The moaning old git thread

[LaKraven]

People who end sentences with, "innit!"

Here's a list of Mancisms I despise:
> Init
> Reet
> Nowt
> Muppet
> "As if for say"
> "Got for go"

Hell, every time they open their mouths I want to smash them with a brick!

[Jacko]

People who ask, "can I get one those?"
Instead of, "could I have a....?"

We're not american

This annoys the shit out of me, to the point where, last year, at McDonalds (I know, I went in for a coffee) a bloke well into his 20s said 'can I get a...' and I said to him 'no, you can't get anything, you tell him what you want and he gets it'.. Cue blank looks and a puzzled expression, he had no idea what I'd said or why I said it.. Moron!

I do it a lot now, I don't care what thick people I don't know think of me..

[Penfold]

What annoys me is the robbing bar stewards who buy stuff online using my card. Seems they managed to change or get hold of my secure passowrd aswell.
On top of that the laptop won't boot up so need to find someome to get all the data from it.

Looks like the service due on the glee will now have to wait. :evil:

[ProfG]

My pet hate is 'in actual fact'    

I have always wondered what is a non actual fact.

People who end sentences with, "innit!"


Aarrgghhh

Innit is really annoying, innit  

[StromGeeza]

My pet hate is 'in actual fact'    

I have always wondered what is a non actual fact.

Non actual facts are the currency of politicians.


Innit?  Geeza

[Catballou]

When supermarkets think we are idiots
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/shelves/ ... ?_fbr=ASDA

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/shelves/ ... ?_fbr=ASDA


The difference, colour of packaging, colour of capsules, name  & price 26p yes 26p

As for the ingredients...identical

[Gassoon]

Speaking of shops, today I'm totally sick of the Metrocentre in Gateshead. I'm forever being dragged around there...into soddin Primark, make-up shops, then the rest you can probably guess. I feel like I'm a bloody shopping robot sometimes, with the other shopping robots buzzing round til the batteries fizzle down, then seek coffee, soup-bowl sized stupid cups of coffee...big enough to weep into.



Feck - its only the first day of the half-term    :limp: (in actual fact, innit)

[Tusker]

get the mississ to leave you at the man creche,,,   She doesn't have to pre-book she can just pay at the bar

 

[hookie]

I friend of mine tried this. On accompanying his good lady into the 20th clothes shop on a day out, he found the largest pair of ladies knickers he could find, held them up in the air all stretched out and shouted to her across the store if these were the ones that were her size and did she want them. That was the last time she took him shopping....

It has been scientifically proven that shopping causes marked stress symptoms in men and should therefore not be encouraged.

[Gassoon]

I will try this! All in the name of science, of course! I'll note reaction times, measure the red-shift in (daughters) faces etc etc , do it all proper science, like

I'd better talk to the security guards first, maybe...

[Just realised I have indulged in one of my pet hates there...typed 'etc' more than once ]

[Jeff999]

Gassoon I'll lend you my son for the Metro. He just goes and waits in Weatherspoon's.. Innit...

[StromGeeza]

I friend of mine tried this. On accompanying his good lady into the 20th clothes shop on a day out, he found the largest pair of ladies knickers he could find, held them up in the air all stretched out and shouted to her across the store if these were the ones that were her size and did she want them. That was the last time she took him shopping....

Or holding aloft a bottle of appropriately-coloured cosmetic and shouting out "This looks just like my sp*nk doesn't it?"

[Catballou]

get the mississ to leave you at the man creche,,,   She doesn't have to pre-book she can just pay at the bar

 

     

[hookie]

Whilst on the subject our good ladies what are other forum users experience of their usage of paintbrushes? We moved to France about 2 years ago and are slowly doing up an old house out in the sticks. Whilst looking for something such as a roll of tape I find a paintbrush, rock solid with dried paint and carefully wrapped up in cling film. This not an isolated incident. I find them all the time along with paint rollers in plastic bags and tins of paint (now useless) with the lids not properly sealed. When tackled about this I am told in no uncertain terms that the brushes and rollers were wrapped for later use and/or they're so cheap is doesn't matter does it and the unsealed tins of paint were nearly empty anyway. Some have been carefully put away for nearly 2 years now. The conversation then normally moves on to handbags and shoes and rapidly goes downhill.  I have discussed my findings with others interested in the female psyche and it seems to be very common trait. Is this a common experience and is there a help line she (or I!) could call?

[Juvecu]

Lucky git! I have to do all the painting and DIY myself

[Catballou]

We have a paint brush cleaning tool in our house, fits on the drill and spins the paint out of the brushes, of course they need prepping .. I do that  

result lovely clean brushes & rollers

[hookie]

That would mean letting her use one of my drills! I'd never see it again and I'd have to clean all the paint splattered where she'd cleaned the brush. I think I prefer the present situation of discovering  paint brushes hidden in strange places!

[Jacko]

I find it best not to let the missus anywhere near things like paintbrushes or scrapers etc. She starts a job with the enthusiasm of a toddler on Skittles but it soon melts away after 15 minutes, she gets bored and just leaves it all in a half finished mess.. Meaning I have to step in and redo her bit and finish it off properly, I've learnt from this and now hide all the tools..

[Moorsie]

I have a small list of things that grind my gears....  :banghead:

People who say "obviously", when whatever they are talking about clearly isn't obvious!

Using 'text speak' in emails - you are just bone idle!

50mph speed limits on dual-carriageways, simply because a pedestrian got knocked down once as they were too lazy to use the subway or footbridge (if you live near Poole, you'll know what I'm on about)

The phrase "at the end of the day..."

Overuse of the word "Basically.."

Bus Lanes - as JC once said, "Why do the poor need to get anywhere faster than me?"

Doctor's receptionists - trained to excel in rudeness and inflexibility

The Post Office, so what if I paid for my postage online?  I'm still bringing the parcel to you, meaning you still need to be open and the money all goes the same way.

Halloween, another daft American BS holiday that means I have to spend an evening at home with all the lights off to avoid giving greedy little buggers sweets for no good reason (any other night this would be called peadophilia - giving sweets to kids unbeknown to you that is!)


That'll do for now, but there are many more - I think it is prudent to pace myself.

[MartinW]

Trick or Treat is basically legalised theft and harassement of older people, who live in terror of the doorbell ringing.

I would love to open my front door in a blood stained apron with a big knife in my hand (or even a chainsaw) and say "actually, I think I will go for the trick tonight sonny" and go from there.

 :occasion-happyhalloween: