Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

OldNotWIse

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Am I imagining it, or are there are lot more of those out there at the moment, I see a lot of young wans strolling around with Chihuahua pups under the arm.....a new fashion item?

Probably handing them out free with the children's allowance or something. I feel so sorry for the dogs. They are a nervous breed by nature

OldNotWIse

eisenberg1 wrote: »

What are the mortgage repayments on a whole Greek Island?:D

lol, I was reading your post thinking to myself, Eisenberg has really lost it this time....and then I noticed my typo

Pumpkinseeds

We got a wedding anniversary card from my mother in law today, still had the 59p sticker on the back:D

eisenberg1

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

We got a wedding anniversary card from my mother in law today, still had the 59p sticker on the back:D

Be nice now, you have to remember that is STG..:D

czechlin

The non-metric system. I never know if I'm 5'3 or 5'4 or how many stones or rocks do I weight. Ounces are a complete disaster

eisenberg1

czechlin wrote: »

The non-metric system. I never know if I'm 5'3 or 5'4 or how many stones or rocks do I weight. Ounces are a complete disaster

Do you drink beer by the quart?

czechlin

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Do you drink beer by the quart?

Ah now, bugger off eisenberg!:mad::P

Our nation drinks beer by hectolitres...:pac:

Elmo

czechlin wrote: »

The non-metric system. I never know if I'm 5'3 or 5'4 or how many stones or rocks do I weight. Ounces are a complete disaster

Worse when you learn in school metric and at home everything is in Imperial. I am trying to avoid Imperial.

Though it will always be a Pint, a pound of sausages and .... "**** that's heavy".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7x-RGfd0Yk

eisenberg1

czechlin wrote: »

Ah now, bugger off eisenberg!:mad::P

Our nation drinks beer by hectolitres...:pac:

Well, with that info, I can only deduce you are not a citizen of the USA, I thought I could have caught you out on that one, darn it.;)

czechlin

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Well, with that info, I can only deduce you are not a citizen of the USA, I thought I could have caught you out on that one, darn it.;)

I indeed am not a citizen of the grand USA. They have the cheek to call it Budweiser, what a blasphemy...

Czarcasm

czechlin wrote: »

The non-metric system. I never know if I'm 5'3 or 5'4 or how many stones or rocks do I weight. Ounces are a complete disaster

This reminds me of learning the metric system in school, but then having to deal with the imperial system outside school, especially when I'd be helping the old man in his workshop and the machinery like lathes and milling machines all used the metric system, and he'd tell me take 3/16th off a lump of metal. Being out by 0.24 of a millimeter if I was lazy with my conversions meant a fairly severe clip round the ear! :pac:

Nowadays you'll see kids out with calculators to do what should be simple mental arithmetic! As much as I love technology, sometimes it makes life easier, but more times it just encourages laziness!

eisenberg1

czechlin wrote: »

I indeed am not a citizen of the grand USA. They have the cheek to call it Budweiser, what a blasphemy...

BUDVAR??

jimgoose

Czarcasm wrote: »

This reminds me of learning the metric system in school, but then having to deal with the imperial system outside school, especially when I'd be helping the old man in his workshop and the machinery like lathes and milling machines all used the metric system, and he'd tell me take 3/16th off a lump of metal. Being out by 0.24 of a millimeter if I was lazy with my conversions meant a fairly severe clip round the ear! :pac:

Nowadays you'll see kids out with calculators to do what should be simple mental arithmetic! As much as I love technology, sometimes it makes life easier, but more times it just encourages laziness!

As the fella said: the nearest thou?? That's no good around here, biy - has to be bang-on! :pac:

czechlin

eisenberg1 wrote: »

BUDVAR??

deise08

That it took a group of nine to come in and queue together to buy one,count it, one single small dairymilk!

eisenberg1

jimgoose wrote: »

As the fella said: the nearest thou?? That's no good around here, biy - has to be bang-on! :pac:

I love it when people mix it.

"What size is it"
"Oh, about a foot and a half wide, a metre tall, and a yard or so long"
"really? and what weight?"
"about the same a two bags of spuds, the big ones":D

Czarcasm

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I love it when people mix it.

"What size is it"
"Oh, about a foot and a half wide, a metre tall, and a yard or so long"
"really? and what weight?"
"about the same a two bags of spuds, the big ones":D

That be the four stone bags of spuds now or the 25kg bag of spuds?

"Bring in that bag of coal out of the van!"

"But it says 50kg :eek:"

"Go on! Put muscles on ya!"

Most heavy lifting anyone does nowadays is done in the gym. I went to the gym once on a mates guest pass. There were lads there grunting and moaning while lifting 6kg dumbbells, eyeballing themselves in the wall to wall mirrors. I got kicked off the treadmill for wearing new rocks and jeans.

Really wasn't for me

OldNotWIse

Czarcasm wrote: »

That be the four stone bags of spuds now or the 25kg bag of spuds?

"Bring in that bag of coal out of the van!"

"But it says 50kg :eek:"

"Go on! Put muscles on ya!"

Most heavy lifting anyone does nowadays is done in the gym. I went to the gym once on a mates guest pass. There were lads there grunting and moaning while lifting 6kg dumbbells, eyeballing themselves in the wall to wall mirrors. I got kicked off the treadmill for wearing new rocks and jeans.

Really wasn't for me

Lol, and the rest are outside shaking bottles of protein powder drinks. Whats happening to the men? Are they trying to counter act the effects of all the yasminelle in the drinking water?

eisenberg1

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Lol, and the rest are outside shaking bottles of protein powder drinks. Whats happening to the men? Are they trying to counter act the effects of all the yasminelle in the drinking water?

Yasminelle? Is the national park in the states with the big geyser?

WTF is yasminelle?

Czarcasm

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Yasminelle? Is the national park in the states with the big geyser?

WTF is yasminelle?

Ahh Eisenberg*, that's Yellowstone!

(although one of the side effects for a guy popping yasminelle is that he could indeed end up with yellow stones! )

It's a contraceptive pill!


*Speaking of all things American, I always instinctively read your username as Eisenhower!

Pumpkinseeds

Speaking of drinking water, my total lack of discipline when it comes to drinking water really annoys me. I should drink a lot more fluids than I do. I realised recently how little fluids I actually consume in an average day.

So I bought a 2 litre bottle of water with the intention of refilling it every morning so I'd know I was getting enough fluids. I bought it on Wednesday, it's still sitting on a worktop by the sink, unopened.

yeppydeppy

Being hungry but not hungry enough to make a decision on what to eat. (Another pint I think...)

dubstarr

Going for something to eat and the waiters are hovering around ready to pounce.Go away and let me eat in peace.

riclad

PEOPLE who smoke, go to the doctor every few weeks,
get medicine, ah sure ,its free ,
i have a medical card.
Here s a tip,
if you are over 30 , and smoke ten cigarettes every day,
you are an idiot ,and a moron.

AT least try and give up smoking .
Otherwise you are just slowly destroying your body.
90 per cent of the of people i know ,gave up smoking,

131spanner

Whys the Champions League called that when really it's a championship, not a league..?

Czarcasm

riclad wrote: »

PEOPLE who smoke, go to the doctor every few weeks,
get medicine, ah sure ,its free ,
i have a medical card.
Here s a tip,
if you are over 30 , and smoke ten cigarettes every day,
you are an idiot ,and a moron.

AT least try and give up smoking .
Otherwise you are just slowly destroying your body.
90 PER CENT of people i know ,gave up smoking,

Live longer so I can listen to non-smokers pontificate about my lifestyle choices?

You make it sound like such an appealing prospect.

Colser

riclad wrote: »

PEOPLE who smoke, go to the doctor every few weeks,
get medicine, ah sure ,its free ,
i have a medical card.
Here s a tip,
if you are over 30 , and smoke ten cigarettes every day,
you are an idiot ,and a moron.

AT least try and give up smoking .
Otherwise you are just slowly destroying your body.
90 PER CENT of people i know ,gave up smoking,

Didnt realise Im entitled to a medical card...:rolleyes:

NormalBob Ubiquitypants

1)When you turn on the tap to get a glass of water except you turn it on too much and the water splashes on you and around the sink but not in the glass and you end up cleaning it up with paper towels that disintegrate when you use them.

2) My lack of punctuation when I am annoyed.

Me_Grapes

Having €19.98 in my account and having insufficient funds to take out the score I need from the Jazeus ATM!!!

Pumpkinseeds

NormalBob Ubiquitypants wrote: »

1)When you turn on the tap to get a glass of water except you turn it on too much and the water splashes on you and around the sink but not in the glass and you end up cleaning it up with paper towels that disintegrate when you use them.

2) My lack of punctuation when I am annoyed.

It's even worse if you turn on the tap not knowing that the waters been turned off earlier and the water pressure then pulls the glass out of your hand smashing the glass and any other plates, mugs or glasses in the sink:mad:

deise08

When you go to the toilet, I'm trying to put it delicately :-) and you feel the big cold splash on rear end ;-)

Renegade Mechanic

Theres a thread in AH that is titled "The French Prince of Bel Air".
French..

Renegade Mechanic

deise08 wrote: »

When you go to the toilet, I'm trying to put it delicately :-) and you feel the big cold splash on rear end ;-)

Like someone fired a bucket of water at your arse, I hate it!

eisenberg1

Czarcasm wrote: »

Ahh Eisenberg*, that's Yellowstone!

(although one of the side effects for a guy popping yasminelle is that he could indeed end up with yellow stones! )

It's a contraceptive pill!


*Speaking of all things American, I always instinctively read your username as Eisenhower!

You can call me Ike. Is that for males? I am not well informed on this at all.

eisenberg1

riclad wrote: »

PEOPLE who smoke, go to the doctor every few weeks,
get medicine, ah sure ,its free ,
i have a medical card.
Here s a tip,
if you are over 30 , and smoke ten cigarettes every day,
you are an idiot ,and a moron.

AT least try and give up smoking .
Otherwise you are just slowly destroying your body.
90 PER CENT of people i know ,gave up smoking,

Did you ever smoke?
I smoked for years, and tried several times to give them up, it is very, very hard (I have heard it is easier to get off heroin - nothing to back that up mind).
you say 90% of people you know, quit, that is a huge percentage? I would say about 10% of all the people I know gave them up.
Some want to, most despite saying they want to, don't.

Frankly, I cannot understand why more people do not want to get off them, but it is a choice, and I can tell you, giving lectures and pontificating about smoking and all health issues, will do nothing to make people give them up, it just pisses them off. Describing smokers as morons etc does not help.

For what its worth, I am off them a few years ( 40 a day) and if I went to the doc tomorrow and he told me I had three months to live, first thing I would do is buy 20 major...........but having said that, I am not sorry I gave them up.

Balmed Out

NormalBob Ubiquitypants wrote: »

1)When you turn on the tap to get a glass of water except you turn it on too much and the water splashes on you and around the sink but not in the glass and you end up cleaning it up with paper towels that disintegrate when you use them.

Or when your in a pub or restaurant bathroom and wash your hands but theres too much pressure so it splashes out from the sink which is perfectly placed at crotch level so that it now looks as if you just didnt manage to get to the toilet on time and have wet yourself.

BBDBB

Balmed Out wrote: »

Or when your in a pub or restaurant bathroom and wash your hands but theres too much pressure so it splashes out from the sink which is perfectly placed at crotch level so that it now looks as if you just didnt manage to get to the toilet on time and have wet yourself.

That little dance you have to do under the hand dryer to try and get your crotch under the warm air, hoping that no one comes in at that moment

ps doesn't work with a new airblade dryer :mad::cool:

Teyla Emmagan

Women putting their make up on on the bus. So bloody disgusting!!!

czechlin

riclad wrote: »

PEOPLE who smoke, go to the doctor every few weeks,
get medicine, ah sure ,its free ,
i have a medical card.
Here s a tip,
if you are over 30 , and smoke ten cigarettes every day,
you are an idiot ,and a moron.

AT least try and give up smoking .
Otherwise you are just slowly destroying your body.
90 PER CENT of people i know ,gave up smoking,

Patronising comments in regards smokers such as this one annoy me. And I don't even smoke!

Paddy Cow

Me_Grapes wrote: »

Having €19.98 in my account and having insufficient funds to take out the score I need from the Jazeus ATM!!!

Go into one of the big supermarkets, buy a pack of chewing gum on the card and get the balance taken out as cash back. I do this a lot in SuperValu.

czechlin

I must have slept in a weird position because now I have a really sore back, right above my shoulder blade, even turning my head hurts. How do I fix this!? :eek:

eisenberg1

czechlin wrote: »

I must have slept in a weird position because now I have a really sore back, right above my shoulder blade, even turning my head hurts. How do I fix this!? :eek:

Hot bath....maybe you slept with a window open and caught a draft?

czechlin

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Hot bath....maybe you slept with a window open and caught a draft?

Was tucked under the duvet all night and no window open. Had a long hot shower, few stretches and no joy

shroom007

People with incredibly tight jeans/ trousers , men & women and have a phone jammed in the back pocket.

And people with dogs in their handbags, makes me want to ring them just to see them answer a dog poo covered phone, i mean the dogs must be sh*tting and p*ssing all day all over the contents, classy

Pumpkinseeds

People who forget that After hours is just a bit of fun. Why take things so seriously? Why take so personally the random comments of a stranger that you've never met and never will meet There seems to be a lot of posters who want to take offence at stuff, they probably take offence at the fact that there isn't a daily thread at which to take personal offence at. Life is just too short.

EVOL1991

People in supermarkets who stop to chat to each other blocking the aisle while doing so.

Tasden

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

People who forget that After hours is just a bit of fun. Why take things so seriously? Why take so personally the random comments of a stranger that you've never met and never will meet There seems to be a lot of posters who want to take offence at stuff, they probably take offence at the fact that there isn't a daily thread at which to take personal offence at. Life is just too short.

What's worse is the people who take offense and say things like "well I suppose I should expect it from AH" or "thats low even for AH", you're posting on AH and therefore you are also part of AH, and it's not like after hours is just some sub forum reserved for the scum of boards, its the most general forum on the site, you're gonna insult a wide range of people yourself with comments like that!

Pumpkinseeds

Tasden wrote: »

What's worse is the people who take offense and say things like "well I suppose I should expect it from AH" or "thats low even for AH", you're posting on AH and therefore you are also part of AH, and it's not like after hours is just some sub forum reserved for the scum of boards, its the most general forum on the site, you're gonna insult a wide range of people yourself with comments like that!

Oh come onnn, lighten up for goodness sake. I'm not even going to bother arguing with you.

Tasden

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Oh come onnn, lighten up for goodness sake. I'm not even going to bother arguing with you.

I'm having difficulty deciding whether you're joking or serious....

My post was agreeing with you anyway!

Paddy Cow

Tasden wrote: »

I'm having difficulty deciding whether you're joking or serious....

My post was agreeing with you anyway!

It's after hours. The default is that everyone is being sarcastic. What more do you expect from this place? :P