ask if you already no the answer:scratch:

[Rare Bird]

I love cats & i don't think i could have another since our 'Lucky' passed away, a bit like betrayal really.. However i don't miss him taking chunks out of my speaker cabinets.

[walpurgis]

I had a black cat called Lucky many years ago. She was lovely, very intelligent and sweet, with a little savage streak. Great fun and still missed.

[Effem]

Nothing drives me up the wall more than listening to someone who constantly uses "errrrrrr" and "ummmm" when talking, because what they are trying to say could easily be spat out in less than half the time and probably be three times more interesting to boot. Young females in particular who produce an endless chain of "ummmmm"s into their speech has often prompted me reaching for an imaginary baseball bat with the mental picture of stoving their heads in with it :steam: I reckon the annual Lobotomy Club's outing would entertain and inform me more. Supposedly "intelligent" people who cannot put four words together without inserting an "errrrr" in there make me fume too :steam: :steam: :steam: :steam:

What else? Oh yes, the word "like" liberally sprinkled into speech does my head in big time and the numpties who say "sort of" too need to be flung into a cesspit to drown.

Apart from that, the world is just peachey :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Tim]

. . the word "like" liberally sprinkled into speech does my head in big time
. . . me too

[seoirse2002]

People who who raise a questioning tone at the end of every sentence when explaining something...very popular in the US but lots of it here too:cool:

[Rare Bird]

I had a black cat called Lucky many years ago. She was lovely, very intelligent and sweet, with a little savage streak. Great fun and still missed.

Yes he was just the same, one of those cool cats that came sat with you when you perched your arse on the sofa.. I'll find some photo's of him, poor little bugger appeared at the door one Bonefire night about 16 years ago, i never tried finding out the owner because if they can let a kitten out that time of year they aint worth bothering with & certainly don't deserve a cat. I loved him, he was a great friend to me, seemed to love Pink Floyd aswell but not ELP :lol:

[synsei]

Grumpy old men who complain about everything... Move along Grandad!!! :door: :D

[Natalie NWA]

People who think they know what they are doing but haven't got a friggin clue. Example, using every type of oil on slate without using sealant and the right type of oil for slate. Idiots, if your not sure ask someone who might be in the know. A slate founder might be a good start. Sorry just having a rant :lol:

Natalie

[Marco]

Yeah, and to extend that further, guys who think that they're good at DIY (just 'cos it's perceived as 'manly'), and can do ANY job, no matter how specialist or skilled the job is, and frequently make a total ARSE of it, ending up with all sorts of half-completed 'DIY disasters' strewn around the house and abandoned, for someone who actually knows what they're doing to fix......! :doh:

Know your limitations, people: if you're a ham-fisted and hopeless nightmare, swallow your pride and admit it, and get a professional in to do the job properly!!! :exactly:

Marco.

[MartinT]

Nothing drives me up the wall more than listening to someone who constantly uses "errrrrrr" and "ummmm" when talking

I'm with you, Frank. What with those and 'like', 'anyway', 'random' and other pointless words liberally strewn into sentences, it's amazing that teenagers can make themselves understood. Oh wait, they generally can't...

[Rare Bird]

People that ask a question ending it with 'No'..

[The Grand Wazoo]

Transitioning
Leveraged

Oriented..........


yCj2I0EJ9PM

[walpurgis]

Yes he was just the same, one of those cool cats that came sat with you when you perched your arse on the sofa.. I'll find some photo's of him, poor little bugger appeared at the door one Bonefire night about 16 years ago, i never tried finding out the owner because if they can let a kitten out that time of year they aint worth bothering with & certainly don't deserve a cat. I loved him, he was a great friend to me, seemed to love Pink Floyd aswell but not ELP :lol:

That's a coincidence Andr'e. That's how I got mine. I came home one evening to find her sitting on the doorstep. She was only about six inches long and obviously only a few weeks old. There were many feral cats in the area and I assume she was one of their kittens. Lucky (the Beast), stayed with me 14 years. Broke my heart when I came down one morning and found her dead.

