Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

First.Aspect

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

rjsterry

Every single former blue tick holder making the exact same unscheduled disassembly joke.

Pross

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

I wouldn’t be happy if someone tried to stop me or run alongside me mid marathon to interview me. I certainly wouldn’t be stopping for any protester that might try disrupting the event either!

TheBigBean

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

Isn't the event quite easy to avoid if you aren't planning to go anywhere in London?

pinno

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

I presume you have an off button on the TV?

First.Aspect

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

Isn't the event quite easy to avoid if you aren't planning to go anywhere in London?

No, you are thinking of the Boston marathon. Which is a massive event held in Boston, and you can find coverage of the elite races if you are really interested.

For some reason the London marathon is foisted on the entire UK, right down to interviews people dressed as a haddock raising money for uncle Henry's chip shop, and heart warming footage of people being given silver survival blankets after beating their pb of 9 hours.

The BBC is still banging on about it on Monday.

First.Aspect

pinno said:

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

I presume you have an off button on the TV?

I shouldn't have to. I should be able to not watch cheerful celeb cooks instead.

First.Aspect

And the Cutty Sodding Sark. Yes, it's flammable, you already said.

pinno

I was on the Cutty sark not 3 weeks before it went up in smoke.
I distinctly recall all the cabling for lights and (ironically) sprinklers and smoke alarms. It was omnipresent throughout the ship. All the cabling seemed an out of place barbarism on the ageing timber.

pblakeney

I can see where they went wrong if they used cabling for the sprinkler system.
Did it work similar to the bluetooth hose? 🤣

Jezyboy

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

Isn't the event quite easy to avoid if you aren't planning to go anywhere in London?

The posts here seem to be the most sustained coverage of it I've come across this year...

First.Aspect

Sorry, its Uncle Arry's chip shop. Or Enry's.

surrey_commuter

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

Isn't the event quite easy to avoid if you aren't planning to go anywhere in London?

No, you are thinking of the Boston marathon. Which is a massive event held in Boston, and you can find coverage of the elite races if you are really interested.

For some reason the London marathon is foisted on the entire UK, right down to interviews people dressed as a haddock raising money for uncle Henry's chip shop, and heart warming footage of people being given silver survival blankets after beating their pb of 9 hours.

The BBC is still banging on about it on Monday.

Why do they never ask how these people take over 7 hours, do they stop for lunch?

morstar

Do they have a special ‘slow for age’ entry group?

First.Aspect

surrey_commuter said:

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

Isn't the event quite easy to avoid if you aren't planning to go anywhere in London?

No, you are thinking of the Boston marathon. Which is a massive event held in Boston, and you can find coverage of the elite races if you are really interested.

For some reason the London marathon is foisted on the entire UK, right down to interviews people dressed as a haddock raising money for uncle Henry's chip shop, and heart warming footage of people being given silver survival blankets after beating their pb of 9 hours.

The BBC is still banging on about it on Monday.

Why do they never ask how these people take over 7 hours, do they stop for lunch?

Don't criticise, that's around the speed of a brisk walk. It is an incredible achievement. Incredible. Well done. Indeed. Back you you Claire. Is the atmosphere still fuking building?

JimD666

It's Saturday and there's no ruddy racing on GCN. 😢

pblakeney

Jezyboy said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

Isn't the event quite easy to avoid if you aren't planning to go anywhere in London?

The posts here seem to be the most sustained coverage of it I've come across this year...

I wouldn’t even know it was on were it not for this thread.

First.Aspect

I would add that much of my annoyance can also be edited to apply to the boat race.

plymouthsteve

People who pronounce a foreign word or place in such a strong accent just to let you know that they can speak the language. Example.. you and I say that we're looking forward to seeing x play Barcelona.. your mate who's been to Spain a bit, or has a Spanish brother in law has to say Barr _ The _ lonia .
Dick

mrb123

plymouthsteve said:

People who pronounce a foreign word or place in such a strong accent just to let you know that they can speak the language. Example.. you and I say that we're looking forward to seeing x play Barcelona.. your mate who's been to Spain a bit, or has a Spanish brother in law has to say Barr _ The _ lonia .
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I would suggest you avoid any of Rob Hatch's commentary.

de_sisti

plymouthsteve said:

People who pronounce a foreign word or place in such a strong accent just to let you know that they can speak the language. Example..

Famous bike races below:

Parry > Roubaix
Parry > Nice
The Geero (aka, the big 3-week Italian stage race). Should it be pronounced Jiro
(as in the unemployment cheque some of us used to receive back in the day)?

de_sisti

Tennis and golf coverage on BBC sports bulletins; yet no mention of any of the
big bike races in Europe.

pinno

mrb123 said:

plymouthsteve said:

People who pronounce a foreign word or place in such a strong accent just to let you know that they can speak the language. Example.. you and I say that we're looking forward to seeing x play Barcelona.. your mate who's been to Spain a bit, or has a Spanish brother in law has to say Barr _ The _ lonia .
censored

I would suggest you avoid any of Rob Hatch's commentary.

There's a whole thread for that.

focuszing723

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1650226486572400641?cxt=HHwWgoC2seGP5OYtAAAA

I hope this clip helps console your annoyance.

surrey_commuter

focuszing723 said:

First.Aspect said:

London Marathon coverage. All of it. I hate the music, how damn long it is, the faux excitement, Claire Balding, and especially the British public.

https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1650226486572400641?cxt=HHwWgoC2seGP5OYtAAAA

I hope this clip helps console your annoyance.

celebrating beating a bloke dressed as the Elizabeth Tower because he got stuck under a bridge is beyond bizarre

rick_chasey

Ah charity, society's way of saying there isn't enough state support for something important, and a rich person's way of making themselves feel better that they're helping when in fact they support the institutions that regularly fail the thing that therefore needs charity.

pinno

rick_chasey said:

Ah charity, society's way of saying there isn't enough state support for something important, and a rich person's way of making themselves feel better that they're helping when in fact they support the institutions that regularly fail the thing that therefore needs charity.

Yes indeed. Too many very important services are being delivered by charities.

veronese68

pinno said:

rick_chasey said:

Ah charity, society's way of saying there isn't enough state support for something important, and a rich person's way of making themselves feel better that they're helping when in fact they support the institutions that regularly fail the thing that therefore needs charity.

Yes indeed. Too many very important services are being delivered by charities.

Henning Wehn said they don't do charity in Germany as they pay taxes and the government works. Charity is a failure of the state.

kingstongraham

Do you genuinely want the state to be doing everything that charities do?

TheBigBean

kingstongraham said:

Do you genuinely want the state to be doing everything that charities do?

Some of things done by charities could/should be done by the state. Don't fall into the extreme opinion trap.