General Chat

ANY OBVIOUS Tattoos piercings...


" For sure" instead of Certain/ly


local radio news traffic announcement presenters that race through their statement and then at the end say something like "If you spot a queue and its safe and legal to do so, call us on xxxxxxxxx "(garbled telephone number) or speak in a up n down sing song voice...and then speak into their chests...

Excessive tattoos. :-|

all the above

plus

nukelar instead of nuclear

LOL Supercrutch, I won't do it again, promise :-D But I couldn't resist :-)

SHUT UP our Rose :-P :-P :-P

I loathe the germ spreaders...... :-| :-| :-|

Oh yes Supercrutch people coughing all over you and the food in the shop.

Thankyou for all the lists, personal and musical. :-)

Many of those I could well add to my own list, but it would make me seem like a very grumpy old woman lol.

Supercrutch.... did you know......it's 327 days till Christmas ;-)

Let none of them be missed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NLV24qTnlg

Stupid, selfish people who refuse to recognise a cripple when planted right in front of their noses! They expect ME to move out of their way! Not a damn chance :-P

Patients sat in the GP surgery waiting room who cough and splutter without a hanky in sight.

Children with dummies stuck in their mouths.

Friends who delight in telling me it's only 364 days until Christmas and continuing the countdown :-|

using fewer and less at the wrong time

the expression 'it was so fun'

people my age (not on the phone) whi don't walk in a straight line on the pavement. (and they are not disabled in any way.

People in mobility scooters who assume I will leap off the pavement as they hurtle towards me.

Teenagers on bikes who think it is funny to zig zag in front of cars doing wheelies. Don't they know it is them wo come off worse in an accident?

Again teenagers (usually) on bikes carrying their helmets on the handlebars

Spell check that thinks it knows better than me what I want to say.

All of the above and

Claiming things are "way better"

"Whatever" or "What" usually from teenagers

People talking loudly on their phones in public.....we don't care what's happening in your life trust me....text the person instead!

Packaging you can't open.

Sunday Sermons at our church.

The Amplification system is so poor, I have difficulty in hearing the preacher.

My hearing aid is on maximum volume & sign language expert is too expensive. Can anyone teach me how to lip-read? :-S

Shops who are not mobility friendly.

People who think I'm invisible when in my wheelchair.

My brick wall in my family tree.

Cyclists using the pedestrian crossing.

Cruelty to children and animals

I could go on but...........

TV adverts claiming something is Two times stronger than xxx. Why not twice as strong as xxx?

TV advert promoting self medication for Male night time in continence, with no mention of consulting your GP first.

Current TV advert for a fat buster pill. One of the women in the lineup has grey hair, probably in her late 50s. If the info leaflet is the same as similar products, it shouldn’t be taken by post menopausal women.

'Veganuary' and all its associated snobbish pontification
People moaning about dog poo when the real problem is LITTER
People who spend 10 minutes choosing porridge and block the aisle
Stupid adverts with bad grammar (e.g. 'Create Amazing...')
Cadburys chocolate now tasting like crap
Dumbed-down documentaries
Laura Kuenssberg's commentaries - rather like a ride to the scaffold

Phone blindness, Maggie. :-0

I, too, can be easily distracted from chores I hate. :-D

People who stand in shop doorways having a chat

Those who wait for a bus, and no matter how late the bus, decide to look for money/pass once on the bus.

People who zig-zag across the pavement whilst using their phone

Anyone walking towards me texting, who expects the world to get out of their way

Adults cycling on pavements, especially in built up areas

My ability to be distracted - I am currently :-S - painting a bedroom

'Housework'

Well, speaking as someone who has no flaws ..... excuse me while I pick up my OH from the floor where he's falling about laughing ........ Dermot, how many NON-self-serving Cabinet Ministers are you aware of. As far as celibate clergy are concerned, may I take it that you're referring to RC clergy because I don't think it would apply to Anglican, Methodist or other denominations from what I've heard.

Sharon, my husband and I (or the Royal 'we') completely agree; food served on slate (as we once had) is weird.

1) Wealthy Skinflints.

2) Blind, deaf & dumb witnesses.

3) Those who do not 'know' their immediate neighbours.

4) Celibate (*) Clergy.

5) Strong politicians.

6) Weak politicians.

7) Self-serving Cabinet Ministers.

8) Anglo-American speak.

9) Abuse apologies.

10) My own fatal flaws.

Sat instead of sitting or had sat.

'For free' instead of 'free', 'free of charge' or 'for nothing'.

'I' when it should be 'me'.

Bits of drama in documentary programmes.

That woman who does that singing in anything medieval if the monks are not doing it.

The silly squiggle of chocolate sauce over every dessert you ever buy.

Food served in and on strange containers, tiles, jam jars, bread boards.

Those women dentists on that toothpaste advertizement.

'Invite' instead of 'invitation.'