Topic: What grinds your gears?

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Bullshit newspapers that don't acknowledge their interests. For instance, the NZ Herald has breathlessly reported on Jonah Lomu and his "condition" all week: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10755154

Later, they report that Lomu has sold an "exclusive" to a "womens magazine", which happens to be the New Zealand Womens Weekly. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10755463

Then they get the All Blacks in on the act - interupting their training session to spell out "get well soon, Jonah".

All the while, the NZ Herald neglects to disclose that they are owned by APN, the same company that owns (drum roll)....... the New Zealand Womens Weekly. Personally, i'm picking that Jonah isn't as bad as has been made out and the Herald has prostituted it's newsdesk to help out a sister publication.

And that fucken grinds my gears.
Last Edit: October 01, 2011, 11:19:00 pm by TofuEater

Reply #300 Posted: October 01, 2011, 11:12:05 pm
Quote from: Fran O\'Sullivan
The best thing about Finance Minister Bill English\'s latest Budget is that it does finally signal a much greater role for the private sector in the New Zealand economy. And another step along the way to extract this country from the political cul-de-sac in which Helen Clark\'s Labour Government parked us.

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You think everything is a conspiracy.

And not even the good kind of conspiracy like what Grim posts for us.

Reply #301 Posted: October 02, 2011, 05:35:46 pm
Everyone needs more Bruce Campbell.

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Having your legal name effectivly changed forever because some fucking cunt made a typo on your passport.

Reply #302 Posted: October 05, 2011, 07:17:52 pm
Everyone needs more Bruce Campbell.

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Power cuts in the middle of the night.

Reset alarm clock incorrectly.

Get up at 4.30 am by mistake.

Reply #303 Posted: October 05, 2011, 08:30:01 pm

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Alarm clock.

Haha.

Reply #304 Posted: October 05, 2011, 09:01:05 pm

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Alarm clock.

Haha.

They're like any other clock, except they sound an alarm when it's time for you to get up.

Reply #305 Posted: October 05, 2011, 09:34:14 pm

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I set mine for 10am.

Reply #306 Posted: October 05, 2011, 09:48:22 pm
Quote from: Fran O\'Sullivan
The best thing about Finance Minister Bill English\'s latest Budget is that it does finally signal a much greater role for the private sector in the New Zealand economy. And another step along the way to extract this country from the political cul-de-sac in which Helen Clark\'s Labour Government parked us.

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Having your legal name effectivly changed forever because some fucking cunt made a typo on your passport.

Pyromaniak?

Reply #307 Posted: October 05, 2011, 11:18:22 pm

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I set mine for 10am.

Retirement must be peaceful

Reply #308 Posted: October 05, 2011, 11:19:55 pm

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When you're trying to sleep in, and your alarm clock has fallen on the ground somewhere, can't find it, yep grinds my gears.

Reply #309 Posted: October 06, 2011, 12:10:19 am

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I set mine for 10am.

I finish work at 3pm.

Reply #310 Posted: October 06, 2011, 06:29:55 am

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Lunchtime.....

Reply #311 Posted: October 06, 2011, 09:35:31 am
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The best thing about Finance Minister Bill English\'s latest Budget is that it does finally signal a much greater role for the private sector in the New Zealand economy. And another step along the way to extract this country from the political cul-de-sac in which Helen Clark\'s Labour Government parked us.

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Pyromaniak?

And even though there's a statement with the alternate spelling on the first page, complete with consolate stamp and signature, no one will accept it.

Almost as fucking bad as people not accepting your recently expired passport as a valid form of ID.

YEAH, BECAUSE I CHANGED MY DATE OF BIRTH SINCE 5 YEARS AGO


FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Reply #312 Posted: October 06, 2011, 12:49:42 pm
Everyone needs more Bruce Campbell.

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Lunchtime.....

I don't do much when I'm there.

Reply #313 Posted: October 06, 2011, 04:51:42 pm

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Telemarketing.

Don't call my phone and try to sell me shit. Advertise like any other business has to.
Trying to take advantage of my good manners are you? Is that how it is these days huh, find the last bastion of politeness and exploit it?
Get EfffD, face my phone wrath.

Reply #314 Posted: October 12, 2011, 10:49:58 am

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^this and people knocking on my door! Religion, sales, Contact energy, Red cross, Unicef, and some foreigner chick trying to sell different peoples art work, and not understanding the word no, No I don't won't to put it up in my lounge, no I dont want to put a deposit down, No means NO right? :mad:

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Reply #315 Posted: October 12, 2011, 11:42:08 am

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Quote from: Emrico1;1434130
Telemarketing.

Don't call my phone and try to sell me shit. Advertise like any other business has to.
Trying to take advantage of my good manners are you? Is that how it is these days huh, find the last bastion of politeness and exploit it?
Get EfffD, face my phone wrath.
"Hello"
"Hello is that Mr Kilabee?".
"If you can tell me my first name I won't hang up on you"
"Ummm"
*click*

Reply #316 Posted: October 12, 2011, 11:46:09 am

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Flyspray Kilabee?

Reply #317 Posted: October 12, 2011, 03:08:37 pm

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AMD

Reply #318 Posted: October 12, 2011, 10:52:58 pm
If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

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Swindle and his Rage Train throughout GetSome Forumz :P

Reply #319 Posted: October 12, 2011, 11:04:59 pm
-= Sad pug is sad =-

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You know it.

AMD are lucky I'm such a photoshop pleb...

Reply #320 Posted: October 12, 2011, 11:08:55 pm
If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

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People who try to
Use a printer but find that
Printer does not work

They try print again
But still printer does not work
They see you for help

You go see whats wrong
They try to print but: Nothing
It is not plugged in

They plug in printer
Immediately it works!
You want to kill them

Printer; prints and prints
Pages and pages of stuff
From previous day

They ask: "Why it print
All the stuff from yesterday?"
Urge to kill rising

You say "You pressed print"
"Ten times yesterday and now"
"It will never stop"

"Why will it not stop?"
"But I pressed print yesterday!!"
"Why are you so mad?"

"You print lots of shit"
"Cant follow instructions and"
"The printer is mine"
Last Edit: December 28, 2011, 10:40:56 am by Tiwaking!

Reply #321 Posted: December 27, 2011, 03:29:18 pm
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Screamro

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Kickstarter encourages people with no planning skills think they can be successful without any talent, idea, or skills

Reply #323 Posted: October 04, 2012, 10:25:54 am
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Tiwaking's necros

Reply #324 Posted: October 04, 2012, 04:29:59 pm