GOGS...Grumpy Old Gits Society..

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gordonzz

Discussion Starter · Apr 30, 2016

after all the years of suffering being called a miserable old bar-steward by mrs zz , I am finally rejoicing that she has come round to my way of thinking. the source of this wonderment?... a newly found joint loathing of the foul phenomenon of otherwise seemingly intelligent individuals starting a sentence with the word "so"!!!! if you have been asked , "how do you propose to re-attach that button"? , or , "what method would you use to distribute seed in your garden" , fair enough but otherwise , nooooooooooo! other current hot favourites are "yoofs" with their kecks hanging out the top of their trousers and newly qualified drivers with a green p plate (clearly designating pillock) who refuse to commit to crossing a roundabout without having received a written invitation at least a fortnight in advance! what gets your hackles up?

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Dopamine

· #361 · Dec 13, 2016 (Edited by Moderator)

QUOTE (StuBeeDoo @ 13 Dec 2016, 18:13) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Today's StuBeeDoo grump is the lack of lane discipline on UK roads.

Discuss............

Old people in "sensible" cars. Sheeple.

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Abarth Mike

· #362 · Dec 14, 2016

Here in Thailand the "optional" lane is the quickest, as passing on the left is legal so for "Hoonigan's" that is the lane of choice. Oh and the shoulder in heavy traffic to make a fifth lane.

Grumpy Gaz

· #363 · Dec 15, 2016

Celebrity culture (now there's a contradiction in terms)

Why should we be bombarded with talentless, witless Z-listers every time we watch the telly, listen to the radio or read a newspaper / magazine?

With all the up-coming 'Christmas specials'

it's only going to get worse. ❗

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gordonzz

Discussion Starter · #364 · Dec 15, 2016

this would be the same dross that invades living rooms across the country on a saturday night...it surely is now the worst night of the week to be sat in front of the oggle box...even with all those channels?

StuBeeDoo

· #365 · Dec 15, 2016 (Edited by Moderator)

QUOTE (Grumpy Gaz @ 15 Dec 2016, 16:46) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Celebrity culture (now there's a contradiction in terms)

Why should we be bombarded with talentless, witless Z-listers every time we watch the telly, listen to the radio or read a newspaper / magazine?

With all the up-coming 'Christmas specials'

it's only going to get worse. ❗

Celebrity culture....... Don't get me started!!

I'm very choosy what I watch, and I avoid anything celebrity, or wannabe-celebrity, related like the plague.

QUOTE (gordonzz @ 15 Dec 2016, 16:51) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>this would be the same dross that invades living rooms across the country on a saturday night...it surely is now the worst night of the week to be sat in front of the oggle box...even with all those channels?

Saturday night TV has been poo for as long as I can remember. IMO it's just that when we only had 4 (or less) channels to choose from it was kind-of expected. You'd think that with more choice one or more of the channels could come-up with something original and appealing.

In the early '90s, Bruce Springsteen did a song called "57 Channels & Nothing On. It's truer now than it's ever been.

I have to say, though, that with all the rubbish on TV I don't feel bad spending a couple of hours an evening in the attic with my slots. Wor Lass knows I don't have the same capacity to sit & suffer that she does.

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gus3049

· #366 · Dec 15, 2016 (Edited by Moderator)

Just do what I do and don't have a TV. Listen to music, read books and retire to the track room at regular intervals.

If only the Daily Pail wasn't there on the net to tempt a look at how the other half dribbles. The Beano had more meaningful news stories and SuperWoman had better assets than most of the female celebrities that get featured.

Why am I grumpy? Cos my wife reads the damn thing. With her left hook, I daren't say what I really think about her favourite comic.

Wobble

· #367 · Dec 15, 2016

I wasn't grumpy until I logged in here this morning and saw the word 'celebrity'. That turned the tide for me, hope my day improves.

gordonzz

Discussion Starter · #368 · Dec 15, 2016

someone call my name??

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Grumpy Gaz

· #369 · Dec 15, 2016

Shades of the line in the Pink Floyd song: " I got thirteen channels of 💩 on the TV to choose from"

... OK, nowadays it's more like 200, and it's still all rubbish!

