Top Ten Things I Hate

[mac]

This is a forum for the people right?
I hereby exercise my right to have a Victor Meldrew type rant.
Top Ten Things I Hate (in no particular order)
1. People who wont walk on travelators or escalators and stand in such a way as to prevent anybody else walking past them.
2. People who have "Queueblindness" ( think Bank or Shop Checkout etc.)
3. Ladies who wield their prams and buggies like a weapon of ankle destruction.
4. People who pay a lot of money for concert tickets and then insist on talking loudly throughout the show about shopping etc. Support Bands particulary suffer.
5. Junk Mail
6. Spam
7. Broadband Advertisements. (My area due for broadband availability in 2017)
8. Couples snogging sloppily in the bus seat ahead of you. Endured 4 solid hours of this on a trip to Galway.
9. Dublin Traffic. In particular Ireland's biggest outdoor Car Park ( The M50 )
10. People who moan too much ( oops!)

I Thank You

[rusty66]

Many I agree with

1. People who pay money for tickets to a gig then stand in front/behind/beside you talking loudly aboout who is nosgging who [as experienced tonight]

2. People who pay money for tickets to a gig then snog [loudly] throughout. [as experienced tonight]

3. Friends you thought you knew and trusted buying you doubles then offering you coke- not the soft drink. [as experienced tonight]

4. When a girl is walking on her own and fellas make it their aim to shout obscene things loudly, "just for the craic". [as experienced tonight]

5. People who think just because you work in a shop you are an uneducated baffoon and insist on speaking to you as patronisingly as possible. When in actual fact you probobly have more qualifications than them.

6. People you get taken in by, thinking they are genuine when really all they are out to do is get as much out of you as they possibly can.

7. Coming home to an empty, dark and cold house.

8. Needing to speak to your best mate and they don't answer their phone.

9. Losing things.

10. Not being able to sleep when you are exhausted.

[I feel slightly better now for that...I am such a moan :roll: ]

[Guinness]

I like this thread!

lol!

[mac]

Siano, you win! You're selection puts my petty niggles into perspective.
In an act of contrition I reply with.....
Top Ten Things People Hate About Me (in no particular order)

1. Squeezing toothpaste tubes from the middle.
2. That whole Gemini split personality thing (who said that!)
3. Dirty socks come off wherever whenever and remain where they lie.
4. Listening to old peoples radio stations.
5. Don't put things back where they belong.(In my defence I know exactly where that thing I'm looking for is under that pile of junk)
6. My undertaking of carpentry projects on the kitchen table
7. That whole toilet seat thing :oops: ( Will never get why that is such a BIG deal?)
8. Guilty of never having my mobile phone (.a) with me (b.) turned on
9. My tendency to sulk
10.My fondness for playing very loudly 70's bohemoth rock music (AC/DC Led Zep etc.)

Sadly while I had great difficulty coming up with ten things I hate, this list of things people hate about me has been a piece of cake. In fact I could have easily made it into a Top Thirty
(Adopts cheesy Top Of The Pops style voiceover.........)
And nestling just outside the top ten...

.Avoidance of anything to do with gardening
.Turning the shower to its coldest setting
.Letting things pile up til theres a crisis situation ( this happens on a weekly basis)
. Ignoring bills
. Refusing to open letters that look like bills ( see above )

I could go on but this exercise is confirming to me what a great big useless lump I am and the ego has landed ( with a bang!)

I'm off for a wee lie down.

Ta ta

[thesneakybandit]

i hate people who don't like music of any kind
i hate bigotry
i hate pigeons and to a lesser extent seagulls
i hate the environment in which i had to grow up
i hate talking when you should be listening
i hate celebrity reality tv
i hate mcdonalds
i hate uber-long political processes
i hate fashion
i hate the effects of wine

[arginite]

this one should be easier but less fun than the 10 things I love but... here goes:

I hate DSP (Digital Signal Processing) and the stupid work I have to do with it
I hate that I over analyse everything (comes from being a comp scientist I guess)
I hate Windows Operating System
I hate Dance Music
I hate people who dont like music at all
I hate the way people always push you when boarding low cost flights eg Ryanair (grrr)
I hate it when people deliberately set out to hurt other people
I hate that moment in the morning when you finally give in and drag yourself out of bed
I hate saying goodbye to people I really care about (for short or long periods)
I hate waking up on 27th December knowing its all over for another year :(

[H]

I hate...

...CD album covers with un-numbered tracklistings
...drivers doing 50mph in a 60 zone
...Robbie Williams (with an absolute passion!)
...musicians who shout instead of singing
...smoke machines at gigs (only good for messing up photos and making you choke)
...people who don't give my name a capital letter in texts/emails
...drivers on mobile phones
...corned beef tins
...sofa adverts
...people whistling tunelessly in public places

[Fintan]

Hmm this was harder to think of than my top ten things I love!

1. I hate the way I procrasonate constantly and keep telling myself I will get round to doing things, which rarely happens until the VERY last minute.
2.Feeling let down
3.Phone Bills
4. Being Late
5. People being rude and ignorant for no reason
6. DJs that talk over a song you really want to hear on the radio
7. When you've had a night out and felt like you've been standing on the bar waiting to get served for most of the night
8. Early mornings when you have nothing to look forward to that day
9.Regrets
10.People who complain constantly and won't look on the bright-side of anything!

[rusty66]

Siano, you win! You're selection puts my petty niggles into perspective.
In an act of contrition I reply with.....
Top Ten Things People Hate About Me (in no particular order)


Ahhh Mac, this thread was designed for me in mind wasn't it?? I am the biggest moan in God's great creation! :D Anyone who knows will verify...And to follow suit simply cos I love top 10's/5's/lists...

10 things I hate about me, myself et moi..

1. My ability to whittle away hours that I could have been doing something productive playing solitaire with a mate online/trawling through endless random threads on various message boards/talking to ppl I dont need to be talking to online.
2. My inability to see the bigger picture in things, I am defiately a "micro" aspect girl.
3. My paranoia
4. I over analyse EVERY situation til I drive myself insane.
5. I dwell on past experiences too much.
6. I cry too easily.
7. I get hurt too easily.
8. I will put myself out for people who have already proved to me they don't deserve to be put out for.
9. I always want to be someone I'm not so I am never happy with the person I am at that moment.
10. I listen too much to what other people say.

:D This is great, I get to moan for a reason, thanks Mac!

[mac]

Ooh Siano, I bet you're your one of those people you can have long deep conversations with til the sun comes up again.
Interesting list, I think it all means that you're human.....
Anyway, theres nothing wrong with a good moan every now and again. You feel so much better afterwards :)

[arginite]

10 things I hate about me, myself et moi..


OMG! You sure we are not the same person??


1. My ability to whittle away hours that I could have been doing something productive playing solitaire with a mate online/trawling through endless random threads on various message boards/talking to ppl I dont need to be talking to online.


This is my day everyday!! I work in an office on my own so I just sit there every day pretending to work and instead spending hours doing totally pointless things online. Drives me crazy but I still do it! I wish I had never found Flickr or boards.ie!


2. My inability to see the bigger picture in things, I am defiately a "micro" aspect girl.

Yes, my friends tell me this all the time!! Yet, I over analyse everything in order to try and appreciate the bigger picture - see point 4!!


5. I dwell on past experiences too much.

Oh dear! Yeah its a tough one aint it. Do you compare everything as well, knowing that every situation is different but you still cant help yourself!! ?


7. I get hurt too easily.

Story of my life! I trust people way too easily, and Im far too open and honest for my own good, consequence... I get hurt, everytime :'( {big hug for siano}


8. I will put myself out for people who have already proved to me they don't deserve to be put out for.

SNAP!

:) Im not going to add the rest cos I'll be here all day!! (actually im not that bad)

Anyhoo :)

[thesneakybandit]

Ooh Siano, I bet you're your one of those people you can have long deep conversations with til the sun comes up again.

while eating cottage pies and stargazing!!!

