The Ranting Room

^^^^  I agree.

Hibou wrote: <span style="" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"></span> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Won't they ever go away? And exactly what are we supposed to do? Move over to the ditch? Deliberately crash into other people who don't have babies? Ah, humbug...</span> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Oh,</span> but I got my revenge once. A few years back, hubby and I had enherited a cute little hamster no one wanted. So I bought a sign, some paint and then stuck this to the back window of  our car:  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-US"></span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-US"></span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-US"></span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-US"></span>

    

I hate seeing any kind of car sticker, but these ones really wind me up. It's not that I advocate crashing into cars with babies in them, but honestly, think about what this sticker is saying..

People who drive like tw&ts endanering their own life, and those in the car with them, are of a particular specific mindset. They have sh!t for brains and not a single iota of respect for their own well being, why on Earth is anyone so naieve to think think that these people will give two flying sh!ts about someone eles baby. These f**kwits will have a crash, kill an entire family and THEN cry about it afterwards. They are not equipped with the mental skills to relate action to consequence before the event... etc etc... aaaarrggghhhh   

Other stickers on cars just get on my t!ts. I hate 'funny' stickers, designed to make people think the driver is some kind of lovable, good humoured, slightly mad character who you'd love to meet a party, when infact he's probably a complete w&nker, with a deeply rooted inferioty complex, due to a complex and loveless relationshiop with his mother. It's the 'need to be noticed' complex; the need to stand out from, all the lemmings in their metal boxes on the M25 - apart from all the other ones with tw&tty stickers on their cars, of course.

While, I'm at it, I'd like to talk about the effect football has on peoples intelligence. I've nothing against the great game, but whenever the world cup or a Euopean tournament looms, the average Englishmen turns into a retarded, knuckle dragging idiot, whose voice suddenly takes on the characteristics of your average thug; not a persona they would normally be proud of. It's the only time in their fat, track suit wearing, chavvy little lives, they ever show any emotion. They celebrate victory by getting drunk and causing a public nuisance, and they commiserate loss by crying into their Lager...and then getting drunk and causing a public nuisance. They cover their houses in England flags, not to show their support for our boys, as they claim..oh no, but to show a) how 'mad' and 'up for it' they are. and b) to draw attention to themselves, hoping that passers by will think 'Wow, look at that house. That guy must really love his footy. I bet he's a real 'salt of the Earth' type who does abit of this and abit of that, but basically loves his old mam!' (See 'Need to be noticed complex' as described earlier in post)

Frankly, I'll be glad when it's all over...




    

Edited by Blacksword - May 16 2006 at 05:47

prog-chick wrote: Hafta agree there Blacksword..........I was pootling home from the shooops on Saturday, and got cut up on a round-a-bout by one of the above mentioned.....only he had those stupid freakin flags sticking up from his rear windows............flapping away, he got so close, that I swear if i didn't push my visor down quick smart he woulda had my eye out.............and THEN the t*sser cut me up and I nearly had to ride up on the nicely planted roundabout! oh.........but he's got his flags, and supporting the boys is FAR more important than not attempting to kill me on a roundabout! GRRRRRRRRRR Wow! Ilike the ranting room.........I feel SO much better for that!

It's a failing on their part that when football is on their radar, they are incapable of thinking of anything else, other than the great time they are going to have getting p!ssed...watching football.    

Five pages of posts in three & a half days - I think this little thread of mine is serving a useful purpose on PA*

Keep those posts a-comin' people - it's good for you; let it all out, tell us what you think, let them know exactly how you feel... you know you want to

* Before any smartarse points it out, yes, I know most of the rants are mine; I'm no more or less tolerant than anyone else, I am merely leading by example

Jim Garten wrote: Five pages of posts in three & a half days - I think this little thread of mine is serving a useful purpose on PA* Keep those posts a-comin' people - it's good for you; let it all out, tell us what you think, let them know exactly how you feel... you know you want to * Before any smartarse points it out, yes, I know most of the rants are mine; I'm no more or less tolerant than anyone else, I am merely leading by example

I'm glad we've got this thread, it probably wont be long before I find something else to rant about myself, probably to do with exams it being the end of May.

Jim Garten wrote: Blacksword wrote: ..and dont you just hate the way you are made to feel bad about having this view? My mates tell me it's just a bit of fun, and I shouldn't be such a snob. Fun, my arse! That's if you're allowed to get a word in edgeways the day after a soccer match ; I like the people I work with a great deal but there are times (usually on a Monday or Thursday) where I may as well come into work naked with a llama strapped to my head for all the notice a recognised "non-football-person" is given... ...that is until they've finished talking about the latest exploits of a bunch of overpaid, undereducated, narcissistic, underworked, celebrity-obsessed morons, whose idea of a fashion statement (to be taken seriously by the knuckle dragging hordes, of course) is to change their haircut again, thereby ensuring coverage by those pathetic lowest common denominator feeding magazines who follow their every insignificant step and word as if they were reporting the second coming of Christ! ...sorry, what was the question again?

