Pet Peeves

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For an extra 50 a month you can get the delightful smell of 'fresh auld wan'

[Pedrito]

Shows and well written articles like this make me so glad I don't pay a tv licence anymore.

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/nature/2019/0429/1046400-whats-going-on-with-irish-weather/

[StoutAndAle]

Shows and well written articles like this make me so glad I don't pay a tv licence anymore.

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/nature/2019/0429/1046400-whats-going-on-with-irish-weather/

So... basically opening your fuckin' curtains? Christ almighty.

RTÉ are one step shy of Alan Partridge's Inner City Sumo or Monkey Tennis.

[Pedrito]

'Kathryn Thomas will present the landmark show'.

The thesaurus must be worn down to nothing at this stage

[Mower Liberation Front]

'Kathryn Thomas will present the landmark show'.

Is there anything left on RTE that she hasn't presented at some point?

[Eoin McLove]

Herself... yeow! I'd tune in for that 

Flossing- cute when seven year olds do it,  punchable when adults do it.

[Pedrito]

Just noticed on the Bölzer facebook page there an argument that comes up again and again..it's nothing new and actually seems to be a widely held belief. Great band but the typical oul 'trying to be controversial bollix' using David Attenborough saying that humans are a plague on the earth and that they agree with it. Fucking yawn!

I'm not getting my knickers in a twist and I couldn't give a fuck about all these fascist/authoritarian labels people come up with. I just think it's a load of oul shite. If you think humans are a plague on the earth, there's a grand spot called the Cliffs of Moher where you can fire yourself off whenever you feel like it. Bring your guitar, bring your collection of rare insects and get on with it ye shitehawks.

[Pedrito]

Hans Rosling is worth watching for anyone interested in these matters..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FACK2knC08E&t=354s

The irony of a band from Switzerland(moneybags) that flies all over the world to play gigs and a TV presenter who must have created a carbon footprint the size of a small  country complaining about these things defies belief.

[Ducky]

I'm a big fan of David Attenborough, but yeah, some filthy rich auld lad telling us how we're fucking the planet over.

When I studied environmental science at college, I always found it funny how we'd wade into a river, kick up a hape of dirt, bucket it up and bring it back to the lab. The idea here (an ecology practical) was to sift through the fauna and look for indicator species - basically yokes you'd only find in really healthy water.

It was like "100 qubic litres were sampled, x amount of such a thing was found, indicating that this stream is unpolluted". That's great, tell that to the x amount of things you dragged up, dipped in pure ethanol to kill them so you could draw the poor bastards.

[Ducky]

Why I came into post - got a notification on Facebook - "such a person has invited you to donate to their good cause!".

Fuck no.

[Trev]

Going to a wedding when you're told the ceremony is at 2 and by half past you're still waiting for the poxy bride to turn up. Then sitting through another fucking hour of a priests rambling shite

[Pedrito]

Why I came into post - got a notification on Facebook - "such a person has invited you to donate to their good cause!".

Fuck no.

Fucking charlatans.

Woman up our way always 'running for charity'. Up Khatmandu and all sorts. Driving around in a new Merc and never worked a day in her life..yeah fuck off. Everyone buys into it for some reason.

[101_North]

Going to a wedding when you're told the ceremony is at 2 and by half past you're still waiting for the poxy bride to turn up. Then sitting through another fucking hour of a priests rambling shite

My brother in law's girlfriend was, and I wish I was exaggerating, just shy of 2hrs late for their wedding! We were all convinced she wasn't for showing up and was having major doubts. When she arrived most folks had left the service and were in the bar. Not a single person can believe they are still married.

[Eoin McLove]

Unreal.  Ten minutes waiting in a church is painful enough but you'd forgive it for the day that's in it but two hours! Get to fuck.

[StoutAndAle]

My brother in law's girlfriend was, and I wish I was exaggerating, just shy of 2hrs late for their wedding! We were all convinced she wasn't for showing up and was having major doubts. When she arrived most folks had left the service and were in the bar. Not a single person can believe they are still married.

My wife is always, ALWAYS early - she hates tardiness - fuck knows why she married me - I'm usually running to get somewhere on time - but that's another story. She was 20 minutes early to our wedding (didn't get married in a church) and my buddy who is also a wedding photographer and was doing our gig forced her to wait in one of the rooms off to the side of the wedding venue for 5 minutes after the start time. She nearly stabbed him. He did get a great snap of me pointing at my watch with a "what time do you call this face?" on me. She nearly fucking stabbed me then.

Back to pet peeves - getting home from work after a good or bad day, picking out a record, feeding the cat, cracking open a beer and plonking your ass down on the couch to space out for a few minutes...

... only for the doorbell to ring. "Hi, I'm your local election candidate. I did see the sign on your front door about not wanting political canvassers calling but I'd like to talk to you about my plans, if elected, to make sure the swings and slides down in the local park are only used by children from the ages of 3 to 12..."