10 choses que je deteste about myself, like!

i hate the fact that i can't converse with girls unless i am drunk
i hate the fact that i sometimes get too drunk to converse with girls
i hate the fact that my new fairtrade converse (see what i did there!) fell apart
i hate the fact that i cannot write serious songs
i hate the fact that i do not have a sincere face even in times when one is required
i hate the fact that my hair oft times has a life of its own
i hate the fact that i can never express my creativity in a way i like
i hate the fact that i am average
i hate the fact that i can say and do things behind the guise of the internet that i'd never really do
i hate the fact that i like some very bad music

[rusty66]

OMG! You sure we are not the same person??

Perhaps Katie!! heehee thank you for taking time to go thru my wee list, tres sweet m'dear!

:'( {big hug for siano}

Why thank you!! Ah you read my "top ten loves" and knows I loves the huggles!! :D
while eating cottage pies and stargazing!!!

Hahaha! Yeah well, I ain't to great at the making of cottage pie but if I remember correctly they were ok with help from someone! lol

[Yellow Dog]

1. Dirty cups
2. Tom Cruise
3. Bangor chips
4. Loud millies
5. "Celebrity" dancing/horse riding/games/bigbro/cooking/singing/get me outta here
6. Fundamentalism of any kind
7. When people say "Stormount" and "Westminister"
8. Airports
9. Tomatoes
10. Dover to Callais ferry



David

[Guinness]

9. Tomatoes

David

You would do very well in a conversation with Claire!

[Fintan]

Eugghh definately! I'm there with you David on your hatred for tomatoes!

[Yellow Dog]

http://print2impress.com/images/pics_and_bg/page2/full_size/Tomatoes-2.jpg

BOKE!

[mac]

Ooops!, I nearly forgot no.1....................................... Westlife

[Fintan]

Really could have done without the picture of the tomatoes David! Hehe! :P Its the texture...eughh! And how my dad manages to eat them like apples with salt! *runs away to be sick*

[Yellow Dog]

And how my dad manages to eat them like apples with salt! *runs away to be sick*

"Noooooooo" :!: :!: (fading into the distance)
What is it with Dads and tomatoes? :roll:

[jan]

Oho! Only 10?
1. Drivers who do not think the speed limit applies to them
2. '40 regardless' drivers which is a phenomenon found only on our country roads who never look at their speedometer but tailgate you through the villages only to be left behind on the 60 stretches but pound through the next village like bats out of hell catching up and tailgating you again.
3. Drivers on their phones
4. Drivers with a phone in one hand and a drink in the other driving an HGV through our village - what the hell are they using to steer?
5. HGV drivers who tailgate along narrow country lanes - I can't see past the next bend - is there a herd of cows there, there might be. Are they possessed of some clairvoyant powers?
6. People who stop to answer their phones in dangerous places - switch the damn thing off or ignore it, I do.
7. Boy racers - too many of them killed around here and they scare me.
8. People who treat me like an idiot when I do a farmers' market - I am not half-witted and my IQ is around 130 at the last count!
9. Being put down for being a woman in a man's world
10. Malicious gossip - get a life :!:
xx

[Lazarus]

this couldnt be any more my sort of thread.

here goes...

people who shout things at gigs in an effort to be funny.

people who sing along at intimate gigs (duke special,damien rice, regina spektor)

christians/vegetarians who think they have some sort of moral superiority over everyone else

almost everything on commercial radio

whorish little bands who talk about credibility and music like they know anything about either

insanely rich music/movie stars who do adverts

anyone involved in the world of marketing

anyone who publicly talks about their divorce

soaps and daytime tv (especially loose women)

anyone who thinks football is a better sport than rugby

im done thinking for now, more to come no doubt.

[jan]

Waho Lander, put me on your list :(
If you want to eat the flesh of dead animals it's entirely up to you......
xx

[mac]

I'm afraid I'm on your list too
I refuse to say which ones I admit to though!

[very_special]

Waho Lander, put me on your list :(
If you want to eat the flesh of dead animals it's entirely up to you......
xx

Shamless waho indeed :(

As for:


people who sing along at intimate gigs (duke special,damien rice, regina spektor)


???

I reserve the right the sing along at Duke Special gigs where appropriate.
People who talk/laugh loudly at intimate gigs, different thing altogether.

[hitormiss]

I hate :: On trains/busses ? people who make you climb over them in order to reach the empty seat, rather that just moving over onto it.

I hate :: People who don?t say please and thank you ? or smile

I hate :: That the world is turning into big brother/surveillance/we?re going to fingerprint you if you look funny, state and there is nothing I can do about it

I hate :: People who read/are interested in/believe the trashy tabloid press

I hate :: Being rushed

I hate :: When my iPod battery dies, and leaves me listening to screaming children/parents on the train

I hate :: That ?tish tish tish? noise you get from other peoples headphones

I hate :: Arguing with anyone about anything?

I hate :: That often I can?t find the words to say what I want to say, and that the beautiful ideas in my head come out all muddled, and sound the same as everyone else?s

I hate :: Growing up.

----
I think I would be on Landers list too!
----

[rusty66]

I hate :: People who don?t say please and thank you ? or smile

I hate :: When my iPod battery dies, and leaves me listening to screaming children/parents on the train

I hate :: That often I can?t find the words to say what I want to say, and that the beautiful ideas in my head come out all muddled, and sound the same as everyone else?s

----

I couldnt agree more!!

I have another few to add...

I hate University Work.

I hate that I am lazy with my University Work.

I hate that I have to hand in my Universiry Work soon.

I hate that sometimes I get so lost. I don't know where to turn or who to trust sometimes and I invariably trust the wrong people. Over and over again.

I also still hate the snobby customers who come into Marks and think I am lower than them.

[PD]

I hate-

Bullying in general. (I just don't tolerate it.)

Narrow minded people

When people don't give up their seats on public transport to the disabled, an elderly person or a pregnant lady....it's just not right.

Sheep (not the cute and woolly kind but people following "the crowd" and not being themselves.)

Drunk girls wearing stilettos (note-extremely dangerous when on dancefloor.)

Clumpy mascara.

The Havard Refencing System in Trinity for our assignments. (do comma's and fullstops really matter??)

The Portaloo's at Oxegen.....(one word-frightening)

Getting up at the crack of dawn for nursing placements when everybody else is snug and warm in their beds.

And last but not least..... I hate when you butter a lovely slice of toast and it always falls onto the counter, butter side down !! Seemingly it's Murphy's Law, " "If something can go wrong, it will...." :roll:

[jan]

I hate it that people are employed to deal with the public who have no interpersonal skills and are given no training in the same.........
Example, today, staggering out of the Co-op laden with shopping and some youngish woman in a kind-of uniform with a utility company badge shouted at me,
'Who does ya gas and electric for yer, flower?'
I make no apologies for saying, 'If I knew what language you were speaking I might be able to help you'..............Is it me? Me, a flower? :evil: :evil:

[mac]

I always thought of myself as quite open minded.
If we're not supposed to eat animals then why are they all made of meat?

[thesneakybandit]

so are humans though :S

[mac]

I apologise unreservedly for my comments.
They were juvenile in the extreme and I stand ashamed.
I would like to state for the record that I am totally against Animal Testing.
It's totally unfair and they always get the answers wrong anyway!

[jan]

Well said Scott...........I was pondering over a reply to such a puerile remark only to discover that you said it first :)
Nobody loves a smart arse Mac :D
Just for the interest I've been doing a garden watched by a squirrel......it's watched me dig up the conkers it has buried and if looks could kill..............sorry Mr or Ms Squirrel but they grow into stonking great trees which have no place in a neat front garden.
Can you explain why my cat recognises Bill Oddy's voice and sits by the TV to watch film of animals? She doesn't bother with any other programmes.
Ask the dog, he/she looks very intelligent!