[Canetoad]

Nothing drives me up the wall more than listening to someone who constantly uses "errrrrrr" and "ummmm" when talking, because what they are trying to say could easily be spat out in less than half the time and probably be three times more interesting to boot. Young females in particular who produce an endless chain of "ummmmm"s into their speech has often prompted me reaching for an imaginary baseball bat with the mental picture of stoving their heads in with it :steam: I reckon the annual Lobotomy Club's outing would entertain and inform me more. Supposedly "intelligent" people who cannot put four words together without inserting an "errrrr" in there make me fume too :steam: :steam: :steam: :steam:

What else? Oh yes, the word "like" liberally sprinkled into speech does my head in big time and the numpties who say "sort of" too need to be flung into a cesspit to drown.

Apart from that, the world is just peachey :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

When Mark Webber talks it drives me to distraction! :doh:

[Tim]

Grumpy old men who complain about everything..
:wheniwasaboy:

[Barry]

:wheniwasaboy:

Oi - that's my job! :eyebrows:

[Rare Bird]

It's not it's mine old before my age mindst

[Tim]

Let's face it guys, there's a fair few grumpy old men here :lol:

[Barry]

Let's face it guys, there's a fair few grumpy old men here :lol:

Yes - maybe we should have our own sub-forum! (Pace Marco! :eyebrows:)

[Rare Bird]

parents that speak to there children in 'gaga-googoo' language, a bit like pet owners who think their pets understand what they are saying

[Covenant]

a bit like pet owners who think their pets understand what they are saying

Guilty as charged. I always ask our cat if she wants me to open the door or get her some dinner. She would be upset if I didn't......

[Rare Bird]

Do you speak to the plants aswell Jerry? :D

[Covenant]

Only to a rather attractive fern in the dining room Andre

[Rare Bird]

As long as you don't speak to the cactus i guess thats ok :D

[Natalie NWA]

a bit like pet owners who think their pets understand what they are saying

Guilty as charged. I always ask our cat if she wants me to open the door or get her some dinner. She would be upset if I didn't......

Saw would mine :lol:

[Macca]

parents that speak to there children in 'gaga-googoo' language, a bit like pet owners who think their pets understand what they are saying

Not only does my cat understand every word I say to him he also can talk back in 'cat' and I understand him.

That sounds pretty crazy reading it back but it is true.

Years ago now we had a cat called Smudge who we took in as a stray or rather our tom cat did. He was a killer and very smart. Had some friends over and we were sat in the kitchen and one of them says 'hey the cat wants to come in' and there he was at the patio door waiting patiently. So I stand up to let him in and say 'listen to the cat say thank you when I let him in' to which I received howls of derison. I open the door, in comes the cat and as I knew he would he emits a loud 'Barooo!' - I have never seen people so stunned.

[walpurgis]

parents that speak to there children in 'gaga-googoo' language, a bit like pet owners who think their pets understand what they are saying

Andr'e,

my dog definitely knows what: 'want a treat?', 'go for a walk?', 'sit', 'down', 'want to go in the garden?', 'paw', 'fuss', 'want to go out?', 'come here', 'get in', and 'eat your food', mean.


Geoff.

[Rare Bird]

:lol: Everyone knows it's physically not possible for a dog to understand humanoid language they are just used to our body language, sounds & what they expect/get from you in their repetative everyday lifestyle. In other words they adapt to what they are used too day in day out.

You slap you hand on your thigh the dog will jump upto you, you stick two fingers upto another person they know exactly what that mean, not a single word spoken in both cases.

[walpurgis]

Andr'e, obviously my pooch can't understand language, but he definitely knows what I mean from the sound of what I say. He is very intelligent (possibly unlike his owner).

[Natalie NWA]

Saw would mine :lol:

I am surprised nobody said anything about me using the word saw instead of so. I was waiting patiently for someone to say people using the wrong spelling of a word :lol::lol:

Natalie:eyebrows:

[Marco]

We know you're a daftee, so we don't expect anything else! :eyebrows:

Marco.

[Natalie NWA]

We know you're a daftee, so we don't expect anything else! :eyebrows:

Marco.

Cheeky lol. 5.15 I woke up and I only went to bed at 3. If I get up any earlier I will be meeting myself going to bed :lol:

Natalie

[Marco]

Did you have a bad dream about losing your pink dressing gown? I can understand how that could've been quite traumatic! :D

Marco.

