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What really grinds your gears?

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ChristmasWobble Dec 2012 4:59pm, 23 Dec 2012 1,349 posts	Quote Pin ChristmasWobble Teapots. Filthy things. I don't understand why my in-laws insist on having their (endless cups of) tea made in a pot, surely it doesn't taste that much different if I dunk a teabag in a mug of hot water? I think they insist on it because they know how much faff it is.
Red Squirrel Dec 2012 5:27pm, 23 Dec 2012 4,881 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel I agree Idio. Annoying howler.
Raptors claws are coming to town Dec 2012 9:16am, 24 Dec 2012 23,027 posts	Quote Pin Raptors claws are coming to town Compulsive martyrs.
The Teaboy Dec 2012 9:18am, 24 Dec 2012 4,076 posts	Quote Pin The Teaboy +1 Vrap.
Vancouver Jogger Dec 2012 9:19am, 24 Dec 2012 3,141 posts	Quote Pin Vancouver Jogger At least you only have to put up with them once
Fellrunning Dec 2012 10:00am, 24 Dec 2012 716 posts	Quote Pin Fellrunning Low voltage lighting transformers that elect to give up the ghost when I'm in the middle of a nocturnal pee The idiot (me) who installed said transformer under the hotwater cylinder header tank
XB Dec 2012 7:17am, 29 Dec 2012 2,754 posts	Quote Pin XB Announcing the NEW YEAR honours on 29 December.
XB Dec 2012 7:19am, 29 Dec 2012 2,755 posts	Quote Pin XB Having to go into work on a Saturday to make up time because I used some of my annual leave last week. scratches head
Frobester Dec 2012 9:10am, 29 Dec 2012 21,387 posts	Quote Pin Frobester My lack of prior planning and preparation on a Friday night meaning my pisspoor performance on Saturday morning makes me miss a 10-mile cross-country run with clubmates. Actually, it's only a mild abrasion of the gears, rather than grinding, but still.
Frobester Dec 2012 9:12am, 29 Dec 2012 21,388 posts	Quote Pin Frobester Oh, and the inevitable class-based discussion around Honours' Lists, viz. why Wiggo should be knighted and Mo "only" gets an OBE, while...etc etc.