Really minor annoyances

[Mousehold Mackem]

In our defence, we invented the language.

We gave it to the world.

Benevolence, intelligence, history the lot.

We are bloody brilliant.

We didn't "give" it tho. We conquered them and forced them to use our language.

Only the BBC is giving the world our language and the little Englanders want to stop them doing it

 

[Hawkings Boots]

The fact my Mrs doesnt know the difference between best before and use by

Plenty of perfect fine stuff that is past best before gets binned because it's 'out of date'

 

[Martin F]

"Background" music drowning out the dialogue on TV programmes and films.

 

[Big Jeff]

We didn't "give" it tho. We conquered them and forced them to use our language.

Only the BBC is giving the world our language and the little Englanders want to stop them doing it

And in so doing enriched their lives with our culture and in return we took a bit of tea.

Which we planted in Harrogate to give us Yorkshire tea.

And we all lived happily ever after.

 

[Mousehold Mackem]

And in so doing enriched their lives with our culture and in return we took a bit of tea.

Which we planted in Harrogate to give us Yorkshire tea.

And we all lived happily ever after.

So now they're coming here and "enriching our lives with their culture"?

Okey dokey.

 

[DaveH]

The fact my Mrs doesnt know the difference between best before and use by

Plenty of perfect fine stuff that is past best before gets binned because it's 'out of date'

She has calmed down now, but my mother-in-law used to be a nightmare. She used to throw things out a day or two before the best before, because "you can't be too careful". She chucked away a whole punnet of tomatoes because they were getting close. You can tell if a tomato is going off or not.

 

[Uncle Junior]

When you use your teeth to tear sellotape and a tiny bit of it goes in your gob

 

[Big Jeff]

When you use your teeth to tear sellotape and a tiny bit of it goes in your gob

You need a sellotape dispenser.

It’s a game changer mate. I hate wrapping presents but with a dispenser it makes it bearable.

 

[Red]

When you use your teeth to tear sellotape and a tiny bit of it goes in your gob

Or a bit sticks to your lip, and when you peel it off, it takes half your lip off as well.

 

[Sebastien]

We thought we'd give "Yorkshire Tea" a try . On opening the box, to my horror I discovered that the tea bags are joined together in twos . This mean I have to separate them if I want to use only one . This causes me untold problems as Iv'e suffered from Wankers cramp for many years .

Especially annoying when you have already boiled the kettle, have it in hand and you realise you haven't performed the sensible task of pre-loading the cup with said teabag.

Cue me wafting a doubled up bag over the cup whilst swearing at it in a piss poor attempt to free it from its clingy mate.

Yorkshire can piss off. Idiots.

 

[Big Jeff]

Our kettle never seems to have water in it when I go to make a cuppa.

 

[woodlebert]

As I keep saying - Brits have no room to criticize the irritating verbal ticks of foreigners until they completely rid themselves of the ubiquitous and pointless use of ‘to be honest’ and ‘to be fair’.

Both of these are acceptable phrases. What don't you like about them?

 

[Tex]

Both of these are acceptable phrases. What don't you like about them?

They add nothing to whatever point is being made and are shoved in unnecessarily ad nauseum. Do a search on this board and see how often they are used. Now imagine they would suddenly vanish - what has been lost? Nowt!
Are we to assume that if someone doesn’t add “to be honest” or “to be fair” that they’re not being honest or fair?

 

[viccarlton]

The fact my Mrs doesnt know the difference between best before and use by

Plenty of perfect fine stuff that is past best before gets binned because it's 'out of date'

I opened a bottle of Worcestershire sauce yesterday for a sprinkle on my cheese on toast, best before date Jan ‘23 not much gets hoyed out in our house.

She has calmed down now, but my mother-in-law used to be a nightmare. She used to throw things out a day or two before the best before, because "you can't be too careful". She chucked away a whole punnet of tomatoes because they were getting close. You can tell if a tomato is going off or not.

 

[Hawkings Boots]

I opened a bottle of Worcestershire sauce yesterday for a sprinkle on my cheese on toast, best before date Jan ‘23 not much gets hoyed out in our house.

And you're still here. I mean can that even go off

 

[Steel_Straight]

I opened a bottle of Worcestershire sauce yesterday for a sprinkle on my cheese on toast, best before date Jan ‘23 not much gets hoyed out in our house.

I once read a story about a tin of Lyle's golden syrup being found unopened after 50 years - it was then opened, and it had been perfectly preserved and was safe to eat.

Edit: found the story - it was 46 years, not 50 years:

"Captain Scott took a tin of Golden Syrup with him on his ill-fated Antarctic expedition in 1910. And when Scott's stores were re-discovered by explorers in 1956, the characteristic tin was still in good condition, along with the syrup inside."

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[Roadhouse]

When you use your teeth to tear sellotape and a tiny bit of it goes in your gob

Worse when it's not tearing so you bite a bit harder and end up scraping your teeth off each other.

 

[Gentwo]

Americans who say ‘are you kidding me right now’

As opposed to kidding you twenty minutes ago.

Also adverts with pointless celebrity cameos, that head and shoulders one where Claudia Winkleman appears to tell us she can speak goat.
It offers nothing to the advert.

 

[RossTheNinja]

Every other ad being for perfume or aftershave. Or donkeys.

 

[blackcat]

That face everyone pulls on any kind of reel or TikTok when they have a cheese pull on the food they’re eating. The wide eyed raised eyebrows one. Automatically makes their faces look slappable