[stupinder]

People who mumble. My daughter for example; the reply to everything she says is "pardon?"
I nag her and her mother, who is an english teacher, nags her. Drives us both mad.
Youngest (15 tomorrow) has acquired a teen mumble. Drives me mental!

[synsei]

People who think they are always right despite copious evidence to the contrary...

[Thing Fish]

People who use the term Vinyls...!!! It's Vinyl.

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

People who use the term vinyl when what they're actually talking about are records or LPs :-)

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

People who are 'going for a coffee'.

They don't 'go for a tea' they go for a cup of tea. Coffee comes in cups so you're not 'going for a coffee' you're 'going for a cup of coffee'. Is that clear?

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

The increasing, rather annoying tendency for people to begin every sentence with 'so' when they've been asked a question.

Also 'can I get' when they mean 'could I have' 'may I have' 'can I have'.

[Covenant]

People who say they have got pen on their shirt when they mean ink-Grrrrr!

[Thing Fish]

Spitting...!!!

[Rare Bird]

farting :eyebrows:

[Roy S]

People who preface every sentence with 'I mean' (find myself doing it which really irritates me)

[Natalie NWA]

I used to be a nurse and coped with most things, except phlegm. OMG! It made me vomit.

Natalie

[Marco]

I could mention the subject of bed baths, but I'd best not! :eyebrows:

Marco.

[synsei]

People who preface every sentence with 'I mean' (find myself doing it which really irritates me)

I mean, you know what I mean Roy, right? :D

The final word being my pet hate when people insist on inserting the word 'right' in between as many words in a sentence as they can possible manage... :doh:

[vinylspinner]

Hi Nat,

Did you have to bring that up?:doh:

Nigel

[synsei]

Hi Nat,

Did you have to bring that up?:doh:

Nigel
:lol:

[Rare Bird]

One of my all time No.1's is Dog crap on the coarseway!

[walpurgis]

I mean, you know what I mean Roy, right? :D

The final word being my pet hate when people insist on inserting the word 'right' in between as many words in a sentence as they can possible manage... :doh:

Yeah, right! Right?

[Marco]

I'm a big fan of gloopy snot, too... You know the type you often see hanging, like elasticated globules of lemon curd, from kid's nostrills?

Yum, yum!!

Marco.

[Marco]

One of my all time No.1's is Dog crap on the coarseway!


Ever wondered why it doesn't turn white and chalky after a while, like it used to when we were kids?

Today's doggies must be full of 'E' numbers, too!

Marco.

[synsei]

Ever wondered why it doesn't turn white and chalky after a while, like it used to when we were kids?

Today's doggies must be full of 'E' numbers, too!

Marco.

Yeah, and dog turds never grow fur coats the way they used to... :eyebrows:

[Marco]

Aye, but there are some right dogs who wear fur coats!! The last one I knew was called Michelle :D

Marco.

[Covenant]

One of my all time No.1's is Dog crap on the coarseway!

All dogs should be registered & chip implanted, DNA sample taken, if anyone fails to do this, hit them with a bigger fine than they could imagine.. Make a database, employ people to go around taking samples from Dog crap, test for their DNA against the database, again a massive fine + take the owner to clean it up. If any Dog appears not to be on the database because the owner failed to register, log the sample in the same fashion the police would do a missing person.

But think about the poor person employed for this mission Andre:
"Have you had a nice day dear?" "Oh yes love, I took 32 canine stool samples back to the lab today. I had to drive with the window down mind you."

[Natalie NWA]

I'm a big fan of gloopy snot, too... You know the type you often see hanging, like elasticated globules of lemon curd, from kid's nostrills?

Yum, yum!!

Marco.

Marco there is something wrong with you, I should also mention gross manners and snot. People who let everyone know they have let one off, it completely disgusts me.

Natalie

[Barry]

Ever wondered why it doesn't turn white and chalky after a while, like it used to when we were kids?

Today's doggies must be full of 'E' numbers, too!

Marco.

It's because dogs these days don't chew bones - it's all tinned dog food.

[Barry]

Marco there is something wrong with you, I should also mention gross manners and snot. People who let everyone know they have let one off, it completely disgusts me.

