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Stuff that drives ya mad

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Created by Mark _australia > 9 months ago, 2 Jun 2014
Mark _australia
WA, 23581 posts
2 Jun 2014 9:17PM
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(Where has that thread gone about things that p1ss ya right off? )

Use of past and present tense on reality TV.

Why do all the reality shows have contestants talking about what happened last night or last week and without fail they all say "I am thinking we are not going to win..." or "We are cooking and I am worried we have no time left..."
No you retard, "I WAS THINKING ..." Past tense. You are talking about what you *were thinking at the time*.
FFS
This seems to have started as a Yank thing (no surprise) and now we are taking it on. Thus far, only in reality TV shows.


On another note, went for vegemite on garlic bread just now. Works.

AUS1111
WA, 3621 posts
2 Jun 2014 9:30PM
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The enforced "AmericaniZation" of the English language by US companies. Fight back people!

theDoctor
NSW, 5786 posts
2 Jun 2014 11:34PM
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women....

can't live with em

can't punch em in the face

byf
WA, 517 posts
2 Jun 2014 9:48PM
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Mark _australia said..

(Where has that thread gone about things that p1ss ya right off? )

Use of past and present tense on reality TV.

Why do all the reality shows have contestants talking about what happened last night or last week and without fail they all say "I am thinking we are not going to win..." or "We are cooking and I am worried we have no time left..."
No you retard, "I WAS THINKING ..." Past tense. You are talking about what you *were thinking at the time*.
FFS
This seems to have started as a Yank thing (no surprise) and now we are taking it on. Thus far, only in reality TV shows.


On another note, went for vegemite on garlic bread just now. Works.


Or the journey. Every farkstik on reality tv has been on a journey. Really ? Are you Mike and Mal? Farkin Alby? No? Then you have not been on a journey.

VB MAN
1156 posts
2 Jun 2014 9:56PM
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Yeah, I'm hearin ya Mark, that was the best thread ever.
You could just vent things off your chest and not be deemed weird.
But I'm still waiting for someone like you to give their honest opinion of the Port Arthur thing ! (Being the gun lover that you are).

"Vegemite on Garlic Bread" ?

I called a couple of ex stoner friends and asked about the, Veg and Garlic thing, and they reckon it rocks.

Really, should a person in your position be smoking that stuff ?









Off to heavy weather hey Los ?

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
2 Jun 2014 11:58PM
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My tv has a remote...it has channel changing and off buttons.

On the downside - the remote for my 'Aldi' tv has developed a mind of its own and the buttons work less than half the time (yes I've changed batteries).

So my current 1st world issue is when I sit down with a bowl of food and/or drink, grab the 'mote, press a button and...nothing! How frustrating it is to have to put down my food/drink and walk the 5 steps in order to turn on the telly!

kk
WA, 953 posts
2 Jun 2014 10:10PM
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Ah yes first world problems, my tv only likes the remote some of the time.

Turns out afternoon footy with the blinds up is out as the sun shines on the TV sensor more than the remote can override.

Chris6791
WA, 3271 posts
3 Jun 2014 12:48AM
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Do they still put channel select buttons on new TVs? Surely they've done some market research that says we are too lazy to get up and change the channel when the remote is busted?

Tux
VIC, 3829 posts
3 Jun 2014 8:57AM
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The fat sow on the street that didn't even bother to say thank you after I told her, "Excuse me you just dropped your purse".....FCOAT just gave me a dirty look picked up the purse and continued on her waddling way....

saltiest1
NSW, 2566 posts
3 Jun 2014 9:58AM
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stupid people.
everywhere.

Mark _australia
WA, 23581 posts
3 Jun 2014 8:04AM
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Sailhack said..
My tv has a remote...it has channel changing and off buttons.



I have tried that, but given it is the missus watching the reality shows and I am in the next room she gets a bit annoyed

Cassa
WA, 1305 posts
3 Jun 2014 10:47AM
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You are driving home afer 4 weeks away working, at 11.30pm , 500 km's from home you pull over for sleep, only to find the water pump has shat itself and is about to disintegrate!. The RAC tow truck arrives at 11 am , gets you home, then the next few day's involve purchasing, the new bits and getting deep inside the dirt factor to make it all good again. 2 more days then back to work

the gibbo
WA, 776 posts
3 Jun 2014 10:48AM
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As above the words "journey"

and "space"(ruined by ###kers on renovation shows, oh what a lovely "space" fek off)

and stupid people that breed !

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
3 Jun 2014 1:23PM
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Hey markie, maybe ask your missus for your balls back,,,, then tell her to get you a beer because you are watching the footie instead of the bachelor .

ka43
NSW, 3099 posts
3 Jun 2014 1:24PM
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Watching some numb nut standing at an intersection pressing the "walk" button non-stop for as long as it takes for the lights to change.
All the while playing on their electronic device. Do they not know that the first time its pressed it knows what to do.
I heard a young mum actually tell her young bloke, "Press it once only". I congratulated her, she was chuffed.

pweedas
WA, 4642 posts
3 Jun 2014 11:33AM
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What's worse is they press the button a few times, then ignore the lights and walk across before their light turns green.
Then when there's nobody waiting on the crosswalk for crossing light to turn green,.. the crossing light turns green and all the traffic has to wait while nobody walks across, because they already did.

