Topic: The small things in life that really hannoy

[Ghost Town]

People ending sentences with "They're".

For example, "Ending a sentence with "They're" is idiotic, even accounting for people being as stupid as they're".

Seen it a few times online recently. You'd never pronounce it that way, so why write it that way.

Ha ha, Yes!

It's rare that I agree with language and grammar whinges (there's nothing wrong with verbing nouns, for example) but this is one I can get behind. Those who end sentences with 'they're' don't seem to realise quite how incorrect and annoying it's.

[PaulF]

I don't think I've ever seen it. I can't even imagine when you use it. Is it akin to the way people now randomly insert like into sentences.

[tubby]

I've never seen that either.  But I don't do social media either, which probably helps.

[Elmo!]

I've never seen that either.  But I don't do social media either, which probably helps.

I think it's always been on Reddit that I have seen it.

[Nobby Reserve]

The MoneySavingExpert forums. 

​​​​​​​Been a member for years but hardly ever posted, just to ask questions or for advice every so often.

But it used to be a nice site, full of helpful people and with an anti-corporate/anti-'Tory' feel to it.

Went on today to get some info on energy bills. Place seems to have been taken over by corporate shills trying to stamp out criticism of profiteering twats and business shysters.

[24/7]

Is that similar to medaling?
(and wait for the usual suspects to rock up and unmask the perp)

Continuing this theme. Saw one today. "screenshot".

Not, "I can take a screenshot for you."

"I can screenshot it for you."
 

[Riquende]

Continuing this theme. Saw one today. "screenshot".

Not, "I can take a screenshot for you."

"I can screenshot it for you."
 

Quite.

Clearly it should be 'screenshoot' in that example.

Not better?

[ToneLa]

Waking up early on my day off when I am plenty tired WTF

[So… Howard Philips]

Waking up early on my day off when I am plenty tired WTF

I woke up early to get ready to take my wife to her sister’s, then drop them off in town only to be told we don’t need to be there until 11.

Hence me posting now rather than being on the road.

[PaulF]

People that think 8am is early.

[Nobby Reserve]

People that think 8am is early.

It is.

[Nobby Reserve]

People who think midnight is late.

[redbyrdz]

People who think midnight is late.

It is. Everything after midnight is early by definition.

[SamLad]

people who think their bizarre dreams are remotely interesting. 

[SamLad]

this morning I've had BBC World on the tv (on vacation, it's the only English-language news available).

"World News"?  you're having a laugh.

the top story is KC3 not going to France for a state visit.

they've spent more time whinging about that than - literally - all the other items put together.  they even went live to Macron's press conference in Belgium breathlessly waiting for him to discuss this calamity, only to bail out after 10 minutes coz he's allowing himself to be distracted by trifles like his country burning down with protests, and that irritating Ukraine thingee.

fucking idiots.

[afc tukrish]

people who think their bizarre dreams are remotely interesting. 

Unsubscribes from SamLad's newsletter, set on successive somatic state updates from Spion...

[alonsoisared]

Social historians on TV offering context that has absolutely no relevance other than trying to make the chosen subject seem more interesting than it is.

"It's really difficult to talk about the adventures of tinky winky and la la without understanding that this was New Labour and the peak of Britpop."

[Boston always unofficial]

The supermarket didn't have any Digestive biscuits today.

[Hazell]

Waking up early on my day off when I am plenty tired WTF

Don't you love waking up early and hen realising it's your day off and going back to sleep. It's awesome.

[afc tukrish]

The supermarket didn't have any Digestive biscuits today.

Did you buy the Indigestibles?

[SvenJohansen]

people who think their bizarre dreams are remotely interesting. 

My wife has some crazy dreams which always make me laugh. I keep telling her to write them down and put them all together to make a story. She won't though.

[ToneLa]

Don't you love waking up early and hen realising it's your day off and going back to sleep. It's awesome.

