Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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I realised decades ago that the vast majority don't care about your response when asked "How are you?". Went through a phase of replying "Terminal cancer." Passed most by.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
pblakeney said:
I realised decades ago that the vast majority don't care about your response when asked "How are you?". Went through a phase of replying "Terminal cancer." Passed most by.
I actually found the question difficult when at the worst with my post concussion syndrome. I really couldn't answer "fine thanks", but didn't want to have to explain why I wasn't.0 -
briantrumpet said:
I think it might actually be the specific formula about 'finding me well' that grates... why not "I hope you're well", if you are keen to be perceived as concerned about the addressee's wellbeing? You've saved some Letraset characters too.
Mind you, maybe I'm just a git, as I'm not too keen on "How are you?" as an aural greeting, as either you're honest (which generally isn't the done thing), or you lie and tell them you're fine, despite your having the tail end of a cold, atrial fibrillation, and too much work to do. And that's if you're lucky.
How about:-
"Yo, Mr Trumpet-Dude,
Not bovvered if u about to kark it, man. Just ansa me question innit"
Respek.Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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photonic69 said:briantrumpet said:
I think it might actually be the specific formula about 'finding me well' that grates... why not "I hope you're well", if you are keen to be perceived as concerned about the addressee's wellbeing? You've saved some Letraset characters too.
Mind you, maybe I'm just a git, as I'm not too keen on "How are you?" as an aural greeting, as either you're honest (which generally isn't the done thing), or you lie and tell them you're fine, despite your having the tail end of a cold, atrial fibrillation, and too much work to do. And that's if you're lucky.
How about:-
"Yo, Mr Trumpet-Dude,
Not bovvered if u about to kark it, man. Just ansa me question innit"
Respek.
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Like the man dressed as a bear walking through the basketball video.pblakeney said:I realised decades ago that the vast majority don't care about your response when asked "How are you?". Went through a phase of replying "Terminal cancer." Passed most by.
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I hope your well.briantrumpet said:I think it might actually be the specific formula about 'finding me well' that grates... why not "I hope you're well", if you are keen to be perceived as concerned about the addressee's wellbeing? You've saved some Letraset characters too.
Mind you, maybe I'm just a git, as I'm not too keen on "How are you?" as an aural greeting, as either you're honest (which generally isn't the done thing), or you lie and tell them you're fine, despite your having the tail end of a cold, atrial fibrillation, and too much work to do. And that's if you're lucky.0 -
... has water in it?First.Aspect said:
I hope your well.briantrumpet said:I think it might actually be the specific formula about 'finding me well' that grates... why not "I hope you're well", if you are keen to be perceived as concerned about the addressee's wellbeing? You've saved some Letraset characters too.
Mind you, maybe I'm just a git, as I'm not too keen on "How are you?" as an aural greeting, as either you're honest (which generally isn't the done thing), or you lie and tell them you're fine, despite your having the tail end of a cold, atrial fibrillation, and too much work to do. And that's if you're lucky.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Why did the old lady fall in your well?rjsterry said:
... has water in it?First.Aspect said:
I hope your well.briantrumpet said:I think it might actually be the specific formula about 'finding me well' that grates... why not "I hope you're well", if you are keen to be perceived as concerned about the addressee's wellbeing? You've saved some Letraset characters too.
Mind you, maybe I'm just a git, as I'm not too keen on "How are you?" as an aural greeting, as either you're honest (which generally isn't the done thing), or you lie and tell them you're fine, despite your having the tail end of a cold, atrial fibrillation, and too much work to do. And that's if you're lucky.
Because she could not see that well0 -
briantrumpet said:photonic69 said:briantrumpet said:
I think it might actually be the specific formula about 'finding me well' that grates... why not "I hope you're well", if you are keen to be perceived as concerned about the addressee's wellbeing? You've saved some Letraset characters too.
Mind you, maybe I'm just a git, as I'm not too keen on "How are you?" as an aural greeting, as either you're honest (which generally isn't the done thing), or you lie and tell them you're fine, despite your having the tail end of a cold, atrial fibrillation, and too much work to do. And that's if you're lucky.
How about:-
"Yo, Mr Trumpet-Dude,
Not bovvered if u about to kark it, man. Just ansa me question innit"
Respek.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
BMW windscreen wipers. For some reason they don’t reverse them on right hand drive models and also, on the wife’s car, there doesn’t seem to be an intermittent setting so it’s either a case of letting them scrape on a not quite wet enough screen or flicking single wipe every few seconds.0
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Today - mostly everything!!! Grrr.....
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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rick_chasey said:
3/4s of my office don’t understand that “alright?” is a greeting not an inquiry.
Alright Lid?
