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The Rant Thread(a place to dump ur baggage)

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  • #482
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    You're welcome.

    I'm a fussy fecker! All those stopwatches are so chunky. The one I had before (like all stopwatches I have ever had during my life) had a small thin face and weighed as light as a feather!


  • #483
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,514 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Chivito550 wrote: »
    I'm a fussy fecker! All those stopwatches are so chunky. The one I had before (like all stopwatches I have ever had during my life) had a small thin face and weighed as light as a feather!
    Seriously, you're better off avoiding the sports-shops. They charge a premium. Despite the branding, I've found Timex Ironman's to be both cheap and reliable.
    Do they have Harvey Norman in Australia too? :)


  • #484
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Seriously, you're better off avoiding the sports-shops. They charge a premium. Despite the branding, I've found Timex Ironman's to be both cheap and reliable.
    Do they have Harvey Norman in Australia too? :)

    Had a look on their website and everything seems so expensive and full of gadgets I don't need, and also chunky (did I mention I like my stopwatches slim?).

    I guess for now I will have to put up with the $10 one I picked up today in the Big W (place that sells loads of cheap stuff), which will do the job but it's very chunky and the buttons are not the most sensitive.


  • #485
    PaulieC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    I have this stopwatch that I got in Argos about 4 years ago. It's still going strong, I got it for wearing on holidays so I wouldn't wreck my good watch. It's very slim and pretty discreet.

    s'pose I better have a rant while I'm here : people who sit at traffic lights and get distracted and only move on just as the lights go orange. c*****ts.


  • #486
    sixpack's little hat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭sixpack's little hat


    People who put asterisks in the middle of swear words and don't make it obvious enough what the swear word is meant to be :mad:


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  • #487
    PaulieC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    What's hairy, moist on the inside, starts with a c and has the letters u, n and t?

    coconut...


  • #488
    T runner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,307 ✭✭✭T runner


    TRR wrote: »
    I can see it now!!! A group of skinny runner/internet dudes standing around in the palace bar sipping pint of beers and shandy. Suddenly, a glass comes flying through the air hitting blockic (the only underage drinker in the bar) in the head. And with that AuldManKing marks his entrance ;)

    Be warned there are some bold words in AuldManKing's entrance ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3reLyBB6ms&t=0m16s

    Ah, there are many swear words and most have several uses, begbies use of it there is not at the extreme end, that's only a 3b in terms of abuse. A 3a....now that's a completely different story obviously....


  • #489
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,514 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    T runner wrote: »
    Ah, there are many swear words and most have several uses, that's not at the extreme end, that's only a 3b in terms of abuse. A 3a....now that's a completely different story obviously....
    S'funny. Were I to use that word in front of my mother, she'd be stunned into silence briefly, before hitting me a slap. Head west and it's common parlance and carries the same shock value as 'you dastardly cad' would in the East. It is pronounced differently though, with more of an 'ooh' sound than an 'uh' sound and always prefixed by the word 'feckin', which reduces it's power.


  • #490
    T runner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,307 ✭✭✭T runner


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    S'funny. Were I to use that word in front of my mother, she'd be stunned into silence briefly, before hitting me a slap. Head west and it's common parlance and carries the same shock value as 'you dastardly cad' would in the East. It is pronounced differently though, with more of an 'ooh' sound than an 'uh' sound and always prefixed by the word 'feckin', which reduces it's power.

    No matter where you are it depends on the context. Used as a general abuse term I reckon it's common enough parlance. Its used on this forum liberally in that context.

    It also has a separate use which is when a man uses it to specifically disparage and denigrate a woman (3a in Link and has happened on one occasion on this thread). Its a similar level of abuse to a white person calling a black person the N word and is one of the most offensive terms of abuse in the English language. (It's rarely used in the USA, as the only meaning there seems to be the latter denigrating women one)

    Were you to use that word in that context in front of your mother, you might have to duck more than once


  • #491
    PaulieC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    T runner wrote: »
    Its a similar level of abuse to a white person calling a black person the N word and is one of the most offensive terms of abuse in the English language.

    I assume that you have facts and figures to back this claim up ? Otherwise it's extremely subjective.


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  • #492
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Feckin moderators closing down threads which are great craic :mad: just cos they are afraid of a bit of namecalling :rolleyes:


  • #493
    blockic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭blockic


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Feckin moderators closing down threads which are great craic :mad: just cos they are afraid of a bit of namecalling :rolleyes:

    Ha, gonna miss that thread! :(


  • #494
    pa4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 617 ✭✭✭pa4


    TRR not updating his training log.. one of my favorite ones to read! :P I'm nosey.. :D


  • #495
    TRR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭TRR


    pa4 wrote: »
    TRR not updating his training log.. one of my favorite ones to read! :P I'm nosey.. :D

    I'm doing updates by email now. It's a subscription service, 20 euro a month, well worth it :pac:


  • #496
    pa4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 617 ✭✭✭pa4


    TRR wrote: »
    I'm doing updates by email now. It's a subscription service, 20 euro a month, well worth it :pac:

    How do I sign up? :D


  • #497
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Feckin moderators closing down threads which are great craic :mad: just cos they are afraid of a bit of namecalling :rolleyes:

    Just seen that thread now. A fine fine thread indeed. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Sort of reminiscent of Jana Pittman vs Tamsyn Lewis.


