Stupid little things that bug you

[stevemacca]

Trying to open bin bags only to find that all your pulling and ripping is to no avail as you've opened the wrong end.
Bag now has a hole at the wrong end.
Re-sealable ham and cheese packets are a close second.

It now has a hole in both ends - so a tube really
Must be uesful for something

 

[heatonblue]

Isn't that one of the words that started out as a proper noun but have now entered the lexicon as a verb or as a synonym for vacuum.?

Like Biro

 

[DrBlueBob]

Like Biro

I think that you are correct, albeit as a synonym not a verb but in the lexicon. There must be others too but I can't think of any.

 

[Big Swifty]

"Your call is important to us" and "We're experiencing an unusually high volume of calls..."

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I think that you are correct, albeit as a synonym not a verb but in the lexicon. There must be others too but I can't think of any.

Tannoy

 

[Big Swifty]

I think that you are correct, albeit as a synonym not a verb but in the lexicon. There must be others too but I can't think of any.

There is also Dyson. Mrs BS bought a Dyson recently and everyone knows what is meant by that.

They are known as eponyms.

 

[tony coleman]

Cars that park right next to you when the rest of the carpark is fucking empty.

 

[DrBlueBob]

There is also Dyson. Mrs BS bought a Dyson recently and everyone knows what is meant by that.

They are known as eponyms.

As in eponymous, makes sense now you say it. Cheers.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Tannoy

Shouldn't that be TANNOY!! Sorry, where's my coat.

 

[laserblue]

Working in an electrical retail background for over 20 years people who call vacuum cleaners Hoovers.

It winds me up something rotten.

Unless you are actually buying a Hoover vacuum cleaner they should never be referred as Hoovers

Chill out mate. Put your Zimmer aside and have a Coke :)