Talking about photos - I've got a relative who's usually quite chatty via text, but once a week or so she'll send me a picture. Just a picture, no text to go with it, of her in a new outfit, or somewhere she's been, or something she's made, and what she wants is "OMG How amazing is that?" in response. It bloody bugs me.

I usually play it down ("Nice top - is it from Primark?" or "That looks like that cafe in [insert cheap area of town]" - totally bitchy, but it works. She gets all huffy and stops doing it for a while.

Alternatively, I tell her the pic hasn't arrived at my end - "Bloody network - I always have trouble receiving pics, as you know."

Oh well, I bet you all think I'm a right cow, now, but it just bugs me.

It might date it to 1993, but it was in use earlier than that. I was at school when it was in use, due to a song.

I can't remember the band or the song title now, but it sparked a fad among us idiotic kids, who thought it was hilarious to say "I'll go postal if Miss Wiles gives us another lecture on how we should do our prep" and "He looks weird. The sort that would go postal on us."

Clearly I'm still idiotic because I don't even remember using the term when I wrote my post last night.

It dates back to 1986 not 1993.

"The earliest known citation is December 17, 1993 in the St. Petersburg Times" under Origin is what I was referring to.

Oh it was definately used before 1993 yes, I remember both Cheers and Seinfeld making jokes about going postal in the killing people context, obviously because both series had postal worker characters.

The male in the book I'm reading bing referred to as "daddy" ........ He's not a father

*puke*

Avoiding the football news/results all day only for the BBC News to give out a major event in the headlines.


They usually go over to the sports desk for the sports news and it means people can turn off/over if they don't want to know what's happened

Exactly!

(I'm a horrible person.)

It stems form the (now common) mass murders seen the US, going postal cam from a UPS worker seeking revenge on his ex bosses and colleagues (there aren't many female mass shooters) that's were I remember it from sure it was in the late 80s when in common usage but as with all these things it's down to when it was first recorded in text or on film.

Same with Grand Prix when it's a highlights show in the evening and the BBC website always has something on the top of the homepage with the "so and so wins" headline instead of leaving it inside the sports section until after their show.

Starting a new TV series after checking it had finished with the promise of a "satisfying ending" and only had 5 series, after watching the finale ending and being confused and then a quick google to find out that the real last series is Series 5 part 2, no thats series 6 and I now have to wait for the ending

Or even when it's one of the early morning GPs like Japan or Australia and they show the race in full in the afternoon. You wake up, check the news of the day and see "Lewis Hamilton wins Australia Grand Prix" at the top of the page. Would it really hurt to just put "Full Australian Grand Prix Results" or something on there until 4pm?

The fact that Jurassic World is already available to stream on things like Netflix, whilst those of us (like me) who want a physical copy have to wait another fortnight for it.

It isn't on netflix

Those bloody talking adverts are back on DS.....

Childish email addresses.


Sorry but if you send a potential employer your CV from the email address of gigglepuff1919_xxox@hotmail.co.uk, don't be surprised if you don't hear back.

Freakish spiders that only emerge in the middle of the night when all your go-to spider killers are fast asleep. I had to drop my biscuits and run when the latest beast showed itself last night.

People putting used knives after making toast in the clean knives holder at the canteen at work.

Changing channels on modern televisions takes an age. I swear on the old CRT types it was pretty much instant.

1. The jodhpur wearing Ra Ra Tomkinson-Whittingstall types in Henley or Marlow who park their giant Audi or BMW 4x4s on double yellow lines, holding up traffic while they nip into a shop, waving off the irate motorists with a friendly "Oh it's OK sweeties. I know the owner. Ra ra ra!'. Oh you know the owner? I do apologise madam. I didn't realise your friend the charity shop owner also owned the f**king road! Please, take all the time you need. It's not like I have a meeting to get to. RA RA RA!

2. This happens to me an unsettling number of times: I'll be waiting for a hoard of cyclists to pass before I can pull out onto a main road. The bulk of them will pass at a reasonable speed, but there'll always be one w**ker at the back who slows right down (not enough for me to pull out safely) and as he passes me at little more than a walking pace, he'll turn to look at me, making eye contact with a look on his face that suggests he's trying to pierce my soul with some kind of lycra demon seed. Does this ever happen to anyone else?

3. When I record a programme on Sky and it records 3 minutes of adverts before it starts. How hard would it be to start the recording when the programme actually starts? I know TV schedules aren't always strictly adhered to, so to play it safe there's some padding either side, but there must be some way to trigger a recording with the actual transmission, rather than just by time.

4. When I'm using a public toilet and make sure to wash my hands thoroughly, but the guy next to me doesn't bother and leaves before me so I end up having to touch the same door handle that he's just used with his germ ridden hands. He mights as well just wipe his penis on it while he's at it.

5. When my local pet shop sends me 'personalised' discount vouchers as part or their loyalty scheme, but they're all for things I would never buy, so it's basically an empty gesture, thinly disguised as a loyalty reward. My cat will only eat Felix, not Shiba or Whiskas or any other brand. She'll slash my throat in my sleep if I buy her anything but Feilx and I'm sure the pet shop knows this. Most cats (in my experience) are fussy eaters, so why try to get me to switch brands? They could offer me 90% off Whiskas and I still wouldn't buy it as my cat won't eat it. Give me a damn discount on Felix once in a while.

6. When people say "try and....". What you mean is "try to...." When you say "try and" you're saying you going to do two things. For example, if you say "I will try and come to your party" firstly you're saying you will try to go to the party, secondly you're saying you will go to the party, so there is no trying.

That's some good ranting TobyS

Oh god yes this, there is a new guy at work who is FILTHY and I cant stand touching anything he remotely come close to touching. I constantly wash my hands at work only to have him hover around and touch everything I need first. I'm getting just thinking about it...

the stupid cow of a boss, who when I asked for a new chair said "we'll see what we can do, I may have a spare one". Just buy me a f*cking new chair unless you want me to go off sick for months with a bad back and then you would be up sh*t creek without a paddle because you have no one to cover my job. Oh an while you are at it get of you fat arse and get the new staff contracts done(you have been reminded 4 times), as because of your laziness they won't be paid this month and they are all coming to me asking for them.