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quotes Posted Sep 18, 2014
Documentaries which use an obvious soundtrack. Whenever they look back to the dawn of humanity, they will use ominous, foreboding music; surely people knew how to have fun back then? I'd like to see an anthropology documentary set to the Benny Hill theme.
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Bluebottle Posted Sep 18, 2014
I saw quite a dreadful documentary a few years ago, entitled 'When Dinosaurs Ruled... Europe', part of the 'When Dinosaurs Ruled...' series. As well as the terribly predictable soundtrack (jungle drums – not that dinosaurs are known for their love of percussion) they introduced their discussion on dinosaur discoveries in Spain by showing a shot of the Needles, Isle of Wight. It isn't even remotely close.
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Pink Paisley Posted Sep 18, 2014
Ahem.
'not that dinosaurs are known for their love of percussion'.
Not that the percussion section here is of the highest quality, but on the whole, this is pretty percussive. There are a few glimpses of dinosaurs here playing drums. Provided that you don't get distracted by the, er, mammals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLtvakawa-k
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Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! Posted Sep 21, 2014
Sunday service public transport
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ITIWBS Posted Sep 21, 2014
The feral cats having deserted the place, the kangaroo rats having a population explosion.
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Bluebottle Posted Oct 2, 2014
Swimming pool lifeguards who constantly blow their whistles, with no indication of who they are whistling at or why.
I don't wear my glasses when swimming and find it hard enough to work out what's going on at the best of times.
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Pink Paisley Posted Oct 3, 2014
People who fart on aeroplanes. It is enclosed and just hangs about.
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You can call me TC Posted Oct 3, 2014
Something to do with cabin pressure? Or airline food?
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Pink Paisley Posted Oct 9, 2014
BT , who insist that I have my bill online to save money, but send me advertising through the post at least once per month.
I have no interest in advertising from them but would quite like not having to access my bill online.
I'd also like not to keep paying for them to send me advertising.
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KB Posted Oct 11, 2014
When you remember the punchline of a joke, but can't remember the lead up to it.
"Now is the winter of our discount tents..."
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Cheerful Dragon Posted Oct 12, 2014
That's not the punchline of a joke. That's an advertisement for an outdoor/camping shop. Don't ask me which one - it's been used more than once, AFAIK.
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KB Posted Oct 12, 2014
That's what the Internet told me, too.
But it was also the punchline of a joke before it was a byline for selling overpriced kit. It's quite an obvious one, so I would be surprised if it didn't arise simultaneously in different places. And I also suspect the hand of Ronnie Barker.
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winnoch2 - Impostair Syndromair Extraordinaire Posted Oct 21, 2014
Innapropriate use of excel. My work uses it for everything, but mostly text-based forms and reports. Excel is primarily intended for use with numbers, accounting,etc. It handles text, but awkwardly and unpredictably.
It really irks me how difficult tasks are made in my workplace due to the use of the wrong tools for the job.
That said, Word isn't much better at handling words in table format
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swl Posted Oct 21, 2014
Oh absolutely. I hate when I'm sent forms and documents in PowerPoint from marketing.
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Sho - employed again! Posted Oct 21, 2014
I love Excel - if you know a bit about how it works it can be brilliant
PH for me today: groups of people who get of buses and *stand right there where they got off yakking and having no sense of urgency to move away and let me off*
and now with added 2nd PH: men who sit on public transport with their legs splayed so wide it's nearly impossible to sit on the seat next to them. I always have the urge to say, loudly, "blimey, they must be the size of freakin' footballs"
If they're that big, buster, buy them their own ticket and seat reservation
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KB Posted Oct 21, 2014
Under "inappropriate use of Excel", I'd include the stubborn insistence on printing the damn things out. A spreadsheet can be infinite columns wide x infinite rows long. It's no use squeezing all that on to an A4 page and handing it to me - just email me the damn thing instead!
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Oct 21, 2014
"I love Excel - if you know a bit about how it works it can be brilliant"
This!
Contrary to popular beleif Excel does what it does very well; it just takes a bit of learning, which people don't seem to like.
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