Dumb things that people do.!!

C0SM0

People who go greyhound racing and insist on screaming at the dog... "C'mon number 2, C'mon." Do you honestly think the dog knows what number he has on his back.?

Dave147

Yore Ma!

humanji

C0SM0 wrote: »

People who go greyhound racing and insist on screaming at the dog... "C'mon number 2, C'mon." Do you honestly think the dog knows what number he has on his back.?

What if the name of the dog is No. 2?

Shyster

Surely shouting at a dog at the races is for yourself anyway, the dog can hardly hear you in the middle of a crowd?!

hussey

"Who's jacket is this coat?"

My teacher used to say it

chin_grin

Queuing at a bus stop for AGES and then other people (read: idiots) don't have their card/fare ready, thus hindering my access to a seat and a quick nap or read.

Naos

C0SM0 wrote: »

People who go greyhound racing and insist on screaming at the dog... "C'mon number 2, C'mon." Do you honestly think the dog knows what number he has on his back.?

Erm, it's for the craic? You telling me if you went out to the dogs with the lads for a night out you would just sit and stare at the dogs going around, not making a squeak? Boring.

Went to the dogs for my birthday, mate kept losing. He goes off to the bookies comes back and as the dogs are getting closer he screams out:

"Come on 2,3,4 and 5!" - We all laughed.

Dog no.1 won the race.

PurpleBerry

Dumb things that people do?

• Cycle through red lights
• Add "www dot" when giving out web addresses
• Leave their dog leavings for others to step in
• Ask "who is that?" when the phone rings - before the phone has been answered
• Say "Pot, Kettle, Black" instead of using the actual expression
• Shave. Then leave the shavings all over the sink
• Use the 'word', "teh". Or "pwn" but "teh" is worse

Xavi6

Neesa wrote: »

• Use the 'word', "teh". Or "pwn" but "teh" is worse

Eh shut teh hell up.

Pwned!!! :pac:

Steve_o

Using negative statements... "ya wouldn't stick on the kettle, would ya?"

Indeed I wont....

squibs

People who go greyhound racing and insist on screaming at the dog... "C'mon number 2, C'mon." Do you honestly think the dog knows what number he has on his back.?

This makes marginally more sense than shouting instructions at a soccer team on the telly...

Pighead

Those people who when making keyboards put the @ symbol where the " should be and vice versa. Dumbos the lot of them and the bain of Pigheads life.

ssmith6287

The Irish mans solution to fixing electronic equipment such as computer or tv..... hit er a dig!!! think thats fairly stupid.

ssmith6287

ooh ooh answering yer own questions.

Can ye put the football on no

FlutterinBantam

Fcuked up your spell checker as well Pigser, that's even worse.

Wazdakka

ssmith6287 wrote: »

The Irish mans solution to fixing electronic equipment such as computer or tv..... hit er a dig!!! think thats fairly stupid.

:eek:

LIES!!



The subtle art of hitting things until they work,
or as we in the industry call it "Percussive Maintenance" is a highly respected craft.
The mind boggles at how many varied, intricate, and complicated problems I have solved with both machinery and electronics by the liberal application of a blunt instrument...
Often in a fit of rage and screaming obscenities that all other opportunities for repair have failed.

If hitting things until they work Is not having the desired effect for you..

Have you considered hitting them Harder?

PurpleBerry

More dumb things that people do:

• Saying Internet expressions, such as "lol".
• Treating the acronym "lol" as though it were a word and creating "lol"'s bastard children "lol'd" and "lolz".
• Having a nice, usual name like Tom and spelling it in a realy odd way, like X%7o7k or something.
• Saying things like "no spaces" or "all in small letters" when giving an e-mail/web address.
• Asking me if I can play my musical instruments (no, sure, I just thought I'd buy a keyboard instead of a painting, to make the place look nice.)
• Women saying some form of "Sure I'm just a girl."
• Women talking about their menustral cycles on the Internet (unless its actually a topic of conversation).
• People who watch TV shows and then complain about how crap they are. Yes, we know they're crap, don't watch them then.
• Start topic on forums along the lines of " Kelly dies! *Spoiler* " - it's a bit late now!

