Stuff that REALLY annoys you.

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

This really grates with me too. Particularly after you've had an interview with them and neither they (iSOFT) or the agency you went through (ecsbirmingham) have the basic professional courtesy to let you know.

You went for a job with iSoft? By choice?!

(Bursts into peals of laughter).

Through necessity dear boy.

[RageMatrix]

Through necessity dear boy.

Sorry, sorry...of course I understand that. <Gets breath back> Phew.

Anyway, on-topic...

Jade Goody. If someone like this can earn a 4 million pound fortune by being stupid, ignorant and mouthy, popular culture is way past broken.

[Ratsoap]

Motorists, chavs, kids, teenagers, old people, bus drivers, people who say 'at the end of the day', football fans, rugger buggers, people who wear those slip-on shoes with little gold chains at the front, middle-class mothers who talk really loudly about their kids to their middle-class mother mates, THE DAILY FUCKING MAIL, hicks, toffs, Paul McCartney, goths, emos, crusties, hippies, ravers, people who wear ties when they are not at work, people who wear blazers with pads on the elbows, people who talk on the phone when serving you in a shop, supermarket managers, pikies, London Underground staff, and that bloke that walks around Clerk st in Edinburgh trying to sell weed and acid.

And relax.

[Kamineko]

Through necessity dear boy.

Sorry, sorry...of course I understand that. <Gets breath back> Phew.

Anyway, on-topic...

Jade Goody. If someone like this can earn a 4 million pound fortune by being stupid, ignorant and mouthy, popular culture is way past broken.

My theory is that she hired some kind of evil PR mastermind after the end of BB3, and then did whatever they said.

More to the list:

Killer7, Killer8, and memory cards which blast your saves for both.

[Governmentyard]

I actually do that on purpose, so that buses can get past me. Who do thing you are, some Mr. Special everyone needs to give extra-wide clearance to?

I'm someone who can be blown sideways by wind who people should give extra wide clearance to, just like their driving instructor told them.

Maybe that is those lycra shorts squeezing you bollocks or that self-righteous 'I am greener and better than anybody else' shite they are full of.

What percentage of ordinary cyclists actually wear lycra shorts? I thought that was only middle management with changing facilities at work who did that? Also, they are greener than the next guy making the same journey in a car, and it's a good thing, and that's a message that should be more widely heard. Maybe because the motor industry has a fuckwad more money than the cycle industry, and helmet companies use scare tactics in their advrts which put people off letting their children cycle in the first place, the cycling message isn't gertting the media airing it deserves and those who do cycle air their views in frustration?

People who lead greener lives are better than those who don;t bother and fair play to them for saying so. No-one on here berates Yak for making good games, knowing it and saying so once in a while.

Does the cycling make you too Jesus-like so you can ignore all the rest of the highway code or just plain to fail to see what the fuck you are doing to the rest of the road users?

Oh, yes, absolutely.

And do not get me wrong, I cycled everywhere until I was 25 and came to live in this country. At least in Finland people still do not think a bicycle is something that the normal laws and common sense do not apply to.

Right, so you are talking about cycling in Finland, or in the UK here? Do you see much of cycling in the UK? There are some apalling cyclists out there on the roads, but they can be divided into three main categories: Chavs, grannies and Daily Mail readers who bought a bike because David Cameron has got one.

I do think right wing mirrors on cycles should be a legal necessity on roads, though - saves turning the head, which leads to rightward drift and Mrs. Miggins can then see that I'm trying to get from a to b faster than walking speed and she needs to move over before my three mile commute has been completed at a pace more appropriate for funerals.

[Governmentyard]

(4) People who criticise other people's spelling and grammar on the internet. Sure, someone's spelling has offended you, but that's just half the story isn't it. What this is really about is your desire to further re-enforce to yourself your own perceived superiority. You know it, everyone knows it.

Or, it makes it harder for dyslexics and people whose first language is not English to understand someone's point. If you are going to put your thoughts where everyone can see them, it's good manners to do so in a way that is as inclusive as possible.

[laptoplover]

E4 currently showing nothing but celebrity big brother, and that the only person I recognise on it is someone who became famous after being on regular big brother.

Big Brother annoys me more than anything. The original was great, but now it's just trying to shock. I got bored half way through BB2.

[piku]

(4) People who criticise other people's spelling and grammar on the internet. Sure, someone's spelling has offended you, but that's just half the story isn't it. What this is really about is your desire to further re-enforce to yourself your own perceived superiority. You know it, everyone knows it.

Or, it makes it harder for dyslexics and people whose first language is not English to understand someone's point. If you are going to put your thoughts where everyone can see them, it's good manners to do so in a way that is as inclusive as possible.

And we have a "language", lets use it? Or woulde u rather we joost mayde it oop as wee goe along?

Yes, you may have a genuine reason why you find it difficult to write and spell. This isn't a problem, it's also not an excuse. Use modern technology or a good old fashioned dictionary. Write a list of most commonly misspelled words and stick it to your PC.

Learn and improve, don't sit there in ignorance just because you're not at school any more. If you "don't get the apostrophe thing", make an effort to understand it.

Your brain isn't read-only...

[swith]

(4) People who criticise other people's spelling and grammar on the internet. Sure, someone's spelling has offended you, but that's just half the story isn't it. What this is really about is your desire to further re-enforce to yourself your own perceived superiority. You know it, everyone knows it.

Or, it makes it harder for dyslexics and people whose first language is not English to understand someone's point. If you are going to put your thoughts where everyone can see them, it's good manners to do so in a way that is as inclusive as possible.

And we have a "language", lets use it? Or woulde u rather we joost mayde it oop as wee goe along?

Yes, you may have a genuine reason why you find it difficult to write and spell. This isn't a problem, it's also not an excuse. Use modern technology or a good old fashioned dictionary. Write a list of most commonly misspelled words and stick it to your PC.

Learn and improve, don't sit there in ignorance just because you're not at school any more. If you "don't get the apostrophe thing", make an effort to understand it.

Your brain isn't read-only...

Hey, what can I say. Pedants annoy me I can't help it. I'd rather decipher the mis-spelt typings some someone with a valid point than wade through reams of the boring prattlings of a smart arse

[Ghostbiscuit]

Waiting in all morning for someone to come and fix your outdoor lighting and them NOT TURNING UP.

[gravy]

And we have a "language", lets use it?

Are you being ironic

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

And we have a "language", lets use it?

Are you being ironic?

Are you?

[gravy]

I'm with Swith on the Graham Lister like spectacle raising over malformed internet grammar and spelling so I feel no shame over my missing query

But honestly, if you're going to get preachy about the misuse of written English it's probably a good idea to make sure what you're writing is up to the standards you're asking of others

[sack]

Pretty much everybody

And relax.

Fixed that for you

[sack]

Your brain isn't read-only...

Neither is the english language

LADY MACBETH
That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold;
What hath quench'd them hath given me fire.
Hark! Peace!
It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bellman,
Which gives the stern'st good-night. He is about it:
The doors are open; and the surfeited grooms
Do mock their charge with snores: I have drugg'd
their possets,
That death and nature do contend about them,
Whether they live or die.

Nobody writes like that in 2007 do they?

so... do we all need to post to forums in that style of english seeing as we've been 'making it up as we go along' for the last couple of hundred years?