What gets your goat?

[Henry P]

some English ales benefit from a light chilling

[John Ashleigh]

I think the only drinks that don't need to be chilled would be spirits.

[Henry P]

vodka is good chilled

[fajitaheater]

people who make viruses or pretend to work at microsoft. absolutely h.a.t.e them.

[Shanalorm]

Slow computers annoy me sometimes

[John Ashleigh]

You and me both.

[Shanalorm]

Dad: Well In my time... *sigh*
Parents can be annoying as well... =)

[Henry P]

Jeff Stelling, the presenter of Countdown. Looks creepy with his perma-grin, dyed hair and eyebrows

[John Ashleigh]

He is good on Skysports though.

[Henry P]

Slick, you mean. He should stay there

[John Ashleigh]

It is annoying that you can't get skysports news on freeview anymore.

[Poets Muse]

People that spam you - no i do not WANT your gold! I don't care if for £10 I can get 1 million pieces! I want toplay WoW properly!

[John Ashleigh]

People that cover songs and completely ruin them.

[Henry P]

some covers work, but many are pointless "interpretations"

[John Ashleigh]

I hate people covering Bob Dylan songs...I am not so sure why.

[Poets Muse]

same with me and my songs.

[Henry P]

you write songs which are covered?

[Poets Muse]

no, i meant the 'my' in a misdirected possession of it just becase i like it. E.g; i like that band. You can't, it's my band. even though you don't own it you say it's yours.

[Henry P]

I see

[Henry P]

Anton and Rio Ferdinand's scheme to get big bruv back as England captain

[John Ashleigh]

When the postman is late.

[Henry P]

Carlos Tevez- can't speak Enlgish, looks barely human. Won't play for £200k a week

[John Ashleigh]

Ha, I agree with you there Henry.

What is your opinion on the Dale Farm incident?

[Henry P]

I think the "travellers" should have gone travelling more willingly

[John Ashleigh]

I agree. I watched Panorama yesterday about Dale Farm. 'Twas very interesting.

[Henry P]

Wat did you learn?

[John Ashleigh]

I didn't learn much, but I did learn about the culture of the gypsies. I don't understand why it is against their culture to live in a house made of bricks. That just seems pathetic to me.

[Henry P]

Many gipsies were thieves, so being mobile and lacking an address was handy. Then they discovered benefits and council-funded plumbing

[John Ashleigh]

They should go back to Ireland.

[Henry P]

This country is a soft touch for foreigners out for something for nothing. God knows what life must be like in some places if they think it's good here

[John Ashleigh]

This country needs to grow a pair.

[Henry P]

I agree. But it won't happen. We can't be racists, you know. God forbid

[John Ashleigh]

What gets my goat?

Political correctness.

[Henry P]

It's insincere, just designed to get black and Asian votes. As Ken Livingstone said, "Many minorities make a majority"

[John Ashleigh]

Because of political correctness, a blackboard can't be called a blackboard anymore. You have to say "chalkboard". Pathetic. Like anyone can be offended by a blackboard.

[Henry P]

I always preferred whiteboards myself.

[John Ashleigh]

You wait. They'll change the name of a 'Whiteboard' soon.

[Henry P]

Who are these people who rename stuff anyway, and abuse our language in the process?

[John Ashleigh]

The government I bet.

[Henry P]

not just them- council and school and hospital and police bosses are at it too

[John Ashleigh]

It's pathetic.

[Henry P]

definitely

[Barley]

What gets my goat is time. I always have way too much time when I don't need it. There should be a way to save up that time and keep it for when I want it. I'd get to go on holiday loads if I just saved up and used the time I spend waiting at bus-stops, at check-outs, in the lift, stuck in traffic etc.

There should be a better way to manage the precious little time we have on this Earth.

They say your whole life flashes before your eyes just before you die; that's going to be a boring few seconds for many of us! :wacko:

[Henry P]

And time seems to pass more quickly as you grow older, unless you're not enjoying yourself

[John Ashleigh]

It feels like only yesterday that I was 16 years of age.

[fajitaheater]

x factor.

[Henry P]

oh yes

[John Ashleigh]

X Factor is my guilty pleasure.

[fajitaheater]

absolutely cant stand it, more than anything ive mentioned

[fajitaheater]

moaning ha

[saeity]

Teachers that go on strike,why shouldn't their pensions
be on par with the rest of the real world.

[Henry P]

So you're against teachers striking or against low pensions. Or what?

