This is why grown men cry when watching the 'Stand By Me' movie.Quote:
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This is why grown men cry when watching the 'Stand By Me' movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
Unfortunately, and disappointingly, it is now grammatically acceptable to use the word "literally" to emphasise or exaggerate a point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Trips
My head literally exploded when I read that this informal useage had been included in the Oxford dictionary.
And some women :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
People who drink coffee all the time, carrying those branded cups as if it's a permanent attachment to their hand.
People who take backpacks everywhere.
American football.
I get the concept and there’s the potential for a great game however for the life of me I can’t understand how people can put up with the amount of breaks in play.
The bar scene in The Deer Hunter gets to me in a similar fashion.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
it does get annoying, its better than it used to be they have reduced the amount of breaks this season because of complaints (viewer numbers dropping). But the big games will still be the same. Watching games on demand cut out the breaks for you and its so much better. Also try Redzone on sky during the regular season its a bit like Soccer Saturday but they show the games instead of listening to Charlie Nicholas.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
I don't get why HMRC go after some poor sod working extra hours for minimum wage to make ends meet, yet allow businesses llike Rangers get away with £70m unpaid tax.
Cheers, I used to love playing an American football game in the computer when I was a kid so I do like the concept of it, i just find the amount of stoppages makes it impossible to watch (for me)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
I was in NY when the super bowl was on last year, got back to the hotel room with a few beers (had been out walking since about 7 in the morning) and planned to just sit and chill watching it. There were less than 5 minutes to go until half time but from memory I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say almost 30 minutes later it still wasn’t half time. Ended up falling asleep and missing it all.
Bonkers
Dance music and all its various forms
Or, to phrase that differently, dancing. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Right Said Frank
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Originally Posted by Right Said Frank
And rap.
grown men who like comic books.
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You're a marvel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Jimmy
Social media, what does it do that texts and emails don’t?
Instagram being one, I see my wife constantly tapping her screen looking at endless photos of, what I assume are celebrities.
Why Natalie Sawyer is no longer on transfer deadline night 😢
The super bowl is its own thing, they make the most money from that so they advertise at every opportunity. The regular season isn't nearly as bad. Look up Red Zone as I suggested it might be a game changer for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Hopefully it won't be followed into the dictionary by the word "useage". :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibbyradge
While I agree with the principle of what you're saying about large scale non-payment of tax, I'm pretty sure Hector chased some incarnation of Rangers through the courts for that money, and eventually won. Unfortunately, they were bust by that point and can't pay...(Although, my head's wasted with the Rangers and Hearts financial comings and goings, and it's entirely possible I just made that up :greengrin)Quote:
Originally Posted by snooky
Big game hunting.
The appeal of killing an animal for a trophy is beyond me. I know the apologists give all sorts of reasons why hunting is actually 'good for the economy', 'funds conservation' and 'takes place within controlled areas' but I still don't get it. If anything shooting an animal kept withing a confined and controlled environment makes it even less of an 'achievement' in my eyes.
Coffee. I've worked with people that are absolutely addicted to the stuff (I appreciate more so for the caffeine content than the taste) and will get through 7 or 8 cups a day but I just find the stuff horrid.
I'm the opposite and don't get how people in my work get through the day without it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since90+2
I'm up at quarter to 6 and have a cup, shower then another cup. Cup at back of 8 as soon as I get into work, one at 9 when others get in, cup at 10.30, 1 at lunchtime and another at 3, 1 when I get home and another after dinner. If I'm out at a Hibs game or training or whatever you can add another 1 in when I get home from that.
8 cups a day is about standard for me. I tried changing to herbal teas and stuff but it's not the same.
I feel terrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
Depression is a side effect of using too much MDMA. :wink:
People who take their office job seriously.
I can understand a police officer, a fireman, doctor taking their job seriously, someone actually contributing to society, saving lives etc, even architects or engineers who actually accomplish things.
What I don't get are people in bog standard office jobs who wouldn't be missed taking their job that seriously you would think Wall Street going up or down depends on their every move.
I can only imagine how depressing life is for them outside of the office.
People who think that "dance music" is a recent phenomenon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Right Said Frank
My head literally exploded whern I heard a programme a couple of years ago celebrating "20 years of dance music".
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Your list seems to be missing - Posting / replying to a thread on .Net. :na na::cb:wink::greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by McD
Anyhoo.
Cookery programmes on TV (like Masterchef) where putting pretty coloured flowers on the food somehow makes it better dish.
