Stupid little things that bug you

[Tuearts right boot]

What's happened to the words criticise and criticism? Everything is critiqued nowadays.

Critiqued is nice criticism, ideal for the understanding non offensive world we now live in.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

 

[staffsblue]

People in crowded city centres (i.e. especially on a Saturday) glued to their mobiles and not looking where they're going. You have to avoid them, and as far as they're concerned, well son, you can just get fucked.
It's not just a stupid little thing that bugs me, either. It is a blight on society.

Was worse than that in Tesco this lunchtime. Their tills were unable to accept contactless payments due to an IT issue, so it was chip & pin or cash only.
There was someone on the door advising customers of the situation, but I reckon about 90% of people turned round and walked away. This will have been the section of society who insist on doing EVERYTHING on their phones all the time.
Needless to say, I had a lovely quiet shop and happily paid by chip & pin.

 

[Really_here]

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Keep their hair out of their eyes?

 

[maccieblue]

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why do they sterilise the needle used for lethal injections

 

[xgorton]

Xmas songs on the radio,it's facking November.

 

[hallsteve62]

Folk who get in to an elevator, then stand looking at each other waiting for it to read their minds and automatically move upwards or downwards.

People who say 'elevator' instead of 'lift' ; )

 

[kaz7]

When you buy something from the bakery and it is in the flimsy plastic so when you try and put it back it splits open and is useless

 

[Stoned Rose]

Could be that they've replaced the Sodium Chloride with Potassium Chloride? Reduces the Sodium content of the crisps so they advertise as "45% less salt" as people are trying to reduce salt intake and it easier to understand at a glance than "45% less Sodium". Still probably has the same amount of "salt" in there but it's a Potassium salt rather than a Sodium salt.

The "45% less Sodium" I mentioned above would likely be incorrect as they can mess with the percentages reported by using either atomic weight of sodium (~23 g/mol) or molecular weight of Sodium Chloride (~58.5 g/mol) depending on which one gives a better percentage for their marketing blurb.

Not sure OP was actually requiring an answer.

 

[Blue Mist]

The obese woman on the opposite side of the pub talking to her mum....
On her phones loudspeaker.

HAVE YOU PUT YOUR HEARING AIDS IN ?

Just put it to your ear you stupid woman and ask your mother.

 

[Stephen Ireland's pants]

Could be that they've replaced the Sodium Chloride with Potassium Chloride? Reduces the Sodium content of the crisps so they advertise as "45% less salt" as people are trying to reduce salt intake and it easier to understand at a glance than "45% less Sodium". Still probably has the same amount of "salt" in there but it's a Potassium salt rather than a Sodium salt.

The "45% less Sodium" I mentioned above would likely be incorrect as they can mess with the percentages reported by using either atomic weight of sodium (~23 g/mol) or molecular weight of Sodium Chloride (~58.5 g/mol) depending on which one gives a better percentage for their marketing blurb.

Thanks for this detailed reply. It's a bit heavy all this chemistry stuff. I just thought if I ordered salted crisps I would get salt. It's 50% of the name of the product. They have stolen most of the salt so it's taking the piss . Take the sugar off sugar donuts and the fat crew would burn greggs to the ground.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

It's not just a stupid little thing that bugs me, either.

By the way, it occurs to me that nothing “bugs” me, unless the NSA or MI5 have already carried it out in my flat.
(I don't speak American).

Some things wind me up. Others get my goat. Others still get on my tits.

 

[Bill Walker]

Folk who get in to an elevator, then stand looking at each other waiting for it to read their minds and automatically move upwards or downwards.

I do that sometimes, and there's a reason.

 

[.db.]

What's happened to the words criticise and criticism? Everything is critiqued nowadays.

You can have positive critique: saying that Pep’s done a good job at City is critiquing his work.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I hate the gambling ads on TV and radio that are rammed down our throats everyday, and then at the end they say "please gamble responsibly"!

I'm not a gambler so I don't have to gamble responsibly but I imagine gambling addicts won't be thinking about gambling responsibility when they're chasing their losses.

I think it's time gambling ads are banned because nobody needs ads forcing down their throats to then be told "please gamble responsibly" by some condescending ****!

 

[Tuearts right boot]

That holiday ad where some cheesy faced goon is cart wheeling and back flipping down a jetty with loads of dancers doing stuff. Final masterful back flip with a cheesy grin to camera while the stunt double who did the act is still getting up off the floor in the back ground. Very poor but very funny

 

[WickyWain]

When you finish work to find that some utter **** has smashed into the back of your car and driven off without leaving any details.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

When you finish work to find that some utter **** has smashed into the back of your car and driven off without leaving any details.

Twats trick mate. Not crashed into but plenty of scratches from pram, supermarket trolley drivers and even cyclists in the past.

What did make me smile, I may have seen it on BM or elsewhere on the web an idea to keep business cards from people who've done you wrong and put them on the windscreen of cars that have been hit.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Getting Cross-1
5 minutes "arguing" with my computer for not accepting my password. Then realising Caps Lock is on!

Getting Cross-2
Everything in the wash ends up bundled and knotted inside the bedding fitted sheet.

 

[kaz7]

When you put two socks in the washing machine and only one comes out, one of lifes big mysteries