[saeity]

To be a great teacher is something not to be learnt
but earnt, a profession, that I feel is more a vocation.
Should they strike-no.

[Henry P]

I was a teacher and I think they should be strike to show their employers they're not doormats

[John Ashleigh]

Bullying.

[Henry P]

the frocked and titled hypocrites who run St Paul's Cathedral

[Poets Muse]

Trying so hard but failing so brutally.

[John Ashleigh]

Atleast you try - many people don't.

[Henry P]

the longer hours of darkness as we approach winter

[John Ashleigh]

Do you not find the early darkness comforting?

[Poets Muse]

No, i find it so annoying, it sets my body clock completely off.

[Henry P]

The 6-month extravaganza next year to celebrate our head of state's longevity. My mother-in-law is older but no-one gives a toss

[John Ashleigh]

People who drink in the streets.

[Henry P]

The circus surrounding the Olympic torch being carried around Britain. I don't care

[John Ashleigh]

Neither do I.

[Henry P]

Good lad
The idiot politicians who made a mess of Greece's economy

[Catt]

Ignorance and vilification of social workers

[Catt]

Cliques and people who like the sound of their own voice.

[John Ashleigh]

I second that.

[Henry P]

the appalling Silvio Berlusconi. Just f*ck off

[Poets Muse]

Idiotic lables and moronic stereotypes

[John Ashleigh]

Political correctness.

[Poets Muse]

Politics

[John Ashleigh]

Government.

[Henry P]

are you an anarchist then?

[John Ashleigh]

If I were an anarchist I would have no purpose of having another system of order. I just think that perhaps the government could be run a little better. I am still young and naive, huh? :)

[Henry P]

no. The old don't have a monopoly of wisdom

[John Ashleigh]

What would you change about the government?

[Henry P]

I'd remove the queen as head of state, and reform the electoral system. Have an elected upper house instead of the ridiculous "Lords"

[John Ashleigh]

I'd probably sell no.10 Downing Street and go on holiday.

[Henry P]

feeling tired in the afternoon

[John Ashleigh]

Heat rash.

[Henry P]

Wind

[John Ashleigh]

Acid.

[Henry P]

private companies owning school and hospital buildings

[John Ashleigh]

People who are rude.

[Henry P]

The rich clamouring for a reduction of the 50% tax rate to "help the economy"

[John Ashleigh]

University fees.

[Henry P]

the financial b*stards who control the economy

[John Ashleigh]

Job cuts.

[Henry P]

the demonisation of striking workers

[John Ashleigh]

Stupid questions.

[Henry P]

Alan Titchmarsh

[John Ashleigh]

Hahaha...

Yeah, I agree.

[Henry P]

Jeremy Kyle

[Poets Muse]

People who pick at the tiniest things and then put them on this forum.

[Henry P]

arguments

[Old8oy]

The Internet

[Henry P]

very funny
fireworks set off a week after November 5th

[John Ashleigh]

Unnecessary sarcasm.

[Henry P]

strife within families

[John Ashleigh]

Liars.

[Henry P]

The Italian idiots who STILL support Berlusconi

[John Ashleigh]

The euro.

[Henry P]

The politicians who used the Euro to get elected and the unspeakable b*stards who buy and sell it

[John Ashleigh]

Litter.

[Dyson]

Bad Tacos,

[Henry P]

Andrew Marr- uglier when he smiles. When he impersonates famous people on TV, I want to shoot him

[GBG]

Distance between people!

[Old8oy]

the grapevine

[John Ashleigh]

Paper cuts.

[Henry P]

The book I've nearly finished, On Beauty by Zadie Smith

[John Ashleigh]

Laziness.

[Henry P]

Foreign criminals

[John Ashleigh]

Criminals.

[Henry P]

Sham marriages for money and the right to live here

[John Ashleigh]

That winds me up.

[Henry P]

I love the pictures of women being arrested in their wedding dresses

[John Ashleigh]

Haha.

People who encourage other people to sing when they are tone deaf. Give it a break.

[Henry P]

Who have you got in mind?

[John Ashleigh]

Those that are encouraged to sing on the X Factor and such. Why? You need to be able to sing to be in a singing competition....

[Henry P]

They're there to earn money for being laughed and sneered at, like the idiots on Jeremy Kyle. It's their choice

[John Ashleigh]

I suppose it makes good TV....

[Henry P]

I don't watch such stuff any more

[John Ashleigh]

I am hooked on 'I'm a celebrity get me out of here' at the moment.

