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Trivial things that annoy you Part 27

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  • #1202
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    danrua01 wrote: »

    My TA: my gf doesn't like the film Airplane!

    Is her name Shirley?


  • #1203
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    That's actually a common reaction to a miscarriage I think. People telling you there'll be other times or that it wasn't the right time or that it's natures way of getting rid of something that wasn't perfect.

    I know, but they don't need to say it to the faces of parents who are grieving the loss of their baby. They don't see the baby they lost as a non-viable foetus or an attempt that can be done again :(


  • #1204
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Is her name Shirley?

    No, but it looks like she chose the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.


  • #1205
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Johnny Carson wrote: »
    I think it's kind acute.

    I find it obtuse myself


  • #1206
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    efb wrote: »
    I find it obtuse myself

    Which reminds me of another TA. When people pronounce obtuse as "ob-toose" instead of "ob-chewss".


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  • #1207
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    I missed you guys. I was happy to be back this morning.

    TA: forming weird emotional bonds with online people I've never met :(

    We should have a TA meet up. We can all sit around with faces liked slapped arses. We can play Guess Who the grumpy c**t beside you is. That would be fun :)


  • #1208
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    I know, but they don't need to say it to the faces of parents who are grieving the loss of their baby. They don't see the baby they lost as a non-viable foetus or an attempt that can be done again :(

    That's what I meant - it's a common reaction, saying it to someone as if it's some kind of comfort


  • #1209
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    That's what I meant - it's a common reaction, saying it to someone as if it's some kind of comfort

    It's just so weird that people might think this is a comforting thing to say... "Oh, well you know, you could've given birth to the spawn of Satan!"


  • #1210
    McChubbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭McChubbin


    My trivial annoyance is this:
    Getting attached to something- for example, a favorite perfume or shade of lipstick, etc- only for said item to be discontinued.
    I have a tiny dribble of a gorgeous perfume my mother gifted me a few years ago and after searching everywhere to find a replacement bottle, I was dismayed and annoyed to find it had been discontinued.
    (It was this perfume FYI)
    I went onto the maker's Facebook and politely asked why they shelved it.
    "We discontinued this scent to make room for other fabulous products! Try something new from our extensive range!" was the reply I got.
    But I don't want something new! I liked the old one! Bring it back, I say! :(
    Incidently, I saw the perfume in question going for over €100 on eBay but it was already opened and used. :(
    Between this and the lovely range of Harajuku Lovers perfumes, all my favorite scents are becoming obsolete. I swear to the noodly one that if they stop making Lady Gaga's Fame perfume I'll lose all will to live.
    It's a first world problem, sure, but I do like to smell nice! :(


  • #1211
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    If ever Old Spice is scrapped, I am going to jump off a cliff....


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  • #1212
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    I have a bottle of that at home mc chubbin, I hate it so it's practically brand new. (Maybe used twice). I'll have a look and if I find it you can have it


  • #1213
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    I'm using Mr Pumpkinseeds thigh as a mousemat and he keeps fidgeting so the pointer keeps jumping all over the screen.:mad:


  • #1214
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,285 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That wisecracking second post. A new thread starts, somebody has to get in early with a wisecrack. After hours is notorious for it .....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057350851

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057351880

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057249509

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057351874

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056499044


  • #1215
    Cantremember
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭Cantremember


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That wisecracking second post. A new thread starts, somebody has to get in early with a wisecrack. After hours is notorious for it .....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057350851

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057351880

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057249509

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057351874

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056499044

    Cheers. Enjoyed those.


  • #1216
    Schwiiing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,733 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That wisecracking second post. A new thread starts, somebody has to get in early with a wisecrack. After hours is notorious for it .....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057350851

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057351880

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057249509

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057351874

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056499044

    Are you jealous that you're not able to think of 1? ;)


  • #1217
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    I'm using Mr Pumpkinseeds thigh as a mousemat and he keeps fidgeting so the pointer keeps jumping all over the screen.:mad:

    Get him to put his trousers on.....:D


  • #1218
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Those crazy lunatics who call themselves Pro-Lifers. I would consider myself pro life. I personally wouldn't have an abortion. But that's just me and I wouldn't judge, or have much of an opinion on a woman who would have or have had an abortion. It's none of my business.

    On Saturday, after the court (who should have no business deciding things like this) decided to let the doctors turn the dead lady's machine off, some pro life website popped up on my news feed berating ireland for not giving the baby a fair chance, berating the doctors but worst of all, berating the womans family for not wanting a grandchild and obviously not loving their daughter enough.

    Most of these people commenting, being nasty, seemed to be American. Of course I posted, I wasn't rude, but I went against what they said. I was met with a barrage of abuse, calling me an idiot, stupid, heartless ect. That was grand, water off a ducks back.

    Until Sunday when I received a private mail from this older gentleman, demanding to speak to me on the phone to "discuss" an offensive comment. I ignored it and got another message this afternoon, asking me for my phone number, I said no. And then he started saying he's going to find where I work and call my place of employment to talk to my manager. Wtf!!


  • #1219
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Those crazy lunatics who call themselves Pro-Lifers. I would consider myself pro life. I personally wouldn't have an abortion. But that's just me and I wouldn't judge, or have much of an opinion on a woman who would have or have had an abortion. It's none of my business.

    On Saturday, after the court (who should have no business deciding things like this) decided to let the doctors turn the dead lady's machine off, some pro life website popped up on my news feed berating ireland for not giving the baby a fair chance, berating the doctors but worst of all, berating the womans family for not wanting a grandchild and obviously not loving their daughter enough.

    Most of these people commenting, being nasty, seemed to be American. Of course I posted, I wasn't rude, but I went against what they said. I was met with a barrage of abuse, calling me an idiot, stupid, heartless ect. That was grand, water off a ducks back.

