Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

FatTed

Ballysmate wrote:

The opening bars to the theme for Eastenders. My heart just sinks as my missus watches every episode.

The first "tune" I learnt to play on the Sax.

cornerblock

FatTed wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

The opening bars to the theme for Eastenders. My heart just sinks as my missus watches every episode.

The first "tune" I learnt to play on the Sax.

Your poor neighbours.

Twentytoo

Overuse of the word 'sublime'.

seanoconn

Ballysmate wrote:

The opening bars to the theme for Eastenders. My heart just sinks as my missus watches every episode.

That reminds me of a time back in the 90's. My sister was gaining independence and becoming more assertive during her university years. One Sunday during the holidays, my father returned home for dinner after having a couple of pints in the bowls club and asked my sister to turn eastenders off (he hated it) My new assertive sister refused....

My sisters bedroom was at the front of the house and my father promptly opened the
window and moved the contents to the outside. My sister had to spend the night at her friends house across the street.

Now that's how you do it Bally To this day my dad denies it ever happened.

ballysmate

Well Sean, it's an option.
I will explore other avenues and put that plan on a backburner for now.

Anonymous

Cornerblock wrote:

FatTed wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

The opening bars to the theme for Eastenders. My heart just sinks as my missus watches every episode.

The first "tune" I learnt to play on the Sax.

Your poor neighbours.

That was the second tune he learned

cornerblock

Maglia Rosa wrote:

Cornerblock wrote:

FatTed wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

The opening bars to the theme for Eastenders. My heart just sinks as my missus watches every episode.

The first "tune" I learnt to play on the Sax.

Your poor neighbours.

That was the second tune he learned

pinno

seanoconn wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

The opening bars to the theme for Eastenders. My heart just sinks as my missus watches every episode.

That reminds me of a time back in the 90's. My sister was gaining independence and becoming more assertive during her university years. One Sunday during the holidays, my father returned home for dinner after having a couple of pints in the bowls club and asked my sister to turn eastenders off (he hated it) My new assertive sister refused....

My sisters bedroom was at the front of the house and my father promptly opened the
window and moved the contents to the outside. My sister had to spend the night at her friends house across the street.

Now that's how you do it Bally To this day my dad denies it ever happened.

Something along the lines of "Get dat shyte off de bloody telly or it's goin' in da gaaarden..."?

Anonymous

While on the subject of Eastenders - WTF happened to Stacy (Lacey Turner)?? She used to be a half decent looking lass now she looks like a 40 yr old alcoholic. She's 27(ish)! Why would anyone want to be in a show which makes them look as downtrodden and miserable as the characters are even in real life?

veronese68

seanoconn wrote:

My sister had to spend the night at her friends house across the street.

Now he tells us. :roll: I would have put her up.

earth

Abbreviated company names. Why go to the trouble of thinking up three words for your company name if you are only going to abbreviate to 3 letters and make it as non descriptive as every other?

chris_bass

earth wrote:

Abbreviated company names. Why go to the trouble of thinking up three words for your company name if you are only going to abbreviate to 3 letters and make it as non descriptive as every other?

shorter, easier to remember, easier to type in google, people will abbreviate it whether the company wants them to or not!

KPMG or Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler?

seanoconn

Maglia Rosa wrote:

While on the subject of Eastenders - WTF happened to Stacy (Lacey Turner)?? She used to be a half decent looking lass now she looks like a 40 yr old alcoholic. She's 27(ish)! Why would anyone want to be in a show which makes them look as downtrodden and miserable as the characters are even in real life?

Bad genes, she was never going to age well with a protensity for face sag.

seanoconn

Veronese68 wrote:

seanoconn wrote:

My sister had to spend the night at her friends house across the street.

Now he tells us. :roll: I would have put her up.

You would have at the time. She attended Wimbledon college sixth form so you missed her by a year or two.

seanoconn

Pinno wrote:

seanoconn wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

The opening bars to the theme for Eastenders. My heart just sinks as my missus watches every episode.

That reminds me of a time back in the 90's. My sister was gaining independence and becoming more assertive during her university years. One Sunday during the holidays, my father returned home for dinner after having a couple of pints in the bowls club and asked my sister to turn eastenders off (he hated it) My new assertive sister refused....

My sisters bedroom was at the front of the
house and my father promptly opened the
window and moved the contents to the outside. My sister had to spend the night at her friends house across the street.

Now that's how you do it Bally To this day my dad denies it ever happened.

Something along the lines of "Get dat shyte off de bloody telly or it's goin' in da gaaarden..."?

Tipp not Dublin.

pinno

seanoconn wrote:

Pinno wrote:

seanoconn wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

The opening bars to the theme for Eastenders. My heart...the street.

Now that's how you do it Bally To this day my dad denies it ever happened.

Something along the lines of "Get dat shyte off de bloody telly or it's goin' in da gaaarden..."?

Tipp not Dublin.

An der is yet anudder lesson for me. Ballux.

Can't speak Tipp. So you are a Tenchy and not a Fenchy Seano?

Anonymous

seanoconn wrote:

Maglia Rosa wrote:

While on the subject of Eastenders - WTF happened to Stacy (Lacey Turner)?? She used to be a half decent looking lass now she looks like a 40 yr old alcoholic. She's 27(ish)! Why would anyone want to be in a show which makes them look as downtrodden and miserable as the characters are even in real life?