Natalie

Yeah - I know someone who seems to 'make a meal' of doing such things and then says "Oh, do excuse me"!

[Marco]

Marco there is something wrong with you, I should also mention gross manners and snot. People who let everyone know they have let one off, it completely disgusts me.

Natalie

Lol... You don't wanna be in the same room then when I have the crew round for a sesh after a curry. 'Botty burp' competition, here we come! :D

I've always found anything to do with 'arse gas' extremely funny...

Marco.

[Natalie NWA]

Kittens who finish their season, and then decide to have a second one in the space of 3 wks and are to small to be spayed. OMG! What are we going to do. This little kitty is driving us nuts. But she is so cute. I only hope she can't get pregnant. Sorry off topic.

Marco, you have the manners of a warthog lololol. My dad was just like you and I think that is why It is a pet hate for me. Remind me never to make you a curry next time you come over, you dirty devil lololol.

Natalie

[walpurgis]

Had a cystoscopy a couple of times. That would definitely qualify as a major hate as opposed to a 'pet hate'. Having a long probe with a mini camera on the end shoved up the urethra (the old chap), leaves you in some discomfort for a while, to say the least.

I wasn't going to mention farts, but I will. It's definitely an art, some people seem to manage the most extraordinarily noisy (and noisesome) ones with barely an effort. Some of my pub chums being the worst offenders (Hi Eamon). Why is it so often blokes in rugby shirts?

[julesd68]

Absolute number one pet hate is women who do their make-up on the tube.

A horrendous display of narcissism and self-importance. I find it as attractive as a dose of thrush ...

[walpurgis]

Not as unpopular as a ripe fart in a crowded tube carriage though.

[julesd68]

People wearing football shirts in inappropriate places.

eg anywhere that isn't a football match.

Worst of all - families all wearing football shirts.

[Marco]

Absolute number one pet hate is women who do their make-up on the tube.

A horrendous display of narcissism and self-importance. I find it as attractive as a dose of thrush ...

Totally agree, but what about the braindead bints who do that, using the rear mirror to look in, whilst driving!! :guns: :mental:

Marco.

[Marco]

People wearing football shirts in inappropriate places.

eg anywhere that isn't a football match.

Worst of all - families all wearing football shirts.

That is just gross and totally chavvy. Having grown up in Glasgow, as a Celtic supporter, I've NEVER worn a football shirt anywhere in public, simply through the desire not to be stabbed, should I walk into the wrong place at the wrong time!!

Any football shirts I have are in a frame and on the wall ;)

Marco.

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Worst place of all for the chavvy football shirts is at the airport. No, on second thoughts it's in your holiday resort. Why do they do this? I'm sure there's been some study done. It's like having a big sign on your head saying 'I am a completely tasteless twunt.'

[MartinT]

I dislike it intensely. I dislike the wearing of trainers for anything other than running almost as much.

[Tim]

Jeez, and I thought I was grumpy . . . I'm a rank amateur :lol:

[synsei]

In space, no one can hear you grump... :lol:

[Marco]

Or pump?

<Chuff> <Parp> <Phut>....... :eyebrows:

Marco.

[Natalie NWA]

One of my other pet hates are people who use slang like goz for spitting or sick meaning something is really cool. This really irritates me, we have the most universal language yet we try to bastardize it, what is wrong with people. Oh and I hate foul language like the c word. Absolutely no need for it.

Discuss

Natalie;);)

[Rare Bird]

basturdize :lolsign: What about people with broad Yorkshire accents? Dus tha loike them then eh?

[Natalie NWA]

Eh I am using a bloody nexum and it spells how it wants to, so shut it Andre or I'll kick u in our box :lol::lol:

Natalie;)

[Rare Bird]

:eek:

[Marco]

Oh and I hate foul language...


What the fuck do you mean??

:D

Marco.

[Natalie NWA]

I'm joking :lol::lol:

[Natalie NWA]

What the fuck do you mean??

:D

Marco.

Right who do I have to pm and get Marco banned for using bad language :lol::lol:

[julesd68]

Oh and I hate foul language like the c word. Absolutely no need for it.

That would be "Cyrus" then. No need for it at all ... :eyebrows:

[Canetoad]

People who say "fink" instead of "thing"! :steam:

[goraman]

Men who have been trained by wives and girl friends to sit down and pee.
Or forced to put the seat down.

