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tikay
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Re: Things that piss you off!
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Reply #2025 on:
July 02, 2014, 07:28:42 AM »
Quote from: celtic on July 02, 2014, 02:41:57 AM
People that describe something as 'it's like marmite' then go on to say, you either love it or hate it. Gets on my tits.
Very substantial tits they are too, one can but imagine.
PS - There is now a Nandos @ Gatwick Airport.
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July 02, 2014, 07:31:19 AM »
Quote from: RED-DOG on June 20, 2014, 03:23:01 PM
When people say, "In actual fact".
What other kind of facts are there?
When people refer to me as "Yourself".
"One moment, I'll just get a quote for yourself".
absolutely
The Radio 5 Presenters love that one.
absolutely
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July 02, 2014, 07:59:23 AM »
Quote from: tikay on July 02, 2014, 07:31:19 AM
Quote from: RED-DOG on June 20, 2014, 03:23:01 PM
When people say, "In actual fact".
What other kind of facts are there?
When people refer to me as "Yourself".
"One moment, I'll just get a quote for yourself".
absolutely
The Radio 5 Presenters love that one.
absolutely
Yourself
is a bugbear of mine, too. It's referred to as
misuse of the reflexive pronoun
, as the verb reflects back on you:
- I wake myself up
- I dress myself
- she carries herself well
- and it even appears in things other drivers suggest you go and do in your spare time.
It's a common, annoying feature of customer service now. I think it stems from people being fearful of ending a sentence with such a sharp ending as "you", whereas "yourself" is softer and they can tail off the inflexion without risking offence. That's my theory anyway.
Unsurprisingly, I'm not a fan
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Re: Things that piss you off!
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Reply #2028 on:
July 02, 2014, 08:27:41 AM »
Quote from: Tal on July 02, 2014, 07:59:23 AM
Quote from: tikay on July 02, 2014, 07:31:19 AM
Quote from: RED-DOG on June 20, 2014, 03:23:01 PM
When people say, "In actual fact".
What other kind of facts are there?
When people refer to me as "Yourself".
"One moment, I'll just get a quote for yourself".
absolutely
The Radio 5 Presenters love that one.
absolutely
Yourself
is a bugbear of mine, too. It's referred to as
misuse of the reflexive pronoun
, as the verb reflects back on you:
- I wake myself up
- I dress myself
- she carries herself well
- and it even appears in things other drivers suggest you go and do in your spare time.
It's a common, annoying feature of customer service now. I think it stems from people being fearful of ending a sentence with such a sharp ending as "you", whereas "yourself" is softer and they can tail off the inflexion without risking offence. That's my theory anyway.
Unsurprisingly, I'm not a fan
absolutely
When of course they really mean "yes".
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Re: Things that piss you off!
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Reply #2029 on:
July 02, 2014, 08:30:42 AM »
Whats wrong with yourself ?
Take that in the 2 ways it's intended
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Reply #2030 on:
July 02, 2014, 08:36:49 AM »
I can't stand he thought of Vinny putting Marmite on his tits.
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July 02, 2014, 08:40:22 AM »
Quote from: RED-DOG on July 02, 2014, 08:36:49 AM
I can't stand he thought of Vinny putting Marmite on his tits.
but does it piss you off?
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July 02, 2014, 12:33:44 PM »
Tailing off the inflection in 'yourself' is exactly the reason it happened originally I think.
Now it's because people think they sound smarter/more professional.
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July 02, 2014, 03:49:40 PM »
Suit yourself.
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July 23, 2014, 11:22:23 AM »
When the wife tries to get the arse with you for giving your opinion...I'm not talking 'how do I look in this'.
