Irritations

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi Mike, presumably there are two reasons they use the loudspeaker: attention seeking and in an attempt to save their one remaining brain cell from being fried by electromagnetic waves.

One can derive some comfort that no matter how mundane one's own life seems, it is superior when compared with the fatuous and inane conversations one can't help overhearing.
Regards,
Gazza

Attention seeking is a big thing these days. Perhaps the inclination has always been there but only these days have the opportunities come about with phones, social media etc. Some people really think that the rest of the world goes into a panic if they haven’t heard what they are doing for more than 10 minutes.

[Herlock Sholmes]

[QUOTE=scottnapa;n856037]

People who are always complaining that it’s cold or even ‘freezing’, when it’s merely cool or there’s a bit of a breeze around. [/QUOTE
That's the restaurant business for you; customers are always freezing and starving.
It's so unnecessary -- why not just say I'm so happy to be inside where it's warm or I'm excited about dining here tonight but no it's the emotional exaggeration of starving and freezing.

I think that we’re all mollycoddled these days with heating Scott (I’m not saying that having heating is a bad thing of course) but younger people have grown up with central heating systems, double-glazed windows, in-car heating, thermal clothing etc that they live in a permanent state of being ‘warm.’ So to them a nice cool breeze seems like an icy wind.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Yeah, they do don't they? I think that is from the mustiness of old clothes or the smell if they had been recently dry cleaned.

I was out at Arlington National Cemetery last week and went through the home of Robert E. Lee. There was definitely a musty smell which is not surprising given its age. But what I also noticed (and did so on previous occasions as well) was the call it lack of energy in the place. A little disconcerting.

c.d.

I love the smell of old books c.d. but that ‘old clothes’ smell is terrible.

What do you mean by ‘lack of energy’ c.d? Do you mean a sense of indifference to such a significant place?

[c.d.]

Charity shops that smell like a badgers a**e.

Yeah, they do don't they? I think that is from the mustiness of old clothes or the smell if they had been recently dry cleaned.

I was out at Arlington National Cemetery last week and went through the home of Robert E. Lee. There was definitely a musty smell which is not surprising given its age. But what I also noticed (and did so on previous occasions as well) was the call it lack of energy in the place. A little disconcerting.

c.d.

[scottnapa]

[QUOTE=Herlock Sholmes;n856022]People who are always complaining that it’s cold or even ‘freezing’, when it’s merely cool or there’s a bit of a breeze around. [/QUOTE
That's the restaurant business for you; customers are always freezing and starving.
It's so unnecessary -- why not just say I'm so happy to be inside where it's warm or I'm excited about dining here tonight but no it's the emotional exaggeration of starving and freezing.

[Enigma]

People who can’t make a phone call by holding the phone to their ear. They have to have it on ‘speaker’ and hold it in front of their face because they feel that the rest of the population is desperate to follow their inane conversation.

Hi Mike, presumably there are two reasons they use the loudspeaker: attention seeking and in an attempt to save their one remaining brain cell from being fried by electromagnetic waves.

One can derive some comfort that no matter how mundane one's own life seems, it is superior when compared with the fatuous and inane conversations one can't help overhearing.
Regards,
Gazza

[Herlock Sholmes]

Charity shops that smell like a badgers a**e.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Ha! That bloke Jurgen Klopp, Enigma.

He's a legend.

(Agree the adverts are terrible though!)

I know it’s only an advert but I always think why, when asked about his holiday, he says something like “yeah I really needed it.” But he only stayed for one night! How could he have ‘really needed’ a one night break?

[Herlock Sholmes]

People who are just incapable of ever being on time.

[Herlock Sholmes]

People who say that they are ‘needlephobic.’

[Herlock Sholmes]

People who are always complaining that it’s cold or even ‘freezing’, when it’s merely cool or there’s a bit of a breeze around.

[Herlock Sholmes]

People who can’t make a phone call by holding the phone to their ear. They have to have it on ‘speaker’ and hold it in front of their face because they feel that the rest of the population is desperate to follow their inane conversation.

[Herlock Sholmes]

When did Libraries stop being Libraries?

I went to the local Library today for the first time in a while. It looked more look a drop in centre for people with double-digit IQ’s, deafness and serious hygiene issues. It was so loud. What happened to Librarians telling people to ‘shhhh’? If someone had gone to the Library to study or to do research they would have found it impossible. One young woman, sitting with 2 young men, was constantly making phone calls. One after another, all trivial. And loud! If she’d have just gone and stood on the doorstep of the Library she would have saved on her phone bill because the person she was talking to would have been able to have heard her from there.

And books? Around 50% of the quantity of books that there used to be because they are using the space for other things. Obviously having books there is a bit of an inconvenience so I don’t know why they don’t just have done with it and dump all of the books.

It’s a sad state of affairs that libraries have come to this.

[Enigma]

Ha! That bloke Jurgen Klopp, Enigma.

He's a legend.

(Agree the adverts are terrible though!)

Thanks for the info about him Ms D. I had to Google him.

He's also in an advert for Amplifon where he is so obnoxious that I wish I could re-arrange his teeth so he'd require dental work.

Regards,
Gary

[Ms Diddles]

The bloke with all his teeth showing in the Trivago adverts.

Ha! That bloke Jurgen Klopp, Enigma.

He's a legend.

(Agree the adverts are terrible though!)