Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

bobmcstuff

People who say or type "mute" when they mean "moot". Retards.

pinno

Woss moot mean?

bompington

When I can only find separate teabags in the tin, rather than the two joined together which is the most convenient way to make a proper pot of tea.

bompington

Pinno wrote:

Woss moot mean?

You should luke it up in a buke

pinno

bompington wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Woss moot mean?

You should luke it up in a buke

Dunno about bukes. Those teechas didn't learn me nuffink.

bobmcstuff

Pinno wrote:

Woss moot mean?

As in "moot point". Used when there is some debate over a point but it is actually irrelevant. E.g., "A and B disagreed about X, but actually it is a moot point because Y" (In my understanding).

According to Google, a moot was originally a term in Old English for a community meeting where decisions were made. Because it's now only used in the phrase moot point or to describe points being moot a lot of people don't realise it's actually a different word and assume it is "mute point".

pinno

bobmcstuff wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Woss moot mean?

As in "moot point". Used when there is some debate over a point but it is actually irrelevant. E.g., "A and B disagreed about X, but actually it is a moot point because Y" (In my understanding).

According to Google, a moot was originally a term in Old English for a community meeting where decisions were made. Because it's now only used in the phrase moot point or to describe points being moot a lot of people don't realise it's actually a different word and assume it is "mute point".

:roll:

bobmcstuff

I'm sorry :oops:

pinno

bobmcstuff wrote:

I'm sorry :oops:

Bit of a blonde moment?

bobmcstuff

Pinno wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

I'm sorry :oops:

Bit of a blonde moment?

Hadn't had my coffee and Friday bacon roll yet...

pinno

bobmcstuff wrote:

Pinno wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

I'm sorry :oops:

Bit of a blonde moment?

Hadn't had my coffee and Friday bacon roll yet...

What?! It's 10.54am and you haven't had coffee. FFS, sort it out. Summon a minion pronto.

laurentian

On a similar note, I had an e-mail a couple of days ago aplogising for something that had "slipped through the next"

team47b

But to all intensive purposes we all still understand what they meant to say.

But on a serious note, the loss of an HB pencil, why are all the pencils suddenly 6B?

(Quote: Mrs T)

bompington

if we're talking pencils, perhaps you could help me with a query I've often thought about:

... 2B or not 2B, that is the question.

chris_bass

bompington wrote:

if we're talking pencils, perhaps you could help me with a query I've often thought about:

... 2B or not 2B, that is the question.

Is that is a question? Where is the question mark?

veronese68

team47b wrote:

But to all intensive purposes we all still understand what they meant to say.

But on a serious note, the loss of an HB pencil, why are all the pencils suddenly 6B?

(Quote: Mrs T)

Has Mrs T been in our house? We seem to have a similar problem.

bompington

Chris Bass wrote:

bompington wrote:

if we're talking pencils, perhaps you could help me with a query I've often thought about:

... 2B or not 2B, that is the question.

Is that is a question? Where is the question mark?

No, ? is the question mark. Where is a word.

team47b

I lent her my favourite 2B pencil on the pain of death if she lost it!

Then just to be really annoying she, yes the cat's mother, announces that she has a spare 2B pencil which is practically an identical colour and length that she is now using, apparently the point was that the first one vanished, not that she was without a 2B pencil!

2B continued... :roll:

pinno

Using a mobile phone to post on here.
To post or not2 post, that is the question.

Ben6899

bobmcstuff wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Woss moot mean?

As in "moot point". Used when there is some debate over a point but it is actually irrelevant. E.g., "A and B disagreed about X, but actually it is a moot point because Y" (In my understanding).

According to Google, a moot was originally a term in Old English for a community meeting where decisions were made. Because it's now only used in the phrase moot point or to describe points being moot a lot of people don't realise it's actually a different word and assume it is "mute point".

But he knew all that already.

pinno

Easy ben6699, he had not had his coffee before he posted. Poor basket. I cant function without coffee and he managed a whole post. I am on a Nokia lumix and its using every ounce of grey matter, at this rate I'll need resuscitation.

Pross

People who insist on hanging around for ages in a coffee shop, cafe or restaurant when it's busy and new customers are left with nowhere to sit. Some people seem to think that buying one small, skinny latte entitles them to use the place as their office or living room for the day!

finchy

People who say "latte" when they mean "white coffee". Oh, and coffee. That annoys me. Vile stuff.

team47b

People who use the term latte to mean cappuccino, latte is what you drink at home and only for breakfast, when out of the house it is a cappuccino, ask for a latte in Italy you will get a glass of milk, ovviamente!

crispybug2

People who put milk in coffee..... full stop!

When I was a kid my best friend's parents ran the local French restaurant and his dad would pour us fantastic coffee with the words "The first step to ruin a good cup of coffee is to add milk and sugar!"

To this day I can't drink coffee with milk and sugar.

BelgianBeerGeek

I enjoy ordering coffee in France and then asking for milk after. For a while it used to annoy me: "why not ask for cafe au lait?"
Then I just started enjoying the look on the face of the waiter. Stupid English! Cheap thrills. Then it backfires, because the waiter acknowledges your late additional request, then does not deliver the milk. And merely shrugs when you settle up. Sometimes to teach you a real lesson they might charge for the milk. That's the annoying bit

Anonymous

crispybug2 wrote:

People who put milk in coffee..... full stop!

When I was a kid my best friend's parents ran the local French restaurant and his dad would pour us fantastic coffee with the words "The first step to ruin a good cup of coffee is to add milk and sugar!"

To this day I can't drink coffee with milk and sugar.

I drink coffee black. Freshly ground (bought an expensive grinder just for this) but I still enjoy cappuccinos & lattes. Sometimes milk can make a proper espresso based drink better.

pinno

Maglia Rosa wrote:

crispybug2 wrote:

People who put milk in coffee..... full stop!

When I was a kid my best friend's parents ran the local French restaurant and his dad would pour us fantastic coffee with the words "The first step to ruin a good cup of coffee is to add milk and sugar!"

To this day I can't drink coffee with milk and sugar.

I drink coffee black. Freshly ground (bought an expensive grinder just for this) but I still enjoy cappuccinos & lattes. Sometimes milk can make a proper espresso based drink better.

Agree. My stove top, full fat milk, a balloon whisk and Lavazza Nero - very smooth and rounded taste.

For cafetiere, 'Splendid, Aroma Classico', black.

bobmcstuff

Ben6899 wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Woss moot mean?

As in "moot point". Used when there is some debate over a point but it is actually irrelevant. E.g., "A and B disagreed about X, but actually it is a moot point because Y" (In my understanding).

According to Google, a moot was originally a term in Old English for a community meeting where decisions were made. Because it's now only used in the phrase moot point or to describe points being moot a lot of people don't realise it's actually a different word and assume it is "mute point".

But he knew all that already.

I couldn't see that because it was 10.30 and I was still waiting for my coffee and bacon roll to arrive.

On the plus side I found out a lot about moot in law which might come in useful (??).

chris_bass

change on top of receipts, why? I have to do like a mini version of the table cloth trick to try and get thye receipt out and leave me with the coins. I just succeed in scattering the coins everywhere and probably dropping the receipt!