[mac]

Again, I can only apologise :(
Suzi says hi (or woof!)
She says the attraction of Bill Oddie is his dulcet tones. She watches those nature programmes too but can't see the screen properly.
I have to describe to her what's going on. She would be very annoyed if she found out that I was lying to her all these years.
She keeps asking, is he on the tandem? is he on the tandem? Is Giant Dougal with him?
I say yes Suzi, all is well with the world
(as the cheetah polishes off the remains of the gazelle)

I'm off for a wee lie down now

[Lazarus]

i dont like animal testing, but there is nothing wrong with eating them, and the smugness of some of my vegetarian friends gets right up my nose. if you want to avoid meat cause you dont like the taste: fine. if you want to avoid meat because you think it will make you a better person: sort it out.

*takes a moment to ponder who this post is going to piss off most*

[jan]

Not offended at all Lander and sorry if your intention was to wind me up....it didn't work :)
The moment when I decided that I would not eat an animal came over 10 years ago and I remember it like yesterday.
I'd cooked a Sunday lunch for my parents, daughter and self of chicken with the usual accompaniments and we'd enjoyed it.
The Sunday papers were at hand and I was idly reading when an article jumped out at me which was an eyewitness account of how a kitten was boiled alive and skinned, still twitching, all for the gratification of someone in Korea whose meal it was to become.
Apparently it tastes like chicken.
That is why i decided that no animal would die in order that I should feed on its flesh and from that moment I have been vegetarian.
It doesn't make feel a better person for being so.
I do feel healthier (details on request).
I do not preach about it but it's what I am and I can still cry for that kitten - one of millions?
And hug my little cat.
I have no quarrel with anyone who eats meat.
I feel happier if the animal in question has been raised on a farm locally, has not had to travel far to the point where it dies and it has died with the minimum of stress and with a degree of dignity, which is usually the case if meat is obtained from a farmers' market and that is why I support them.
What carnivores need to address is the wefare of animals which provide their food.
If someone has addressed the welfare, transport and humane issues and is still happy to eat meat then that's OK with me.
xx

[jan]

Sorry Mac, intended to include you in previous post but got carried away.
Lots of woofs and snuffles to Suzi and I think she's the best looking creature on this forum.
xx

[very_special]

If we're not supposed to eat animals then why are they all made of meat?

Suzi's made of meat, would you eat her?

Yum yum she looks tasty I bet she would taste better than cow.

She might be cute and fluffy but she's very much edible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat

[very_special]

I have no quarrel with anyone who eats meat.
I feel happier if the animal in question has been raised on a farm locally, has not had to travel far to the point where it dies and it has died with the minimum of stress and with a degree of dignity, which is usually the case if meat is obtained from a farmers' market and that is why I support them.
What carnivores need to address is the wefare of animals which provide their food.
If someone has addressed the welfare, transport and humane issues and is still happy to eat meat then that's OK with me.
xx

Excactly Jan, couldn't agree more :)

No one was promoting vegetariansm here in the first place, in fact it was mocked and trivialised earlier and Jan is now defending her belief and right not to eat animals :?

I myself am a vegetarian because I educated myself on the treatment of animals prior to and during slaughter.
Productivity appears to be the only concern during animal processing. The welfare of the animal on its way to its death is of little concern. Stuffing as many animals into lorries as possible, kicking and dragging them about when they don't move fast enough or are too stressed to move at all.
As for the slaughter process itself, I'm not sqeamish in the slightest but animals regularly fail to be rendered unconscious by the stunning process and are often dispatched fully conscious and in view of each other.
The entire process is inhumane and only concerned with maximising productivity.

I simply took a minute to examine my conscience, if I'm going to claim to be an animal lover and have pets etc then I can't eat meat?? - I can no longer contribute to the death of animals in order to fill a space on my plate.

Mac and Lander, take a trip to your local abbatoir, meet your meat, watch the process from start to finish then come back here and feel free to shout about the rights and wrongs of eating meat.

[Guinness]

Wow, is that really why you became a vegetarian?

That is a very extreme thing and I honestly think you are the bigger person for doing it.

And yes it is true that most people don't care about where the meat comes from so long as it gets on their plates for breakfast every saturday morning when it's sleep-in time.

I know that I should probably take action due to me knowing how they treat animals when going to the slaughter however I do LOVE my bacon butties in the morning and I don't think anything will change that.

More power to your elbow all those who are vegetarian/vegan for that very reason! Hats off to you sir!

[thesneakybandit]

when i was in sierra leone i had this actual conversation in a local "cafe"...

me: so what is this bushmeat?
waiter: it's meat...
me: yes but what kind of meat?
waiter: good meat...
me: i'm sure it is good but what does it come from?
waiter: animals!

after that i decided i just didn't want to know...

also have to say that i enjoyed a bit of crocodile :)
eat them before they eat you kinda thing!

[Lazarus]

dammit jan, i was hoping to wind you right up with my last post.

i will make a point of avoiding my local abbatoir, lest it ruin my love for meat.
as far as i can see, there are 4 main food groups; red meat, white meat, cold beer and cold beer.

each meal should contain a healthy balance of each.

[Lazarus]

seriously though, i just like winding vegetarians up, because they are a minority, and i am a bastard.

i've had too many arguments with veg folk who believe they have the moral high ground because they 'dont partake in the slaughter of animals', conveniently overlooking the fact that thousands of animals are killed by harvesters etc, and those animals arent even eaten. then i call them hypocritical pricks, and run away giggling.

[thesneakybandit]

i'm a christian and a music snob therefore i claim ALL moral highground on these boards... :roll: :wink:

[rusty66]

pppffftttt

walk up a hill THEN take the moral highground!

Thats what I say.

[Fintan]

I can't really say ANYTHING on this topic as I was a vegetarian for like 4 months, ate quorn, chicken AND fish..and only went off red meat. Which kind of defeats the whole purpose! :?

Each to their own, some people feel passionate about different things... everyone has a right to their own opinion so fair play to ya's all!

[rusty66]

I think it takes a lot of courage and will power and integrity to follow through on something like that. If there is one thing that bugs me it is these people who do the whole "oh that's terrible" and then go off and do a variation of what they proclaimed to be so immoral!

People who show their principles through their actions and don't just talk about it have my full respect!

I would love to become a veggie, just cos I don't like the taste of meat. I am just too bloody lazy!

[SWEE]

Don?t normally post here but am in a bad mood so Meh.

1. Me feeling sorry for myself when I have it better than most.
2. Messy people.
3. Inconsiderate people.
4. Unreliable/untrustworthy friends and finding out to late.
5. People who don?t return a hello when you say hello to them.
6. Butter that?s not really butter and cheap chocolate.
7. Proprietary standards.
8. People who complain about Windows/MS and then don?t try to fix the problems by changing OS.
9. My inability to trust people.
10. And at the moment rain.

[Lazarus]

i'm a christian and a music snob therefore i claim ALL moral highground on these boards... :roll: :wink:

haha join the club!

i could be the biggest musical fascist of all time.

[thesneakybandit]

5. People who don?t return a hello when you say hello to them.

hello there arginite :)

[rusty66]

Self- loathing?

[SWEE]

Morning Mr Bandit :)

[jan]

Morning arginite!
I do so agree with a lot of your list, especially when people won't return a friendly greeting...what does it cost dammit? You start thinking 'What have I done to offend them' and stuff like that.
Just a last word on the whole veggie bit.........well I'm a woman aren't I :D ........it's funny how people call themselves veggie but overlook the fact that chickens and fish are living creatures too. Veggies eat NO products of killing animals and that includes gelatine which is made from their bodies.
Was it Dave Allen who said the Irish idea of an 8 course meal was 7 pints of giunness and a baked potato?
xx

[SWEE]

Morning arginite!
I do so agree with a lot of your list, especially when people won't return a friendly greeting...what does it cost dammit? You start thinking 'What have I done to offend them' and stuff like that.

