Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Ordering something from the US on eBay with "priority shipping" on 28th January that got dispatched the same day and it is still at eBay's sorting depot (in the US) on 5th February. Eight days and it ain't even left the US yet. All rise for the "Global Shipping Programme". :roll:0
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Must be some sort of conspiracy0
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They are inserting a tracker chip inside the item along with a remote controlled cylinder thing that emits poison gas as and when.0
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I bought a pot of instant porridge from the supermarket, "Big Pot" it says on the label "new bigger breakfast. 33% more inside".
This morning I tear off the aluminium foil cover. 33% more what?..... Empty space.
Yes it may be a bigger pot but they haven't put any more oats in there. What annoys me is all this empty space inside food packaging, I can not see a reason for the pot to be 33% empty other than to con people."The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
Same here, I cut the top off crisp packets for the same reason. You can cut the sodding bag in half. I'm not reaching all that way into a bag, no way no how. Normally you can just open 2 bags and pour one bag into the other and its about right.
That Pot Noodle I had that time as well with about 2 inches of stuff in the bottom of it. That was one watery Pot Noodle. :evil:0 -
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When they call an alleged terrorist's home a "compound" to make it sound worse. People don't live in compounds, they live in homes. "He is a nice guy, look there he is in his home. Wait, he just picked a gun up, abracadabra his home is now a compound."
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When the BBC says "Drink and drugs" when drink is one of the biggest killers and is absolutely a drug. It is the second biggest killer of all drugs! Are they on crack?
"Not only do I think pot should be made legal... it should be mandatory" - Bill Hicks0 -
Is it enough to drive you potty?0
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Conversation on nearby shared use cyclepath/pedestrian path.
I'm riding along at 6mph, regularly slowing down for dog walkers, saying good morning to people, admiring cool looking dogs, nodding, smiling. You get the idea.
Then in front is an elderly(ish) bloke, I can sense he wants conflict, he moves ever so slightly to take a central dominant position right in the middle of the path. This is no problem, I'm going slow enough to say hello and put my foot down.
Him: This isn't a highway.
Me: Not sure what you mean, bikes are allowed, though.
Him: You were going too fast
Me: I was moving at approximately 6mph, slower than runner over there <points>
Him: Well, err.
Me: Yes?
Him: Those other blokes that came through were going too fast
Me: Why are you telling me?
Him: You cyclists blah blah blah
Me: Sigh
Him: Go and tell them
Me: You go and tell them, nothing to do with me, I don't know them (I hadn't even seen them, and if I was to go catch them to follow his 'advice', I'd have to speed up!
This went on for a few minutes, me pointing out that I have seen several pieces of terrible driving today, but I don't intend of doorstepping all the drivers in my street tomorrow. Eventually some ladies approach, ones that I'd passed with my usual consideration back up the path, they couldn't figure out why this nice friendly cyclist was getting all this grief from this codger.
What is it about people who don't cycle regularly, they think we're all some kind of nebulous collective, a borg or something?
Sigh.
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Errr, just possibly so there's room to add the milk/water??ben@31 wrote:I bought a pot of instant porridge from the supermarket, "Big Pot" it says on the label "new bigger breakfast. 33% more inside".
This morning I tear off the aluminium foil cover. 33% more what?..... Empty space.
Yes it may be a bigger pot but they haven't put any more oats in there. What annoys me is all this empty space inside food packaging, I can not see a reason for the pot to be 33% empty other than to con people.
Mind you, if they say it's 33% bigger, I would have thought that legally it has to have 33% more contents by weight - if it doesn't then it certainly isn't a con, and (while I'm no expert) surely against the law.0 -
People talking for pages about Ed Miliband without anyone mentioning that he is a Zionist.0
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I rather think that's what you mean, isn't it?Manc33 wrote:People talking for pages about Ed Miliband without anyone mentioning that he is a JEW.0 -
Manc33 wrote:#1
When they call an alleged terrorist's home a "compound" to make it sound worse. People don't live in compounds, they live in homes. "He is a nice guy, look there he is in his home. Wait, he just picked a gun up, abracadabra his home is now a compound."
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When the BBC says "Drink and drugs" when drink is one of the biggest killers and is absolutely a drug. It is the second biggest killer of all drugs! Are they on crack?
"Not only do I think pot should be made legal... it should be mandatory" - Bill Hicks
Salt is a compound isn't it ? Better stay the feck away from that tooled up ba5tard.......I don't know why; It's a perfectly cromulent word....0 -
bompington wrote:
I rather think that's what you mean, isn't it?Manc33 wrote:People talking for pages about Ed Miliband without anyone mentioning that he is a JEW.
No but I admire your effort, simply insert the word "Jew" and away we go on a totally different debate.
There are plenty of Jewish people that oppose Zionism and they are moral people that are concerned about how their own name is being used and tarnished by a "Zionist" ideology. Some of the most ardent supporters of Zionism are not even Jewish.
