darrenm Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Brother's. Brother's what? An example of what pisses me off, but really shouldn't. I'm sure these will have been mentioned elsewhere in this thread but here goes, in order of irritance: 1. People who say 'bias' when they should say 'biased'. As in 'He's bias anyway'. ARGH! Don't do it! It makes you sound stupid. 2. People who substitute 'have' with 'of'. As in 'He should of done better". ARGH! Don't do it! It makes you sound stupid. 3. People who don't know the difference between 'your' and 'you're'. Try and work out if what you're saying is about something belonging to a person or object, or if you're just really saying 'you are'. edit: Hold on... some clever person has obviously put 'should_of' in the word filter to change it to 'should have'. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted December 30, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2010 I completely agree with the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Sow due eye :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NulliSecundus Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Was reading through that at first dirk and was wondering what your problem was with number two, go me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 30, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2010 Idiots who ring shops with stupid questions. We had one earlier who asked if we could price-match Amazon. And every day we get someone asking for trade in values for 20 titles and expects us to just know off the top of our heads and tuts when we don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 30, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2010 Idiots who ring shops with stupid questions. We had one earlier who asked if we could price-match Amazon.Seems like a reasonable question to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoppy1987 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Idiots who ring shops with stupid questions. We had one earlier who asked if we could price-match Amazon. What's wrong with price-matching? I went to Winstanley Bikes in Wigan a few days ago and they were happy to price-match Evans Cycles . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 30, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2010 Nothing wrong with price-matching, we do in fact do it... with anything in the town. I know of no shop I could walk into, who does price matching, and say 'This is cheaper on Amazon, match it for me' and would actually do it. Except maybe John Lewis. Its just a stupid queston imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Brother's. Brother's what? I'm sure he meant his brother's personality, he can't be that moronic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Brother's. Brother's what? I'm sure he meant his brother's personality, he can't be that moronic! I did actually mean brothers in general, but slipped up with the apostrophe. It was just a sort of a 'brothers, who'd av em' sort of a comment, because mine seriously gets on my tits from time to time. Am I a more on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Brother's. Brother's what? I'm sure he meant his brother's personality, he can't be that moronic! I did actually mean brothers in general, but slipped up with the apostrophe. It was just a sort of a 'brothers, who'd av em' sort of a comment, because mine seriously gets on my tits from time to time. Am I a more on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted December 31, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2010 Nothing wrong with price-matching, we do in fact do it... with anything in the town. I know of no shop I could walk into, who does price matching, and say 'This is cheaper on Amazon, match it for me' and would actually do it. Except maybe John Lewis. Its just a stupid queston imo. I can see where you're coming from, but there's no harm in asking. To him, the worst thing you can do is say no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 31, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2010 Oh it wasn't just that he was wondering if we could do the price match, he was expecting us to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted December 31, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2010 In that case, he's a bit daft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Following on from my 'Christmas Day' rant, I thought I'd follow up the series by recounting the events of last New Year's Eve to explain why New Year's Eve is also crap. It's December 31st 2009, we have been invited over to my Auntie's for a New Year's Eve party, and I was actually looking forward to it. My mum was at work so it was just me and my dad at home. It was getting to about 9 before I could convince him we should leave to go over there so already we have a full grown man stroppy and sighing. Once we get there I'm left with my other Aunty's partner and one of my cousin's husbands. Now how can I describe my Aunty's partner? That should do the trick. In fact, take away the glasses and the cigarette and it is him. He starts telling us about how his vasectomy went years ago... lovely, a fat old man talking about having his balls altered. To be fair, it's probably better than him going on again about how much he earns and how he bought some bathroom tiles for £10 each. So with me now feeling a bit queasy I staggered my way into the other room feeling ill. I sat down and realised I was in a room of old women, most of them who I didn't know. Being the shy person I am, I sat back, trying to sink into the settee hoping they haven't noticed me. Old ladies like to touch my hair... Anyway, eventually someone sticks their head around the door and tells me my dad is asking for me, so I fight through the mass of people to find my dad in the kitchen "Are you alright?" he says "Yeah, I'm fine" "Okay then, thats all..." so a pointless trip and now I'm stuck in the kitchen with the alcoholics. A cousin of mine who I cannot stand comes over to me. Now how can I describe him to you? That should also do the trick. Looks and acts just like him, but he also has this thing, remember when you were about 14 and a friend of yours would steal a beer from someone's fridge and bring it while your playing football and they are like "Whoa! beer! yeah! look how grown up I am, are you impressed?!" He is about 36 and he is still like that. So I got bored of him really fast. Then out of bordem I start listening to his girlfriend