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Things that irritate you more than they should
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tunstall birdman
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You could have just stopped writing after the first word on this post.
If I thought you were serious, I'd be planning your disappearance.
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Deleted member 14766
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One type of call centre speak that irritates me inordinately is the use of he word ‘yourself’ when the word ‘you’ is what’s intended. My belief is that it’s a misguided attempt to be polite or more formal or something.
Example: “is there anything else I can do for yourself?”
Example: “is there anything else I can do for yourself?”
Tex
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Never experienced this myself (!) but if I was ever asked that, my reply would be “yes - kindly refer to me as ‘you’ not ‘yourself’ if you want this conversation to continue a moment longer!”
mysticmackem
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A car park with loads of empty spaces, and some ass parks right up close to you. Why?
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Lame dogging attempt?
See urinals, an arl.
mysticmackem
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The Lonious Monk
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My response to that would be, "well, you can go fuck yourself for that atrocious sentence but other than that, I'm good"
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Deleted member 40035
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When people say left or right in a political sense, I've looked up both meanings on wiki but still dont understand wtf left or right means.
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Deleted member 14766
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If you wear a cravat anyone who disagrees with you is a liberal leftie
If you wear sandals anyone who disagrees with you is extreme right wing
Hope this helps
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Deleted member 40035
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Not at all.
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Winger
I get irritated more than I should by pretentious descriptions in restaurant menus - 'Soup of the moment', for example, or 'a curated selection of cheeses' - don't get me started on 'artisan'
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The Lonious Monk
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I was at a friend's house over the weekend and he brought out this regular looking French bread and the package said it was "artisan". He brought it out and said that I absolutely had to try this bread. I looked at it and said, "Isn't it just French bread?" He said it wasn't just French bread it was artisan French bread and that once I tried it I would know the difference. I tried it. Tasted just like regular French bread so I told him. He said I didn't know my bread.
He paid a pretty penny for it, too. I made fun of him for it any chance I got
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Winger
I was at a friend's house over the weekend and he brought out this regular looking French bread and the package said it was "artisan". He brought it out and said that I absolutely had to try this bread. I looked at it and said, "Isn't it just French bread?" He said it wasn't just French bread it was artisan French bread and that once I tried it I would know the difference. I tried it. Tasted just like regular French bread so I told him. He said I didn't know my bread.
He paid a pretty penny for it, too. I made fun of him for it any chance I got
Yep, Artisan is attached to anything to increase the price - if you'd gone to shop where some flour doused French bloke with dough under his fingernails served you then maybe
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The Lonious Monk
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Exactly. This is store bought and factory packaged bread. Artisan my ass
Some B&Bs in the lakes now call themselves 'Artisan Guest house'. Pretentious twats.
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I've never heard of Artisan before other than that old computer program that was like paint.
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The Lonious Monk
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ar·ti·san
[ˈärdəzən]
NOUN
- a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
synonyms: craftsman · craftswoman · craftsperson · skilled worker · mechanic · technician · operative · maker · smith · wright · journeyman · artificer ·
[more]- (of food or drink) made in a traditional or non-mechanized way using high-quality ingredients.
"local artisan cheeses" · "the growing appreciation of artisan foods"
- (of food or drink) made in a traditional or non-mechanized way using high-quality ingredients.
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