I can't do this anymore
I USED to love that. Especially if other people were working haha

So I went for a run in the park early and went to Aldi

THERE'S WORSE DAYS

What hannoys is I will likely wake at 8am or earlier tomorrow!

[The G in Gerrard]

Overdoing toast.

[I've been a good boy]

Companies that do competitions but never seem to announce a winner. Stinks of a scheme to get people to sign up to a newsletter.

[ToneLa]

Companies that do competitions but never seem to announce a winner. Stinks of a scheme to get people to sign up to a newsletter.

I presume 99% of them are scams for your deets

[PaulF]

Those unsightly slip stop things appearing in supermarkets with tubes to the roof. I don't mind them per se, but it annoys me I don't know what they do and why have they just sprung up?

[Hazell]

I can't do this anymore
I USED to love that. Especially if other people were working haha

So I went for a run in the park early and went to Aldi

THERE'S WORSE DAYS

What hannoys is I will likely wake at 8am or earlier tomorrow!

I spoke too soon given I had to wake up early cos I have loads of work to do. Bastards.

[dimitri]

Modern English for you or maybe I'm getting old.

People starting every sentence with the word "So."  - oh, do piss off!!

Reach out/ reach out to me - do fuckoff and do one.

It is what it is - wtf is the point of that?

[So… Howard Philips]

Modern English for you or maybe I'm getting old.

People starting every sentence with the word "So."  - oh, do piss off!!

Reach out/ reach out to me - do fuckoff and do one.

It is what it is - wtf is the point of that?

Be careful. I raised the same objection and my details were immediately altered, as you can see.

[dimitri]

So, why don't you change it? It is what is though - If you do need help, reach out 

[afc tukrish]

So, why don't you change it? It is what is though - If you do need help, reach out 

 

[redbyrdz]

Modern English for you or maybe I'm getting old.

People starting every sentence with the word "So."  - oh, do piss off!!

Reach out/ reach out to me - do fuckoff and do one.

It is what it is - wtf is the point of that?

It is what it is really annoys me too. Well, what the fuck is it?!?


Also this funny-not-so-funny way of answering "yes" to an either-or question. If you want both, just say "both".

[alonsoisared]

"I did a thing!"
"Well, that happened"
"It's been real"

[24/7]

So, why don't you change it? It is what is though - If you do need help, reach out 

In my work head, I'm killing you right now..... (<--- well, that happened!)

[liverbloke]

sounds like a 'posh' hannoy but...

looking at a restaurant offering a 'prix fixe' (basically french for fixed price) menu for £25 then reading through it only for it to say 'sirloin steak an extra £4'

what the....    it's called a fucking fixed price menu so how is it 'fixed' at £25 if you have to pay extra for steak?

je suis hannoyed

[afc tukrish]

sounds like a 'posh' hannoy but...

looking at a restaurant offering a 'prix fixe' (basically french for fixed price) menu for £25 then reading through it only for it to say 'sirloin steak an extra £4'

what the....    it's called a fucking fixed price menu so how is it 'fixed' at £25 if you have to pay extra for steak?

je suis hannoyed

 

[Graeme]

Clothing sizes. If I buy two tops/polos/shirts from the same shop in the same size, they should be the same fucking size no?

[Barneylfc∗]

Clothing sizes. If I buy two tops/polos/shirts from the same shop in the same size, they should be the same fucking size no?

Annoys the fuck out of me.
Since lockdown started a couple of years ago, they've reduced the size of large clothes and I have to buy extra large now.

[reddebs]

Cheeky bastards who think you'll work for nothing, or next to nothing.

You don't like my prices, tough fucking tittie, go somewhere else then I ain't that desperate!!

[Charlie Adams fried egg]

Annoys the fuck out of me.
Since lockdown started a couple of years ago, they've reduced the size of large clothes and I have to buy extra large now.

I didn't know that, just thought I'd become a fat bastard.