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Minor Annoyances (Vol 2)


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Just now, Devon Malcolm said:

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Well I don't particularly like him, or even seek him out, but I don't have the same hatred for him that some people do. 

Also he has one of the most expensive season tickets at Spurs, so I feel a bit sorry for him obviously. 

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8 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Is this an item of clothing you willingly bought? If so, you're making your own annoyances!

I have a wife, who also buys jackets.

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My friend James moved to Canada about six years ago and has attained naturalised citizenship. He is also the captain of his local  curling team. He asked our UK friend group to name the team. My favourite runners up were “Slide and the family stone” and “Stone Cold Sweeps Often”. 

I was able to win with the simple and elegant “James Curls Stones.” 

Also I find curling relaxing and therapeutic to watch and have, during previous Winter Olympics, found it to be oddly engrossing. It is very very dull but my brain enjoys it for some reason. 

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1 hour ago, Gus Mears said:

Curling. What a load of shit. Clags up and otherwise great event in the Winter Olympics and does so constantly.

I love winter bowls, and considering the age of the average poster on here you'd have thought that middle-aged sports would be down everyone's strasse. 

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On 2/6/2026 at 9:03 PM, air_raid said:

Today’s top point scorer in “the hundreds of things that seem to exist only to defeat me”

I have a good hoover. However, the blurb and instructions make a big deal about how long the hose for extensions is, and how great this makes it for stairs etc. Even a couple of years into owning it, the recoil on the hose is so powerful that you can’t even use half of this impressive length without the body of the vacuum cleaner toppling over, making it pointless.

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Tonight I was reminded of another of my recurring issues and that is taking my plate to the dinner table without putting any food on it.

Why are mine all fucking kitchen related.

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When there's a group of people walking on the pavement side by side taking up the entire footpath and they refuse to move over/go single-file when I'm walking past in the oppoite direction, meaning I either a) have to barge into them making me look like an aggressive arsehole or b) move into the busy road and risk getting run over.

 

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On a similar note - people getting annoyed when they walk into me - mostly in London when they're looking at their phones and just assuming the entire world revolves around them. Annoying in the streets because obviously I don't have a deathwish, but more prominent through busy stations. I don't understand how they think they don't need to pay attention to where they're walking.

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41 minutes ago, Lorne Malvo said:

When there's a group of people walking on the pavement side by side taking up the entire footpath and they refuse to move over/go single-file when I'm walking past in the oppoite direction, meaning I either a) have to barge into them making me look like an aggressive arsehole or b) move into the busy road and risk getting run over.

 

My trick for that is walk with my head lowered, like I'm only watching the pavement. Most people spot this and swerve to avoid the bloke who's not looking where he's going.

EDIT: I only do this when it looks from a distance like they're not going to move out of the way.

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Henning Berg
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Our PO numbers are up to around 46650. One of our suppliers invoice numbers have just hit around 46860. I keep entering the wrong one.

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On 2/11/2026 at 11:21 AM, Lorne Malvo said:

When there's a group of people walking on the pavement side by side taking up the entire footpath and they refuse to move over/go single-file when I'm walking past in the oppoite direction, meaning I either a) have to barge into them making me look like an aggressive arsehole or b) move into the busy road and risk getting run over.

 

A specific variation of this with people going in the same direction that I have is after the school drop off when I'm rushing to get back for a meeting and other parents are dawdling and having a natter taking up the whole pavement and seemingly unaware of all of the people around them. Very frustrating and has the added layer of these being people I have to see all the time so I can't really be an arse about it. 

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1 hour ago, Chest Rockwell said:

people I have to see all the time so I can't really be an arse about it. 

The older I get the more difficult I find it to hide my contempt. Sometimes it slips out a tiny bit and Queen Coco dies a thousand deaths. 

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