Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    I am still the king and always will be. I've been known to commute up two hills on a s/s with a case of cheap but trendy with the pseudo middle classes sparkling wine on my back and not even back a sweat I'm that hard and strong.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    ....but not so much your knee.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Dinyull wrote:
    ....but not so much your knee.

    Well, errrr, yes, that as maybe. Good point well presented.

    But even TMBKOKM is a thousand times stronger that that of a mere communter.

    It is a million, leaping, barking, springing gazelles compared to their fat pox ridden poo eating lard arse benefit claiming single mother of 6 from Alsager style knees.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    sleeping with the windows open due to the heat, at about 5am the dawn chorus kicks in, which would be lovely if it were peaceful soothing bird song, but theres some bird that must sit on my roof as its so frickin loud, and it just "CHIRPS" continuously "CHIRP,CHIRP,CHIRP" like it doesnt even need to breath and it goes on for ages and when it finally shuts up, its followed by duelling wood pigeons competing for who can "coo" the loudest !!!
  • Thick Mike
    Thick Mike Posts: 337
    awavey wrote:
    sleeping with the windows open due to the heat, at about 5am the dawn chorus kicks in, which would be lovely if it were peaceful soothing bird song, but theres some bird that must sit on my roof as its so frickin loud, and it just "CHIRPS" continuously "CHIRP,CHIRP,CHIRP" like it doesnt even need to breath and it goes on for ages and when it finally shuts up, its followed by duelling wood pigeons competing for who can "coo" the loudest !!!

    House Sparrow (passer domesticus), if that eases your stress at all. :)
  • LimitedGarry
    LimitedGarry Posts: 400
    Living with three women, I absolutely hate the toiletry and clothing clutter.
    On the side of the bathtub, there's probably five different shower gels, which isn't a problem by itself. The problem is that there's four different conditioners, three oils, three shampoos, two or three different facial cleaning thingies, and most of the time, there's minimum of two razors placed absolutely randomly. And when you actually go take shower, the hose will typically make half of that stuff fall down. I thought it's happening to me only, but it isn't. It's happening to everyone here.
    It's even more ridiculous if you notice that women often don't use these hair product while taking a shower, but do it separately with their head over the bathtub.
    Then you want to clean your teeth, but there's five deodorants in front of the toothbrush cup, so you gotta move them aside. And as you're doing that, a bunch of hair clips falls into the sink and on the ground.
    I won't get into the shoes situation because it's not as bad as it could be IMHO, but the jacket situtation is ridiculous. To me, it seems logical to move the winter stuff into my closet during spring and summer. But apparently that logic is terribly flawed, as you should have absolutely all of your jackets on the five hanger positions next to the door literally the whole year, especially if you have more than five different jackets. The fact at least three different jackets fall down whenever you try to pick one must not be taken into account or you'll get yelled at. And if you don't have more than three scarfs, it's okay to leave them all there as well.
    Oh and by the way, ever since I joined the beard game, I noticed that probably everyone is using my shaving gel. And I thought there's just so little of it in the can. So now that I'm not buying it anymore (as I invested into all kinds of trimmers), I'm actually seeing female specific shaving gel and foam in the bathroom for the first time ever. That just makes my day every time I see it. And I purposefully left the almost empty gel there so that someone starts bitching about and I can ask why is my shaving gel empty :lol:

    Aah, humans and our stupid problems :)
    I also hate it when someone parks in front of the apartment building because it means I can't jump up the curb and have to ride around like a normal person. Pathetic.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,333
    awavey wrote:
    sleeping with the windows open due to the heat, at about 5am the dawn chorus kicks in, which would be lovely if it were peaceful soothing bird song, but theres some bird that must sit on my roof as its so frickin loud, and it just "CHIRPS" continuously "CHIRP,CHIRP,CHIRP" like it doesnt even need to breath and it goes on for ages and when it finally shuts up, its followed by duelling wood pigeons competing for who can "coo" the loudest !!!

    I do like the dawn chorus but at 4am last Monday morning sat on the Kharzi for the 1st time, there were audible harmonies and counterpoint and you could pick out the individual noises. The blackbird was on song (literally).
    4th or 5th time around (I cannot remember) at about 4.30am, it was a completely inaudible and competing cacophony.

