Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

[xotGD]

My wife’s ex-boss used to have Earl Grey with milk and sugar.

That's how I have Earl Grey.

I also put milk in camomile tea.

On the subject of when to put the sugar in. Before anything else. That way you use a dry spoon and don't mess up the sugar in the bowl. Also, adding the hot water agitates the sugar assisting the dissolution process. Adding the sugar after the milk is just crazy. The reduced temperature inhibits dissolution.

Mind, I am more of a coffee drinker than a tea drinker.

 

[Ianno87]

Words and slang that appear out of nowhere on social media that everyone starts using, which you are suddenly expected to know what they mean and are ridiculed if you don't. e.g.

"Woke"
"Karen"
Etc.

 

[duncanp]

Can we ban any advert that uses the phrase "..it's what we do.."

I had this over the tannoy this morning whilst doing my shopping at the Co-op.

That phrase just grates on me, for some reason.

 

[43096]

I think we should leave the last word on tea to Father Jack:

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Indeed.

Unplanned supply chain problems = empty shelves!

It's what we do!

 

[py_megapixel]

Words and slang that appear out of nowhere on social media that everyone starts using, which you are suddenly expected to know what they mean and are ridiculed if you don't. e.g.

"Woke"
"Karen"
Etc.

OK, well for a start, "woke" means "slightly more progressive than myself", where the speaker is usually extremely conservative.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Is "Facebook Karen" going to have to be renamed as "Meta Karen"?

 

[Ianno87]

OK, well for a start, "woke" means "slightly more progressive than myself", where the speaker is usually extremely conservative.

I know what they mean now.

It's when the words suddenly appear in common parlance and you have to catch up....

 

[gg1]

I know what they mean now.

It's when the words suddenly appear in common parlance and you have to catch up....

'Gaslighting' is another one which seemed to appear from nowhere. Apparently the name derives from an obscure 1940s film but I'd never heard the term until a few years ago.

 

[Cowley]

'Gaslighting' is another one which seemed to appear from nowhere. Apparently the name derives from an obscure 1940s film but I'd never heard the term until a few years ago.

Yes you had. You definitely remember it…

 

[gg1]

Yes you had. You definitely remember it…

Very good

 

[Gloster]

'Gaslighting' is another one which seemed to appear from nowhere. Apparently the name derives from an obscure 1940s film but I'd never heard the term until a few years ago.

Gaslight, released in 1944, was a well known film at the time with some major stars: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury, etc. It is still regarded as a classic film noir.

 

[Ianno87]

'Gaslighting' is another one which seemed to appear from nowhere. Apparently the name derives from an obscure 1940s film but I'd never heard the term until a few years ago.

I confess I had to look it up just the other day as to what *Exactly* it meant.

If Twitter to be believed, everybody is gaslighting everybody else these days.

 

[gg1]

Gaslight, released in 1944, was a well known film at the time with some major stars: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury, etc. It is still regarded as a classic film noir.

I'm sure it was well known at the time it was released 77 years ago, but prior to the term 'gaslighting' coming into common use a few years, hardly anyone other than fans of either film noir or 40s cinema in general (both very much niche interests held by a tiny minority of people) would have heard of it.

 

[Strat-tastic]

People saying 'of course' when what they're talking about isn't immediately obvious to the vast majority of people.

I'll agree with that.

I was waiting for my TV to finish waking up earlier, for it to pick up a WiFi signal, and had to endure a small bit of that Steph's Packed Lunch. Not only would I ban such nonsense TV, but on it today at that time was a segment about 'everyday hacks that will change your life'. At that point, the 'hack' was removing the inner tube from a roll of bathroom paper and pulling some of it through. The premise to make it work more like a box of tissues.

"Oh wow! I MUST try that!" said no one, anywhere, ever! Thankfully shortly afterwards I was able to press the YouTube button on my remote, not before I had to endure the most well known 'hack' ever, the one with the tab on a can of fizzy pop being used to hold a straw in place. Another one of those 'hacks' I can't see how it changes someone's life, not as infuriating as the paper roll one granted. That really annoyed me somehow!

I've done both those things. Never looked back!

Words and slang that appear out of nowhere on social media that everyone starts using, which you are suddenly expected to know what they mean and are ridiculed if you don't. e.g.

"Woke"
"Karen"
Etc.

Add gaslighting....

 

[43096]

Large shrubberies on roundabouts, which mean you can’t see if anything is coming round the roundabout.

 

[Cowley]

M5 Friday afternoon traffic and hangovers.

edit - I don’t mean at the same time!

 

[nlogax]

Large shrubberies on roundabouts, which mean you can’t see if anything is coming round the roundabout.

Or large SUVs or trucks who insist on being halfway out into the roundabout in the offside lane so your view is similarly obstructed.

 

[gg1]

Large shrubberies on roundabouts, which mean you can’t see if anything is coming round the roundabout.

The problem with shrubberies is if you give one to someone, they come back to you the next day wanting another shrubbery.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Large shrubberies on roundabouts, which mean you can’t see if anything is coming round the roundabout.

The problem with shrubberies is if you give one to someone, they come back to you the next day wanting another shrubbery.

Eh? Might have to explain that!

 

[HST274]

Indeed.

Unplanned supply chain problems = empty shelves!

It's what we do!

A good advert for brexit perhaps?

 

[43096]

The problem with shrubberies is if you give one to someone, they come back to you the next day wanting another shrubbery.

Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!

Eh? Might have to explain that!

It’s from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the scene with the Knights who say “Ni”.

 

[yorksrob]

The problem with shrubberies is if you give one to someone, they come back to you the next day wanting another shrubbery.

"Nie"

 

[gg1]

Eh? Might have to explain that!

Not a Monty Python fan then?

"Nie"

Exactly

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Not a Monty Python fan then?

Never saw the film!

 

[Techniquest]

I haven't got a clue either, Month Python has never really appealed to me!

 

[Busaholic]

Large shrubberies on roundabouts, which mean you can’t see if anything is coming round the roundabout.

Absolutely, one bad example in my area.

 

[xotGD]

I haven't got a clue either, Month Python has never really appealed to me!

We could ban the 90% of Monty Python that is total dross and just be left with the occasional funny bits.

 

[Calthrop]

I haven't got a clue either, Month Python has never really appealed to me!

We could ban the 90% of Monty Python that is total dross and just be left with the occasional funny bits.

I concur; except that as far as I'm concerned, its dross content is well over 90%.

 

[gg1]

We could ban the 90% of Monty Python that is total dross and just be left with the occasional funny bits.

Despite being a huge fan of their films (both Life of Brian and Holy Grail are in the top 5 comedy films ever IMO) I'm inclined to agree. Whenever I've seen the original episodes I've always thought the bulk of the content was dire, interspersed with the occasional piece of comedy genius.