Trivial things that annoy you part 479

razorblunt

riclad wrote: »

Read an article in the irish times ,the buttons on traffic lights don,t do anything ,they are there to fool people,
the pedistran lights just change after a certain no of minutes.
pressing the button will not speed it up.

If the button isn't pressed then it won't light up surely? Otherwise you'd have lads sitting there at 3am waiting for the Green man to stop before they get to drive away.

whiskeyman

Typing a smart and clever reply to someone, then realising you've a spelling mistake once you hit send.
It just make you feel and look stooopid, not matter how good your overall reply was.

jimgoose

I bought a Bosch electric strimmer a couple of years ago. This trivially annoys me because I hate the thing, it's useless. It doesn't do anything you couldn't do better and faster with a hedge-clippers and a lawn-edger, and the awkward bastard has been tripping me up and laughing at me in the shed since. I want my 50-odd squid back! :mad:

kfallon

People talking politics at 9am on a Friday morning :rolleyes:

*puts earphones in and cranks up the music*

Crumpets

I'm really annoyed at myself this morning. Trying to lose a few pounds, been really good these past couple of weeks. Then I went out last night, got drunk, came home and ATE THE ENTIRE KITCHEN

kfallon

Crumpets wrote: »

I'm really annoyed at myself this morning. Trying to lose a few pounds, been really good these past couple of weeks. Then I went out last night, got drunk, came home and ATE THE ENTIRE KITCHEN

That washing machine is gonna repeat on you......

rainbow kirby

Worst possible result in the election yesterday :mad:

Menas

Lack of sleep...the eyes are popping out of my head today. Pesky exciting election coverage.

beks101

Newly weds who start to obsessively, relentlessly, repeatedly throw their 'husband', 'hubby', 'hub' into every single sentence in the aftermath of the wedding. Because it's a big fat novelty.

Yes I know, isn't it lovely and charming that you're all married and loved up now and all, but seriously, you're not the only person ever to have gotten married and acquired a husband. SHUT UP.

Menas

beks101 wrote: »

Newly weds who start to obsessively, relentlessly, repeatedly throw their 'husband', 'hubby', 'hub' into every single sentence in the aftermath of the wedding. Because it's a big fat novelty.

Yes I know, isn't it lovely and charming that you're all married and loved up now and all, but seriously, you're not the only person ever to have gotten married and acquired a husband. SHUT UP.

My DW agrees with you.

jimgoose

beks101 wrote: »

Newly weds who start to obsessively, relentlessly, repeatedly...

What gets my goat is the sudden appearance of some sort of "Hivemind", like the Borg Collective gone wrong, shortly after the nuptials. E.g. we're going hither/yon, we've got a new toaster, we're pregnant, etc.

jimgoose

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Worst possible result in the election yesterday :mad:

I know. Cameron is the bulb off that Wayne Molloy eejit in Fair City. Another however-long-it-is of looking at the cunnox on't telly! :pac:

BuilderPlumber

The overtly positive and cheery attitude of mortgage and insurance ads!! I have yet to meet any REAL people to get excited and cheery over EITHER of these .. on the contrary, they cause people unending amounts of non stop hassle and stress!!

beks101

Oh and also -

The amount of "political experts" knocking around today, who didn't give a damn yesterday and probably didn't vote either.

The hand-wringing all over twitter/facebook today is nauseating.

Are the results shit? Yes. Do you really give that much of a shit? No.

Vel

LynnGrace wrote: »

My other favourite is someone asking me for directions, or the right time, or whatever, then turning on their heel, without a word.
Or looking at me blankly since (clearly), I am not giving them the answer they want to hear...

The only possible option in this case is a very loud and passive aggressive 'YOU'RE WELCOME'

Vel

beks101 wrote: »

Newly weds who start to obsessively, relentlessly, repeatedly throw their 'husband', 'hubby', 'hub' into every single sentence in the aftermath of the wedding. Because it's a big fat novelty.

Yes I know, isn't it lovely and charming that you're all married and loved up now and all, but seriously, you're not the only person ever to have gotten married and acquired a husband. SHUT UP.

Although I find the 'my finance' crowd even more earth shatteringly smug and annoying!