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StuBeeDoo

· #370 · Dec 15, 2016

QUOTE (gus3049 @ 15 Dec 2016, 18:09) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just do what I do and don't have a TV. Listen to music, read books

That's precisely what I did for 5 years in the late '80s when I lived on my own, between relationships. I sometimes think I'd have done better to have stuck to "friends with benefits" rather than get married again.

Abarth Mike

· #371 · Dec 19, 2016

Just got an internet speed upgrade but the content is still boring.

Is it me or is the page count messed up in GOGS?

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StuBeeDoo

· #372 · Jan 2, 2017 (Edited by Moderator)

I know our beautiful English language has been continually bastardised (Americanised??) since time immemorial, but...........

Starting conversations with "So........."
Answering questions which do not require affirmative response "Yeah........"
Adding ".... like....." into the middle of sentences.
Textspeak
Jargon

........ (plus others that aren't coming to mind at the moment, the full list is loooooooong) all make me extremely grumpy.

Happy New Grumps, lads!

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StuBeeDoo

· #373 · Jan 2, 2017

QUOTE (Dopamine @ 13 Dec 2016, 19:17) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That's just reminded me. I briefly saw a news report on TV recently which was filmed inside what looked to be a police car. Where was this car? Middle lane of 3, no traffic in lane 1. It begs the question;- who polices the police?

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gordonzz

Discussion Starter · #374 · Jan 2, 2017

QUOTE (StuBeeDoo @ 2 Jan 2017, 13:31) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Starting conversations with "So........."

you should see me screaming at the top of my voice when this abberation is broadcast into my telly-box.....usually committed by a seemingly otherwise intelligent "expert" in something or other.

that an inability to converse without adding an "uh" , or "um , to every second or third word. go away ... learn to speak....come back and try again!!!

aaaahhhh.... that's better , my first good grump of the year. oh....its not , its my second , the first was getting on a plane yesterday at a nice 21deg and getting off at a wet 3deg!!

StuBeeDoo

· #375 · Jan 3, 2017

QUOTE (gordonzz @ 2 Jan 2017, 16:47) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>........ an inability to converse without adding an "uh" , or "um , to every second or third word
Aye, that's pretty high up my list, too.

gordonzz

Discussion Starter · #376 · Jan 3, 2017

......and.....people who try and speak over you on the phone. its my turn now...SHUT UP!!!!

StuBeeDoo

· #377 · Jan 9, 2017

People who venture outside of their four walls in pyjamas. Where's their self-respect?? Check this out I know it's been going on for years, but this latest report brought it back to mind.

I was once in a motorway services car park, around lunchtime in summer, when a whole family spilled out of a people-carrier wearing onesies and slippers. I was like.... "Really??"

Maybe I'm OTT, but I won't have visitors in my house if I'm not dressed. .........And I won't even go out to the garage without proper clothes on, either.

gordonzz

Discussion Starter · #378 · Jan 9, 2017

I don't own any pyjamas....other than painting a mind picture that cannot be unseen...does this mean I have to stay in the house??

there is a #*$$er that lives opposite us who ponces about in the road a cow print onesie ... one day yelling into a camera on a tripod making a "rap" (feel free to add a "c" if you see fit) video , occasionally punching himself in the head when he cocked up. at least it saved me going out and punching him in the head...I haven't laughed so much for ages!!!

StuBeeDoo

· #379 · Jan 9, 2017

QUOTE (StuBeeDoo @ 9 Jan 2017, 13:54) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I won't have visitors in my house if I'm not dressed.

QUOTE (gordonzz @ 9 Jan 2017, 15:57) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I don't own any pyjamas....

I don't own pyjamas either. I have a few dressing gowns, but if I've got one on, there's very little - if anything - underneath. I don't even like being in the shower when there are visitors.

gordonzz

Discussion Starter · #380 · Jan 9, 2017

me too...I hate being too crowded in the shower!

*(I have an awful premonition that this thread is going downhill fast!)

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