Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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I thought following with the word "use" would have given that away.Hamish McTavish wrote:
I hope that you are using "utilise" ironically...Veronese68 wrote:People that utilise big words to try and look clever when they could just use a small one.0 -
People talking over the top of others in the same conversation.0
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schlepcycling wrote:People who say 'on an hourly/daily/weekly etc basis', it's hourly/daily/weekly etc you don't need the basis. Also the word transportation, it's transport there's no need for the 'ation'.
I will charge you hourly.
I will charge you on an hourly basis.
The first means you should expect to pay every hour.0 -
Christine Still's voice0
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Anyone who says they feel 'part of their bike' or 'at one with their bike'
And ofc anyone that says their new cf bike feels zippier or they climb better because they spent $2k on new wheels that saved them 100 grams0 -
"Crushed" peas.0
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People who preach "you have to pay for quality" and truly believe it.
Sometimes, yes. Sometimes you're just being ripped off. Honest.0 -
The builders working on the extension next door. I work from home, they work from 8-5, 6 days a week. It's been going on for almost 3 months now. It's usually bad, but today seems to be 'test every circular saw, hammer and drill that we have on various materials all at the same time day'. :evil:0
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Only a little respite perhaps, but I believe they are only allowed to work until lunchtime on a Saturday. On the bright side however, the longer hours they work the sooner they should be finished.Prhymeate wrote:The builders working on the extension next door. I work from home, they work from 8-5, 6 days a week. It's been going on for almost 3 months now. It's usually bad, but today seems to be 'test every circular saw, hammer and drill that we have on various materials all at the same time day'. :evil:
but yes, I can sympathise with that. I almost miss the builders next door as at least we didn't have to listen to the crazed harridan that's bought the place screaming at her kids at 5am.0 -
Veronese68 wrote:
Only a little respite perhaps, but I believe they are only allowed to work until lunchtime on a Saturday. On the bright side however, the longer hours they work the sooner they should be finished.Prhymeate wrote:The builders working on the extension next door. I work from home, they work from 8-5, 6 days a week. It's been going on for almost 3 months now. It's usually bad, but today seems to be 'test every circular saw, hammer and drill that we have on various materials all at the same time day'. :evil:
but yes, I can sympathise with that. I almost miss the builders next door as at least we didn't have to listen to the crazed harridan that's bought the place screaming at her kids at 5am.
They can work whenever they want unless there's a planning condition. You'd have to get someone to agree that it is a nuisance which it may be possible to do based on noise level and the duration it goes on for as well as time of day.
I had a neighbour who had work being done by builders who were obviously doing a bit of work on the side. I'd get home and they would arrive just afterwards and start work just as the youngest was going to bed at about 7pm then continue until about 10pm. I had enough when they started one Sunday morning at 7am and went around to be told by my neighbour 'they're my builders, they'll work when I want' so I just reported it to the Environmental Health department who sent their civil enforcement team around to provide a counter-argument! Shortly after the work was completed the neighbour had a fall down their stairs and whilst they seemed OK they died a few days later. I thought Karma had gone a bit over the top!!0 -
Veronese68 wrote:Only a little respite perhaps, but I believe they are only allowed to work until lunchtime on a Saturday. On the bright side however, the longer hours they work the sooner they should be finished.
but yes, I can sympathise with that. I almost miss the builders next door as at least we didn't have to listen to the crazed harridan that's bought the place screaming at her kids at 5am.
Finishing at lunch on a Saturday sounds about right now I think about it. I'm usually out on my bike but it's tiresome being woken by them. Still, at least it's temporary and my neighbours could not be quieter generally. They're back from lunch now so only another few hours left for today.
Fingers crossed whoever moves into the house gets to enjoy their giant new extension longer than Pross's managed to!0 -
Ricky Gervais.
