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Trivial things that annoy you part 8191.1

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  • #6122
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    New Home wrote: »
    Talking about biros, my TA is that I don't seem to be able to get those BIC biros with a fine ballpoint any more, they were yelloy/orangy on the outside - I've been told they've been discontinued. Poo.

    Aaaaaghh! A BIC is a ballpoint pen, as is a Biro(he invented it) so you can't have a BIC Biro....:mad

    Same as people referring to the Samsung vacuum cleaner as a "Hoover"

    I'm sorry, it's Monday and I'm tired:)


  • #6123
    wally79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,955 ✭✭✭wally79


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Aaaaaghh! A BIC is a ballpoint pen, as is a Biro(he invented it) so you can't have a BIC Biro....:mad

    Same as people referring to the Samsung vacuum cleaner as a "Hoover"

    I'm sorry, it's Monday and I'm tired:)

    You're correct of course but they have been widely accepted terms for the entire range of related products for several generations


  • #6124
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,564 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    wally79 wrote: »
    You're correct of course but they have been widely accepted terms for the entire range of related products for several generations

    Exactly.
    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Aaaaaghh! A BIC is a ballpoint pen, as is a Biro(he invented it) so you can't have a BIC Biro....:mad

    Yes you can, because BIC makes razors too.


  • #6125
    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,659 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    New Home wrote: »
    Exactly.



    Yes you can, because BIC makes razors too.

    That was it!! I could not remember for the life of me what else they made. I could've Googled it but that's admitting defeat :P


  • #6126
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    wally79 wrote: »
    You're correct of course but they have been widely accepted terms for the entire range of related products for several generations
    New Home wrote: »
    Exactly.

    Ah yes, but that's my TA, and I never refer to any vacuum cleaner as a Hoover, unless it actually is Hoover.

    Yes you can, because BIC makes razors too.

    But you still can't have a BIC Biro...only a BIC pen.

    Dunno about the razor thing, I always call a razor a razor...is that a brand? If so I am guilty of my own TA, and that really is annoying:)


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  • #6127
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Saw a few more blinkered people walking like zombies. Was a guy in a motorised scooter/wheelchair trying to weave through them.

    Came very close to shouting at them to make room. I'd install an air horn from an artic if I ever need one.


  • #6128
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,564 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    But you still can't have a BIC Biro...only a BIC pen.

    Dunno about the razor thing, I always call a razor a razor...is that a brand? If so I am guilty of my own TA, and that really is annoying:)

    WARNING - PEDANTIC COMMENTS TO FOLLOW:     :pac:

    Razor isn't a brand, BIC is. And I didn't mention BIC Biros, I mentioned BIC biros. ;)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen
    BIC also make lighters, by the way.

    END OF PEDANTIC COMMENTS.


  • #6129
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    New Home wrote: »

    WARNING - PEDANTIC COMMENTS TO FOLLOW:     :pac:

    Razor isn't a brand, BIC is. And I didn't mention BIC Biros, I mentioned BIC biros. ;)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen
    BIC also make lighters, by the way.

    END OF PEDANTIC COMMENTS.

    Exactly.

    Right, I'm off out of here in my new Landrover Jeep;)


  • #6130
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    eisenberg1 wrote:
    Right, I'm off out of here in my new Landrover Jeep

    Shotgun !!!


  • #6131
    KatW4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭KatW4


    I can't send text messages from my phone. Super annoying :(


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  • #6132
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    Condescending twats on boards :mad:


  • #6133
    JustShon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭JustShon


    SAMTALK wrote: »
    Condescending twats on boards :mad:

    So boards in general then?


  • #6134
    beach_walker
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 976 ✭✭✭beach_walker


    Boards is acting up a bit and that stupid sticky header feature enabled itself. Who on earth wants that, begone!


  • #6135
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    JustShon wrote: »
    So boards in general then?

    Some days yeah...

    Hate the way people attack some posters needlessly thats all.


