Guilty Displeasures

bigmat

Il Principe wrote:

NGale wrote:

The Daily Mail, George Osbourne, Reality TV, seafood, snakes, time wasters, call hoaxers....

actually the list is endless :shock:

You hate him so much you can't even spell his name...

Indeed, I believe its spelt G-I-D-E-O-N.

sampras38

nasahapley wrote:

Chewy Cheeks wrote:

James Joyce - Ullyses not past page 10 (tried at least a dozen times)

Skiing - irrational but I hate it and the associated enthusiasm.

I'll see your James Joyce and raise you a Marcel Proust! I've thoroughly enjoyed near enough every 'classic' I've read, but I found In Search of Lost Time to be a load of incredibly longwinded pretentious guff.

Agree re skiing; I think it's the fact that keen skiers always seem to be so evangelical about it. I like cycling and that's enough for me, I wouldn't dream of nagging anyone to go on a cycling holiday, but the amount of times I've had to listen politely as someone bangs on about how I'd simply love skiing as I'm an outdoorsy type and it's not that expensive you know and you'll pick it up really quickly and it's so good to be in the pure mountain air and it's actually a really good workout and you can drive down to the Alps in a day you know and you don't need to buy all the stuff you can hire it and the apres ski parties are soooo much fun and Rupert and Jocasta have a chalet in Verbier and you can actually get a good tan and you can ski straight from the front door of the hotels and you can try snowboarding too and did I tell you about the time that Rupert strayed onto a black run and F*** OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aaah, I feel better for that.

I've heard cyclists talk exactly the same way...;-)

Chunkers1980

Why do motor cycles think that the green box at the front of traffic lights is for them.... Last and every other time I've looked I see a green box with a pedel driven cycle depicted there...no motor in sight..

CiB

I'm going to add Weddings.

Big day, bride gets dressed up, looks the part etc and everyone enjoys a get together. Trouble is they always involve forcing a load of people who wouldn't otherwise dream of being there into a church for only the third time in their adult lives, and without a shadow of a doubt the whole shebang ends with a disco at full blast for the benefit of a room full of old ladies, and you can bet the cost of the day that the DJ will end up playing Come On Eileen - the world's worst record ever, worse than Shaddup You Face, anything by Stepps & Girls Outloud and worse even than that sodding Grandma record by the kids with no teeth.

Weddings eh? You should only ever go to one, your own. That's enough for anyone.

biondino

When I DJed my friends wedding I played "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine, only partly to encourage the grannies to head off home for their nap.

bigmat

biondino wrote:

When I DJed my friends wedding I played "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine, only partly to encourage the grannies to head off home for their nap.

Are you Bruno Brookes?! :shock:

il_principe

Right, I'm going out on a limb here - Charitable "Challenges". Specifically events that are not actually challenging - i.e sponsoring someone who is in reasonable nick to run 5k, or cycle 20 miles - I'm sorry but that's not a challenge. If someone is actually challenging themselves and will be training/suffering accordingly then fine, but otherwise nope, I'd rather just stick to giving to my charities of choice.

attica

Il Principe wrote:

Right, I'm going out on a limb here - Charitable "Challenges". Specifically events that are not actually challenging - i.e sponsoring someone who is in reasonable nick to run 5k, or cycle 20 miles - I'm sorry but that's not a challenge. If someone is actually challenging themselves and will be training/suffering accordingly then fine, but otherwise nope, I'd rather just stick to giving to my charities of choice.

I quite agree, I did a 3 day charity ride earlier this year, I felt somewhat sheepish about it as it was within my ability and also was for the company that I work for's "charitable foundation" - all a big tax write off. I enjoyed the ride though. :twisted:

desweller

U2.

Everyone likes them but me, as far as I can tell.

prawny

DesWeller wrote:

U2.

Everyone likes them but me, as far as I can tell.

Oh god I'm so with you there, I didn't put them in my OP because I don't feel guilty bout it, at all!

Now stay cool stuaff but...

