The grumpy thread

[seth]

  pompei said:

And as one who is red/green colour defective (I think about 10% of men are) why are lawnmower/hedgetimmer/strimmer cables orange? They just blend in. If the cable was white, or yellow or blue then I could see it and wouldn't risk zapping myself if I cut through it. GRRR

I hear you loud and clear!As modern cars get bigger they just bring in a new small one at the bottom of the range. Like the VW Lupo being smaller than a current Polo. Obviously there is still a market for small cars so why don't they just keep them all the same size and stop them growing?

[michiel]

I was just counting the spaces in my dinky street this evening - 5 or 6 cars on each side, you could probably fit up to 8 each side if they weren't all Grande Scenics (like the one owned by the childless couple upstairs from me, who I think both cycle to work!) or the 240 Estates that move once a week to the supermarket and back...

[Rusty Pelican]

  Mr H Sceptre said:

age/weightgain phenomenon.

Sounds just like the human race , as people get bigger so do the cars needed to fit em all in.

[Milford Cubicle]

I'm a big bugger, but I don't feel the need to buy a Porsche Cayenne to hold my bulk.

[Rusty Pelican]

  Milford Cubicle said:

I'm a big bugger, but I don't feel the need to buy a Porsche Cayenne to hold my bulk.

Nout personal , just general obsevation from around here :oops: , NOBODY needs a Cayenne anyway , horrible things , Il go away now

[Twiggy]

Just a rant. Remember that I make leather belts.The place I get my belt buckles from prices them singly, in lots of ten, and lots of 100. If you buy 100, the unit price is significantly less than singles or in 10`s. But, they NEVER, EVER seem to have 100 in stock ! 60, 70, 91, yes, but never 100, so I have to buy 60 or whatever and then the balance of 100 later. Which means that I have to pay the 10`s price for the lot, two lots of P & P, and two lots of insurance. I think I`m being had, and it irritates me no end. Basically, I`m paying considerably more just to boost THEIR profits, not to mention the P.O`s profit too. It costs me around £25 extra each time I order.............WAZZOCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!Rant over. Thank you.

[Pillock]

I had the same (from the other side) when I worked at Maplin.... pricebreaks at 10 and 100, but only ever say 68 resistors in stock, or 82 LEDs. I took to jiggling the system around to give the 100 price, let them take what we had, and then come back for the rest at the 100 price too.

[outlaw118]

Re: Car sizes...have you seen the size of the Vauxhall Insignia?? What a bloater!! Bearing in mind it's the Cavalier replacement, I don't think it's much smaller than "egg box grill" Senator that bro had 10 odd years ago....(I've not checked the dimensions but you get my drift..)

[michiel]

You're not wrong!Insignia: 4830 x 1858 x 1498 mm - smallest engine a 1.6, weighs 1428 kilos.Senator: 4845 x 1763 x 1450 mm - smallest engine here was the 2.5, weighed 1405 kilos.

[Mr H Sceptre]

  michiel said:

You're not wrong!Insignia: 4830 x 1858 x 1498 mm - smallest engine a 1.6, weighs 1428 kilos.Senator: 4845 x 1763 x 1450 mm - smallest engine here was the 2.5, weighed 1405 kilos.

Thatats incredible, especially seeing as the Chavalier was 2 models down from the Senator.You would have also thought that with advancments in technology, the Insignia would at least be a lighter vehicle. But no.

[Guest]

  pompei said:

And as one who is red/green colour defective (I think about 10% of men are) why are lawnmower/hedgetimmer/strimmer cables orange? They just blend in. If the cable was white, or yellow or blue then I could see it and wouldn't risk zapping myself if I cut through it. GRRR

I've noticed a fair few things lately have been causing me problems with colourblindness, mainly technology. A lot of things nowadays seem to be based around a simple "colour" system, which is causing me a lot of grief.Recently I had a problem with a power-pack and phoned the helpline, they asked me what colour the tiny little light was on the unit, as it would be green if it was OK and yellow if there was a problem (or something like that). Looked more like yellow to me, but it actually turned out to be a very bright green in the end. I couldn't tell at all.It's strange though as I've been colourblind all of my life, but it only seems to be in the last couple of years that it has given me much grief. They must not get colourblind people in foreign places where they make all this stuff.

[Mash]

Something really pissed me off big time last night. I was watching that programme about the expedition to the rain forest in Papua New Guinea, they did a similar one last year in Borneo or somewhere. What an incredible place.Now I'm not an eco-warrior or tree-hugger but it just riles me so much to think of these unbelievable places being squandered. I mean it's just totally amazing, breathtaking even and I can't imagine how anyone could not think so, yet we're losing it so fast.It's wrong. Stop it. Now. What do I have to stop buying/eating to make a drop in the ocean's worth of help!!!??

[dollywobbler]

I agree Mash - though my attention to such wrongness was diverted by a couple of rainforest lovelies...

[Mash]

  dollywobbler said:

I agree Mash - though my attention to such wrongness was diverted by a couple of rainforest lovelies...

Ah, the bat lady....

[dollywobbler]

Yup, looking forward to more of the Birds in Paradise...Sorry, this isn't even slightly grumpy, merely slightly lecherous!

[mk1_4dr]

Totally with you both, its absolutely unacceptable to be destroying such priceless and rich habitat. Whats worse is, when they do find X amounts of new species, how long will it take before they manage to stop all logging? Too long I'd wager Oh, and yeah the bat lady is fine

[Spottedlaurel]

  seth said:

Obviously there is still a market for small cars so why don't they just keep them all the same size and stop them growing?

