Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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This happened yesterday. I bet it sounds familiar to all...
On a country road, approaching a blind, 90 degree right hand bend, a car overtakes, just as another car comes round the bend in the opposite direction. Overtaking car cuts in front of me, narrowly missing oncoming vehicle. Just as I'm thinking, "what an idiot", and no more than 30 metres along the road, the overtaking car turns left off the road onto a driveway. He saved maybe one second of his time with a move that came close to causing an accident. I think some drivers got their licences in a cornflake packet (and left their brain there at the same time).0 -
Mismatched bottle cages0
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Epic fail for me on that one...0
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Zips0
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This is more like "annoying things anti cyclist drivers do part 571"... Riding on a busy Cambridge road yesterday, where the traffic is even more slow moving than usual, all stop start (because, it turned out, of some temporary lights up ahead). I'm in a cycle lane on the left, which is clear so I'm going much faster than the cars. As I near a particular car, it slowly and deliberately turns into the cycle lane so as to prevent me getting through. I've had this before, drivers who seem to resent a cyclist making better progress than they are. The way their minds seem to work is so pathetic it's funny. If there isn't a word for being simultaneously annoyed and amused, there should be one...
Anyway, this time, either out of consideration or inattention, the driver behind the culprit has left a gap... which I nip into, then round the outside of the obstructing car, and across and back into the cycle lane, and away.
One - nil to the cyclist on this occasion!0 -
Jack93 wrote:On the news when they cut to some reporter on the street who interviews some random passer-by for their thoughts on the story... I don't give a f**k what they think about it, just give me the facts so I can make up my own narrow minded opinion!
When news reporters insist on interviewing small children. They umm and er and mumble something inane that makes absolutely no sense (because after all they're five). For some reason reporters, especially on local programmes, seem to think this is cute. It's not. It's hugely irritating.0 -
+1. And who gives a f*** what a kid thinks anyway?oblongomaculatus wrote:Jack93 wrote:On the news when they cut to some reporter on the street who interviews some random passer-by for their thoughts on the story... I don't give a f**k what they think about it, just give me the facts so I can make up my own narrow minded opinion!
When news reporters insist on interviewing small children. They umm and er and mumble something inane that makes absolutely no sense (because after all they're five). For some reason reporters, especially on local programmes, seem to think this is cute. It's not. It's hugely irritating.Ecrasez l’infame0 -
SmoggySteve wrote:Mismatched bottle cages
I have this, but I go all the way by having mismatched bottles too :twisted:
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southdownswolf wrote:SmoggySteve wrote:Mismatched bottle cages
I have this, but I go all the way by having mismatched bottles too :twisted:
You Tart! I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks0 -
People who ask for "advise" instead of "advice."
People who apparently missed a whole batch of English lessons at primary school because they don't know when to use "to" and when to use "too."
And don't get me started on those who use "there" when it should be "their."___________________________________________
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cyclingfury wrote:People who ask for "advise" instead of "advice."
People who apparently missed a whole batch of English lessons at primary school because they don't know when to use "to" and when to use "too."
And don't get me started on those who use "there" when it should be "their."
Theirs an hole list of words that am missused to.0 -
Your knot wrong their.0
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Quiet write, they're speling needs more practise.0
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Fancy patterned LED running lights on cars. Not sure exactly why they annoy me so much, but they do.0
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+1bompington wrote:Fancy patterned LED running lights on cars. Not sure exactly why they annoy me so much, but they do.
'Cos they are overly fancy and overly bright (said as both cyclist and driver)0 -
I HATE the Pontipines
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Parking ticket machines that print your registration number on it.
This morning I picked up my wife from Clapham Common after completing the Moonwalk. I parked up and paid for my ticket. After picking up my wife, I noticed that there was over an hour left on the ticket so I gave it to the person who was moving into my parking space, an action that was greatly appreciated.
How joyless are the bean counters who use this nasty piece of technology to snuff out this simple piece of human kindness?0 -
Absolutely. My take is, you've payed for that space for a given amount of time and it's up to you what you do with it!crispybug2 wrote:Parking ticket machines that print your registration number on it.
