Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Can? Shitter? Throne? Trap?
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Depends where you are. I say bathroom or sh!taus, depending on the company
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    briantrumpet said:

    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.

    Prefer passed/passing to lost. Always sounds so careless. People get very upset when I ask "where did they leave them?"

    Died is not a bad word
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,972
    Surely it's not a bathroom unless there is a bath in it?
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,938
    edited July 2022
    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.

    There's a weird aversion to saying someone has died. Whenever I say it people seem to look at me like I'm being overly blunt and insensitive. Similar with people who try to avoid saying they or someone else has cancer.
    It's a funny one. After my dad died earlier this year, I found myself using 'passed on' when talking to some people - mainly those less familiar. I guess it's wanting to avoid making people feel awkward and having to trot out the standard phrases.

    Sod 'em, I just used 'died' about my parents. My parents, my choice.

    Funnily enough though, I was trying to be sensitive with my godmother, who can get very blunt if she thinks you've said something impolite, so referring to one of her late husbands, I referred to her having 'lost' him, to which she replied, bluntly, "I didn't lose him, he died!"
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  • briantrumpet
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    Good QI piece about euphemisms and where we go to shît and pîss. Every single term in English is a euphemism. (Sorry, can't find the clip.)

    And that piece got me thinking about why we are so coy about shît and pîss (and, to a lesser extent, fart), when 'burp' (gas out of the top end) is on no-one's prude radar. We all do these things - solids, liquids and gasses upwards or downwards - but the obvious words to refer to the downwards actions are generally not used in polite company Weird.
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  • webboo
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    edited July 2022
    Ben6899 said:

    webboo said:

    Ben6899 said:

    webboo said:

    My school was used in the filming of the Beiderbecke tapes. It’s now the site of Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise building.


    I thought The Beiderbecke Tapes was filmed up north? HM Customs and Excise is HQ'd in London (just behind Southbank).
    It was filmed in Leeds and the surrounding area. My school Moor Grange was on the ring road and following it’s closure and demolition, according to Wikipedia is home to a Custom and Excise building.

    Ah, up near Lawnswood?
    From Headingley lane/ ring road roundabout head towards Horsforth and as the road starts to descend it’s on the right. Just before Clayton ponds, apparently there is a Macdonalds there as well.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    briantrumpet said:

    Good QI piece about euphemisms and where we go to shît and pîss. Every single term in English is a euphemism. (Sorry, can't find the clip.)

    And that piece got me thinking about why we are so coy about shît and pîss (and, to a lesser extent, fart), when 'burp' (gas out of the top end) is on no-one's prude radar. We all do these things - solids, liquids and gasses upwards or downwards - but the obvious words to refer to the downwards actions are generally not used in polite company Weird.

    Different cultures have different taboos. In Netherlands, bodily functions are fairly tame on the swear scale but blaspheme and illness are the worst.
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  • webboo
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    rick_chasey said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Good QI piece about euphemisms and where we go to shît and pîss. Every single term in English is a euphemism. (Sorry, can't find the clip.)

    And that piece got me thinking about why we are so coy about shît and pîss (and, to a lesser extent, fart), when 'burp' (gas out of the top end) is on no-one's prude radar. We all do these things - solids, liquids and gasses upwards or downwards - but the obvious words to refer to the downwards actions are generally not used in polite company Weird.

    Different cultures have different taboos. In Netherlands, bodily functions are fairly tame on the swear scale but blaspheme and illness are the worst.
    I suppose when you have covered your fields in human sh*t for years it’s not going to be high on your outrage scale.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,938
    rick_chasey said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Good QI piece about euphemisms and where we go to shît and pîss. Every single term in English is a euphemism. (Sorry, can't find the clip.)

    And that piece got me thinking about why we are so coy about shît and pîss (and, to a lesser extent, fart), when 'burp' (gas out of the top end) is on no-one's prude radar. We all do these things - solids, liquids and gasses upwards or downwards - but the obvious words to refer to the downwards actions are generally not used in polite company Weird.

    Different cultures have different taboos. In Netherlands, bodily functions are fairly tame on the swear scale but blaspheme and illness are the worst.

    I'm reading an erudite book on swearing at the moment (What The F?), and international comparisons are interesting. The author is looking for general tendencies that underlie taboos and ejaculations.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    I see what you did there
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,903
    edited July 2022
    briantrumpet said:

    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.

