The "That Really Grinds My Gears" Thread

[Pal Joey]

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by Big Daddy Bee on Sat Jan 29 2011, 05:39
So then people what really annoys you.

No matter how big or trivial it is, this is the thread to vent your anger and annoyance.

Last thread: https://www.606v2.com/t199p950-the-that-really-grinds-my-gears-thread

[Guest]

Adverts for razor blades...I've been shaving my entire bonce for years now and with the money I've squandered on gel and quadruple blades with moisturising strips and aloe vera etc, I could have bought my own house three times over, a racehorse and a football club. Yet not once have I used a razor blade and immediately had some supermodel walk into the bathroom and rub her hand lovingly over my jawline yet I was led to believe that the mere purchase of these products would transform me into a demi god.

I think they may be fibbing.

I think it's deoderants that are supposed to do that.

Oh knickers.....right, off to ASDA I go (I believe other supermarkets are also available)

[BlueCoverman]

The best private number plate that I have ever seen was owned by a particularly busty young lady who I once knew. She drove a very elegant convertible sports car which displayed the registration number BRA 40B  

[Lumbering_Jack]

People with daft ring tones. You know the type "it's the wife calling" etc... Losers

Couple lasses I cycle with wear make up on training rides. Get a grip woman.

Woman who use about half a bottle of perfume.

[Lumbering_Jack]

The best private number plate that I have ever seen was owned by a particularly busty young lady who I once knew. She drove a very elegant convertible sports car which displayed the registration number BRA 40B    

Hopefully she drove round with the top down.

[dummy_half]

If I ever got a private number plate, I'd want it to be TW4T.

In a similar vein, there is a number plate that has changed hands several times, at one time belonging to Steve Parish the former Moto GP rider and now commentator.

PEN 1 S

[Lumbering_Jack]

What about c0nt... With a carefully placed screw fixing it could take on a whole other meaning. Of course you would look a bit if a fool.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

But you look like a fool just by having a private number plate, so you might as well go the whole hog.

[Lumbering_Jack]

But you look like a fool just by having a private number plate, so you might as well go the whole hog.

When I was 19 my mother bought me a private number plate to go on my new car. I was driving a Renault Clio cup 172 (the fast chavvy) model. It'd fitted on a new exhaust pipe so it sounded like a plane taking off at 30mph. I was so cool back then.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

Nice car, though.

[Lumbering_Jack]

I loved it. Was a total pleasure to drive and surprisingly economical when not thrashing it.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

My first car was a 1-litre Nissan Micra. Not quite in the same league! But it got me from A to B and back again.

[Il Gialloblu]

That 'gig' typo in the OP.  

[ShahenshahG]

People you are giving lifts to volunteering you to give a lift to someone else

[westisbest]

Also when you are driving someone/people on long journeys and they don't offer you petrol money.

you shouldn't have to ask.

[westisbest]

People you are giving lifts to volunteering you to give a lift to someone else

Yeah, don't like that one either.

[ShahenshahG]

Also when you are driving someone/people on long journeys and they don't offer you petrol money.

you shouldn't have to ask.

Aye - I always offer up front to plit the costs or foot the bill if they are going solely for my benefit

[Pal Joey]

That 'gig' typo in the OP.  

Thanks for pointing that out, Il G. Just noticed that. That's the last time I'll trust anything posted by Big Daddy Bee.

[alfie]

I get irrationally irritated by certain words that some journalists and especially headline writers use.  

Take "set" for example.  As in "Adlington set to consider her future".  Why not simply Adlington to consider her future?

Or X "slams" Y or A "blasts" B.  Making it sound like massive bust up when what's happened is that journalist has trapped someone in a stray comment, which is barely even a criticism.  But it's then blown out of all proportion to support a pre-determined story...

Indeed , Corporal.

I rather dislike the use of "insists" ...very popular with the BBC when they are quoting a spokesman about anything : instead of a simple " so and so says " we get " XYZ manager insists he still has faith in player A " ...with the apparent hint that we should not believe a word of it...Now in some cases this may be true ; but they really overuse it even where the reported remarks seem eminently non-controversial. As if they really like stirring up trouble...

[ShahenshahG]

I get irrationally irritated by certain words that some journalists and especially headline writers use.  

Take "set" for example.  As in "Adlington set to consider her future".  Why not simply Adlington to consider her future?

Or X "slams" Y or A "blasts" B.  Making it sound like massive bust up when what's happened is that journalist has trapped someone in a stray comment, which is barely even a criticism.  But it's then blown out of all proportion to support a pre-determined story...

Indeed , Corporal.

I rather dislike the use of "insists" ...very popular with the BBC when they are quoting a spokesman about anything  : instead of a simple " so and so says " we get " XYZ manager insists he still has faith in player A  " ...with the apparent hint that we should not believe a word of it...Now in some cases this may be true ; but they really overuse it even where the reported remarks seem eminently non-controversial. As if they really like stirring up trouble...

Also hate denies/claims etc to make it look like (lying basstard) but the worst one was during the riots - criminality.

[Pal Joey]

This trend of saying 'yes' or 'yeah' in the middle of a sentence (after a slight pause) whilst simultaneously nodding their head mid sentence or at the end of the statement.

It's as if the speaker is desparate for the listener to agree with what has just been said... and they are not entirely sure themselves and need to rely on low-grade rhetoric to convince us of their situation.

"I've worked really hard all year.... yeah... and I believe I deserved that promotion to Editor-In-Chief at Dolly Magazine" (nodding head)

[Luckless Pedestrian]

The Zac Brown Band. They're complacent and cr@p and Radio 2 play their stuff all the time and I have to mute the radio because I HATE them.

