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Dogs that don't make their humans pick up their little doggy doings.
How hard can it be to train them properly? They manage to get them to take them for walks every day and feed them, it's just lazy.
Not if you put the change into ashtray …
Or just leave my wallet in my pocket, then it's still there when I get out of the car and head to the ticket machine, right next to my bank card if I decide (and the machine allows) to pay by contactless instead.
Also, don't think my car has an ashtray. It's something I've not even thought about until now. It's ten years old and French though so I'd be surprised if it doesn't.
Being single, and trying to find a relationship, I am incredibly confused by the world of dating.
My approach so far has been to just get to know people in real life; but this hasn't really worked, as if I find myself liking someone I am mainly "friendzoned". That's fair enough, but I can't get my head around this new thing called Dating anonymous strangers.
I'm no looker, with a leg disability, all of which I'm very honest and open about, and I've had some replies, agreements to meet for a coffee, and then...complete silence. It gets annoying as it is like a part-time job just sending messages to get any replies.
I think I'm going to give up!
Being single, and trying to find a relationship, I am incredibly confused by the world of dating.
I think I’m going to give up!
That was my conclusion too. Spent a lot more time on the bike and I'm happier for it.
then…complete silence. It gets annoying as it is like a part-time job just sending messages to get any replies.
Don't worry, it's not just you. I've had the same everytime I've resorted to the online game.
Middle-aged (I presume you are too) wimmins are strange beasts (mostly beasts 😆 ).
It's either the long game or get out. Or lower your standards, like... really really low! 😆 😛
If I can see your forehead, it’s not going to do a lot in an accident.
People who hold their phone in front of their face and have a shouty conversation in the middle of a busy high street.
Hold it to your ear and speak at a normal volume you f-ing muppets!
People who put a rag/piece of foam in the clamping jaws of their bike carrier, as if the silicone is going to leave a huge scratch on their beloved bikes.
Talking about bike helmets, I don’t understand why so many people feel the need to wear them.As for things the general population do that annoy me – it is the lack of care about society (ranging from driving behaviour to attitudes towards other races) and the readiness to believe populist shit.
I've got nothing against people wearing them. If they want to / feel the need then fine, let them do it. What I can't stand is when a random stranger feels the need to comment - especially if you're not wearing one.
It is literally nothing to do with you, shut the **** up. Their head, their choice.
You don't shout at a bloke in the street that he should be wearing a tie. So don't shout out that someone "should" be wearing a helmet!
People that just stand at pedestrian crossings and wait for somebody else to come along and push the little button for them.
Drivers that stop to let you cross the road, when youre on a cycle path,and you already stopped for them. Why cant they just drive by and get out the way?
Don’t worry, it’s not just you. I’ve had the same everytime I’ve resorted to the online game.
And I'm a SOLID 8.
(Thanks PP 🙂 )
Gonna go for a niche driving one... 😀
That guy/gal behind you that has to stick his nose out to your right (as you can see in the wing mirror) just so he can see if there’s anything in front of you. I don’t know why - just annoys the shit out of me. Generally I move slightly to the right myself to block the view...just to wind them up...which of course is possibly even more childish, and makes me that guy who’s dawdling in front of you and won’t let you see if there’s anything in front of him in case you need to safely make progress. 😀
Drivers that stop to let you cross the road, when youre on a cycle path,and you already stopped for them.
Could be fixed by changing the priority.
as an uncoordinated individual..we cant always help it but its frustrating for both parties...especially the individuals with sensory issues(WE CANT HELP IT ...ITS BIOLOGICAL!!) but I apologise in advance for any uncoordinated situations to come..
One thing I dont understand is why people have panniers racks ...BUT THE BIGGEST RUCKSACK POSSIBLE ON THEIR BACK!! ...like ...why?!!!!..you have a rack why not use it...
"People who hold their phone in front of their face and have a shouty conversation in the middle of a busy high street.
Hold it to your ear and speak at a normal volume you f-ing muppets!"
This. Absolutely this. Seriously, why?
Gin
and everything that surrounds gin
Yes. That phone out in front of you thing is blinkin annoying.