Let me guess, you've done zero research on it? Please... http://bit.ly/S8LqlB
The Jewish people that expose what Zionism is have a special name given to them - self-haters!
SELF though. They can't call them anti-Semitic so they call then self-haters, just golden. Did you know not all Jewish people are Semites and not all Semites are Jewish? Most of the world's Semitic people are North African tribes. Arabs are also Semites. Hope this helps.
EDIT: They call this guy a "self-hating Jew":
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What do you do when you get half way through the contents of the bag you've cut in half, cut it in half again? Do you spend more time cutting the bags than eating crisps?Manc33 wrote:Same here, I cut the top off crisp packets for the same reason. You can cut the sodding bag in half. I'm not reaching all that way into a bag, no way no how.
Have you ever eaten Pringles?0 -
When I overtake a car on the motorway and dual carriageway and they flash to tell me I can pull back in. I have mirrors and enough experience to know when I can change back into lane 1 without your assistance thank you!0
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When someone changes their avatar without asking for permission.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0
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Veronese68 wrote:
What do you do when you get half way through the contents of the bag you've cut in half, cut it in half again? Do you spend more time cutting the bags than eating crisps?Manc33 wrote:Same here, I cut the top off crisp packets for the same reason. You can cut the sodding bag in half. I'm not reaching all that way into a bag, no way no how.
Have you ever eaten Pringles?
No, once cut in half, the top of the bag is about level with the top of the crisps, cutting in half again would be overkill. Crisp packets used to be full, but not any more. In cases where I tip a bag into another bag I never cut it, even at halfway through the bag, I need to address that issue then.
Pringles are easy, you can just tip them out of the tube.0 -
But the dreg spill out if you tip Pringles. Dregs being the bits that have snapped out when you have tried sticking your hand down the tube to pick them out before tipping in frustration.
Anyone tried the Aldi Stackers? Just like Pringles but without the salt and vinegar burn you get from eating a whole pack of Pringles blue. Also the tube is shorter and the crisps have a diameter a lot less than the tube inside diameter whereas Pringles almost fill the tube (apart from an inch to two gap at the top). Why leave those last inch empty?? Why make the tube a lot bigger diameter than the crisp stack Aldi???
BTW Manc33 If you cut the bag down how on earth are you going to fold it into those neat little triangles some do with their empty crisp packets? I just roll and tie but some make neat little triangles out of them.
One more thing, crisp related, Can yo put pringles in the card box for recycling? It has a metal base so can it be recycled with paper/card? Do you cut it off so it gets recycled or just throw into waste. Why does it need metal base? Surely put a tighter fitting plastic plug lid on the bottom makes it better and easier to recycle. Both lids then would be recycled too. Sorry I am bored at work and these things bother me when I am bored.0 -
People bored at work, find a brush goddamnit!Advocate of disc brakes.0
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Hehehe! The bosses say that a lot here but noone listens (apart from the last half hour of the day that is, then you can't find a brush without some lazy bugger leaning on it and talking).
Hey! You aren't my boss are you??? Jobcentre here I come!!!
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Jeezuz.......only just found this thread......where the hell do I start ????
Poop - Dog Poop to be precise. As a Dog owner, I carry the obligatory black bags to clean up, its perhaps the least attractive part of dog ownership I conced, but a neccessary must.
But, what I really cant get my admittedly small brain around, is why would anyone go to the trouble of bagging their dog's deposits, and then rather than carrying that and depositing it in next available bin, they decide to throw the bag to the side of the path/bridleway, or even into the bushes/trees, - hell I've even seen one tree with about 5 hanging there like some form of trophy's.
WTF !??? If you cant really be @rsed to carry it away and dispose of it, then leave the stuff to decompose natrally, if you REALLY must, rather than leaving it in a bag which will take countless years to decompose, if ever at all.
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It annoys me never seeing white dog poop any more, the nostalgia.
I agree with the above, a dog turd in a bag is worse than the exposed chit. At least the chit on its own would decompose in the air. Sealed in a bag... no one knows a dog turd is in the bag for a start. Don't read this if you're eating but imagine some turd in a bag thats 8 months old or something.
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People referring to "Poop" (Dog or otherwise) when everyone knows it is "Poo"!
Bloody Americanisation of the English language!
PS Oh the irony. Spellcheck wants me to spell it with a "Z"...Zee?0 -
Bikeradar........
In essence the way the screens move all over the place as your trying to access them.
I know you need advertising to survive but it just seems to have got worse lately.
Surely you can have the ads...With out me just going to click on a link and the bloody thing moves.............
I don't think it is my set-up is it Linux+firefox?
PS. Not going to buy a Ford or Volvo out of frustration!!!!!0 -
Graham. wrote:People referring to "Poop" (Dog or otherwise) when everyone knows it is "Poo"!
Bloody Americanisation of the English language!
PS Oh the irony. Spellcheck wants me to spell it with a "Z"...Zee?
Are you sure?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling
http://www.metadyne.co.uk/ize.html0
