But you don't have to stop if the button hasn't been pressed, and the pedestrian has just crossed the road, like Mrs S used to above. It's not compulsory to press the button, just because it's there.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
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But you don't have to stop if the button hasn't been pressed, and the pedestrian has just crossed the road, like Mrs S used to above. It's not compulsory to press the button, just because it's there.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
I don't really shout out of the window. I do, however, every time it happens, say a silent prayer for all those with lung problems whose lives are being unnecessarily shortened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
Well try leaving the car and waliking. Your car is as much part of the problem as everybody elses. As a pedestrian im happy to take the risk just to annoy some arrogant drivers :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
You definitely overthink crossing the road!Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
Sheer bad manners. If I need to explain.........
Pressing the button at a pedestrian crossing is just like waiting in a queue in a supermarket, you wait but if an opportunity comes to get served immediately you move and take that opportunity.
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Originally Posted by pollution
If there's an obvious gap coming up I tend not to push the button. If I'm not sure I push the button but if a gap I didn't anticipate appears then I'll cross. I don't really get the problem as either driver or pedestrian.
Drivers who don't stop at zebra crossings are utter erseholes though. One stupid woman clipped my bairns stroller, admittedly at low speed, the other week because she carried on driving even though I was half way across the road. She even had the cheek to tell me to calm down and grow up when I, understandably imo, lost the plot a bit.
I'm with you on that one, there's a crossing at the Tesco near my house that loads of kids use to get to the primary school next to it, and the number of times I've seen drivers drive straight over it with kids either about to cross or already on the crossing is unreal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Been a few times where parents have nearly come to how's with careless drivers over it, and I've seen a few cars take a boot or a handbag on anger as it's gone through the crossing.
Spending a wholesome afternoon making tomato and chilli chutney with some Scotch Bonnets. Then going to the toilet before washing my hands.......
I feel your pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Metaphorically and empathetically, obvs
:agree: they’ve not been brought up correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
The thing that annoys me isn’t people pressing the button and waiting, it’s the people who press it and immediately just cross. I see it all the time. The worse place for it is at the top of dundas street. People are walking down from the town and press the button and just walk across the road. The green man comes on after every red light as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
People that wear ill fitting kilts.
I love wearing my kilt and I think it’s great to see at weddings then you inevitably get that one guy wearing what’s basically a mini skirt and it makes a mockery of it.
I just don’t understand how kilt shops can get it so wrong so often?!
To be fair, kilts seem to change shape over time. Each time I’ve put my kilt on it seems to have inexplicably shrunk around the waist since the last time 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
It's a nice idea but it doesn't really work if your work involves delivering heavy stuff. I do, however, make a point of minimising my own harmful emissions by not slowing down, stopping and then starting up again at pedestrian crossings. I just drive straight through in the expectation that whoever has pressed the button has already crossed, safely, by themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
You need to invest in a wheelbarrow. Less emissions, more exercise. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
I'm going to enjoy every pedestrian crossing button I press tomorrow. :greengrin
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Originally Posted by danhibees1875
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Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Murderers,Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
I press pedestrian buttons when I’m not even crossing lol
That's very daring.Quote:
Originally Posted by NaturalOrder
The longer that vehicles take to complete their journeys, the dirtier the air around you gets.
You must be pwoud, vewy pwoud.
Lol.
That sounds logical but I'm not sure it's accurate. One of the main north-south arteries in Berlin has just had the speed limit reduced from 50 to 30 aimed at improving air pollution.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
Bible bashers at my door, just go away please.
Folk that think they've unearthed an amazing new band because they've seen Bohemian Rhapsody.
Cats in my garden, fair game I say.
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Originally Posted by matty_f
Yeah! Stick it to The Man!Quote:
Originally Posted by NaturalOrder
Maps,Google for example which show Belfast,Cardiff,London and Glasgow in big letters. Capitals Surely!! So should be Edinburgh!
