What grinds my gears...

[Countryfox]

[StanSP]

Out of the people who complained and lost their heads at the M&S advert (the 'must-have fancy little knickers' next to the smart/formal men's promotion), I wonder which of those fawned over and got excited at the guy undressing in the Paco Rabanne ad. 

 

If they did, do they realise how hypocritical they're being?

[Mike Oxlong]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

Unfunny posters who try to disguise their generally repetitive, prejudiced narrow-mindedness with a cheery exclamation mark - the online equivalent of always calling Slimani 'Salami' to anyone who'll listen !

 

Fixed !   

Edited 25 November 2018 by Mike Oxlong

[Wymsey]

Playing golf poorly, no matter how many times you've been practising on the driving range to try and improve.

Frustrating, as it can be a decent sport in the fresh air for a few hours if you are playing well and having a pint or two afterwards before going home.

Edited 25 November 2018 by Wymeswold fox

[bovril]

People listening loudly to stuff on trains without headphones. Seems to be particularly popular in Norfolk, as if the locals are trying to prove they too can operate technology. 

[Buce]

50 minutes ago, bovril said:

People listening loudly to stuff on trains without headphones. Seems to be particularly popular in Norfolk, as if the locals are trying to prove they too can operate technology. 

 

 

Tbf, the extra fingers should make it a doddle.

[Milo]

1 hour ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Playing golf poorly, no matter how many times you've been practising on the driving range to try and improve.

Frustrating, as it can be a decent sport in the fresh air for a few hours if you are playing well and having a pint or two afterwards before going home.

We feel your pain, bud. 

 

On the flip side, it occasionally comes together and you have a good few hours posting a reasonable score with your mates in the sunshine before grabbing a beer. 

 

Stick with it. 

 

 

 

And remember there’s always @Izzy Muzzett on hand with top golf advice, matched only by his top life advice...a killer combo! 

[Corky]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

Out of the people who complained and lost their heads at the M&S advert (the 'must-have fancy little knickers' next to the smart/formal men's promotion), I wonder which of those fawned over and got excited at the guy undressing in the Paco Rabanne ad. 

 

If they did, do they realise how hypocritical they're being?

I did like the FULL HUMAN RIGHTS poster stuck on the advert outside the shop. Presumably these FULL HUMAN RIGHTS include the choice as to whether to buy them or not?

 

In the past, people just chose to buy it, ignore it and move on. But that doesn't get you 10 minutes on the radio and a BBC News article.

[Finnegan]

Why do people yell on the phone? The whole point of this technology is you don't have to shout, they can hear you over great distance without. 

 

If the other person can't hear you well enough they can increase the volume. 

 

 

[Saxondale]

Why does everybody call Ghezzal 'Ghazzel'?

 

[Alf Bentley]

23 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Why do people yell on the phone? The whole point of this technology is you don't have to shout, they can hear you over great distance without. 

 

If the other person can't hear you well enough they can increase the volume. 

 

 

 

 

I wonder if people in a crowd instinctively imagine they need to yell to be heard above all the people around them, even if there's no noise? 

Because people do seem to yell more on mobiles when there are a lot of people around (even silent people) compared to when they're in a quiet room with 1-2 people.

 

Supplementary to this: people using mobiles as they walk simply not recognising that other people exist. This seems to be getting worse.

It used to be just the odd tosser ambling along, jabbering and not looking where they were going. Now some people walk quite fast while jabbering or scrolling on their I-phone with an inane grin on their face, just expecting you to get out of the way if you're coming in the opposite direction. I've even seen people walk across roads at some speed, scrolling and not looking, forcing car drivers to avoid them.

 

Not just that, either. I'm getting sick of some tosser walking past or behind me, hands free, yelling "Alright, mate! How are you doing! I'm doing x, y, z..." and having a double-take, assuming they must be talking to me.

Maybe it's an ongoing technology-induced transformation of humanity whereby our species ceases to recognise that we're all part of a wider community, recognising only those approved for communication in person and via mobile telecoms?

 

Am I just becoming a moaning old git?

[Alf Bentley]

34 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

Why does everybody call Ghezzal 'Ghazzel'?

 

 

Because they've heard of gazelles? 

[Finnegan]

To be clear, I'm sat in an otherwise empty office, otherwise silent office, with a Co worker who yells down his phone at ten thousand decibels. 

[TiffToff88]

1 hour ago, Saxondale said:

Why does everybody call Ghezzal 'Ghazzel'?

 

when we signed him radio leicester interviewed an Algerian journalist about him, he said that it's pronounced like the animal "Gazelle"

Edited 26 November 2018 by TiffToff88

[Max Wall]

2 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

when we signed him radio leicester interviewed an Algerian journalist about him, he said that it's pronounced like the animal "Gazelle"

He was probably a lying Mathfacker.

[TiffToff88]

1 hour ago, Max Wall said:

He was probably a lying Mathfacker.

he did scream "FREE MAHREZ" at the top of his lungs at the end of the interview, so i can confirm he was indeed Algerian at the very least.

[AKCJ]

"Harry McGuire"

[Alf Bentley]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

To be clear, I'm sat in an otherwise empty office, otherwise silent office, with a Co worker who yells down his phone at ten thousand decibels. 

 

 

Ah, well that doesn't support my theory. But maybe you just happen to work with a massively arrogant, self-important, insensitive tosser?  

[Nalis]

3 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

"Harry McGuire"

Chris Woods, impressively playing up front for Burnley 32 years after being England's 2nd choice keeper at Mexico 86.

[Stadt]

Probably one for the pedantry thread rather than a grinder of gears but when people add an apostrophe to a word already ending in a "s" to show ownership but it's not needed, like "business's", horrific.

[Finnegan]

13 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

 

Ah, well that doesn't support my theory. But maybe you just happen to work with a massively arrogant, self-important, insensitive tosser?  

 

I see what you did there...

[Alf Bentley]

Just now, Finnegan said:

 

I see what you did there...

 

Genuinely wasn't implying you possessed those qualities, if that's what you're imagining.

[TiffToff88]

25 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

"Harry McGuire"

plays for the same team as Shinzi Okazaki doesn't he?

[Alf Bentley]

7 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Probably one for the pedantry thread rather than a grinder of gears but when people add an apostrophe to a word already ending in a "s" to show ownership but it's not needed, like "business's", horrific.

 

If they're showing ownership / using possessive, "business's" or "business' " is correct, not horrific. Using it for a plural non-possessive would be horrific, though:

 

- Their two businesses have both been damaged by Brexit

- However, his business's output is up this year; 

- Whereas my business' output is down this year, because I spend too much making pedantic points on Foxes Talk

- All our businesses' output together ain't worth a hill o' beans

[Jattdogg]

4 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

If they're showing ownership / using possessive, "business's" or "business' " is correct, not horrific. Using it for a plural non-possessive would be horrific, though:

 

- Their two businesses have both been damaged by Brexit

- However, his business's output is up this year; 

- Whereas my business' output is down this year, because I spend too much making pedantic points on Foxes Talk

- All our businesses' output together ain't worth a hill o' beans

Two much bizness talk up in here.