Barcon
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Pain in the fucking arse. The wife buys rye bread that needs to be cut in half to go in the toaster.
A 4 slice toaster does 2 slices of bread ffs.
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Stupid little things that bug you
- Thread starter bluemooners09
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A 4 slice toaster does 2 slices of bread ffs.
Dial M 4 Mercer
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People on quiz shows who instead of just giving the answer to a question decide to give the whole backstory as to why they know the answer.
2smokinberyls smockfrocks
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the seemingly arbitrary changes made to some foreign place-names...
who decided to do it?
when?
and why?
was it one individual who did it?
or was it some pissed up aristocrats or politicians one evening who got out a map of the world and randomly selected some cities or countries they didn't like the name of?
"Brasil! fuck that, let's change it to Brazil."
"Roma! fuck that, let's change it to Rome."
"Wien! fuck that, let's change it to Vienna"
frankly, it does my head in and makes no sense at all.
who decided to do it?
when?
and why?
was it one individual who did it?
or was it some pissed up aristocrats or politicians one evening who got out a map of the world and randomly selected some cities or countries they didn't like the name of?
"Brasil! fuck that, let's change it to Brazil."
"Roma! fuck that, let's change it to Rome."
"Wien! fuck that, let's change it to Vienna"
frankly, it does my head in and makes no sense at all.
Tuearts right boot
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A self cleaning nozzle on a tube of Gorilla wood glue.....15 minutes to try and get it to flow and bearing in mind I have a garage full of shite so know my way round a ' tube of glue '. Seriously considering taking it back and making myself look a twat on the trade counter of our local builders merchant when all of a sudden and for some unexplained reason out came the glue, job done, on the shelf for another 7 years.
Tuearts right boot
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Some twats justifying their wages in the various government departments, usually in an windowless office at the end of the corridor, 3rd on the right. Quite probably single and living at home with their mum.the seemingly arbitrary changes made to some foreign place-names...
who decided to do it?
when?
and why?
was it one individual who did it?
or was it some pissed up aristocrats or politicians one evening who got out a map of the world and randomly selected some cities or countries they didn't like the name of?
"Brasil! fuck that, let's change it to Brazil."
"Roma! fuck that, let's change it to Rome."
"Wien! fuck that, let's change it to Vienna"
frankly, it does my head in and makes no sense at all.
Before you get all het up think history. It wasn't pissed up aristocrats or politicians but merchant's, sailors and explorers. A white man lands in China and is told by a local the town in called Bejing. Bearing in mind ol' whitey doesn't speak Cantonese, by the time he's told the ships captain who takes 6 months to sail home before he can tell someone where he got all the silk from, by then in his memory its Peking.the seemingly arbitrary changes made to some foreign place-names...
who decided to do it?
when?
and why?
was it one individual who did it?
or was it some pissed up aristocrats or politicians one evening who got out a map of the world and randomly selected some cities or countries they didn't like the name of?
"Brasil! fuck that, let's change it to Brazil."
"Roma! fuck that, let's change it to Rome."
"Wien! fuck that, let's change it to Vienna"
frankly, it does my head in and makes no sense at all.
The same happened with Mumbai.
BrilliantSome twats justifying their wages in the various government departments, usually in an windowless office at the end of the corridor, 3rd on the right. Quite probably single and living at home with their mum.
Tuearts right boot
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Thinking about it, we, the Brits, discovered, conquered, pillaged and owned most of the world and seeing as over half the worlds population speaks English we therefore have the right to call these places what we dammed well want.the seemingly arbitrary changes made to some foreign place-names...
who decided to do it?
when?
and why?
was it one individual who did it?
or was it some pissed up aristocrats or politicians one evening who got out a map of the world and randomly selected some cities or countries they didn't like the name of?
"Brasil! fuck that, let's change it to Brazil."
"Roma! fuck that, let's change it to Rome."
"Wien! fuck that, let's change it to Vienna"
frankly, it does my head in and makes no sense at all.
Grassland Blue
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This explains some differences but what about Constantinople - Istanbul or Slaithwaite - Slowit.....Before you get all het up think history. It wasn't pissed up aristocrats or politicians but merchant's, sailors and explorers. A white man lands in China and is told by a local the town in called Bejing. Bearing in mind ol' whitey doesn't speak Cantonese, by the time he's told the ships captain who takes 6 months to sail home before he can tell someone where he got all the silk from, by then in his memory its Peking.
The same happened with Mumbai.
Don't know about the first 2 but isn't the third just because they are thick Yorkshire bastards ?This explains some differences but what about Constantinople - Istanbul or Slaithwaite - Slowit.....