Pet Peeves

[Eoin McLove]

Yup, it's a blood test these days as far as I'm aware. Must get on it. I can always finger myself when I get home.

[Carnage]

   Everyone needs a hobby.

[Mower Liberation Front]

Bus Eireann. Seventy minutes late going to Dublin.. almost two hours late leaving Dublin. Put them in charge of the Sahara tomorrow, and they'd have lost all the sand by the end of June.

[Ducky]

Your last sentence reads like a Waterford Whisper headline, bravo 

[Mower Liberation Front]

One of the guys at work came out with it a few months ago, referring to the people at head office. He was being generous, too.   

[Carnage]

Bread: mouldy. Milk: curdled. Fuck off.

[astfgyl]

Bread: mouldy. Milk: curdled. Fuck off.

Some bastard. Hope you found out before you put it in the tea or coffee

[Carnage]

I did, thankfully. Pain in the arse: the cornershop is being remodelled so I have to go into town to pick up bread and milk. Fuck it, I need the exercise.

[astfgyl]

I almost always find out by the lumps in the tea and I always think of that awful scene in Garage where Pat Shortt is about to get fired from his job and he's trying to stall it a bit

[Ducky]

One of the guys at work came out with it a few months ago, referring to the people at head office. He was being generous, too.   

Haha, love borrowing those turns of phrase. I've been using "sweating like a knacker at a spelling bee" since the 1990s.

[John Kimble]

That tiny dribble of "bonus" wee after taking a leak. Thanks, 40s.

The 40s absolutely suck. I thought I'd have come to terms with it by now, given that I'm nearly five years in at this stage. But no. It just gets worse. Was told that I have bad arthritis in both knees a while back, I was half hoping that there would be some surgical quick fix but no, apparently...it's just a case of grin and bear it, and maybe a bit of exercise or physio, neither of which I have time or energy for.

[Ducky]

That tiny dribble of "bonus" wee after taking a leak. Thanks, 40s.

The 40s absolutely suck. I thought I'd have come to terms with it by now, given that I'm nearly five years in at this stage. But no. It just gets worse. Was told that I have bad arthritis in both knees a while back, I was half hoping that there would be some surgical quick fix but no, apparently...it's just a case of grin and bear it, and maybe a bit of exercise or physio, neither of which I have time or energy for.

Ugh yeah I hear you man. I'm suspected to have patellar tendonitis, and rheumatoid arthritis in the hands. The latter really sucks to hear as my sister is a decade older and wrecked with it. Was at an ortho clinic a while back and your man says "not I'm refering you straight to a rheumatologist as there's no way that's anything other than RT".

Was also told I am nailed on for having glaucoma (on top of my diabetic woes) when I'm older. If the sight goes I'm taking a trip to Dignitas, fuck that noise.

[John Kimble]

Yeah, think I have something similar in the hands in that I can't even perform the most rudimentary tasks (using a screwdriver, changing a tyre on a bike) without great difficulty. It's just something I would have assumed wouldn't affect me until maybe my 50s or 60s but then, I haven't exactly been very physically active (outside of work) over the last few years. It's just shite to think that it's something you have to accept as part of the aging process

[Mr Barlow]

Similar here. My knees are in bits. Right one in particular is giving me awful grief this week. Get it my hands too if I'd have to grip anything tightly....like unscrewing a tight lid, screwdriver etc. Hoping it doesn't affect guitar playing...but it seems inevitable. Getting old licks balls !

[nukeabuse]

One of the guys at work came out with it a few months ago, referring to the people at head office. He was being generous, too.   

Haha, love borrowing those turns of phrase. I've been using "sweating like a knacker at a spelling bee" since the 1990s.

Oul country lads have the best ones.

If there was work in bed you'd lie on the floor

Better looking at it than looking for it

Face like a bulldog that's been licking piss of nettle.

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