Pet Peeves

[Kurt Cocaine]

People turning the rear fog light on when it's completely unnecessary to do so. It's like Chinese water torture being stuck behind one.

Full beams lad.

[Carnage]

'Unboring the future' - slogan in an ad for some wheelbox or other. As bad as 'let's make possible'.

[StoutAndAle]

Misery Fishing.

I dunno is this just a Cork thing or what. There's a lad that I work with who was diagnosed with cancer a few weeks ago. The docs reckon that they caught it in time and he's relatively young (early 50s) so he the prospects are good. Added to this he has a positive outlook about the whole thing.

The boss here told him to take all the time he needs so he's working a bit from home and batting on other work for us to cover for him. Glad to do it. The last few days, I've been getting calls from people on projects that he normally works on.

"I would call Billy but I was talking to him and he gave me the bit of BAD news that he had. He didn't go into details. Is it VERY BAD, is it?"

"What did he tell you?"

"Just that he was ill"

"Right. So let's see if I can get this job moved forward"

"Is he doing chemo? Is he doing radiation? Will they have to cut him open? Does he have kids? Is his wife able to cope? Will he live to see the end of The Mandalorian? (OK... this last one is made up) OHHHHH JESUS! Tis terrible altogether!!!"

"He's fine"

"Sure how could a man be fine with a thing like that? Oh sweet divine merciful mother of Jesus, Mary and Joseph"

"Can I call you back later?"

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The same "debate" year in, year out the last few years has been mind-numbingly tedious, but the mix of brutal everyman Paddy and erudition in this take down of toff cock Laurence Fox is a thing of absolute beauty:
https://twitter.com/poguesofficial/status/1329394157354446850

[Scáthach]

 

[Kurt Cocaine]

The same "debate" year in, year out the last few years has been mind-numbingly tedious, but the mix of brutal everyman Paddy and erudition in this take down of toff cock Laurence Fox is a thing of absolute beauty:
https://twitter.com/poguesofficial/status/1329394157354446850

Thirteen arsecrumbling years man. Since 2007 ffs... 

[Caomhaoin]

Can't anyone go for a nice cycle without being head to toe in spandex as if they are doing the Tour de France? I run in the same park several times a week and I've seen one cyclist in the last month who wasn't dressed up like Ned Flanders skiiing. I gave him the thumbs up, to his bemusement.

Cyclists in general wreck my head, especially in large groups and not using the cycle track. They either make it hazardous for runners or walkers to cross in the park or weave in between cars at traffic lights. Not all of them, but a significant portion do this.

[Kurt Cocaine]

Democrat cyclists are the worst.

[Emphyrio]

Can't anyone go for a nice cycle without being head to toe in spandex as if they are doing the Tour de France? I run in the same park several times a week and I've seen one cyclist in the last month who wasn't dressed up like Ned Flanders skiiing. I gave him the thumbs up, to his bemusement.

[son of the Morrigan]

Im a cyclist myself, and by that I mean I use a bike to go too and from places I need to go too and get home from.
I do so on a normal bike, wearing normal clothes, at a normal speed  and in a normal  manner.
A  person who uses their bike in this fashion is a cyclist.
A person who dresses up like a fucking clown and cycles a 1000 Euro bike dangerously for no reason at all is a cuntalist.

[Caomhaoin]

Yeah, the amateur pro cyclists, if you know what I mean.

Here in Madrid, very few people cycle in a normal manner, as in, to the shops or work, principally because of the lack of cycle tracks and indisciplined motorists.

[Slaughterday]

I would never begrudge a man for wearing padded cycling shorts.... Gooch pain is very real. I cycle a good bit but can definitely agree theres no avoiding looking like an absolute cunt if you want to do serious speeds. Throwing on the Spandex to cycle 5 minutes to the pub/shop is unforgivable though.

[Eoin McLove]

Throwing on the Spandex to cycle 5 minutes to the pub/shop is unforgivable though.

What if you want to do it in 2 minutes?

[Slaughterday]

It's a grey area, in fairness.

[Caomhaoin]

Does all the Lycra make that much of a difference though? A lad in my class at school has his legs shaved for doing athletics ('my father says it's for homos'). Looking like a tranny for the sake of minimal aerodynamics? Nah, you're grand.