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General Things That Annoy You thread - part 2
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Claudia Winkleman's Fringe.
Get your hair cut you daft bint!
Winds me right up. Has done for years.9 -
I have this irrational dislike of that fringe also. Our paths don't cross generally and I'm sure she's nice but I can't help being a bit judgemental about her daft fringe being a reflection of her personalityJohnBoyUK said:Claudia Winkleman's Fringe.
Get your hair cut you daft bint!
Winds me right up. Has done for years.3 -
I’m not sure she even benefits from it.2
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She’s a fucking div I hate her4
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You did say fringe didn’t you?JohnBoyUK said:Claudia Winkleman's Fringe.
Get your hair cut you daft bint!
Winds me right up. Has done for years.7 -
Trust you mate.DaveMehmet said:
You did say fringe didn’t you?JohnBoyUK said:Claudia Winkleman's Fringe.
Get your hair cut you daft bint!
Winds me right up. Has done for years.0 -
Only 1 out of those 4 words come from French. Well done.CharltonManor1966 said:
Garlick eating frog bastards!Raith_C_Chattonell said:After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Norman French became the dominant language of power, law, and the upper classes in England, creating a strict linguistic divide that lasted for roughly 300 years. It was the Pleading in English act in 1362 that returned English to our law courts and schools - and the first King to speak English as his first language after the Norman invasion was Henry IV in 1399.
A famous 1973 computerized study of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary by Thomas Finkenstaedt and Dieter Wolff placed the precise number of direct French borrowings at 28.3%. However, because many Latin words actually entered English through French during the Middle Ages, linguists state that French has influenced up to 45% of our total vocabulary—accounting for roughly 80,000 words0 -
1 in 4 there too, lolSporadicAddick said:
Cheese eating surrender monkeysCharltonManor1966 said:
Garlick eating frog bastards!Raith_C_Chattonell said:After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Norman French became the dominant language of power, law, and the upper classes in England, creating a strict linguistic divide that lasted for roughly 300 years. It was the Pleading in English act in 1362 that returned English to our law courts and schools - and the first King to speak English as his first language after the Norman invasion was Henry IV in 1399.
A famous 1973 computerized study of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary by Thomas Finkenstaedt and Dieter Wolff placed the precise number of direct French borrowings at 28.3%. However, because many Latin words actually entered English through French during the Middle Ages, linguists state that French has influenced up to 45% of our total vocabulary—accounting for roughly 80,000 words
So you’re both below average.0 -
But why do they exist? Can’t you just have competitions for players at the same levels, like in other sports?MrOneLung said:
Surely that is exactly what handicaps are for ?charente addick said:Playing matchplay golf against someone you’re giving 16 shots to. They beat you on the last hole then strut off like they’re Rory McIlroy despite the fact that you actually played the course 15 shots less that them!
However I once played a set for fun against a tennis coach at our club in which I started 40 to love up in each game.
Incidentally ’tennis’ comes from the French ’tenez’ which means ’take’. It was called out each time a player hit the ball in the early ’jeu de paume’ when you played with your the palm of your hand. ’Love’ comes from the French ’l’oeuf’ (the egg) which is round, like a zero, when fried I suppose.
Sorry for this bastardising this conversation (2 more French words there too, lol)
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Had old winkleman in my cab about 2 weeks ago. Picked her up from the same spot where I actually got in her car about 20 years ago outside the accountants I used to work for. I was showing her where the garage was. She pulled into the garage, knocking over a colleagues parked motorbike. When I reminded her of this a couple of weeks ago she couldn't deny it quick enough saying she has never driven in her life and it couldn't be her. You can't mistake that fringe for anyone else.1
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For heaven’s sake. If you find someone so arrogant, don’t speak to them at the end other than to say:charente addick said:
It’s not the handicap system that annoys me, anyone who plays regular golf signs up for it. It’s the bragging about it afterwards as if they’ve shot 72, not 92. Never a flicker of acknowledgement that it was the shots allocation that enabled them to compete. It’s far more likely that a 20 handicapper is going to score 5 below their handicap than someone who is playing off 5. This is particularly accentuated in the summer when a ‘bobbler’ can get 50+ yards extra roll. The bigger hitter doesn’t get the same advantage as they generally have to club down to maintain accuracy and approaches don’t hold the green as well.lordromford said:
Sounds like your gripe is with the person you were playing, not the system. To be fair, they sound like a bit of a nob. 😂charente addick said:Playing matchplay golf against someone you’re giving 16 shots to. They beat you on the last hole then strut off like they’re Rory McIlroy despite the fact that you actually played the course 15 shots less that them!