This morning I picked up my wife from Clapham Common after completing the Moonwalk. I parked up and paid for my ticket. After picking up my wife, I noticed that there was over an hour left on the ticket so I gave it to the person who was moving into my parking space, an action that was greatly appreciated.
How joyless are the bean counters who use this nasty piece of technology to snuff out this simple piece of human kindness?0 -
I can understand the need to overtake horses slowly.
But why, why, why do drivers feel the need to inch past heavy convoys that don't actually exceed the lane width at 2½ mph more than the 30 the convoy is doing? And while I'm at it, who actually chooses rush hour on Monday morning (three weeks running) as the best time for wind turbines to travel?0 -
johnfinch wrote:I HATE the Pontipines
The pontipines are friends of mine.0 -
crispybug2 wrote:Parking ticket machines that print your registration number on it.
This morning I picked up my wife from Clapham Common after completing the Moonwalk. I parked up and paid for my ticket. After picking up my wife, I noticed that there was over an hour left on the ticket so I gave it to the person who was moving into my parking space, an action that was greatly appreciated.
How joyless are the bean counters who use this nasty piece of technology to snuff out this simple piece of human kindness?
100%! They identify an area where they could make 1% more profit at the expense of pissing people off. I completely agree that if I've paid for the space for 3 hours, it's my space for that time, if I want to give the ticket to someone else or even sell it! That's my business.0 -
crispybug2 wrote:Parking ticket machines that print your registration number on it.
How joyless are the bean counters who use this nasty piece of technology to snuff out this simple piece of human kindness?
I don't drive and had no idea this sort of thing happened, but I agree with the above. It's clearly a mean spirited tactic to squeeze a little bit more money out of motorists. Yet another reason I'm glad I don't have a car.0 -
Expresso
Somethink, anythink, nothink etc.
The older I get, the better I was.0 -
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johnfinch wrote:I HATE the Pontipines
Yep, it's all about memememememememememememe...
My girls go looking for other activities when the Pontipines appear. Can we write to the BBC and have the Pontipines put in room 101? Maka Paka, Iggle Piggle and Upsy daisy however keep them riveted.
I have been away from this thread for a while, can anyone shortlist the things that annoy them because there is no way I am reading 61 pages?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
oblongomaculatus wrote:Jack93 wrote:On the news when they cut to some reporter on the street who interviews some random passer-by for their thoughts on the story... I don't give a f**k what they think about it, just give me the facts so I can make up my own narrow minded opinion!
When news reporters insist on interviewing small children. They umm and er and mumble something inane that makes absolutely no sense (because after all they're five). For some reason reporters, especially on local programmes, seem to think this is cute. It's not. It's hugely irritating.
On the same theme: When interviewing someone who speaks a foreign language they insist, despite the interviewee obviously not having a good grasp of English, to speak in English instead of subtitles allowing the person to express themselves properly in their own tongue. (Boy that was a complicated mouthful).
Good fishing Finchy - well done but a bit too easy don't you think?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
pinarello001 wrote:oblongomaculatus wrote:Jack93 wrote:On the news when they cut to some reporter on the street who interviews some random passer-by for their thoughts on the story... I don't give a f**k what they think about it, just give me the facts so I can make up my own narrow minded opinion!
When news reporters insist on interviewing small children. They umm and er and mumble something inane that makes absolutely no sense (because after all they're five). For some reason reporters, especially on local programmes, seem to think this is cute. It's not. It's hugely irritating.
On the same theme: When interviewing someone who speaks a foreign language they insist, despite the interviewee obviously not having a good grasp of English, to speak in English instead of subtitles allowing the person to express themselves properly in their own tongue. (Boy that was a complicated mouthful).
Good fishing Finchy - well done but a bit too easy don't you think?
We have the same problem with you :P"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
seanoconn0 -
Purveyor of "up"
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Of course it's been mentioned loads of times but 'lol'.
It's fine for what it is (that's not the annoying bit) but people don't use it when they are actually doing the words it stands for ...oh, and when I say 'people', I actually mean 'f*****g idiots'.
Lol.0 -
Oh, and of course, white kids that talk like they're black rappers. Tw*ts.0
