Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

[BanburyBlue]

Drinks with sparkly bits of gold in them - really?

 

[Cowley]

Those little cracks you get in the skin around your nails when the weather gets cold. Really painful but they don’t look like anything.

 

[HST274]

Those little cracks you get in the skin around your nails when the weather gets cold. Really painful but they don’t look like anything.

when you cut your nail too short and it hurts.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Drinks with sparkly bits of gold in them - really?

Was that a response to Amazon charging over £2 for a can of Ginger Pepsi Max in another thread? Perhaps if it did contain gold it would be worth it...

It's nice, but I'm a Yorkshireman and if I were to spend that much on pop I'd have my citizenship revoked!

 

[BanburyBlue]

Was that a response to Amazon charging over £2 for a can of Ginger Pepsi Max in another thread? Perhaps if it did contain gold it would be worth it...

It's nice, but I'm a Yorkshireman and if I were to spend that much on pop I'd have my citizenship revoked!

Hi, just happened to be in a shop (may have been M&S) and I noticed they sell vodka with gold flakes in. What‘s that about?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Hi, just happened to be in a shop (may have been M&S) and I noticed they sell vodka with gold flakes in. What‘s that about?

Hmmm...
A fool and his/her money are easily parted, I suppose. If you're the sort of idiot that thinks silver will help fight the Lager Lurgy, maybe the thinking is "if silver helps, then gold will obviously be even better"

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Hi, just happened to be in a shop (may have been M&S) and I noticed they sell vodka with gold flakes in. What‘s that about?

Had thought that 'Gold Flake' was a some time tobacco brand, but yes, seems that Smirnoff are producing vodka with gold flakes in it, and M&S a similar gin liqueur. As to why, apparently there was once a theory that the gold flakes meant that the alcohol content could get into the bloodstream quicker (i.e. you'd get pi$$ed faster), but it now just seems like a money's no object marketing ploy to me.

 

[BanburyBlue]

Had thought that 'Gold Flake' was a some time tobacco brand, but yes, seems that Smirnoff are producing vodka with gold flakes in it, and M&S a similar gin liqueur. As to why, apparently there was once a theory that the gold flakes meant that the alcohol content could get into the bloodstream quicker (i.e. you'd get pi$$ed faster), but it now just seems like a money's no object marketing ploy to me.

And sparkly poo to boot.

 

[Calthrop]

And sparkly poo to boot.

Sounds like a name for a lapdog, in the works of James Herriot ...

 

[PeterY]

Those little cracks you get in the skin around your nails when the weather gets cold. Really painful but they don’t look like anything.

I get them as well, especially on my thumbs. They can be very painful.

 

[BanburyBlue]

Sounds like a name for a lapdog, in the works of James Herriot ...

Indeed - LOL

 

[Cowley]

I get them as well, especially on my thumbs. They can be very painful.

They drive me up the wall Peter. I’m a painter and decorator and if I get them on my thumbs I’m constantly knocking them on things.
The best thing I’ve found is to wrap them in insulation tape. It works surprisingly well…

 

[PeterY]

They drive me up the wall Peter. I’m a painter and decorator and if I get them on my thumbs I’m constantly knocking them on things.
The best thing I’ve found is to wrap them in insulation tape. It works surprisingly well…

I'm a gardener, so I get them mostly early spring and autumn.

 

[Cowley]

I'm a gardener, so I get them mostly early spring and autumn.

I feel your pain (even though it doesn’t look like it should hurt so much)!
Give the insulation tape a go. I’ve tried everything over the years (I think I even started a thread on here about it), it’s the only thing I’ve found that actually works.

 

[py_megapixel]

Software companies who don't publish the latest version on their website, so you install it and then as soon as you open it, it does an automated upgrade.

 

[Ianno87]

Singing "in the round"

 

[BanburyBlue]

Black Friday.

 

[adrock1976]

Another thing I would like to ban is what passes off as "wrestling" in the USA.

I saw a bit of some USA "wrestling" on ITV (AEW) the other week when I was at my partner's, and there was various brawling going on with some guys entering the ring after the match ended. Also, there was the use of tables and chairs with participants being thrown on them, and also wrestling outside the ring.

There was none of this nonsense in the days of Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks, hence how proper British wrestling should be brought back to the small screen and get rid of this USA style nonsense.

 

[Richard Scott]

Audi Q3/5s; they are the most hideous looking vehicles. The looks really irritate me!!!!!

 

[ABB125]

Audi Q3/5s; they are the most hideous looking vehicles. The looks really irritate me!!!!!

On a similar note, the new Nissan Puke. It's hideous!

 

[DelW]

Staying on the automotive theme, ludicrously over-styled alloy wheels that are impossible to clean. My 2012 Focus had (as standard on that particular trim level) 20-spoke wheels, which took as long to clean properly as did the rest of the car. Other manufacturers have come up with even worse since.

On its replacement, I specified a 5-spoke option, which is rather better, though it still suffers from the next problem.

Visible but inaccessible surfaces of wheels should be painted charcoal grey, not silver, as you can never reach them properly to clean off the brake dust.

 

[yorksrob]

I would ban audience participation at concerts. I'm paying the artist to entertain me, I can sing along on my own time.

 

[PeterY]

I would ban audience participation at concerts. I'm paying the artist to entertain me, I can sing along on my own time.

If I started singing at a concert I'll probably get chucked out. I can't sing to save my life

 

[ArchangelA]

Crocs...and people who wear Crocs with socks....or people that wear socks with sliders

 

[43096]

I would ban audience participation at concerts. I'm paying the artist to entertain me, I can sing along on my own time.

Much of the time I'd agree, but when done well it can be very good...

 

[yorksrob]

If I started singing at a concert I'll probably get chucked out. I can't sing to save my life

I tend to mime, for everyone's sake !

 

[duncanp]

I would ban audience participation at concerts. I'm paying the artist to entertain me, I can sing along on my own time.

People who clap just as the band or the singer starts to play the song.

No, you clap at the end of the song to show your appreciation, just let me listen to the song will you.

 

[birchesgreen]

People who cheer when a singer (this is usually in those endless talent shows) hits some high notes.

 

[yorksrob]

Much of the time I'd agree, but when done well it can be very good...

I admit, some of my reluctance is probably down to my curmudgeonly tenancies !

 

[gg1]

Sticking to the alloy wheels theme, car manufacturers who insist on fitting progressively larger wheels and lower profile tyres to higher spec vehicles within the range of a given model, which nowadays is most of them.