Trivial things that annoy you

20-03-2013 02:29PM

Knex. wrote: »

Main RTE football commentator, his name evades me now, but he pronounces Cazorla as 'Cat-orla'. Bugs the **** out of me.

Every Spanish name is drawn out, Torrezzzz, Shuarezzzzzzhhh etc. Gets on me nerves something serious.

Green Giant · 20-03-2013 04:15PM

Hashtags

Especially in something like "beat the mighty Pa in a drinking contest #banter #beast #14pints3vodkas #iamtheking" and especially in that last one where several words are merged together into only ugly scrambled egg of letters

Worse still is when it seeps into platforms other than Twitter

kunst nugget · 20-03-2013 04:18PM

Green Giant wrote: »

Hashtags

#iamtheking and especially in that last one where several words are merged together into only ugly scrambled egg of letters

But occasionally it comes up trumps like when Susan Boyle's Album Launch had the hashtag #susanalbumparty

Tombo2001 · 20-03-2013 04:23PM

People who ask questions all the time.....
....not because they want to know the answer, but because they have nothing to say themselves.....

Its like, they cant think of anything to say, so they just ask you questions instead.

In other words, they want you to carry the conversation.

And then when you get bored of this rigmarole, you are the one at fault for being rude ....."I'm just trying to make conversation"....no you're not, you're asking me to do it because you can't/ won't.

Tombo2001 · 20-03-2013 04:26PM

Hedgemeister wrote: »

As a writer I need to research stuff, sometimes online, other times I need to speak to professionals in various 'fields.'
Some years ago I contacted the Garda Museum for some simple historical information. When they eventually bothered to reply, it was to refer me to the PSNI.
They answered immediately, and even invited me to visit Belfast, where I would be provided with all the information/documents I needed.

On another project and needed the advice of a Locksmith as what I had written was somewhat technical. It 'sounded' legit, but still...I wanted it to be accurate.
I printed out what I had written for him to cast his professional eye over. I offered to pay but he said there would be no charge for his help. I gave him my phone number, email address etc.
When he didn't contact me as promised I called to his shop a few times, and he had either lost the pages (which I replaced more than once) and he 'would get back to me'.
That's three years ago and not word yet.

As a locksmith at the Garda museum, I find your post offensive on a number of different levels.

egan2020 · 20-03-2013 04:40PM

That sign on the back of a truck "Do not pass on inside if truck is turning left". Why the fcuk would anyone attempt to do this

kunst nugget · 20-03-2013 04:43PM

egan2020 wrote: »

That sign on the back of a truck "Do not pass on inside if truck is turning left". Why the fcuk would anyone attempt to do this

Never underestimate people's stupidity.

BigBraveBear · 20-03-2013 05:09PM

It Really annoys me...... this new trend of people leaving lines of dots......in their paragraphs......for no apparent reason.....

xabi · 20-03-2013 05:40PM

Butter in the jam.
Wet spoon in the sugar bowl leaving little brown bits.
People that don't know the difference between taught and thought
The 'TH' thing again, saying Thailand as thigh-land and height as heithhh.
Shop assistants who ask me if im OK.
People that use my alarm clock tone as their ring tone.
Driving in the overtaking lane on motorways / dual carriageways, keep left unless overtaking knobheads!
People who put their seat back on short flights.

tunedout · 20-03-2013 06:19PM

xabi wrote: »

The 'TH' thing again, saying Thailand as thigh-land

whats wrong with that?

**Vai** · 20-03-2013 06:22PM

Knex. wrote: »

Main RTE football commentator, his name evades me now, but he pronounces Cazorla as 'Cat-orla'. Bugs the **** out of me.

George Hamilton. Other notable names he got arseways were Patrick Kloovert, Jan Molboo and my favourite Juup Stum.

ray2012 · 20-03-2013 06:24PM

The worst is when someone spills jam on the counter and doesn't clean it up.
Then, a few hours later, it's dried into the counter, and my hand always happens to land on the spot where it is. It does be all sticky.

the purple tin · 20-03-2013 08:03PM

In an empty room (waiting room etc) and bursting for a good fart. All clear, you let one fly. Within seconds someone walks in, then it's just a matter of time till they catch your stinking drift and start giving you the stinking eye.

xabi · 20-03-2013 09:48PM

tunedout wrote: »

whats wrong with that?

