Things that bother the holy bejesus and living fuck out of me

perdita said:
Now that's silly logic, Liar. What about the range in fish and birds? Where would you draw the line? Uh oh, did I not get a joke? P, :confused:
'Fish' and 'birds' is not spieces, but groups of spieces (sparrows, seagulls, hawks, pigeons and so on). Dogs are one spieces, in the same group as wolves, dingos, hyenas (I think) and so on. I'm not a zoologist so i don't know the exact classificattion.

But well, yeah, I'm only half serious. But my main objection to woofers being one spices divided into races as opposed to a group of spieces is: can they breed? If a mi-ki gets humped by a golden retriever, would it even live to yap the tale?

#L
 
Pretentious people who think because they've visited a foreign local as a tourist in 1978 and own a copy of "The Most Famous Opera Arias" CD that they have their culture on. This incessant affectation is ironic and more than a wee bit annoying…stop it.

People who imply that Americans don't 'get' things. Got it.

People who excessively cut and paste entire fucking articles onto message boards - this is a message board, not a news group.

People who think they are grammatically infallible because they were taught by nuns. Get over it. You learned to diagram sentences from nuns, not God. :rolleyes:
 
alteredego said:
Pretentious people who think because they've visited a foreign local as a tourist in 1978 and own a copy of "The Most Famous Opera Arias" CD that they have their culture on. This incessant affectation is ironic and more than a wee bit annoying…stop it.
No, it is not ironic. You obviously do not know what irony is. I will not ask your citizenship though.

Perdita
 
alteredego said:
Pretentious people who think because they've visited a foreign local as a tourist in 1978 and own a copy of "The Most Famous Opera Arias" CD that they have their culture on. This incessant affectation is ironic and more than a wee bit annoying…stop it.

People who imply that Americans don't 'get' things. Got it.

People who excessively cut and paste entire fucking articles onto message boards - this is a message board, not a news group.

People who think they are grammatically infallible because they were taught by nuns. Get over it. You learned to diagram sentences from nuns, not God. :rolleyes:

People who hijack threads to air petty grievances against fellow board members.

The Earl
 
perdita said:
No, it is not ironic. You obviously do not know what irony is. I will not ask your citizenship though.

Perdita

Actually, it is ironic. Not to correct you…well, okay, to correct you :D …irony isn't just witty language used to convey insults and scorn. Irony is also "incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs." You might want to, um, read a bit further down the page. :D

As to my nationality, why it's the same as yours, P., isn't it?
 
alteredego (or whom you may be),


You have just publicly proven what a malignant asshole you are, and while still only a virgin.

How splendid for you!



That, by the way, was irony.
 
alteredego said:
Actually, it is ironic. Not to correct you…well, okay, to correct you :D …irony isn't just witty language used to convey insults and scorn. Irony is also "incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs." You might want to, um, read a bit further down the page. :D

As to my nationality, why it's the same as yours, P., isn't it?
You are still wrong. Your definition is lacking the critical reference to rhetoric (irony as a literary device); poseurs are not necessarily being ironic. I said 'citizenship' not 'nationality'.

Perdita

edited to correct my typo/spelling.
 
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perdita said:
You are still wrong. Your definition is lacking the critical reference to rhetoric (irony as a literary device); poseurs are not necessarily being ironic. I said 'citizenship' not 'nationality'.

Perdita

edited to correct my typo/spelling.

Nope. You are wrong. Keep reading, P.

I am not referring to irony being used for humorous or rhetorical effect, so I don't need a "critical reference". There is more than one definition of irony. Why are you being so obtuse? (And I don't mean an angle between 90 and 180 degrees.) When I say "irony", I am referring to "incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs" and the "circumstances notable for such incongruity." You are right, poseurs are not necessarily trying to be ironic but, you know, they simply are ironic.

My apologies on nationality v. citizenship. My God, it's a wonder you were able to discern my meaning! So very sorry!
 
alteredego said:
Nope. You are wrong. Keep reading, P.

I am not referring to irony being used for humorous or rhetorical effect, so I don't need a "critical reference". There is more than one definition of irony. Why are you being so obtuse? (And I don't mean an angle between 90 and 180 degrees.) When I say "irony", I am referring to "incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs" and the "circumstances notable for such incongruity." You are right, poseurs are not necessarily trying to be ironic but, you know, they simply are ironic.

My apologies on nationality v. citizenship. My God, it's a wonder you were able to discern my meaning! So very sorry!

Lordy, lordy. I hate to get involved, but this is one of my pet peeves as well.

You are incorrect. Your statement was not ironic.
 
It's perfectly correct to blame Alanis Morrisette for all this; besides having an absurdly wide mouth (Julia Roberts is also annoying for this), Alanis thought that "rain on your wedding day" was ironic. Er, no, it's unlucky. It's only ironic if you were marrying a weather forecaster and they'd said it would be sunny that day.

Others -

People who think "Pretty Woman" is romantic.

People who use twin sets of two fingers in the air to denote speech marks when they talk

People who actually use the phrase "bon mot" in their daily speech

People who wait until everything in their trolley is paid for, before they start digging out three thousand clipped coupons, and THEN remember they want the points added to their loyalty card.

People who pay for a newspaper with a cheque.

Whoever thought that, in the UK chocolate ads, a hyena represents someone's happiness.
 
There is too much dog-hating going on in here. I'm vexed.


steve w said:

People who use twin sets of two fingers in the air to denote speech marks when they talk


Uh-oh. I do that. :eek:

Snoopy
 
Snoop,

As you have paws and are therefore slightly less dextrous, I believe I'll have to let you off with a caution for that!
 
Twats come in many forms. Some I love, some I hate. There's the Wanker Twat and the Sweet/True Twat, I hold affection for the latter. There are examples of both on this page of this thread.

Lou :p
 
steve w said:
... People who think "Pretty Woman" is romantic...
When actually it is a metaphor demonstrating how participants in prostitution, business, and marriage, assume similar relationships.

I wish this place had a Movie Review Category.

:rolleyes:

No. Best not!
 
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