Ya nothing worse than that in the morning.
Well some good things do come out of it, certain even yesterday sent me on a ticket buying spree. Have my ticket for the DS gig on the 5th of march in Galway. Buying in time anyways :)

[very_special]

Wow, is that really why you became a vegetarian?

That is a very extreme thing and I honestly think you are the bigger person for doing it.

And yes it is true that most people don't care about where the meat comes from so long as it gets on their plates for breakfast every saturday morning when it's sleep-in time.

I know that I should probably take action due to me knowing how they treat animals when going to the slaughter however I do LOVE my bacon butties in the morning and I don't think anything will change that.

More power to your elbow all those who are vegetarian/vegan for that very reason! Hats off to you sir!

I admire your honesty Conor :)
I must admit I had the same thoughts at the time I made the choice to stop eating meat. I was unsure if I could carry it through, unsure what I would live on?? (I wasn?t a big vegetable lover back then) I knew it was going to be life altering decision but the need to no longer be responsible for the atrocious welfare and slaughter of an animal was overwhelming.
Yes in a way it is a little extreme, but the decision was made for me. If I ever had a reason to doubt what I was doing I only needed to remind myself where meat comes from.
Watching this was a good reminder:
http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=meet_your_meat

Most try to disassociate the item in the polystyrene and cling packaging in the supermarket with the animals in a field.
Meat is not grown in a ?Hamburger Patch? and picked by Ronald McDonald as McDonalds would have children believe. Apparently explaining the ?real? origin of meat is not very appetising? Don?t want to ruin the kids? appetites do we!?

My heart still sinks every time I pass the local abbatoir, I know what is going on inside under that roof. The cattle lorries on the way there pass me on the road and I see the pink wet noses poking out the grills on the side, confused and stressed.
I?m definitely not a bigger or better person for becoming a vegetarian; it?s simply a matter of being able to live with myself. Being veggie is the least I can do, hats off to vegans, that takes real effort, will power and planning.

Each to their own though as Claire says, for me it was, and will remain a very personal choice.
I don?t like preaching about it or hoping that I can convert others; in fact I rarely talk about it and am only doing so here now following the comments that were made.

Quite cool to read that Peter feels the same :)
http://www.playlouder.com/feature/+duke-special/

[mac]

Spammers

[rusty66]

^

Seconded

[arginite]

lol how did I miss arg and sneaky getting acquainted there!!!

WAY HEY... see what ive done to ya JOS :) lol.. glad you got your ticket sorted too... wooohoooo

btw Siano... remember the night I rang ya from the DS gig in Galway, arginite was the young man you spoke to on the phone!

[rusty66]

I knew that! Cos I know things see! :p hehe

[arginite]

HOW did you know that?? lol

[rusty66]

You said it in the Galway thread!! lol

[arginite]

BAH smartie pants :( lol

[Guinness]

itunes

[Diva Lady]

I hate: big brother

I hate: coursework

I hate: it when my creative zen micro dies when I'm mid way through a cure song.

I hate: people that chew loudly

I hate: people that chew with their mouth hanging open. eeurgh!

I hate: it when girls wear skirts so far up their arse' s that they waddle and just look disgusting.

I hate: it when girls whinge at me about their weight

I hate: that horrible woman that stood behind me at Paul Simon.

I hate: it when my vinyl's make wretched god-forbodding noises and refuse to play.


...

I hate: that 42 just doesn't cut it.

[arginite]

can we go again with a whole new set of top tens?? :D

[SWEE]

lol how did I miss arg and sneaky getting acquainted there!!!
WAY HEY... see what ive done to ya JOS lol.. glad you got your ticket sorted too... wooohoooo
btw Siano... remember the night I rang ya from the DS gig in Galway, arginite was the young man you spoke to on the phone!

Yep I'm glad I have my tickets sorted too, but I?m even happier that since my last post here I got my hands on tickets for Muse in Wembley and also for Psapp in Glasgow :D

Ps. You have done nothing to me, I am still a well adjusted, normal type of person!

Pss. Top tens are to long, so how about a top 8. I normally run out of thing after 8 or wander off somewhere.

Anyways better stop checking boards and get back to work.

PS why wont quote tags work properly for me?

[arginite]

Yep I'm glad I have my tickets sorted too, but I?m even happier that since my last post here I got my hands on tickets for Muse in Wembley and also for Psapp in Glasgow :D



Fine for some!!! Muse sniff, jealous++

here, just remember to bring your tickets TO THE GIG this time!! lol

[SWEE]

lol, that was embarassing.

Ya I'm even wasting a ticket on my brother who doesnt like them, I'm such a nice big brother :)

[arginite]

bah!! why didnt you waste one on me ya eejit!!! some ppl :P

[rusty66]

My new hates

::fights (verbal) either involving me or just going on in my vaccinty.
::violence
::chavs
::littering
::thin girls who moan about their weight
::people who smoke round me or where I work
::stubbing your toe/papercuts
::frustration
::procrastination
::needing to talk to someone, anyone. and not having the words
::lack of concentration
::misplaced distrust because of physical appearance
::lonliness
::stress
::blue moulded bread (even the sight of it)
::standing in dog poo
::an itchy back

[slipofgirl]

Returning to the veggie discussion, I found this a few weeks ago, really made me think. If you're concerned where your meat is coming from and making decisions based on what you think is happening to the animals, then look at this:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,1388571,00.html

I live on an organic farm, we do eat the beef we produce, it goes to a local abbatoir and apparently Tescos organic range. I try to always buy free range chicken- we have a couple of hens and a cockerel in our garden and you can see how happy they are. I totally am against the intensive madness that produces the Ross Cobb chicken that cannot stand up and is so obese it's infertile. Did you know that the breeding stock are starved so that they are fertile? And equally for pork products I buy free range at the least. I appreciate organic is often v expensive and freerange can sometimes be as good as as the farmers can't afford to 'convert' to organic, or still want the options of treating with antibiotics etc. It is a minefield, but yesterday I was digging up our veg plot for the first go in this house at growing our own, until then I have an organic box of veg and try to buy everything else locally. BTW we are not 'loaded' so I buy little and carefully and try not to throw anything away. Just what I do buy I try to make choices. And I have to say organic from a local grower DOES taste 10x better than organic from a supermarket. Supermarkets supply forced unripe food with little flavour and the vitamin content must be sooo low!!

[GirlAnachronism]

Ok now that i've listed my top ten things i love i wanted to do this too so here we go!

1. Racism
2. Homophobes
3. Cruelty to animals.
4. Hunting-what sort of a "sport" includes torturing innocent defenceless animals for no reason???
5. People who go to gigs and then spend the whole time talking!:mad:
6. People who judge others before getting to know them.
7. Wasps!!! Grrrr.....
8. Crappy music- R'n'B and rap and all that talentless stuff consisting of half naked girls prancing around to background beats. They CAN'T sing!
9. C.d's without the lyrics!
10. The amount of building taking over the countryside and ruining the beauty.
11. Orlando Bloom's acting skills- soooo bad. Putting him in a film alongside the best actor around(Mr Depp) only made it more obvious!

[drummerbecca]

.
Quite cool to read that Peter feels the same :)
http://www.playlouder.com/feature/+duke-special/

Hang on, didn't someone on the forum say that they recently saw Duke in the street somewhere eating something from Burger Ming? I hope it was only the fries...

[very_special]

1. Racism
2. Homophobes
3. Cruelty to animals.
4. Hunting-what sort of a "sport" includes torturing innocent defenceless animals for no reason???
5. People who go to gigs and then spend the whole time talking!:mad:
6. People who judge others before getting to know them.
7. Wasps!!! Grrrr.....
8. Crappy music- R'n'B and rap and all that talentless stuff consisting of half naked girls prancing around to background beats. They CAN'T sing!
9. C.d's without the lyrics!
10. The amount of building taking over the countryside and ruining the beauty.
11. Orlando Bloom's acting skills- soooo bad. Putting him in a film alongside the best actor around(Mr Depp) only made it more obvious!