Annoys the hell out of me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by stuart-farquhar
Back in this thread, I raised the topic of women having surgery to their lips. 9 times out of 10 it is horrendous ....... I’ve just seen Cheryl Cole ( don’t know what she calls herself these days ) on the telly and she is the latest living proof of this self inflicted disaster. :rolleyes:
I've got a couple of girls in work who've had this done, they look like they've had tractor tyres glued onto their faces and it gives the impression that they could suck a grapefruit through a garden hose. Maybe that's the point? :dunno:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
I don't know if there's a word to describe this particular peeve but if there isn't, there should be. The times when your other half is super motivated to get stuff done by (wee DIY jobs or cleaning out the loft, that kind of thing) on the specific day when all you want to do is nothing.
Also, folk who never do something that you always do but feel it's their place to chip in with how they would do it differently/better
Men who sit on the bus with their legs apart and their feet and ten to two! How am I supposed to get in the seat next to them without sitting on their knee? Knees together, toes pointing forward please!
Is this what's now called man-spreading? Seen the expression a few times and assumed it to be what you've described.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
That's another peeve of mine - Shan expressions that are created now.
And the speed at which everyone races to be offended now - poppies are a great example of where folk couldn't wait to get uppity about it.
Ewwww thats a gross saying if it is that. Im gonna shout at the man in front of me to stop man spreading :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
I hate the nonsense of being offended as well as the blame culture.
People who don’t clear their tables in cafes where there are racks to do so and the policy is clearly advertised. Lazy ignorant barstewards.
Ironically, anything but bar stewards in this instance. 😊Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
People on football message boards who state what a certain player earns when really it is all speculation and no one actually knows. 😂
That one annoys me more than it should as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
There's no way information about individual salaries is leaking out of any club to the extent some would have us believe. In fact there's no way that information is freely available within a club. I don't know what the woman opposite me in my office earns never mind a fringe player at Celtic (for example:wink:).
There's probably about half a dozen people that know/could find out - I doubt any of them would be talking to anyone about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
How hard is it to put your shopping trolley in the designated area after you've loaded your car ?
A few days ago there was one not more than 10 feet away from the bay, lazy barstewards.
Unfortunately for them , they had left two items in the trolley. Karma 😉
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
Taking it further: when the government/national economy stats says that the average salary in Edinburgh or wherever is £26500 eg.
How do they know what people earn? Does the Inland Revenue tell them. So much for confidentiality.
It's a nonsense figure anyway. The average salary and what the average person earns are 2 completely different things.Quote:
Originally Posted by pollution
Using the word "earns" for what people collect for money drom whetever source. Example. Earnings from property rentals. Not in my book!! And of course the shysters employed who simply take up space. And so on....Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Using the word "earns" for what people collect for money fromQuote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
whetever source. Example. Earnings from property rentals. Not in my book!! And of course the shysters employed who simply take up space. And so on....
Um.. the Revenue are part of Government :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by pollution
So aye....
Same folk would complain to the supermarket if their car was damaged by an abandoned trolleyQuote:
Originally Posted by stoneyburn hibs
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Up to 4 pages already on the "Yam accounts" thread. Just don't understand why so many on here are erm...somewhat preoccupied by hearts.
Many folk clutch at straws with this for some reason, tax men, accountants and auditors will be all over the accounts and all other football clubs. Few dodgy years and some hibbies think everything is a big cover up 🤔Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
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Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Oneupmanship, moral high ground?
Those new sky tv remote controls, every time you pick it up the channel changes or something happens on the tv. It’s far too sensitive.
Rugby ****ers on the night bus last night singing flower of Scotland....after a defeat and the pricks that try to talk to you about the rugby. Piss off.
