The small things in life that annoy you

[Whitey Grandad]

Nando

 

The point is that a trade mark does not have to follow grammatical rules.

[cloggy saint]

Sainsbury's, McDonald's and Nando's have all gone with the possessive spelling, Tesco haven't. 

[Whitey Grandad]

Indeed they have, but we are all free to call them what we like.

If you went to more than one Tesco store in the same outing haven’t you gone to Tescos?

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

6 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Indeed they have, but we are all free to call them what we like.

If you went to more than one Tesco store in the same outing haven’t you gone to Tescos?

 

I'd have gone to more than one Tesco 🙂

Actually, I have the feeling I use both.

[cloggy saint]

11 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Indeed they have, but we are all free to call them what we like.

If you went to more than one Tesco store in the same outing haven’t you gone to Tescos?

 

Obviously if you visit more than one Tesco then you've been to Tescos, that's not the argument here.

[whelk]

God bless Saintsweb 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, cloggy saint said:

... that's not the argument here.

Oh, yes it is!

 

[Lighthouse]

Protestors at the Queen’s funeral proceedings who are clearly just desperate to be arrested so they can feel oppressed. That includes the people who swallow it hook, line and sinker and are on SM bleating about how this is just like Putin/Russia. No you aren’t, you’re being arrested/moved on for a public order offence at a state funeral. You can go to Buck Palace, Westminster or wherever you want and wave your signs 24/7, nobody will stop you. Doing it at the Queen’s funeral will lead to an angry mob beating the living sh*te out of you.

[edprice1984]

I would have sympathy for this argument if people weren't also being arrested for protesting at the Proclamation events too. So not at the Funeral or anywhere near her late majesty's coffin and still being arrested. People have also been arrested outside Westminster this week.

 

 

[kyle04]

41 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Doing it at the Queen’s funeral will lead to an angry mob beating the living sh*te out of you.

... and then Whelk probably pissing on your face. Is it worth it?

[buctootim]

11 minutes ago, kyle04 said:

... and then Whelk probably pissing on your face. Is it worth it?

Depends. What's he been drinking? 

[whelk]

19 minutes ago, buctootim said:

Depends. What's he been drinking? 

If protest is accompanied by poor grammar on the placard then I will make sure I eat some asparagus 

[Lighthouse]

When there’s just the wrong amount of drizzle and spray on the motorway to need the wipers on but not enough to make the windscreen consistently wet. You end up in a constant dilemma of on or off, whilst they’re making squeaky noises.

[farawaysaint]

People organizing calls at 5pm on Friday or straight after other calls on my calendar. 

[whelk]

1 hour ago, Lighthouse said:

When there’s just the wrong amount of drizzle and spray on the motorway to need the wipers on but not enough to make the windscreen consistently wet. You end up in a constant dilemma of on or off, whilst they’re making squeaky noises.

Good one

[whelk]

The demise of the correct Latin plural.

Referendums and stadiums were always referenda and stadia. 

[trousers]

Pet cats that shit on your bath mat rather than in the litter tray. 

Edited 27 September, 2022 by trousers

[Gurj]

1 hour ago, Lighthouse said:

When there’s just the wrong amount of drizzle and spray on the motorway to need the wipers on but not enough to make the windscreen consistently wet. You end up in a constant dilemma of on or off, whilst they’re making squeaky noises.

If only someone would invent intermittent wipers with variable speeds.

[farawaysaint]

5 hours ago, trousers said:

Pet cats that shit on your bath mat rather than in the litter tray. 

I used to have a weird dog who liked to crap on the guest bed but only when the white sheets were put on it and only on the guest bed. 

[skintsaint]

15 hours ago, trousers said:

Pet cats that shit on your bath mat rather than in the litter tray. 

Yep - mine doing that so getting it put down on Monday. No mercy.

 

*she is actually 20 and in very poor health tbf.

[Sheaf Saint]

When my wife has to split the washing in the laundry basket into two loads and doesn't bother to make sure that no odd socks get left for the second load, forcing me to put clean but unpaired socks back in my underwear drawer. 

[badgerx16]

38 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

When my wife has to split the washing in the laundry basket into two loads and doesn't bother to make sure that no odd socks get left for the second load, forcing me to put clean but unpaired socks back in my underwear drawer. 

Do you know nothing ? Unpaired socks go in the unpaired sock drawer. If it is good enough for David Gower, it's fine by me.

Edited 28 September, 2022 by badgerx16

[trousers]

1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said:

When my wife has to split the washing in the laundry basket into two loads and doesn't bother to make sure that no odd socks get left for the second load, forcing me to put clean but unpaired socks back in my underwear drawer. 

Lazy mare

[whelk]

Buy the same sort of sock and this issue goes away. Any can be paired.

[AlexLaw76]

A football related one, and annoys me...

