The small things in life that annoy you

[sadoldgit]

  On 02/07/2024 at 07:52, whelk said:

Political commentators constantly referring to ‘super majority’. Meaningless bollocks in our constitution although I know they all love a new term

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I don’t recall it being an issue before, so why now? Just a panic knee jerk response by the Tory election machine now picked up by the political commentators?

[Weston Super Saint]

  On 02/07/2024 at 12:41, Fan The Flames said:

I would call it an aspiration or ambition tax.

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Is there aspiration or ambition about a degree in media studies?

[badgerx16]

  On 02/07/2024 at 16:40, Weston Super Saint said:

Is there aspiration or ambition about a degree in media studies?

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If you intend to apply for a job requiring a 'degree level qualification' it would help.

[Turkish]

when people ask you what you want, when you say what you want they reply with "of course you can"

 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Twats at petrol stations who only fill up with pumps that are on the right side of their petrol caps. Even if it means queing for ten minutes. Knob jockeys.

[buctootim]

  On 04/07/2024 at 20:07, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Twats at petrol stations who only fill up with pumps that are on the right side of their petrol caps. Even if it means queing for ten minutes. Knob jockeys.

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Ive seen people genuinely amazed when Ive pulled up with the cap on the opposite side and they realise the filler hose extends.  

[Whitey Grandad]

  On 04/07/2024 at 20:21, buctootim said:

Ive seen people genuinely amazed when Ive pulled up with the cap on the opposite side and they realise the filler hose extends.  

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We must all do our part to educate the uninformed.

[Challenger]

My wife chewing up the car,s alloy wheels on a petrol pump plinth and moaning that she's got unleaded all down her leg trying to fill on the opposite side of the fuel cap.

[Colinjb]

  On 04/07/2024 at 22:43, Challenger said:

My wife chewing up the car,s alloy wheels on a petrol pump plinth and moaning that she's got unleaded all down her leg trying to fill on the opposite side of the fuel cap.

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Never mind the election, there's the bloodbath..... Those poor wheels. 

[Fan The Flames]

People not putting a space between the code and phone number on your email signature.

[Turkish]

The top stories thing on sky sports news

then something completely pointless like todays Arne Slot says he has big shoes to fill replacing Jurgen Klopp 🤦

[AlexLaw76]

The current Under Armour advert. 
 

stop getting football songs wrong!

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

The media being amazed every time a goalkeeper has details of penalty takers on his water bottle, despite the fact that pretty much all keepers have done it for years.

[revolution saint]

People who forward on to you a long email trail without any summary of what they want and expect you to trawl through it and decipher what the fuck they're asking for.  Lazy stupid cunts.

[Patrick Bateman]

"round of 16"

 

When the hell has that become a thing? 

[Patrick Bateman]

And in the euros when a sub is made ... "player IN" and "player OUT".  In and out? It's not ring-a-ring o' roses FFS! 

OFF and ON. Off the pitch and on the pitch. ARGH.

[trousers]

This f**king shite weather... I've just put the heating on and it's almost the middle of f**king July. Just f**k right off, FFS. Twats.

 

Edited 8 July, 2024 by trousers

[Challenger]

  On 08/07/2024 at 19:10, trousers said:

This f**king shite weather... I've just put the heating on and it's almost the middle of f**king July. Just f**k right off, FFS. Twats.

 

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Blame that fucking tennis tournament, it's the death knell for decent weather every year.

[Whitey Grandad]

Looks like I chose the right time to spend a few days on the Costa Brava.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

  On 08/07/2024 at 14:06, Patrick Bateman said:

And in the euros when a sub is made ... "player IN" and "player OUT".  In and out? It's not ring-a-ring o' roses FFS! 

OFF and ON. Off the pitch and on the pitch. ARGH.

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You're thinking of the Hokey Cokey, not Ring-a-ring O' roses.

No need to thank me for the correction.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

  On 08/07/2024 at 20:26, Whitey Grandad said:

Looks like I chose the right time to spend a few days on the Costa Brava.

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Is that the one near Bargate? Agreed, good place to take some shelter and have a cappuccino. Staying there for a few days seems excessive though.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

The twattish new trend of painting a red cross on mini roundabouts when England do moderately ok at football.

It's made where I live look a right shit hole (more than it usually does). No doubt it won't get repainted white anytime soon so just looks like crap EDL graffiti indefinitely

(I should clarify, I have nothing against the St George's cross, but it just looks shit when painted by a bell end with a roller).

[Weston Super Saint]

  On 15/07/2024 at 17:15, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

The twattish new trend of painting a red cross on mini roundabouts when England do moderately ok at football.

It's made where I live look a right shit hole (more than it usually does). No doubt it won't get repainted white anytime soon so just looks like crap EDL graffiti indefinitely

(I should clarify, I have nothing against the St George's cross, but it just looks shit when painted by a bell end with a roller).

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Grab some white paint and a brush. Problem solved.

[Turkish]

Stuff like this.

complete rewriting of history. Okay and if we changed the result of 8 games in Saints history we would be double winners, won 4 more FA cups and 2 league cups. It’s nonsense 

[badgerx16]

Who let a group of 12 year olds play sround with a graphics program and overlay their efforts on "Today at the Test" ? What is displayed at the edge of the screen is impossible to read, it is just distracting and bloody annoying. A waste of my TV Licence money.

[badgerx16]

Country File viewers complaining that a farmer featured on the program was thinning his flock and sending some of his ewes to slaughter.

[badgerx16]

"Japan win the team gymnastics gold for the first time since 2016", so that's one Olympics in between.