I'm with you on pretty much all of those Kim ;)

[very_special]

Hang on, didn't someone on the forum say that they recently saw Duke in the street somewhere eating something from Burger Ming? I hope it was only the fries...

Spicy Beanburger and fries ;)

[drummerbecca]

Spicy Beanburger and fries ;)

Boke!! :p

[very_special]

Spicy Beanburger and fries ;)

Boke!! :p


Meat=Boke :rolleyes:

[Guinness]

I remember I saw you eating a MEATY sausage in Sian's kitchen that night I was head chef...

Don't try to deny it! We all know your deep down love for (at max) 8% real meat sausages!

[very_special]

All I remember from Sian's kitchen is choking on burning bacon fat and inspecting your nipples :p

No dirty meat passed my lips Mr, just make sure you stock up on Quorn bangers next time ;)

[Maggie]

I think I only have 5 things that I really hate...

1) Injustice - of all types. People have a right to be treated with dignity and respect and I get really angry when it is doesn't happen.

2) Being lonely. This is quite strange because I enjoy my own company, often spending my saturdays in town just walking on my own, disappearing from the world. But I don't like being lonely and there is nothing lonlier than coming home to an empty flat at night after a hard days work, or being away on business. You just want someone to talk to, to give you a cuddle and take away the pain. Instead you have four walls and the tv

3) People thinking they know me. Those that think they have me all sussed out, deciding who I am, putting me into a little box and then trying to change me to fit their image of me, squeezing me into the little box they have. I honestly don't think anyone truely knows me - not my family or my closest friends. Sometimes I don't think I even know myself

4) My past. Maybe its more accurate to say that I hate the fact that I have a past. There are certain events that I wish dearly had never happened or that I could erase every memory of but life doesn't work like that - I suppose they make me who I am today.

5) and this one is hard for me to admit - not being in Control! looking at my other hates, maybe this one actually its at the root of the other 4. I also think this is why I am careful about what I drink and how much I drink... I like a little alcohol just not being drunk. I am a control freak. I like order and I don't like time wasting. I am not so bad that I need to permanently be in charge, in fact I quite like people organising me and suprising me. But, I need to feel that I have power over myself. If I want to stop I can. If I want to change I can... the knowledge that I can take over if I want to.

I know - I'm crazy but thats me. Its who I am. Love me or Hate me, just don't try to change me... I'm me, just accept it.

Oh and just thought of a 6th and this really is a pet peeve and source of many a rant - People who talk at gigs! I mean, if you are going to spend money on a ticket why sit and chat to your mates or act like an idiot. If you want to talk, save the money and go to the pub!

[GirlAnachronism]

I'm with you on pretty much all of those Kim ;)


Good good Kieran! You can probably guess from the "hunting" one that i was about to go into a full blown rant about how animals have the same right to life as us and why should we be allowed to do that to them and man's need to feel superior. But i didn't and i'm not going to now either because then i'll just be in a bad mood for the rest of the day!:p

[Hertog]

1) injustice - there's nothing worse!
2) excuses
3) negativity
4) treating children like adults
5) bullying / manipulating
6) low self esteem/ insecurity
7) drunken people
8) bad food: no taste, overcooked etc.
9) snagging your tights when you're not carrying any spare ones...
10) walking through mud - this girl doesn't do wellies...

[IrishGreenSheep]

Good good Kieran! You can probably guess from the "hunting" one that i was about to go into a full blown rant about how animals have the same right to life as us and why should we be allowed to do that to them and man's need to feel superior. But i didn't and i'm not going to now either because then i'll just be in a bad mood for the rest of the day!:p

Im with ya on that one!! Grrr to hunting. But wouldnt it be fun to turn the tables on the b@st@rds that hunt?!

[FTFairy]

1. Having no milk when you need a cup of tea
2. People patronising you because you're small or pointing ot out all the time.(A friend once placed me on top of a postbox and I couldn't get down:()
3. People who stereotype others
4. Pervy men
5. People with double standards
6. Learning who your friends are the hard way
7. The puns and smart comments that I sometimes get when I tell people my name.
8. Bitching or making snide comments just for the sake of it.
9. Ignorance
10. People who refuse to acknowledge other people's points of view

[very_special]

Good good Kieran! You can probably guess from the "hunting" one that i was about to go into a full blown rant about how animals have the same right to life as us and why should we be allowed to do that to them and man's need to feel superior. But i didn't and i'm not going to now either because then i'll just be in a bad mood for the rest of the day!

Me too Kim, don't get me started on bloodsports or animal exploitation/creulty of any kind, GRRR!! :mad:


Im with ya on that one!! Grrr to hunting. But wouldnt it be fun to turn the tables on the b@st@rds that hunt?!


I'm not a violent person but I would quite happily dismember Otis Ferry and feed him to his hounds http://www.dukespecial.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif


http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u81/oldmanles/ferry.jpg

That's right Otis, start them young, good lad!!

[Katie]

6. Learning who your friends are the hard way

or learning that the people you value as friends are on another wavelength!
:(

c'est la vie, as they say.

[Siano]

Re: the fox hunting debate...

My dad was once the site manager of a large lignite mine near our old home. Every year the local hunt would trespass on to essentially "our" land. I can always remember wanting to go with my dad to get them off and never being allowed until I was aboiut 16/17 and I had formed some pretty strong opinions of it...

That year I got out of the landrover when the head huntsmen (actually a family friend) became aggressive towards my dad who was trying to get them off the mine land. When I got out, one of the huntsmen encouraged his horse to rear up at me. I was 16 for goodness sake. Thankfully, having been round horses a lot I wasn't frightened and gave as good I got.

We held ourselves with dignity which is more than I can see for these pompous arrogant middle class twats who partake in this supposed "sport of dignitaries".

It makes me sick to my stomach to think they can still get away this in the 21st century.

Sorry I went off on one there, its just something very close to my heart. *Sigh*

[very_special]

Good for you Sian, I don't know how I would have curtailed my anger in such a situation. :mad:

"..pompous arrogant middle class twats..", couldn't have put it better.
It's a sad state of affairs when these dicks cannot find anything else to occupy their tiny minds besides charging through the countryside on horseback terrorising wildlife. Clearly too much time and money on their hands!

Time is running out for these blue blooded twats that seek fun and sport in cruelty so.....'Tally Ho f**kers'!!

[drummerbecca]

I didn't want to get involved in this conversation for fear of going off on one, as I usually do. I think it shows what a shitty justice system we have when hunting gets banned, the ban gets ignored, and then those that ignored the ban get nothing but a slap on the wrist. No action taken against them whatsoever, and then the ban was lifted because those that put it in place didn't want to look like they were getting walked all over by the "pompous arrogant middle class twats" (couldn't have put it better Sian) who find torturing defenceless animals fun! I'm ashamed that any members of our society would find this acceptable.

[niamhs]

10. People who refuse to acknowledge other people's points of view


I think you're wrong!

(couldnt resist, its been a long day!!)