Oh dear, because its tie land not thigh land

Czarcasm · 20-03-2013 09:55PM

xabi wrote: »

Oh dear, because its tie land not thigh land

Siam.

Only kidding

xabi · 20-03-2013 10:00PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Siam.

Only kidding

You win

rosb · 20-03-2013 10:13PM

People who spread their newspaper over 'my side' of the table on a train. I want to accidently kick them in the shins as I settle myself in my seat.

fupduck · 20-03-2013 10:38PM

AnarchistKen wrote: »

Ok picture the scene - your waiting on a lift from ground floor to your apartment on the fifth floor. Some lazy ****ehawk gets in the lift with you and presses the button to go to floor one.

Like taking two short flights of stairs is going to cause a triple bypass procedure!

Old people and women with buggies get a pass.

I know what you mean, but I was in my early thirties, and suffered a back injury, I I could walk normally on level ground, but going up and down stairs was agony. I used lifts for one floor, even though I HATE lifts

Tombo2001 · 20-03-2013 11:20PM

xabi wrote: »

Oh dear, because its tie land not thigh land

wasnt it a bit silly to spell it with a 'th' then....

I'll be honest, I've been to Thailand a few times and I've always called it Thigh-land.

Retrovertigo · 20-03-2013 11:34PM

People who sign their posts with their username.

Retrovertigo.

kunst nugget · 20-03-2013 11:37PM

the purple tin wrote: »

In an empty room (waiting room etc) and bursting for a good fart. All clear, you let one fly. Within seconds someone walks in, then it's just a matter of time till they catch your stinking drift and start giving you the stinking eye.

It's the same in a supermarket. The trick with farting in a shop is that you have to wait and let it settle to walk away from it or else it will follow you around. You find an empty aisle to drop one out and you're waiting for settle down period when someone walks right into it and mutters a gypsy curse at you as they pass by you. Now, I know I'm in the wrong because I've just unleashed the noxious gas but it's annoying getting caught.

xabi · 21-03-2013 12:10AM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

wasnt it a bit silly to spell it with a 'th' then....

I'll be honest, I've been to Thailand a few times and I've always called it Thigh-land.

I hurts my head when i hear it pronounced like that, what about Thomas or Theresa or Thames, im sure there are others, the h is aspirated after the consonant.

Its tie not thigh
its tom ass not thumb ass

The King of Moo · 21-03-2013 01:09AM

xabi wrote: »

I hurts my head when i hear it pronounced like that, what about Thomas or Theresa or Thames, im sure there are others, the h is aspirated after the consonant.

Its tie not thigh
its tom ass not thumb ass

It's neither: it's "Thomas."

A trivial thing that annoys me: quibbling over minor differences in pronunciation (which don't affect one's intended meaning) in a language with few globally-accepted standards of pronunciation.

Jazzmaster · 21-03-2013 01:19AM

Those Laya healthcare ads with the closeups which make the actors look like gimps. Do I really need to look at someone's nostril hair for fifteen seconds?

Also people who say "simples" or "no bothers". Please FOAD!

The King of Moo · 21-03-2013 01:38AM

Jazzmaster wrote: »

Those Laya healthcare ads with the closeups which make the actors look like gimps. Do I really need to look at someone's nostril hair for fifteen seconds?

Also people who say "simples" or "no bothers". Please FOAD!

Man, I hate when people don't foad clothes properly too.

Crimson King · 21-03-2013 09:14AM

When events that happen in soaps are reported as news.

'Eastenders Phil Mitchell's trial starts today'

silenceisfoo · 21-03-2013 01:33PM

4 Pics 1 Word.

yeppydeppy · 21-03-2013 01:34PM

It's solpadeine, not solphadeine - there is no h, there never was a h. IT'S SOL-PA-DEINE!

tunedout · 21-03-2013 01:41PM

xabi wrote: »

Oh dear, because its tie land not thigh land

Aren't you very culturally educated. Maybe move off to 'tie land' altogether and i'll continue to call it Thigh land and everyone will know what I mean.

And from now on, I'm going to make an extra effort to pronounce the h in 'Thames'. Going to hold my tongue between my teeth and making the nicest longest h hiss everytime.

A 'h' exists, and so it shall be pronounced.

old hippy · 21-03-2013 01:52PM

People who refuse, point blank, to try something new.

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