In fact, it sounds like the handicap system worked perfectly, giving you a close fought match despite being golfers of very different abilities.
Like I say, it’s not playing off handicaps that annoys me, it’s the unfiltered and consistent arrogance displayed by those who benefit most from the system that gets on my pip.
’I let you win.’1 -
I would have thought that in golf, the handicap system does exactly what you say… identifies players “at the same levels” ?jimmymelrose said:
But why do they exist? Can’t you just have competitions for players at the same levels, like in other sports?MrOneLung said:
Surely that is exactly what handicaps are for ?charente addick said:Playing matchplay golf against someone you’re giving 16 shots to. They beat you on the last hole then strut off like they’re Rory McIlroy despite the fact that you actually played the course 15 shots less that them!
However I once played a set for fun against a tennis coach at our club in which I started 40 to love up in each game.
Incidentally ’tennis’ comes from the French ’tenez’ which means ’take’. It was called out each time a player hit the ball in the early ’jeu de paume’ when you played with your the palm of your hand. ’Love’ comes from the French ’l’oeuf’ (the egg) which is round, like a zero, when fried I suppose.
Sorry for this bastardising this conversation (2 more French words there too, lol)0 -
I’m just quoting Groundskeeper Willie.jimmymelrose said:
1 in 4 there too, lolSporadicAddick said:
Cheese eating surrender monkeysCharltonManor1966 said:
Garlick eating frog bastards!Raith_C_Chattonell said:After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Norman French became the dominant language of power, law, and the upper classes in England, creating a strict linguistic divide that lasted for roughly 300 years. It was the Pleading in English act in 1362 that returned English to our law courts and schools - and the first King to speak English as his first language after the Norman invasion was Henry IV in 1399.
A famous 1973 computerized study of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary by Thomas Finkenstaedt and Dieter Wolff placed the precise number of direct French borrowings at 28.3%. However, because many Latin words actually entered English through French during the Middle Ages, linguists state that French has influenced up to 45% of our total vocabulary—accounting for roughly 80,000 words
So you’re both below average.
He’s got a point though. They do eat cheese and tend to surrender. The monkey bit is probably erroneous.1 -
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She owes her hairdresser 80% of her income. As soon as she got that fringe, they started putting her in everything. She even got her own chat show, which they should have called Fringe Benefits. TV producers literally cannot get enough of that do.JohnBoyUK said:Thanks for validating me @Carter. I'm not on my own. My wife has told me she doesn't want to hear me mention Claudia's Fringe anymore! 😂. I now feel seen!!!
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Energy companies (Octopus) constantly wanting to set your Direct Debit too high.
We were paying £140 a month, but they asked us to increase it to £290. I cranked it up to £220, and now they're asking for £234, even though their estimated annual cost works out at just under £180 a month.
All seems a bit scammy to me7 -
Being charged a mortgage exit fee simply because my 5 year fix has run it's term. Like what. You can't administer closing the mortgage account out of the 40k interest I've paid you.
Pure rent seeking behaviour that in a properly functioning economy simply wouldn't be allowed.4 -
Refuse to pay the exit fee and stick with the (presumably) far superior rate from your old fix?cantersaddick said:Being charged a mortgage exit fee simply because my 5 year fix has run it's term.