What’s that all about?
One of the chef judges across here lost here recently came out with "arrêtez de me faire bouffer des putain de fleurs"- "stop making me eat f***ing flowers".Quote:
Originally Posted by hibby6270
I literally laughed my head off.
That must be similar to the groups of guys sitting around a pond with power bait on the end of their line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
If I fish, I fish for food and enjoy the rare time for contemplation and to "decompress" whilst taking in the great outdoors, sitting around a purpose built water course just isn't the same.
How efficient do you think any of the services you mentioned, or any industry really, would be if their admin, clerical, secreterial and so on support adopted your attitude?Quote:
Originally Posted by IGRIGI
I work in an office and I'm under no illusions that I'm replaceable. It's a matter of personal pride though and I take my job seriously because I'm being paid to do so and have built a relationship with my customers that is built on my ability to do my job well. I pay tax, I provide a service, I work hard and in doing so I allow other businesses to do the same. In other words I, in a small way, 'contribute to society'.
I find dismissive attitudes like yours far harder to understand than I do understanding people who take their job seriously.
I can't believe how seriously you've taken that post, 'kin LOLZ.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Aah the classic get pulled up on my ignorant comment so dismiss it as a joke response. Good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by IGRIGI
To get the thread back on track I don't get people who express a strong opinion then don't have the conviction to defend their stance.
You’d be even more efficient S, if you stayed off Hibs.net 😀Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Although all power to the regular posters for giving me threads to read as more often than not too lazy to post.
This place can feel like a full time job at times....Quote:
Originally Posted by Right Said Frank
Thankfully I don't get the phrase in bold.Quote:
Originally Posted by IGRIGI
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Got to say I’m with PB on this.
IGRIGI, your post is really quite insulting to people who take pride in their job. I equally don’t have any illusions that my company would flounder if I wasn’t there, but I really enjoy my job, I like the company I work for, I choose to put in the effort to do my job well, take pride in that, and contribute to society as much as the next person. I work hard, and I feel good about myself in not being a lazy selfish loafer (that’s not intended to imply you are btw), that some are.
I’ll also add to the thread in saying I don’t get people who are purposely lazy, avoid work, find every excuse under the sun to pass work off on others whilst never offering to help or support their colleagues, whine about how busy they are when they complete about 40% of the output of their colleagues, last in first out mentality.
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Originally Posted by hibby6270
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What do you mean? Everyone should know when you’ve done that hahaha :greengrin
Or, to put it another way, contentious people. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by IGRIGI
I've only ever worked in an office environment and I concur, If you wernae there nobody would bat an eyelid.Quote:
Originally Posted by IGRIGI
I wondered how you had such an interest in everything. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I have worked in the same type.of i.t job for about 10 years. Ive worked in a place i didnt try hard, pissed about and didnt care. I hated it and was bored. Im now in another company and made a concious choice to take it seriously, and i must say i enjoy it 99% of the time. It makes the days and week pass easier, i dont dread going into work and ive had a wage rise, sometimes upwards of 10% just about every year. If i left im sure i would be easily replaced, showing a positive attitude and showing you care about your role, looking to better yourself goes a long way in any job. I only wish i had this attitude at 18. Oh and my life is great outside work.Quote:
Originally Posted by IGRIGI
What a bizarre post! You my friend are what I class as a job snob. Never look down on someone unless you are helping them up!Quote:
Originally Posted by IGRIGI
You're spot on PB. :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Nice phrase :top marksQuote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
If I had that amount of caffeine I'd literally not get a wink of sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I used to drink about 6 or 7 cups of tea a day and had terrible insomnia for years , couple of years ago cut out all caffeine and although I still don't sleep great its night and day compared to when I was drinking caffeine all day.
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Originally Posted by Peevemor
Not going to be popular but...adults who play computer games.
I know it’s a world away from jet set willy but sorry poindexter, that’s basically what it is. ;-)
This relatively recent trend of footballers , managers etc covering their mouth with their hands when they are talking during or after a game. What's that all about.
Ach lighten up. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Pete
Folk whose default state is being a pain in the arse. What do they get out of that?
Yet the Police and Fire Services and NHS workers have much higher sickness rates than office workers and seem to manage when people are absent.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Given the amount of people in their 30’s and 40’s who have consoles, I’m probably in the minority nowadays. The days of them being for nerds have gone and I can definitely see the appeal but it’s not for me and can’t play one for any more than five minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
That's about stopping lip readers finding out tactics or learning their insults 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by stantonhibby
Attention?Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
Some sort of feeling of power?