You a Scouser?Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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There was a chap at work a few years back we all learnt never to ask how he was, he'd go on about his piles, his mother in law, the bank screwing up or anything. He left, about 5 years later I bumped into him, after I'd had cancer, and forgot not to ask. Realised too late and couldn't get the words back. He was about to start when he looked horrified and said "oh no, how are you? I hear you've had a tough time of it" so cancer can have an upside 😁pblakeney said:I realised decades ago that the vast majority don't care about your response when asked "How are you?". Went through a phase of replying "Terminal cancer." Passed most by.
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Can confirm Gail’s will not serve a glass of cold milk. Must be hot and frothed. I even offered to pour the milk into the glass for them. Alas.0
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In a great example of illusionary superiority, I am clearly not an above average driver as I managed to reverse straight into a stationary car behind me.
No damage to theirs but broke the plastic glass off on my rear break light.
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Appropriate spell fail though. 🤣rick_chasey said:In a great example of illusionary superiority, I am clearly not an above average driver as I managed to reverse straight into a stationary car behind me.
No damage to theirs but broke the plastic glass off on my rear break light.
#fail.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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To be fair, in accepting the possibility that you may not be an above average driver probably makes you an above average driver.0
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Being a bad driver doesn't stop you being above average.
I once reversed into my friends car, which was parked on my drive. As it had been when I left 10 minuted earlier
Apart from that, I'm an excellent driver obviously 😉0 -
I’m terrible driver as I try to drive like I’m riding a bike leaning in to corners and the like. Mrs W complains that she always has to do the driving when we go out together but if I drive she’s flinching all the time.0
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Wimps. 😉 Try driving with one working eye, as para mi for past 4 months. To be fixed 🤞 before the end of the year.
And yes I'm legal, I passed the DVLA not eye clinic tests.0 -
Apologies for revisiting an issue that has not been recently aired,
Toilet rolls!
The way the first sheet is glued often results in the two-ply being a single ply that is not lined up with with the perforations of the layer that it should be.
Also a new issue. Are all toasters too small or is sliced bread too big? Can the relevant companies not get together and sort this out?0 -
bikes_and_dogs said:
Apologies for revisiting an issue that has not been recently aired,
Toilet rolls!
The way the first sheet is glued often results in the two-ply being a single ply that is not lined up with with the perforations of the layer that it should be.
Also a new issue. Are all toasters too small or is sliced bread too big? Can the relevant companies not get together and sort this out?
My Bosch toaster will take proper thick slices. My French toaster will take even thicker, as I think they are supposed to take baguettes sliced lengthways.
Toilet rolls... must say that Cushelle seems to be quite reliable on keeping the ply together, though I hate to admit buying branded toilet paper - too decadent by half for a tightwad.0 -
My gripe was more of a length thing rather than girth.briantrumpet said:bikes_and_dogs said:Apologies for revisiting an issue that has not been recently aired,
Toilet rolls!
The way the first sheet is glued often results in the two-ply being a single ply that is not lined up with with the perforations of the layer that it should be.
Also a new issue. Are all toasters too small or is sliced bread too big? Can the relevant companies not get together and sort this out?
My Bosch toaster will take proper thick slices. My French toaster will take even thicker, as I think they are supposed to take baguettes sliced lengthways.
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bikes_and_dogs said:
My gripe was more of a length thing rather than girth.briantrumpet said:bikes_and_dogs said:Apologies for revisiting an issue that has not been recently aired,
Toilet rolls!
The way the first sheet is glued often results in the two-ply being a single ply that is not lined up with with the perforations of the layer that it should be.
Also a new issue. Are all toasters too small or is sliced bread too big? Can the relevant companies not get together and sort this out?
My Bosch toaster will take proper thick slices. My French toaster will take even thicker, as I think they are supposed to take baguettes sliced lengthways.
My Bosch will take 'em long and thick.0 -
Buy a bigger toaster?bikes_and_dogs said:
My gripe was more of a length thing rather than girth.briantrumpet said:bikes_and_dogs said:Apologies for revisiting an issue that has not been recently aired,
Toilet rolls!
The way the first sheet is glued often results in the two-ply being a single ply that is not lined up with with the perforations of the layer that it should be.
Also a new issue. Are all toasters too small or is sliced bread too big? Can the relevant companies not get together and sort this out?
My Bosch toaster will take proper thick slices. My French toaster will take even thicker, as I think they are supposed to take baguettes sliced lengthways.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I’ve seen videos of your toasterbriantrumpet said:bikes_and_dogs said:
My gripe was more of a length thing rather than girth.briantrumpet said:bikes_and_dogs said:Apologies for revisiting an issue that has not been recently aired,
Toilet rolls!
The way the first sheet is glued often results in the two-ply being a single ply that is not lined up with with the perforations of the layer that it should be.
Also a new issue. Are all toasters too small or is sliced bread too big? Can the relevant companies not get together and sort this out?
My Bosch toaster will take proper thick slices. My French toaster will take even thicker, as I think they are supposed to take baguettes sliced lengthways.
My Bosch will take 'em long and thick.0 -
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