[Henry P]

I watched that a few years ago, but I'm sick of the celebrity industry

[John Ashleigh]

I had a lack of TV when I was young, so I suppose that is why I am forever watching it.

[Henry P]

You may grow out of it

[John Ashleigh]

I hope not. It is comforting.

[Henry P]

Sepp Blatter

[John Ashleigh]

Who/what is that?

[Henry P]

The 75-year-old Swiss boss of Fifa who wants to die in the job

[fajitaheater]

99' ice creams not being 99p anymore

[Henry P]

How much are they?

[John Ashleigh]

Riots. What is the point? It doesn't get you anywhere.

[Henry P]

It got a lot of people free stuff from shops

[John Ashleigh]

I can't see how a new pair of stolen trainers is worth 2 years in prison.

[Henry P]

I can't, but the judges must have been told to come down hard on rioters. Even people who were talking about riots on the internet are being locked up. The f*cking bankers and company bosses need locking up

[John Ashleigh]

What has this world come to?

[Henry P]

A disappointment. It has always been sh1t, and was even worse in the past. I hope there is a better world somewhere in the cosmos

[fajitaheater]

99s are Bout 1.30 or something like that now

[John Ashleigh]

Unless you get them from an ice-cream truck.

[Henry P]

£1.30 ? Wow. 20 cigs cost £7. I'd rather eat five ice creams

[John Ashleigh]

I wouldn't. :)

I am actually trying to cut down....

[Old8oy]

People who believe Facebook was designed to be their personal soapbox.

[fajitaheater]

Yeah I know, what an ATROCITY!!! The thieves!! 7 pound my ass! Roll ups are much cheaper. Couldn't believe it when I got on the ferry from England it was about 2.50 for 20 Marlborough ....without tax

[Henry P]

I don't smoke, but those who do are being ripped off by the government

[John Ashleigh]

Idiot drivers.

[Henry P]

That idiot wearing shades in church today.

[John Ashleigh]

Medical misdiagnosis.

[Henry P]

dodgy doctors trained to lower standards in third world countries

[John Ashleigh]

I agree.

[Henry P]

double standards

[John Ashleigh]

People that are two-faced.

[Henry P]

hypocrites

[John Ashleigh]

That angers me aswell.

[Henry P]

They're everywhere

[John Ashleigh]

Haha. Tell me about it.

What else gets your goat, Mr Henry?

[Henry P]

Give me a toilet roll to write on and I'll tell you. In fine print. I started this thread in my capacity as the world's most cynical man

[John Ashleigh]

Ha.

Do you like being cynical?

[Henry P]

It comes naturally. If I'm right, I'm happy. If I'm wrong, then humans seem better somehow. for five minutes

[John Ashleigh]

Would you say I am cynical?

[Henry P]

maybe a little. But you're still young

[John Ashleigh]

I wouldn't mind being cynical. I'd love to see the world for what it really is.

[Henry P]

just think that most people are driven by self-preservation , greater comfort and the approbation of others in most things they do. That should do it.

[John Ashleigh]

I'll keep that in mind. :)

[Henry P]

Cynics aren't popular in workplaces, as they undermine the posturing of the ambitious and powerful

[John Ashleigh]

When the screen is too wide on the TV.

[Henry P]

How wide is yours?

[John Ashleigh]

My TV is a 32" - but some of the channels change the screen and it cuts off some of the picture.

[Henry P]

Isn't there a way of adjusting the picture?

[John Ashleigh]

Yes, but I shouldn't have to keep re-adjusting all the time. It is frustrating.

[Henry P]

it is. My main tv kept de-tuning till I changed digital boxes

[John Ashleigh]

Things were simpler when I was younger.

[Henry P]

You sound very old for 21. You'll end up more cynical than me

[John Ashleigh]

Haha.

I'm not so sure about that. ;)

[Henry P]

Macdonald's adverts with Santas on bikes

[John Ashleigh]

Adverts in general.

[Grasshopper]

Goats.

[Henry P]

I love goats

[John Ashleigh]

Their eyes are freaky, though.

[Grasshopper]

The only time I like goats is in their more refined form - mutton :jester:


Else they are about the most stubborn animal around. Over here people let theirs loose to forage for grass and weeds by roadsides. Sometimes they go to the middle of the road and sleep there, oblivious to the angry honks of a million cars around them. Get down and try to force them to move at your peril.

