h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Putting stars in the middle of words like w*rk, f*m*ly, and w***pedia.

But should one put stars in the middle of w**k?

As in ... today I spent the day at the office w**king?

IT departments who don't seem to care how much the entire bloody company's going to be in if they don't fix that system NOW.

The wrong sort of political correctness.

I have had to hide a picture torn out of a magazine for me by a (female) colleague, of an advert (for jewellery) which has a woman wearing a (slightly cheeky) pair of pink frilly pants.

Nice.



PP

What sort of jewellery requires an ad with cheeky pants in it?

The best sort (actually necklaces).

PP

People who tear things out of magazines, there’s always something interesting on the other side that you can no longer finish reading.

That made me think of coupons in comics; you cut out the coupon to send off for your poster or whatever and you've cut out the final frame of the story on the reverse page. Ok, I admit that I haven't bought a comic for the best part of twenty years, but that adds to my petty hate because I can't remember if Roy of the Rovers scored the winning goal or not and the picture that would tell me is on the back of some coupon that I sent away to get something that I couldn't care less if I still own!

perhaps I should be more adult about this. Coupons placed with no regard to what's on the reverse page.

(I say "reverse page" because 'no regard to what's on the other side' sounds far too spiritual)

Nowadays cut outs and pull outs in magazines and comics have adverts on the reverse page. We are living in an age where the publishers actually give a .

Nah, it's just that magazines these days are so full of adverts, that the chances of finding an article on the back of a coupon are almost negligable...

Just a few childhood ones that strangely wandered in whilst sat here with my first the day

Having to eat vegetables
Why you had to bed just because it was dark
Sharing bath water
Haircuts that involved a basin it was not
Why girls had to be so annoying especially sisters
Your first family jigsaw
That stupid looking girl that used to grin like some demented Cheshire cat on the test card
Watching the dot disappear on a black & white TV when it was turned off

trying to figure out how to find a decent conversation on this site

Sorry to bleat on, when the matter has been beaten to death in previous posts

Here comes the history
Phone call yesterday whilst at work from wife (divorce is looming)stating that she with number one son are both going away for the weekend and may be back on Monday
Oh joy I thought, the house all to myself, no endless back to back soaps on TV.
I finished work earlier and stopped of at the supermarket for some essential provisions, 1Ltr bottle of good quality Gin, 3 bottles of Tonic and an array of suitable nibbles to bide me over .
Next stop the Indian curry house, had a pint whilst pondering menu and a pint whilst they cooked it. Decision made being most of the starters, the hottest chicken curry the chef dare make to be consumed with numerous Nan’s.
Came home and ate tea, I must say it was absolutely marvellous .then tidied up , dishwasher emptied , kitchen cleaned down, lounge dusted and vacuumed, had shower, adorned clean clothes, set up internet with laptop in lounge, set music on surround sound and enjoyed evening. Went to bed late, got up late, had first cup of tea and mother nature bless her said “remember the curry last night, its pay back time
So off I trundles to the small room to be horrified ONLY 3 SHEETS OF LOO ROLL IN ENTIRE HOUSE TO BE FOUND. I personally consider this to be a truly unforgiveable act.not from ears neither

Another petty hate.

Not having a "fart" smiley.

Just think how popular THAT would be......

PP

Hypocrites, their so full of shit

quite Sundays

I was on the edge of my seat reading that story about the curry and the gin and tonics . I thought it was going to turn into one of my petty hates - looking forward to a couple of hours on your own in the house with hubby gone and then some errant son turns up (for a shower or a meal, usually).

Office 2007 . I've now learned the new 'user interface'. I have to learn it on a daily basis when switching between programs. I've now sussed how to find all the functions like the 'back' button, that mysteriously vanished from the default menus. I've even learned to wait patiently for the five minutes or so it takes to properly open a document so the scroll bars work.

But the most infuriating thing by far is that its no longer WYSIWYG. What you see and what you get seems to depend on who's computer open the document, which printer you send it to, and whether you use the normal editing mode or print preview.

If we can't even expect something as basic as WYSIWYG any more, what's next? Should I be thankful that pressing 'a' on my keyboard still produces an 'a' on the screen?

I just despair

Oh yes ... that's reminded me of two petty hates ...

1) that every time MS release something they move it all around in the name of making it different. (Rather like when I found the two sides of the bakery aisle swapped around in Tesco this morning even though there can be no good reason for that other than to make you look for stuff and consequently consider different products).

2) when the dropdown menus (File, Edit, View) contract and hide the option you're interested in, so you have to click the down arrows at the bottom of it. How on earth did anyone think that is beneficial?