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grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
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31 Dec 2005 10:57am
This is a pretty generalised post and it might be part of my "grumpy old man" syndrome, but it seems to me that more and more things are being designed to crap me off.

I could make a list as long as my left leg with the things that annoy me, such as price stickers that wont come off without tearing and leaving the sticky back on the item, or unnecessary packaging around individually wrapped items etc. etc. etc.

The point of this nonsensical post is that there are now so many of these things that I am sick of having to yell "This thing was designed to sh1t me to tears" and I have now reduced my rant to "This was DESIGNED".

My "This was Designed" rant also extends to my own ineptitude when it comes to sailing because I find it easier to blame the equipment rather than my own shortcomings.

Therefore if you zip past some old peanut who is struggling to get his board to plane or has just suffered his 18th catapult (see my "I'm claiming it post") and he is screaming "THIS WAS DESIGNED" please give him a wide berth and dont laugh too hard.

hardman
hardman
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31 Dec 2005 11:14am
You have GOMS!

In the literature more commonly known as Grumpy Old Man Syndrome!
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
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31 Dec 2005 11:26am
You have BIG red letter syndrome.

See even that is starting to get to me
fish
fish
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31 Dec 2005 12:16pm
yes yes yes someone i can relate to
those friggin' price stickers sh1t me too
but i need a different diagnosis
im not even 30 yet and im one grumpy bastard
until the medication kicks in
mmm ooohhh yeah horse tranquilizers mmm
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
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31 Dec 2005 2:10pm
Righto, maybe it's not just me.

How about we start a list ... a sh1t list ... of things that get up our noses.

  • stickers that leave the glue behind

  • unnecessary packaging

  • sails that tear after less than 12 uses

did I mention that I managed to pull the mast through the mast sleeve, just near the top batten, when I was rigging it up, sheezus that crapped me.
Neil Pryde Search has a run of stitching right down the front of the sleeve, bloody stupid spot for stitching


Any more?
kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
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31 Dec 2005 5:10pm
printer cartridges
decrepit
decrepit
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31 Dec 2005 6:42pm
Hey Grumps, me thinks you have very short left leg!

SITES that don't work with Firefox!!!!
Kiters who try and snake me, one guy did it to me twice today, wasn't impressed! (And other widsurfers as well of course, but for some reason or another, I find it more offensive when a kiter does it)
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
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31 Dec 2005 8:14pm
Ho Ho Decrep,
I just didnt want to hog everyones gripes

Multanovas
stubbies that need a bottle opener (crownies)
christmas lights (with one broken lamp)
christmas trees (putting up and down)
red lights that change even when there is no one on the side street
poor relative
poor relative
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31 Dec 2005 8:40pm
traffic lights, in all their glory
trees that drop leaves, especially jackarandas, yeah they look very lovely, but who has to clear the ****e up at the end.....
What else......people who drive 30 in a 60
People who say "youse" and spell worse than i
Flat fkn packs
Ikea
Pies with solid bits in them
No wind days.
yes grumple i'm fkn grumpy
nebbian
nebbian
WA
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1 Jan 2006 7:11am
Automotive electrical engineers who:

  • Don't let power windows work unless the key is in the IGN position, even when the battery is fully charged

  • Make the car BEEP when the key is just in the slot, when a door is open, so you can't listen to the radio with the door open without either jamming a stick in the door sensor or pulling big connectors apart which are buried deep beneath panelling and a pain in the arse to get to

  • Subaru engineers who think it's a good idea to only charge the battery when the headlights are on, regardless of battery voltage level, so when you jump start it you can drive it for a FKN HOUR and it still won't charge the flat battery back up...
    ...Unless you have the headlights on, in which case it charges fine in 15 min.


Amen the stubbies that need a bottle opener, especially when they cost more!??
Fieldie
Fieldie
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1 Jan 2006 8:40am
The "30 in a 60" one gets me, but we have a country version...
The "90 in 110". Unfortunately after you have over-taken them and come to the next town, they become the "90 in a 70", then "90 in a 50" with a REAL roadrage head on them!

