Topic: The small things in life that really hannoy

[Crosby Nick]

Might just be because I hate how hot and sweaty I get commuting to and from the office but I get irrationally annoyed when I see people wearing coats, or even jumpers on the tube when it’s this hot. Absolute oddballs.

[El Lobo]

Easyjet now making you pay for cabin luggage by slightly trimming the measurements of allowable cabin luggage to just below the size of cabin suitcase that millions have invested in buying.

So now there'll be millions of surplus cabin suitcases that people can't use in cabins (unless they want to pay through the nose for the 'privilege')

There's four of us in our family so we'd have to pay 4 times (thing was about £160!!!) so just booked a large suitcase for the hold (£60) and we can take smaller bags into the cabin for free.

Always adding more and more costs onto flights, the rip-off gobshites.

They're getting as bad as Ryanair with all their additional extras. We're going France/Switzerland for Xmas this year so have been looking for flights, used Skyscanner and they came up the cheapest....but you then have to add baggage, seat selections going and coming back, hold luggage, speedy check-in, and it ends up that its actually cheaper flying BA Economy+.

We went to Cyprus with Jet2 last month and they were surprisingly good

[Statto Red]

Might just be because I hate how hot and sweaty I get commuting to and from the office but I get irrationally annoyed when I see people wearing coats, or even jumpers on the tube when it’s this hot. Absolute oddballs.

The tube is the worst for humidity too, even in the middle of winter temps, can be near 50C on underground sections because of the humidity

[rob1966]

We're getting a few hot days and its fucking panic mode - the elderly need to drink water and stay in hiding from the sun that they've never experienced in their decades of existence, its gonna be hot so, PANIC PANIC PANIC.

When did this country become such ananny state

[El Lobo]

We're getting a few hot days and its fucking panic mode - the elderly need to drink water and stay in hiding from the sun that they've never experienced in their decades of existence, its gonna be hot so, PANIC PANIC PANIC.

When did this country become such a nanny state

We've got a couple of 'older' women in the office who have had to resort to cardigans and cuppa soup (I shit you not) today because its 'too cold with the windows open'. Thankfully they're the ones who do half days, so can now crank the aircon up (well....down)

[I've been a good boy]

They're getting as bad as Ryanair with all their additional extras. We're going France/Switzerland for Xmas this year so have been looking for flights, used Skyscanner and they came up the cheapest....but you then have to add baggage, seat selections going and coming back, hold luggage, speedy check-in, and it ends up that its actually cheaper flying BA Economy+.

We went to Cyprus with Jet2 last month and they were surprisingly good

They're crap, no different to Ryanair with all their fucking add-ons. Didn't realise they had quietly changed the cabin suitcase dimensions, that's a dick move on their part.

[SamLad]

My laptop has developed a weird pink tint which is the size of the taskbar, at the bottom of the screen, not sure what the fix is either.

not a bug -- it is Pride Month, y'know.

[Elmo!]

My laptop has developed a weird pink tint which is the size of the taskbar, at the bottom of the screen, not sure what the fix is either.

Your laptops got pink eye.

[rob1966]

We've got a couple of 'older' women in the office who have had to resort to cardigans and cuppa soup (I shit you not) today because its 'too cold with the windows open'. Thankfully they're the ones who do half days, so can now crank the aircon up (well....down)

Used to hate working in the office when we shared it with the women from Training - they got in way before us, used to whack the aircon up to 28c, so by the time we got in you couldn't breathe. There were two controllers and the women in the office were constantly adjusting only one of them and the aircon spent all day fighting with itself. The engineer used to get so pissed off when he came in, you could see him thinking "just fucking leave the bastard thing alone"

[CheshireDave]

Used to hate working in the office when we shared it with the women from Training - they got in way before us, used to whack the aircon up to 28c, so by the time we got in you couldn't breathe. There were two controllers and the women in the office were constantly adjusting only one of them and the aircon spent all day fighting with itself. The engineer used to get so pissed off when he came in, you could see him thinking "just fucking leave the bastard thing alone"

28c is mad. I am kicking off when people change our's to 23c. Unfortunately for them I sit right next to it and I like it set around 20c.

[I've been a good boy]

The fact that it's going from 28 degrees on Friday to a wet and rainy 17 on Saturday

[Nobby Reserve]

Having an itch really deep in your ear that you can't get to

[rob1966]

Having an itch really deep in your ear that you can't get to

Don't stick anything down there to try scratch it whatever you do.

[Nobby Reserve]

Don't stick anything down there to try scratch it whatever you do.

Is that the voice of bitter experience?

 

[rob1966]

Is that the voice of bitter experience?

 

Thankfully no.