  • #498
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Moving house. Why does it have to be so damn stressful?


  • #499
    T runner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,307 ✭✭✭T runner


    PaulieC wrote: »
    I assume that you have facts and figures to back this claim up ? Otherwise it's extremely subjective.

    Just google "most offensive words in English". But look at it this way. You can verbally abuse a person based on race (n**ger), religion (Ta*g,k*ke), Sexuality (fa**ot), etc. On gender the most offensive word is c*nt. It literally means a womans genitalia, and the highly abusive meaning is that a woman is only a c*nt, only good for f*cking. You can see now why it is so offensive perhaps when used this way as a word for a "woman". As i've said, although it has been used many times on this thread in its other context (a general abusive term), it has only been used once in this thread as a derogatory word for "woman".


    Back to ranting:

    West of Ireland not getting fair share of EU funds because....wait for it....F-ing government forgot to ask for it!

    If there were funds to turn Connaught into a national Park they wouldn't forget to apply Im sure!


  • #500
    career_move
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,934 ✭✭✭career_move


    Hospitals - how is it possible to miss a collapsed lung on an xray not once but twice. It's not rocket science. In fact you don't even have to be highly trained. One lung is white because it has no air in it. One lung is black because it has air. :mad::mad::mad:

    Patient care - how can you expect people to recover from illness if they're not fed properly and frequently

    Diagnostics - why am I the person who has to insist that they check the ferritin levels when the haemoglobin is suggesting mild anaemia. Turns out the ferritin levels are through the floor and an iron infusion is required but it took 2 weeks for the hospital in Portlaoise to notify us :mad:


  • #501
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    Dat kitchen hero prick....have fcuked two pair of shoes,4 slippers and an empty can of coors lite ar the tellybox...


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  • #502
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,092 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    Top Ranters :D

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  • #503
    Tea Tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭Tea Tree


    career_move wrote: »
    Hospitals -

    Patient care -

    Diagnostics -

    oh sweet JC this x a million:mad: I've been ranting all day about this and im not even close to being finished! Full of people who can't see beyond what's directly in front of them, they can't even see the fecking dots let alone join them to make a sensible diagnosis:mad:

    ... and breathe....


  • #504
    AK333
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭AK333


    Why oh why can't dog owners clean up after their dogs. I am sick to death of having to dodge doggy doo every time I go out for a run lately. Its disgusting, drag your dog to the kerb or inside near a fence line - not down the middle of the footpath, grrrrr


  • #505
    pa4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 617 ✭✭✭pa4


    AK333 wrote: »
    Why oh why can't dog owners clean up after their dogs. I am sick to death of having to dodge doggy doo every time I go out for a run lately. Its disgusting, drag your dog to the kerb or inside near a fence line - not down the middle of the footpath, grrrrr

    Heard on the radio the other day that only 12 people got fined last year for not picking up after their dogs.. really think they should get stricter about this! I walk on a stretch of footpath to college every day and its absolutely destroyed in dog sh*t, you wouldn't believe it until you see it! Its like a bloody obstacle course trying to avoid it!


  • #506
    AK333
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭AK333


    Well the 12 people who were fined didn't live in Clonmel - talk about being up s**t creek without a paddle, the path down by the quay is dreadful. I'm so annoyed I might ring the Borough Council tomorrow and rant at them.


  • #507
    FrClintPower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭FrClintPower


    FrClintPower wrote: »
    Stupid twee, childish music you get in half the ads these days, with ukuleles etc. That VHI ad about the "tiny babies" being a prime example, but once you notice it you realise it's everywhere.

    Lo and behold, the Guardian runs an article a couple of days later talking about ads with "a twee ukulele version of a song"

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/24/cutesification-of-everything-elf-twitter-funny


  • #508
    PaulieC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    Black Friday, no work to do, poring over Amazon for bargains when I don't want or need anything...


  • #509
    nerraw1111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭nerraw1111


    The radio ad for the Gaiety Christmas panto. Sweet jesus.


  • #510
    belcarra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭belcarra


    nerraw1111 wrote: »
    The radio ad for the Gaiety Christmas panto. Sweet jesus.

    Kwissmas:mad:


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  • #511
    TRR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭TRR


    Frisbee!!! or more specifically grown adults who play frisbee and take it very seriously. You look ridiculous

    The dickwad who practices bowling a cricket ball on the astro pitch beside where I park my car in work. I don't like cricket myself but that's not my gripe. Mr bowler why do you have to dress head to toe in match day gleaming white gear? Could you not just practice in tracksuit etc? You look like a dick.

    Jugglers, I don't mind jugglers in small doses on Grafton street busking etc but there is a juggling club close to where I work. You wreck my head, you all (and I mean all) look like scruffy smell bags.

    These are just 3 of the groups of people who pissed me off today, or more specifically between 5pm - 5.08 pm. ****ebags the lot of them!

    *I decided to get 3 rants in 1 since beep beep started keeping count of rants :)


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