Hate.... Hate Hate Hate

[ColinJ]

The look of aging American actors

do they really not see how stupid they look and why does the world not just point and laugh at them.

I was thinking that a couple days ago about Ray Liotta. I can't understand why somebody who is so bothered about the appearance of aging (ageing?) has their face butchered by plastic surgery, but doesn't make an effort to deal with their middle-aged spread!

Early 90s ...

20 years later ...

 

[Cheddar George]

Fix when they mean prepare.
Regular when they mean standard.
Having to order coffee in Italian.
Chris Evans (stop shouting you moron)
A Huh on H

Did you listen to John Finnemore on radio 4 last week ....... eh Giuseppe ?

An excellent sketch on how to order a coffee.

 

[Over The Hill]

I was thinking that a couple days ago about Ray Liotta. I can't understand why somebody who is so bothered about the appearance of aging (ageing?) has their face butchered by plastic surgery, but doesn't make an effort to deal with their middle-aged spread!

Early 90s ...

20 years later ...

Some are rather hard to recognise as their younger self.

As an aside - for years I though the blokes name was Raleigh Otter!

We haven't even got stared on the women yet.

I caught a few seconds of Dale Winton before I could change channels. What a state! He makes no secret of having lots of work done but it does seem to come back and haunt you.

Ciao!

 

[asterix]

Why are some dance tunes called Anthems.

Because they are iconic?

Anyway I hate the entire handbook for my central heating control. At Mrs A's request (no of course she didn't want it set colder..) I had to change a few times.

When a user handbook talks about the 'hysteresis' of your system you know it ain't on your side.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I hate having a massive TV screen in the staff canteen, used partly to spew out corporate guff but mostly to play BBC News 24.
I go to the canteen to escape business chat and read a book in peace and quiet.

They've got these bloody things in every part of the building, there's no escape!

GC

 

[swansonj]

"He's taller/smaller/fatter/thinner etc than me"
- No , "He's taller/smaller/fatter/thinner etc than I" (am)[assumed]

I will bow to the superior knowledge of any passing English graduate (though the only English graduate I happen to know of on these forums is out cycling at the moment, as we would be better off doing ourselves...), but:
"He's taller than I" is undoubtedly orthodox grammar with "than" acting as a conjunction.
But is not "He's taller than me" also perfectly orthodox grammar, with "than" acting instead as a preposition?

More pertinently, the point of language is surely to communicate. There are rare occasions when understanding the difference between "I" and "me" may avoid ambiguity - "I would rather he shot the dog than I" may be differentiated from "I would rather he shot the dog than me", though personally I would rather not rely on the person wielding the gun understanding the difference between conjunctions and prepositions. Outside those rare occasions, which out of "He's taller than I" and "He's taller than me" conveys the intended meaning simply and effectively, and which conveys the meaning "he's a pretentious nobber"?

By the way, I do understand that you weren't being entirely serious and don't deserve this reply - but I'm afraid the outbreak of grammar legalists on this thread has wound me up and caused me to lose my sense of proportion to an extent usually reserved for User on CA&D, for both of which character failings I apologise. I should be out cycling instead.

 

[trampyjoe]

For the grammar nazi in your life... http://www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/grammar-grumble-mugs---set-of-all-6-14140-p.asp

 

[Brandane]

How are you?
"I'm good".

NO YOU'RE NOT FFS!!!

Whatever happened to "well" or "fine", thanks? Don't know why it grates with me so much; possibly because it has become popular purely as a result of the sheep mentality. It sounds so much worse coming from the mouths of those over a certain age, i.e. about 25.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

"On the back of" is a phrase I very much intend not to be making use of going forward.

However, on the phrase 'It is what it is', I differ. With slight paraphrasing, I must refer you to the 'iconic' Vietnam War film The Deerhunter and Mike's line "This is this. This isn't anything else".