[Tarzan]

People who put clothes away in a chest of drawers and leave part of said clothing poking out of the top, then shut the door looks terrible.:)

[Thing Fish]

Wasps.

[Rare Bird]

Wife's that lay on the sofa :steam:

[Alex_UK]

Wife's that lay on the sofa :steam:

Wife, generally! :lol:

[Rare Bird]

:lolsign:

[Natalie NWA]

Wife, generally! :lol:

Ohhhh Alex I'm shocked. And another thing what about husbands laying on sofas,and another thing what husbands in general:lol::lol::lol:

Natalie;)

[Rare Bird]

This Husband doant get the chance to sit on the Sofa ni mind lay on it :lol:

[Alex_UK]

Me neither, usually covered in eBay tat she's trying to sell to make room for the eBay tat that just came through the post. I'd use the other sofa, but that's strewn with washing that's waiting to be folded 'cos she hasn't got time - selling her eBay tat... If she just got on with the washing and ironing like a good little wife there'd be no problem.

(And I hope to God she doesn't read this or it's curtains for me! ;) )

[johnwhit]

... If she just got on with the washing and ironing like a good little wife there'd be no problem.

(And I hope to God she doesn't read this or it's curtains for me! ;) )

The ones laying unfolded no doubt:lol:

[Natalie NWA]

Me neither, usually covered in eBay tat she's trying to sell to make room for the eBay tat that just came through the post. I'd use the other sofa, but that's strewn with washing that's waiting to be folded 'cos she hasn't got time - selling her eBay tat... If she just got on with the washing and ironing like a good little wife there'd be no problem.

(And I hope to God she doesn't read this or it's curtains for me! ;) )

Your pushing your luck you are, Mrs Alex UK is going to throttle you :lol::lol: And I want to witness it when she's does :lol::ner

Natalie;)

[Natalie NWA]

This Husband doant get the chance to sit on the Sofa ni mind lay on it :lol:

Yeah your all talk on here, but wouldn't dare say it to Mrs Andre, she would kick your arise :lol::lol:. By the way I have just answered your other post.

Natalie;)

[Barry]

This thread seems to have bifurcated into the lexicological and the scatological.

First the lexicological – well my pet hate is the creeping Americanisation of the English language, especially their penchant for using nouns as verbs, for example: ‘To author a book and then critique another one ’. Why not say ‘To write a book and then write a critique of another one’. Saves time you might think, but not when everybody is interjecting his or her speech with unnecessary “likes”, a pet hate that has already been cited.

And the scatological? Well that would be those ‘floaters’ that stubbornly refuse to go away after two or three flushes. (Yes, I do know what to do about it, but it still annoys me.)

[MartinT]

First the lexicological – well my pet hate is the creeping Americanisation of the English language

One that particularly irritates me is 'transportation'. What was wrong with 'transport'?

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

In my home town of 'artlepool there is something called a 'transport interchange'. Bus station, apparently, though I've never actually seen a bus in there

[The Grand Wazoo]

One that particularly irritates me is 'transportation'. What was wrong with 'transport'?

Me too Martin.

[Rare Bird]

Just a few while i'm in a good mood

- Boy racers
- People on the Rock 'n' Roll that have a better lifestyle/luxuries than working people
- Neighbours that have zero respect for others
- People that listern to crap moosik other that Psych/Prog
- People who show off with mega buck hifi systems that basically sound so crap it's beggars belief
- People canvasing on the high street especially pushy ones
- Sales approaching you in stores 'Can i be of assistance sir' :steam:
- Blokes with long fingernails!

[MartinT]

People who cold call me, starting with "how are you today..."

[julesd68]

Dog-owners who assume everyone else loves dogs just as much as they do ... :doh:

[julesd68]

Why is it that white vans always have three guys in them who look like total fkin' spanners?

[Rare Bird]

Dog-owners who assume everyone else loves dogs just as much as they do ... :doh:

Dog owners that kiss their dogs on the lips :mental:

[Tim]

Dog owners that kiss their dogs on the lips :mental:
+1

That is soooooooooo wrong, on so many levels - its also dangerous from a health point of view. Totally agree fella.