Steve_o

Neesa wrote: »

More dumb things that people do:

• Saying Internet expressions, such as "lol".
• Treating the acronym "lol" as though it were a word and creating "lol"'s bastard children "lol'd" and "lolz".
• Having a nice, usual name like Tom and spelling it in a realy odd way, like X%7o7k or something.
• Saying things like "no spaces" or "all in small letters" when giving an e-mail/web address.
• Asking me if I can play my musical instruments (no, sure, I just thought I'd buy a keyboard instead of a painting, to make the place look nice.)
• Women saying some form of "Sure I'm just a girl."
• Women talking about their menustral cycles on the Internet (unless its actually a topic of conversation).
• People who watch TV shows and then complain about how crap they are. Yes, we know they're crap, don't watch them then.
• Start topic on forums along the lines of " Kelly dies! *Spoiler* " - it's a bit late now!

You're easily annoyed aren't ya....

PurpleBerry

Yes. But I have surprisingly low blood pressure.

Energizeer

"I'm going to the ATM machine"
AHHHH!
Or in work(especially if you work a lot of the time with yanks)
"I'll touch base with you later"
"Lets not reinvent the wheel here"
"It is what it is" - wtf is it then?!
"I drank the cool aide"
"Lets take a helicopter view of this"
There's loads more but I block them out most of the time.

Wazdakka

dumb things that people do eh?

Neesa wrote: »

More dumb things that people do:

• Saying Internet expressions, such as "lol".
• Treating the acronym "lol" as though it were a word and creating "lol"'s bastard children "lol'd" and "lolz".
• Having a nice, usual name like Tom and spelling it in a realy odd way, like X%7o7k or something.
• Saying things like "no spaces" or "all in small letters" when giving an e-mail/web address.
• Asking me if I can play my musical instruments (no, sure, I just thought I'd buy a keyboard instead of a painting, to make the place look nice.)
• Women saying some form of "Sure I'm just a girl."
• Women talking about their menustral cycles on the Internet (unless its actually a topic of conversation).
• People who watch TV shows and then complain about how crap they are. Yes, we know they're crap, don't watch them then.
• Start topic on forums along the lines of " Kelly dies! *Spoiler* " - it's a bit late now!

Moan and bitch when they're obviously just on the rag...

Pighead

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Fcuked up your spell checker as well Pigser, that's even worse.

How on earth is it worse ya big ninny! The @ " mistake is far worse than a simple spelling mistake. Pigheads sentence made perfect sense. Ok, one of the words may have been spelt wrong but you got the gist of what was going on. Mistaking your @'s for "'s on the other hand causes untold confusion and frustration.

Nope, sorry Flutter, you've called this one way wrong buddy. Pighead has a sneaky feeling it was just a sly early morning attempt of smugness. Shame on you.

syklops

Neesa wrote: »

More dumb things that people do:

• Saying things like "no spaces" or "all in small letters" when giving an e-mail/web address.
  

Well you have to say that to some people otherwise you will get the inevitable question, "Is that in upper or lower case?" or "Are there spaces in that?". What you should say for what dumb things people do is:

Ask if there are spaces or differences in case when hearing email or web addresses.

Overflow

1. O.A.P's in front of me in the checkout queue. Arrrrgggg
2. People at bank machines that put their card in twice.
3. People who post in forums using feckin SMS abbreviations !!

syklops

people who swear in forums and blank out all the letters. This annoys the **** out of me. There is nothing more ********* ******* stupid, then doing this *****.

At least put one letter in so you have an idea of what it is!

Energizeer

CU*T

syklops

Energizeer wrote: »

CU*T

much better!

anniehoo

C0SM0 wrote: »

People who go greyhound racing and insist on screaming at the dog... "C'mon number 2, C'mon." Do you honestly think the dog knows what number he has on his back.?

I do this..

Neesa wrote: »

Dumb things that people do?
[*]Ask "who is that?" when the phone rings - before the phone has been answered
[/LIST]

and this

Steve_o wrote: »

Using negative statements... "ya wouldn't stick on the kettle, would ya?"

Indeed I wont....

and this...

*gone to check IQ level*

grumpytrousers

Wazdakka wrote: »

dumb things that people do eh?



Moan and bitch when they're obviously just on the rag...

Giggle...

syklops

anniehoo wrote: »

I do this..


and this


and this...