They did a feature in a motorbike magazine I used to read about hearing damage and earplugs and the specialist they were talking to told a tale of a bloke who used fuse wire to get the wax out of an ear, he got the wax out, plus most of the small bones 

[ToneLa]

We're getting a few hot days and its fucking panic mode - the elderly need to drink water and stay in hiding from the sun that they've never experienced in their decades of existence, its gonna be hot so, PANIC PANIC PANIC.

When did this country become such ananny state

Britain: spend eleven months wishing it was hot
and one month panicking about it

[rob1966]

Britain: spend eleven months wishing it was hot
and one month panicking about it

My 11 yr old has been told they might not be allowed out to play at school tomorrow as its too hot

Just FUCK OFF you fucking wankers

[ToneLa]

My 11 yr old has been told they might not be allowed out to play at school tomorrow as its too hot

Just FUCK OFF you fucking wankers

Wtf

Here's me in shorts for about six weeks now, with a neck fan

I get looking after kids and the elderly but I've travelled enough to know hotter countries DEAL WITH IT

Do these people think kids don't play in Spain?

There's always steps you can take. I'm part cactus, I love the heat, but shorts, freezing drinks, hydration, air con, fans...

Britain hates air conditioning. We're closer to it in our cars than our homes.

Air con in winter is good even. Its conditioning.... This country is annoyingly bad at coping with any weather.

[AndyInVA]

Looking at the schedule and thinking we only play one game a week and kick off at 3 except for the first week.

Then realizing this is the schedule before the TV companies rape it up and down.

[AndyInVA]

My 11 yr old has been told they might not be allowed out to play at school tomorrow as its too hot

Just FUCK OFF you fucking wankers

Ridiculous. Should its hot. Punishing kids when its hot is ridiculous.

[rob1966]

Ridiculous. Should its hot. Punishing kids when its hot is ridiculous.

It's one sodding day too, it's pissing it down tomorrow ffs.

They've just been to crete where it was constant sun every day they've been to Orlando in May where it hit 107f/42c, I'm sure they can cope with with a hour in the sun

[Buck Pete]

Looking at the schedule and thinking we only play one game a week and kick off at 3 except for the first week.

Then realizing this is the schedule before the TV companies rape it up and down.

Yep.  Gone are the days of getting the fixtures and booking your holidays or whatever immediately

If we want to go to the match then the rest of our social lives are controlled by bloody SKY and BT

[Barneylfc∗]

Yep.  Gone are the days of getting the fixtures and booking your holidays or whatever immediately

If we want to go to the match then the rest of our social lives are controlled by bloody SKY and BT

It's a complete pisstake when you look at the dates the TV companies are making their picks too, and even at that, the dates for that aren't even set in stone.

My lad is doing his GCSEs this year, so it's a pain in the c*nt trying to decide what games I can get him to that won't be fucked around with so much that he has to take a day off school.

[Crimson]

You're in the UK with what 25 degrees? I grant you it's a bit too hot, but I'm in the North with 11 degrees, wind and rain.. 

[Nobby Reserve]

The BBC Sport quizzes where you have to type in names. It used to allow spelling errors but now seems to have stopped that so you need to get the spelling spot on.

Makes it utterly pointless.


(eg - the current one is actors playing sportspeople in film. Wouldn't accept Geena Davies (it's Geena Davis) nor Taron Edgerton (Taron Egerton) nor Jean Claude van Damm (Jean-Claude van Damme))

[CraigDS]

The BBC Sport quizzes where you have to type in names. It used to allow spelling errors but now seems to have stopped that so you need to get the spelling spot on.

Makes it utterly pointless.


(eg - the current one is actors playing sportspeople in film. Wouldn't accept Geena Davies (it's Geena Davis) nor Taron Edgerton (Taron Egerton) nor Jean Claude van Damm (Jean-Claude van Damme))

I get the last one, but the other two are just incorrect 

[Nobby Reserve]

I get the last one, but the other two are just incorrect 

There's one tiny spelling error.

They both sound the same when pronounced

[rob1966]

ITV news just done a feature "why do you need to go abroad?" then showing Skegness with its one day of sun this year. Why go abroad?, because it'll be fucking pissing it down tomorrow thats why. Zante 7 days forecast is min 27c, max 31c, bit of cloud over the weekend and then unbroken sun, its 16c here on Sunday ffs.