    There's a weird aversion to saying someone has died. Whenever I say it people seem to look at me like I'm being overly blunt and insensitive. Similar with people who try to avoid saying they or someone else has cancer.
    It's a funny one. After my dad died earlier this year, I found myself using 'passed on' when talking to some people - mainly those less familiar. I guess it's wanting to avoid making people feel awkward and having to trot out the standard phrases.

    Sod 'em, I just used 'died' about my parents. My parents, my choice.

    Funnily enough though, I was trying to be sensitive with my godmother, who can get very blunt if she thinks you've said something impolite, so referring to one of her late husbands, I referred to her having 'lost' him, to which she replied, bluntly, "I didn't lose him, he died!"
    'Fell asleep' as seen on headstones can GTF. I also have a bit of an issue with 'peacefully'. I mean wasn't hacked to pieces, but I'm not sure peaceful covers it even when you die in bed.
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  • briantrumpet
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    rjsterry said:

    briantrumpet said:

    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Using the Americanism 'passing' for 'death'. Be sad at Bernard Cribbins' death: say it like it is, he's dead. He's not passed anywhere.

    There's a weird aversion to saying someone has died. Whenever I say it people seem to look at me like I'm being overly blunt and insensitive. Similar with people who try to avoid saying they or someone else has cancer.
    It's a funny one. After my dad died earlier this year, I found myself using 'passed on' when talking to some people - mainly those less familiar. I guess it's wanting to avoid making people feel awkward and having to trot out the standard phrases.

    Sod 'em, I just used 'died' about my parents. My parents, my choice.

    Funnily enough though, I was trying to be sensitive with my godmother, who can get very blunt if she thinks you've said something impolite, so referring to one of her late husbands, I referred to her having 'lost' him, to which she replied, bluntly, "I didn't lose him, he died!"
    'Fell asleep' as seen on headstones can GTF. I also have a bit of an issue with 'peacefully'. I mean wasn't hacked to pieces, but I'm not sure peaceful covers it even when you die in bed.

    I'm not sure why they have to use any word/formulation at all, given it's rather a given that they died if they are in a grave.
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  • briantrumpet
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    Mind you, it would almost be worth putting on a gravestone "Died in great agony after a long and painful illness. Not expecting to be remembered by anyone, certainly not after ten years."
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    It's the old standby of "Died peacefully in his sleep. Unlike his passengers."
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,806
    Here lies Brian Trumpet.
    He has blown it this time.
  • First.Aspect
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    Changing tack. Bbc just interviewed someone from a Birmingham based community group that supports, "women, girls and non-binary people".

    Nice and inclusive. Seems to cover almost everyone.
  • briantrumpet
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    First.Aspect said:

    Changing tack. Bbc just interviewed someone from a Birmingham based community group that supports, "women, girls and non-binary people".

    Nice and inclusive. Seems to cover almost everyone.


    Incidentally how do you count binary people?
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  • pangolin
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    briantrumpet said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Changing tack. Bbc just interviewed someone from a Birmingham based community group that supports, "women, girls and non-binary people".

    Nice and inclusive. Seems to cover almost everyone.


    Incidentally how do you count binary people?
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  • capt_slog
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    I have a dislike of football, so the latest excitement on the TV over the women's game this weekend falls on deaf ears.

    Most of the time.

    There was an interview with Alex Scott this morning on BBC tv, she was asked if she had been recognised when she was out about.

    "yeh", she said, "someone came up to me the other day and said they'd seen the game last night, and weren't it great".





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  • Pross
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    With anyone else that would grate but nothing Alex Scott says or does can annoy me.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,686
    As I'm wading through my email inbox trying to file the important stuff and delete the rest ahead of leaving the company it has reminded me of a few annoyances.

    Firstly, my own inability to do this on a daily basis as I read and deal with the emails so that I don't have to sort through 50,000 plus at a future time.

    Secondly, the use of the cc function. I get that you might want to keep someone informed or even cover yourself which is an unfortunate necessity in many jobs but the amount of emails where there has been a subsequent 'reply all' saying "thanks" or similar is staggering. Am I the only one who deletes any of the original recipients I don't think are relevant to my response?
  • kingstongraham
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    Pross said:

    As I'm wading through my email inbox trying to file the important stuff and delete the rest ahead of leaving the company it has reminded me of a few annoyances.

    Firstly, my own inability to do this on a daily basis as I read and deal with the emails so that I don't have to sort through 50,000 plus at a future time.

