The small things in life that annoy you

[benjii]

On 08/12/2025 at 00:28, AlexLaw76 said:

The continuous gushing praise given by the pro to the celeb dancer on Strictly.

they act as if they are the love of each others lives ffs

In fairness, they are probably banging.

[Turkish]

Go to the gym 4-5 times a week and want to live a fit and healthy life = obsessed 

drink 3 alcoholic drinks a day eat shit and look like shit = perfectly normal 

weird outlook 

[Weston Super Saint]

9 hours ago, Turkish said:

Go to the gym 4-5 times a week and want to live a fit and healthy life = obsessed 

drink 3 alcoholic drinks a day eat shit and look like shit = perfectly normal 

weird outlook 

= lazy!  6 of the best!

[Turkish]

19 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

= lazy!  6 of the best!

Recovery is as important as exercise!

[AlexLaw76]

Being asked for an email address at the checkout. 
 

Players hugging it out when opening a box on Deal or No Deal

[trousers]

Being asked to show a boarding pass when buying a packet of crisps in an airport departure lounge. F*** off... There's no legal requirement to show it, you data mining cretins.

Edited December 19 by trousers

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Being asked for an email address at the checkout. 
 

Players hugging it out when opening a box on Deal or No Deal

I’m glad someone else thinks that it drives me nuts 

[Turkish]

Compulsory fun at Christmas, dear me

[AlexLaw76]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

I’m glad someone else thinks that it drives me nuts 

Today's episode...

"I know its a blue in my box, I am sure of it..You are a great guy, a real inspiration and I love you"

*Opens box*

"Oh, so sorry, £75,000 inside"...

*hugs it out*

 

[badgerx16]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Today's episode...

"I know its a blue in my box, I am sure of it..You are a great guy, a real inspiration and I love you"

*Opens box*

"Oh, so sorry, £75,000 inside"...

*hugs it out*

 

Haven't watched it for years but it always amused me when Noel Edmonds would say "Well played" - it's a game of pure chance, there is no skill or intelligence involved at all.

[sadoldgit]

Liz Truss.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/19/tory-members-club-accuses-liz-truss-of-poaching-tactics

[whelk]

When I saw SOG had post on this thread i knew, as always it would not be as thread intended. Fuck off to all the other threads where you moan about Tories you miserable fucker

 

[sadoldgit]

I see the forum curmudgeon has got out of the bed the wrong side this morning again.

Liz Truss is small and she annoys me. Ok? 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

27 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

I see the forum curmudgeon has got out of the bed the wrong side this morning again.

Liz Truss is small and she annoys me. Ok? 

Hopefully, someone will get you a clue for Christmas, SOG.

[Turkish]

10 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Haven't watched it for years but it always amused me when Noel Edmonds would say "Well played" - it's a game of pure chance, there is no skill or intelligence involved at all.

They still do. Stephen Mulhern is the current presenter and he’s very, very annoying. He’ll often say how well they’ve played the game when it’s pure luck 

[sadoldgit]

Just for you Whelk, to show that I do understand the purpose of this thread…

Tesco running out of our favourite wine when the 25% off offer for 6 bottles or more is on.

😘

[AlexLaw76]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

They still do. Stephen Mulhern is the current presenter and he’s very, very annoying. He’ll often say how well they’ve played the game when it’s pure luck 

Do you reckon the players are on the lash every evening? They all seem to “love” each other, and give nods to conversations had the night before.

Do you not think it a tad sexists how the baddie (banker) is a man??? I bet he is straight and Caucasian too.

[Turkish]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Do you reckon the players are on the lash every evening? They all seem to “love” each other, and give nods to conversations had the night before.

Do you not think it a tad sexists how the baddie (banker) is a man??? I bet he is straight and Caucasian too.

Probably I would be. Bet quite a few shag as well

[badgerx16]

The New Zealand accent.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

8 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

The New Zealand accent.

Yep. Especially the work "deck" which sounds too much like dick.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

The blue Salt & Shake sachet has been replaced by something that you'd put a plaster in. A bit off-putting, and harder to spot.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Going to pick up the Christmas order to find half of it missing, and items substituted in for others.

[Weston Super Saint]

1 hour ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Going to pick up the Christmas order to find half of it missing, and items substituted in for others.

Sure, but substituting Brussel sprouts with pigs in blankets is an awesome surprise.

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Sure, but substituting Brussel sprouts with pigs in blankets is an awesome surprise.

Not if you are vegetarian.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Sure, but substituting Brussel sprouts with pigs in blankets is an awesome surprise.

