Tiny Little Things That Cause You Irrational Rage

[EDOldie]

Lets do lunch. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

That would be super EDOldie. When do you have a window?

[Sue]

"Leveraging".

Eh?

And "Cover off".

AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH.

[dukesdenver]

Overheard recently in the office - "let's throw some strategy at it" - cringe!

[Sue]

dukesdenver Wrote:

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> Overheard recently in the office - "let's throw

> some strategy at it" - cringe!

xxxx

Sounds like a good strategy to me :))

[brum]

The bloke in the flat upstairs who NEVER shuts the garden gate behind him, letting it swing open. Grrrr.

[Sue]

There are two kinds of people in the world - those who like the gate closed and those who don't.

It's a personality thing.

[brum]

Hmmm... Perhaps its a metaphor for something deeper in meaning.

Or perhaps he's just plain lazy.

[Ted Max]

I think this meets the tiny and irrational criteria: the use of "my" when people say things like: "I like my beer", "I love my football", "I like my curries hot".

It gets on my tits, not sure why. I think its the indication that the speaker is a true connoisseur, and wishes to transmit a sense of superior knowledge, or ownership, of something.

I like my preferences expressed less smugly.

[sophiesofa]

People who don't use "my" eg. I saw Mum yesterday when she's their mum not mine.

101%

110%

200%

1000000%

the list goes on

You can't get higher than 100%

[skidmarks]

"can I get" instead of "can I have"

So American!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

[Moos]

sophiesofa Wrote:

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> People who don't use "my" eg. I saw Mum yesterday

> when she's their mum not mine.

Hang on sophiesofa, whose Mum would it be? 'Mum' is used like a name, so if you know the person referred to it's legitimate. Same for naming a friend who is mutually known to both parties:

- I saw Nigel on Friday, he's been made redundant

- Nigel who?

- You know, my friend Nigel

= bad

but

- I saw Nigel on Friday, he says hi

- Oh yeah, how's he doing?

= OK

[KalamityKel]

Crafty buggers who invite you in for a "meeting" which turns out to be something A LOT more sinister (not talking about myself here).

Just say it how it is!!

[Tony.London Suburbs]

sophiesofa Wrote:

101% 110% 200% 1000000% the list goes on You can't get higher than 100%

sophie: my maths is a bit rusty. If I bought a Snooker Table for ?100, a few years ago, and it now costs ?500.

What percentage increase is that, please?

[James]

Has anyone said 'Hazel Blears' yet?

[Tony.London Suburbs]

I just want somebody to answer my question.

Hazel will do, anyone?

[jaybee82]

The expression 'belt and braces'.

Ergh.

[Ted Max]

James, did you read Lucy Mangan's line on one of Hazel's YouTube videos?

"It's as if the offspring of a squirrel and Jane Horrocks had hopped up onto a chair and started lying to you about the future."

[*Bob*]

Lucy Mangan

[Ted Max]

What of her?

[bigbadwolf]

Guardian reader are you *Bob*?

[James]

Love that description of Blears Ted Max.

[jaybee82]

People who call Green and Blue 'Green and Blacks'.

Green and Blue = wine bar

Green and Black's = chocolate bar

Simples!

[louisiana]

Louisa