    Here's a tip - you still don't have to sort through them.
  • briantrumpet
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    Pross said:



    Secondly, the use of the cc function. I get that you might want to keep someone informed or even cover yourself which is an unfortunate necessity in many jobs but the amount of emails where there has been a subsequent 'reply all' saying "thanks" or similar is staggering. Am I the only one who deletes any of the original recipients I don't think are relevant to my response?


    Extremely annoyingly, my school decided that the default reply button on Outlook should be 'reply to all', and my suggestion that this was silly fell on deaf ears. As for trying to arrange meeting dates and times using RtA emails, they can FRO.
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  • Pross
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    kingstongraham said:

    Pross said:

    As I'm wading through my email inbox trying to file the important stuff and delete the rest ahead of leaving the company it has reminded me of a few annoyances.

    Firstly, my own inability to do this on a daily basis as I read and deal with the emails so that I don't have to sort through 50,000 plus at a future time.

    Here's a tip - you still don't have to sort through them.
    Maybe I'm overly conscientious but I like to make sure that anything important or relevant can be easily found by my colleagues when I'm gone. The thing that bothers me most when changing jobs is the extra hassle it might create for ex-colleagues so I try to make the transition as possible.
  • capt_slog
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    briantrumpet said:

    Pross said:



    Secondly, the use of the cc function. I get that you might want to keep someone informed or even cover yourself which is an unfortunate necessity in many jobs but the amount of emails where there has been a subsequent 'reply all' saying "thanks" or similar is staggering. Am I the only one who deletes any of the original recipients I don't think are relevant to my response?


    Extremely annoyingly, my school decided that the default reply button on Outlook should be 'reply to all', and my suggestion that this was silly fell on deaf ears. As for trying to arrange meeting dates and times using RtA emails, they can FRO.
    I've heard of instances where that function has brought down entire organisations. An email was sent to everyone of 1000s of employees, and people have responded using RTA to say they're not interested, and then others have RTAd that they are not interested what the responder thinks etc.




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  • Tashman
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    capt_slog said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Pross said:



    Secondly, the use of the cc function. I get that you might want to keep someone informed or even cover yourself which is an unfortunate necessity in many jobs but the amount of emails where there has been a subsequent 'reply all' saying "thanks" or similar is staggering. Am I the only one who deletes any of the original recipients I don't think are relevant to my response?


    Extremely annoyingly, my school decided that the default reply button on Outlook should be 'reply to all', and my suggestion that this was silly fell on deaf ears. As for trying to arrange meeting dates and times using RtA emails, they can FRO.
    I've heard of instances where that function has brought down entire organisations. An email was sent to everyone of 1000s of employees, and people have responded using RTA to say they're not interested, and then others have RTAd that they are not interested what the responder thinks etc.


    And then someone RTA that there is no need to RTA! This has seized internal NHS systems on occasion
  • Wheelspinner
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    Tashman said:

    capt_slog said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Pross said:



    Secondly, the use of the cc function. I get that you might want to keep someone informed or even cover yourself which is an unfortunate necessity in many jobs but the amount of emails where there has been a subsequent 'reply all' saying "thanks" or similar is staggering. Am I the only one who deletes any of the original recipients I don't think are relevant to my response?


    Extremely annoyingly, my school decided that the default reply button on Outlook should be 'reply to all', and my suggestion that this was silly fell on deaf ears. As for trying to arrange meeting dates and times using RtA emails, they can FRO.
    I've heard of instances where that function has brought down entire organisations. An email was sent to everyone of 1000s of employees, and people have responded using RTA to say they're not interested, and then others have RTAd that they are not interested what the responder thinks etc.


    And then someone RTA that there is no need to RTA! This has seized internal NHS systems on occasion
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  • pblakeney
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    Reply to all threads always remind me of this. Be careful when using!

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  • First.Aspect
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    Pross said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Pross said:

    As I'm wading through my email inbox trying to file the important stuff and delete the rest ahead of leaving the company it has reminded me of a few annoyances.

    Firstly, my own inability to do this on a daily basis as I read and deal with the emails so that I don't have to sort through 50,000 plus at a future time.

    Here's a tip - you still don't have to sort through them.
    Maybe I'm overly conscientious but I like to make sure that anything important or relevant can be easily found by my colleagues when I'm gone. The thing that bothers me most when changing jobs is the extra hassle it might create for ex-colleagues so I try to make the transition as possible.
    Past colleagues can be future colleagues and decision makers. It is a good policy to not leave a festering pile behind you when you move to a new job.

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