they write it because that's how they say it. When they do say it, you realise that that's how they;ll write it. It sounds thick, too.

It annoys the hell out of me, too

Don't worry, we've all fallen foul of Muphry's Law at some point!

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Indeed. I haven't heard that one but plenty of others. English words like stupidity, vacuity and ambiguity are butchered and given a ness ending, as if we are American.

Another thing that annoys me: when you go into a card shop and there's hardly any good cards. And all the good ones are way too expensive!

Why do people appear not to know the word too (it's not to) and thought (it's not though) and how to spell publicly (it's not publically) and vice versa (it's not vise or visa) and no one (it's not noone), and non- (it's not none)?

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'Obligated' seems to be creeping over here. What's wrong with 'obliged'? Urgh.

I have the same talent for turning on the news just as the sports news comes up. It happens every time. I am not remotely interested in sport, but I have to sit through it for 10 minutes. Then its the business news. Then it's the weather.

I just want to know what's happening in the world! Why do I have to endure this drivel?

Buskers.

I hate it when you're walking down a street and you see a dog owner shouting aggressively at his dog like he's some sort of army officer.

I feel sorry for the poor dog being shouted at like that. My Grandma has done it a few times herself in public and it's embarrassing.

Just stop.

Talk to your dog with authority but not like THAT.

When things need to be done but take longer due to unreliable technology.
And then once you've done the work people just remember to tell you 'it must be in these precise settings', wish they'd have told me that earlier on.

I hate it when my brother thinks he can lecture me about what I can and cannot do. I'm older than him, he's not older than me.

Being stopped twice in the space of a minute by folk trying to get me to sign up to something.

The first said "I'm not trying to sell you anything but who supplies your gas & electricity". So far it's about the 4th time this year I've been asked that.

The second wanted me to sign up to a credit card despite me saying that I don't have a permanent job & wouldn't be able to afford the repayments.

People asking in threads to explain to them what happened in a show - because they were busy on their phone/laptop.

If you were just wanting clarification of something that happened then fine, but if you're admitting to not paying attention to the show and then want others to take the time to explain it to you then tough luck. Go back and watch it and pay attention this time!

Ugh, I see that so often in Facebook comments e.g. on a nice photo someone will write 'Cuteness' or 'Lushness' and in response to something fun, 'Coolness'.

I saw someone in town being asked that question. He said he supplied his own gas, farted loudly and walked away

Why? Could you qualify why it's not a valid argument? Is it because you are unable to accommodate them, or becaue you don't want to accommodate emigrants from other countries?

The phrase 'it's just what they're like' to accuse bad behaviour. Yes, we know. That's the problem!

It's because major problems like this are for governments to handle, not individuals.

It's a gotcha argument, a 'when did you stop beating your wife question', a false dichotomy.

Oh God yes. Most cards now seem to be those 'old 50's photo with rude or suggestive text added' types. Awful things.
I once saw on the stand at WH Smith a card which had a photo of a woman sat at a computer screen, on which the word F**K was printed over and over. The text said something lame like 'Julie was having a bad day'. Wow, such talent to think of such a clever thing.

Ha! Never let anything digital know you are in a hurry.

Barbara Windsor's laugh....*shudder*

I'd sooner have to polish my eyes with a cheesegrater daily than ever hear that 'sound' again

How come I can’t flip the top down on a bottle of Soy-Sauce without blacks specks ending up ‘somewhere’;..........usually my white shirt!

Where am I going wrong?

....... I might have to start wearing a bib.

Those tops should be banned under the ‘Geneva Convention’.

'Distressed' furniture. WHY?

There's a shop just down the road that specialises in distressed items. They take perfectly serviceable items of furniture like bedside cabinets, wardrobes etc and attack them with wire brushes, hammers, angle-grinders and cheese-graters. Then they daub them in the most clumsy manner with awful watery paint until the result looks like something they have dredged from the canal or dragged out of a torched building. I mean WHY? WHY?
(goes for lie down).

I think you may have stumbled upon the reason for the hijab (or whatever the all-enclosing black thing is called).