Things you hate IV

Discussion in 'Taylor's Tittle-Tattle - General Banter' started by hornmeister, Jun 25, 2019.

  1. Robert Peel

    Robert Peel Squad Player

    Mariah Carey was the one who started this chart vocal gymnastics crap. You watch anything like X-Factor or The Voice and the contestants (if that's the right word for them) all seem to just want to sing a song out of time to the original so they can fit as much warbling and passion by numbers into their 15 seconds of fame.
     
  2. Filbert

    Filbert Leicester supporting bloke

    I was listening to ABC the other day (on Spotify obviously, I’m a millennial) and Martin Fry has some ludicrous vocal flourishes but it works because his charisma comes through in the music. Modern chart music and things born from talent shows is just ephemeral garbage, you can tell no one is really invested in it.
     
  3. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    A sinister Middle eastern terrorist accent.
     
  4. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    ABC....brilliant music, cringeworthy lyrics.
    Personal favourite;
    "Can't complain, musn't grumble
    Help yourself to another piece of apple crumble"

    from ABC - "That was then but this is now".
     
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  5. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    I used to work in Paddington so got the Chiltern from Chorleywood everyday and walked from Marylebone. It's lovely. Such a civilised train. Hardly ever any issues, almost always got a seat, air conditioned and wifi (albeit terribly slow).

    It's only when there is a knock on from tube issues that it becomes a problem and a bit crowded, but even then, it's faster than the met line and still preferable.

    You'll be fine.
     
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  6. Filbert

    Filbert Leicester supporting bloke

    Things you love; 80’s music with spoken lyrics. Even if the songwriting is dodgy at least it’s fun.
     
  7. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    This video; joyously terrible.

     
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  8. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Martin Fry always reminded me of the former Forest goalkeeper Hans van Breukelen. Or was it the other way round?
     
  9. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    I see you ABC and raise you Prefab Sprout.
    Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque

    Actually this is a great site to explain stuff likethis:
    https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858736979/

    Nothing for ABC though, maybe it is just complete rubbish.
     
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  10. Robert Peel

    Robert Peel Squad Player

    Folding bikes. Not only do you look like a circus reject riding the thing with its little wheels, but they seem to be filling up trains so there is less space to stand due to these spiky, oily things being dotted around.

    Part of the increasing cycling disease where people seem unable to just get on a bike and ride it without dressing like a camp RoboCop and thinking the roads were specifically designed and built for them.
     
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  11. Hornpete

    Hornpete Squad Player

    New phone sales events. Good example of modern world idiocy worship/celebration of nothing/corporate turd mongering.

    Morons camp for 12 hours+ to be at the front of the queue for a new iphone with a 0.1" bigger screen and .5% more screen to metal ratio and a third camera on the front for selfies, in order to satisfy the egocentric people who crave to be the first to own it. C***s
     
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  12. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    I get really peed off driving home along an A road at 15mph behind 8 cars all following, and unable to overtake, a 50 year old cyclist clad in Orange lycra, who is visibly proud that he is "keeping up with" all the vehicular traffic.
     
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  13. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Downtown fooking Abbey. Who gives a flying **** about the dull goings on in some fictional mansion in the early 1900s. I'm sure all the dress styles and servant interaction is fascinating. A series for the over 80s.
     
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  14. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    I’m pretty sure the Prefab Sprout lyrics were deliberately and ironically nonsensical.
     
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  15. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    That's a bit unfair as McAloon has to be one of the greatest songwriters this country's ever produced. The ever reliable wiki page for this song says:
     
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  16. Maninblack

    Maninblack Reservist

    I get what you're saying but as an occasional cyclist I can see the other side.

    Folding bikes? Blame the train companies for not providing enough carriages or space in the guard's van (if they even exist now) for bikes like they used to.

    Dressing up like a camp Robocop? Necessary to prevent entitled and road-raged car drivers more interested in getting home 30 seconds earlier and checking their iphones or playing with the 101 buttons in their BMW top of the range IGASP (I've Got A Small Penis) from knocking them off their bikes. Sometimes cyclists have to swerve at a moment's notice to avoid potholes or obstructions in the rarely-cleaned gutters.