They get no points from me for sculpting a turkey made of sprouts!

 

[Sheaf Saint]

When your oven, that you only just recently had repaired specifically in time for Christmas, stops working again the day before Christmas 🫤

[rallyboy]

3 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

When your oven, that you only just recently had repaired specifically in time for Christmas, stops working again the day before Christmas 🫤

Turkey sliced up into the toaster, sprouts boiled in the kettle, everything else microwaved to death - delicious. 😨

[Holmes_and_Watson]

7 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

When your oven, that you only just recently had repaired specifically in time for Christmas, stops working again the day before Christmas 🫤

Hopefully relocating to another relative is an option.

[iansums]

8 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

When your oven, that you only just recently had repaired specifically in time for Christmas, stops working again the day before Christmas 🫤

My sympathies. A few years ago our oven packed up on Xmas day, luckily we relocated everything to the Mother-in-Law who lived less than 5 minutes away. Probably the only time I was pleased she lived so close.

[Sheaf Saint]

1 hour ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Hopefully relocating to another relative is an option.

Not necessary. My mum is bringing her large air fryer round and with our double one as well we've got everything covered.

Just a minor annoyance really.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

Spending Christmas Eve in hospital with my youngest child, only to get discharged and go home, just in time for my eldest to vomit on me.

[badgerx16]

1:00 a.m. on Christmas morning, clearing up after a leak in the kitchen.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

16 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

1:00 a.m. on Christmas morning, clearing up after a leak in the kitchen.

Oh damn. Today or a previous Xmas?

 

[badgerx16]

37 minutes ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Oh damn. Today or a previous Xmas?

 

This morning.

 

We had many years ago suffered a storm on Christmas Eve which left us without power for 48 hours and with a hole in the roof - which we told the kids was where Santa had lost control of his sleigh in the gale and crashed.

 

Edited Thursday at 10:10 by badgerx16

[Holmes_and_Watson]

I like to take some time opening gifts, and seeing other people open their presents. Some time to enjoy the thought that goes into it. But every year is a feeding frenzy of wrapping paper. 🙂

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

4 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

This morning.

 

We had many years ago suffered a storm on Christmas Eve which left us without power for 48 hours and with a hole in the roof - which we told the kids was where Santa had lost control of his sleigh in the gale and crashed.

 

Hope you get it sorted and still manage to have a good day.

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Hope you get it sorted and still manage to have a good day.

Working with buckets under the sink until the new parts arrive. Means we will have to babysit the washing machine and swap buckets between rinses. 

No biggy.

[whelk]

Being told the incorrect definition of ‘violence’. Coercive behaviour isn’t violence 

[badgerx16]

On 25/12/2025 at 09:16, badgerx16 said:

1:00 a.m. on Christmas morning, clearing up after a leak in the kitchen.

 

On 25/12/2025 at 16:04, badgerx16 said:

Working with buckets under the sink until the new parts arrive. Means we will have to babysit the washing machine and swap buckets between rinses. 

No biggy.

The Christmas leak is fixed.

[whelk]

1 hour ago, badgerx16 said:

 

The Christmas leak is fixed.

How much was the plumber? I can relate 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

The standard size of mobile phones increasing to what used to be the phablet size.

Edited 5 hours ago by JohnnyShearer2.0

[Gloucester Saint]

3 hours ago, whelk said:

How much was the plumber? I can relate 

£300-400 if it is like the Cotswolds. Doesn’t matter what the job is…

[badgerx16]

4 hours ago, whelk said:

How much was the plumber? I can relate 

I work cheap 😉

[trousers]

"Twixmas" this, "Twixmas" that.... just f*** off society with your shite pointless made up words. Twats, the lot of you.

[whelk]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

"Twixmas" this, "Twixmas" that.... just f*** off society with your shite pointless made up words. Twats, the lot of you.

I am actually working this Twixmas

[badgerx16]

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

I am actually working this Twixmas

Is that Left Twixmas or Right Twixmas ?

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

5 hours ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

The standard size of mobile phones increasing to what used to be the phablet size.

When the ladies ask are they pleased to see them, I sadly take out my phablet. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

3 hours ago, trousers said:

"Twixmas" this, "Twixmas" that.... just f*** off society with your shite pointless made up words. Twats, the lot of you.

I might have heard "Tweenmas" earlier, as I'd just have thought of twixes had I heard the one you heard.

6 hours ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

The standard size of mobile phones increasing to what used to be the phablet size.

"Phablet" is also on the annoying list.

[whelk]

Commentators who say “this will be looked at“ when we all know VAR is in play and will of course look at every goal