[Natalie NWA]

Pet owners who dress their pets up, like they are children. My cats won't even wear a collar but they have been tagged.

Natalie

[Macca]

I once asked a friend of mine why his dog was wearing a neckerchief.

The answer?

'Because he's a cowboy.'

Ask a silly question, etc.

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Dog owners that kiss their dogs on the lips :mental:

Oh, I do it all the time. And I let them lick all over my face. In the grand scene if things I'm more endangered by going out to eat in a restaurant. FACT.

[Rare Bird]

It's a loverly thought that dogs lick their arse FACT :eyebrows:

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

What do you think goes on in the average restaurant kitchen, Chinese takeaway, kebab shop etc etc. burgers with horse meat is the less worrying of the shit they put in them and sausages (yes I eat them all). Every time I go out training on my bike I risk my life because of terrible drivers. I still go out. I've run up Hellvellyn in a blizzard and I've come down Alps on my bike at over 100kph. Life is for living and enjoying. Unfortunately it isn't risk free. I'll take my chance with the dogs cos I could get killed on my bike tomorrow or find out next week I've got cancer. My misses has been in nursing for over 30 years and I take my lead from her: Live each day like its going to be your last. Because one day you'll be right.

[MartinT]

Live each day like its going to be your last. Because one day you'll be right.

That's been my motto since I got cancer four years ago.

I still wouldn't let a dog lick my face, though...

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

Good shout Martin. I went to a mate's funeral at Christmas time. He was 44. Never let a dog lick his face though. Guess you're not a dog lover :-)

[MartinT]

I prefer cats but don't have a pet because of my hi-fi system.

[Joe]

I prefer cats but don't have a pet because of my hi-fi system.

We have a cat (and had two). No hifi problems with either, which is more than can be said for our children when they were nippers.

But I don't let the cat lick my face.

[isuckedmandelsonslemons]

I prefer cats but don't have a pet because of my hi-fi system.

Know what you mean. My music room is not only locked so the dogs and cats keep out but in case the wife has the cheek to want to go in.

I wouldn't let a cat lick my face cos I don't like cats.

[Alex_UK]

People who cold call me, starting with "how are you today..."

+1 !

[walpurgis]

I dislike it intensely. I dislike the wearing of trainers for anything other than running almost as much.

What size would you like Martin?

[walpurgis]

Pet owners who dress their pets up, like they are children. My cats won't even wear a collar but they have been tagged.

Natalie



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[Barry]

How about the 'low life' who call you around 6 - 7 in the evening with their tele-sales? Or even worse, those who start by asking how well you are today, and then proceed to tell you that they (from somewhere in Bombay :scratch:) have noticed that they have 'received notification' that your computer is under attack, or that it has logged up several 'warnings or errors'!

I, politely tell them to "sod off"!

[Natalie NWA]

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No that's just a bit of fun, more those that put their dogs in sparkly collars and matching little coats, or those who dye their poodles pink. That's the sort of thing I mean. :steam: It makes my blood boil. Those little pets look miserable half the time.

[Natalie NWA]

Know what you mean. My music room is not only locked so the dogs and cats keep out but in case the wife has the cheek to want to go in.

I wouldn't let a cat lick my face cos I don't like cats.

I agree with the licking thing, cats and dogs have an antibac on their tongues which stops them from getting sick when they clean themselves, but that antibac does not work on us. Dom thinks I'm weird, because I have 5 different clothes in the kitchen and some are for the cats and some are for us, never the twain shall meet lol. I know a bit Ott, but I would rather be a bit paranoid about the cats than catch something ;) But I still love them to bits.

[The Grand Wazoo]

There, their, they're.
There are three different words and they're each useful in their own ways.......but please folks, try to get it right.

Come on English speakers of the world - make an effort, won't you!

[Natalie NWA]

You wanna know something Chris, I have A-level English, I am completely lazy and whatever the nexus decides to use, I let it. I am sorry for my poor grammar. So lazy, but just calm yourself, or I'm going to get really paranoid and stop posting;)

It is becoming a nightmare using this thing especially for spelling. I blame my nexus :lol::lol:

[The Grand Wazoo]

Sorry, that wasn't directed at you or anyone on AoS at all really.