Either press the button and wait for the green, or don't press the button and cross on the red.
If you're happy to cross on the red, as I am, then don't press the crossing button.

da vecta
QLD, 2515 posts
3 Jun 2014 1:46PM
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...or the idiots that turn around a push it again as they get to the other side.

kiteboy dave
QLD, 6525 posts
3 Jun 2014 1:53PM
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What makes me mad?

Cancelling Science in Australia
No longer receiving the promised fibre to my new home (putting up with the speed wobbles of 6kms of copper phone line)
Looking to America as an economy to copy, when they have a massive working poor, 47 million on food stamps, terrible health care, crack, guns, etc
Fuel excise getting increased - everything will cost more not just my tank of petrol
Family tax benefits / school bonuses being cut - after 20 years of paying tax just when I want to claim family tax breaks they get cut
spending 100-200million looking for some small bits of metal shrapnel 10km down on the ocean floor - why?
Chaplains - Access Ministries - getting $250 million to preach their stupid sky fairies to innocent kids - secular chaplains being forced out (defunded)
Meryl Dorey & her crowd spreading preventable diseases and making a comfy living off it
Alan 'chaff bag' Jones, Ray Hadley, et al.
The muthafkin IPA and their wish list for making australia america - unfortunately the closest this government has to any policies
The fact that ordinary australians spend their whole lives dutifully paying tax while those at the top often pay less or zero.
Ciggie butts out the car window in front of me.
Littering, especially around the beach and rivers.
Animal cruelty and morons who encourage it.

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
3 Jun 2014 2:00PM
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What makes me mad?
People who whinge on public forums

Paradox
QLD, 1326 posts
3 Jun 2014 2:06PM
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da vecta said..
...or the idiots that turn around a push it again as they get to the other side.


.....Yeah, they should make it so the buttons have to be pressed continuously to stop that.....

sn
WA, 2775 posts
3 Jun 2014 1:43PM
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Sailhack said..
So my current 1st world issue is when I sit down with a bowl of food and/or drink, grab the 'mote, press a button and...nothing! How frustrating it is to have to put down my food/drink and walk the 5 steps in order to turn on the telly!


As a kids, it was our job to change channel, and adjust the volume for Dad.

any offspring in your house?


stephen

Harrow
NSW, 4521 posts
3 Jun 2014 4:54PM
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That stupid management word that is becoming trendy last couple of years, "learnings". We learn "lessons", not "learnings". Arghhh!!!!!!!

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
3 Jun 2014 6:29PM
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vertical blinds especially the ones that are joined at the bottom

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
3 Jun 2014 6:30PM
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leaf blowers & vacs

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
3 Jun 2014 6:32PM
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stones in yer sailing booties

Poida
WA, 1922 posts
3 Jun 2014 4:44PM
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cars that overtake me on a roundabout while I'm cycling

VB MAN
1156 posts
3 Jun 2014 4:50PM
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Poida said..

cars that overtake me on a roundabout while I'm cycling


Yeah well you should keep out of the way
Think you own the road do ya ?

briann8300
NSW, 144 posts
3 Jun 2014 7:03PM
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da vecta said..


...or the idiots that turn around a push it again as they get to the other side.


...or people who come to the lift in the foyer which it only has an "up" button and you are standing there at the door but they still press it case you are either a moron and didn't press it or your electronic request was denied because you didn't push it hard enough.....

Unhook3d
WA, 467 posts
3 Jun 2014 5:32PM
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Sailhack said...
My tv has a remote...it has channel changing and off buttons.

On the downside - the remote for my 'Aldi' tv has developed a mind of its own and the buttons work less than half the time (yes I've changed batteries).

So my current 1st world issue is when I sit down with a bowl of food and/or drink, grab the 'mote, press a button and...nothing! How frustrating it is to have to put down my food/drink and walk the 5 steps in order to turn on the Telly.

Just get you're self one of those new fandangled phones. We were sittin in a restaurant the other night and my mate managed to turn on the restaurants Telly with his phone.
-that is gonna cause some kaos at some pubs with sports showing at some stage. I was impressed.

wattlebird
5 posts
3 Jun 2014 5:56PM
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conditions apply. why is everything a friggin scam these days? 5 ads in a row on the radio said it. basically they are lying. "anyone can drive your car if you insure with us. conditions apply, please read the pds". you read the pds and it says nobody under 24 can, just like it always was. i hate them. they can lick my ring.

jn1
SA, 2718 posts
3 Jun 2014 7:27PM
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pweedas said..
What's worse is they press the button a few times, then ignore the lights and walk across before their light turns green.


Even, worse than that, people at four way intersections and "hedging their bets" and pressing both walk way crossing light buttons. The best one I saw was in Toowoomba, QLD last year. A feral looking women too young to be riding on a gopher was pillioning what looked like to be her young lover/husband. They roar into the intersection on the path, stop rapidly. Woman starts pounding at the button. Hubby jumps off sprints to the other button and starts pounding it as well. It looked very strange. The cars clear a second later, Hubby sprints back and jumps on, and they are nailing it across the intersection and do a bunny hopp on the opposite curb (she got it airborne !) and continue 'givin' it the berries' down the street on the path. All the cars were stopped with driver's looks of "who the f* are we waiting for ???".



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