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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Fibula Mattock Date: 30 Apr 01 - 11:17 AM Can you get your knickers in a twist if you're not wearing any? (she asked innocently). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: GMT Date: 30 Apr 01 - 11:14 AM Better luck next time KingBrilliant. Some people just can't recognise the right person for the job Cheers Gary (Whose other half is in the same boat on Monday) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Fibula Mattock Date: 30 Apr 01 - 11:12 AM UMMMmm, I'm a grumpy auld cow, cos I've thought of another. Y'know when yer striding along but the streets are busy so you can't go very fast and then SOME IDIOT STOPS DEAD IN FRONT OF YOU and you bang into them, and they do it for no reason, and it REALLY ANNOYS ME. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: GMT Date: 30 Apr 01 - 11:11 AM Drivers who: Do not indicate Use Fog Lights when it's not foggy Keep their foot on the brake at traffic lights instead of using the hand break Hog the middle lane of the motorway Think they can park anywhere as long as they put the Hazard Lights on Gosh was that me Cheers Gary
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: KingBrilliant Date: 30 Apr 01 - 11:08 AM Gary T - what about the driver who quickly unzips in front of you? Sorry - that's the way I read it because I was in a hurry & trying to read furtively at work. And what really gets my Kn in a Tw is stupid people who don't appreciate that I am the person they should give the job to. I mean - wasn't it obvious that I'm just perfect? :-( Kris (just had the rejection phone call .....) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Les from Hull Date: 30 Apr 01 - 11:08 AM How true Roger. I remember in another thread volunteering to be one of the four Horseman of the Apostrophe. I pass a stand offering 'Hot Potatoe's' (sic) on my way to work. That's probably why I'm retiring soon. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Noreen Date: 30 Apr 01 - 11:07 AM People mis-spelling definitely (related to finite, if that helps). I don't criticise people who have problems with spelling, but this word is used so often and is more often than not spelled wrongly- which reinforces the error as others get used to seeing the incorrect spelling...!!! (Sorry- off to readjust the nether garments...) Noreen |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 30 Apr 01 - 11:00 AM I do get my pants in a plait about misuse of the apostrophe but only where it matters, not here on the Mudcat. RtS (Just call me mellow fellow) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: MMario Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:59 AM People who treat their children like pets. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Gary T Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:57 AM Well, Dave, after reading that joke, I can understand it...(BG). What gets me is the driver who quickly zips in front of me from off a side street, when A) I was the last in a line of traffic--he could have waited 3 more seconds and not blocked anyone--and B) he then proceeds to go about 5MPH slower than we were going. Why in such a damn hurry to get out there and go slow? I also am bugged by "I could care less." Seems to me the least amount of thought would reveal "I couldn't care less" is the correct sentiment (the exception being the sarcastically inflected "Oh, yeah, as if I could care less."). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Skipjack K8 Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:52 AM Does Patrish get annoyed when I play her melodeon. High Intensity Fog Lights, front and rear cause me strangulated gonads me foundation garments are wound so tight. Goddam but I hate ignorant people abusing those things. Have 'em disconnected, I say Skipjack Oh yeah, being called Greg by some infant dental receptionist I've never spoken to before!!! Humphhh |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Les from Hull Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:51 AM Well, it's nearly time for my medication, so I'll take this opportunity of letting loose the latest broadside from HMS Les. Sometimes people (yes even here on Mudcat) will tell you that something is undoubtably true. And the reason that they know its true? Well, they heard about it in a pub, or a mate told them, or such like. Just because you've always thought that a thing is so, doesn't make it so. And because you read it in a book or, even more worse, on the Internet, doesn't make it true either. So we get discussions (even here on Mudcat) where people are shouting yes it is - no it isn't at each other without quoting their sources. For example, on Mudcat anything involving race, nationality, country, flag or similar will start a rumpus even though Mudcatters are generally very amicable people. So particular thanks to those who answer others' queries either with scholarly references or IMHOs and the name of the pub they heard it in.