People who think that the only solution to the harm that mankind inflicts on the planet is to reduce the population yet don't kill themselves.
Re internet dating, I think it really messes up the whole coupling thing. It only really works for top 20% of men in terms of attractiveness and/or status.
I used to work with someone who was admittedly in that percentile and he would have a date (sometimes more) any day of the week he wanted. He would "pump and dump" then move onto the next one...not even leaving crumbs for the poor washed up dogs like me!
Work centred (that's where I am), people that attempt to engage you in banal, work related chat while you're in the Gents. No, I don't want to discuss the quarterly forecast through the trap door, FFS!
See also, leaving half drunk coffee cups next to the dishwasher.
One thing I dont understand is why people have panniers racks …BUT THE BIGGEST RUCKSACK POSSIBLE ON THEIR BACK!! …like …why?!!!!..you have a rack why not use it…
Just reminded me there. People that wear those "commuter specific" hump rucksacks with the chevrons on.
Re internet dating, I think it really messes up the whole coupling thing. It only really works for top 20% of men in terms of attractiveness and/or status.
I used to work with someone who was admittedly in that percentile and he would have a date (sometimes more) any day of the week he wanted. He would “pump and dump” then move onto the next one…not even leaving crumbs for the poor washed up dogs like me!
Not sure how serious you are, but I found it really easy to get dates when I was on a popular dating app recently. My gf thinks that I had it particularly easy/got lucky but it took me on average a week from going on the app to getting a date, lining up multiple dates would have been possible if I had more free time!
'people' that take ages to move when the lights change to green, so only 3 cars can go before it goes red again.
and'drivers' who drive so slowly theyre a moving roadblock and you get stuck behind them in 2nd gear all the way to john o'groats. They should pay for all your petrol and time/life that they wasted.
Pedestrians that press the button, THEN look to see if it's safe to cross.
@philjunior, what app was that? Ive tried match and okcupid so far, thanks
‘people’ that take ages to move when the lights change to green, so only 3 cars can go before it goes red again.
Probably glued to their phone, which is another thing that annoys me. Actually no, it angers me. Drivers on the bloody phone or texting or whatever they are doing with their mobile (insert angry emoji)
One you see more and more these days: people with a perfectly functional mobile phone, on a call, holding it flat in front of their mouth on speakerphone to speak to. Just... why? It's literally designed to put the sound in your ear when you hold it right.
And THEN... people who put the phone, horizontally, to their ear, still on speakerphone! WTAF is THAT?!!
TV shows like the Apprentice have a lot to answer for, as they started the whole "have your phone call on speakerphone and hold said phone perfectly horizontal for no reason while doing so" thing.
People who spend hours walking round Tescos putting things in a trolley, take it to the checkout, watch or help while its priced bagged and put away, and then have a fit of surprise when they are asked for payment, pat pockets search bag, empty contents, panic, take minutes to do something that a normal human being should do in seconds (or been prepared for in advance).
WTF did you think was going to happen next?
I may be showing my misanthropic tendencies, but A venn diagram for many of the lane hoggers, progress makers, trolley abandoners, speakerphone enthusiasts and political muppets mentioned in this thread would be pretty close to a circle.
@philjunior, what app was that? Ive tried match and okcupid so far, thanks
Maybe he went on Naked Attraction...
talking of which, this is more in the confused category than the annoyed...
Going on Naked Attraction! Why the actual would anyone in their right mind do that?
Also, watching Gogglebox. Of all the things to do with an hour of your time... baffling.
I wouldn't go on Naked Attraction, but I'm not a solid 8 like you Dez.
Gogglebox... is brilliant
Going on Naked Attraction! Why the actual would anyone in their right mind do that?
So they can 'pump 'n dump' obviously..........
@philjunior, what app was that? Ive tried match and okcupid so far, thanks
Tinder. It wasn't the random midnight sexytime hookup fest I may have hoped for, but all the same a perfectly adequate platform.