Whilst not exactly conforming to the wording you offer, it is nonetheless an iconic moment in cinema history and perhaps one of the most unique examples of the skills of Mr de Niro, bettered only perhaps by the Russian roulette scene, where he iconically asks the NVA officer "You lookin' at me? I don't see anybody else here".

So whilst I broadly accept the phrase 'It is what it is', I reserve the right to impose a 'de Niro caveat' if any of the master's immense and truly iconic lines have come close to any which you offer.

Incidentally, I believe John Grisham is working on a novel called The De Niro Caveat. It will revolve around dark intrigue and mysterious happening at the very hub of federal power. John Travolta will play the 35-year-old treasury agent reluctantly teamed up with Navy SEAL Nicolas Cage in a whirlwind ride through a maze of explosions, double cross and betrayal. Robert de Niro will have a cameo role as a retired agent whose highly unique style is to answer all questions by repeating them word for word.

Sorry, I got a little carried away...

That is the most unique and immense post I've read all day!!

People.

I am definitely a misanthropist, but the last time I said something about it, one of the pathetic humans on this forum said that I needed help. Seriously, get over yourself! Humanity has probably been responsible for more death and destruction than at any other time in history, and its the innocent animals that always get it in the neck.

Sorry, no unique or iconic insights there, but about 95% of the population dying off would certainly be immense, epic even, starting with the person who said I needed help!

Because they are iconic

And unique, remember, they are all more unique than the last one!

I hate having a massive TV screen in the staff canteen, used partly to spew out corporate guff but mostly to play BBC News 24.
I go to the canteen to escape business chat and read a book in peace and quiet.

They've got these bloody things in every part of the building, there's no escape!

GC

That's what you get for working in Currys!

 

[Boris Bajic]

Not a big gripe, but I dislike this nonetheless:

If someone has to fill a couple of forms in and they form the impression that the questions on the two documents are similar or repetitious, they claim loudly that the whole process in Kafkaesque.

Similarly, people who find themselves rolling, pupate on the floor in the midst of a process of transformation into an insect can often think of nothing more original to say than "My God, this is some Kafkaesque nightmare!"

In both cases, there must surely be better, more unique, more (if you will) iconic statements to make.

I haven't said this before and it might be difficult, but here goes: Kafkaesque? Schmafkaesque!

 

[ComedyPilot]

The look of aging American actors

do they really not see how stupid they look and why does the world not just point and laugh at them.

Because one of them would kick your ass, and the other 'might' ** kiss your ass?

** Allegedly - not known for a fact

 

[Over The Hill]

I hate having a massive TV screen in the staff canteen, used partly to spew out corporate guff but mostly to play BBC News 24.
I go to the canteen to escape business chat and read a book in peace and quiet.

They've got these bloody things in every part of the building, there's no escape!

GC

That sounds really bad! The din of the workplace can be really draining and to only have the option of going to another place (where you are supposed to be able to rest) that is also pumping out a din is surely counterproductive.

 

[theclaud]

Much of a muchness is the biggest piece of verbal s*** in the English lnaguage, I mean what is a muchness followed by how much of it is much? let's face it it is just bollocks.

`They were learning to draw,' the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; `and they drew all manner of things--everything that begins with an M--'

`Why with an M?' said Alice.

`Why not?' said the March Hare.

Alice was silent.

The Dormouse had closed its eyes by this time, and was going off into a doze; but, on being pinched by the Hatter, it woke up again with a little shriek, and went on: `--that begins with an M, such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness-- you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?'

 

[PaulB]

I hate hate hate it when you get a letter, such as the one I received this very morning, that informs you your retirement age will now be at 66 years of age! 66! I wanted to go at 56!

 

[ColinJ]

I hate hate hate it when you get a letter, such as the one I received this very morning, that informs you your retirement age will now be at 66 years of age! 66! I wanted to go at 56!

The pension age rising to 66 is bad enough, but I was looking forward to getting a bus pass in 2.5 years time, and now it will be 8.5 years!