Journalists who make stuff up about players because it sounds good and is patently lies (mainly about Spurs players) to that Totsfan
LDL - "films about Vietnam"... that's really out there! (Hamburger Hill is excellent IMHO.) - NHS reforms, and political interference for political ends in general. - Roadworks, roadworks average speed cameras, being stuck in a traffic jam on the M1 at 4AM due to roadworks. - The Northern Line. - Subsidising industries that are supposed to be 'privatised'. - Bankers getting bonuses at all, bonuses for taking risks with the future of everyone. - Selling the soul of the country to the financial industry. - Credit rating agencies pronouncing on governments (who elected the rating agencies)? - Shorting of shares, the stock market being no more than a casino, insider dealing. - Billionaires buying up teams followed by fans thinking they somehow deserve to be where they are, 'fans' that change teams. - Fans that think being a fan means nothing but criticising the team (mainly thinking of the old 606 there). - Arrogance and lack of humility.
In the spirit of this one^: People who wear Motorhead t-shirts who couldn't name a single song, other than the Ace of Spades. Not even that, in some cases.
*** More to add : Being wrong. The bosses wife. Having to listen to the same sh*t of Capital/ Magic in the office. Random people adding me on Facebook. People that are just too happy - Makes me jealous as I tend to be a miserable c*nt. The Scots behind the A.B.E. t-shirts and all the ones that wore them. Being surrounded by drunks when you're sober. Pikeys in pubs. No wait, pikeys in general. Paying tax. Not having won the lottery yet. The idea of being arrested if I were caught robbing a bank.
People who talk about themselves too much People who lie needlessly People who are driven by money rather than interests Ceaseless upkeep and maintenance on my house Shopaholics People who loiter in the streets The cars that drive down my road at 80mph Sushi culture Random companies who ring me Junk mail Bendy buses
I could write an very very long list for this. but my current pet hate: Tesco. everything about it to be honest, but in particular, people shopping in tesco's. why is it that as soon as people walk through the doors, pick their basket/trolley, they turn into non-functional human beings?! a normal walking pace that turns to that of a snail?? 180 degree trolley turns with out looking?? stopping in the middle of an aisle??? total inconsideration for others who need to pick up items, by parking their trolley in the most inappropriate places??? queueing at the 10 item of less counter with about 40 items and then kicking off when the assistant says they wont serve them?? seriously???!! in addition... the self service tills that just don't work??? the majority of staff who are unwilling to help??? loads of checkouts till being closed on a friday evening and most of a saturday???!! Tesco. very little help.
Americans who 1. Think politicians are the problem when they believe what we ought to do is spend more on defense, cut taxes and balance the budget. 2. Think we need to gut the Bill of Rights, who obviously don't know Franklin's quote, "People who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither." 3. Think they don't need to know anything about military history to be in favor of a war, especially those who were in favor of a war in Afghanistan who were completely unaware of the dozen times since Alexander the Great people have invaded and regretted it. 4. Everyone else in this country determined to re-enact the Fall of Rome. 5. Are not just anti-intellectual, which is fine, but pro-ignorance. 6. Blame everyone but themselves for their problems. Everyone who doesn't make a habit of seeing where other people are going, and adjusting their path to make it easier for everyone. Polite drivers. One once tried to wave me into the path of a car going 40 mph. Children, with a few exceptions Cycling. A conspiracy to make men dress up like fools Fat free half and half. There's a technical word for it. It's called milk.
I forgot: the police. Not just for one incident, either, but for many over the years (though I've seen a number of great cops as well.) My last run-in: Police car stops. Policeman gets out and points his gun at me, presumably loaded. "Hands up!" he says. "We have a report of a prowler with black hair and a red shirt." With my hands up, I say, "I have neither black hair nor a red shirt."
No offence RWAEB, but I'd like to add one of my own: Americans who equate socialism with devil-worship and watch Fox News without realising that it's a comedy channel.
My hair is medium brown, my shirt was a really bright blue, like a teal. I'd walked fifty yards from my front door, following the sidewalk the entire way. Pretty surreal. Also, no offence taken, the demonization of socialism in the US ticks me off as well. But it's gone beyond that. The crowd at the Republican debate booed Ron Paul when he quoted the golden rule. Their position, in the good old days, was, we want fundamentalist Christianity and free market capitalism and racism. Their position now is "We want to be aggressively ignorant assholes, who hold nothing sacred except the joys of being in an angry mob created by rich people to further their own interests and screw ours."
The key that you select from the keyring is ALWAYS the wrong one, especially in the dark. Mobile phones with tiny letters/numbers that I need a magnifying glass for, and when will phone companies realise that over fifties do not want cameras, games, texting, silly ringtones, downloads of any kind, messages from your provider telling me things I am not interested in, terms like provider, customer ****ing service (described precisely) NO, NO! I want a TELEPHONE that makes and receives calls with controls that I can see, and that is all. OK!
The fact that bras do not all open either in the same place or in the same way, that some matches strike on the front, and some on the back, and that bumpers are not all the same height.
