The enforced "AmericaniZation" of the English language by US companies. Fight back people!

Mark _australia said..

(Where has that thread gone about things that p1ss ya right off? )

Use of past and present tense on reality TV.

Why do all the reality shows have contestants talking about what happened last night or last week and without fail they all say "I am thinking we are not going to win..." or "We are cooking and I am worried we have no time left..."
No you retard, "I WAS THINKING ..." Past tense. You are talking about what you *were thinking at the time*.
FFS
This seems to have started as a Yank thing (no surprise) and now we are taking it on. Thus far, only in reality TV shows.


On another note, went for vegemite on garlic bread just now. Works.

Or the journey. Every farkstik on reality tv has been on a journey. Really ? Are you Mike and Mal? Farkin Alby? No? Then you have not been on a journey.

My tv has a remote...it has channel changing and off buttons.

On the downside - the remote for my 'Aldi' tv has developed a mind of its own and the buttons work less than half the time (yes I've changed batteries).

So my current 1st world issue is when I sit down with a bowl of food and/or drink, grab the 'mote, press a button and...nothing! How frustrating it is to have to put down my food/drink and walk the 5 steps in order to turn on the telly!

Do they still put channel select buttons on new TVs? Surely they've done some market research that says we are too lazy to get up and change the channel when the remote is busted?

stupid people.
everywhere.

You are driving home afer 4 weeks away working, at 11.30pm , 500 km's from home you pull over for sleep, only to find the water pump has shat itself and is about to disintegrate!. The RAC tow truck arrives at 11 am , gets you home, then the next few day's involve purchasing, the new bits and getting deep inside the dirt factor to make it all good again. 2 more days then back to work

Hey markie, maybe ask your missus for your balls back,,,, then tell her to get you a beer because you are watching the footie instead of the bachelor .

What's worse is they press the button a few times, then ignore the lights and walk across before their light turns green.
Then when there's nobody waiting on the crosswalk for crossing light to turn green,.. the crossing light turns green and all the traffic has to wait while nobody walks across, because they already did.

Either press the button and wait for the green, or don't press the button and cross on the red.
If you're happy to cross on the red, as I am, then don't press the crossing button.

What makes me mad?

Cancelling Science in Australia
No longer receiving the promised fibre to my new home (putting up with the speed wobbles of 6kms of copper phone line)
Looking to America as an economy to copy, when they have a massive working poor, 47 million on food stamps, terrible health care, crack, guns, etc
Fuel excise getting increased - everything will cost more not just my tank of petrol
Family tax benefits / school bonuses being cut - after 20 years of paying tax just when I want to claim family tax breaks they get cut
spending 100-200million looking for some small bits of metal shrapnel 10km down on the ocean floor - why?
Chaplains - Access Ministries - getting $250 million to preach their stupid sky fairies to innocent kids - secular chaplains being forced out (defunded)
Meryl Dorey & her crowd spreading preventable diseases and making a comfy living off it
Alan 'chaff bag' Jones, Ray Hadley, et al.
The muthafkin IPA and their wish list for making australia america - unfortunately the closest this government has to any policies
The fact that ordinary australians spend their whole lives dutifully paying tax while those at the top often pay less or zero.
Ciggie butts out the car window in front of me.
Littering, especially around the beach and rivers.
Animal cruelty and morons who encourage it.

da vecta said..
...or the idiots that turn around a push it again as they get to the other side.

.....Yeah, they should make it so the buttons have to be pressed continuously to stop that.....

That stupid management word that is becoming trendy last couple of years, "learnings". We learn "lessons", not "learnings". Arghhh!!!!!!!

leaf blowers & vacs

cars that overtake me on a roundabout while I'm cycling

da vecta said..


...or the idiots that turn around a push it again as they get to the other side.

...or people who come to the lift in the foyer which it only has an "up" button and you are standing there at the door but they still press it case you are either a moron and didn't press it or your electronic request was denied because you didn't push it hard enough.....

conditions apply. why is everything a friggin scam these days? 5 ads in a row on the radio said it. basically they are lying. "anyone can drive your car if you insure with us. conditions apply, please read the pds". you read the pds and it says nobody under 24 can, just like it always was. i hate them. they can lick my ring.