    Until Sunday when I received a private mail from this older gentleman, demanding to speak to me on the phone to "discuss" an offensive comment. I ignored it and got another message this afternoon, asking me for my phone number, I said no. And then he started saying he's going to find where I work and call my place of employment to talk to my manager. Wtf!!

    Some people are absolute nutters, tell him I'll talk to him!


  • #1220
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Those crazy lunatics who call themselves Pro-Lifers. I would consider myself pro life. I personally wouldn't have an abortion. But that's just me and I wouldn't judge, or have much of an opinion on a woman who would have or have had an abortion. It's none of my business.

    On Saturday, after the court (who should have no business deciding things like this) decided to let the doctors turn the dead lady's machine off, some pro life website popped up on my news feed berating ireland for not giving the baby a fair chance, berating the doctors but worst of all, berating the womans family for not wanting a grandchild and obviously not loving their daughter enough.

    Most of these people commenting, being nasty, seemed to be American. Of course I posted, I wasn't rude, but I went against what they said. I was met with a barrage of abuse, calling me an idiot, stupid, heartless ect. That was grand, water off a ducks back.

    Until Sunday when I received a private mail from this older gentleman, demanding to speak to me on the phone to "discuss" an offensive comment. I ignored it and got another message this afternoon, asking me for my phone number, I said no. And then he started saying he's going to find where I work and call my place of employment to talk to my manager. Wtf!!


    You get these kind of extremes on both sides. They are best left ignored. With any luck they'll burn themselves out with their own spite and hatred. Also, I too am pro-life but a read of the judgment sums it all up tbh - there is no way that baby would have survived and the media did not report all the harrowing details of that poor woman's condition. :( Reminds me of a similar TA wrt animal rights activists. Again, I support animal rights and attend peacefeul demonstrations and lobby politicians etc but there are some "activists" that really should be shot. The kind that spit on old ladies coming out of Barnardos furs and chain themselves to trees and accuse people who eat meat of being the spawn of satan. Morons :(


  • #1221
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    On the Cooking thread, there was a mention of extreme veggie types who would not eat figs, because fig pollination requires the death of a wasp.....now thats extreme.

    That and the "I don't eat meat, except for burgers" brigade.


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  • #1222
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Lol my bunch of happy saps family just accidentally video called me by mistake. Dad's the greatest technospa I know, yet he inadvertently video called me. Cue the both of them gawking into the screen and appearing like back of the spoon images. Then the, "hold on til we show your brother!", running down the hall to wake him up to show him what his sister of 30 years looks like. Then the dog, "look can you see her?!", they screech as the poor dumb animal backs away from the phone. "It's Mommy ONW!". Then the three of them gawking at me again, "are you in work? It doesn't look like you're in work! Show us your desk!" Ah ffs....

    I love them really. There'll come a day when I'd love to get a video call from them all :(


  • #1223
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    On the Cooking thread, there was a mention of extreme veggie types who would not eat figs, because fig pollination requires the death of a wasp.....now thats extreme.

    That and the "I don't eat meat, except for burgers" brigade.


    "I'm a vegetarian...except for fish"


  • #1224
    grundie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 458 ✭✭grundie


    When someone gets on the bus and starts opening/closing windows before sitting themselves down. If they asked other passengers first I wouldn't mind, it just when they decide that they want the environment their particular way and don't care what other passengers think.


  • #1225
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    grundie wrote: »
    When someone gets on the bus and starts opening/closing windows before sitting themselves down. If they asked other passengers first I wouldn't mind, it just when they decide that they want the environment their particular way and don't care what other passengers think.


    Yes! And also, opening a window beside them has f.uck all effect on them anyway. If the had to sit a few seats up or down from the window they just opened they'd know all about it :(


  • #1226
    McChubbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭McChubbin


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I have a bottle of that at home mc chubbin, I hate it so it's practically brand new. (Maybe used twice). I'll have a look and if I find it you can have it
    Fantastic! If you find it, fire off a PM so we can arrange postage. :D
    Don't understand why you'd hate it, though. It's lovely. Granted, everyone's entitled to have different tastes. :/

    TA at the moment: I have too many books piling up, unread, on my desk. I swore to myself when I got my Kindle that my days of risking my bookcase collasping on top of me would be over but no- I simply can't resist a good bargain in Easons. It also doesn't help that one of my mother's friend's daughters works in the shop's warehouse and can get me virtually any book I want with her 25% staff discount. It's a blessing because I love to read but a curse when I can't decide what to read first!


  • #1227
    westernfrenzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭westernfrenzy


    I hate procrastinating reading

    I've got 11 books to read :(


  • #1228
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    "I'm a vegetarian...except for fish"

    I love asking for the vegetarian breakfast, with two sausages. The puzzled look I get is priceless. The veggie breakfasts are lovely, lots of nice stuff that's not in the full Irish. It's the best of both worlds ;)


  • #1229
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    westernfrenzy wrote: »
    I hate procrastinating reading

    I've got 11 books to read :(


    One of my kids got a book for my birthday, which I already have on my Kindle, so I thought I will take it back to the shop to change it. No receipt, and the aul one on the shop is a bit of a wagon, so I go in, all prepared for battle, and I explain the situation, the aul one pipes up with "No problem, swap for another one and if you don't see anything you like, we can give you a refund".....balls!


  • #1230
    saralou2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 261 ✭✭saralou2011


    czechlin wrote:
    People having their birthdays right before, during and after Christmas. I know it's not their fault but FECK!!!


    same as feckers that choose to have their weddings around Xmas


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  • #1231
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    westernfrenzy wrote: »
    I hate procrastinating reading

    I've got 11 books to read :(

    Same... got a good couple of books for Christmas, didn't know which to start first, now I want to read several all at once...


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