    As a cyclist I've had some cars rush past less than a foot away and as a driver had some cyclists cut in front of me. The majority of both sides are reasonable and sensible. It's the minority on both sides who irritate me.
     
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  17. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Yes but if you play "When love breaks down" backwards it clearly repeats "QSF 4-4-2, Mazz no english, Slither Silva, gurn Gracia gurn, QSF 4-4-2 etc etc" and that Boris is the devil and must be stopped at all costs. Ahead of their time.
     
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  18. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Although I’m not as vehemently opposed to cyclists in general, this is getting to be a real problem on ever-busier non-dual carriageway roads with heavy traffic. I have two such roads on my daily drive and a single cyclist makes a huge difference to the traffic congestion on these routes by slowing the flow down so much. In addition, it actually adds danger for the cyclist and motorists because some drivers are impatient enough to take extra risks by overtaking too closely or on blind corners.
     
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  19. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    I also get peed off when cycling that my way is often blocked by queues of cars that have to be negotiated at very slow speed. This is an everyday cycle to work issue that can double journey time.

    It’s not just cyclists impeding motorists.
     
  20. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    You need to get a car :)
     
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  21. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Can I still wear orange lycra in it?
     
  22. Robert Peel

    Robert Peel Squad Player

    It's not the cycle helmets I mind, it's the stupid lycra outfits.
     
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  23. Robert Peel

    Robert Peel Squad Player

    I've said it at least twice before, but adult scooters. There are far more of these infantile idiots about now, but this time though there's a twist... Electric ones.

    Not content with acting like someone who is only recently toilet trained, some have gone up a gear and got one with a little electric motor to make them really cool. The must have accessory for the dull middle aged, middle class nobody who wants to think they are a bit different and interesting.

    The Bible basher who lives across the road from me has got one and I see him heading off to the station on it in his beige slacks, which takes 15 minutes to walk.
     
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  24. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Wait in the queue like the cars have to?
     
  25. The big feck off hairy spiders currently invading my house.

    I know you're useful and helpful my little 8 legged buddy but please do your mating outside!!!
     
  26. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    You just don’t see people on mountain bikes in normal clothes anymore do you?

    Everyone who rides a bike has to ride a road bike and has to be clad in Lycra. I don’t really get it, I don’t put a fire retardant race suit and crash helmet on to drive my car.
     
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  27. Maninblack

    Maninblack Reservist

    Absolutely. I refuse to wear dayglo lycra, let alone buy any. Why would any bloke wear shorts so tight you can tell what religion they follow?
     
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  28. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    The point was bikes keep cars waiting. My point is cars keep bikes waiting.
     
  29. domthehornet

    domthehornet Moderator Staff Member

    I've found Nerf guns are a great remedy to them.
     
  30. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    I'm with you there. I had one on the ceiling in the lounge at the weekend the size of a buffalo
     
  31. I hate killing animals. I'm more of a catch and release guy.

    Here's one in a pint glass from last night:

    Screenshot_20190911_105054.jpg
     
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  32. domthehornet

    domthehornet Moderator Staff Member

    I'm petrified of spiders and would prefer to deal with them from a distance and then hoover the bugger up.
     
  33. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    I've never understood fear of spiders and catch them by hand and release out of the nearest window. They tickle you at worst. I told my one of my staff this the other day and she corrected me that we do actually have a number of poisinous species in the UK and mentioned that she spent time at A&E after being bitten by one. Mind you she is also frightened of lightening and claims to have been struck by lightening while on a tractor in Lithuania. Perhaps I should take a closer look at the accounts she prepares ??
     
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  34. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    She may have told you that we have a number of 'poisonous' species in the UK, but she did not 'correct' you. You can freely eat any of the spiders in the UK.

    Oh! Did she mean "venomous?" Ah, then in that case, yes, nearly all the species of spider in the world rely on venom. Harmful to humans? I think there may be a couple of spiders in the UK which can produce a nasty bite, but not serious or life threatening.

    Pedantry over.
     
  35. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    Spiders eat wasps. Spiders are very very obviously the good guys.
     
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