Pet Peeves

[The Great Cull]

When you've just put you car up on ramps, drained the oil, removed the filter and then realised the motor factors gave you the wrong replacement one... 

[StoutAndAle]

Messy, drunk cunts at gigs. I'm not one to begrudge anyone a drink but there's a limit.

Went to see Wilco the other night. My wife is only 5' 3" which means that standing isn't always the best option so I got nice seats in the balcony.

2 songs into Wilco's set three lads arrive in, to a man they're absolutely demented. I know instinctively that the three empty seats next to ours will be theirs.

They spend the next song and a half shout-talking at each other about how shit it is that they missed the start of the show and going to the bar for more pints, then slopping pints on the people in front, crowding my missus and being dickheads. I tell my wife to swap seats with me because I am now going to have to pit-marshall these dopes - even though I purposely got an aisle seat to have my 6' 2" frame in some comfort.

One of them jumps up and is basically putting his ass in my face so I shove him away. He spins on me and is about to say something when I roar at him to sit the fuck down.

It's all "Sorry bud" and handshakes. Grand. Then he gets up and starts doing it again. So I shove him away - "I lost my phone somewhere" he says. Now all three of them are out of their seats and looking for your man's phone. I tell them to sit down and look for it after the gig. One of the them starts bellowing incoherent nonsense at me. I counter with the fact that he's going over the balcony head-first unless he sits the fuck down right now. It's all "Sorry about that, pal" and thumbs up. I shrug it off.

THEN - one of them starts shouting at the band "Play a shit song! I want to go for a piss!". A lad in the row in from of us gets up and tells them to pipe down. They all have a go at him until basically the entire balcony section is telling them to shut the fuck up and sit down.

My wife spots 2 seats on the aisle across from where we're sitting so we move. Probably because she doesn't want to have to drive to Dublin every second weekend to visit me in Mountjoy.

The 3 lads spend the rest of the gig doing the same shit, with added spilling of pints over some lad in front of them. All while a security guard looks down at his phone.

We left at the encore break - thus missing one of my favourite Wilco songs - "Via Chicago" - which they hadn't played on the whole Euro tour.  

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Fuck sake, had heard from everyone it was an amazing gig and all

[StoutAndAle]

Fuck sake, had heard from everyone it was an amazing gig and all

Ah yeah - Wilco were class. I just tuned the moron brothers out as much as I could.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

That sucks. Had a similar experience, minus the excuse of drunkenness, at a Susanne Sundfor gig in Paris with the missus. Beautiful intimate venue, surely, given her music, everyone is in it for a similar vibe... then all of a sudden two ladies turn up who have decided this would be the proper occasion upon which to culture their oafish worse halves a bit. It was the only place near to the front we could find, but eventually we had to make the trade-off between being further back and in peace or staying near the front having to listen to these two "beaufs" (as they'd be called in French) talking about how she's a grand looker, would surely be great in the sack, should change her style to more upbeat stuff and dress sexier, etc., etc.

In short, I'll generalize your peeve to just "cunts at gigs", whatever the explanation of their cuntery!

[StoutAndAle]

Koka noodle bricks should be 25% bigger. One isn't enough to fill you and two is too much.

I'm aware that most people eat them as an accompaniment to something else but at work I just need something simple.

[Eoin McLove]

True that. Great on toast but that's not always convenient.

[ochoill]

Koka noodle bricks should be 25% bigger. One isn't enough to fill you and two is too much.

I'm aware that most people eat them as an accompaniment to something else but at work I just need something simple.

They do well in a sandwich.  But yeah they aren't as great on the go as you would be led to believe.  At home though?  Big handful of frozen mix veg into them while they're cooking, less water than suggested, cook in a frying pan and finish them with a bit of soy sauce and some sesame seeds, top with a fried or boiled egg - miserably cheap dinner but unbelievably scoff.

My related Pet Peeve here is Tesco getting rid of their own brand noodles (those Good Food Co. ones), they used to be 12c a packet at one point.  Now there's no instant noodles cheaper than €1.50 in there.  The bastards, they were great.

[ochoill]

... I'm ateing noodles for dinner I can't stop thinking about them now

[Carnage]

Packet of those noodles with a tub of stir-in pasta sauce is surprisingly filling.

[astfgyl]

Koka noodle bricks should be 25% bigger. One isn't enough to fill you and two is too much.

I'm aware that most people eat them as an accompaniment to something else but at work I just need something simple.

They do well in a sandwich.  But yeah they aren't as great on the go as you would be led to believe.  At home though?  Big handful of frozen mix veg into them while they're cooking, less water than suggested, cook in a frying pan and finish them with a bit of soy sauce and some sesame seeds, top with a fried or boiled egg - miserably cheap dinner but unbelievably scoff.

My related Pet Peeve here is Tesco getting rid of their own brand noodles (those Good Food Co. ones), they used to be 12c a packet at one point.  Now there's no instant noodles cheaper than €1.50 in there.  The bastards, they were great.

The ones in lidl are roughly 1.70 for a 5 pack and are nicer than any of the other packet ones like that. The beef are fucking lovely and there's a right spice to them as well. Tesco also do in the Asian food section one of those big pot style ones that are hotter than the fucking sun no joke I had an arse like the Japanese flag the morning after them.  In a big black pot they're serious but be warned

[Thorn]

I discovered those Lidl beef ones a couple of weeks ago having become sick of the price of Pot Noodles now, man they are the business, love that hot spice powder that comes with 'em.

[ochoill]

Gear4Music's utterly bewildering shipping system.  Went to order 5 items yesterday and though they were all in stock, they wouldn't arrive until late January.  Started the order from scratch, everything fine to ship next week, until I added one volume pot to the order - back to January.  Christ.  Removed the item, shipping stays at January.  Went to order the pot separately on my PC instead of my phone, can ship tomorrow from Ireland.  Added three parts to the order, back to January.

I just don't get it.  I understand they probably have items that they'll wait and fo a warehouse transfer on to save on their own shipping costs but they seem to decide it at random.  I'm off to Steamboat and FSV in a minute instead to see what I can get in both those spots before I put the leftovers in to order.  I desparately want those tenner Belcat pickups lol

[son of the Morrigan]

Quit smoking at ten past eight this morning after the breakfast, resumed smoking at twenty past one this afternoon after the dinner.
Cuntish cuntyness.

[StoutAndAle]

Quit smoking at ten past eight this morning after the breakfast, resumed smoking at twenty past one this afternoon after the dinner.
Cuntish cuntyness.

It's a pain in the balls. Took me 3 proper efforts to do it. Third one took. 11 years+ off them now.

Try again. Keep trying till it sticks.