Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Vox pops on TV news.
Watching people leaving Poundland, then talking bollox to the camera. "Bring back Boris" and suchlike. Completely pointless waste of time.0 -
Why does anyone agree to speak on a vox Pop. They are always embarrassing.0
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Wtf is 'vox pop'?
Actually, scrub that, I don't want to know.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Voice of the people - when they do a ‘news’ report that involves thrusting a microphone in front of some member of the general public for some insightful comment on current affairs along the lines of ‘we should get rid of them all’ or ‘Boris is a real man of the people and very honourable’.pinno said:Wtf is 'vox pop'?
Actually, scrub that, I don't want to know.1 -
That means we get very balanced views from eminent members of the community who have cracking ideas worthy of policy and decision making. I see. Great this Vox pop.Pross said:
Voice of the people - when they do a ‘news’ report that involves thrusting a microphone in front of some member of the general public for some insightful comment on current affairs along the lines of ‘we should get rid of them all’ or ‘Boris is a real man of the people and very honourable’.pinno said:Wtf is 'vox pop'?
Actually, scrub that, I don't want to know.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
One bloke last night said he thought Ritchie should be PM
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Struggling to find a specific toy for my daughter. Eventually found one. Website looked a bit iffy but did some googling and it seemed OK, albeit an irish website.
Anyway, after about 2 months of texts from royal mail saying a parcel is coming from China, I finally get the package. Rather than a toy, it's terrible knock off fake cartier ring.
F*ck sake, i've been scammed.0 -
Asking my daughter to pick up biscuits when she was over the shop and she comes back with a pack of Party Rings0
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The National Trust website is still annoying. It recommends booking without providing a link or an accurate description how to book.0
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Agreed. I think they usually use Eventbrite for bookings.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Chrome's spellcheck constantly turns itself off. It's actually quite good when it's on.0
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Mitch Docker's mullet and tache.seanoconn - gruagach craic!1
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The Aussie Football League has a lot to answer for in relation to mullets.0
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Discovering that the pump on my winter bike doesn't work when I actually got the first winter puncture.
Fortunately
1) I found a house just down the road who lent me a pump
2) I had a nice view
Both of these trivial things cheered me up.
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People who try to clap in time to music but end up clapping on the off beat. How can they find it so hard? My co-ordination isn’t great but even I can do it.1
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Jings, brings back memories of pranks in my student days, at gigs a group of us would deliberately clap out of phase or in wrong timing like speed it up, just for kicks. 😊Pross said:People who try to clap in time to music but end up clapping on the off beat. How can they find it so hard? My co-ordination isn’t great but even I can do it.
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In a similar vein, how is it that there has to be a minimum of four start times for the singing of the national anthem at football matches?
The recording. The team. Two or more parts of the crowd.1 -
Because it's a terrible dirge of a tune with no clear introduction.First.Aspect said:In a similar vein, how is it that there has to be a minimum of four start times for the singing of the national anthem at football matches?
The recording. The team. Two or more parts of the crowd.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition1 -
Pross said:
People who try to clap in time to music but end up clapping on the off beat. How can they find it so hard? My co-ordination isn’t great but even I can do it.
Can't remember if I've posted this bit of genius... obviously in jazz one should clap on the off beat, so...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-CU2VTVic
Harry Connick inserts one bar of 5/4.1 -
My thought last night was maybe we had a few jazz musicians in the audience. I’ve also noticed people who seem incapable of getting the palms of their hands to meet properly unless they actually look at them.briantrumpet said:Pross said:People who try to clap in time to music but end up clapping on the off beat. How can they find it so hard? My co-ordination isn’t great but even I can do it.
Can't remember if I've posted this bit of genius... obviously in jazz one should clap on the off beat, so...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-CU2VTVic
Harry Connick inserts one bar of 5/4.0 -
I think that’s often to do with sound travelling to different parts of the ground at different times. Having stood in the middle of the pitch at the Principality Stadium leading the anthems it is quite disconcerting, you really have to watch the conductor and ignore the 74,500 voices around you!First.Aspect said:In a similar vein, how is it that there has to be a minimum of four start times for the singing of the national anthem at football matches?
The recording. The team. Two or more parts of the crowd.0 -
I think it is Aussies generally, it has become a fashion statement in Welsh rugby (especially at youth level) due to copying some of the fine examples of the Aussie team. There has been a documentary on BBC Wales following the Ospreys and Scarlets academies and probably half the players have mullets. Not that I can criticise having had a bit of one myself in my teenage years.JimD666 said:The Aussie Football League has a lot to answer for in relation to mullets.
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I was listening to one of the T20 world cup group games, and the Aussie commenters were putting the blame solely on AFL guys. It may of been just trying to blame someone, anyone else for a whole populations poor choices but still....Pross said:
I think it is Aussies generally, it has become a fashion statement in Welsh rugby (especially at youth level) due to copying some of the fine examples of the Aussie team. There has been a documentary on BBC Wales following the Ospreys and Scarlets academies and probably half the players have mullets. Not that I can criticise having had a bit of one myself in my teenage years.JimD666 said:The Aussie Football League has a lot to answer for in relation to mullets.
As to your own personal shame.....unless your teenage years were only a couple of years ago you can probably just chalk it up to experience and move on 0 -
My excuse was it was the 80s, I was a Metal fan so wanted to grow my hair but when the sides grow long I get a random blonde streak of hair with a different texture to the rest which is (was!) dark brown so had to keep the sides shorter leaving an unintentional mullet.0
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Pross said:
My excuse was it was the 80s, I was a Metal fan so wanted to grow my hair but when the sides grow long I get a random blonde streak of hair with a different texture to the rest which is (was!) dark brown so had to keep the sides shorter leaving an unintentional mullet.
That's more convincing than what Johnson's supporters must be telling themselves now.0 -
Erm... wrong thread BT?briantrumpet said:Discovering that the pump on my winter bike doesn't work when I actually got the first winter puncture.
Fortunately
1) I found a house just down the road who lent me a pump
2) I had a nice view
Both of these trivial things cheered me up.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I started with the annoyance. Thankfully it was trivial.pinno said:
Erm... wrong thread BT?briantrumpet said:Discovering that the pump on my winter bike doesn't work when I actually got the first winter puncture.
Fortunately
1) I found a house just down the road who lent me a pump
2) I had a nice view
Both of these trivial things cheered me up.0 -
I had assumed they were doing it as a joke/charity to help team bonding and alleviate the boredom.JimD666 said:
I was listening to one of the T20 world cup group games, and the Aussie commenters were putting the blame solely on AFL guys. It may of been just trying to blame someone, anyone else for a whole populations poor choices but still....Pross said:
I think it is Aussies generally, it has become a fashion statement in Welsh rugby (especially at youth level) due to copying some of the fine examples of the Aussie team. There has been a documentary on BBC Wales following the Ospreys and Scarlets academies and probably half the players have mullets. Not that I can criticise having had a bit of one myself in my teenage years.JimD666 said:The Aussie Football League has a lot to answer for in relation to mullets.
As to your own personal shame.....unless your teenage years were only a couple of years ago you can probably just chalk it up to experience and move on0
