Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[ColinJ]

There's a few up at the Blake Dean end of Hardcastle Crags.

THIS DOCUMENT lists old mine and quarry sites further up the valley.

 

[Conrad_K]

In America, or at least my part of it, we can no longer buy paper towels. The only thing we can buy are bizarre half-width paper towels that are too small for scrubbing things with. You can tear off two towels, but they simply tear along the perfs when you try to use them.

A few weeks ago I picked up some of the hateful towels, got them home, and WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?! The perforations were punched to tear them into little toilet-paper-sized squares, making them worthless for even the limited uses of the half-size towels.

I bought a bundle of cloth shop rags for the workshop and general utility in the house, and how I'll have to wash them periodically. GHARRRR...

 

[mustang1]

A certain brand of phone case (and now, backpacks too) where the advert is pretty much as follows:

SHOUTING, EXCITEMENT, SHOUTING SHOUTING SHOUTING MORE EXCITEMENT
We are gathered here outside the Apple store.
SHOUTING EXCITEMENT SHOUTING EXCITEMENT
This is the new (brand's s name) phone case.
SHOUTING SHOUTING SHOUTING EXCITEMENT SHOUTING
We are going to drop it from a really tall building
SHOUTING EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENT SHOUTING
and see what happens
SHOUTING SHOUTING EXCITEMENT
WHOA HE DROPPED THE PHONE SHOUTING SHOUTING
Look! Nothing happened to the phone! SHOUTING SHOUTING SHOUTING

 

[Andy in Germany]

A certain brand of phone case (and now, backpacks too) where the advert is pretty much as follows:

SHOUTING, EXCITEMENT, SHOUTING SHOUTING SHOUTING MORE EXCITEMENT
We are gathered here outside the Apple store.
SHOUTING EXCITEMENT SHOUTING EXCITEMENT
This is the new (brand's s name) phone case.
SHOUTING SHOUTING SHOUTING EXCITEMENT SHOUTING
We are going to drop it from a really tall building
SHOUTING EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENT SHOUTING
and see what happens
SHOUTING SHOUTING EXCITEMENT
WHOA HE DROPPED THE PHONE SHOUTING SHOUTING
Look! Nothing happened to the phone! SHOUTING SHOUTING SHOUTING

They're trying to make something unremarkable saleable.

 

[Gwylan]

The growing confusion and lack of care in the appropriate use of amount, number and quantity!

Really is annoying me in a big quantity!

 

[Jameshow]

The growing confusion and lack of care in the appropriate use of amount, number and quantity!

Really is annoying me in a big quantity!

Did you get out of bed the wrong side?!🤣

 

[grldtnr]

Did you get out of bed the wrong side?!🤣

I should think so !
The thread is about being grumpy.

 

[MontyVeda]

When the guitar player in a band decides to put the guitar behind their head and play. It's pointless, it looks silly and in that moment, I for one think you're a nobber. Worse still is if they pluck a few notes with their teeth. It's neither big nor clever.

 

[Chris S]

When the guitar player in a band decides to put the guitar behind their head and play. It's pointless, it looks silly and in that moment, I for one think you're a nobber. Worse still is if they pluck a few notes with their teeth. It's neither big nor clever.

They're paying homage to Jimi

 

[Gwylan]

Did you get out of bed the wrong side?!🤣

I was still in bed actually

 

[raleighnut]

They're paying homage to Jimi
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He only copied what other blues guitarists were doing

 

[Conrad_K]

Somebody upstream of Todmorden has either dumped or leaked vast amounts of something nasty into the river Calder because today it was a bright orangey brown!

Back in 1906 the Feral Government approved Red Dye #2 for general use in food. In the 1970s they decided it caused cancer (so much for "government approval"...) and banned it.

Riots and protests were a big thing at the time, and some group acquired a vast quantity of Red Dye #2. They might have even been paid to take it away. Then they dumped it into the drinking water reservoir of a large town and claimed it was poison.

It was nationwide news at the time. I was going to add a link, but interestingly, Big G doesn't want to cough up any links.

 

[Beebo]

Food products which print an absolute load of old tosh about their product.
I found these words on salt and vinegar crisps. Who knew a crisp could be intuitive and fearless.

 

[matticus]

. Who knew a crisp could be intuitive and fearless.

I think someone had their tongue firmly-in-cheek wirting that. Sometimes advertisting must be a right scream of a job!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I think someone had their tongue firmly-in-cheek wirting that. Sometimes advertisting must be a right scream of a job!

Yup - think of all the fun they must have coming up with the new names for the Dulux "new paints" range every year!!