Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

jawooga

The emoticons :!: and :?: . I don't see the point.

cornerblock

Opening a packet of Cheddars to always find the top few biscuits broken into little pieces.

chris_bass

jawooga wrote:

The emoticons :!: and :?: . I don't see the point.

They are just under the lines

Pross

People who finish at the cashpoint and either a) stand there reading their receipt whilst blocking the machine for others or b) put in another card and have another go. I had what I assume was a student in front of me the other day use 4 different cards in a row!

Also, people who take an age sorting out their receipts and wallets / handbags after paying for fuel whilst blocking the pump.

Captain Fagor

Pross wrote:

People who finish at the cashpoint and either a) stand there reading their receipt whilst blocking the machine for others or b) put in another card and have another go.

That'll be just about any woman then. :evil:

Captain Fagor

People eating yoghurt at work, and trying to recover every last morsel from the carton by using a fast (and noisy) spooning action. AAAaaaarrgghh!!!

finchy

The fact that my wife has only ever turned the news on twice - both times for the birth of a royal baby. :roll: :roll:

crispybug2

johnfinch wrote:

The fact that my wife has only ever turned the news on twice - both times for the birth of a royal baby. :roll: :roll:

^This^

pinno

On the subject of eating, people who clatter cutlery against their teeth whilst eating.It's like they don't know what lips are for.

Manc33

Hour long programmes like "The Cube" with 58 minutes of adverts and Phillip Schofield (who else?) waffling and only 2 minutes of action. The actual content of the show amounts to less time than one advertising break. Shocking, get it off my screen!



OMG HURRY UP!

finchy

Studying geology for the last 6 years and then when our house shakes quite violently because of an earthquake, sleeping through it while it wakes the wife up. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

ddraver

johnfinch wrote:

Studying geology for the last 6 years and then when our house shakes quite violently because of an earthquake, sleeping through it while it wakes the wife up. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Ha ha! Same! Never felt and earthquake or seen a volcano erupt! Seen plenty of sand though :roll:

dav1d1

Wiggle offering 17% discount to platinum members yet everything being out of stock!

finchy

ddraver wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

Studying geology for the last 6 years and then when our house shakes quite violently because of an earthquake, sleeping through it while it wakes the wife up. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Ha ha! Same! Never felt and earthquake or seen a volcano erupt! Seen plenty of sand though :roll:

I felt an earthquake in Slovenia. It was a 3.4 and the epicentre was 50 miles away, so as you can imagine, it was barely noticeable. I was the only one who felt it and none of the Slovenes I was with believed me until it was on the radio. Cue all-day smugness from yours truly.

team47b

johnfinch wrote:

ddraver wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

Studying geology for the last 6 years and then when our house shakes quite violently because of an earthquake, sleeping through it while it wakes the wife up. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Ha ha! Same! Never felt and earthquake or seen a volcano erupt! Seen plenty of sand though :roll:

I felt an earthquake in Slovenia. It was a 3.4 and the epicentre was 50 miles away, so as you can imagine, it was barely noticeable. I was the only one who felt it and none of the Slovenes I was with believed me until it was on the radio. Cue all-day smugness from yours truly.

I was in bed when there was a 5.7 quake 100k out to sea, the sound woke me up, i thought it was a lorry going past the house (even though there is no road!) then the floor moved up and a 'wave' (earth floor with terra cotta tiles) moved across the floor towards the bed :shock:

finchy

^^^^ Some people have all the luck. :evil: :evil: :evil:

pinno

I was in an earthquake in Nairobi eons ago. 7 point something on the Richter scale. It did very little damage because of the rock formations Nairobi sits on but a couple of hundred miles away, where the tremors were below 5 in Somalia, the damage was extensive (sand). Felt like a few underground trains going under your feet all at once. Fantastic thing the rift valley. There is a point in Ethiopia where you can put a stick across a gap and by the end of the day it will have fallen down. I'd love to be able to fast forward to when it starts filling up with water. The fault goes from SA to Isreal !! Finchy could probably fill in the detail.

That earthquake in Margate did 2 million pounds worth of improvement.

ballysmate

pinarello001 wrote:

I was in an earthquake in Nairobi eons ago. 7 point something on the Richter scale. It did very little damage because of the rock formations Nairobi sits on but a couple of hundred miles away, where the tremors were below 5 in Somalia, the damage was extensive (sand). Felt like a few underground trains going under your feet all at once. Fantastic thing the rift valley. There is a point in Ethiopia where you can put a stick across a gap and by the end of the day it will have fallen down. I'd love to be able to fast forward to when it starts filling up with water. The fault goes from SA to Isreal !! Finchy could probably fill in the detail.

That earthquake in Margate did 2 million pounds worth of improvement.

Manc could probably fill the Rift with bullshit.

Stevo_666

Ballysmate wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

I was in an earthquake in Nairobi eons ago. 7 point something on the Richter scale. It did very little damage because of the rock formations Nairobi sits on but a couple of hundred miles away, where the tremors were below 5 in Somalia, the damage was extensive (sand). Felt like a few underground trains going under your feet all at once. Fantastic thing the rift valley. There is a point in Ethiopia where you can put a stick across a gap and by the end of the day it will have fallen down. I'd love to be able to fast forward to when it starts filling up with water. The fault goes from SA to Isreal !! Finchy could probably fill in the detail.

That earthquake in Margate did 2 million pounds worth of improvement.

Manc could probably fill the Rift with bullshit.

Speaking of trivial things that annoy us, that's one less on thr list now. Although if there was a crack in the flat earth, we might be able to see the giant turtles underneath that are holding up the world.

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

I was in an earthquake in Nairobi eons ago. 7 point something on the Richter scale. It did very little damage because of the rock formations Nairobi sits on but a couple of hundred miles away, where the tremors were below 5 in Somalia, the damage was extensive (sand). Felt like a few underground trains going under your feet all at once. Fantastic thing the rift valley. There is a point in Ethiopia where you can put a stick across a gap and by the end of the day it will have fallen down. I'd love to be able to fast forward to when it starts filling up with water. The fault goes from SA to Isreal !! Finchy could probably fill in the detail.

That earthquake in Margate did 2 million pounds worth of improvement.

Manc could probably fill the Rift with bullshit.

Speaking of trivial things that annoy us, that's one less on thr list now. Although if there was a crack in the flat earth, we might be able to see the giant turtles underneath that are holding up the world.

Not giant lizards? I'm confused.

Stevo_666

Don't you know anything? The lizards run the world and the turtles hold it up.

Frank Wilson

Rubber neckers.

cornerblock

Robert Peston's voice. He sounds very condescending.

finchy

The abomination on Leo Messi's right arm.

bompington

I strongly suspect that it's not going to be too many years before tattoo removal is a very, very lucrative business.

finchy

bompington wrote:

I strongly suspect that it's not going to be too many years before tattoo removal is a very, very lucrative business.

I would imagine you're right.

pinno

It already is. Just Google Tattoo removal.

chris_bass

yeah, usually in places that also do tattoos, it's a bit like McDonalds giving you a sick bucket along with your burger!

Ben6899

People's attitudes toward tattoos. That annoys me.

Giraffoto

Ben6899 wrote:

People's attitudes toward tattoos. That annoys me.

Which attitude? Is it the "Ink is great and I'll never get fed up with sleeve tats and the name of my favourite programme on my forehead" attitude, or the "anyone with any tattoos at all is either a halfwit or a criminal" attitude?