Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

Matthewfalle

Garry H wrote:

BelgianBeerGeek wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

BelgianBeerGeek wrote:

Undertakers, they are people who bury the dead in the appropriate coffin in the appropriate area.
Under takers on the road. Are those the guys in the hearse?
It's those who pass on the left. And get over it. It means you are in the WRONG LANE.

Errr - not really when it's a dual carriage way in rush hour and both lanes are chocker and essentially stationary - except for me burning off the undertaker at a mighty, oooohh, 12 mph, while she sat there in her crappy X5 staring straight ahead as I giggled to myself.

Which you can do according to the Highway Code. Good stuff.

I think that the spirit of this topic may be going over some people's heads...

I have a feeling you may be right..........

dinyull

People who must over take, no matter what.

Last week on a national speed limit single carriage way I had some cnut up my arse for a good half hour. It didn't matter to him that there was a car in front of me who was only doing 50 and there was nowhere to pass safely. Eventually, the road came to a dual for a stretch, so I overtook the car in front and got up to 70 and then the road went back to single.

This muppet in his slow as f*ck Beetle decided he must get past, so by the time he built up enough speed to pass it was single lane again with something oncoming and me sat behind a truck - not enough room for him to get back in giving me a decision to watch him crash or slow and let him in.

I sat back and watched him the rest of the way weaving all over the road trying for the life of him to past this truck without any luck. By the time we pulled off the road half an hour later he still hadn't passed, I hope he appreciated me giving him a flash to say goodbye.

bbrap

Quiz programmes. Well not quiz programmes as such but quiz contestants with all the mental capacity of an amoeba. Why the fuck would you go on national television and try to answer general knowledge questions when you have absolutely no idea. I know the prize money is the draw but please, do you really want to make an arse of yourself if front of millions (well I say millions, but I have no idea how many people watch that sort of thing). Just a couple of examples from something which was on the box when I got home (tipping point).

Q: What is the largest desert in Africa
A: The Gobi desert

Q: Which 60's TV series featured "Windy Miller"
A: Pinky & Perky

Seems to really be a generational thing with the stock answer for history questions from the early part of the 20th century being "well I wasn't born then". Well I wasn't born in 1533 but I still know that is when Queen Elisabeth 1st was born, and I assume history is still a subject at school (or are they too busy re-writing it to be PC to actually learn anything).

Rant over, grrrrrr

pinno

bbrap wrote:

Quiz programmes. Well not quiz programmes as such but quiz contestants with all the mental capacity of an amoeba.

Don't insult amoebae (or amoebas, if you want a second plural).

bbrap

Pinno wrote:

bbrap wrote:

Quiz programmes. Well not quiz programmes as such but quiz contestants with all the mental capacity of an amoeba.

Don't insult amoebae (or amoebas, if you want a second plural).

Sorry, that was a bit speciesist, I don't want the permanently offended to start marching again. Where is Lily when you need her

Pross

Simon Mayo's All Request Friday. More specifically the people who call in. Let's face it, it's not the 80s and if you fancy listening to a particular song you don't need to call a national radio station to ask for it and so your reason the calling is to be on the radio boring everyone senseless with details of the tedious plans you have for the weekend. This is usually a giggly middle aged, middle class bint telling us she's 'travelling down to Devon to meet up with my best friend for a catch up and maybe a few glasses of prosecco hehehe'. Even worse is when they stick their kids on to 'talk' which involves them giving one word answers before finally selecting their dad's favourite 70s prog rock track that the kid has never even heard of.

On a similar note the item Chris Evans does for kids to call in and say what they are doing for the first time that day has me reaching for the channel button - 'Mark yourself out of 10' 'a trillion, gazillion' :evil:

FishFish

Pinno wrote:

bbrap wrote:

Quiz programmes. Well not quiz programmes as such but quiz contestants with all the mental capacity of an amoeba.

Don't insult amoebae (or amoebas, if you want a second plural).

Am I in the presence of a plurality of plurals?