CRIKEY!!!! Crownies/Becks/Corona's are all very nice beers! I get the sh1ts with the dashboard beeping its tits off when you undo the seatbelt on the hwy to use the car's specially inbuilt bottle opener on the end. (I have never worked out why they always put them in the seatbelt buckle... )

Come on you lot with GOMS! I can't believe no one has mentioned:
  • those silly young fellas who wear their pants around their knees!
  • small parking bays you need to do a five point turn to get into
  • Cooldrink cans that aren't using the "Wide-mouth" technology
  • Dog turds on the beach
  • McRonald Donald marketing directly at my children
  • Paparazzi
  • WCE Supporters

kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
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1 Jan 2006 10:44am
    things to hate
  • pissed chicks
  • cars that don't work with a damaged key
  • snorkels that don't fit properly and you cant et the last bit of water out without going upside down
poor relative
poor relative
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9106 posts
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1 Jan 2006 11:03am
Putting BBQ's together, we bought a new one before xmas everything was just 1-2mm out of whack, resulting in lots of swearing, cut hands, and a ****ed bbq at the end.

cleaning gutters
blocked sinks
traffic fkn lights hate them with a passion, had to wait 5 minutes on an empty road for the ****er to turn green.
computers
mobile fkn phones, whilst handy.....they can always find you
people who have mobile phones but never answer them....Whats the Fkn point
ridiculous mobile phone tones, for fks sake its only a fkn phone
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
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1 Jan 2006 12:33pm
mobile phones with every accessory known to man but make it bloody difficult just to make a call
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
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1 Jan 2006 1:25pm
Another thing that was designed to sht me

the human bloody body

little toes,
what good are they other than for kicking things that are slightly askew, and then hurting like fck

elbows
the bastards hurt so much after a good session
arancini
arancini
WA
373 posts
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1 Jan 2006 8:23pm
how about those car washes that popped up everywhere a few years ago?? They were great!! WERE!
I used to be able to hose the salt sand and grime off my car for 3 bucks,
It seems now I cant get the job done under 10. All I do is wash, scrub and rinse, all the other options seem like a DESIGN function (designed to extract more $$$$$)that I studiously ignore....
Keep in mind Id be lucky to do it once a month, and having a company car means I only do it when the Boss gets bossy.....
And whats with the "must use $2 to start and re start nonsense, arent $1 coins valid any more??
Im not a stressy sort, but these days as soon as my $4 bucks go's in Im runnig around the car frantically spraying, rubbing.....then BEEEEEPP BEEEEEPPP BEEEEPPPPP MORE MONEY NOW!!!! how long does a $1 buy you these day?? What a magnificent buisness plan! "If profits slow we will just reduce the time limit, Haa Haaa haaa hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahah"
And Im sure the soap runs on in the rinse cycle, I select "Rinse" (allowing maximum $2) and the first minute the thing spits soapy bubbles all over the car that seem to bond with the soap from the foam brush fu#$#$#%$#cker, SHOULD SOAP STICK TO YOUR CAR?????????
all the while its as windy as all hadies and Im heading for the beach anyway, at this stage I usually drive off with one side of the car covered in soap and the windscreen wipers beating a frenzied soap party on the wind screen. By the time I get to the car park the sand granules are lifting with the SWester and combined with the salt spray and the soapy side of the car create an interesting sand paper affect along that side of the car. Oh well............next time, I spose Ill get it right...just have to keep parking around the corner at work.
fish
fish
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1 Jan 2006 10:22pm
arancini i thought i was the only one that felt like this about those car washes
i use to have a kingswood wagon in showroom condition and it was my baby
i could wash that car using $3
$1 got you 2 minutes
kingswoods are big cars
id use the first 2 minutes rinsing off the crap and then start the soap which kicked in nicely by the end of my first buck
then the next 2 minutes i continued using the soap which was already in the hoses to give my pride and joy a good scrub
then on the last buck i would rinse her nicely
most times id be done by the time was up
i would then park to one side and shammy her dry
sometimes i would spoil my kinga (AKA "xena" because she had balls) and do the wax spray thingy
now i wouldnt touch my cars with one of those money hungry DIY car washes
grrr
Fieldie
Fieldie
WA
361 posts
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2 Jan 2006 11:15pm
Had a 67 Kombi when I used the car wash bays and you learn to move real quick!
How times have changed since I used to own a mobile bedroom...
Front yard, bucket of warm water, an ENYO Car Glove & a hose.
My prettier half had an Enyo party and scored a car cleaning glove.
Works a treat, but you quickly put it behind yout back when someone drives past! No turning back though...

Party Plan Sales. Now there's a gripe!!!!!
  • Pakastani tele-marketing at dinner time

waveslave
waveslave
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3 Jan 2006 6:53am
Jehovah Witnesses in hungry packs heading straight for my house.
fish
fish
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3 Jan 2006 12:02pm
kecksoff
i too have been converted in the ways of ENJO
my wife had a party too and got a mop as well as the car glove
no soap no chemicals
no turning back
BTW does anybody need some tupperware?
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
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3 Jan 2006 12:05pm
Do ya think we could get tupperware to make a board?
Then it would have a lifetime guarantee and a lid that you could never find
kitecrazzzy
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6 Jan 2006 9:39pm
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