[GirlAnachronism]

Oh no i feel a big rant coming on......try to hold it in...... Maybe i'll just write a little!:p
My brother works in a pub in our village and one of the customers was telling him how he deals with the hunt.;) Every time he hears them coming he drives his jeep into the middle of the road(its a narrow road!) lifts up the bonnet and pretends to have broken down. They can't get by so they have no other choice but to turn around! Hee hee hee!:D
He was also saying there's something that you can spread on the land that confuses the dogs so they lose the scent! It's a household thing but my brother can't remember what it is. He says he'll find out the next time he's in the pub. I just can't stand the hunt and i love going to the RDS horseshow but me and sister can't understand how crazy the crowd goes when the Cheese Hunt Chase is on. We do be the only ones sitting there scowling and glowering at them while the rest of the crowd does nuts cheering and clapping.
There was also something in the paper yesterday. A picture of two pit bulls that had their ears sliced off.:(:mad: Every time i see one of these stories i just get so furious. And the people never get caught. They should get exactly the same done to them as they did to the animals. Then there's all these stories, especially recently, about people starving their animals to death and so on. GRRRRR I want to scream!!! What stupid assholes. God i get so worked up over it. Cruel b**tards!!!:mad::mad::mad:

Ok i'm done........for now.:rolleyes:

[drummerbecca]

Oh animal cruelty is one of those topics I just get so emotional about. I had to rush one of our cats to the vet the other day because she was in a lot of pain. I thought her jaw was broken and then my brain started working overtime. Was she hit by a car? Or worse? Did someone kick her?!? I'm relieved to say that neither of the above were the issue in the end, and she's now getting better :), but even the sheer thought of someone deliberately hurting any animal, especially one of my own beloved pets actually reduced me to tears.
I believe that it's only animals that are truely capable of unconditional love. We humans have a lot to learn...

[GirlAnachronism]

In the words of Johnny Depp:

"The only creatures that have evolved enough to convey true love are dogs and infants"

I totally agree. I also liked his statement about "having toddlers is like hanging around with a miniture drunk- you gotta hold onto them, they bump into things, they laugh, they cry, they urinate, they vomit......its great"

:D

[very_special]

My brother works in a pub in our village and one of the customers was telling him how he deals with the hunt.;) Every time he hears them coming he drives his jeep into the middle of the road(its a narrow road!) lifts up the bonnet and pretends to have broken down. They can't get by so they have no other choice but to turn around! Hee hee hee!:D
He was also saying there's something that you can spread on the land that confuses the dogs so they lose the scent! It's a household thing but my brother can't remember what it is. He says he'll find out the next time he's in the pub. I just can't stand the hunt and i love going to the RDS horseshow but me and sister can't understand how crazy the crowd goes when the Cheese Hunt Chase is on. We do be the only ones sitting there scowling and glowering at them while the rest of the crowd does nuts cheering and clapping.


I like Kim's brother already :D
They use Citronella oil or lemon concentrate, it helps mask the scent of the fox. ;)

[GirlAnachronism]

Hee hee thanks!:) Although it was actually the customer who does the "broken down" thing!

[very_special]

Hee hee thanks!:) Although it was actually the customer who does the "broken down" thing!

Dear or dear, apologies Kim, I really need to start reading more carefully http://www.dukespecial.com/forums/images/icons/icon11.gif

I'm pretty sure your brother rocks anyhoo ;)

[GirlAnachronism]

Well he likes Duke and Johnny and has heard of most bands that i haven't, good bands!(I got in first with Mr Vance though!)

[jamesgranahan]

1. when I feel lost in life
2. musicians who are very famous and very talentless (i.e. Oasis, Radiohead, etc.,.......)
3. Bad Covers
4. so called 'music' (rap,metal,r'n'b,dance,manufactured pop)
5. violence
6. homework
7. rules! (conscience is there to make us do the right thing, rules just destroy creativity and individuality)
8. money! (it has destroyed the world. greed has taken over)
9. only being able to go to Duke Special gigs in Dublin because I've no transport to go to the rest of Ireland.
10. spam

[GirlAnachronism]

8. money! (it has destroyed the world. greed has taken over)
9. only being able to go to Duke Special gigs in Dublin because I've no transport to go to the rest of Ireland.


Once again i heartily agree!!!:D:rolleyes:

But Radiohead-talentless?!!:o I'm not a big fan but there's no way they're talentless, in my eyes! Talentless-Fall Out Boy, Killers, Razorlight.

My brother says comparing Radiohead to Oasis is terribly insulting, to Radiohead. He's upset!:p

[jamesgranahan]

Once again i heartily agree!!!:D:rolleyes:

But Radiohead-talentless?!!:o I'm not a big fan but there's no way they're talentless, in my eyes! Talentless-Fall Out Boy, Killers, Razorlight.

My brother says comparing Radiohead to Oasis is terribly insulting, to Radiohead. He's upset!:p

Ok, I admit, that was mostly just because I don't like Radiohead's music. But OASIS!!!!!!! I'm sorry but they are the most UNTALENTED, ANOYING,ARROGANT people ever!

[drummerbecca]

But OASIS!!!!!!! I'm sorry but they are the most UNTALENTED, ANOYING,ARROGANT people ever!

Amen!

[jamesgranahan]

Amen!

I've actually got proof of how bad they are!lol
One of the songs on their 'Be Here Now' album, is the same as a song on their 'Definetly Maybe' album, just with different lyrics and in a different key. Same chord progression, tempo, etc. though!

[GirlAnachronism]

Oh no by all means call Oasis talentles!:p Radiohead was the one we were worried about. Although for some reason that i can not figure out i have been singing Oasis for the last few days. My brother thinks its hilarious and is laughing at me right now! Its starting to annoy me now though. You know when you get a song you don't even like stuck in your head.....annoying as hell.
Hey that's one of my top hates!:D

[jamesgranahan]

Oh no by all means call Oasis talentles!:p Radiohead was the one we were worried about. Although for some reason that i can not figure out i have been singing Oasis for the last few days. My brother thinks its hilarious and is laughing at me right now! Its starting to annoy me now though. You know when you get a song you don't even like stuck in your head.....annoying as hell.
Hey that one of my top hates!:D

I know what you mean. Generally something that was on the radio in the background in a shop I've been in or something.

[GirlAnachronism]

People who don't appreciate good music and then feel the need to slag off my taste in music. I don't do it to them so why do they do it to me? :mad: All i do is maybe name drop some good bands in the hope people who are interested will check them out. I don't put other peoples music down no matter how sh*t i think it is! Although when they do it to me then i retaliate!:p

[fontpusher]

1. People
2. Fans who cream themselves over Radiohead/ Nirvana (they're good, but I don't think they're that good)
3. Paul McCartney
4. NME/ Daily Mail and their readership
5. Timewasters/ inefficiency/ incompetence
6. Russell Brand
7. The Hollyoaks/ E4/ Radio 1/ Heat magazine Generation (I swear to God that generation will be responsible for bringing civilisation to its knees first, not terrorism or global warming etc)
8. Selfishness and vapidness
9. Ugg boots
10. People

[berniecasserley]

Have to agree with 1, 3 and 10 !!!!!

[GirlAnachronism]

2. Fans who cream themselves over Radiohead/ Nirvana (they're good, but I don't think they're that good)
3. Paul McCartney
6. Russell Brand
7. The Hollyoaks/ E4/ Radio 1/ Heat magazine Generation (I swear to God that generation will be responsible for bringing civilisation to its knees first, not terrorism or global warming etc)
9. Ugg boots


Ok for the first one i must say i was one of those Nirvana fans!:p They are brilliant! I'm not so much any more but they still are a great band-Unplugged in New York album is amazing. Kurt has a beautiful voice.
For the rest i must agree especially the ugg boots. Does anyone else notice that everyone who wears them does be walking completely on the inside of the boot and not the sole anymore?! Its looks like their ankles are broken. And i CAN'T STAND that ridiculous Hollyoaks show or any of them magazines, not just Heat. Although i do watch Friends on E4 most days but that's all and i could watch that show all day and it'd still be funny!:rolleyes:

[IrishGreenSheep]

9. Ugg boots




AMEN!!!!!!!!! I HATE UGG BOOTS!!!!!!

[Guildford Ghost]

In no particular order...

People using mobile phones in train carriages where they're banned.

People standing at pedestrian crosses for hours because no one has thought of pressing the crossing button.

Smoking, anywhere at any time.

Meat eaters who give me grief for being a vegetarian (I don't do it the other way round!)