Thank you nurse, I feel much better now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Noreen Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:51 AM AArgh! When my long message disappears inexplicably and irretrievably from the box just as I'm about to submit it.... :0( |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Fibula Mattock Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:47 AM Kim C - no, not dressing them up, just spoiling them rotten and giving them gourmet dinners and carrying snapshots around of them in their wallet etc. I am of the "this is a dog, it lives outside and behaves in a dog manner"-type-school and much as I like animals (and I loved my dog) I could never see why people on pet TV programmes would ever spend several thousand pounds on chemotherapy for a rabbit. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Lyndi-loo Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:41 AM Whoops ! I meant busy roundabouts |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Lyndi-loo Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:39 AM People who never signal at bust roundabouts when I'm trying to get out. The intrusive 'R' that people put in words that don't have them eg. Laura Norder, Drawring, Africar etc Being called "the wife"!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: GUEST,UB Dan Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:34 AM my linguistic pet peeve is when people use 'literally' to add emphasis to a phrase which they mean figuratively...e.g. "My job was 'literally' going down hill" unless this person is a skier, a luger, or in some related field, it is not 'literally' going down hill...it is metaphorically, or figuratively going down hill |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Kim C Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:33 AM I've put my knickers on inside out before. Not on purpose. Fibula, do you mean by treating pets like children, like, putting clothes on them or something? I know people who do that. I'm not one of them. But I have pets, and no children, so I don't know what that means. I would admit that my furry ones are pretty spoiled. What gets my knickers in a wad is when people mispronounce the word "cavalry." Granted, it is a little tricky. But say it right! ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Dave the Gnome Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:29 AM Dangling participles......! Isn't it a bit cold in West Wales for that? DtG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: sian, west wales Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:27 AM Dangling participles ... up with which I will not put. sian |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Bagpuss Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:22 AM
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Dave the Gnome Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:19 AM Going to the pun thread for a second I guess it realy riles me when conmen get away with tricking money out of people and don't get locked up. Something to do with the judiciary not getting their twisters in a nick. And I realy can't understand all those people who throw things at me when all I do is tell jokes..;-) DtG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Bagpuss Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:17 AM Better to treat your pets like chidren than your children like pets I suppose... And people who deliberately take you literally when you were speaking figuratively!! (LOL Patrish) Bagpuss |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Fibula Mattock Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:15 AM Yeah - in addition, I can't understand why people watch "Animal Hospital", "Pet Rescue" or "Sick Children in Hospital on TV with Rolf Harris or Shauna Lowry or Gabby Roslin" - is it voyeuristic? Is it empathetic? Is is shite? Is it what! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Bagpuss Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:14 AM Tell you what bugs me; when people say "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less". I don't know why it riles me so much as I'm not really a grammar fascist as a rule and similar language uses don't bother me at all. Bagpuss |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Fibula Mattock Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:12 AM People who treat myth and/or folklore as valid archaeology. I'm not denegrating myth or folklore - I love both, but I hate it when people take fiction as fact. And sensationalist archaeology. I HATE that. Never fails to rile me. Can't understand people who treat their pets like their children. Sorry. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:09 AM When should have been in my post somewhere! Spot the deliberate mistake |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:07 AM I really once did get my knickers in a twist I put leg through a leg hole and the other one where my waist should have been. This meant that the crutch was located on my hip. I felt really uncomfortable all day........but to answer your question - I hate rudeness and people who are impolite, who forget pleases and thank yous. Bad manners while driving is another thing....... But why do people get upset I play my melodeon?!? Patrish |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:06 AM If were talking Mudcat,here, if I feel my gusset gyrating I DON'T post. So people have different views,tastes, senses of humour to mine, so what? I don't feel the need to convert anyone to my point of view. I value the cameraderie here too much to want to disrupt it. The breadth of opinions, particularly musical ones, are important to me. RtS (But then, as is always obvious, what the Sam Hill do I know about anything?!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Bagpuss Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:06 AM Well of course football isn't important (except when Newcastle are playing......) Bagpuss |
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Subject: RE: BS: Knickers in a Twist From: Dave the Gnome Date: 30 Apr 01 - 10:04 AM I get realy narked at people who treat football as important! Answers both questions I guess...;-) DtG (Who lives 2 miles from ManU's ground and has never even looked inside it) |
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Subject: Knickers in a Twist From: Bagpuss Date: 30 Apr 01 - 09:59 AM Just a random musing for the day. What do you really get your knickers in a twist about, that nobody else seems bothered about? And vice versa, what have you noticed others getting really worked up about, when you personally can't see that there is anything worth getting in a tizzy about? Bagpuss |