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

Oh to be able to walk down the street without little kids asking me for ciggies, asking me to buy ciggies, or idiots I don't even know in passing cars shouting abuse.

"W*****"

That's what someone shouted at me yesterday from a car. I'd love to see this person crash into a tree as a result of their name calling. I'd walk up to them and say "I'm terribly sorry, but w***** don't know the emergency number".

Largely I yell abuse back.

More of a niggle than a hate. The opening paragraph of stories in local newspapers seem to have a style of their own.

"Glamour came to the high street last saturday when June Whitfield opened the new supermarket".

Hmmmm

i dislike the use of the term asl

Why?

I hate it when people say things like "I'm going to do three repeats" when what they mean is "I'm going to do the experiment once and do two repeats".

Oh right asl not as.

i h8 abbrev.

Idd me 2 m8.

i hate it when your in the supermarket with a single item and you have to wait while whoever is in front needs a pricecheck on a tin of beans

When I am at the supermarket I always check behind me to see if the person only has a couple of items. It's annoying when you only have a couple of items and the person in front has at trolly full.

The bloke in the Halifax ads is starting to annoy me more each day. He's so annoying.
I'm supposed to say "oh you wear silly glasses, oh you're always smiling, oh you're such a character".
All I want to do is yell ****

Overuse of sound effects on factual radio programs.

I was listening to 'the food program' on BBC Radio4 this afternoon (i was bored, alright?), and in addition to the rather patronising voice over that explained what food the presenter was eating, we had to put up with the sound of him biting into crackers, slurping wine, and other digestive noises.

Ok- We know it's radio and things have to be explained, but honestly- give us a break. Just tell the goddamn story and turn down the SFX! All BBC stations are bad very bad for this. You just *know* that the presenter of the piece isn't actually where he/she says they are. You *know* that the piece was recorded in a studio and the effects added afterwards- it's so blo*dy obvious

yeah that's why i like the shipping forcast no nonsense

I started a 'campaign for honest noises' somewhere on H2.

I noticed that the cheering and whistling during question of sport was just the same bit of tape played over and over.

In the football bit yesterday, when they were talking about the games the occasional cheering was obviously a recording. Trying to make it look like they're covering every game.

that's opening quite a can of worms..just consider the laughtracks on shows where nothing really funny is said ..and all the teenypoppers that lipsync on top of the pops

AAAAAAARGH! The Halifax man!

Not funny. Not cool. DEFINATELY not a sex bomb. Why is he still on TV? Why do people like him?

Almost as bad as the AOL woman.

Dennis Norden on Alright on the Night (insert number). How old is that man? I only thought of this because of the post about laughter tracks. I have yet to even crack a smile at what that man says, let alone roar with laughter as heard every 5 seconds.

Oh yes - Dennis Norden. The most annoying thing is the clipboard he insists on holding.
And (no offence Roadkill) the curiously common error of definitely being spelt incorrectly with an 'a' - especially with such conviction in capital letters.
People singing Good King Wenclas last looked out.

tara palmer tompkinson... or should this be in the 'i would kill them if i saw them' thread?