Shotgun Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Sakes. I know I need new glasses That reminds me of another moaning-face-auld-duffer complaint I have. Last time I was in getting my eyes tested, I confided in the optician that I'm starting to notice problems driving at night. His response "Yes, that's just your age." That fucker's parents spent thousands sending him to eye-doctor school and that's the best advice he can give me? Just f**k off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 About 1987 my dad got a new car (Nissan Bluebird) and it had electric windows. Electric windows! Unbelievable. Nothing will ever amaze me more than that day. I was about 14 or so and I brought all my mates round to show them, pressed the button, made the windows go up and down and every one of them said the same thing "That's not your dad's car" and I said it "It is! It Is!" and they said "No fucking way does your dad have a car with electric windows, get to f**k!" and I said "He does! He does!". Incredible times. Everything is shite now. I hope it had the wee vent at the back for no apparent reason? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I don't like the fact that there's now THREE separate threads in moaning-about-the-way-things-are threads in General Nonsense. This thread, the "Petty things that get on your nerves" thread AND "First-world problems". Back in my day, we were lucky to have one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I don't like the fact that there's now THREE separate threads in moaning-about-the-way-things-are threads in General Nonsense. This thread, the "Petty things that get on your nerves" thread AND "First-world problems". Back in my day, we were lucky to have one. Yes - the letters page of the Sunday Post 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yes - the letters page of the Sunday Post The Hon Man....always guaranteed to give it to you straight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I hope it had the wee vent at the back for no apparent reason? That's the GTi version with "go faster" vents. Flash b*****d. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I hope it had the wee vent at the back for no apparent reason? No need for a people carrier or oversized MOV with one of these. Could easily fit four or five kids in the boot and they'd consider it a treat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 That's the GTi version with "go faster" vents. Flash b*****d. It looks like someone put the filler cap in the wrong place and just bodged a grille onto the wing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I hope it had the wee vent at the back for no apparent reason? Not sure but it wasn't a hatchback. Not that fancy. That's an unfortunately named website by the way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolph Hucker Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 When did adverts on television get so shouty? Does my head in. I know. Wakes ME up, too. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Do other pentagenarians on here get quietly irritated at being called "Mate" by youths? Or am I an intolerable snob? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heedthebaa Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Do other pentagenarians on here get quietly irritated at being called "Mate" by youths? Or am I an intolerable snob?i hate being called mate, pal and especially bud 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 As a quadragenarion (or whatever) I concur. Walked into Superdry the other day, some shopcunt comes up to me and says "Hi Mate, can I help you". About turn and retreat. The answer to that question is, "Not unless you're a consultant psychologist," 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 As a quadragenarion (or whatever) I concur. Walked into Superdry the other day, some shopcunt comes up to me and says "Hi Mate, can I help you". About turn and retreat. Wait, you voluntarily walked into an outfitters that print their product logo on random parts of their garments, IE the back of the right shoulder. You ,young man can f**k off back to your three colour rice world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 On the other hand, I love when octogenarians call me "Son!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLIEA Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Haven't been called Son for about 18 months! Must have crossed some sort of threshold or dipped a toe in The Styx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 As a quadragenarion (or whatever) I concur. Walked into Superdry the other day, some shopcunt comes up to me and says "Hi Mate, can I help you". About turn and retreat. Shopcunts in general. If I want help from a shopcunt I'll fucking ask for help from a shopcunt. Except, when I do find what I want and need a shopcunt to go and get it for me, where do all the shopcunts go to hide? I'm looking at you PC World/Currys shopcunt!! On a brighter note, I like the word "shopcunt" and I shall endeavour to use it at every opportunity. Thank you Moz, M8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I love this thread. Moaning, pics of back-in-my-day hotties, cardies, great! I mind my Dad having a car with no seatbelts! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Anyone else remember tinfoil hat wearers going on about the mandatory seatbelt laws being some sort of government plot? I don't remember what it was supposed to be about, but I definitely remember some fists being waved at the sky over that one. I do remember being in a car with a friend when his dad was driving and being asked (by both) why I put my seatbelt on. Was a bit surprised to be asked, but they made sure I knew that, if the car crashed and burst into flames, I'd be unable to get out because I wouldn't be able to undo my belt for some reason, and nobody would be able to cut through it (for some reason) I figured they wouldn't be able to help because I'd be covered in scrambled bits of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Why is the TV so shouty? And why is every series/season next episode "THE ONE THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING!!!!!!" Or "YOU'LL NEVER LOOK AT xyz THE SAME AGAIN!!!!!!!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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