I used to know a wan who was forever talking about her boyfriend. Remember hearing all of the details about a trip to Paris they were taking. The weekend after the trip she returned to work engaged and already substituting finance for boyfriend! I imagined her practicing it in the mirror to herself over the weekend to make sure she didn't slip up and revert back to boring old boyfriend by mistake!

dub_skav

Vel wrote: »

Although I find the 'my finance' crowd even more earth shatteringly smug and annoying!

I used to know a wan who was forever talking about her boyfriend. Remember hearing all of the details about a trip to Paris they were taking. The weekend after the trip she returned to work engaged and already substituting finance for boyfriend! I imagined her practicing it in the mirror to herself over the weekend to make sure she didn't slip up and revert back to boring old boyfriend by mistake!

Is that them talking about the cost of the wedding?

eisenberg1

beks101 wrote: »

Newly weds who start to obsessively, relentlessly, repeatedly throw their 'husband', 'hubby', 'hub' into every single sentence in the aftermath of the wedding. Because it's a big fat novelty.

Yes I know, isn't it lovely and charming that you're all married and loved up now and all, but seriously, you're not the only person ever to have gotten married and acquired a husband. SHUT UP.

You could give her the old "You know Jane in accounts, married a lovely guy six months ago, turns out he is a complete bollox, wont lift a finger around the house and if is not watching football he is down in the pub drinking the wedding present money.....and you know it was all lovely at the start":D

KatW4

I can't eat a bag of Wheelies in peace anymore my cat is addicted to them. I just put one in my mouth and she scratched me hard trying to get it for herself.

Crumpets

KatW4 wrote:

I can't eat a bag of Wheelies in peace anymore my cat is addicted to them. I just put one in my mouth and she scratched me hard trying to get it for herself.

I'd say that must've hurt but I'm sorry to admit I laughed out loud at that!

KatW4

Crumpets wrote:

I'd say that must've hurt but I'm sorry to admit I laughed out loud at that!

Haha I would have laughed too if it happened to someone else. Unfortunately I'm used to it... I have scratches every where

z6vm1dobfnca3x

My trivial annoyance for the day are those people on Boards.ie who have nothing better to do than troll other people's posts...

There is way too many of them knocking around.

MrVestek

Duke Poor Flower wrote: »

My trivial annoyance for the day are those people on Boards.ie who have nothing better to do than troll other people's posts...

There is way too many of them knocking around.

No there's not what are you on about?

z6vm1dobfnca3x

MrVestek wrote: »

No there's not what are you on about?

Believe me, there is.

MrVestek

Duke Poor Flower wrote: »

Believe me, there is.

There really isn't, I think you're making it all up! Away with you! Spreading lies and slander...

NIMAN

Arwyn Foley of AA Roadwatch reading out the reports on the radio.

I play a new game now, see if I can actually listen to a report of her's where she doesn't stutter and stumble over most of it. Does she ever read the pieces in advance and practice it?

Also, these reports are turning into weather reports as well. Meant to be traffic reports! Last few weeks they start off by telling you 'its raining in XXX' or 'very wet around YYYYYY'. I'm sure anyone who lives in XXX or YYY can see its raining.

One eyed Jack

NIMAN wrote: »

Arwyn Foley of AA Roadwatch reading out the reports on the radio.

I play a new game now, see if I can actually listen to a report of her's where she doesn't stutter and stumble over most of it. Does she ever read the pieces in advance and practice it?

Also, these reports are turning into weather reports as well. Meant to be traffic reports! Last few weeks they start off by telling you 'its raining in XXX' or 'very wet around YYYYYY'. I'm sure anyone who lives in XXX or YYY can see its raining.

How do you actually pronounce that without it sounding like "Are we in Fully"? :eek:

One day I'll grow up, just not today :pac:

The Diabolical Monocle

items in shops with no price tag.

miezekatze

The Diabolical Monocle wrote:

items in shops with no price tag.

Hate that! Or items that are on a 'special deals' shelf, like 3 for 2, and then you go to pay and one of them wasn't actually included in the deal. Why are they on that shelf then if they're not included in that fcukin deal?!

Menas

Do we live in Ireland or the feckin Amazonian rain forest?
Its raining cats and dogs out there.