    Mixed with the noises emanating from me, it was not like the Dance of the knights nor Ride Of The Valkyries, it was Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture played by an inebriated Mexican brass band.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Living with three women, I absolutely hate the toiletry and clothing clutter.
    On the side of the bathtub, there's probably five different shower gels, which isn't a problem by itself. The problem is that there's four different conditioners, three oils, three shampoos, two or three different facial cleaning thingies, and most of the time, there's minimum of two razors placed absolutely randomly. And when you actually go take shower, the hose will typically make half of that stuff fall down. I thought it's happening to me only, but it isn't. It's happening to everyone here.
    It's even more ridiculous if you notice that women often don't use these hair product while taking a shower, but do it separately with their head over the bathtub.
    Then you want to clean your teeth, but there's five deodorants in front of the toothbrush ciup, so you gotta move them aside. And as you're doing that, a bunch of hair clips falls into the sink and on the ground.
    I won't get into the shoes situation because it's not as bad as it could be IMHO, but the jacket situtation is ridiculous. To me, it seems logical to move the winter stuff into my closet during spring and summer. But apparently that logic is terribly flawed, as you should have absolutely all of your jackets on the five hanger positions next to the door literally the whole year, especially if you have more than five different jackets. The fact at least three different jackets fall down whenever you try to pick one must not be taken into account or you'll get yelled at. And if you don't have more than three scarfs, it's okay to leave them all there as well.
    Oh and by the way, ever since I joined the beard game, I noticed that probably everyone is using my shaving gel. And I thought there's just so little of it in the can. So now that I'm not buying it anymore (as I invested into all kinds of trimmers), I'm actually seeing female specific shaving gel and foam in the bathroom for the first time ever. That just makes my day every time I see it. And I purposefully left the almost empty gel there so that someone starts bitching about and I can ask why is my shaving gel empty :lol:

    Aah, humans and our stupid problems :)
    I also hate it when someone parks in front of the apartment building because it means I can't jump up the curb and have to ride around like a normal person. Pathetic.


    Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah, wah, wah, wah.......


    Any pics of their norks?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Wanting to take a photograph of the most beautiful scenery and then some nobhead stands in the middle and ruins the shot.

    Waiting ages for him to move out of the way.

    Then another walks in.
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    ben@31 wrote:
    Wanting to take a photograph of the most beautiful scenery and then some nobhead stands in the middle and ruins the shot.

    Waiting ages for him to move out of the way.

    Then another walks in.

    Next tine just ask him to move.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    ben@31 wrote:
    Wanting to take a photograph of the most beautiful scenery and then some nobhead stands in the middle and ruins the shot.

    Waiting ages for him to move out of the way.

    Then another walks in.

    Next tine just ask him to move.

    What if they're a few hundred metres away?
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    ben@31 wrote:
    ben@31 wrote:
    Wanting to take a photograph of the most beautiful scenery and then some nobhead stands in the middle and ruins the shot.

    Waiting ages for him to move out of the way.

    Then another walks in.

    Next tine just ask him to move.

    What if they're a few hundred metres away?

    Shout.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    Living with three women, I absolutely hate the toiletry and clothing clutter.
    On the side of the bathtub, there's probably five different shower gels, which isn't a problem by itself. The problem is that there's four different conditioners, three oils, three shampoos, two or three different facial cleaning thingies, and most of the time, there's minimum of two razors placed absolutely randomly. And when you actually go take shower, the hose will typically make half of that stuff fall down. I thought it's happening to me only, but it isn't. It's happening to everyone here.
    It's even more ridiculous if you notice that women often don't use these hair product while taking a shower, but do it separately with their head over the bathtub.

    My biggest concern is that women are stupid enough to buy shower products which use the term 'moisturising' in their advertising. YOU'RE IN A BLOODY SHOWER, WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU EXPECT?!



    I do understand that when they say 'moisturising' they don't just mean 'wet', they really mean 'leaves your skin oily like a salmon' but still...
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    HaydenM wrote:
    Living with three women, I absolutely hate the toiletry and clothing clutter.
    On the side of the bathtub, there's probably five different shower gels, which isn't a problem by itself. The problem is that there's four different conditioners, three oils, three shampoos, two or three different facial cleaning thingies, and most of the time, there's minimum of two razors placed absolutely randomly. And when you actually go take shower, the hose will typically make half of that stuff fall down. I thought it's happening to me only, but it isn't. It's happening to everyone here.
    It's even more ridiculous if you notice that women often don't use these hair product while taking a shower, but do it separately with their head over the bathtub.

    My biggest concern is that women are stupid enough to buy shower products which use the term 'moisturising' in their advertising. YOU'RE IN A BLOODY SHOWER, WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU EXPECT?!



    I do understand that when they say 'moisturising' they don't just mean 'wet', they really mean 'leaves your skin oily like a salmon' but still...

    The fact that every men's toiletry set now comes with a moisturiser of some sort, which sit in the bathroom cabinet or windowsill for ever, as I can't bear to throw something away that is not faulty or used.
  • LimitedGarry
    LimitedGarry Posts: 400
    When I asked about some of the products once, I got "You gotta use this if you don't want your hair to look like you got zapped by a lightning."