FishFish

....and you had better stop smoking or you might get plurisy.

dodgy

Pross wrote:

Simon Mayo's All Request Friday. More specifically the people who call in. Let's face it, it's not the 80s and if you fancy listening to a particular song you don't need to call a national radio station to ask for it and so your reason the calling is to be on the radio boring everyone senseless with details of the tedious plans you have for the weekend. This is usually a giggly middle aged, middle class bint telling us she's 'travelling down to Devon to meet up with my best friend for a catch up and maybe a few glasses of prosecco hehehe'. Even worse is when they stick their kids on to 'talk' which involves them giving one word answers before finally selecting their dad's favourite 70s prog rock track that the kid has never even heard of.

On a similar note the item Chris Evans does for kids to call in and say what they are doing for the first time that day has me reaching for the channel button - 'Mark yourself out of 10' 'a trillion, gazillion' :evil:

Usually posh kids called Tarquin off to their second home in the countryside for the weekend. You never get Baz from Birkenhead going to Talacre for a day trip.
It's the most middle class, status declaring radio show out there. Does my head in!

Alain Quay

British town planners. Is producing ugliness obligatory?

Alain Quay

dinyull

Alain Quay wrote:

British town planners. Is producing ugliness obligatory?

Town planners/local authorities are stretched to their absolute limits thanks to govt cuts. You wouldn't believe what developers get away with now because there aren't the qualified people to stand up against them or willing to stand up against them thanks to the threat of spending their money elsewhere.

cowsham

The A3 chocka all day then when your driving at night you think it should be clear at night -- IT'S CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE ! ARRRGh !

Pross

Alain Quay wrote:

British town planners. Is producing ugliness obligatory?

To be fair, that's not exactly a cutting edge modern day example of planning policy.

pinno

Pross wrote:

Alain Quay wrote:

British town planners. Is producing ugliness obligatory?

To be fair, that's not exactly a cutting edge modern day example of planning policy.

No, but this is:

Garry H

Pinno wrote:

Pross wrote:

Alain Quay wrote:

British town planners. Is producing ugliness obligatory?

To be fair, that's not exactly a cutting edge modern day example of planning policy.

No, but this is:

Hell's that? A flour mill?

pinno

Garry H wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Pross wrote:

Alain Quay wrote:

British town planners. Is producing ugliness obligatory?

To be fair, that's not exactly a cutting edge modern day example of planning policy.

No, but this is:

Hell's that? A flour mill?

No, just the shopping centre in Cumbernauld.

Garry H

Looks like it's been designed by six different people that never bothered to meet up.

Cumbernauld though, sheeesh, what a place that is!

pinno

Garry H wrote:

Looks like it's been designed by six different people that never bothered to meet up.

Cumbernauld though, sheeesh, what a place that is!

...and what's more; there are more roundabouts than Milton keynes in Cumberfuckinauld.

Garry H

Yet Milton Keynes gets all the publicity. Southern bias!

pinno

Milton Keyens is f*cking sh*t anyway.

Maybe MK was a reciprocal Sweaty/Southern arrangement.

Off to watch yesterdays last P-N stage... I should have put that in the other thread.

Pross

Pinno wrote:

Pross wrote:

Alain Quay wrote:

British town planners. Is producing ugliness obligatory?

To be fair, that's not exactly a cutting edge modern day example of planning policy.

No, but this is:

Yeah but it's Scotland so 60s style is still fashionable there

pinno

Yeah right pross:

Bristol:



York:



Somewhere in Taff country:

team47b

sculpture by British artist rachel whiteread the work won Whiteread the Turner Prize

pinno

^ That's really lovely. :roll: Is it a visual metaphor for Stoke or the innards of Pross's mind?

rjsterry

Pinno wrote:

Yeah right pross:

Bristol:

Ah, the shell of the old sorting office; not sure that qualifies as town planning, but I'm surprised that they still haven't redeveloped it. Mind you, just round the corner is this



Old photo, but only the colour of the paint has changed.

Depends which way you are looking.

Matthewfalle

Pinno wrote:

Yeah right pross:

Bristol:



York:



Somewhere in Taff country:

Norks in pink.

Garry H

Matthewfalle wrote:

Norks in pink.

Roger that!

pinno

Garry H wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Norks in pink.

Roger that!

Was that an attempt at a lewd pun?

Garry H

Pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

Norks in pink.

Roger that!

Was that an attempt at a lewd pun?

If a lewd pun is what you want...