NWR Silly Little Things That Annoy You

Paul J a i n e s said:
How short? Are shorts ok but trousers that are not quite ankle length the issue?

i am of the opinion that you either wear trousers or shorts .., especially when aged older than 12
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Each to their own, of course, and shorts are obviously suited to sporting activities. To me they seem somewhat indecorous as general adult leisurewear though that may be a symptom of an education that weaponised the obligation to wear them.
 
Thom Blach said:
Each to their own, of course, and shorts are obviously suited to sporting activities. To me they seem somewhat indecorous as general adult leisurewear though that may be a symptom of an education that weaponised the obligation to wear them.
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Many years ago an American friend of my mothers asked why she sent us to school in short trousers. My mother replied ‘skin grows back, cloth doesn’t’
 
Paul J a i n e s said:
People who don’t wear shoes….in the office.
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I used to work with a corporate lawyer nearing retirement who was often to be found in his stockinged feet. He used to say taking his shoes off gave him ‘an extra lift’ for when the ‘going gets tough’.

I think he would have much preferred to have been a violinist in life and in his cups would talk about the ‘spirit of Paganini’, but that’s a different story.
 
More football stuff.

Having to wait at the end of the game for the trophy to be presented and then wait for the team to walk around the pitch.

I'd just like to say I am a Grimsby Town supporter so this is not really a problem generally for me, but even when they have won something I usually feck off before all the blah blah.

Oh oh - I remember what it reminds me of.

Enforced Corporate Fun.

Am I being miserable?
 
It's probably been mentioned in previous incarnations of this thread, but "Wembley" pronounced with a superfluous vowel between the "b" and "l".

I blame Alistair McGowan for bringing this to my attention in his Beckham impersonations. It still grates every time I hear it.
 
Steve Slatcher said:
It's probably been mentioned in previous incarnations of this thread, but "Wembley" pronounced with a superfluous vowel between the "b" and "l".

I blame Alistair McGowan for bringing this to my attention in his Beckham impersonations. It still grates every time I hear it.
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Hi Steve, I was there this weekend watching the County game and singing along in the same way, I had to tell my 8 year old that’s not the way you say it!
 
On the subject of consonant clusters (it does not annoy me), English speakers usually manage the "Tb" in "Tbilisi" quite well, but for some reason they then completely drop the first "i" in the word. While in Georgian that is the vowel that is stressed most.
 
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