Grumpy old buggers thread

[ramblingboy42]

because I don't say short of a dollar....doesn't sound right.

[V8Ian]

No matter how it sounds, it's a state of being for me, Dennis.

[Tins]

Quid vult Deus!

Who are you? Roger Waters?

[Saitch]

Who are you? Roger Waters?

Meh, more like Richard Dribble.

[DieselDan]

I've got another one to add to the sport commentator pet peeves, footy this time instead of cricket...
Watched the first game of the AFLW season on the telly last night (was a pretty good game in the second half when Carlton finally remembered how to play...) and listened in increasing rage to how the word 'goal' has become a verb. As in 'she has goaled'.
Aaarrrrrghhh!
No, you arse, she has scored a goal.

Fortunately it was dry so I didn't need to suffer the dimwit telling everyone that the rain has made conditions 'greasy' rather than just wet and slippery.
What? Is it raining oil??

I'm hoping the Olympics gets cancelled again this year, not sure I'll be able to cope with listening to how people have 'medalled'.
No they bloody well haven't. They have won a medal.
Meddling, the verb, is spelt differently and has entirely different connotations!!!

[4bee]

I've got another one to add to the sport commentator pet peeves, footy this time instead of cricket...
Watched the first game of the AFLW season on the telly last night (was a pretty good game in the second half when Carlton finally remembered how to play...) and listened in increasing rage to how the word 'goal' has become a verb. As in 'she has goaled'.
Aaarrrrrghhh!
No, you arse, she has scored a goal.

Fortunately it was dry so I didn't need to suffer the dimwit telling everyone that the rain has made conditions 'greasy' rather than just wet and slippery.
What? Is it raining oil??

I'm hoping the Olympics gets cancelled again this year, not sure I'll be able to cope with listening to how people have 'medalled'.
No they bloody well haven't. They have won a medal.
Meddling, the verb, is spelt differently and has entirely different connotations!!!

Yep Dan. Time a fulltime Ron was employed

[RANDLOVER]

Lately I am becoming more annoyed at all the pinging, binging, chiming when people are on TV being interviewed from a distance/home as they don't turn off their notifications, also people that put their mobile on silent but leave it to vibrate which I can hear through the TV and makes me think it is mine! I think the TV stations should get their sound/computer tech to remotely login to the interviewees device and shut it up.

[BradC]

Lately I am becoming more annoyed at all the pinging, binging, chiming when people are on TV being interviewed from a distance/home as they don't turn off their notifications, also people that put their mobile on silent but leave it to vibrate which I can hear through the TV and makes me think it is mine! I think the TV stations should get their sound/computer tech to remotely login to the interviewees device and shut it up.

It’s not just TV. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who forget (or just won’t because they are more important than everyone else) put their phones on silent. That applies to tv, video conferences, meetings, offices, kitchens, bloody everywhere really.

On the other hand, I always got a laugh when there was a doorbell on the telly and the dog barked and rushed to the door.

[Old Farang]

On the other hand, I always got a laugh when there was a doorbell on the telly and the dog barked and rushed to the door.

Don't laugh at the dog! I don't bark, and well past rushing anywhere, but have been known to go to the door!

[4bee]

Lately I am becoming more annoyed at all the pinging, binging, chiming when people are on TV being interviewed from a distance/home as they don't turn off their notifications, also people that put their mobile on silent but leave it to vibrate which I can hear through the TV and makes me think it is mine! I think the TV stations should get their sound/computer tech to remotely login to the interviewees device and shut it up.

I'm getting ****ed of with all those Zoom interviews with all the crap furnishings & Photos on the wall.


If they could only see themselves & I'm sure a lot of them load up the background with **** that is only personal to them, but "Hey look at me guys, I've been to Bullamakanka" Idiots!