[revolution saint]

People (mostly sports commentators) adding "years of age".  As in Lamine Yamal, just 17 years of age.  He's 17.  Just say he's 17.  That's all that's required.  No one is going to mistake it for 17 stone (of weight) or 17 metres (of height).

[rallyboy]

It's the same as those smug fuckers who go, "oh, I'm not seventy years old, I'm seventy years young."

No you're fucking not, it's a simple concept, don't try to be clever.

Same goes for Sam Smith with 'their' insane claim to be a "fisherthem."

Ridiculous butchering of language.

[egg]

  On 29/07/2024 at 20:43, revolution saint said:

People (mostly sports commentators) adding "years of age".  As in Lamine Yamal, just 17 years of age.  He's 17.  Just say he's 17.  That's all that's required.  No one is going to mistake it for 17 stone (of weight) or 17 metres (of height).

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Good point. I was listening to "not 19 forever" by the courteeners yesterday and it'd sound shit if they made the lyric "you're not 19 years of age forever". I'm very proud that I figured out what the song was about without the added clarification. 

[skintsaint]

Twats on the train when they stick their bag on an empty seat, and get the arse when you ask them to move it so you can sit down.

P.s hope he is reading this as I type it out next to them...

Edited 30 July, 2024 by skintsaint

[whelk]

  On 30/07/2024 at 06:42, egg said:

Good point. I was listening to "not 19 forever" by the courteeners yesterday and it'd sound shit if they made the lyric "you're not 19 years of age forever". I'm very proud that I figured out what the song was about without the added clarification. 

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I still have no idea what Paul Hardcastle’s 19 was about. Could have made it clearer 

[whelk]

  On 29/07/2024 at 20:43, revolution saint said:

People (mostly sports commentators) adding "years of age".  As in Lamine Yamal, just 17 years of age.  He's 17.  Just say he's 17.  That's all that's required.  No one is going to mistake it for 17 stone (of weight) or 17 metres (of height).

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I am sure I have already posted this in thread before but commentators saying ‘foot race’ in a football match

[egg]

  On 30/07/2024 at 07:17, whelk said:

I still have no idea what Paul Hardcastle’s 19 was about. Could have made it clearer 

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They were American so it could have been stone to be fair. Or IQ. 

[Turkish]

People who put pictures of their pets on social media then make up quote by them referring to the poster as their mum or dad. Tragic.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Mr Paws has read your post, and expressed his displeasure to his mummy and daddy.

[Raging Bull]

Watching crap on instagram with the channel owner in the corner, whilst the video is playing, shaking their head or nodding like they’re pulling oil out of the ground - in case you hadn’t figured out that they need you to agree with what they’re posting. 

[trousers]

Exam result days and the inane formulaeic rolling news coverage thereof. Oh look, another year where some teenagers have passed exams and some others haven't. And, wowzers, some even get to go to the universities of their choice, and some don't.... No sh*t Sherlock...  Hold the front page!

Edited 15 August, 2024 by trousers

[whelk]

  On 15/08/2024 at 11:06, trousers said:

Exam result days and the inane formulaeic rolling news coverage thereof. Oh look, another year where some teenagers have passed exams and some others haven't. And, wowzers, some even get to go to the universities of their choice, and some don't.... No sh*t Sherlock...  Hold the front page!

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Couldn’t agree more Trousers. Thank fuck for pause tv

[Colinjb]

Ed Sheeran. 

Seems a nice bloke, clearly worked hard for his success. Supports and dearly loves his local football club. 

But, there is just this indefinable thing that irritates me about him. 

Edited 17 August, 2024 by Colinjb

[Sheaf Saint]

When you're trying to get your bike off the train but the impatient knobheads crowding around the doors on the platform waiting to board won't move out of the way.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

People who take bikes on trains at rush hour.

[tdmickey3]

Cyclists who think they are the most important everywhere

[Turkish]

  On 17/08/2024 at 11:27, Colinjb said:

Ed Sheeran. 

Seems a nice bloke, clearly worked hard for his success. Supports and dearly loves his local football club. 

But, there is just this indefinable thing that irritates me about him. 

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The science behind anti-redhead prejudice | The Week UK

[Sheaf Saint]

  On 21/08/2024 at 08:37, tdmickey3 said:

Cyclists who think they are the most important everywhere

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Could say exactly the same about motorists really. 

Seems like every time I ride my bike I have a near miss with some twat who thinks that simply being in a car gives them the right of way.

[Colinjb]

  On 21/08/2024 at 10:46, Turkish said:

The science behind anti-redhead prejudice | The Week UK

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Considering my wife and children's hair colour...... No.

[trousers]

  On 21/08/2024 at 08:04, Sheaf Saint said:

When you're trying to get your bike off the train but the impatient knobheads crowding around the doors on the platform waiting to board won't move out of the way.

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Clatter into the buffoons with your bike and add it to the 'small things that are joyful' thread, surely? 

[Turkish]

  On 21/08/2024 at 11:31, Colinjb said:

Considering my wife and children's hair colour...... No.

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boycotting gingers by marrying one?

[buctootim]

  On 21/08/2024 at 10:46, Turkish said:

The science behind anti-redhead prejudice | The Week UK

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I used to be ginge and found it hard to get laid. But since my 30s white hairs have mixed in and now Im genuine blond. It easier now in my 50s than 20s. Bizzarro (but welcome)   

[hypochondriac]

  On 21/08/2024 at 11:31, Colinjb said:

Considering my wife and children's hair colour...... No.

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I can't be anti-ginger. My wife's one...