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13-02-2023, 01:02 PM
danhibees1875

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Originally Posted by matty_f

The new Twitter. It was fine as it was, now it's just loads of tweets from accounts I don't follow with a seemingly endless right-wing/ conspiracy theory/ transphobic / anti-SNP tweets.
I know these things are meant to be based on an algorithm that serves up things it thinks you'll like but I don't want to see any of that pish, it genuinely feels like every time I open up Twitter there's an attempt at converting my thinking to align with those views. It's horrible.

That and every other video that comes up on Facebook is from Jordan f***ing Peterson.

Mine has done that with a lot of pro-cycling/anti-anything-that-isnt-cycling people.

Completely self perpetuated by myself though as I invariable scroll through the comments watching as strangers get annoyed at one another for wanting an excessive amount of cycling infrastructure or none at all.

There was a great one the other day where someone posted a picture of a cycle lane junction where the cyclists had previously cut the corner repeatedly enough to erode the grass away. The council (probably called "clowncil" in there somewhere) had put a little barrier up to protect the grass which was met with criticism because they should have put tarmac down as it was clearly the "desire lane" of cyclists.
13-02-2023, 01:06 PM
nonshinyfinish

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Some of those are good for outing utter morons though.

'Name a country that can be typed using only the letters from one row on a keyboard'

Then you get an American (it's always, always an American) answering 'Europe'.

This reminds me of a classic answer on Pointless: the category was countries with five-letter names and the contestant went for 'Africa'.
13-02-2023, 03:15 PM
weecounty hibby

When you read through a thread and there's loads of admin deleted posts!! I always miss the juicy stuff!!
13-02-2023, 03:37 PM
matty_f

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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby

When you read through a thread and there's loads of admin deleted posts!! I always miss the juicy stuff!!

Aside from the regular contact with the admin team, the thing i miss most since setting it off the admin side is being able to catch up on the deleted stuff!
13-02-2023, 03:38 PM
weecounty hibby

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Originally Posted by matty_f

Aside from the regular contact with the admin team, the thing i miss most since setting it off the admin side is being able to catch up on the deleted stuff!

Surely one of the best perks of the job!! Aside from all the freebies obviously🤣
13-02-2023, 07:24 PM
Bridge hibs

My Wife, super talented and fantastic at her job, as a Wife and Mother 🫣 however for ****s sake she has got to be the worlds worst at ever trying to describe someone ‘ that wee guy who is on the telly, you know the one, he is in it with that other guy’ Ffs !! Give me a clue ! She would be brutal at an identity parade 🤣
13-02-2023, 07:47 PM
McD

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

My Wife, super talented and fantastic at her job, as a Wife and Mother 🫣 however for ****s sake she has got to be the worlds worst at ever trying to describe someone ‘ that wee guy who is on the telly, you know the one, he is in it with that other guy’ Ffs !! Give me a clue ! She would be brutal at an identity parade 🤣

this reminds me of a different thing that my wife does… avoids giving sensible information. A typical conversation might be:

Wife: can you bring me my bank card?
Me: sure, where is it?
W: downstairs
M: where downstairs?
W: it’s in my purse
M: which is where?
W: in my bag
M: where’s the bag?
W: next to my jacket
M: where’s the jacket?
W: why are you getting annoyed?
M: I’m losing the will to live
W: you’re just being miserable
M: ffs where’s the card?
W: it’s in my bag on the kitchen table
M: finally!

:greengrin
13-02-2023, 07:57 PM
Bridge hibs

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Originally Posted by McD

this reminds me of a different thing that my wife does… avoids giving sensible information. A typical conversation might be:

Wife: can you bring me my bank card?
Me: sure, where is it?
W: downstairs
M: where downstairs?
W: it’s in my purse
M: which is where?
W: in my bag
M: where’s the bag?
W: next to my jacket
M: where’s the jacket?
W: why are you getting annoyed?
M: I’m losing the will to live
W: you’re just being miserable
M: ffs where’s the card?
W: it’s in my bag on the kitchen table
M: finally!

:greengrin

I can relate to all of that mate 🤣
13-02-2023, 08:32 PM
Just_Jimmy

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

My Wife, super talented and fantastic at her job, as a Wife and Mother 🫣 however for ****s sake she has got to be the worlds worst at ever trying to describe someone ‘ that wee guy who is on the telly, you know the one, he is in it with that other guy’ Ffs !! Give me a clue ! She would be brutal at an identity parade [emoji1787]

Or my other favourite.... can you just start at the beginning of the story rather than half way through?

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13-02-2023, 09:05 PM
Donegal Hibby

Having a debate or argument with someone who's losing and they say " I know but " always gets me that one :rolleyes:
15-02-2023, 12:10 PM
sleeping giant

Quote:

Originally Posted by McD

this reminds me of a different thing that my wife does… avoids giving sensible information. A typical conversation might be:

Wife: can you bring me my bank card?
Me: sure, where is it?
W: downstairs
M: where downstairs?
W: it’s in my purse
M: which is where?
W: in my bag
M: where’s the bag?
W: next to my jacket
M: where’s the jacket?
W: why are you getting annoyed?
M: I’m losing the will to live
W: you’re just being miserable
M: ffs where’s the card?
W: it’s in my bag on the kitchen table
M: finally!

:greengrin

Glad it's not just me.
16-02-2023, 06:38 AM
heretoday

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Originally Posted by overdrive

Another bin related one that could perhaps be on the driving pet peeves thread.

For some reason in my street, the food waste bin men just seem chuck the caddies any old place after they’ve emptied them into the truck, including behind them on the road. You then have to get out of your car to move them to get past.