*gone to check IQ level*

I do these too. When the OH's cousin arrived from poland a few weeks ago, I really confused her with the "You wouldn't stick on the kettle, would you?"

She is used to it now.

Howard the Duck

Pighead wrote: »

Those people who when making keyboards put the @ symbol where the " should be and vice versa. Dumbos the lot of them and the bain of Pigheads life.

American Keyboards.. shouldn;t be selling them here but if they are probably because they are getting them cheap.

Zangetsu

How bout people bitchin and moanin about the little things in life (hmm I'd quoat this hole thread, if I wasn't using boards mobile skin).

I hope everyone likes my spelling and punctuation

Overflow

Zangetsu wrote: »

I hope everyone likes my spelling and punctuation

oh its perfekt didnt spot a singil misstake.

ssmith6287

i opened an account with boylesports ......... stupidist thing ever

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Howard the Duck wrote: »

American Keyboards.. shouldn;t be selling them here but if they are probably because they are getting them cheap.

You should try spanish ones...it's like a different language altogether

• when driving, actually asking other drivers in other cars things like "are you leaving that space?" they can't f*cking hear you dad!

PurpleBerry

Zangetsu wrote: »

How bout people bitchin and moanin about the little things in life (hmm I'd quoat this hole thread, if I wasn't using boards mobile skin).

I hope everyone likes my spelling and punctuation

People who can't take a bleedin' joke and realise that not everyone takes life as seriously as they do.

Dave147

When playing poker and someone calls, they're behind to your aces.. "I knew you had aces!! I should've folded!" Hmmm, if you *knew* I had aces, yes you should have folded you f**king dope! People who like songs like Soulja Boy and Lollipop etc, these people are just dumb.

I could think of some more but it's 5am and I'm after a serious session of chess! Night night all

Zangetsu

Neesa wrote: »

People who can't take a bleedin' joke and realise that not everyone takes life as seriously as they do.

I believe that was the point of my post :pac: Or are you being sarcastic

I'm just gonna go back to playing with my toes, much simpler times

Mimikyu

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Davidius

Energizeer wrote: »

CU*T

Cult is a swear word now?

Epic Tissue

Wasting all your thanks on the first page of a topic in after hours on boards.ie!

Turd Ferguson

Davidius wrote: »

Cult is a swear word now?

Cult? I thought it was cuft...hmmmm maybe this blocking letters thing doesnt work.

Also one dumb thing people do is start a thread on the internet about dumb things that people do

Tupins

Energizeer wrote: »

Or in work(especially if you work a lot of the time with yanks)
"I'll touch base with you later"
"Lets not reinvent the wheel here"
"It is what it is" - wtf is it then?!
"I drank the cool aide"
"Lets take a helicopter view of this"
There's loads more but I block them out most of the time.

GRRR - my boss always says "going forward", kind of annoying!!

sweetie

ha, I can beat that. My boss says 'I'm weary of trying that before the weekend' when he means he's wary of doing it. Wrecks me ffin head.

chin_grin

People that say the word "like" like every like two like words like you know?

Not just talking about the D4 heads.

Frisbee

Pighead wrote: »

Those people who when making keyboards put the @ symbol where the " should be and vice versa. Dumbos the lot of them and the bain of Pigheads life.

+1 to that
I hate those guys...

Nolanger

Asking if twins of opposite sex are identical?
Heard this question being asked on TV a few times.

shenanigans1982

Asking if you are going out as you have opened the door and are just about to step through it.

grumpytrousers

Nolanger wrote: »

Asking if twins of opposite sex are identical?
Heard this question being asked on TV a few times.

i know a chap - a senior mod of this site, no less - who, when seeing The Proclaimers on the telly one night asked if they were related...

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Twee.

Gah, the people who queue in the wrong line getting on the bus. It messes up the system! Ticket Right, Money Left! Also, people who ask "Has the bus come yet". Yes it did, and I decided not to get on it and stand here instead.

A personal one for me: My name is Leah (Leeee-ah) and after introducing myself people have said "Oh like Princess Leia (LAY-ah) in Star Wars?"
Em, are you having problems listening? That is not my name. Dope.

Nolanger

People who stand in a supermarket queue for 5 to 10 minutes and then when they finally get to the cash register they start searching through their bag for change.