Trivial things that annoy you

Pumpkinseeds

Another thing that bugs the crap out of me is the RTE guides obsession with the fricking Allen family. The daughter seems to be on the front of it at least once a month. Daddy got caught with child porn, then there was the to do with animal welfare at the cookery school, yet they can do no wrong with the editor of the RTE guide.

Seeing the unholy trinity of Granny, Mammy and Daughter Allen on this weeks issue has pushed me over the edge. I'm never buying it again:mad:

jimgoose

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Another thing that bugs the crap out of me is the RTE guides obsession with the fricking Allen family. The daughter seems to be on the front of it at least once a month. Daddy got caught with child porn, then there was the to do with animal welfare at the cookery school, yet they can do no wrong with the editor of the RTE guide.

Seeing the unholy trinity of Granny, Mammy and Daughter Allen on this weeks issue has pushed me over the edge. I'm never buying it again:mad:

There was another flim-flam about them on the television last night, this time Myrtle Allen, Darina's mother-in-law. She was a good bit of stuff by all accounts, but enough with the freakin' Ballymaloe already!!

salacious crumb

Is Myrtle not Darina's mother in law?

jimgoose

salacious crumb wrote: »

Is Myrtle not Darina's mother in law?

Oh, so she is - my mistake, sorry.

Ice Storm

And Rachel Allen is the daughter in law, not daughter.

Fred Swanson

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salacious crumb

jimgoose wrote: »

Oh, so she is - my mistake, sorry.

No problemo, wasn't trying to be pedantic or anything, just popped into my head cos I was talking about them the other day after seeing a poster for the Pat Kenny switch to newstalk. I was discussing what a tool Kenny is, and used the fact that he didn't even mention the whole husband being investigated for child porn when he interviewed her on the Late Late as an example.

Not that I actually watch the Late Late or anything else involving Pat Kenny. Or RTE at all really :pac:

kunst nugget

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Poor Ballymaloo, taking the brunt of the fallout of the Ballymaloe scandal…

jimgoose

salacious crumb wrote: »

No problemo, wasn't trying to be pedantic or anything, just popped into my head cos I was talking about them the other day after seeing a poster for the Pat Kenny switch to newstalk. I was discussing what a tool Kenny is, and used the fact that he didn't even mention the whole husband being investigated for child porn when he interviewed her on the Late Late as an example.

Not that I actually watch the Late Late or anything else involving Pat Kenny. Or RTE at all really :pac:

It's not that I think Ballymaloe House and all who sail in her should be forever maligned and lambasted because of the actions of that one Allen fella, but that Darina one rubbed me up the wrong way at the time with her "standing by her man" shyte, and ever since then it appears that the entire apparatus of RTE has dedicated itself to wiping the whole incident away and promoting the bejabers out of the rest of them and their business. It just...GAAAAHH!!

<ahem> I do apologise, I'm finished now.

Fred Swanson

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csi vegas

'Organic' and 'Passionate' - the use of these words in any context (I also hate the use of 'context' btw) especially when used to describe something like music: 'My influences for this particular track sprang from a burning passion to study and explore the organic nature of the classics' - have I just given 'The Bónó' a new heap of bullshít to paraphrase? :eek:

Organic = naturally grown/reared food sources.
Passionate= a passionate love affair: ie; the SEX.

Tiddlypeeps

csi vegas wrote: »

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Passionate= a passionate love affair: ie; the SEX.

pas·sion·ate
/ˈpaSHənit/
Adjective
Showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief.
Showing or caused by intense feelings of sexual love.
Synonyms
ardent - fervent - hot - vehement - fiery - impassioned

You're not wrong about organic, but you are about passionate.

csi vegas

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

You're not wrong about organic, but you are about passionate.

I just think it sounds daft if used in any other way to describe anything other than...the sex
Maybe something to do with hearing it being used by the Irish, in a modern sense, as if we've suddenly discovered and adapted a new word - 'passionate' really doesn't suit us...