going on about God knows what, she really does prove the stereotype that Belgians are indeed boring. "I ate a piece of toast for breakfast and then I let my cat out and he wanted to come back in straight away..." Then my mum gets there after her shift and someone tells me she wants to see me, shes in the room with old ladies. "Are you alright?" she asks "Yeah..." "Okay, thats all" another pointless journey through a mass of people. The rest of the night just kind of passes me by as I slip into semi-conciousness until someone says "Oh its the countdown!" after that all the women rush around to kiss everone because its the start of another crap year, then back to semi-conciousness. After an uninspiring fireworks show, a few people finally start making their way home or to some other place. Eventually my mum decides its best to get my dad to bed as he is now drunk. So I say my hellos and goodbyes to the two cousins who I actually like to see after not getting the chance all night. So thats it, see you all again in March. We head home in the car, my dad is asking the same random questions over and over, too drunk to hear properly or comprehend any answer, and because any answer isn't sinking in, he gets angry. We get home, hes all stroppy again and eats the last of the left over Turkey while watching something random on TV with the volume up so high the wallpaper is peeling. I think I might sit it out on my own this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Following on from my 'Christmas Day' rant, I thought I'd follow up the series by recounting the events of last New Year's Eve to explain why New Year's Eve is also crap. It's December 31st 2009, we have been invited over to my Auntie's for a New Year's Eve party, and I was actually looking forward to it. My mum was at work so it was just me and my dad at home. It was getting to about 9 before I could convince him we should leave to go over there so already we have a full grown man stroppy and sighing. Once we get there I'm left with my other Aunty's partner and one of my cousin's husbands. Now how can I describe my Aunty's partner? That should do the trick. In fact, take away the glasses and the cigarette and it is him. He starts telling us about how his vasectomy went years ago... lovely, a fat old man talking about having his balls altered. To be fair, it's probably better than him going on again about how much he earns and how he bought some bathroom tiles for £10 each. So with me now feeling a bit queasy I staggered my way into the other room feeling ill. I sat down and realised I was in a room of old women, most of them who I didn't know. Being the shy person I am, I sat back, trying to sink into the settee hoping they haven't noticed me. Old ladies like to touch my hair... Anyway, eventually someone sticks their head around the door and tells me my dad is asking for me, so I fight through the mass of people to find my dad in the kitchen "Are you alright?" he says "Yeah, I'm fine" "Okay then, thats all..." so a pointless trip and now I'm stuck in the kitchen with the alcoholics. A cousin of mine who I cannot stand comes over to me. Now how can I describe him to you? That should also do the trick. Looks and acts just like him, but he also has this thing, remember when you were about 14 and a friend of yours would steal a beer from someone's fridge and bring it while your playing football and they are like "Whoa! beer! yeah! look how grown up I am, are you impressed?!" He is about 36 and he is still like that. So I got bored of him really fast. Then out of bordem I start listening to his girlfriend going on about God knows what, she really does prove the stereotype that Belgians are indeed boring. "I ate a piece of toast for breakfast and then I let my cat out and he wanted to come back in straight away..." Then my mum gets there after her shift and someone tells me she wants to see me, shes in the room with old ladies. "Are you alright?" she asks "Yeah..." "Okay, thats all" another pointless journey through a mass of people. The rest of the night just kind of passes me by as I slip into semi-conciousness until someone says "Oh its the countdown!" after that all the women rush around to kiss everone because its the start of another crap year, then back to semi-conciousness. After an uninspiring fireworks show, a few people finally start making their way home or to some other place. Eventually my mum decides its best to get my dad to bed as he is now drunk. So I say my hellos and goodbyes to the two cousins who I actually like to see after not getting the chance all night. So thats it, see you all again in March. We head home in the car, my dad is asking the same random questions over and over, too drunk to hear properly or comprehend any answer, and because any answer isn't sinking in, he gets angry. We get home, hes all stroppy again and eats the last of the left over Turkey while watching something random on TV with the volume up so high the wallpaper is peeling. I think I might sit it out on my own this year. /thread, we have a winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 true venting rage at its best, Ajax! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 How about when people wake you up from a brilliant dream? two examples: 1. On Christmas day I was having this dream that I was a desperado in the wild West and I was riding along on my horse, about to blow someones head off with my revolver then *BEEP!* my phone wakes me up with a text from my cousin thanking me for the Christmas present. Yeah, very nice of her but damn it, I was a desperado! 2. I was dreaming that it was my birthday and Tammy Sytch was there and she had a 'special gift' for me, but before I got to open it ... "Time to get up, you've got that long day at college today" "Thanks mum" I say with tears in my eyes. Its not always bad though I suppose, one time I dreampt the Nazis were going to kill me by firing squad, I woke up just before they fired. Just one of two dreams I've had about Nazis coming to kill me. :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Its not always bad though I suppose, one time I dreampt the Nazis were going to kill me by firing squad, I woke up just before they fired. Just one of two dreams I've had about Nazis coming to kill me. Confused Anne? ANNE!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry_Static Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I have no balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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