Hey, they're binmen. What do you expect? Finesse?
16-02-2023, 01:16 PM
overdrive

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Originally Posted by heretoday

Hey, they're binmen. What do you expect? Finesse?

I expect them to not put them on the road.
18-02-2023, 07:41 PM
overdrive

Women that go to the gents because the ladies is so slow/busy. The queue for the two gents toilets I’ve tried to go to are both massive. At least a third are women!

There would be an outcry if it was the other way around.

Shout out to the guy who aggressively shouted at me and a few other guys who got to the bottom of the stairs to met with the middle of the giant queue and were trying to ascertain where the end of the queue was: “there’s an effing queue, get to the back of it you ******** effing see you next Tuesdays”. I can see why the Playhouse has been having issues if he is your average attendee!
18-02-2023, 07:51 PM
The Modfather

My wife buys cheap toilet paper whenever she goes to the supermarket. Which inevitably leads to the toilet paper shredding itself into 4 or 5 different strands when you try to start a new roll.

While moaning about my wife, whenever she puts a wash on and I’m then putting away the dried washing there’s never an accompanying sock, just a whole load of single socks. Spent ages this morning trying to find a matching pair of socks for my daughter as her drawer was full of single socks.
21-02-2023, 12:14 PM
Scouse Hibee

Self proclaimed “influencers” who come across as self entitled erseholes.
21-02-2023, 02:10 PM
Dunbar Hibee

Folk that stand at the top of an escalator in your way when you're in a rush to go down it. Bugs the **** out of me.

For clarity, I mean before you get on the escalator. Not actually on it.
21-02-2023, 02:18 PM
OldEast

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Originally Posted by Dunbar Hibee

Folk that stand at the top of an escalator in your way when you're in a rush to go down it. Bugs the **** out of me.

For clarity, I mean before you get on the escalator. Not actually on it.

If you refuse to walk on an escalator stand to the side to let others who want to use their legs get past.
I understand your post, this is just my escalator peeve.
21-02-2023, 02:21 PM
Dunbar Hibee

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Originally Posted by OldEast

If you refuse to walk on an escalator stand to the side to let others who want to use their legs get past.
I understand your post, this is just my escalator peeve.

And I agree with yours, sir.
21-02-2023, 03:22 PM
nonshinyfinish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunbar Hibee

Folk that stand at the top of an escalator in your way when you're in a rush to go down it. Bugs the **** out of me.

For clarity, I mean before you get on the escalator. Not actually on it.

Folk that get off an escalator and immediately stop, causing a pile up.
21-02-2023, 03:26 PM
Jim44

For years I’ve squirmed at Jamie Oliver’s pronunciation of the ‘a’ in the word ‘wafer’………. ‘a’ as in dad, according to him. I’ve always pronounced it ‘wafer’ as in ‘safer’. After extensive research in umpteen sources, my opinion is confirmed. :greengrin:
22-02-2023, 10:13 AM
overdrive

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Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish

Folk that get off an escalator and immediately stop, causing a pile up.

Yep. My wife did this recently on an escalator in an airport with me behind with a suitcase. Also people who stop immediately after walking through a door, causing a pile up.
22-02-2023, 10:18 AM
overdrive

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim44

For years I’ve squirmed at Jamie Oliver’s pronunciation of the ‘a’ in the word ‘wafer’………. ‘a’ as in dad, according to him. I’ve always pronounced it ‘wafer’ as in ‘safer’. After extensive research in umpteen sources, my opinion is confirmed. :greengrin:

People who pronounce “apparently” a-parent-ly rather than “a-pa-runt-ly” like I do.

The former is the American form and the latter the British form but it amazes me the amount of older British people I hear pronounce it the American way.
22-02-2023, 12:25 PM
OldEast

Is there anyone who pronounces "particularly" properly. It's a commonly used word during weather forecasts. Never heard it pronounced properly yet.
22-02-2023, 01:25 PM
Oscar T Grouch

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim44

For years I’ve squirmed at Jamie Oliver’s pronunciation of the ‘a’ in the word ‘wafer’………. ‘a’ as in dad, according to him. I’ve always pronounced it ‘wafer’ as in ‘safer’. After extensive research in umpteen sources, my opinion is confirmed. :greengrin:

Is he not just mimicking the Monty Python Mr Creosote sketch from The Meaning of Life? A wafer thin mint? I can't find a clip of him saying it so cannot judge myself, I think that is the only time I have heard it pronounced with a long 'a' like you described is in that Python sketch
22-02-2023, 02:01 PM
Jim44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch

Is he not just mimicking the Monty Python Mr Creosote sketch from The Meaning of Life? A wafer thin mint? I can't find a clip of him saying it so cannot judge myself, I think that is the only time I have heard it pronounced with a long 'a' like you described is in that Python sketch

JO mispronounces it regularly but I’ve heard a few more folk as well. I think Chris Evans said it recently.
22-02-2023, 08:09 PM
Hibrandenburg

Link ping pong. Threads on here that are rammed full of links posted as replies to links without any form of discussion.
22-02-2023, 10:06 PM
sleeping giant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg

Link ping pong. Threads on here that are rammed full of links posted as replies to links without any form of discussion.

Brutal pater :agree:

At least say what it's about ffs
23-02-2023, 06:46 AM
Hiber-nation

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Originally Posted by sleeping giant

Brutal pater :agree:

At least say what it's about ffs

Never knew Hibrandenburg was your Dad :wink:
23-02-2023, 07:01 AM
OldEast

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Originally Posted by Hiber-nation

Never knew Hibrandenburg was your Dad :wink:

😂😂😂😂👍

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