People who don't thank you for holding the door open for them.

Swearing in mixed company (though I swear like a trooper when not).

All chav behaviour, especially clubbers who rampage through towns vandalising things, dropping litter and screaming drunkenly at 2am. Drown the lot of them.

THAT Nokia ringtone.

Divas (either lay[wo]men or celebrities).

People who get paid a fortune for holding positions of employment where they do a fraction of the work of the people who are paid half the sum (I know about this...)

Right - that's 10. I could no doubt think of more.

[Maeve]

But everyone loves divas! :D x

[Guildford Ghost]

Hush, Maria! You and your need for white kittens in a basket backstage (why you can't have chicken like everyone else is beyond me)!

I've noticed that most of my gripes are to do with good manners.

* burps *

[Siano]

7. The Hollyoaks/ E4/ Radio 1/ Heat magazine Generation (I swear to God that generation will be responsible for bringing civilisation to its knees first, not terrorism or global warming etc)


Ok, personal gripe here. I would count myself as being quite academic and mildly intelligent (no doubt, someone here will disagree!! ha) but I LOVE Heat. It is my wee guilty pleasure. I love taking a time out and indulging in the Lohan/Britney/blah blah debacle. It doesn't make me a bad person and neither does it diminish my interest in things like sustainable development, the nuclear power debate and my favourite cause: human rights).

Two more of my hates....

Pavement hoggers- if you're going to walk slow...let others past!!
People in work who only ask you to do things just as you're about to go for lunch or go home!

[GirlAnachronism]

But really who cares if Britney had a hole in her pair of tights or if Lindsey slept with yet another guy!?!:rolleyes:

[Siano]

To care is putting it strongly.

Escapism perhaps?! I know that it is a big contradiction on my behalf as I object strongly to the protrayal of the "perfect woman" in the media and I know that papparazi hunt these celebrities and in turn celebs court the attention, but I cant help being fascinated by the whole idea and world of celebrity.

[fontpusher]

Ok, personal gripe here. I would count myself as being quite academic and mildly intelligent (no doubt, someone here will disagree!! ha) but I LOVE Heat.

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that anyone who indulges in any of those things is a moron; but it sounds like you know the type of people I'm talking about. :)

[GirlAnachronism]

Ok i just remembered two things i despise that make me really angry and upset and make me hate human beings!

1. Rodeo
2. Bull Fighting

I know they're still under aniaml cruelty which i named in my original list but just how? How can people be so heartless and cruel and find it amusing. The torture and pain they put these animals through. I always find myself wishing the bulls and horses kill them. That may sound harsh but if it came down to it i'd choose animals over humans because they don't know how to be heartless, they just try to survive. Especially the wild horses they use, you can see the sheer fear and panic in their eyes as the b**tards try to ride the hell outta them and break thier free spirits.:mad::mad::mad:

[jamesgranahan]

[QUOTE=Guildford Ghost;30256
All chav behaviour, especially clubbers who rampage through towns vandalising things, dropping litter and screaming drunkenly at 2am. Drown the lot of them.

THAT Nokia ringtone.

People who get paid a fortune for holding positions of employment where they do a fraction of the work of the people who are paid half the sum (I know about this...)
[/QUOTE]

I'd agree with you there Philip. Especially the chavs bit.lol.

[very_special]

Ok i just remembered two things i despise that make me really angry and upset and make me hate human beings!

1. Rodeo
2. Bull Fighting

I know they're still under animal cruelty which i named in my original list but just how? How can people be so heartless and cruel and find it amusing. The torture and pain they put these animals through. I always find myself wishing the bulls and horses kill them. That may sound harsh but if it came down to it i'd choose animals over humans because they don't know how to be heartless, they just try to survive. Especially the wild horses they use, you can see the sheer fear and panic in their eyes as the b**tards try to ride the hell outta them and break thier free spirits.:mad::mad::mad:

Nicely put Kim.
Most people are aware of bullfighting but rodeo which is still very popular in the US seems to go pretty much unnoticed?? Roping calves and steers as they run from like hell from the 'cowboys' on horseback. If the lasso doesn't break their necks they're pretty much ran to exhaustion.
The more 'cowboys'/redneck freaks that are paralysed or trampled to death during this corrupt 'sport' the better! http://www.dukespecial.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

[GirlAnachronism]

You know we have a lot in common Kieran! I was looking through a book in Easons the other day on horses. It was mainly just pictures and it had ones from rodeos of the poor calves and of the wild horses. The capturing of the wild horses really gets me. They're meant to be running free in the mountains. But there was one picture of two guys yanking on this rope tied around a wild stallions neck and the look in the horses eyes nearly made me cry right in the middle of the store. It was just fear, panic and anger as he reared up against them. And the looks on the mens faces was nearly worse, just pure evil.:(
Now i'm watching Top Gear and Hammond was at the Bull Run!:mad:

[fontpusher]

THAT Nokia ringtone.

Seconded. Add to the list THAT 24/ CTU ringtone. You know the one I mean. In fact, any "ZOMG I can has an TV sound effects ringtones LOLZ" ringtone.

[very_special]

You know we have a lot in common Kieran! I was looking through a book in Easons the other day on horses. It was mainly just pictures and it had ones from rodeos of the poor calves and of the wild horses. The capturing of the wild horses really gets me. They're meant to be running free in the mountains. But there was one picture of two guys yanking on this rope tied around a wild stallions neck and the look in the horses eyes nearly made me cry right in the middle of the store. It was just fear, panic and anger as he reared up against them. And the looks on the mens faces was nearly worse, just pure evil.:(
Now i'm watching Top Gear and Hammond was at the Bull Run!:mad:

Nothing surprises me anymore about the good old US of A Kim.

Don't even get me started on the Grand National or the 5000 odd horses that get shot in the head in english abbatoirs each year cos they're no longer needed!!? :(

[Flackmeister]

Ten things I hate…

Drivers who consider pedestrians as pins at the end of a bowling lane.
Starbucks.
Galway.
The Daily Mail.
George Bush and his war for oil.
Egotistical morons who thing they know ‘everything’ about everything
Rude people…
CV fillers – "I did this, I did this, and I’m such a good person…" BLAH.
Mean people, the ones who are just generally mean, you know them…
People who make café lattes and boil the milk. STOP IT!

[Siano]

Bar Galway your list is partly why we have stayed friends so long :D

[IrishGreenSheep]

My 10 things:

1. Bus Eireann

2. The general Irish response when you complain about something i.e shipping you from one person to another when none of them have any idea what to do!!!!! (Yes no1 and 2 are linked!!)

3. Rude housemates (doesnt hurt to say hello!)

4. Christmas in October

5. How expensive things are

6. People from D4 (and now C4)

7. People who walk SOOOO slowly (i think Siano has already said that one)

8. People who use buggies as a way of getting through crowds(yes it does hurt my ankles when you bash them!!!)

9. People who release biographys even though they havnt really achieved anything or have anything to write about ( "My Booky Wook" springs to mind)

10. Housemates that wont wash up after themselves or clean their disgusting hairs out of the shower!!!

[GirlAnachronism]

10. Housemates that wont was up after themselves or clean their disgusting hairs out of the shower!!!

*shudder* Ewwww........

[IrishGreenSheep]

*shudder* Ewwww........

Be thankful you dont have to shower in it!!!!!

[fontpusher]

9. People who release biographys even though they havnt really achieved anything or have anything to write about ( "My Booky Wook" springs to mind)

I'm in no way a fan of Russell Brand (nor his 6 Music sidekick Trevor Lock), but as someone who's successfully battled with heroin addiction, I think that's an achievement in itself; never mind his addictive personality and his being as successful as he is today.

Irritating, vapid and unfunny as some (myself included) may find him, he's certainly not short of extreme experiences to write about.

[fontpusher]

Be thankful you dont have to shower in it!!!!!

Nor have to clean it up...

