Whats grinding my gears today

mudcow007

I don't think this would clash with the rants thread but i wanted to say what things are currently annoying me

why do girls stick mahooosive fake eyelashes onto their eyes? they don't look good they look like snuffaluffagus from sesame street



Flies

why do they always seem to either bite me or go down my throat when im riding along

grr


feel free to add your own

veronese68

Giant stick on eyelashes on a car, usually one of those 'Mini' 4x4s. It's as if they're embarassed about driving a car called a Mini that's huge so they try to girlify it. Why didn't they call the car a Maxi?

Monkeypump

Veronese68 wrote:

Giant stick on eyelashes on a car, usually one of those 'Mini' 4x4s. It's as if they're embarassed about driving a car called a Mini that's huge so they try to girlify it. Why didn't they call the car a Maxi?

What they should have called it is "Missing the point but cashing in on the brand because misguided trendies will pay loads for a compromised product". But perhaps that wouldn't fit on the tailgate.

twist83

People overtaking me down a hill into a Village where I am doing 33-35 in a 30mph which slows abruptly to a 20mph limit (School) and a corner and then slamming the anchors on after doing a dodgy overtake. I ride primary to try and avoid it but EVERY time this happens. They gain nothing as I am then glued to their bumpers through the 20mph limit.

gtvlusso

Veronese68 wrote:

Giant stick on eyelashes on a car, usually one of those 'Mini' 4x4s. It's as if they're embarassed about driving a car called a Mini that's huge so they try to girlify it. Why didn't they call the car a Maxi?

because this:



is a Maxi...

Try and girlie up that sack of rust!

veronese68

Exactly, that's why Maxi is more appropriate for the bleedin' awful things. It sure as hell ain't a Mini.
This is a Mini:

It's, you know, small.

SimonAH

I worked out once that the BMW mini has a 60% bigger footprint than a real one

veronese68

SimonAH wrote:

I worked out once that the BMW mini has a 60% bigger footprint than a real one

I heard it has the same wheelbase as an early Range Rover! Haven't checked but it seems possible as the Rangey had a huge rear overhang.

king_jeffers

Veronese68 wrote:

I heard it has the same wheelbase as an early Range Rover! Haven't checked but it seems possible as the Rangey had a huge rear overhang.

Yeah I remember this, was the freelander I think. Whatever it was, its certainly not mini :evil:

bails87

Veronese68 wrote:

SimonAH wrote:

I worked out once that the BMW mini has a 60% bigger footprint than a real one

I heard it has the same wheelbase as an early Range Rover! Haven't checked but it seems possible as the Rangey had a huge rear overhang.

I'd heard it was the same as a freelander.

There's a drive near me that's got a proper mini and a new giant 4x4 "mini" parked side by side. There's a ridiculous size difference.

airbag

I'm not sure whether it's pedantic, useful, or both to point out the BMW spell their version MINI (all caps). Whether this is the german sense of humour or not, I am unsure...

mtb-idle

airbag wrote:

I'm not sure whether it's pedantic, useful, or both to point out the BMW spell their version MINI (all caps). Whether this is the german sense of humour or not, I am unsure...

We had a Swiss company give us a demo of their new product once with a Swiss German guy with quite a strong accent presenting to us. After explaining the product features and how it matched up with our existing product one of the attendees asked if it performed what we see as a basic task.

No, was the reply it doesn't to which the instant response was 'well that's useful isn't it'.

No, err.. yes, errr...no errrrr... went the guy until a lightbulb sparked on and he uttered the phrase "ah, I-ron-knee, i see!"

raymondo60

Veronese68 wrote:

Exactly, that's why Maxi is more appropriate for the bleedin' awful things. It sure as hell ain't a Mini.
This is a Mini:

It's, you know, small.

That is a most beautiful thing and has brought a huge lump to my................................................ throat!

notsoblue

Non technical directors who sign contracts for large scale IT projects.

*grumble grumble*

walkingbootweather

MTB-Idle wrote:

No, err.. yes, errr...no errrrr... went the guy until a lightbulb sparked on and he uttered the phrase "ah, I-ron-knee, i see!"

Foreigners - they don't seem to understand irony at all. I liked Alanis Morissette's little ditty but honestly which of her examples represnt irony and which are just in the category of a pain in the bottom?

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

/rant