So, yes, goats get my goat :D

[Henry P]

mutton is sheep meat, not goat. I just thought I'd correct you

[Grasshopper]

Did not know that, but in Malaysia, its nationally known as mutton. I looked on wikipedia and it says goat meat is sometimes called chevon or mutton when from an adult.

[Henry P]

So what do they call sheep meat in Malaysia? Goat?

[Grasshopper]

Nope.


Cattle, obviously. :p

[Henry P]

Are you joking or what?

[John Ashleigh]

Acid Indigestion.

[Henry P]

Strictly Come Dancing

[John Ashleigh]

Lord Sugar.

[fajitaheater]

lord sugar my arse

[Henry P]

Lord Sugar has to be one of the ugliest men in the country. That beard thing hides real horror unfit for human eyes

[John Ashleigh]

Fraud.

[Henry P]

That fat ginger bloke on the Tetley's adverts- like Tintin after 30 years on KFC

[Henry P]

the term "bonus mum"

[John Ashleigh]

"Jedward".

[Henry P]

Royals travelling in separate vehicles in case there's a fatal crash

[Henry P]

That snob in the Aston Martin who flashed me for overtaking him o the M1 today. F*ck you, your lordship

[John Ashleigh]

I love Aston Martins...

[Henry P]

but not their drivers

[John Ashleigh]

Do you suffer from road rage, Mr Henry? ;)

[Henry P]

no, but his lordship did. How dare I, in 10-year-old Japanese car?

[John Ashleigh]

I don't see the point in road rage - I mean people do not shout when they're walking on the pavement.

[Henry P]

I've seen them do it in some places

[John Ashleigh]

My dad used to have very bad road rage. He would always get into a fight.

[Henry P]

My dad had a short temper, but never had a fight

[John Ashleigh]

The weather.

[Henry P]

the bloody wind

[John Ashleigh]

The wind gave us a power cut yesterday....

[Henry P]

For how long?

[John Ashleigh]

For about 3 hours. It was a pain.

[Shanalorm]

Headaches and the News

[Henry P]

The prospect of the Diamond Jubilee

[fajitaheater]

big brother.

[Henry P]

the Queen putting her jewellery on display in economic hard times. What are we? Magpies to be impressed by sparkle and glitter?

[Henry P]

Nick Hewer, new presenter of Countdown. Richard Whiteley is more alive and he's dead

[John Ashleigh]

The builders waking me up in the morning.

[saeity]

people that spit

[Henry P]

men with shades up on top of their heads in Leeds in January, just in case

[Henry P]

Michael Gove

[Shanalorm]

GrammerTests...

[Henry P]

anyone described as an "Old Etonian" as if the school he went to is the most important thing about him. I'm too cynical to be impressed by bullsh1t

[Shanalorm]

Bullshit in General

[John Ashleigh]

People who are two-faced.

[fajitaheater]

i agree with the last two

[Henry P]

the sour-faced macho crook Putin

[Henry P]

the god-awful adverts for Coop undertakers. Death- very funny. Ha ha

[Old8oy]

The sport that is politics

[saeity]

Disingenuous people.

[Old8oy]

Disingenuous people.

+1

and people who are too smart for their own good.

[saeity]

age will catch up with them eventually i hope :)
people who are self absorbed

[Old8oy]

The weather in Michigan...

[Immortal Dreams]

close minded people

[saeity]

i'll second that MrGoth

People that take and never give

[John Ashleigh]

Come Dine With Me.

[Old8oy]

Sociopaths...

[John Ashleigh]

The justice system.

[Old8oy]

Indecisiveness

[Richard]

People who use agreed upon processes as an excuse to deliver only what is required instead of seeing the processes for what they are; mechanisms to guarantee a minimal quality.

[John Ashleigh]

Graham Norton.

[WYSIWYG]

Graham Norton.

Hahaha! Yes Yes I fully agree hehehehe :D

Curry often gets my goat.

[Richard]

Late night TEL SELL crap.

[John Ashleigh]

Curry often gets my goat.

How? Haha.

[WYSIWYG]

Curried Goat, rice and peas....:D

[John Ashleigh]

Haha.

You should do stand-up.

[WYSIWYG]

*see pleasing*

[John Ashleigh]

Hangovers.

[Richard]

Stayovers

[WYSIWYG]

People who say 'anythink'.... grrr
and 'yeah no'... plus 'you know' (David Beckham) at the beginning and ending of sentences and anywhere in between.

[Richard]

People who speak for ten minutes without completing one full gramatically correct sentence.
Very common occurence on TV these days.