When a player is poised to take a throw-in and ends up edging about 25 meters up the pitch whilst lining it up

[Whitey Grandad]

On 27/09/2022 at 09:57, Lighthouse said:

When there’s just the wrong amount of drizzle and spray on the motorway to need the wipers on but not enough to make the windscreen consistently wet. You end up in a constant dilemma of on or off, whilst they’re making squeaky noises.

https://rainx.co.uk/

[Lighthouse]

Sticking to the theme of motorways, I was out driving early this morning and the fog light brigade were out in force.

[trousers]

The growing number of idiots that spell 'ridiculous' as 'rediculous' 

Rediculous. 

[cloggy saint]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

The growing number of idiots that spell 'ridiculous' as 'rediculous' 

Rediculous. 

A little piece of me dies when I see lose spelled, loose.

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, cloggy saint said:

A little piece of me dies when I see lose spelled, loose.

Same with me when I see people use the conventional American spelling of 'spelled' rather than the conventional UK spelling of 'spelt'....

[trousers]

People that say 'presser' instead of 'press conference' get right on my tits.

 

[whelk]

My missus said ‘deets’ (shortening details) recently. I promptly told her never to say that again ever.

[kyle04]

3 minutes ago, whelk said:

My missus said ‘deets’ (shortening details) recently. I promptly told her never to say that again ever.

That's reasonable grounds for divorce I'd say.

The word "probably" seems to have changed to "prolly" lately in SM comments etc. I can't put into words just how angry I am.

[cloggy saint]

42 minutes ago, trousers said:

Same with me when I see people use the conventional American spelling of 'spelled' rather than the conventional UK spelling of 'spelt'....

I didn't want to confuse people as spelt is also a type of grain.

[Lighthouse]

When you’re selling something online, you put in a very clear, separate paragraph saying, "collection only from XYZ," and you get a message saying, "hi can you deliver to ABC (half an hour’s drive away)?"

[badgerx16]

Adverts giving an item's price in single digits;

"Only three, nine, nine" ( and omitting the currency ), rather than "Only three hundred and ninety nine pounds".

 

What would they do if somebody handed over 3 pounds, then nine, then another nine ?

[badgerx16]

Another advert:

This time for a Dyson vacuum cleaner......."Illumination that reveals invisible dust".

 

If it illuminates the dust it isn't, by definition, invisible.

[Turkish]

People who use the expression “working on my mental health” the latest thing that is all the rage 

Not only is it generally said by self indulgent bellends it also devalues people who genuinely do have mental health problems 

[Weston Super Saint]

9 hours ago, Turkish said:

People who use the expression “working on my mental health” the latest thing that is all the rage 

Not only is it generally said by self indulgent bellends it also devalues people who genuinely do have mental health problems 

It really is a turgid expression.

Maybe tomorrow I'll stay home and lie on the sofa all day.  I'll tell my boss I'm too busy 'working on my physical health' to go to work.

[Turkish]

10 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

It really is a turgid expression.

Maybe tomorrow I'll stay home and lie on the sofa all day.  I'll tell my boss I'm too busy 'working on my physical health' to go to work.

My sister in law is one of these cocks. Proper spoilt little princess.

she worked for a company her husband and a load of her mates worked at, she loved it there because 1/ she could get away with murder as her mate was her boss 2/ it was like a social club. One by one they all left and now she’s got no mates working there and she hates it. So she’s quit with no job to go to because she needs a break from work for her mental health FFS. 
 

 

[Weston Super Saint]

22 minutes ago, Turkish said:

My sister in law is one of these cocks. Proper spoilt little princess.

she worked for a company her husband and a load of her mates worked at, she loved it there because 1/ she could get away with murder as her mate was her boss 2/ it was like a social club. One by one they all left and now she’s got no mates working there and she hates it. So she’s quit with no job to go to because she needs a break from work for her mental health FFS. 
 

 

I've heard people claiming they had a day off to sort out their mental health.

A day!  What the fuck!  Mental health isn't sorted in a day.  You're just a lazy cunt jumping on a band wagon thinking no-one will confront you because you've badged it up as mental health.

[skintsaint]

We get a mental health day off every month paid. Don't agree with it at all but not going to complain, midweek golf a lot quieter on the course anyway 😅

[trousers]

People that omit the apostrophe from Hallowe'en. 

[badgerx16]

5 minutes ago, trousers said:

People that omit the apostrophe from Hallowe'en. 

Just about everybody but you, then.

[CB Fry]

People who don't understand when Box'ng Day is.

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

People who don't understand when Box'ng Day is.

Yeah, them twats too

[trousers]

6 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Just about everybody but you, then.

I have to admit that it is tough being me, surrounded by idiots all day every day. 

[egg]

8 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

People who don't understand when Box'ng Day is.

Happy Sat'ur'day C'B

[Weston Super Saint]

41 minutes ago, trousers said:

People that omit the apostrophe from Hallowe'en. 

People who refer to All Hallows' Eve as Hallowe'en.

[whelk]

Fucking Halloween however you spell it. Stupid US bollocks