😠 The Little Annoyances Of Everyday Life (Part 1)

I used to be the angry driver always trying to get ahead, switching lanes and generally arriving at my destination in a homocidal frame of mind. Then one day I had an epiphany. By the rushington round about I noticed this little old lady driving at 30 mph in the inside lane in her own little world. Not giving it a second thought, I snarled and swore my way to work for the next 20 minutes. Then at the traffic lights at town quay, the same old lady pulled up along side me. All my swerving and speeding had been for naught.

The next day I settled into the inside lane and drove leisurely to work, turned up at the same time and was a good deal less stressed. A few days later I saw a young lad snarling and swearing his way through the traffic near rushington. Twenty minutes later he was still doing this in town as I passed him. A had a little chuckle to myself.

Driving is so much less stressful nowadays

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You’ll all live longer if you join me in the slow lane. :lou_wink_2:

The best feature on my car is cruise control…30mph limit, set it on 29. 40mph limit, 39 and so on. Motorways 72…allowing for the speedo built-in error. It’s very relaxing.

Spotify when it is on shuffle, when it comes to intros. Today I had Iron Maiden - Churchill speech then kicking in to Kate Bush Wuthering Heights and then MUSE - Drill Sergeant followed by Dizzy Rascal - Bonkers!

The thing about intros is they lead really well into the song it was made for, so when cycling I build up ready for opening the legs up (so to speak)… then into something not made to follow the intro!

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Originally posted by @steveintheforest

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Fair point well made Steve

Just need to add Comparethemeershat, Admiral, Sun Life, Ambulance chasers, Adopt an animal (insert type as appropriate) & Charridees asking you to leave all your earthly possessions to them in your will…fuck, just ban them all.

Sorry about that people, I was watching day time tv the other day…

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Everyday life whilst on holiday.

The awful entertainment by the pool or in restaurants. I’ve heard most songs ruined in the past 4 days. I was close to calling reception to make a complaint about the volume of it. How the pensioners can have a siesta is beyond me. I also don’t get why I want to hear someone sing badly whilst I eat.

Out of interest, where are you staying?

Only asking to provide a Service to Sotonians so we all know where to avoid.

You’ll find that booze helps, lots and lots of booze - and prescription drugs…

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The ayatollah is out, the house is quiet and I have a Ribeye steak ready to go. What will complete my happiness is enjoying the bottle of claret I have been hiding from her ladyship for the last 6 months. Perfect.

Or it would be if the fucking wine wasn’t corked.

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Up voted out of commiseration

:lou_sad:

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Upvoted as I feel your pain, but almost downvoted for being such an fucking amateur when having a secret stash to acompany your fine ribeye… You always make sure you have two bottles at least of the special just in case one is corked… and if not and its good, 1 bottle is never enough… next you will be telling is it was a fricken £80 Kobe as well… CB mate sort it out! :lou_smiley:

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The evening is saved. I have found a nice little carmenere from Chile. Great with the steak.( Not Kobe, Asda)

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life is full of dissapointments… :lou_wink_2:

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It was surprising good. Best marbling I have seen on a supermarket steak. TBF Asda have always been good at beef.

A hippie friend once told me that wind chimes were calming and relaxing. She even claimed they were a must for inner wellbeing, a useful bit of kit for aligning your ying and your yang no less.

Well, the house I’ve been working at for the last few days has a plethora of the fuckin’ things and I tell you what, there is nothing calming about them … they’ve been driving me up the wall with their incessant clanging and clinking. Once noticed, there was no ignoring them. They’ve been relentlessly jangling away at my nerves like toothache or Bjork at Bestival the other year with the chinese choir.

Anyway, just needed to get that off my chest. I am fully unapologetic for any offence caused to any new age cosmic-politans or buddhists among the Papsweb membership.

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One tube of superglue is all you need.

It will fuck up your chakras but you won’t end up rocking back and forth in the corner

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As long as there are also no dream catchers and Hopi ear-candles then you’ll be fine. If not then run, just run and keep running…

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Good advice CB, I’ll remember that next time I happen along Bjork singing live :lou_lol:

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Shirt collars where one sticks up and the other curls under making it look like you have been constantly caught in a crosswind.

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You need some proper starch and a housemaid to do the ironing by the sound of it.

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You cant get decent servants nowdays!

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