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Mortgages are a racket, like loads with the housing/moving/borrowing money to keep a roof over your head marketcantersaddick said:Being charged a mortgage exit fee simply because my 5 year fix has run it's term. Like what. You can't administer closing the mortgage account out of the 40k interest I've paid you.
Pure rent seeking behaviour that in a properly functioning economy simply wouldn't be allowed.
Conveyancing solicitors hold a particular place in hell, truly a job if ever there was one that will fall early on to AI given most of them use that as a default already
Mortgages have to be one of the safest bets in the world. Even if you default to the point of having your home repossessed the bank wins and holds an in-demand asset as security.
I've got this bullshit to do next year and I'm looking forward to it as much as I am a colonoscopy3 -
They were doing the same to me and I had accumulated a decent surplus. It was surprisingly simple to get a rebate from them.Gribbo said:Energy companies (Octopus) constantly wanting to set your Direct Debit too high.
We were paying £140 a month, but they asked us to increase it to £290. I cranked it up to £220, and now they're asking for £234, even though their estimated annual cost works out at just under £180 a month.
All seems a bit scammy to me1 -
They are all fuckers for it, they regularly, say quarterly will send an email telling us they are upping the direct debit. I then send an email back telling them not to.9goalswentpastperry said:
They were doing the same to me and I had accumulated a decent surplus. It was surprisingly simple to get a rebate from them.Gribbo said:Energy companies (Octopus) constantly wanting to set your Direct Debit too high.
We were paying £140 a month, but they asked us to increase it to £290. I cranked it up to £220, and now they're asking for £234, even though their estimated annual cost works out at just under £180 a month.
All seems a bit scammy to me
Its simply and cynically to inflate their books, nothing to do with making sure we are using energy responsibly.
I'm happy to go back to receiving a paper bill and go down the post office to pay it if this continues and they can employ someone to keep an eye on it instead of running a formula upping the amount of money they take from me each month that always leaves me (them) hugely in credit1 -
When British Gas do that to me I just go online and reduce it to the amount I think is needed to cover my usage.Carter said:
They are all fuckers for it, they regularly, say quarterly will send an email telling us they are upping the direct debit. I then send an email back telling them not to.9goalswentpastperry said:
They were doing the same to me and I had accumulated a decent surplus. It was surprisingly simple to get a rebate from them.Gribbo said:Energy companies (Octopus) constantly wanting to set your Direct Debit too high.
We were paying £140 a month, but they asked us to increase it to £290. I cranked it up to £220, and now they're asking for £234, even though their estimated annual cost works out at just under £180 a month.
All seems a bit scammy to me
Its simply and cynically to inflate their books, nothing to do with making sure we are using energy responsibly.
I'm happy to go back to receiving a paper bill and go down the post office to pay it if this continues and they can employ someone to keep an eye on it instead of running a formula upping the amount of money they take from me each month that always leaves me (them) hugely in credit0 -
If only that was an option!Rizzo said:
Refuse to pay the exit fee and stick with the (presumably) far superior rate from your old fix?cantersaddick said:Being charged a mortgage exit fee simply because my 5 year fix has run it's term.0 -
I’m with octopus and only pay for the energy I’ve used the previous month.Carter said:
They are all fuckers for it, they regularly, say quarterly will send an email telling us they are upping the direct debit. I then send an email back telling them not to.9goalswentpastperry said:
They were doing the same to me and I had accumulated a decent surplus. It was surprisingly simple to get a rebate from them.Gribbo said:Energy companies (Octopus) constantly wanting to set your Direct Debit too high.
We were paying £140 a month, but they asked us to increase it to £290. I cranked it up to £220, and now they're asking for £234, even though their estimated annual cost works out at just under £180 a month.
All seems a bit scammy to me
Its simply and cynically to inflate their books, nothing to do with making sure we are using energy responsibly.
I'm happy to go back to receiving a paper bill and go down the post office to pay it if this continues and they can employ someone to keep an eye on it instead of running a formula upping the amount of money they take from me each month that always leaves me (them) hugely in credit0
