Stupid little things that bug you

[laserblue]

I think I have said this before but people getting there, their and they're wrong and also to and too. Happens a lot on this site and I have to bite my tongue :)

Would of, should of, could of, might of.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Would of, should of, could of, might of.

Rarely hear that these days, more often it's Wudda, Shudda, Cudda (along with the dropped "T"). My old English language teacher would have chucked his blackboard duster at you if he heard any of that.

 

[laserblue]

Rarely hear that these days, more often it's Wudda, Shudda, Cudda (along with the dropped "T"). My old English language teacher would have chucked his blackboard duster at you if he heard any of that.

It's not so much spoken as written that's excruciating. I'd never seen these written with 'of' until about 20 years ago so it's pretty recent and increasingly widespread. It doesn't even make sense. There are 12 year old kids in Europe in the early stages of learning English as a second language who would never write that. My belief is that people who write that don't read enough because surely if they read these common constructs in their correct form they'd soon pick up that the 'of' should be 'have'.

 

[citizen_maine]

Was on a first aid training course at work yesterday along with about 25 others including 2 fucking know it alls.

These two spent the entire course trying to out do each other - answering any question someone asked rather than the trainer answer it and then try their very best to counter the others answer with a "yes but in that scenario you could also do....."

One of them' sat in front of me, had the habit of finishing the sentence off for the trainer..... the pair of them were fucking annoying.

You're American now. You can shoot them

 

[Blue Mist]

You're American now. You can shoot them

@citizen_maine And then somebody would make a film of it
@Mad Eyed Screamer shoots the 2 loud mouths but it turns out they were in a biker gang.
20 Hells Angels descend on the offices and a dance (known in Hollywood as a fight) breaks out. MES, whose gun has jammed, kills them one by one with sugar tongs and a rolled up serviette.
All this plays out to a backing track Bigmouth Strikes Again sung by some long forgotten artist.

As its Hollywood it would have to have a happy ending..... I can't be arsed thinking of one.....

 

[Bill Walker]

Was on a first aid training course at work yesterday along with about 25 others including 2 fucking know it alls.

These two spent the entire course trying to out do each other - answering any question someone asked rather than the trainer answer it and then try their very best to counter the others answer with a "yes but in that scenario you could also do....."

One of them' sat in front of me, had the habit of finishing the sentence off for the trainer..... the pair of them were fucking annoying.

I have a feeling of deja vu here... Haven't you been in this exact situation before with the same scenario of some clever twats annoying you on a training course?

Maybe when you mentioned that you had being on eggheads to anyone that would listen you wound the rest of the class up quite a bit, they then all thought you were a big headed know everything twat and they then tried to outdo you.

 

[Kippax77]

Certain Premier league players (not name shaming Saka) who win a tackle or a throw in then immediately turn to the crowd and wave their arms about for adulation.
it's turned more into X Factor than football these days.

Even worse are the fans who then respond standing up and cheering/roaring wildly.

Sit down you dicks and save it for a goal

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I have a feeling of deja vu here... Haven't you been in this exact situation before with the same scenario of some clever twats annoying you on a training course?

Maybe when you mentioned that you had being on eggheads to anyone that would listen you wound the rest of the class up quite a bit, they then all thought you were a big headed know everything twat and they then tried to outdo you.

No. My last gripe in this thread was about twats bringing water bottles the size of a beer barrel to company meetings.

 

[mexico1970]

No. My last gripe in this thread was about twats bringing water bottles the size of a beer barrel to company meetings.

And those massive mugs full of coffee.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

And those massive mugs full of coffee.

A massive mug with a massive mug of coffee