First time I saw it was in American Baseball. Apparently, at one time a team had a lip reader watch the tv screen and somehow passed on the oppositions intentions to his team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibbyradge
Probably/possibly. I wonder if they ever realise how much more attention and power you can get by not being a pain in the arse though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibbyradge
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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
They've never listened to Robbie Shepherd/Gary Innes? Whit!
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Originally Posted by IGRIGI
Fortunately these people enjoy the jobs I find utterly boring (and in the Council I don't know wtf most of them do, but anyhow...). It means I can get on with the stuff I like doing thereby presumably contributing to the amount of stuff they prefer doing.
"Things you don't get"
I don't get newspapers anymore. Nuff said. :coffee:
Peoole who look for a negative in a postive story.
Example, Joe Bloggs donates £1m to sick childs fund.
"It means nothing to him, only doing it for publicity, he has loads of money blah blah blah
This could be a long list, but then, as a coffee-drinking, backpack wearing, video-game playing young adult, clearly I'm going to be wrong :greengrin
Game of Thrones - I'm a big fantasy fan, and GoT is derivative garbage. It's written by a guy who continually writes himself into corners, leaving the only option to be killing off characters.
On trains or public transport - people who sit right beside you when there are plenty of available seats.
Indie, pop, RnB or dance music. Seriously, what's the appeal?
On the music theme, yobcasting - why are you playing it through your bloody phone speakers? Put some ****ing headphones in.
Vodka.
People who look for conspiracy everywhere.
People who like Christmas music.
People who like Abba.
Racing as a spectator sport - why do people pay exorbitant ticket prices to go to F1 and the like? You sit in the one spot and things occasionally whizz past you...you see much more of it on the tele.
Tech addicts, particularly those that worship at the altar of Apple. Who actually wants to queue in the cold overnight to spend £1k on a new phone, and why?!
People who live every aspect of their lives through social media - social media can be a force for good, but it's increasingly becoming a bothersome thing for me (especially Facebook). I use Twitter for professional purposes, and my 'network' is very good (and very much a bit of an echo chamber, as anyone who follows me will know). But Facebook is a God-awful outlet for many folk to post every aspect of their, or their families lives on. Especially the drama. Dear God, the drama...
Obviously there's going to be some idiosyncratic, personal choices on here that don't make sense to some, but I had to do a double take at the poster who said he didn't get 'backpacks' :faf: I mean, what's not to get? It's a bag you can carry that allows you to use your arms for doing other stuff! What's not to like?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
I'd also like to add, people who go for a walk in the country, clean up after their dogs, put it in a wee black bag and.... Hang it from a tree branch :rolleyes:
Yes, this is good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
If someone famous decides to use their fame to support, and publicise, a worthy cause, they're almost always criticised for doing so.
If Bob Geldof and Midge Ure hadn't got off their backsides and created Live Aid, it may never have been brought to the world's attention.
But , Geldof in particular, was slated for self interest. :bitchy:
That's probably more of a peeve than a "don't get", when I think about it, because I think the reason people criticise is guilt and jealousy.
Its probably getting smacked on the back of the head by folk wearing a backpack that are seemingly oblivious to their surroundings (particularly whilst using public transport) that the poster doesnae get, he makes a valid point.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
A huge backpack on public transport, granted :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Ah yes,, the toly tree. How we love to see them in blossom.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
Perhaps I should have been clearer, I'm not talking about people travelling or hiking etc I was taking about people who have them every day. What do you need that requires a backpack all the time. Keys wallet, phone, maybe a packed lunch. Other than that I don't get! And yes the public transport backpack people are a pain.
You wouldn’t believe how many people who try and jump into the taxi with these massive backpacks still on. They duck their head down and move forward, but the backpack can’t duck and hits the top of the door, leaving them on their arse in the back of the taxi.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Some of them look as if they're going on a spacewalk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
I wish :greengrin
Eyebrows that 90% of females seem to think look good now days.
Those god awful trainers that kids are kicking about it, hurrachas I think there called and any imitation of them.
Vegans.
Reality t.v shows like madei n chelsea, Geordie Shore etc.
Lip fillers, or whatever they are called. I am seeing more and more young girls with faces that look terrible due to plumped up lips.
The beard craze.