I did kind of have a strategy, and it's so superficial it's very easy to pick up and act out the scene from brasseye whenever you get bored.
smokers.
smokers who congregate outside everywhere sucking on their smelly little sticks.
smokers who just chuck their fag ends on the floor because they have no respect for anything, least themselves.
vile habit that makes me instantly dislike you. no respect for yourself, other people, the NHS who will have to cut the dirty cancer out of your lungs and your family who will have to watch your slow painful death. yes I've been there. twice.
and vapists aren't much better, at least they can plead ignorance because it's not as obvious that they're killing themselves.
That guy/gal behind you that has to stick his nose out to your right (as you can see in the wing mirror) just so he can see if there’s anything in front of you.
Drivers who stare rabbit-like at the tail lights of the car in front rather than looking further down the road to anticipate hazards.
People who hold their phone in front of their face
Facetime, innit? Video calls?
Whilst we're doing supermarkets,
People who hold open freezer doors in order to browse its contents. you know, glass freezer doors. Thus causing them to mist up meaning every other bugger has to do the same thing. WHY?!
people that fill their car up at a *Pay at pump,card only* lane, then go into the kiosk to do their shopping,have a look around,pay there, whilst leaving their car at the pump, in the way, with a big queue behind them
people who spend their evenings watching TV.
There'll be plenty of time for that when you're drooling down your shirt in a retirement home
People that move to a housing estate in a woodland an moan about the trees and wildlife.
Smokers
Littererererers especially the scum who dump/throw dog poo bags
Brexit voters
Climate disaster deniers
Handcuffed drunken cyclists who manage to strip off and get jiggy with it in the back of police cars once arrested - I mean I've never been that flexible.....
Old geezers who whistle in the supermarket.
People who put a rag/piece of foam in the clamping jaws of their bike carrier, as if the silicone is going to leave a huge scratch on their beloved bikes.
I do that as other wise the slight twisting of the jaws over bumps (it's designed to do it) pulls off my frame protection. Leaves little marks without the frame protection on so it's a little bit of foam that works for me!
Thread needs more HMHB
We’re just receiving reports of an incident at a farm in Sussex where a number of people have been arrested in connection with “Annoying The Nation”.
It is believed that that the owner of the farm, a Mr. Hibbert, has been co-operating with police and government officials in a plot codenamed Operation Less Pricks, and kindly granted permission for the use of his seventeenth-century tithe barn as a temporary holding place for those arrested. Although not confirmed, we are led to understand that those already charged include:
Bus drivers who don’t wait for people to sit down before pulling away from the bus stop;
Taxi drivers who use their horns instead of knocking on the door;
People who moan at the council about the streets being full of litter, not stopping to think that it is people who drop litter, not the council;
A room full of drama teachers listening to Björk;
Grown men with replica shirts worn over their jumpers, who stand up and stretch out their arms when the opposing team fail to hit the target;
An assortment of scriptwriters, novelists and playwrights who own Agas but don’t know how to use them;
A musical equipment reviewer responsible for an article titled “Microphone of the Month”;
A woman who described herself as “A little bit Bridget, a little bit Ally, a little bit Sex And The City” and chose to call her baby boy Fred as a childishly rebellious attempt at a clever reaction to those who might have expected her to call him Julian or Rupert. Bit of advice: call him Rupert, it fits, and besides it’s a good name. Don’t be calling him Fred or Archie, with all its cheeky but lovable working-class-scamp connotations, unless you really do have plans for him to spend his life in William Hill’s waiting for them to weigh in at Newton Abbot.
Also being held is a whole wall full of teenagers spitting needlessly;
An amateur thug in camouflage trousers whose Japanese fighting dog had run amok on a Swindon council estate;
A man from the record company who said that George Michael continues to challenge social taboos through his music;
Lisa Riley;
Continuity announcers introducing comedy shows;
A pub band who get uppity when everyone goes to the bar during a song they’ve written themselves;
A group of football fans referred to as Commodores, as in once, twice, three times a season, who feed sugar lumps to police horses at Cup Finals;
An artist who said his next album would be more “song-based”;
A man who informs people that he gets up at six am every morning and seemed to want a medal;
People who say they speak as they find and are somehow proud of it;
Journalists who try to spell an interviewee’s laugh;
An organisation who declared an awareness week for awareness weeks;
And a council worker who dropped litter.
We’ll bring you more details as they emerge…