  • #6136
    Colser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭Colser


    Calypso27 wrote: »
    I think I managed to get about 3 hours of sleep last night, so tired.
    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Same here Calypso


    :mad:

    I am nearly used to it at this stage.
    Hugo Stiglitz wrote: »
    Same here, lads. Woke up in the afternoon yesterday. Not a hope of an early night.
    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Same here, but I was afraid to go to sleep, having had the squirts all evening...:(
    Ive the opposite problem here..I had a duvet day yesterday and had no problem sleeping all night,I honestly think that if I didnt work I would happily spend my life in the leaba:o

    Driving home just now and had a car glued to my bumper and of course it was a p*ick in an Audi,I hate to generalise but they do all seem to be as bad as each other (including the 2 in my own family).:(


  • #6137
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Colser wrote: »
    Driving home just now and had a car glued to my bumper and of course it was a p*ick in an Audi,I hate to generalise but they do all seem to be as bad as each other (including the 2 in my own family).:(

    I really hate that.

    I also do 10% more on the speedometer as I've heard that they can under read. furthermore, I sometimes do another 10% then again, so I'm definitely meeting the speed limit and a bit over. Regardless of that, I regularly have big knobs stuck to my bumper, half over the dividing line etc. Hate them.

    Edit: this isn't on motorways or dual carriageways either, so it's not like I'm in the middle lane or the likes.


  • #6138
    McChubbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭McChubbin


    TA'd that I made chocolate rice krispie cakes last night and the cooking chocolate I used to put on top of them is slightly too bitter for my tastes. Should've used milk chocolate IMO... :/
    Also annoyed that my eyes are constantly itchy, meaning my eyeshadow and liner keeps getting smeared. Guarenteed I'm going to end up looking like Furiosa before the evening's out!


  • #6139
    Calypso27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,210 ✭✭✭Calypso27


    Had such a sh1tty day, just got myself a tub of ice cream and a bottle of vodka. I have an appointment at the hospital at 8.15 tomorrow morning, great that I will be hungover on a Tuesday :P


  • #6140
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    Calypso27 wrote: »
    Had such a sh1tty day, just got myself a tub of ice cream and a bottle of vodka. I have an appointment at the hospital at 8.15 tomorrow morning, great that I will be hungover on a Tuesday :P

    Enjoy your treats there, Cally. Don't let the bastards get you down.

    Hope the appointment goes well too.


  • #6141
    selous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭selous


    Seen a lovely 161 Ford Mustang today....in TWO disabled parking spaces.


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  • #6142
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    selous wrote: »
    Seen a lovely 161 Ford Mustang today....in TWO disabled parking spaces.

    Scumbags! Beast of a car though!


  • #6143
    selous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭selous


    It was massive, it may have had a permit but I didn't see the front of it, twas in a multi-storey carpark, nose to barrier.


  • #6144
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    selous wrote: »
    It was massive, it may have had a permit but I didn't see the front of it, twas in a multi-storey carpark, nose to barrier.

    Did you take a selfie with it? It'll be a TA if you didn't! :p


  • #6145
    selous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭selous


    Em no.

    Security were watching it like a hawk, :cool:


  • #6146
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    selous wrote: »
    Em no.

    Security were watching it like a hawk, :cool:

    Bastards.


  • #6147
    selous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭selous


    Hopefully to tick the driver off for takin the "generous" parking liberty.

    (or earning their tip)


  • #6148
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    selous wrote: »
    Hopefully to tick the driver off for takin the "generous" parking liberty.

    (or earning their tip)

    They might enjoy swinging with the big dicks too much.


  • #6149
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Calypso27 wrote: »
    Had such a sh1tty day, just got myself a tub of ice cream and a bottle of vodka. I have an appointment at the hospital at 8.15 tomorrow morning, great that I will be hungover on a Tuesday :P

    Vodka is the friend of the aggrieved. Enjoy.


  • #6150
    KatW4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭KatW4


    One of my kittens was lying on the bed with his paws in the air, he had his eyes closed and he wasn't moving. I thought he was dead. I was nearly crying until my boyfriend picked him up. Turns out the little f***** was pretending to be asleep :O my bloody heart was in my mouth. Thanks Luna :(


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  • #6151
    Hugo Stiglitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,891 ✭✭✭✭Hugo Stiglitz


    KatW4 wrote: »
    One of my kittens was lying on the bed with his paws in the air, he had his eyes closed and he wasn't moving. I thought he was dead. I was nearly crying until my boyfriend picked him up. Turns out the little f***** was pretending to be asleep :O my bloody heart was in my mouth. Thanks Luna :(

    Oh that seriously plucked at my emotions! :o Am glad Luna was just faking it! :)


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