Petty Annoyances

[Ant]

This one's not that much of an annoyance, but it is petty: people who don't remove the stickers from the bottom of a new pair of shoes.

Yes, we can in fact all see the stickers when you're walking despite their being on the bottom of your shoe. And yes, it does make you look a bit silly. And lazy/forgetful/generally a little bit slack.

[Keef]

LOL! You tell 'em girl! It's just not on.

[Jah Lush]

What really irritates the hell out of me is I have two men in my office who insist on speaking to their wives on the phone as if they are little babies. Pathetic henpecked eunuchs!

[giggirl]

OMG - not only is that sick-making it's also completely unsexy.

[Jah Lush]

It's so vile and pathetic GG I usually have to leave the room for fear of throwing up.

[giggirl]

Are you never tempted to talk to these so called men like they were ikkle wikkle babies? Just to see how it goes down. Your post reminds me of the episode of Sex In The City where Samantha's squeeze baby talks in bed and she finds herself unable to, erm, enjoy herself.

[Jah Lush]

I would seriously doubt that they have managed to get their wives to enjoy themselves in years. No, make that decades.

[Moos]

Maybe they wear enormous nappies at home and insist on being breastfed.

Argh! I'm making myself sick now. Sorry.

[Brendan]

What really gets my goat is when I get home from a hard day in the office and shnookie wookims is watching Sex in the City.

[giggirl]

I have a theory that it's men like this, who baby talk their wives, who spend their hard earned cash with ladies of the night. How sad.

[Brendan]

But they're just so cuddly wuddly.

[????]

I've always been "Oi you,get my dinner on the table and your arse in the bedroom PRONTO" type man when i get home from work...

...*prays and hopes fluffy-bunny treacle toes isn't on the EDF at the moment

[giggirl]

???? - if your dinner is on the table at the same time as treacle toes is in the bedroom waiting then surely that presents a dilemma. How do you cope?

[????]

Food first, always

[????]

isn't she a lucky lady

[giggirl]

???? - NO NO NO - How disappointing. You're no better than the baby-talkers. Where are all the real men on the forum hiding?

[hairyjayne]

moooooonpiiig.com

get stuck in my head for days

[ruffers]

People who write phone numbers thus - 0208 xxx xxxx, or 0207 xxx xxxx. The code is 020.

Not sure how petty that is, I'm serious on this one.

(Obviously not the x's as that would be silly.)

[Keef]

"The Song Game"*, and especially the "Word Association" thread!!!!!!!!!

* I know I have joined in with this, but it bugs the hel out of me!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Swedes that come wrapped in plastic. I'm going to peel the damn thing - why?

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Conformists who write phone numbers thus - 020 8xxx xxxx, or 020 7xxx xxxx.

As a traditionalist I've just got used to "ROD" becoming "701" before we start on the myriad of prefix changes...

In fact what have been the changes in Inner London since the glorious 1960's..starting with the letters..like "ROD"..?

Anyone?

[Moos]

Keef Wrote:

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> "The Song Game"*, and especially the "Word

> Association" thread!!!!!!!!!

>

>

> * I know I have joined in with this, but it bugs

> the hel out of me!

Got to say I'm with Keef on this one...

[David Mc]

And me. Unfortunately my OCD means I have to read them to make the red numbers disappear. Can't we have an "ignore thread" button to make them go away for ever?

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Tony.London Suburbs Wrote:

Conformists who write phone numbers thus - 020 8xxx xxxx, or 020 7xxx xxxx. As a traditionalist I've just got used to "ROD"

becoming "701" before we start on the myriad of prefix changes...

In fact what have been the changes in Inner London since the glorious 1960's..starting with the letters..like "ROD"..?

Anyone?

After "rod" then "701" there was "071" then "0171" then "020" split between "0207/0208" now its "020 7701".

Progress initt,innit?

[Jah Lush]

BRI (which was the Brixton exchange) became 274 and TOW (Townley) became 693. Both good Dulwich numbers by the way. God I'm getting old.

Back to petty annoyances though - people constantly rabbiting on the phone and not just on public transport which really does my head in. For instance, I have a girl in the office who is constantly talking fatuous boring crap all day long to her friends and family and I really don't want to hear it thank you very much.