That's a good one, actually. More effort's required to clear up the spill than it took to make sure I didn't spill it in the first place, and it bugs me every time (yes, I'm a slow learner).

I was amazed to discover just how much water my cats' little water bowl held the other day. I filled it, placed it on the floor in its usual place, turned around somewhat wonkily for some reason and tipped it over with my foot. It made a massive puddle! More massive than I thought it would.

And now, for my daily Trivial Rant, again book related.

I'm reading an excellent book with a brilliant plot, but the bloody author insists on inventing her own bloody English. For instance:

"This is not getting us much further forward," becomes "This is not getting us much forwarder." Gahhh!!!

Another example:

Instead of "more slippery", she says "Slipperier." I mean, really! And where did the damn proof reader/editor learn his/her English? Gahh!

Sorry.

People leaving that plastic film on TV/phone screens, remote controls and so forth !!!!!! My sister is a particular bugger for it and it drives me mad every time I go round there

Vloggers on youtube - the fact that I have zero interest in them yet it keeps popping up on my home page as a recommendation.

There was a programme on tv before which had a part where it talked about a vlogging family. It consisted of two people and their babies who pretty much record everything in their life and have a silly amount of viewers/subscribers. How utterly ,utterly bored do you have to be to watch that?

I cannot think of anything worse to watch than a stranger's/twee family's constant loop of home videos.

Very odd imo.

This made me think of when my fella watched me give birth and he said my notes must be wrong because there was "SO MUCH" blood and they'd put it as 330ml - he wouldn't be told that pouring a can of coke over a bed would look like loads more than it actually was


My trivial annoyance of the day is headaches. Should put my phone down and sleep really.

Also if someone could create a pair of earphones/headphones where one of the ear buds DOESN'T die and render the pair useless - I will marry you.
And I'll throw you a huge party.

Whilst on with that if they could create a pair they don't get tangled the second they go in your pocket it'd be great.

Also a none tangling hose pipe.

Dropping something while in bed in the dark.

All objects dropped in the dark will roll under the bed out of reach irrespective of their shape.

Even though it's flat, a TV remote control will roll at least 3 feet in the dark.

Oh Lordy, I hope he didn't try to have that conversation with you during labour - and if he did, were you suitably unimpressed? And let's hope he doesn't try the coke trick in an attempt to prove you wrong.

Really made me laugh, thank you.

People who wear giant headphones in public rather than in the ear style. That sort of behaviour got you beaten up some years ago.

I wouldn't chance wearing my headphones outdoors in my area,as they would be stolen within about 2 minutes.




My current annoyance is the weather. The quick changes in temperature are playing havoc with my eczema. Thursday was boiling hot, Friday it bucketed down with rain and I got caught in it, at night it seems to be very humid and uncomfortable.

When I go to open a bottle of wine and see it isn't a screw top and I have to find a corkscrew. Even worse when it's a synthetic cork as I can never get them back in the bottle and have to dig out a stopper (or the top off a bottle from the recycling box)

halfway through typing you find the cursor has jumped back several words.........grrrrrrrrr

I hate whow I just ignore it. en that happens, n

When you're miles away at work, sitting at your desk or concentrating on something etc, and some dick suddenly knocks on the window...........making me jump and literally my heart stops for a mili second......

I'm highly strung at the best of times, though when this happens, I feel an overwhelming urge to shoot them in the head.

Or if they wave, and the wave goes on for a second or more unnecessarily......I feel like asking them are we back in playschool etc?!

Anything that isn't a small video on YouTube, The big viewership people don't really care as they just using YouTube to make money. You can tell as they the ones that YouTube put on the homepage because they make so much money. YouTube actually never used to be like that back before Google took over.

BIB - Agree entirely!

Oh good! At first, I thought I must've tipped the mop bucket over somehow.

Aldi's new "Favourite Things" advert. Whilst not quite a full on Christmas ad, it does have a distinct seasonal feel and look about it.

I know someone who will stand right in front of people and wave to them.

My OH said the same

Alright, it seems I'm getting totally anal about grammar etc, even though my own isn't anywhere near perfect. That's annoying in itself, but my current (and long-standing) pet peeve is websites that use 'login' instead of 'log in'. For instance:

"Can't login? Click here" as opposed to "Can't log in? Click here" or:

"Click here to login."

God, that gives me an eye twitch.

YouTube's autoplay next video feature and the fact it's on by default. It's really annoying having to run up to stop the next video from playing when I don't want it to. I turn off Autoplay but it keeps re-enabling itself.

Just buy the ones with the flat cord - they don't tangle.

The fact that my DVD of Only Fools & Horses Series 6 has a massive long advert for other BBC DVDs that plays automatically when you put the disc in, with no way of fast forwarding it.

This always happens on Monday mornings, in the office, it's just after 9 o'clock, and I've already scoffed down my 10 o'clock banana, and my lunch.