Because then they couldn't advertise the new model as being roomier etc than its predecessor.In my opinion, all car design should have been frozen about 15 years ago. The cars were as good then as they ever needed to be, everything since then has been pointless.

[mnde]

  mk1_4dr said:

Oh, and yeah the bat lady is fine

Pics??Mark.

[Justin Case]

  Quote

Well, according to GQ magazine the most stylish man of the year is David Walliams - a man previously best known for being the worst dressed woman in Little Britain.To prove his fashion credentials, the comedian collected his award wearing denim hotpants, an open white denim waistcoat and goggles.

To think that somone actually publishes crap like this. What a load of complete utter pointless stupid moronic daft idiotic space-wasting time-wasting b*ll*cks

[Mr H Sceptre]

  alfisti said:

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Well, according to GQ magazine the most stylish man of the year is David Walliams - a man previously best known for being the worst dressed woman in Little Britain.To prove his fashion credentials, the comedian collected his award wearing denim hotpants, an open white denim waistcoat and goggles.

To think that somone actually publishes crap like this. What a load of complete utter pointless stupid moronic daft idiotic space-wasting time-wasting b*ll*cks

Whilst we're on the subject, Little Britain is a load of bollocks. Just not funny. Same sketches each week ie exactly the same format as the Fast Show except several years later & no half as good.Walliams is an utter utter tosspot.

[dollywobbler]

Phew. I'm not the only one then! Little Laughter certainly isn't my cup of tea. The Fast Show was great because it was, well, fast. So if you didn't like a sketch, it wasn't long until you got to one you did like.Recently though, to speak out against it has been similar to saying you enjoy kicking puppies in the face. The Office was the same. Hated it from the first moment but I almost got lynched when I expressed this view at work! (at a previous company I hasten to point out).

[Father Ted]

^^^ Office - utter utter utter utter shit.Im quite staggered to listen to stuff from say 40 or so years ago (say, Round the Horne, Chic Murray, the Goons and so on) and find that the same jokes are often repeated in modern stuff. I enjoy my comedy, more so audio than visual and am currently listening to the radio version of Dads Army on BBC7. Kwolity. One of THE best comedy series you can listen to if you like slightly weird stuff is Saturday Night Fry.

[pompei]

Little Britain - I liked one or two of the earlier series sketches and I think there were one or two original pieces - the Vicky Pollard character for instance. But they should have quit whilst they were ahead and before every person in the land started saying Yeahbutnobutyeah and Computer Says No as an excuse for wit ...Similarly The Office - it should've been a one-off rather than a series. I found Ricky Gervais unfunny and annoying every other time I've seen him including stand-up and interviews. Especially with his slimy show-biz chum Jonathan Ross ...

[Pete-M]

The Office blows donkey cock big time. Utter crap.Ricky Gervais has yet to make me even chuckle, and he's been out there for a good while just being an irritating tw@. He's just not funny. Little Britain has made me laugh on occasion. Lou and Andy mainly.Fast Show was brilliant.

[pogweasel]

I cannot watch Gervais on telly, just makes me angry and a bit nauseous. On the subject of which, I had multiple people badger me on the virtues of facebook again last night on a trip to the local inn. So in the interests of fairness and research I will establish an account to see if it really is as great as everyone says, or as utterly pointless and depressingly shit as I suspect it is (it's going to be the latter, isn't it).

[M'coli]

  mnde said:

  mk1_4dr said:

Oh, and yeah the bat lady is fine

Pics??

Alanna Maltby - she's the one in the middle

[Guest]

The main thing with comedy is that you can't overuse something - everything has limited mileage. Unfortunately, some people will latch onto certain characters or quotes and they become popular. Because they're well-loved parts of the show, it's difficult to then phase them out, but they'll only be less and less funny as time goes on, especially if the character is very one-dimensional. The show then ends up stuck in a rut - got to keep the popular characters/gags or most of the audience won't bother watching it anymore. So there's less room to add anything new and the rest of the show is just more of the same.To me, The Fast Show had a brilliant first series and gradually got more bogged down. But also I didn't think Little Britain was that great in the first place, so I'm surprised they've managed to keep it going this long really.

[dollywobbler]

Agree a bit about Fast Show but there were some absolute gems - like Jessie's diet tips, Rowley Birkin QC (still actually makes me roll about on the floor laughing) Ted and Ralph and the time that Colin the office twat came in trying to repeat jokes from the previous night's telly. Clever. Effectively taking the piss out of people who watch their show and then go in to work the next day repeating the punchlines!I liked Harry Enfield and Chums in the main too - but Harry and Paul was utter shite.

[mnde]

  M'coli said:

  mnde said:

  mk1_4dr said:

Oh, and yeah the bat lady is fine

Pics??

Alanna Maltby - she's the one in the middle

Aye, well there aren't rich pickings on Google are there? I'll have to look out for the programme. I have to admit I'm a bit of a fan of Dr Alice Roberts from Coast...

 

Mark.

[mnde]

Fast Show - class - I love Alf "Bugger", Jessie and "At the time, I was verrry verrry drunk!"Gervais - meh, there's more annoying people out there. Who is it that does the piss take impression of him? Corne and Horden - well they were just utter shyte. I just wanted to punch Corden repeatedly in the face. Mark.