Flower of Scotland. An embarrasing dirge which shows Scots up as the "chip on shoulder" downtrodden nation we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
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Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
Tired?Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
They probably think the same when hearing SOL after a defeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
There was a group of rugby fans in front of me in a take away last night. They decided to throw a pile of napkins all over the shop then stole a delivery drivers cap and threw it between themselves whilst he tried to get it back. In the end he just walked away. Playground bullying behaviour really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
Not particularly serious but the holier than thou attitude and denial that there is a behaviour problem amongst SOME rugby fans gets on my nerves.
And that happens when?.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
Never been to Hampden then?Quote:
Originally Posted by andrew70
There's a chance it maybe happened at the Celtic final in 2013, although I don't remember SoL specifically, as there was a lot of singing/appreciation towards the team at the time. Other than that I don't think we react very well to defeat at Hampden, nevermind sing SoL. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby
Inverted snobbery of football fans regarding rugby fans
No inverted snobbery from me. My experience of rugby fans is much the same as my experience of football fans. The majority are decent and some are total dicks. The difference is the dicks are highlighted and often perceived as a majority in football.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
I've said it before but working in hospitality opens your eyes to all sorts. What might be 'high jinks' or 'a laugh' to the participants is a problem or a mess to be dealt with by a member of staff. Vandalising a shop and bullying a guy on minimum wage, or any wage for that matter, is the behaviour of dicks regardless of what sport they follow.
To continue along the same lines it often seems the percentage of people who can't behave at a football match increases in line with how big a game it is and I'm sure it's the same for rugby. I think it's a fair conclusion to say the fans at Six Nations games and so on are not regular attendees at rugby matches given the crowd size relative to what Edinburgh, Glasgow and the amateur game draws so the 'cup final' behaviour is probably on show more than it is for the run of the mill football games we encounter week in and week out.
I knew you would reply and for what its worth my pet peeve wasnt aimed at you as I completely agree about bad behaviours of both rugby and football fans. It was more about the how dare they sing "Flower of Scotland" when they clearly all voted no, and how dare any rugby fan try to talk to a stranger about rugby!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Iv actually followed Scotland football to 2 world cups and a Euro champs finals as well as many away matches. I've also been to many Scotland rugby matches away from home as well as the Lions to Australia. Both sets of fans can at times be total knobs, probably me as well if Im honest, but Ive never seen it get violent at the rugby like i have with the football
The phrase “oh my god” or “ohmygod”.
After watching I’m a celebrity... I’m wondering what folk used to say to fill a sentence up and/or appear shocked?
That wifie out of friends started it.
The BBC Breakfast weathers bizarre interpretation of the size and weather variances in the countries and regions that make up the UK. If you based your understanding of UK geography on the time and descriptive flourish they afford certain areas you would conclude that SE England is roughly the size of Russia, the rest of England and Wales is similar in size to Iceland, Scotland is comparable to San Marino and Northern Ireland to all intents and purposes doesn't exist beyond being a mythical land that weather has to pass to reach places that matter.
'Good Morning Louise, lovely to see you standing under an umbrella in Hyde Park for some inexplicable reason'
'Morning studio, yes as you can see an extreme day here in London with rain lasting for at least 45 minutes and wind speed touching 12mph, gusting to 16. It's November in the UK and it's cold if you can believe it. There's a chance that within the next 5 weeks people in the South East may have to face the horror of scraping their car in the morning. This area of low pressure form the east will hit Southend on Sea at 3pm and after sunset the temperatures in London, Reading and Luton will drop. It's raining and windy in the north east, north west and possibly the midlands, that may even make it's way south in the coming minutes. In Scotland devestating floods have wiped out the entire population of Glasgow. East Anglia will see some temperate weather much like that being experienced in the south east and some sunny spells are likely for south London later today. A giant ogre is currently hurling hail towards the south east from that place where Belfast is but back to the south east now where a weather warning has been issued for the incoming hail and wind speeds have increased to 13mph. The rain is now slightly finer but may get heavy again in the coming moments, in 3 weeks there may be a slushy residue from 2 hours snow which will bring the entire are to a standstill. Cornwalls quite nice and Wales is somewhere over there. To conclude....the south east.
'Thanks Louise, now for 3 minutes of inane and awkward banter'.
I think OMG is a bit old hat now. They're saying "Y'know what?" or "I tell you what".Quote:
Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs
Frequent use of the word "like", however, is still going strong - often heard like three or like more times in like the same sentence. I'm like you know what I can't stand this.
I’m definitely one of those :greengrinqQuote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
A lassie that sits near me at work does that. Now that I’ve noticed it I can’t stop noticing it and it does me head in.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Having plastic cutlery to eat a baked potato. Or to eat any food.
Because of the environment and that?Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
It's still better than "oh my days", wtf does that mean? 😡Quote:
Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs
I've not heard that on the Corstorphine omnibus. Not yet. Definitely sounds American though.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
No, I was hungry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs
Without a doubt that's where it originated from. Was a Big Brother favourite many moons ago. Whenever I'm down in London I still hear it far too often!Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
Oh my stars! I've heard. Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
I've never done this but am going to start doing it now, in retaliation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs. S
For every man that does that on my bus im pressing the button and not waiting. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
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Originally Posted by Jim44
Another trout pout on telly tonight, some female from ‘celebrity TV’. These, otherwise good looking girls look as if they have some sort of congenital facial deformity. Their lips are bigger than their brains.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
The fact that I've just scoffed 2 packets of fruit pastilles and there has only been 1 Orange flavoured pastille in each pack but 3 of the other flavours. :grr:
Is that not one for the "little things that make you happy" thread? Give me 3 greens, reds, and purples any day at the expense of orange. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
Not being able to get concert tickets even in a pre sale but seeing them online already for over two hundred quid :boo hoo::boo hoo::boo hoo:
'What are you doing at the weekend?'
'Running a half marathon'
'Ooh, that's far. Will you win'
'No'
'What's the point then?'
:brickwall
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Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
What? Two packets of sweets at nine o'clock in the morning?
What will you have for your elevenses?
People that wear their works ID badges when they are not in the office. Do they think that we really care where they work?
I've never actually came across that happening in real life; but it reminds me of a good Foil, Arms, and Hog sketch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pflSPiNcO74&vl=en
Spending an age washing rollers and brushes and cleaning and tidying up after painting then putting everything back in the shed only to discover you've missed a bit :grr:
Orange sucks!Quote:
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Originally Posted by pollution
I work permanent nightshift.
What even is that? Is that a word that 9-5 office workers use?
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Originally Posted by danhibees1875
The Orange ones are my favourite!
Nope, it’s a word us fat *******s use to give us an excuse to eat again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
By 11 I’m usually starting to get hungry, lunch at that time is frowned upon though so we’ve had to make up a new eating time.
I find that having lunch at eleven means I'm hungry enough to enjoy a second lunch at 3. Tides me over until my pre-dinner snack. 😊Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Yup, similarly taking a packed lunch to work acts as an excellent second breakfast to be eaten around the back of 9.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Programmes that spend 50% of the episode recapping what has previously happened in the series on top of the bit at the start that recaps the previous weeks episode.
When the wife's telling off one of the kids and she turns to you and says "are you going to say something?".
I'm fairly strict in terms of discipline, but it doesn't take 2 adults to get the message across to a 9 year old. :rolleyes:
Black Friday/Black Week. Uncle's Day cards. Etc. Just **** off with your marketing pish.
That weather forecaster off BBC Scotland. Judith Ralston. She speaks very indistinctly at times. Slurs her words. Get her off!
Trains - and the number of delays/cancellations.
The 1600 to London was cancelled and I've now been standing in an overcrowded vestibule for over 2 hours.
Standard UK public transport farce.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
In its defence, I ended up late for my connecting train but it was running late too so I managed to get on. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by lyonhibs