Maybe it just wanted the company;

….cars can get lonely too, you know.

That's Numberwang!

I'd never heard of the second one and couldn't even imagine it from the description until I saw this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsE5mysfZsY
Then I realised it's the default setting for Chris out of Family Guy.

Today's trivial gripe is the lid on Douwe Egberts coffee jars. Who the hell thought it was a good idea? If you have to post a three step guide to opening your "new easy open jars" then it shows how many folk have difficulties with it. It's easier for a child to get into a secure bottle of pills!

I agree with you; it's one of the most annoying things that others do.

I've always wanted someone with a brain bigger than mine to conduct a psychological study of folk who do stupid things like parking next to other cars when they really don't have to.

My new, well refurbished, Epson XP-322 printer. Bought to replace my Epson SX235W that reached its termination point, stamped its foot and said "I ain't printing anymore and you can't make me". Chosen cos it uses 4 separate ink cartridges so I save money by only replacing the one that needs it, and save more money by buying replicah cartridges - just like my SX235W one.
Unfortunately Epson have seen fit to add a feature with the XP322 so every time you put in a non-Epson cartridge it comes up with a "warning warning, WTF!!!!, are you seriously trying to use some shitty knockoff instead of the proper, righteous, original Epson own ones, sheeeeesh, I'm looking down my nose at you, shaking my head and tutting, don't come running to me when things end badly m'duck" message (ish!)
This is going to get old VERY quickly. :bleh:

That I forgot I have the dentist tomorrow so I have to leave work early but because I forgot I haven't been able to tell my boss who has it in for me so that is going to be fun tomorrow. I have become so forgetful lately.

Itchy wrists.

The group of people you are in, who start talking about sport - dull

getting old, I'm heartily sick of it. Someone please invent a drug that will make me 35 ish again.

Teenage school-children (especially girls) do it all the time. I think they get it from watching so many American 'movies'

I'm not sure how anyone came up with the name Vocal Fry.

Again, it's mainly American teenage girls who are inflicted.

People going on about how they are going to watch the 'super bowl' on tv when they have never watched a game of American football in their lives.

Why so many sheep on this planet?!

Unfortunately, I've been there too, but I spoke up after the first time with the couple I was with. I told them I was buying two drinks for their one, and they were mortified to realise it. Maybe you should do the same? You might find that they didn't even think of it (but that in itself isn't great).

After my mentioning the imbalance, I found myself with drinks lined up on the table because they were at pains to make sure I wasn't out of pocket. And it was MY turn to feel awful.

However, in your case, it sounds like it's more a case of them taking the absolute piss with what they ordered when it was your turn. A double and two cocktails?? That's the sort of round you get when it's your turn, not when it's someone else's. Next time you're out with them and one of them says she wants the two-for-one cocktails deal, tell her she can have that when it's her round. And buy her half of lager.

In America these close proximity car-parkers are known as ‘Fillers’ and there are many theories as to why it happens.

It could be a way of saying “I see what you did there;.. you parked your car farther away to protect it… because you’re smart!.... I’ll park next to you to show my appreciation of your sage decision because I too am smart…and by the way I’ll take extra care not to ‘ding’ your car when I get out”.

That remote section of the car-park becomes an exclusive nucleation point for caring ‘smart’ drivers.

Another nucleation site theory is that it’s somewhere for ‘Fillers’ to collect;… they believe there must be something "special" about that spot, since you've chosen it over all the others,….and the ‘Fillers’ want to be part of it;

…. but the real truth is that the ‘Fillers’ are after you; …. I know, they are after me too.

Sorry, I have to go now,… need to adjust my tinfoil hat blah blah…

Maybe so, but I'm hearing it more and more often on UK tv

Yep yep!

The people who in the Questions section of Amazon - any item/department..will reply to someone asking a question with/similar to

"Sorry I don't know"

If it was a rarity..then OK. But these people seem to be everywhere on Amazon. Why do they do it ?

Sorry, I don't know

Speaking of Amazon reviews, ones that are like...

"Great product, but my dog doesn't use it - 0/5"

The problem there is your dog, not the product >: (

Pretty much.

Or just all such crass stupidity. I was looking up and wondering about a new TV, and just 'window shopping' what's what, and looking at the feedback.

The number of people who would post a one star rating, saying - for example - "it would be perfect if it had a browser and was 3D"..despite the product description not including the specs they moaned about and gave it a bad rating..

There should be a rating system for people who rate products from the depths of sheer stupidity. Would it work ?

Sorry I don't know

Speaking of Amazon reviews, I hate when I'm looking at a product and most of the reviews are about the item not arriving on time or the postal service screwing up the delivery, this is a section to review THE PRODUCT, I want to know how good it is, not that you didn't get it on time, don't leave a pointless review for that, just email Amazon!

Stevens brazilian 20 year old husband isnt it?

Yahoo Mail has put an "Archive" button where the "Delete" used to be and now I'm ending up archiving loads of rubbish!

Nope, that upward inflection is part of the speech pattern of some regional accents here in Northern Ireland.

Makes me feel at home

UPDATE: I found the cheap ASDA ones!

Oh I can relate to this...we lived in a cul-de-sac for 18 years and the flow of traffic was ridiculous on weekends. Not from residents but from people tripping around who saw the sign 'cul-de-sac' complete with illustrated semi-circle - just to ram the fact home a little bit further - and yet they still drove down to the end because you never know there just might be a secret way to get through to the other street? we kids in the street used to ride our bikes in the cul-de-sac on the weekends and we'd have to continually ride up onto the driveways because of the cars and dad used to stand out on the kerb and shake his fist at the intruders using it to turn having ignored the sign