Rant, rant, rant.. it really gets my goat...

I can understand why people sometimes hit the like button and not comment (I do it myself sometimes). I'm not a great wordsmith (I'm sure I'm not alone), so sometimes find it hard to convey why I might like the photograph. I do comment where I think I can, sometimes after reading what I've written, just end up deleting.
 
Archie747 said:
Hopefully this is a joke, if not get a life as there are far more important things to get upset about.
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Don't be so B O R I N G ! :D

Pet Peeve no. 94,746,355 - The IQ obsession.


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'Trendy' ways of speaking, including:

1. 'Experts' and spokespeople in TV and radio interviews who, when asked a question, start virtually every single reply with: "So...".

2. The use of the phrase "going forward" instead of "in future" or "next time".

Well, you did ask!
 
Do you realy own a Goat ? if you do why go and get it ? better off in the field
 
There seems to be an unbelievable lack of patience on here.....some people need to grow thicker skin and broader shoulders!
 
TLR-330 said:
Why do people "shoot" photos and do not "take" photos, and then they try to call their "shooting" art. Only if the animal you are shooting had a fecking gun.
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Putting my pedantic hat on, the word 'shoot' predates guns by many centuries. The root of the word means to go quickly and suddenly, not to fire a gun, so the word is perfect for firing a shutter (as is the word 'firing').
 
Nostromo said:
A hate the term *glass* when describing a lens. Such as "invest in better glass". No, you have to buy the whole lens, not just the see through bit.
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Another term used with lenses is 'copy'. As in 'I don't know if I have a bad copy of this lens. It's not a copy, it's an original. Unless someone is actually making copies!


Steve.
 
Kodiak Qc said:
…a figure of speech I don't get… :(
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Do you find it pleasant to have your beard tugged at when someone is talking to you?

A few more contenders for Room 101:

"believe you me!"
"in a nutshell"
"going forward"
"should of" instead of "should've"
"chillax"
 
Nifkin said:
Do you
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Ok, I'm lost… can't follow.
What is room 101?
Why should anyone tug my beard when someone is talking to me?
 
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Got it… I think. will have to chew on that!
Thanks for your patience! :cool:
 
Kodiak Qc said:
Got it… I think. will have to chew on that!
Thanks for your patience! :cool:
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Chill off or chill out is a cliché and it appears your correspondent was having an issue with such expressions. You could have told him to "relax man".
Room 101 or something like that is an expression from a programme on TV (why would you know about it is beyond me).
 
Kodiak Qc said:
Ok, I'm lost… can't follow.
What is room 101?
Why should anyone tug my beard when someone is talking to me?
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Room 101 is a room in Orwell's book 1984. It is a torture room that contains the person's worse possible fears. In the case of Winston in 1984, it was rats.
 
TLR-330 said:
Room 101 or something like that is an expression from a programme on TV (why would you know about it is beyond me).
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Possibly from having read the book that the phrase was taken from?

Edit to add:
Snap! Or "exposure" if you prefer :D

The post above didn't exist when I replied.

And in explanation of the word "snap" (just in case) - it's a call in a card game when you turn up a duplicate of a card on the table (roughly).
 
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TLR-330 said:
Chill off or chill out is a cliché and it appears your correspondent was having an issue with such expressions. You could have told him to "relax man".
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Oh dear. And there was me thinking this was a thread of light hearted banter :p

TLR-330 said:
Room 101 or something like that is an expression from a programme on TV (why would you know about it is beyond me).
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Yep, the telly show is named after the phrase from Orwell's book, which is where I was referencing it from. My initial mention of it wasn't aimed at Kodiak, but, even if it was, he seems like an erudite man: would've be a bit rude of me to have assumed he wouldn't know what it means.
 
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john.margetts said:
Room 101 is a room in Orwell's book 1984. It is a torture room that contains the person's worse possible fears. In the case of Winston in 1984, it was rats.
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Room 101, the torture chamber in George Orwell’s 1984, was named after a conference room at the BBC where Orwell would have to sit through boring meetings.


Steve.
 
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Thanks gentlemen, I don't know much about you culture
and your expressions.


… and I don't have a TV… :)
 
Jokes and idioms don't travel well across different languages. BTW. This is the tread of serious ranting and moaning not "lighthearted banter" :LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL:

EDIT. Ballz this was meant as a reply to @Nifkin
 
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Steve Smith said:
Room 101, the torture chamber in George Orwell’s 1984, was named after a conference room at the BBC where Orwell would have to sit through boring meetings.


Steve.
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..and the Ministry of Truth in the same book is based on Senate House, the HQ of the University of London in Bloomsbury. Orwell used to work there too.
 
Steve Smith said:
Room 101, the torture chamber in George Orwell’s 1984, was named after a conference room at the BBC where Orwell would have to sit through boring meetings.


Steve.
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Sat through plenty of those myself over the years. The joy of retirement - I haven't been to a meeting for years!
 
As soon as Mrs Nod can get a grip on mine to tug it, she has to trim it back to a #1 buzz cut - and do the rest of my head as well!
 
FFS ,this is like listening to residents room in a old people's home ,get a life :ty:
 
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