Captain Colonial Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Well, we moan enough, don't we? It deserves a thread! My grump for today is the inability of British newsreaders to pronounce Los Angeles. This was brought on by all the stuff today about Whitney Houston's sad death. Bl**dy stupid BBC and Sky newsreaders and reporters kept saying Los Ang-el-ease, not Los Ang-el-es, which is the way everyone in the damned city correctly says it. Even the British reporter BASED in Los Angeles couldn't say it right! I fired off emails to both broadcasters blasting them and telling them to knock it off...and within ten minutes the bint on the BBC was visibly making an effort to say it right! I also ranted about how, ironically, they could pronounce Whitney Houston correctly, but when it came to the Texas city, they lost the plot and called it "Whos-ton"! Grump over...what's your current grump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Current Radio 2 news reader just got both right - Houston and Los Angeles, you've reached them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Current Radio 2 news reader just got both right - Houston and Los Angeles, you've reached them! A minor victory, but doubt it will last! I'm sure they will get more emails from me in future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Ooooh a grumpy thread. Just made for me. My grump at this minute is packaging. I tried to open a packet of smoked ham (Fume-Jambon). I cut round two sides of the package with a sharp knife. I then fried to peel off a slice. After a few seconds I realised they were not separating. I thought they must be tightly pressed until I saw that there was another packaging film around the ham. This one was even harder to cut than the first. Whatever you do don't buy a Braun electric toothbrush and expect to use it on the day of purchase. Last one I bought took me ages to cut open with 3 layers of welded plastic to cut through. Now, just give me 10 minutes and I'll think of many more things to moan about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Ooooh a grumpy thread. Just made for me. Whatever you do don't buy a Braun electric toothbrush and expect to use it on the day of purchase. Last one I bought took me ages to cut open with 3 layers of welded plastic to cut through. Now, just give me 10 minutes and I'll think of many more things to moan about. Yes, and once you've got to the thing, it needs an eighteen hour charge before first use :bangshead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 My other current one is the commercial for this automatic Dettol soap dispenser. You wave your hand under it and it delivers a dollop of soap "so you never need touch a dirty soap dispenser again". A few points here...if you don't touch it, how would it get dirty? Most importantly, why do you touch a soap dispenser? To get soap! And what do you do once you've got the soap? You wash your f***ing hands, that's what! You don't get the soap and walk around with it, moaning about how dirty your hands are now you've touched the dispenser! F***ing ad people must think we're all morons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianstewartshouse Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 My current PITA advert is for Fairy Liquid! As usual husband portrayed as a numpty who's going to do the shopping and asking the missus whats needed and she doesnt need fairy as it lasts so long (yea yea) advert ends with the missus passing some smart a*se comment about if he wasnt going to the shops he could be building the patio outside... Get up off your fat a*se and go to the shops yourself b itch. And while you're at it get me some beer :cool: Grumpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Now I know why I don't watch ITV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Why oh why, ...... After spending ages integrating a multi-lingual Materials Safety Dada Sheet system into my suit of programs do I have to add BL00DY American as a seperate language! The whole world is heading for a common standard (GHS) but they want special phrasing for the USA. ArrrGhhhhhh..... Rant Over And Calmmmmmm......... Sip a nice cool Chablis.... Breath... Relax.... And I'm back to my old grumpy self again. Cheers DerekJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Emma* Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I hate people (who have obviously never had a serious medical condition) saying "oh, I don't like to take tablets, not even paracetamol when I have a headache". If I had the same mentality, I would be dead or in a nursing home. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooch Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 My current PITA advert is for Fairy Liquid! As usual husband portrayed as a numpty who's going to do the shopping and asking the missus whats needed and she doesnt need fairy as it lasts so long (yea yea) advert ends with the missus passing some smart a*se comment about if he wasnt going to the shops he could be building the patio outside... Get up off your fat a*se and go to the shops yourself b itch. And while you're at it get me some beer :cool: Grumpy That's mine too...adverts where if the genders were reversed, there would be an outcry. There's lots of the Exhibit A, Roger Federer being stopped for chocolate smuggling by two customs ladies.....'we'll have to strip search you....." makes me want to hurl......it's not equality, it just looks like it's the girls turn to be offensive. If it wasn't right then, it's not right now. After you with the valium, Cap'n.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Emma, I think you're oversimplifying the anti-pill brigade. I avoid taking medical drugs of any kind and would rather suffer a headache than pop pills. However, due to high blood pressure, a heart condition and diabetes I take 9 tablets a day. I tell my doctor, who is a personal friend, that if I see him professionally I don't expect a prescription. He informs me that nearly all his patients would feel cheated if they didn't get a prescription after a consultation but only half actually need medication. My pet hat (on this subject) is overuse of anti-biotics. If you take them for every infection then when you really need them they may not work. You bodies own defences will fight minor infections unaided. Yet, due to Lynne's pneumological condition she has to take anti-biotics for the slightest lung infection. Which is about every 6 weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm embarrassed to say Emma, I used to hate taking any meds and would resist to the bitter end even taking something as mild as cough syrup. Currently on six pills a day, just to get through and the count will only ever go up I have rather more sympathy and empathy these days for the many in far worse predicaments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ticking time bomb there on the anti-biotics front Norman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterg Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I think the whole problem started with the Anadin advert a long time ago "nothing works faster than Anadin" so people took nothing During chemotherapy back in 1985 I was taking 43 tablets a day... for 8 months! I think I started to rattle towards the end of the treatment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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