[Brixton]

Top 10 things I hate:

1. People who park in disabled spots
2. Rude Shop Assistants
3. People who think they're better than everybody else
4. WAGS
5. Slow drivers in front of me
6. People who don't dip their headlights ( sorry my road rage is coming out!!!)
7. Country Music
8. Hospitals
9. Chavs/Neds
10. David Beckham's voice:mad:

[Siano]

Dunno if its on my original list but...

People who say "Sian, how's your wee Down's nephew coming along?"

F**k you. Yes, I know you're being nice by being interested but I don't go "Joyce, how is your healthy daughter with no conditions doing?" do I???

[IrishGreenSheep]

I'm in no way a fan of Russell Brand (nor his 6 Music sidekick Trevor Lock), but as someone who's successfully battled with heroin addiction, I think that's an achievement in itself; never mind his addictive personality and his being as successful as he is today.

Irritating, vapid and unfunny as some (myself included) may find him, he's certainly not short of extreme experiences to write about.

I apologise......didnt know he battled heroin addiction!!

Still dont like him though!!

[GirlAnachronism]

I apologise......didnt know he battled heroin addiction!!

Still dont like him though!!

After seeing him on the Late Late totally freaking Pat out i quite like him.:D In interviews and doing stand up he seems quite nice and funny but on his shows he goes a bit overboard and can get a bit, ok very!, annoying.
He is cute i must say. Love the hair!:p

[GirlAnachronism]

Top 10 things I hate:

1. People who park in disabled spots
5. Slow drivers in front of me
:mad:

Not just in disabled spaces, i can't stand these guys in theie big cars who speed into the car park, whip into the nearest space and jump out of the car leaving it in the middle of two spaces. Arrogant b**tards! It annoys me so much. Especially when you can't find a space and see this car all crooked taking up 2 spaces.
By slow do you mean sticking to the speed limit or people who drive like 30 or 40 constantly?

[Brixton]

Not just in disabled spaces, i can't stand these guys in theie big cars who speed into the car park, whip into the nearest space and jump out of the car leaving it in the middle of two spaces. Arrogant b**tards! It annoys me so much. Especially when you can't find a space and see this car all crooked taking up 2 spaces.
By slow do you mean sticking to the speed limit or people who drive like 30 or 40 constantly?

People who drive constantly at 30 miles an hr, especially when you're heading to work, you're late, it seems like they're doing it on bloody purpose!!!!! God that irritates me soooo much:mad:

[drummerbecca]

I do hate it when people drive slower than the speed limit when the conditions are ok. I got stuck behind some numpty the other day, who was doing 40mph in a 60mph zone, then 30mph in a 40mph zone! Grr! :mad:

[Brixton]

I do hate it when people drive slower than the speed limit when the conditions are ok. I got stuck behind some numpty the other day, who was doing 40mph in a 60mph zone, then 30mph in a 40mph zone! Grr! :mad:

Do you know what annoys me too, when you pass someone out & they go faster than what they were going before cause they're pissed off you passed them out. Sorry guys but I find it's the majority of men that do this.... :(

[niamhs]

i have a few hates but i only know them when im cross!!!

this one is annoying, when an ex boyfriend moves on v quickly after breaking up, to a girl that is his ex, that he denies still liking :(:(

[Brixton]

i have a few hates but i only know them when im cross!!!

this one is annoying, when an ex boyfriend moves on v quickly after breaking up, to a girl that is his ex, that he denies still liking :(:(

Yeah not a nice feeling Niamhs, been there bought the t-shirt....:mad:

[Sambo5916]

I do hate it when people drive slower than the speed limit when the conditions are ok. I got stuck behind some numpty the other day, who was doing 40mph in a 60mph zone, then 30mph in a 40mph zone! Grr! :mad:

i was stuck behind a 9mph tractor the over day in a 60mph zone, 1 mile of sheer horror

[niamhs]

i love tractors :)
ok my top ten is
1. reason above ie bf
2. spitting in the street
3. phlegming it up
4. oompa loompas from orig charlie and chocolate factory
5. liars
6. rude customers (when working) *cause its really my fault we dont sell Wiis*
7. SPAM!
8. other peoples mess in my space
9. people with no awareness of where other people are walking
10. my parents in bad moods! hehe

[fontpusher]

I apologise......didnt know he battled heroin addiction!!

Still dont like him though!!

No need for an apology, I can't stand the cretin either - but I reckon he deserves a little credit.

[fontpusher]

9. people with no awareness of where other people are walking

Idiot: Look where you're going!
Fonty: I was and am - but a) you're the one who walked in to me, and b) I can't tell in which direction you're going to stumble next...

[Maeve]

After seeing him on the Late Late totally freaking Pat out i quite like him.:D In interviews and doing stand up he seems quite nice and funny but on his shows he goes a bit overboard and can get a bit, ok very!, annoying.
He is cute i must say. Love the hair!:p

He is cute! Ok my top ten thangs! Although I dont even think I hate that many things!

1.Eastenders.
2. Lack of concentration in our band.
3.BAKED BEANS!
4.When I cant hit high notes on my trombone.
5.People who always have their own way.
5.Skeets who throw eggs.
6.Queue skipping.
7.The cold.
err..8.Animal cruelty.
9.People drinking out of bottles.
10.waking up late for my bus!

There! X

[IrishGreenSheep]

I forgot one............The fact that some model having a heart-attack is FAR more important than the terrible drowning of a father and son in a boating accident in Donegal. It was the main headline on TV3 news for 2WHOLE DAYS!!!!!!!

[Brixton]

I forgot one............The fact that some model having a heart-attack is FAR more important than the terrible drowning of a father and son in a boating accident in Donegal. It was the main headline on TV3 news for 2WHOLE DAYS!!!!!!!

I know I was watching the news & waiting for something to be mentioned for ages then when they did mention it, they just brushed over it. They seem to have their priorities all wrong....:(

[very_special]

2. spitting in the street
3. phlegming it up


"..phlegming it up..", lol, classic Niamh!! :D

[niamhs]

theres no other way to describe it...you know the noise??? like a hawwwaucwak

[very_special]

theres no other way to describe it...you know the noise??? like a hawwwaucwak

That's right Niamh, say it like it is girl ;)

[ammers]

okay, must say I really agree with everyone on the people driving slower than the limit on open roads. I really do think its more dangerous than speeding. So frustrating!
Okay I love moaning so here goes:D
1. People that go to gigs, go into the area in front of the stage & get annoyed at people singing & dancing, sometimes moshing along, because they just want to stand there quietly waiting for the one song they know!
2. As above but when couples do it & start snogging on top of it! Why did they even bother going to the gig??
3. People who don't like a musician / band until they are famous & everyone they know also likes them.
4. Having to pay road tax - Anyone who has driven in this part of Donegal would understand this frustration.
5. U2
6. Pop / Karoke type band that sing other peoples songs.
7. Work - Just that we have to do it at all.
8. People use you & try to make the work you've done look like their own work.
9. When you ask for a burger without onions & get it home only to find that there are onions in & it is mixed with the mayonaise, so now you have the onion flavour & no mayo.
10. When things don't go to plan.

[Guildford Ghost]

Ammers - isn't 10 also 9?

[ammers]

Well in a way yes, but i'll elaborate a bit on 9...
Its usually in my local chipper this happens in Gweedore. No matter how much you point out that you don't want onions they still do it, but only when you say it in english... I have tried asking in Irish & each time - no onions! So its the ignorance & bad service really that annoys me I suppose...

[niamhs]

That's right Niamh, say it like it is girl ;)

if you mke the noise rightnow, that is an accurate spelling

[IrishGreenSheep]

My 10 things:
3. Rude housemates (doesnt hurt to say hello!)


Shes gone!! She moved out on Sunday :)

[Brixton]

Shes gone!! She moved out on Sunday :)

Yeahhhh I'm happy for ya!:D