Grumpy Old Man
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@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
The way Aussies pronounce heyitch(h). People who hate the way they say h, but find themselves doing it too.
Actually it varies - and is often linked to the Catholic education system here. I don't "haych" but I know people who do.
While we're at it: Catholics. Sure my wife and kids are nominally Catholic, but fucking Catholics.
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@Catogrande similarly dyslexia, fir dyslexics...
And the ultimate insult, if you were prone to made up conditions and were diagnosed with a fear of long words, your condition would be Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
fluffybunnies who start a thread when there is already in in existence
fluffybunnies who don't proofread their posts.
I'm adding grumpy old men who post on the internet while under the influence, especially when it's me. (Note the correct apostrophe usage.)
The full stop comes after the brackets.
"... apostrophe usage). "
And to think my wife said "That forum is a waste of time"
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@taniwharugby Someone had a sense of humour.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
fluffybunnies who start a thread when there is already in in existence
fluffybunnies who don't proofread their posts.
I'm adding grumpy old men who post on the internet while under the influence, especially when it's me. (Note the correct apostrophe usage.)
The full stop comes after the brackets.
"... apostrophe usage). "
Does it? The whole sentence is in brackets. If that is a mistake it's (note the apostrophe) one I've (and again) made all my life. Will have to investigate.
Also "should of".
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
fluffybunnies who start a thread when there is already in in existence
fluffybunnies who don't proofread their posts.
I'm adding grumpy old men who post on the internet while under the influence, especially when it's me. (Note the correct apostrophe usage.)
The full stop comes after the brackets.
"... apostrophe usage). "
fluffybunnies who pontificate about grammar incorrectly.
.When a passage within round brackets is at the end of a sentence, of which it is only a part, place the full stop after the closing bracket. However, when the bracketed passage is a complete sentence, place the full stop before the opening bracket and then add a second full stop before the closing bracket.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
@reprobate said in Grumpy Old Man:
fluffybunnies who use spreadsheets like they are pieces of paper for them to make their coloured drawings on.
worthless generalists trying to tell specialists how to do things: H&S, compliance/regulatory, 'management'.people concreting the fuck out of sections so they can be 'low-maintenance'.
fat fluffybunnies with supermarket trolleys full of coke and chips.fucking clickbait shit:
'10 reasons why... Number 6 will make you...'
'person xyz DESTROYS person abc' on your chosen topic of confirmation bias.morons with strong opinions.
and whingers. them too.People who can't use capital letters.
People who add an "s" to the end of your name or spell it incorrectly when it's really fucken easy. There's only one of me.
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones you mean Boness?
Everyone always wants to double up on me.
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones you mean Boness?
The problem goes away if you call him Honey.
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@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
People who use words that are clearly made up.
Been interacting with Management Consultants recently then?
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@Snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones you mean Boness?
The problem goes away if you call him Honey.
Bloody hate that song written about him.
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@Snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones I'll do it for you Bones, in the theme of this thread - "people that call me Honey".
I kid you not, but years ago one of our suppliers I used to deal with his last name is Honeybun
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
Bloody hate that song written about him.
Rightly so. Awful.
He has this one too which is probably even worse:
@Virgil said in Grumpy Old Man:
kid you not, but years ago one of our suppliers I used to deal with his last name is Honeybun
That must have been a really tough childhood. Well life actually.
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@Snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
Bloody hate that song written about him.
Rightly so. Awful.
He has this one too which is probably even worse:
@Virgil said in Grumpy Old Man:
kid you not, but years ago one of our suppliers I used to deal with his last name is Honeybun
That must have been a really tough childhood. Well life actually.
Was a nice guy, had a sweet ....
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@dogmeat said in Grumpy Old Man:
One that has pissed me off recently. fluffybunnies who want to talk to me in bars just because they've noticed I'm a regular. They don't seem to have noticed I quietly sit by myself but they have to break into my cone of silence.
I've just spent 12 hours at work having to be pleasant to people. Leave me alone to enjoy my beer!
Fucking THIS! Times a thousand or more.
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Just going back to the OP in the previous GOM/Aging/Ageing/Dying thread ...
... arrive at the pathology lab at 6am, just prior to opening, already 12 lined up. The majority obviously retirees.
But this time the staff on triage make the effort to identify people who need to get to work (age, attire, hi-vis etc). Good policy. But do they ask me? Nup. I'm still stuck behind the diseased wrinkly old farts who can wait until the work day starts.
It's not as if my hair (I've still got some) is completely grey, nor would I be wearing a shirt with a company logo and work boots (as opposed to a singlet and sandals - de rigueur for retirees in Bay) if I wasn't going to work? Still grumpy.
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
@reprobate said in Grumpy Old Man:
fluffybunnies who use spreadsheets like they are pieces of paper for them to make their coloured drawings on.
worthless generalists trying to tell specialists how to do things: H&S, compliance/regulatory, 'management'.people concreting the fuck out of sections so they can be 'low-maintenance'.
fat fluffybunnies with supermarket trolleys full of coke and chips.fucking clickbait shit:
'10 reasons why... Number 6 will make you...'
'person xyz DESTROYS person abc' on your chosen topic of confirmation bias.morons with strong opinions.
and whingers. them too.People who can't use capital letters.
People who add an "s" to the end of your name or spell it incorrectly when it's really fucken easy. There's only one of me.
Abduls?
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