Dee Man Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 34 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: Folk thinking Elo is an acronym. Surely no-one thinks that if all acronyms are capitalised. If it's referring to the band then I appear to be being whooshed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Electric Light Orchestra...? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 49 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: Electric Light Orchestra...? Exactly, so I'm wondering why ELO wouldn't be an acronym, unless Elo is something else completely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Sorry, I was referring to the Elo rating system.Though speaking of bands and acronyms is there not something about the car being the Reo Speedwagon but the band being R.E.O. Speedwagon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 10 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: Sorry, I was referring to the Elo rating system. Though speaking of bands and acronyms is there not something about the car being the Reo Speedwagon but the band being R.E.O. Speedwagon? Reo Speedwagon was in the year below me at primary school. Anyway, the commentator on Motd was calling Kenny McLean, McLeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Sky using anything to try and hype up a match. Somehow Cardiff v Bristol City has become a derby match, despite them being in different countries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 minute ago, peasy23 said: Sky using anything to try and hype up a match. Somehow Cardiff v Bristol City has become a derby match, despite them being in different countries. And a whopping forty odd miles apart. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Sky using anything to try and hype up a match. Somehow Cardiff v Bristol City has become a derby match, despite them being in different countries. Both teams are also horseshit and nobody cares about them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Sorry, I was referring to the Elo rating system.Technically speaking an acronym has to spell an actual word as opposed to being a random set of initials So up until reading this post I thought ELO wasn’t strictly speaking an acronym but it turns out that it actually is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 eBay, again. Currently dealing with a woman who started throwing tantrums about her parcel not arriving. Tantrums escalate when told she'd need to wait until the Royal Mail delivery window has closed, as they don't consider it lost until then, and we wouldn't be able to claim compensation. Tantrums intensify when she discovers that 2nd Class post has a loooooong delivery window. "I needed this for a birthday present!" Why did you choose the slowest service offered, with no guaranteed delivery date, if you knew you needed it by a certain time? "I work for the Post Office, you're wrong, I know how to process claims for lost mail!" The Post Office is a totally different company, you lying cow. It's the Royal Mail who deliver the post, and deal with compensation claims. "Ah, but I work for them too!" "You said I'd have to wait 15 working days for a refund, but that's 22 days! You're shit at maths!" Working days, missus. Working days. This went on for so long that she clearly had no idea about what a working day actually is; sending her the Wikipedia definition didn't go down too well. The item cost less than a fucking fiver. I'm basically being a jobsworth stickler just to watch her melt down at this point. After a while, you can spot the folk who are at it a mile off, and are leaving negative feedback regardless of what you do, so you might as well have a little fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 minute ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: eBay, again. Currently dealing with a woman who started throwing tantrums about her parcel not arriving. Tantrums escalate when told she'd need to wait until the Royal Mail delivery window has closed, as they don't consider it lost until then, and we wouldn't be able to claim compensation. Tantrums intensify when she discovers that 2nd Class post has a loooooong delivery window. "I needed this for a birthday present!" Why did you choose the slowest service offered, with no guaranteed delivery date, if you knew you needed it by a certain time? "I work for the Post Office, you're wrong, I know how to process claims for lost mail!" The Post Office is a totally different company, you lying cow. It's the Royal Mail who deliver the post, and deal with compensation claims. "Ah, but I work for them too!" "You said I'd have to wait 15 working days for a refund, but that's 22 days! You're shit at maths!" Working days, missus. Working days. This went on for so long that she clearly had no idea about what a working day actually is; sending her the Wikipedia definition didn't go down too well. The item cost less than a fucking fiver. I'm basically being a jobsworth stickler just to watch her melt down at this point. After a while, you can spot the folk who are at it a mile off, and are leaving negative feedback regardless of what you do, so you might as well have a little fun. Get her pumped, Dave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: Get her pumped, Dave. Tempting to ask if she'd accept a pumping in lieu of a refund. Would that be grounds for someone to call the polis? I figure that, of all places, this would be the forum to ask that question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Get her pumped, Dave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Tempting to ask if she'd accept a pumping in lieu of a refund. Would that be grounds for someone to call the polis? I figure that, of all places, this would be the forum to ask that question.The correct course of action is a Ruel Street rendezvous, maws welcome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hearthammer Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Get her pumped, Dave. Aye, but Dave delivering his goods within a minute still won't get her parcel to her for another 15 working days. She'd still be left high and very dry. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Technically speaking an acronym has to spell an actual word as opposed to being a random set of initials So up until reading this post I thought ELO wasn’t strictly speaking an acronym but it turns out that it actually is.Yas. Someone who knows difference between acronym and initialism. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 eBay woman has now lapsed into all-caps DON'T EVER CONTACT ME AGAIN! hysteria. Pointing out that I've only ever replied to her messages hasn't gone down too well. I don't think I'm getting my hole here, lads. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 hour ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: eBay woman has now lapsed into all-caps DON'T EVER CONTACT ME AGAIN! hysteria. Pointing out that I've only ever replied to her messages hasn't gone down too well. I don't think I'm getting my hole here, lads. You'd probably deliver to the wrong address anyway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Simon Howie's food. Shop beside me only really sells his stuff so bought some black pudding for atop my bacon. It's fucking disgusting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) Useless ballboys at Pittodrie. I’m convinced that most of them aren’t remotely interested in the game or have any clue as to when it’s appropriate for them to show some urgency to get the ball back in play. And from some of their attempts at throwing the ball to a player you’d think it was a wet medicine ball. Edited November 10, 2019 by A96 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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