    As for moisturisers.. they're the secret to successfully opening plastic grocery bags without spit or third party assistance.
  • How come in 2017 I still can't find a phone that will allow to take take a pic with one hand without risk of dropping it? Every phone iPhone, Samsung, HTC I have owned make is so difficult to point it and press the screen with minimal fuss. I always end up using both hands and if I am carrying something it's not always possible. I've missed so many last second photo opportunities cos my phone is so bloody fiddly to operate the camera quickly
  • scott5
    scott5 Posts: 83
    Being hung up on when buying tickets!
  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    ...

    As for moisturisers.. they're the secret to successfully opening plastic grocery bags without spit or third party assistance.

    Have I stumbled across Roger's Thesaurus again??
  • scott5
    scott5 Posts: 83
    When your company is promoting Diversity and inclusion, and wants you participate by placing a pin on a world map to show where you are from. Only to find that the country I am from, has been omitted from the map.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,333
    How come in 2017 I still can't find a phone that will allow to take take a pic with one hand without risk of dropping it? Every phone iPhone, Samsung, HTC I have owned make is so difficult to point it and press the screen with minimal fuss. I always end up using both hands and if I am carrying something it's not always possible. I've missed so many last second photo opportunities cos my phone is so bloody fiddly to operate the camera quickly

    Use duct tape.

    Surely that's Roget's Thesaurus?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    And yet my 15 yr old can flick a fidget spinner with one hand while videoing it with the phone in her other hand.
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    edited May 2017
    Mobile phones. And, people who can't live without constantly checking them. I have never owned one, or used one.

    I take my girls to swimming lessons and I swear that every parent there has a phone to hand, most check them more than a few times in the half-hour lesson. While some are constantly glued to them throughout, glancing up occasionally to make sure that Charlie hasn't drowned.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    People who festoon their bikes with power meters and all that crap.

    You don't need it - just go and ride and smash yourself to bits and enjoy it.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    The word "festoon"
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    mrfpb wrote:
    The word "festoon"


    Nah - festoon rocks. Along with "doubloon" it's makes you sound like a pirate, aarrrrrrrr, see.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    How come in 2017 I still can't find a phone that will allow to take take a pic with one hand without risk of dropping it? Every phone iPhone, Samsung, HTC I have owned make is so difficult to point it and press the screen with minimal fuss. I always end up using both hands and if I am carrying something it's not always possible. I've missed so many last second photo opportunities cos my phone is so bloody fiddly to operate the camera quickly

    aha there are two solutions to that, other than dont take photos I mean :) you should be able to change the take photo button to one of the buttons on the side of the phone, so mine is set to the volume button as thats where my finger rests whilst holding the phone for a photo...or you can like one of my friends set it to voice activation, so say smile or cheese and it takes a photo :)

    the endless fun you can have trying to drop smile or cheese into a conversation when shes staring at her phone not paying attention and it takes a photo, well it amuses me anyway :D
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    The phrase "go to"

    The "go to" wheel
    The "go to" tyre
    The "go to" chain lube

    The only thing I "go to" is the larder when I'm hungry and Edwyn's whenever I need anything else in the world, be it whores, blow or vats of pissss.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    People who make a big point about not owning a mobile phone.
  • LimitedGarry
    LimitedGarry Posts: 400
    How come in 2017 I still can't find a phone that will allow to take take a pic with one hand without risk of dropping it? Every phone iPhone, Samsung, HTC I have owned make is so difficult to point it and press the screen with minimal fuss. I always end up using both hands and if I am carrying something it's not always possible. I've missed so many last second photo opportunities cos my phone is so bloody fiddly to operate the camera quickly

    Actually, lot of phones these days allow you to take a picture by pressing the volume button (either one of them or either of them). A real bummer if they don't though. Also, lot of phones have some kind of a shortcut to get to the camera right from the lock screen. Check yours out.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    How come in 2017 I still can't find a phone that will allow to take take a pic with one hand without risk of dropping it? Every phone iPhone, Samsung, HTC I have owned make is so difficult to point it and press the screen with minimal fuss. I always end up using both hands and if I am carrying something it's not always possible. I've missed so many last second photo opportunities cos my phone is so bloody fiddly to operate the camera quickly

    Actually, lot of phones these days allow you to take a picture by pressing the volume button (either one of them or either of them). A real bummer if they don't though. Also, lot of phones have some kind of a shortcut to get to the camera right from the lock screen. Check yours out.


    Great advice - thank you. I'll do that first thing tomorrow.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.