Trivial things you don't understand/mildly annoy you

[jb]

I always buy jeans that are too long in the leg. Apart from when I was in India and I got them cut to fit. I find them either too long or too short and I hate jeans which are too short.

Unless you are wearing grey socks. 

[Bob's Orange]

Unless you are wearing grey socks. 

or white socks with black dress shoes.

In fact, that annoys me. People who wear jeans that are too short for them, white socks and black dress shoes.

[BANGKOK RED]

A lot of Americans won't wear socks any other colour than white.

[Bob's Orange]

A lot of Americans won't wear socks any other colour than white.

I wear white socks when playing tennis and thats about it.

[jb]

or white socks with black dress shoes.

In fact, that annoys me. People who wear jeans that are too short for them, white socks and black dress shoes.

Unless you are Mr Paedo himself.

[jayohaitchenn]

I have never even owned a pair of white socks. I fucking hate them and all those who wear them. Fucking cunts.

[Barnard]

So you are telling me that all the duty i pay is being spent on gas masks for the future generation?
I always believed that money that was spent on duty...thats bilions of pounds every decade went into building and maintaining roads,call me old fashioned but i cant see our billions being spent on gas masks.
Fact is cyclists take there safety very lightly in my opinion,any numpty who rides a bike with no helmet is insane on todays roads and volume of traffic,even more insane is that it isn't law.
Fact is that of course there are bad drivers...and bad cyclists,but there is only one outcome if a cyclist is hit by a car or lorry and so the safety should be more intense,was following a cyclist on the 420 to Oxford today...i pod in ear and no helmet,on a road that is one of the worst in the South of England

Basically, yeah. Your V.E.D. money goes straight into central government coffers. The roads are actually maintained by the Councils using Council tax etc. Originally Road tax was a ring fenced pot of money for maintaining the roads, but was abolished in the 30's.

I use my bike for commuting a couple of times a week and drive the rest. Most of my route is cross country and I stay off the road as much as possible, as you say there's only one winner if you take on a car with your bike. I'd like to see helmets and 3rd party insurance made compulsory and bad cyclists wind me up. Don't get me started on fucking horses on roads though!

[oxford_fan]

It's this sort of arrogance from some cyclists that pisses me off. Why is it ok for every other road user to obey the Highway code but for you it's optional?

You sound jealous. How does me going through a red light affect you? I didn't mention the other road users. If they can navigate roads without putting themselves or other people in danger then I don't mind whether they obey the Highway code.

I hate obeying things, and cyclists are only under the same jurisdiction as motorised vehicle users to make the system simple to understand. If the Highway code were re-written with a bit of common sense applied then there would be separate rules for cyclists, and the number of bicycles who go through red lights (and nothing bad happens) is testament to the fact that the current system is not relevant to all road users.

In America motorists can turn on a red light when no traffic is coming. We should have that kind of flexibility applied to cyclists.

[RobertT]

I don't really like cyclists, simply because they either appear to be fat gits rocking from side to side or the complete other extreme of them being wannabe Yellow jersey holders.  I have no compelling reasons.

[Huwwy]

You sound jealous. How does me going through a red light affect you? I didn't mention the other road users. If they can navigate roads without putting themselves or other people in danger then I don't mind whether they obey the Highway code.

I hate obeying things, and cyclists are only under the same jurisdiction as motorised vehicle users to make the system simple to understand. If the Highway code were re-written with a bit of common sense applied then there would be separate rules for cyclists, and the number of bicycles who go through red lights (and nothing bad happens) is testament to the fact that the current system is not relevant to all road users.

What the fuck are you on about? Why would I be jealous? I also ride a bike, but I stop at red lights because it's safer for everyone to do so and I don't think I'm above the law. You going through a red light is just arrogant and selfish.If I knocked you off your bike as you sped through a red light you may not be alive to tell the old bill that, yes, actually it was your fault not mine, so please don't arrest me for death by dangerous driving. If you had a friend who had been through that total nightmare, on bail for several weeks before a witness was found to save him, and having to deal with the trauma of the accident, you may not be so cocky. Grow up.

[BANGKOK RED]

How my local supermarket (Foodland) uses sello-tape on things wrapped in cling-film.

It's called CLING-film for a reason you fucking muppets.

[Bewster]

do you not find that cling film no longers clings tho ?

[BANGKOK RED]

no

[Coca Fola]

How my local supermarket (Foodland) uses sello-tape on things wrapped in cling-film.

It's called CLING-film for a reason you fucking muppets.

What an imaginative name for a supermarket. 

[Barry Scott]

People referring to Poxford as inbred. Just because they refer to us as inbred doesn't mean we should automatically reciprocate. It makes me cringe.