Phones me up the other day
Wife - got some gossip do you want to hear it
Me - (now I normally don't care too much at this point but experience has told me I am going to hear it anyway) go on then
Wife - the man over the road has left his wife and kids
Me - really, boring Paul
Wife - yeah the bastards ran off with a 20 year old
Now this is where you have to be careful in your reply - Paul is about 40 the same age as me...it's now quite apparent the reply of "fair play" is not what is regarded as sympathetic
So then for five minutes she tried to instigate an argument by throwing words like pervert, paedo, wanker etc in to the mix about boring Paul
After she'd hung up I thought "why do they do that, why do they ask and then try to argue with your reply - it really pisses me off
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July 23, 2014, 11:27:42 AM »
Quote from: smurf on July 23, 2014, 11:22:23 AM
When the wife tries to get the arse with you for giving your opinion...I'm not talking 'how do I look in this'.
Phones me up the other day
Wife - got some gossip do you want to hear it
Me - (now I normally don't care too much at this point but experience has told me I am going to hear it anyway) go on then
Wife - the man over the road has left his wife and kids
Me - really, boring Paul
Wife - yeah the bastards ran off with a 20 year old
Now this is where you have to be careful in your reply - Paul is about 40 the same age as me...it's now quite apparent the reply of "fair play" is not what is regarded as sympathetic
So then for five minutes she tried to instigate an argument by throwing words like pervert, paedo, wanker etc in to the mix about boring Paul
After she'd hung up I thought "why do they do that, why do they ask and then try to argue with your reply - it really pisses me off
Basically, she wants reassurance that you're not going to run off with a 20 year old.
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Re: Things that piss you off!
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July 23, 2014, 08:46:16 PM »
Quote from: smurf on July 23, 2014, 11:22:23 AM
When the wife tries to get the arse with you for giving your opinion...I'm not talking 'how do I look in this'.
Phones me up the other day
Wife - got some gossip do you want to hear it
Me - (now I normally don't care too much at this point but experience has told me I am going to hear it anyway) go on then
Wife - the man over the road has left his wife and kids
Me - really, boring Paul
Wife - yeah the bastards ran off with a 20 year old
Now this is where you have to be careful in your reply - Paul is about 40 the same age as me...it's now quite apparent the reply of "fair play" is not what is regarded as sympathetic
So then for five minutes she tried to instigate an argument by throwing words like pervert, paedo, wanker etc in to the mix about boring Paul
After she'd hung up I thought "why do they do that, why do they ask and then try to argue with your reply - it really pisses me off
What worries me is that at 40 years old you haven't learnt to keep your honest opinion to yourself when answering the wife. I have many a moment in similar positions where I answer what she wants to hear and a wry smile crosses my face knowing I've just simultaneously duped the wife and thought about banging the fit bird across the road.
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Re: Things that piss you off!
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July 23, 2014, 09:07:35 PM »
I feel extremely naive and stupid but it's taken me 26 years to realise what nonsense any form of media is when it comes to foreign politics. It's why I try to not get involved.
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July 31, 2014, 03:25:24 PM »
I'm back with another moan...it feels like I'm morphing in to my dad already
Cinemas...I'm a bargain searching sort so I tend to only go on orange Wednesdays (for which I specifically bought a pay as you go orange phone I only use for this purpose)
I like the trailers...but adverts...bloody adverts about cars, drinks in the foyer, red bull and all the other crap
18 minutes of adverts yesterday 10 mins of trailers 2 mins of turn off your mobile before I even got to the film
Adverts at the cinema...grrrrrr
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July 31, 2014, 03:30:56 PM »
Quote from: smurf on July 31, 2014, 03:25:24 PM
I'm back with another moan...it feels like I'm morphing in to my dad already
Cinemas...I'm a bargain searching sort so I tend to only go on orange Wednesdays (for which I specifically bought a pay as you go orange phone I only use for this purpose)
I like the trailers...but adverts...bloody adverts about cars, drinks in the foyer, red bull and all the other crap
18 minutes of adverts yesterday 10 mins of trailers 2 mins of turn off your mobile before I even got to the film
Adverts at the cinema...grrrrrr
I don't like to see the trailers because they give too much away, so I just ask what time the film actually starts and then go in with about a minute or so to spare.
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