Not just his latest film. Look at his opening scene in 'Night at the Museum' - an exemplar for bad acting.0 -
On that ^ note, James Corden.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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I really liked the Office when it came out, but over the years have come to realise that David Brent is just Ricky Gervais before he was famous.0
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Pensioners.
It's a glorious sunny 25c with a subtle wind down here today, and the amount of OAP's I've clocked today that have dressed for the next ice age you wouldn't believe.
Overcoats?
Tweed Blazers?
Collar AND ties?
And you know there's a vest lurking under there as well.
No wonder the NHS is in meltdown, it's bloody Brexit voting biddys suffering heatstroke......You're the light wiping out my batteries; You're the cream in my airport coffee's.0 -
Haha, my 86 year old auntie didn't take her coat off all day at our wedding a month back. 20+ degrees all day, suffering like hell in my suit and there she is zipped up to the max.0
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Bag heads.
Out for a nice stroll on my lunch break and come across a youngish lad who's slo mo raving in the middle of a busy street off his box. Go and find a quiet spot and get wrecked.0 -
People!0
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This thread0
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One from my karate days - doing deep breathing/relaxation activities with a partner who smokes 60 a day (no exaggeration). He smelt like a f**king stable and I ended up tenser than when I started.0
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Carrying a takeaway coffee and finding that after a few minutes of walking the liquid has escaped through the little drinking hole and dripped down your fresh shirt leaving you sat in the office all day with a coffee stain on your stomach. Why don't they all have that little slide system so you can close the hole while not drinking?0
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Pross wrote:Carrying a takeaway coffee and finding that after a few minutes of walking the liquid has escaped through the little drinking hole and dripped down your fresh shirt leaving you sat in the office all day with a coffee stain on your stomach. Why don't they all have that little slide system so you can close the hole while not drinking?
There's an opportunity there for you on Dragons' Den.0 -
Pross wrote:Carrying a takeaway coffee and finding that after a few minutes of walking the liquid has escaped through the little drinking hole and dripped down your fresh shirt leaving you sat in the office all day with a coffee stain on your stomach. Why don't they all have that little slide system so you can close the hole while not drinking?
Just wear overalls and stop trying to pretend you're not dribbling.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Dinyull wrote:I really liked the Office when it came out, but over the years have come to realise that David Brent is just Ricky Gervais before he was famous.
Gervais went on about how good it was to work without a studio audience. I've always believed that the audience was there, they just didn't laugh.0 -
This list, taken from this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/3 ... ience-poll
It comes as no wonder that we're fuck1ng Brexiting, when you see Mrs Brown's Boys in top place and other tripe such as Miranda even mentioned alongside The Office or The Thick Of It...The top 20 comedies
1 - Mrs Brown's Boys, BBC One (started 2011)
2 - The Office, BBC Two (2001)
3 - Peter Kay's Car Share, BBC One (2015)
4 - Count Arthur Strong, BBC Two (2013)
5 - The IT Crowd, C4 (2006)
6 - The Thick Of It, BBC Four (2005)
7 - Gavin & Stacey, BBC Three (2007)
8 - Miranda, BBC Two (2009)
9 - Raised By Wolves, C4 (2015)
10 - Outnumbered, BBC One (2007)
11 - Peep Show, C4 (2003)
12 - Black Books, C4 (2000)
13 - Green Wing, C4 (2003)
14 - The Inbetweeners, C4 (2008)
15 - Bad Education, BBC Three (2012)
16 - Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, C4 (2001)
17 - Yonderland, Sky1 (2013)
18 - Twenty Twelve/W1A, BBC Two (2011)
19 - Benidorm, ITV (2007)
20 - Detectorists, BBC Four (2014)
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JoeNobody wrote:
No Fast Show! What is wrong with these people?Ben6899 wrote:It comes as no wonder that we're fuck1ng Brexiting, when you see Mrs Brown's Boys in top place and other tripe such as Miranda even mentioned alongside The Office or The Thick Of It...
It was a poll of comedies 2000 and after.0
