Innocuous things that make you irrationally angry (a list thread)

also, we're having a drain fly problem and don't wanna encourage standing water.

Kings Cross Station - all of it, the whole lot.

xp you're saying the splattering noise is the problem? a sponge (or piece of cushion foam) might work for that..

the splattering and the standing water from the soaked towels (or sponges or foam, possibly).

i had a similar problem a few years ago (overflow pipe) and a slanted piece of wood helped a lot - the sound of a glancing blow wasn't audible from inside the way a drip onto a flat surface was.

Can you just take your AC out for the season?

Kings Cross Station - all of it, the whole lot.

― Yo wait a minute man, you better think about the world (dog latin), Thursday, September 29, 2011 7:03 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

Awwwwwww I used to live 5 mins from there and used it every day. It's p crap but I'd give a lot to be able to be there right now.

This was years ago now but there was a lot of construction going on around there then. I wonder if it's done now.

OK, Very unimportant thing that can make me IA..

When in a film or TV show, someone plays a record with a visible label and the song that plays definitely was not issued on that label. It happens less often these days but there's a definite one at the beginning of "One Day".

There's an ad that has Elton John playing but the label is yellow. Then again, it could be a "Uni" label which issued it in the USA...

http://shop.totallyvinyl.com/img/uploads/images/Wyman/ELTON_JOHN_GOODBYE_YELLOW_BRICK_ROAD_DJ_7_2.jpg
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRlHA9R3jd51K4bf78HsSoDy-9w3JlBLXZgGCJvdL_6rfAy0lwFWs96qJSFPQ
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqr8Lo4w5ywYNPKeCaxu62txftyL9_Wo3ihJ8rkHnXDssRbu9o9NfRI3lw

It's a single, yes. So it could be that promo (first link)..

That drove me up the wall in Almost Famous.

And then I looked at the "goofs" page on imdb.com afterward and reminded myself that I need to just continue living my life.

I enjoy a small collection of "singles that seem to be on the wrong label", e.g. "Hey Jude" on UK Parlophone, "Dance to the Music" Sly/FamStone on UK Columbia, and a Love "7 and 7 is" on UK London (like The Ronettes eg)

That drove me up the wall in Almost Famous.

Which was the wrong label in that movie? All I remember is Tommy, correctly depicted with US Decca labels.

Well, I read the 'goofs' and the only one that seems to qualify is "Sparks" gets played, but the album is on side 4 on the player whereas the song is on side 1.

Maybe I'm thinking of High Fidelity where the character just drops the needle on the first song and a deep cut starts playing instead.

- people at work putting non-recyclable stuff in the recycling bins e.g. putting plastic garbage in the waste paper bins etc

- mediocre indie rock albums being classified as 'Jazz' in Gracenote/iTunes

Potato chips should be fucking banned, imho. At least until people learn how to eat them without sounding like a disgusting savage who's never eaten food in the company of another before.

Well, I read the 'goofs' and the only one that seems to qualify is "Sparks" gets played, but the album is on side 4 on the player whereas the song is on side 1.

Weird, I never noticed that. One thing that maybe isn't so much of a goof as just creative license is that it segues into the Live At Leeds version of "Sparks," which wasn't released until 1995. As incidental music, it makes sense/works, but then "Lester Bangs" takes it off the turntable at the radio station.

jvc, I have been wondering about the popcorn lady in your office. How's that situation coming along?

OK, Very unimportant thing that can make me IA..

When in a film or TV show, someone plays a record with a visible label and the song that plays definitely was not issued on that label. It happens less often these days but there's a definite one at the beginning of "One Day".

I knew I had gone too far when, watching an episode of Torchwood (I know) someone was holding up a Faber & Faber edition of Emily Dickinson and reading off the ISBN, which started with 019, which means it would have to be an Oxford Uni Press book, and I both noticed this and was deeply annoyed

Well, you've inspired me to go off and learn about ISBN. That's neat!

Why wouldn't they read the ISBN off the book they were holding?

(Note I didn't say ISBN Number, so bonus point to me)

My nerdy guess: the ISBN they used was from an Oxford anthology of poetry containing Emily Dickinson, which is what the screenwriter had to hand, rather than the complete works the props people actually provided

Rustic, I aim to please!

Yeah, but as I say: Are actors so dedicated to their craft that they read out the ISBN that they have learned from the script, rather than the prop they have in their hand?

(Genuine question, not being rhet)

jvc, I have been wondering about the popcorn lady in your office. How's that situation coming along?

Its been good, but mostly because she's been travelling a lot lately for work, so she's barely in the office.

- mediocre indie rock albums being classified as 'Jazz' in Gracenote/iTunes

Not gonna lie, this is hilarious.

Yeah, but as I say: Are actors so dedicated to their craft that they read out the ISBN that they have learned from the script, rather than the prop they have in their hand?

Apparently so. And indeed, who knew that it would be Torchwood that demonstrated this dedication. I've checked, and the ISBN quoted was The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, from where the scriptwriter presumably nicked the bits of Emily Dickinson used in the plot. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887099/goofs for more!

when people describe a movie as being a "vehicle" for a certain actor/actress

what about the phrase "movie event of the year"?

IA whenever i go to slashfilm hoping to read some semi-competent-sounding film news and reading this: "This weekend can be simply described in two words: Arrested Development. News of a possible fourth season of the brilliant comedic sitcom,"

it's not really that difficult to find people who can report news and also write in a way that doesn't make me want to kill them. slashfilm has never succeeded, but they're still better than every other film news blog i've ever read.

comedic sitcom

COMEDIC SITCOM

One I read yesterday - "non human animals". Where the hell did this come from?

non literate writers

Humans are animals. When people say 'animals' they are usually excluding humans. Thus to make it clearer they say 'non-human animals'.

Yeh, I always think twice when referring to about non-human creatures as "animals," but "non-human animals" sounds a little too awkward.

ia: the paucity of classic-era simpsons episodes available for streaming.

Yeah "non-human animals" is a fairly common term of art in some contexts

I realise its to clarify "as opposed to humans who are also animals" but surely common parlance means this goes without saying. I agree with Jesse, its just clumsy.

http://www.hyped2death.com/animaliner.html

ia: the paucity of classic-era simpsons episodes available for streaming.

― gorillex (get bent), Monday, October 3, 2011 8:28 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

oh! actually noticing that there's a simpsons rerun playing on TV, thinking, "well there's a 50% chance..." and then it's never, ever a first-half ep. ever.

Just buy the damn DVDs! Theyre up to S13.

Unfortunately there are now more bad episodes of The Simpsons than good so the chances of getting a classic one are less than 50/50.

- sportsdirect.com gift cards cannot be redeemed at sportsdirect.com

I mean seriously wtf

ha what

"Gift cards cannot be redeemed online"

My son wanted a new skateboard and two people gave him gift cards for his birthday to pay for it - the skateboard isn't available in store and the vouchers are useless online.

I've got so many vacation/plane travel things to add to this thread from my recent vacation

this first one isn't really innocuous, but when your flight is cancelled and you can only leave a day later than you should have and on top of that have to spend a couple of hours on the phone changing your hotel and car rental arrangements.

people flooding my minifeed with RIPs for a deceased celebrity.

it's like HE'S GONNA REST SO MUCH MORE PEACEFULLY NOW THX FOR POSTING