Things you hate people saying

"I was today years old when i (insert title here)"

Wearing the green jersey: usually spouted by insufferably smug business types.

Ireland Inc. As above.

Flatness of spags

All of the GAA cliches below that you hear managers and players saying when interviewed……

"We go again"

"Lessons were learned"

"The lads put in a tremendous shift"

"Everyone needs to put their shoulders to the wheel"

"Championships aren't won in January"

"They left everything on the pitch"

"A great day for the parish"

"Lookit"

"Listen"

"Yeah, i suppose"

I seen, I done, I have went, I bet him in the race…

Just bad grammar in general.

To be fair you could apply those terms to most team sports and I'm no GAA fan.

You do you

The thing that annoys me most and infuriates me with a passion is the current trend of European politicians talking about world war three …. they keep saying we are in a pre war situation and the like …. and sound like they want to see this !! …. stupid, irresponsible dangerous talk …. just as if to deliberately scare the people …. as if to say Covid didn't turn into the scary virus they hoped we have to go with WW3 instead to scare the people !! ….

using ‘them’ instead of ‘those’…….its becoming very common…..’them things over there’…….’them guys gave everything on the pitch’ and sometimes this is followed by the equally cringy phrase ‘so they did’

Also people who use / say pacific instead of specific or squashed instead of quashed…..all ‘piss boiler’ examples …..!

Reminds me of people saying damp squid instead of damp squib

Bertie Ahearne was good a good man for these type of ‘phases’ (phrases) officially known as ‘malapropisms’ (I think) eg’s ‘don’t be upsetting the apple tart’, ‘ Belfast is a great city for Muriel’s on the wall’…..etc etc

Ya used to take the P out of him on gift grub for that, one memorable one for me was 'Bertie' saying bon appetit as bon appeTIT.