You're on form today, Jim!

I think it's the armchair post match analysis that amuses me the most, or rather the barside post mortems of a match. Now, I've been to many football matches, I'm no fanatic, but I've no problem with football. I just cant stand all the manly bullsh!t that goes with it. I'm reminded of the Fast Show sketch with the group of three men standing in a pub, and there's one who agrees with both of the others opposing views becasue he has nothing of his own to add, and wants to fit in. That could easily have been me! Thankfully it wasn't.

TV coverage of any match irritates me to hell! It's the inane tunnel interviews with the sweaty players, along the lines of:

"Yeah, thats right, what can I say. We had a good first half, but you know, it's like, at the end of the day, when all is said and done it's about scoring goals, it's about putting balls in the back of the net, you know what I mean. If you cant do that you may as well stay at home"

No sh!t Sherlock. That £200,000 you earn a week is well deserved is it not!   

Jim Garten wrote: Blacksword wrote: .. While, I'm at it, I'd like to talk about the effect football has on peoples intelligence. I've nothing against the great game, but whenever the world cup or a Euopean tournament looms, the average Englishmen turns into a retarded, knuckle dragging idiot, whose voice suddenly takes on the characteristics of your average thug; not a persona they would normally be proud of. It's the only time in their fat, track suit wearing, chavvy little lives, they ever show any emotion. They celebrate victory by getting drunk and causing a public nuisance, and they commiserate loss by crying into their Lager...and then getting drunk and causing a public nuisance. They cover their houses in England flags, not to show their support for our boys, as they claim..oh no, but to show a) how 'mad' and 'up for it' they are. and b) to draw attention to themselves, hoping that passers by will think 'Wow, look at that house. That guy must really love his footy. I bet he's a real 'salt of the Earth' type who does abit of this and abit of that, but basically loves his old mam!'     and dont you just hate the way you are made to feel bad about having this view? My mates tell me it's just a bit of fun, and I shouldn't be such a snob. Fun, my arse! That's if you're allowed to get a word in edgeways the day after a soccer match ; I like the people I work with a great deal but there are times (usually on a Monday or Thursday) where I may as well come into work naked with a llama strapped to my head for all the notice a recognised "non-football-person" is given... ...that is until they've finished talking about the latest exploits of a bunch of overpaid, undereducated, narcissistic, underworked, celebrity-obsessed morons, whose idea of a fashion statement (to be taken seriously by the knuckle dragging hordes, of course) is to change their haircut again, thereby ensuring coverage by those pathetic lowest common denominator feeding magazines who follow their every insignificant step and word as if they were reporting the second coming of Christ! ...sorry, what was the question again?

Fire Alarms.

Or to be specific the fire alarms here in my hall of residence, there stupidly  sensetive. They will be set off by steam, smoke from weed and Lynx (I kid you not). Whats more it seems that some of the students staying here took more than 3 months to get the hang of closeing their shower doors when in use, I dont want to stand around outside in the middle of winter becasue someone cant close their shower door.

Over the last four weeks however the alarms seem to have decided that they are going to go off at 3 in the bloody morning, and its happened once every week so far since I returned from Easter.

Worst of all an alarm interupted my viewing of Top Gear this Sunday gone, that time they went to far.

Bravo guys and girl, very well said!

Football generally annoys me, I used to be a fan, but now, I cannot be bothered with it, it's pointless (well, pointless at professional level anyhow).

Oh, I know what annoys me and maybe this just happens to me...

Two of my mates (but one in particular), both being female, when getting in my car in the passenger seat, immediately have to start playing with my 6-CD player, to try and find something they like.  I've had to put in their own CDs before now, because my prog music is just too much for them!  Having said that, one of them did borrow my Coheed and Cambria CD.  She's welcome to it, because I really do not like it all that much!

They're the same with Sky/Cable.  All they do is endlessly flick channels finding music they like (normally Blink 182 or Green Day - don't get me started on them!) and when they do find something they like (like what I mention above), they get so far in and get bored of it and then... yes, they start flicking through again.  The thing is, myself and my male friend don't want to listen to that kind of music, but we cannot get our say.  It annoys me having to listen to Hip-hop or Rap on occasions.

I think, quite possibly, women have the worst music taste in the world (not all of them of course).

*that feels better*


Edited by Geck0 - May 16 2006 at 19:33

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