[El_Frank]

Royal Ascot this week and two things have bugged me:

1. Owners of winning horses effectively booting the stable staff out the way so they can lead up their horse and take all the glory. Those guys deserve days like that, they do not deserve to be booted out of the way by billionaires, but then...billionaires gotta billionaire.
2. The constant preaching about welfare and sustainability etc. I know it's all for PR purposes but it grinds my gears. The sustainability stuff is just a load of bollocks. The welfare stuff...well, sure you're cooling the horses down in 30 degree weather, but you're then making them run in it for a mile and a half, two miles and a half. Two horses had heat stress on the first day when it wasn't much above 21 degrees ffs. I love animals and I also love horse racing but call a spade a spade when it is one and stop the PR nonsense show.

[Tesco tearaway]

ITV news just done a feature "why do you need to go abroad?" then showing Skegness with its one day of sun this year. Why go abroad?, because it'll be fucking pissing it down tomorrow thats why. Zante 7 days forecast is min 27c, max 31c, bit of cloud over the weekend and then unbroken sun, its 16c here on Sunday ffs.

Went to Zante/Zakynthos about 30 years ago; it was fucking great from the little bit I can remember 

[rob1966]

Went to Zante/Zakynthos about 30 years ago; it was fucking great from the little bit I can remember 

Pissed most of the time then eh

Love the place. We've been to Alykynes 3 times, last time was about 7 years ago, loved it, Proper family owned Greek restaurants, horse and cart taxis and the sea was dead warm and full of fish.

[Tesco tearaway]

Pissed most of the time then eh

Love the place. We've been to Alykynes 3 times, last time was about 7 years ago, loved it, Proper family owned Greek restaurants, horse and cart taxis and the sea was dead warm and full of fish.

Yup! 

Sitting with a load of locals at 3 in the morning, all of us pissed as farts, and one of them says...
"Who wants to come with me to the market to get my supplies for tomorrow?"
"Me!" I said.
Five minutes later we are whizzing along unlit dirt tracks in a wreck of a van with only one working sidelight!
Fucking shitting myself all the way there and back while he was laughing his bollocks off 

[rob1966]

Yup! 

Sitting with a load of locals at 3 in the morning, all of us pissed as farts, and one of them says...
"Who wants to come with me to the market to get my supplies for tomorrow?"
"Me!" I said.
Five minutes later we are whizzing along unlit dirt tracks in a wreck of a van with only one working sidelight!
Fucking shitting myself all the way there and back while he was laughing his bollocks off 

[Statto Red]

Speaking of weather, one rag was always predicting doomsday weather, the worst winter in 50 years, then hottest summer ever, & always ended up getting it wrong.

[RAWK Meltdown #1]

Questions like...."who's the best? Ronaldo or De Bruyne"

(Recently mooted on the BBC sport-web..)

Why does it hannoy??

It hannoys becaause....logically...and I'm talking Vulcan "Spock" type logic here.....the ONLY person ever qualified to answer these type of questions...is somebody who is demonstrably better (at playing football) than BOTH of the parties being compared.

Have you ever played 5-a-side with....(let's make a fictitious character up....let's call him big Kev from Garston) and bless him, it's quite obvious that he really loves to play the game...really has a go...but he'll never be any good so long as he's got a hole in his arse...Well why does it always seem to be THESE kind of lads who are often the most opinionated about these kinds of "who's the best" type questions?

Really!!...Like THEY'D actually know!!

The interweb is riddled with these "big Kev from Garston" types and they occupy entire threads, pages long...debating this or that, but if you ever actually played football with them, you'd likely soon realise that they're simply not qualified to hold the bold opinions they often espouse.

I may be wrong about this of course....but I'm talking about lads you may have played with "in their prime" so to speak...back when you too...were in your "prime"...so I'm not just having a go at the many faded, jaded fat-arsed amongst us who still like to kick a ball about... and who once used to be a really useful player...back in the day.

Nope...I'm talking about those amongst us (and you KNOW who you are!!) ....who have realised that they're much better at amateur football punditry than they ever were at actually playing the game.

The imposters.

These are silly questions designed to draw out the bold opinions of the unqualified and the unskilled IMHO.

These kind of questions ought to be BANNED!!

gRRRR...

 

[Statto Red]

Having an itch down my ear, that i cant reach with even my little finger.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

The fact that this world seems intent on only making shoes and boots for men with teeny, tiny baby feet

[killer-heels]

People enjoying themselves in events  to raise money for schools in Tory voting areas.

[Crosby Nick]

The fact that this world seems intent on only making shoes and boots for men with teeny, tiny baby feet

There’s lots out there mate, you just need to know where to look.

[reddebs]

Oh my fucking good god!

Fucking useless drivers, fucking traffic and fucking goddamn roadworks.

Four and a half bastard hours it's taken me to get home today and I'm nearly hoarse from screaming "fucking move you useless fucking prick" to drivers who plod along in the outside lane doing 55mph 😡

God give me fucking strength!!!