I'm going to add Metallica pre and post Jason Newstead. Not the music, I know there is some amazing songs on ride the lightening, master of puppets and ...and justice for all and the rest but the sound the the albumns is pap.
The new stuff just isn't my bag, I don't like the new bass players style.
The cunning stunts DVD gig is the best period for me, playing the old songs well

NGale

I'll also add to my list, and this is a shock horror comming from a female by all accounts....'Metrosexuals'

Sorry but I want a man to be a man, ok take care of yourself I have no problem with that, but waxing chests, moisturising, poncing about with hair wax and such is a turn off for me.

Just be a man

SmellTheGlove

Any part of Michelle Obama, not just the arms.

cjcp

NGale wrote:

I'll also add to my list, and this is a shock horror comming from a female by all accounts....'Metrosexuals'

Sorry but I want a man to be a man, ok take care of yourself I have no problem with that, but waxing chests, moisturising, poncing about with hair wax and such is a turn off for me.

Just be a man

So shaving legs is ok?

Jay dubbleU

Snobbery - in any form - climbing snobs, cycling snobs etc - if I want to ride a Pinarelli Prince with flats whilst wearing a tweed jacket then that's my choice. Worst I think are the 'cool' fakeners Ducks

NGale

cjcp wrote:

NGale wrote:

I'll also add to my list, and this is a shock horror comming from a female by all accounts....'Metrosexuals'

Sorry but I want a man to be a man, ok take care of yourself I have no problem with that, but waxing chests, moisturising, poncing about with hair wax and such is a turn off for me.

Just be a man

So shaving legs is ok?

I will allow it for cycling or fetish purposes

stuaff

prawny wrote:

DesWeller wrote:

U2.

Everyone likes them but me, as far as I can tell.

Oh god I'm so with you there, I didn't put them in my OP because I don't feel guilty bout it, at all!

Now stay cool stuaff but...

I'm going to add Metallica pre and post Jason Newstead. Not the music, I know there is some amazing songs on ride the lightening, master of puppets and ...and justice for all and the rest but the sound the the albumns is pap.
The new stuff just isn't my bag, I don't like the new bass players style.
The cunning stunts DVD gig is the best period for me, playing the old songs well

Hmmm.....I did say I'd respect other people mentioning my favourite things....I meant it. Rob T, to my mind, is up there for playing and stage presence with his illustrious predecessors. And Cliff's legendary status is entirely justified. 'Anesthesia' is one of my absolute favourite tracks. Jason always was great live, but never really got to show what he could do in terms of songwriting (and then there was the bass-parts-deleted-on-Justice-thing), and if you want to talk about bad production, Justice is about the worst Metallica album- tinny-sounding.
Now, I wouldn't recommend saying that stuff too loud in a room full of fans

stuaff

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Snobbery - in any form - climbing snobs, cycling snobs etc - if I want to ride a Pinarelli Prince with flats whilst wearing a tweed jacket then that's my choice. Worst I think are the 'cool' fakeners Ducks

Or even a Pinarello Prince

Eau Rouge

StuAff wrote:

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Snobbery - in any form - climbing snobs, cycling snobs etc - if I want to ride a Pinarelli Prince with flats whilst wearing a tweed jacket then that's my choice. Worst I think are the 'cool' fakeners Ducks

Or even a Pinarello Prince

He so doesn't deserve to ever have one if he can't even spell the name properly. tut.

NGale

although come to think of it the leg shaving thing is a little disturbing. Ack be a man...albiet a hairy one.

prawny

@ StuAff

Maybe I didn't explain myself properly, I love the earlier stuff it's the production and mainly Hetfield's voice I don't like. I don't think that it was down to Newstead that I prefer that era soundwise, he just coincided with it, although thinking about it ';m not a fan of Reload much and I think the orchestra arrangement murdered One on S&M they played over the bass drum part - bastards :evil:

Maybe I should have said 'Metallica recording quality pre black album and most songs post load excluding Garage Inc and I dissappear(sp?)

Chewy Cheeks

DesWeller wrote:

U2.

Everyone likes them but me, as far as I can tell.

+1

Not a fan of U2 and all Bonio's anthemic claptrap.

Clever Pun

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Snobbery - in any form - climbing snobs, cycling snobs etc - if I want to ride a Pinarelli Prince with flats whilst wearing a tweed jacket then that's my choice. Worst I think are the 'cool' fakeners Ducks

not snobbery it's called Discerning