Now - i'm a chilled out chap but some things make me literally growl.
And its things that are meant to make the world easier !!!
These are mostly 'smart arsed' things for me.
Shall i go first? Ok 
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The phrase 24/7 
What the hell is wrong with saying "all the time"??
Such a smart arsed saying, "Ooh i'm busy 24/7"
"Oh bloody-well are you now!!"
In the top right one tends to use the term 4711.
Day time running lights on cars.
WHY?
Why i ask thee !!!???
"Oh i need to be seen cos the great big fook off Range Rover I'm driving might just go unnoticed and get crashed into"
Really 
Otherwise my annoyances are not as other men's.
What's 4711?
I shudder to ask
Judges DANCING on "The Voice"
Its not about you Jessie J cloth - sit down !!!!
(People who support the existence of The Voice and BGT)
Four, Seven, Eleven! In a bold salute to briccolage it now means all the time.
Originally Posted by Saint:
Day time running lights on cars.
WHY?
Why i ask thee !!!???
"Oh i need to be seen cos the great big fook off Range Rover I'm driving might just go unnoticed and get crashed into"
Really
I agree with you but it's because of European legislation:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
(People who support the existence of The Voice and BGT)
Can we include the X Factor too?
That would make me an hypocrite mind pet. I always end up watching it due to complex tellybox trade offs.
Originally Posted by El Loro:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Day time running lights on cars.
WHY?
Why i ask thee !!!???
"Oh i need to be seen cos the great big fook off Range Rover I'm driving might just go unnoticed and get crashed into"
Really
I agree with you but it's because of European legislation:
And utterly unecessary.
Do you have difficulty seeing that 2 ton van in perfect day light?
Nope!!
SuperMarkets constantly moving their stock around to make us 'hunt' for stuff ... mostly when we're in a hurry
Packaging, it takes you twice as long to get in to anything
Originally Posted by Aimee:
Packaging, it takes you twice as long to get in to anything
Have to agree here.
"Have you brought your own bags?"
"Why?"
"To cut down on waste plastics"
ALL the food is swathed in the stuff !!!
Originally Posted by Aimee:
Packaging, it takes you twice as long to get in to anything
That's one of mine... (I'm sure have one of these threads annually 
) Those plastic sealed packets you alomst lose 2 fingers trying to get into! What if you want to take it back for a refund?!
Originally Posted by Saint:
Originally Posted by Aimee:
Packaging, it takes you twice as long to get in to anything
Have to agree here.
"Have you brought your own bags?"
"Why?"
"To cut down on waste plastics"
ALL the food is swathed in the stuff !!!
and if you haven't got your own bag they give you a bag that is so small you can only fit an apple in it so you need 20 bags to get your shopping home
Originally Posted by Saint:
SuperMarkets constantly moving their stock around to make us 'hunt' for stuff ... mostly when we're in a hurry
Barcodes that wonât scan at the checkout! So a process that should take seconds takes minutes as the till assistant either has a colleague fetch a similar item or enters the entire number manually!
Originally Posted by Saint:
Judges DANCING on "The Voice"
Its not about you Jessie J cloth - sit down !!!!
Originally Posted by Saint:
Originally Posted by El Loro:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Day time running lights on cars.
WHY?
Why i ask thee !!!???
"Oh i need to be seen cos the great big fook off Range Rover I'm driving might just go unnoticed and get crashed into"
Really
I agree with you but it's because of European legislation:
And utterly unecessary.
Do you have difficulty seeing that 2 ton van in perfect day light?
Nope!!
In the winter months when the sun is low and quite often blinding when driving the day time running lights come in very useful, I find anyway.
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
That would make me an hypocrite mind pet. I always end up watching it due to complex tellybox trade offs.
I kind of have to listen to x-factor & BGT because Mr C watches them, I entertain myself in other ways while they're on.
Originally Posted by Cinds:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
That would make me an hypocrite mind pet. I always end up watching it due to complex tellybox trade offs.
I kind of have to listen to x-factor & BGT because Mr C watches them, I entertain myself in other ways while they're on.
pray tell more
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Cinds:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
That would make me an hypocrite mind pet. I always end up watching it due to complex tellybox trade offs.
I kind of have to listen to x-factor & BGT because Mr C watches them, I entertain myself in other ways while they're on.
pray tell more
Nothing exciting you filfee beast. I'm either on here or playing some game or other on my ipad.
Originally Posted by Cinds:
Originally Posted by moonie:
Originally Posted by Cinds:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
That would make me an hypocrite mind pet. I always end up watching it due to complex tellybox trade offs.
I kind of have to listen to x-factor & BGT because Mr C watches them, I entertain myself in other ways while they're on.
pray tell more
Nothing exciting you filfee beast. I'm either on here or playing some game or other on my ipad.
Sowwy
People having a conversation on their mobile in the 'quiet' section of the train
People having a conversation at the table next to me when I am out at dinner
And what does 'thinking outside the box' mean,what feckin box?
Originally Posted by erinp:
People having a conversation on their mobile in the 'quiet' section of the train
People having a conversation at the table next to me when I am out at dinner
And what does 'thinking outside the box' mean,what feckin box?
You want everyone who goes out to dinner to do it in complete silence? 
Originally Posted by Jenstar:
Originally Posted by erinp:
People having a conversation on their mobile in the 'quiet' section of the train
People having a conversation at the table next to me when I am out at dinner
And what does 'thinking outside the box' mean,what feckin box?
You want everyone who goes out to dinner to do it in complete silence?
No just to take their convo outside,I have no interest in listening to someones mobile convo.Why does anyone want to have a telephone conversation when they are having a meal?Baffles me .
There'll be an App for scratching yer arse next
Erm . . . *scratches arse head*
Not !!
Don't touch your phone!
Don't drink anything!
Don't hog the middle lane!
Both hands on the wheel !!!!!!
Look at the huge billboard advertising though - designed to distract you with the cheapest offer of the . . . *crash* !!!!
Tailgaiting artics on busy motorways
Originally Posted by Saint:
Don't touch your phone!
Don't drink anything!
Don't hog the middle lane!
Both hands on the wheel !!!!!!
Look at the huge billboard advertising though - designed to distract you with the cheapest offer of the . . . *crash* !!!!
If you have both hands on the wheel, how can you change gear unless you have an automatic? 