Man buns/Top Knots
steady now mate. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Hibee87
My laptop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
:faf: :faf: yours is acceptable mate, im talking about those ZZ top efforts or ones a bird could made a nest inQuote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
Bodywarmers, gilets etc.
Why would you not want sleeves, it's just weird?
Mate you follow me, that's neither professional or good :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
Good man :greengrin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibee87
I have mine most work days - laptop, charger, notepads, work phone, lunch, sometimes sports clothes if I'm doing something after work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
You don't tweet enough to be a nuisance to me though :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
Sounds like a challenge!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
I've worked mostly outside,and much prefer a bodywarmer keeps you warm with still the a bit mobility don't like too big jackets.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
A bodywarmer is the only thing I can get my son to wear in the winter, he hates big padded jackets etc and would rather go to school with no jacket at all! A bodywarmer is our compromise :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
For me whilst I can get right into a FIFA night with my mates or similar (I mean physically in the same room, beers etc) the appeal of online gaming is a mystery to me. Sitting in a darkened room like a ****ing teenager playing randoms 14 year old lads from across the globe most of whom rarely see the light of day and caring to an extreme degree about levels and XPs etc etc etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
Weird IMO.
Does twitter have a :hyper equivalent?Quote:
Originally Posted by Haymaker
I’m sure I’ll be in the minority with this one but I don’t get why people have such a problem with folk peeing in public places...... if they do it discreetly?!
There was a story in the paper the other week with a guy wanting a run cancelled as some runners were having to go to the toilet in the park, would this guy rather they pissed themselves? Same happened to me before hampden when we won the cup, I had a long walk between the bowling club and the ground and found myself bursting on a piss so I found a bit waste ground, went to the corner and took a piss behind a bush, one of the local residents saw me and went daft, With no public toilets near by wtf was I meant to do? I’d rather go to a toilet as well but sometimes needs must!
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Originally Posted by bingo70
I agree with you key word being discreet. I've pee'd all over the place,with work and nights out.
Inbuilt obsolesence - Started with light bulbs I think. Things are deliberately built with weaker metals etc. interesting and infuriating at the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
This. drives me mad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Trips
This :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by andybev1
Sounds like the key word is aim. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs#1
Agreed, on route home to my old house I had a pre planned discreet pee stop as often required after night out. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Do the same as women..pee before you leave anywhere and know where the nearest toilet is at all times! Its not okay to pee in the streets its just not. Can you imagine the smell in those residential areas. Id go nuts too.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
I agree with this - however I have also done it. But I can certainly see why folk go daft about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
Cups of tea. Folk in my work come in and spend the first 15-20 mins of the day getting "settled in" and in the kitchen making a cup of tea because they couldn't possibly start working without one apparently. They then proceed to make another one on an hourly basis throughout the course of the day, probably spending around 15% of their working day in the kitchen making them. Some folk will even turn up late for meetings and happily tell Chief Executives etc "sorry, had to go make a cup of tea". It seems to have became an accepted form of skiving.
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Originally Posted by Mrs. S
I don't understand why people think peeing in the street should be acceptable. Either get your mates to treat you like a child and make sure you've went before you leave each place, or start wearing diapers.
Peeing in public isn't against the law for the sake of having a law.
If you get caught, you'll be prosecuted for"Public Nuisance", which is what it is.
It's not fair to expect people to put up with the mess and the smell.
I'm sure the lawyers/courts/judges etc would love to argue about where it was and wasn't acceptable to pee in public. The amount of legislation that would require would make a lot of rich people even richer.
I do!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
I’m maybe a bad example as I’ve genuinely got a terrible bladder and been to the doctors about it but even if I didn’t, once the seal is broken, so to speak, it’s very difficult to control.
I’m not talking about doing it on a street, or in someone’s stairway as that is clearly out of line. I’m talking about going behind a bush, a tree or down a lane that’s not used.
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Originally Posted by bingo70
A decent percentage of the female population have their peeing mechanism wrecked by childbirth: they don't pee on the street / behind bushes / down lanes. They understand their limitations, and adapt their behaviour. Try wine or shorts instead of pints, and plan your route. :greengrin
My younger son (17) won't go out in anything but a hoody even at below zero temps. This seems to be the norm for his age group - I don't get that either. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by hibee_girl
I find the coffee drinkers are even worse re. this type of behaviour.Quote:
Originally Posted by calumhibee1
(I'll leave smokers out of this because they're getting a hard enough time as it is). :wink: