Things that piss you off that shouldn't

[BOF]

15 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said:

I like the heat, but it was 34 on the roof today. Humping tiles in that heat is no fun, although the site we are on are quite lenient with health and safety. Shorts and boots, that's all I had on. 

I've only ever heard 'hump' used like that in the song 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda'.  Have a 'like'

[tonyh29]

Just now, snowychap said:

My stock quiz answer for British sculptors is Henry Moore (and I believe there's some of his stuff at the Hepworth Wakefield).

 

funnily enough I was going to write the same sentence  

1 minute ago, snowychap said:

 

Could you give us a short explanation of how you tell the difference between a Moore and a Hepworth?

see previous Cat picture above

[BOF]

14 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

I've noticed recently that if you queue for fast track security they very rarely check. Just a thought.

I remember one time where I looked so agitated in the security line at the amount of time it was taking for it to move, that I obviously set off some red flags for people monitoring the crowd.  I was a little late and I was tutting, gesticulating all the obvious stuff.  So they opened up a brand new lane and invited me to be the first passenger to use it (they waited til I was beside it).  Got me to open my bag and ran a few scanny things through it, fully expecting to find residue of coke or something similarly incriminating.  Obviously found nothing and I went on my way.  It genuinely only dawned on me afterwards that this was what they were at.  At the time I just thought "finally! a new lane".

So yeah, if you want to get through security quicker and you've nothing to hide, just behave like you're impatiently agitated on a questionable substance and they'll have you through in no time  

[Rugeley Villa]

10 minutes ago, BOF said:

I've only ever heard 'hump' used like that in the song 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda'.  Have a 'like'

I'm a leading player in the pioneering of word meanings.

[Rugeley Villa]

2 hours ago, Seat68 said:

I will raise an eyebrow at chief, fella, bab, mate, gadgey, cocker, or anything below sir.

Fella is a bit northern I think, although I know a Londoner who says it a lot. What about 'shag' ?

[Ingram85]

As long as someone is being friendly then anything goes, its got to be better than prick, clearing or word removed?

[tonyh29]

7 minutes ago, BOF said:

I remember one time where I looked so agitated in the security line at the amount of time it was taking for it to move, that I obviously set off some red flags for people monitoring the crowd.  I was a little late and I was tutting, gesticulating all the obvious stuff.  So they opened up a brand new lane and invited me to be the first passenger to use it (they waited til I was beside it).  Got me to open my bag and ran a few scanny things through it, fully expecting to find residue of coke or something similarly incriminating.  Obviously found nothing and I went on my way.  It genuinely only dawned on me afterwards that this was what they were at.  At the time I just thought "finally! a new lane".

So yeah, if you want to get through security quicker and you've nothing to hide, just behave like you're impatiently agitated on a questionable substance and they'll have you through in no time  

at Tel Aviv I got my own private security lane , private room , private interview and for a while I thought I was going to be acquainted with a private rubber glove  ... 3 hours of interview fun  getting in  ... was slightly quicker at 90 mins getting out  .... you try not smirking when they ask you " is it your intention to blow a plane up today  " as their opening gambit  ... the security woman interviewing me going out was well cute though , first time I've even chatted to a  cute woman for 90 mins without getting a slap or a drink thrown in my face

 I think to think it was the visa stamps in my passport that they took exception to and not me  

 

[Rugeley Villa]

2 minutes ago, Ingram85 said:

As long as someone is being friendly then anything goes, its got to be better than prick, clearing or word removed?

You shake my hand and I'll shake your hand. 

[BOF]

1 minute ago, tonyh29 said:

at Tel Aviv I got my own private security lane , private room , private interview and for a while I thought I was going to be acquainted with a private rubber glove  ... 3 hours of interview fun  getting in  ... was slightly quicker at 90 mins getting out  .... you try not smirking when they ask you " is it your intention to blow a plane up today  " as their opening gambit  ... the security woman interviewing me going out was well cute though , first time I've even chatted to a  cute woman for 90 mins without getting a slap or a drink thrown in my face

 I think to think it was the visa stamps in my passport that they took exception to and not me

I hear they're a little touchy over there in fairness You should have told them some jokes.  Lighten the mood.  That tends to grease the wheels no end.

[bickster]

1 hour ago, tonyh29 said:

That an art gallery / museum  has been voted Museum of the year   ... Evidence as to why this award is bollocks attached below

 

yeah I know I'm a heathen 

 

 

Philistine the word is Philistine

[mjmooney]

1 hour ago, snowychap said:

Fair enough.

My stock quiz answer for British sculptors is Henry Moore (and I believe there's some of his stuff at the Hepworth Wakefield).

Could you give us a short explanation of how you tell the difference between a Moore and a Hepworth?

Hmm. Good question. They are similar, but I can usually tell the difference, although not exactly sure how!

Best I can say is that the Moores tend to be a bit smoother, more horizontal, and a closer approximation to human forms. The Hepworths seem a bit more purely abstract. 

But I'm no expert. 

[Paddywhack]

You lot have made me a bit paranoid, I say mate, pal and bud all the time.

[HanoiVillan]

2 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said:

What about 'shag' ?

Well, I've got a bit of a headache, but if you insist . . .

[magnkarl]

When someone gets off a flight and walks side by side making sure that no one can get past them through the whole terminal. I hate such people with disgust. They're usually American too. I had 4 of them coming in from Shannon last night - first they squeezed in front of me on the plane even though my seat was ahead of theirs, then they blocked the path with their clearly over sized hand luggage so that no one could pass.

When the 30 year or so lady squeezed ahead of me on the flight even though I was just getting my bag I asked "Would you like to sneak by in front of me or behind me?" Some guy in the back of the plane said "Here here!!".

Yanks.

[Rugeley Villa]

When you go the hospital for an appointment and it's the wrong ****** day. Twice I've done that now in the past 12 month. I'm meant to be there tomorrow instead of today, but I'm too busy tomorrow now, so will have to cancel. I'm a dumb ****

[tonyh29]

4 hours ago, BOF said:

I hear they're a little touchy over there in fairness You should have told them some jokes.  Lighten the mood.  That tends to grease the wheels no end.

I kinda did ... they were asking me about Iran and how we travelled around by train unescorted... we had to check in with the Police / or whatever they were (maybe army) before we boarded a train .. obviously this was of interest to them , so the man said and what was that interview like and I replied " Like this only a bit friendlier and they gave us tea and biscuits "  , which is true they did  ... but the second I said it I saw the rubber glove man move just that little bit closer to me  and thought , wrong answer  .... from that point onwards I just lied to protect their feelings  ..

I think the problem was I took it all rather light heartedly and clearly , as you say they are a little touchy  ... Why are you coming to Israel  , well my wife and children have gone to Hungary for a few days , I was home alone  so I rung my mate and said fancy going for a beer  , he said yes  where have you got in mind and I said " Jerusalem " and well here we are  ... which is 100% true , but they didn't believe me  ... which then got onto my hobby of travel , which lead to them asking about places I'd been that may be of interest to them ... which turns out to be quite a lot of places .. which made me think I should have picked Bagdad for the beer trip instead ... 

I laugh about it now ( well tbf I did at the time as well) but I honestly thought they were going to deny me entry and send me home ...

[tonyh29]

1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said:

When you go the hospital for an appointment and it's the wrong ****** day. Twice I've done that now in the past 12 month. I'm meant to be there tomorrow instead of today, but I'm too busy tomorrow now, so will have to cancel. I'm a dumb ****

it's all your fault that the NHS is failing

[darrenm]

5 hours ago, Ingram85 said:

"When I look at the magical works in front of me I am overwhelmed with grief and sadness. The way the curves and spaces in between seem to flow so naturally perhaps suggest that the scattered and separated individuals actually were once a unified whole. I and others around me really feel that the creator, expertly crafted, analysed and perfectly captured the true deep, philosophical and outright heartbreaking nature and essence of a broken curly wurly".

[Rodders]

10 minutes ago, tonyh29 said:

I kinda did ... they were asking me about Iran and how we travelled around by train unescorted... we had to check in with the Police / or whatever they were (maybe army) before we boarded a train .. obviously this was of interest to them , so the man said and what was that interview like and I replied " Like this only a bit friendlier and they gave us tea and biscuits "  , which is true they did  ... but the second I said it I saw the rubber glove man move just that little bit closer to me  and thought , wrong answer  .... from that point onwards I just lied to protect their feelings  ..

I think the problem was I took it all rather light heartedly and clearly , as you say they are a little touchy  ... Why are you coming to Israel  , well my wife and children have gone to Hungary for a few days , I was home alone  so I rung my mate and said fancy going for a beer  , he said yes  where have you got in mind and I said " Jerusalem " and well here we are  ... which is 100% true , but they didn't believe me  ... which then got onto my hobby of travel , which lead to them asking about places I'd been that may be of interest to them ... which turns out to be quite a lot of places .. which made me think I should have picked Bagdad for the beer trip instead ... 

I laugh about it now ( well tbf I did at the time as well) but I honestly thought they were going to deny me entry and send me home ...

There was a Dave Gorman thing when he went to find as many other people named Dave Gorman as part of his bet with his mate - a funny book emerged but they found a Dave Gorman in Israel. Explaining that purpose for his journey didn't go down too well. They interviewed his friend separately who had to explain his purpose was to meet people called Dave Gorman in Israel.  

[ender4]

20 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said:

 

saying that there was a video made of me and my mate messing about. I'd just got with my missus and we were getting high and having a laugh in her kitchen. He had a pair of surgical gloves on and he put his finger up there  no joke. The video got deleted quickly.

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