Little things that irk you.. (no swearing please)

[Ady]

Travel bores aren't far off reformed alcoholics or druggies for how boring they get on their chosen subject and desire to convince you their view should be yours too.

That reminds me of another irk; not reformed drug bores but actual drug bores.

You know what I'm talking about. The types who go on and on about all the pills they've taken and coke or speed they've snorted like it's some accolade. And you're supposed to be impressed, or perhaps in awe of it.

The pill bores in particular are the worst, especially when you have a group of them. The conversation usually goes like this.

Pill head 1: Yeah man, I did, like 15 pills last night!

Pill head 2: Well, I did... 30 last night and 5 lines of coke!

Pill head 3: Yeah, well I did 500 pills and 60 lines of coke, so there!

It just turns into a drug-fuelled pissing contest and those involved are so self-absorbed in their little world that they have no idea how boring and trite they sound to everyone else.

[endo]

That. And stoner bores (not for trying to outdo each other, just for being so dull). Seriously, you're not 14 anymore.

[kernow]

haha, I gave up hardcore caning a while back now, and its funny seeing people strung out or overpaying when theres none around etc, been 2yrs now and don't miss it a single bit.

[Decider-VT]

To be fair, in Australia you're constantly trying to avoid dropbears so you can't really take in the scenary.

I just had to look that up, so I suppose that counts.

[gunrock]

That reminds me of another irk; not reformed drug bores but actual drug bores.

You know what I'm talking about. The types who go on and on about all the pills they've taken and coke or speed they've snorted like it's some accolade. And you're supposed to be impressed, or perhaps in awe of it.

The pill bores in particular are the worst, especially when you have a group of them. The conversation usually goes like this.

Pill head 1: Yeah man, I did, like 15 pills last night!

Pill head 2: Well, I did... 30 last night and 5 lines of coke!

Pill head 3: Yeah, well I did 500 pills and 60 lines of coke, so there!

It just turns into a drug-fuelled pissing contest and those involved are so self-absorbed in their little world that they have no idea how boring and trite they sound to everyone else.

Swingers and those in "open-relationships" are the biggest sex-bores ever. They won't stop going on and on about who they were banging the night before or how they high-fived a huge black guy as they simultaneously pummelled some woman who was wrapped in cellophane.

It perhaps sounds exciting, but after a play-by-play account of the first couple of episodes, all you want them to do is shut their filthy mouths!

[Kungfu]

I went 'Travelling' and do my best to bore people with my adventures however what was interesting that the majority of young westerners never really attempted to spend time with the locals and try and discover the local culture, more often than not you find them in Starbucks with their lonelyplanet held tightly to their chest.

Found it strange, why bother to go halfway round the world to do that?

[Gruce]

Getting irk'd how every computer keyboard at university has one of the little flip-down feet missing.

[Geoff D]

To travel, stoner & sex bores, I'd like to add wine & coffee bores as well.

[endo]

And let's not forget real ale twats

I'm talking specifically about the beard-sporting, morris-dancing, Viz-style variety here though.

[prinnysquad]

And let's not forget real ale twats

I'm talking specifically about the beard-sporting, morris-dancing, Viz-style variety here though.

That will be me.

Not the other stuff though.

[teddymeow]

BT Broadband. Random disconnects and slowing to a crawl for no reason!

Watching anything on Youtube is like a child's flipbook (if the connection holds) which means I'm left to browse the web on my iPhone via 3G. I refuse to do anything like banking or Paypal on my phone in case I lose it.

Bah, BT, you suck.

[QualityChimp]

Grouchy Young Men has started again on Comedy Central. I think Season 1 is on iTunes too.

Sounds right up everybody's street on here!

There's a big difference between holidays and travelling. I like visiting new places, but preferably ones with showers and stuff.

Love Merf's year of loafing around! Now that's enjoying the finer things in life!

[endo]

That will be me.

Not the other stuff though.

I know there's a CAMRA thread on here, but there's a difference between liking your ale and being a real ale spotter. I'm talking about the real bores (usually middle-aged men with tatty beards).

[prinnysquad]

*cough* I keep records *cough* of all the beers I've had so if I spot them again I know they're a good 'un, and *ahem* if I walk into a pub that has noobs on handpull, I'll try them out every time, over ones I've already had. I'll be very upset if I walk into a pub and there's no cask. I had Tetley's the other day on smoothflow tap and it was pretty horrible, far inferior to the cask variety.

Yep, a twat, methinks. It's just a pleasurable little hobby really. Some people collect Japanese ps1 games, some people collect French films, some people collect paperweights, some people go into the country and stink of fish for hours (femmydoDD). I try new beers!

There are some right boring twats out there, mind.

[Decider-VT]

YouTube annotations are getting really annoying. I haven't seen a good use of them yet and I always end up turning them off.