Trivial Things that annoy you - Mod Note in OP

There is no country or nation called "the Republic of Ireland".

That is a term invented by FIFA for the soccer team.

It doesn't exist.

The country is called Ireland.

Or Éire, if you fancy, but never the ROI.

Your definition is wrong. Geographically, the ROI does not exist.

You can continue to choose to believe that if you wish, it's a free country (named Ireland), but just be aware that you're using the wrong term. Getting the hump because others refuse to get it wrong as well is just a waste of energy.

The island of Ireland is located west of GB, consisting of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

…or Ireland and Ulster.

my current annoyance

When I open the patio doors to the back garden on this glorious day

There are gangs of bluebottles hanging around waiting to fly into my house .. bastards

TA Crawling ants everywhere in the garden.

But my TA +++ is a fox and her four cubs living at the end of the garden - omg they have the place destroyed 😤 Vermin.

Had them years ago and got the shed fox-proofed but they chewed through it. Hope the fox catcher coming next week is great at his job🤞

In the realms of TA's this one deservers special mention.

You might remember I lost the blade retaining nut for my strimmer? Well the replacements arrived today and I went out to use one to put the blade back on. First off great they were the right size and one screwed easily on by hand. To tighten I reached for the box spanner I normally use. Guess what was stuck in the end of the box spanner?

OK, what about Ireland and its North?

Actually, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

The official name of the football team for the 26 counties is the Republic of Ireland.

Jesus Christ, I will not be replying any further to this nonsense.

I'm well aware of the makeup of our little archipelago. I only waded into the conversation after you started calling our country the ROI, in error. The irony of you correcting people on terminology after the clusterfcuk of mislabelling that has gone on today is off the charts. If you want to get your pedantic pants on, at least get it correct……….it's actually Ireland and part of the UK. I put the word 'nations' in inverted commas deliberately, to avoid confusion, but here we are.

The official name of the football team for the 26 counties is the Republic of Ireland.

Correct. But it is not the official name of any country, like you claimed. Unless you meant "an island west of Great Britain consisting of the Republic of Ireland Soccer team and Northern Ireland", which you clearly didn't.

This is what I've been trying to hammer home for 5 or 6 posts at this stage. Your post is also in direct contradiction to your post at 10am where you said "My definition of Ireland is an island west of Great Britain consisting of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland". You weren't talking about the football team here, you were talking about the 26 counties that form the country/nation which is called Ireland.

And you were wrong to call it the ROI. Because that's not what it's called. It's called Ireland.

Next September is 2027…..this September is 2026

Not really trivial but just incredible that they would pull down the current Stephen's green shopping center and put up a fugly characterless building in its place.

Mad.

Incredibly bland looking. Who comes up with this shoite.

My cat bought me a present this morning … unfortunately, it’s a present she’s enjoying playing with. I can’t get the poor mouse out of my sunroom to safety