Bad genes, she was never going to age well with a protensity for face sag.

Yep your probably right. Think she is like one of them Mediterranean or Balkan girls who all look stunning at 21 then wind up looking like the Fratellis mom from The Goonies by the time they're 30

pinno

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'Hot' you say?!

peterbob

The middle east

bobmcstuff

Chris Bass wrote:

earth wrote:

Abbreviated company names. Why go to the trouble of thinking up three words for your company name if you are only going to abbreviate to 3 letters and make it as non descriptive as every other?

shorter, easier to remember, easier to type in google, people will abbreviate it whether the company wants them to or not!

KPMG or Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler?

Our company name is abbreviated to a commonly used expression of doubt/conversation filler, my friends take the p!ss all the time. Rolls off the tongue more easily than the 11 syllables it is without abbreviating though...

EY have dropped the Ernst & Young and are just EY now.

verylonglegs

The new sport where people spend ages picking up their items from the checkout because they are too tight to pay 5p for a bag. Trying slowly to arrange them and balance the lot in their arms you watch them slowly walk off knowing full well their biscuits will hit the floor when they try and get the car door open without spilling the lot. You forgot to take a bag? Just accept it and bloody well buy one.

Pross

bobmcstuff wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

earth wrote:

Abbreviated company names. Why go to the trouble of thinking up three words for your company name if you are only going to abbreviate to 3 letters and make it as non descriptive as every other?

shorter, easier to remember, easier to type in google, people will abbreviate it whether the company wants them to or not!

KPMG or Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler?

Our company name is abbreviated to a commonly used expression of doubt/conversation filler, my friends take the p!ss all the time. Rolls off the tongue more easily than the 11 syllables it is without abbreviating though...

EY have dropped the Ernst & Young and are just EY now.

Company I'm joining has officially abbreviated to three letters but it's actually harder to say than the previous three word name which flowed. Apparently using the old, full name is frowned upon but I'm going to struggle!

bobmcstuff

Pross wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

earth wrote:

Abbreviated company names. Why go to the trouble of thinking up three words for your company name if you are only going to abbreviate to 3 letters and make it as non descriptive as every other?

shorter, easier to remember, easier to type in google, people will abbreviate it whether the company wants them to or not!

KPMG or Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler?

Our company name is abbreviated to a commonly used expression of doubt/conversation filler, my friends take the p!ss all the time. Rolls off the tongue more easily than the 11 syllables it is without abbreviating though...

EY have dropped the Ernst & Young and are just EY now.

Company I'm joining has officially abbreviated to three letters but it's actually harder to say than the previous three word name which flowed. Apparently using the old, full name is frowned upon but I'm going to struggle!

Like how "WTF" is actually more syllables than "What the F*". Just silly.

pinno

Belligerent and awkward gatekeepers attempting to deter the worried well when trying to get a Doctor's appointment despite only going there once in a blue moon.
She asked "What are your symptoms?" to which I replied "Are you a medical practitioner?"

pinno

Rifling through the biscuit box in an attempt to find the biscuits with sufficient structural integrity to dip in your tea/coffee without it breaking up and falling in.

Trying to find a sieve of tea strainer when you need one urgently.

chris_bass

bobmcstuff wrote:

Pross wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

earth wrote:

Abbreviated company names. Why go to the trouble of thinking up three words for your company name if you are only going to abbreviate to 3 letters and make it as non descriptive as every other?

shorter, easier to remember, easier to type in google, people will abbreviate it whether the company wants them to or not!

KPMG or Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler?

Our company name is abbreviated to a commonly used expression of doubt/conversation filler, my friends take the p!ss all the time. Rolls off the tongue more easily than the 11 syllables it is without abbreviating though...

EY have dropped the Ernst & Young and are just EY now.

Company I'm joining has officially abbreviated to three letters but it's actually harder to say than the previous three word name which flowed. Apparently using the old, full name is frowned upon but I'm going to struggle!

Like how "WTF" is actually more syllables than "What the F*". Just silly.

not silly at all when the abbreviation is meant to be typed far more than said, www or worldwideweb, which would you prefer to repeatedly type?

limited characters in text messages and now twitter means abbreviations are much more useful

bobmcstuff

Chris Bass wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

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Like how "WTF" is actually more syllables than "What the F*". Just silly.

not silly at all when the abbreviation is meant to be typed far more than said, www or worldwideweb, which would you prefer to repeatedly type?

Yes I know that, and use WTF, BTW etc. in text conversations - I was referring to spoken word. Discussion was about companies abbreviating their name to something and insisting you use the abbreviation (and I have actually heard people say WTF phonetically rather than what the f*. Suppose it does avoid the swearing issue).

pinno

Whisky Tango Foxtrot... i'm still thinking about that, Bravo Tango Whisky and Foxtrot Whisky Indigo Whisky.

hamish_mctavish

peterbob wrote:

The middle east

Well if that's trivial I'd hate to be faced with something that you'd consider serious...

thestrand

Pinno wrote:

Belligerent and awkward gatekeepers attempting to deter the worried well when trying to get a Doctor's appointment despite only going there once in a blue moon.
She asked "What are your symptoms?" to which I replied "Are you a medical practitioner?"

The receptionist at my doctors surgery asked "Are you ill?" when I phoned up recently. Surely if I wasn't ill I wouldn't be booking an appointment at the doctors at all...