Neither does 'movie': 'Go see a movie!' - I prefer 'Go cinema'/'watch film' although equally bad is a pure Irish brogue pronouncing it 'filummm'.

The other day I heard a grand-dad say "Your mommy is 'wading' for us" This was Cork city centre! AAAGGGHHH!!!

I was only waiting for '...because she is in the English morket and is passionate about organic food' AAAGGGHHH!!!

December2012

salacious crumb wrote: »

Is Myrtle not Darina's mother in law?

She's a turtle

stoneill

It annoys me that people don't stick to a thread and bang on about something else.

csi vegas

stoneill wrote: »

It annoys me that people don't stick to a thread and bang on about something else.

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The Princess Bride

Pedestrians/cyclists who walk/cycle on roads on dark evenings & don't wear reflective clothing.

If you've got a deathwish,take it somewhere else. I don't want to be held responsible for your injury or death because you haven't the sense to dress appropriately.

A trivial thing you don't do, yet not so trivial if you die.

Mysteriouschic

itunes constantly needing to update nearly everytime I log onto itunes it needs to be updated with the latest software.

Oops69

I havent used it for years but i just remembered this one :Limerick junction, especially if you need to change for Limerick , all right , it's not a trivial thing but it could be if someone dropped a nuclear bomb on it ! the junction that is , not Limerick , probably the most depressing place in Ireland!

NegativeCreep

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

itunes constantly needing to update nearly everytime I log onto itunes it needs to be updated with the lastest software.

Apple in general annoy me. I can no longer download the majority of available apps on iPod because it's too old apparently (2nd gen itouch). I mean, I gave them my money when I bought the thing, the least they can do is make apps available to all generations of their products.

coffee_cake

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Apple in general annoy me. I can no longer download the majority of available apps on iPod because it's too old apparently (2nd gen itouch). I mean, I gave them my money when I bought the thing, the least they can do is make apps available to all generations of their products.

Yes, that's extremely frustrating :mad:

CrabRevolution

I hate the phrase 'Ah shure it'll be grand' that people use to slate Ireland.

I hate everyone and anyone who uses said phrase to slate Ireland.

Whats most annoying is the h that's put after the s in 'sure' when the phrase is written. There's no need for it, who says sure with anything other than an 'sh' sound?

It just looks as though whoever has written it knows there's nothing actually bad about the trite, smugly-used phrase so for some reason draws attention to the fact the word is being pronounced correctly, as if that's a bad thing.

thisonetaken

I hate it when I walk up to traffic lights with about 8 people standing at it and finding that not one of the bastards have pressed the button. I feel like whipping my cock out and spraying them with hot piss.

OhHiMark

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Apple in general annoy me. I can no longer download the majority of available apps on iPod because it's too old apparently (2nd gen itouch). I mean, I gave them my money when I bought the thing, the least they can do is make apps available to all generations of their products.

Your device isn't powerful enough to run the latest apps. I don't really know what you expect apple to do about it.

SureYWouldntYa

That Hector one from 2fm, saying "Ellie Gowlding"

Wilberto

Jimmy Carr's laugh.

I mean, as a comedian he has me in stitches, but that laugh. :eek::rolleyes::mad:

Mr. Chrome

That Wi-Max add with the bald dude singing, really gets on my tits!!!

Wilberto

Mr. Chrome wrote: »

That Wi-Max add with the bald dude singing, really gets on my tits!!!

Have you got teenage kids at home??

Are they always in the telephone??



:D:D:D

I think it's a very good ad tbh, compared to some of the trash that's out there these days!!

Owldshtok

The Australian Question Intonation. That annoying way of raising the pitch at the end of a sentence like its a question.Horrible
Stephen Fry describes it very well here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluCvL0lRnI

Lucena

I hate when I get into my car in the morning and the windscreen wipers come on as soon as I put the key in the ignition, because I'd left them switched to 'on' because of the previous evening's rain. Makes me feel angry and stupid for not anticipating!