Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Only about £2.60. As the thread title says, “petty things”. I hope the seethe incurred caused you to burst your spleen. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: The inability of English people to pronounce "insurance* - it's "insurance" not "inshorrance". Grrrr! Was down at Silverstone last summer and went to buy a bacon roll for my breakfast one morning, and the lassie serving me pronounced the word roll as “row-ull” (the first part row, as in “row your boat”) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 3 hours ago, whiskychimp said: Ski jumping being judged on style rather than just furthest wins. Its not really a subjective sport. There's a pretty persuasive school of thought that any sport that relies on subjective opinion shouldn't be a sport at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 3 hours ago, whiskychimp said: Its definitely something to think about. Not the quickest round the marathon but the most stylish. So the north African that is quickest might lose out to someone wearing a Postman Pat costume. Admittedly I would watch the shit out of this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 If you worked out of Altens did you know big Iain Donaldson, aka the fat controller? Yes, indeed I did, he was my boss for around 3 years. Good guy in my opinion. If slightly overweight! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Yes, indeed I did, he was my boss for around 3 years. Good guy in my opinion. If slightly overweight! A top man. Like a huge version of Danny Devito's portrayal of the Penguin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 A top man. Like a huge version of Danny Devito's portrayal of the Penguin. Indeed, he was a good guy. Really liked him & often got sent to the burger van to get his breakfast- breakfast doubler roll & a single sausage, egg & cheese roll. He loved his figure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 There’s really no need for the commentators at the Winter Olympics to keep telling me that it’s cold. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Off to a family gathering where 80% of the conversation will be people nipping at each other disguised as ‘banter’. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 36 minutes ago, Brother Blades said: Indeed, he was a good guy. Really liked him & often got sent to the burger van to get his breakfast- breakfast doubler roll & a single sausage, egg & cheese roll. He loved his figure. All of the vans in Altens were/are utter shite. The correct breakfast establishemnt was the wee greasy spoon round the back of the college 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeWereThePeople Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) On 09/02/2018 at 22:46, Moomintroll said: On 09/02/2018 at 19:34, WeWereThePeople said: I should've been clearer but I wasn't expecting a cross-examination. I bought them yesterday, the 8th. I realised an hour ago they were dated the 9th, today. Hence the midnight deadline. Shops selling food that goes out of date in 6 hours are effectively selling out of date food. It's a scurrilous practice. All my other items are dated until the middle of next week so can be eaten at my leisure. Not under this intense pressure. They really aren't. There is a massive difference between best before dates and use by dates. People need to learn that there are no food safety issues there. People don't need to learn anything. Shops need to start selling fresh food with reasonable dates on them. It's a pain in the arse having to constantly check dates on everything you pick up. In what world is a loaf thats dated for 5 days worth the same price as one that goes bad in 6 hours? Normally I'm on the ball with regard to dates, but what about people with poor sight, or learning difficulties, or old people? The only thing that people need to learn, is that multi national companies are absolute scum that will do anything for profit. The selling of poorly dated food for full price is a deliberate immoral act. Each time I have to reach through 20 loaves just to get one that doesnt expire before I get it home, I get closer and closer to entering full "Falling Down" mode. Edited February 11, 2018 by WeWereThePeople 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heedthebaa Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 It’s now been a whole week since I’ve last been to the toilet, feeling very emotional right now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 14 minutes ago, Ziggy said: There’s really no need for the commentators at the Winter Olympics FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 1 minute ago, heedthebaa said: It’s now been a whole week since I’ve last been to the toilet, feeling very emotional right now Not surprised given that picture you posted of it. I'd hold it in a bit longer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 38 minutes ago, heedthebaa said: It’s now been a whole week since I’ve last been to the toilet, feeling very emotional right now ^^^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/08/gangster-accused-swallowing-drugs-goes-three-weeks-without-bowel/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 On the out of date stuff. I was at the local bus station today and was a little peckish while waiting on picking someone up. Walked over to the house/shop and bought a bag of crisps "sweet & sour with onion" the bag had a strange design, which I passed as being a new thing. First crisp was a little chewy, so looked at the date 15/04/15. Tried again, in fact I finished half the bag before giving up.Will I die? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 A bit of a crossover from the "Annoying things people post on Facebook" but I see this on other Social Media too. And it's less of a "Petty Thing That Gets on Your Nerves" and more of a "Things That Crush Your Soul." It's the realisation that I'm now of an age where my contemporaries are obsessed with bragging about how much better things were when we were kids because "We played outside, we ate fish and chips, not MacDonalds, we didn't have smartphones...etc. etc." When I was a kid, our parents never stopped telling us how they didn't have the things we had, they were working down t' pit at our age and on and on and on. It was tedious then and it's tedious now. Look, the world has moved on since you were a kid. That doesn't in itself make you morally superior to people born later. In many ways life is better than it was 50 years ago, other ways perhaps not. 50 years from now it will have changed again but that won't make today's children any kind of hot shit although I fear they'll also be bragging about their childhood as if it did. You're old. You aren't special. Get the f**k over it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 On the out of date stuff. I was at the local bus station today and was a little peckish while waiting on picking someone up. Walked over to the house/shop and bought a bag of crisps "sweet & sour with onion" the bag had a strange design, which I passed as being a new thing. First crisp was a little chewy, so looked at the date 15/04/15. Tried again, in fact I finished half the bag before giving up.Will I die? Hopefully. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Hopefully. I'll put that as a 50/50 chance Dr. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Maybe this is better suited to the Pish Adverts thread but it's not about one in particular. It's any advert that uses the word 'selected', as in (to choose one at random) Tesco's special offers that are "available in selected stores". Makes me wonder who selects them and what their criteria are. "Holyrood Road?" "Yes, that's just round the corner from the Parliament. The MSPs will think those are the prices everywhere." "Earl Grey Street?" <tosses coin> "Yeah, all right." "Nicolson Street?" "Nah, that's down the road from the University. All the students will go there - f**k 'em." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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