[ShahenshahG]

Michael buble. everytime i switch the radio its michael buble. WRITE YOUR OWN Poopie YOU Kumquat

[theundisputedY2D2]

Kids in adverts.

Not all kids in adverts, mind you.

Just most of them.

[Lumbering_Jack]

Ticket barriers at train stations are a source of frustration. Why people who don't usually use the train think it is acceptable to get to the front of the queue THEN start looking for their ticket I'll never understand. It holds us important people who need to get to work.

It should be punishable by arrest.

[Hero]

The person behind me in Newcastle who was tutting me for being unable to find my train ticket this morning.

[Lumbering_Jack]

This happened at Durham

[Guest]

Michael buble. everytime i switch the radio its michael buble. WRITE YOUR OWN Poopie YOU Kumquat

He did recently and it's still cack. He's a nice guy and all that but when he sings he looks like he's got a dose of the crabs the way he fidgets about.

Have I mentioned how much I hate Louis Walsh?

[Lumbering_Jack]

Unions. It is so nice to see them held to ransom for once.

[Luckless Pedestrian]

That advert for the Vauxhall Astra, with the stupid knees-up-Mother-Brown rap on it. And near the end when he says 'home sweet home,' it sounds like he's about to cry. Strap on a pair!

[Breadvan]

On the subject of commercials....The Halifax ones with the staff singing 'I'll be there' or being unfunny Dj's. Cannot abide them.That Howard character was bad enough..

[Luckless Pedestrian]

Those Halifax staff choirs are awful. The whole idea of getting genuine staff to appear on adverts is stupid anyway. You wouldn't recruit staff based on their singing / acting ability, so why choose people for singing / acting roles based on where they work?

[VDT]

People who say OMG out loud! Say Oh my god, it the same amount of syllables and make you sound less of a *Special Person*

[Luckless Pedestrian]

people who write in lower case all the time and dont use punctuation

[Breadvan]

A friend of mine shouts the phrase 'Shut up' instead of OMG. Not in the high pitched towie style ' Ow mah Gawd' but in a gravely welsh accent ala Bonnie tyler.

[Hero]

people who write in lower case all the time and dont use punctuation

PEOPLE THAT TYPE CONSTANTLY WITH CAPS ON AND USE MULTIPLE EXCLAMATION POINTS AT THE END OF EVERY SENTENCE!!!!

[rIck_dAgless]

FACT!!!!

[Lumbering_Jack]

My girlfriend, despite holding down a good job, it a total mong when it comes to speaking.

Overuse of the word 'like', finishes every sentence with 'ya know what a mean'.

When she comes out with her awful Southern speak I shout 'brappp' at her and refuse to respond. She doesn't like me much when I do that.

[Guest]

Probably like you even less if she knew you referred to her as a total mong.

[Kenny]

Window Cleaners who still clean your windows in the pouring rain !

[kingraf]

When my Samsung refuses to "sync" I want to cry... I'm too technologically inept to even figure out how to fix it myself!

[Guest]

My mum just gave my 2yr old daughter a poppy. My wife chimed in about being careful of the pin and mum said "Oh don't worry, it's got adhesive on the back to stop you pricking your fingers"

So, millions of men died during the Great War in conditions so terrible it's almost beyond the comprehension of many of us. We wear the poppy to commemorate their sacrifices and in the most ironic twist ever, we're told we can't have a pin as we might get hurt. Makes a mockery of what they went through doesn't it. Can't imagine they'd be impressed with having their medals for bravery attached to their tunics with double sided sticky tape. Mind you, they'd be lucky to win one.

"Fix bayonets, prepare to charge the enemy!"

"You're joking aren't you Sarge, they're pretty sharp. What if it slips when I'm 'fixing' it, I could hurt myself and imagine what that other fella's going to feel like. Nah, if it's all the same to you, I'd like to speak to someone about a safer option and the possibility of an extended level of training followed by a presentation ceremony."

[rIck_dAgless]

Bitstrips - that new comic strip thing on facebook is really getting on my bristols

[kingraf]

I agree about bitstrips...

[Galted]

Haven't seen Bitstrips but the name is already annoying me. If I heard someone with a lisp saying it I'd punch them if they were smaller than me.

[rIck_dAgless]

Best not to go looking for Bitstrips Galted, it will put you in a stabby kind of mood.

[kingraf]

Speaking of Facebook - I really do hate the Suggested pages and ads which infiltrate my timeline. I wouldn't mind as much if the pages where relevant to me - but I'm neither Jewish, Israeli or post opinions on the Holy Land - so why it keeps suggesting I like Israeli nationalist pages is beyond me!

[kingraf]

Speaking of Facebook - I really do hate the Suggested pages and ads which infiltrate my timeline. I wouldn't mind as much if the pages where relevant to me - but I'm neither Jewish, Israeli or post opinions on the Holy Land - so why it keeps suggesting I like Israeli nationalist pages is beyond me!

[TopHat24/7]

Ditto that!

I keep getting ads from bloody Shelter UK!! Hate those pricks anyway so it's infuriating to have their propaganda forced down my throat!!

[Mike Power]

So is this about things what upset u? I dont like those tin openers what open corned beef, they always cut you up.

[SharkSoul]

Drivers who don't bother indicating under the assumption that everyone else on the road has telepathic capabilities.

Middle lane hoggers. Should be able to call in Close Air Support Apaches and have them Hellfired off the motorway.

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