Yes when he was moaning about his defeat to Joe Bugner. Point taken though.

The BBC are actually taking the ******* boat race seriously. Ffs.

In the left boat some over privileged American tall blokes will be rowing against a boat on the right with some over privileged posh blokes.

They both narrowly won their semi finals against Peckham Collegiate and East Powys technical college respectively.

The Boaty McBoat race?

Who was the long haired git who asked if the lady rowers had Cox ? Oh how we laughed.

Pip pip, jolly bad luck old bean

As a tv licence fee payer who is indirectly funding this shit I feel I should have a say in it. I hope the ***** drown.

I always have a cheeky reverse forecast bet on the race and win every time.

A relative of ours rowed in the reserve (Goldie/Isis) race a couple of years ago.

He'd hardly rowed before going to Oxford, but was sporty. It takes huge dedication and teamwork...and no, he wasn't from public school.

It's less cliquey than it appears, and the sport has races for many categories, including oldies. But the media tends to focus on this race of powerhouse students.

Nothing wrong with the sport Yoda. It's the event and the media coverage which grates so much.

Whats happened to the English Upper Class? Its all Sherman Tanks in the boat race!!

Since the race is always decided within 30 seconds whykeep going for 8 minutes?

Don't really blame him,it's sections of the Wet Spam fans and the media who keep harping on about it

Pissing about doing your belt up after negotiating the joys of button up flies, only to find you have a portion of your hoodie top still in your jeans and then have to do it all over again before you leave the toilet.

Easter in March far to early for 2 bank holidays , Easter should be moved to June .

I take it both teams were blown out of the water?

It is part of our fabric. It reminds me of the Olympic Opening ceremony. We do this sort of stuff very well.

Sean Walsh on the coverage today, painful to watch.

I had no idea they rolled out Geoff Hurst for the EUROs. 1966 give it a rest ffs.

Talking of 1966 has anyone seen an American made programme for Discovery called Natural Born Outlaws? Two episodes were about The Krays and The Richardsons. The actors they had playing Reggie Kray and Charlie Richardson were not only the worst actors ever seen on television but had the worst London accents, totally cringeworthy.

Which annoyed me.

My Mother in Law just got a new phone number and it ends in 1966.... that all.

Geoff Hurst has only a hat-trick of teeth left. How spooky is that ?

Wow, that is annoying :angel:


What was once annoying...
Our phone number used to include 550630.
Innocuous you may think, but, BT had introduced a system where you could be sent a wake-up call by dialing some number plus 55 and then the time you wanted waking. If the user missed the first bit we got a call, often late at night.
It took a while to figure out what was happening.
Bloody annoying.
Hopefully some buggers missed meetings by over sleeping when it didn't work.

Booking fees.

What exactly is it and what does it cover?

Rip off *****.

The cost of running a ticket sales agency + profit I guess?

Quite possibly, but not to be confused with a transaction fee, which is stated what that covers.

Once you get the infrastructure in place it's not rocket science to alter the process for different events. Let's say 70k x 2.50 = 175k for our semi + 175k for the other one = 350k for both semi finals from booking fees for one weekends events. I suspect it's less of the former and much more of the latter of the 2 areas you mention.

Their wage bill is the same all year round plus cost of office's, postal etc. I hate the fee as much as anyone but like most things we pay for if you strip it back it's usually nowhere near as unfair as you might think. A bit like cab fares. We all raise our eyebrows but the bloke driving is paying for radio, tax, huge insurance, fuel, maintenance and trying to earn a wage. It's amazing they are so cheap really.

operating costs and margin. they only have one of the semis. strip out the VAT and it really isn't much of a margin. businesses do need to make a profit, even when dealing with palace fans!

Fine the ticket sites need to make money, but I'd rather they took it out of the headline price before passing it on and make that bigger. After all, the sites work for the vendors, not for us so why are we paying the fee?

we would still be paying if the ticket was priced higher to incorporate the agency costs. swings and roundabouts. the club could pay the agency to sell our tickets, but i would imagine a zero cost option is preferred. in fact there is even a possibility that the agency would pay for their business.

People that start a conversation with 'So......'

Fans who turn up late and leave early

The One Show is a bit annoying anyway but bring in Chris Hollins as a presenter that tips it over......

Bastards, wankers and f*cking c*nts. The lot of them. And pricks, tossers, nobheads, wankstains, and Brighton.

The last leg. How is this program still going, hideously unfunny. Smug Aussie presenter, fat faced Alan partridge voiced ginger, and dull nondescript one, all crap.

efa

Trying to workout what phase I'm in and trying to get semi final tickets fighting with technology. Prefer the old way of queueing all day.

Stupid unnecessary metal obstructions/kerbs/little gardens that you don't notice in car parks until you have driven into them.

Just how many people do you think are actually employed in processing the order, payment and then issuing a ticket? :D

Let me give you a clue, I own a business that holds the sole agency for certain - admittedly comparatively small beer - events. If you buy over the Internet then the number of people processing your transaction, printing the tickets and sending them out is, err, none.

HTH.

Sobriety and reluctant drunks.

When you feel like you need to sneeze, but no sneeze is actually forthcoming

or when you need to fart but follow through.:o

Oops was it expensive? Or more pertinently was it your's or Scotrail's?

Nah Lidls, luckily I didn't zoom away like usual. Just don't see the point of them, they are always just low enough that you can't see them when sat in your car.

People getting overly aggressive and defensive about the behaviour of their dogs.

Saw a dog off the lead in the park yesterday run up to another dog who was on a lead and start fighting. The dog on a lead was at his owners feet sitting at a cafe. The woman who owned the dog running around was asked to apologise and went crazy. Starting blaming the guy with the dog on a lead saying it was all his fault. Everyone at the cafe was dumbstruck at her reaction.

Posts that end with the word 'discuss'. As in:

'I've come up with an idea for a thread. Discuss.'

What was it doing off the lead in the street anyway? Stupid woman.

Personally if I'm out in the forest walking the dogs and they are on the lead if I see another dog off the lead I let mine off, as its more dangerous to keep them on. Not really wise to do that outside a cafe though.

It's always someone else's fault....
which annoys me too.

Ahh, the Jedi's_beard special

The 'delivering sustainable distribution' slogan on Eddie Stobart's lorries

And also sneak off to the bar 5 mins before half time and return 5 mins after. Why not just watch it in the pub or on a stream with a few beers instead, then everyone else doesn't have to keep getting up for you

I used to go to games with a mate from work who used to shout "AND WHAT PART OF 3PM KICK OFF DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!?"
at them

People leaving before the final whistle when the scores are level or there's one goal in it I find inexplicable. But I defend anyone's right to storm out when we go 0-3 down with 5 minutes left of a rubbish performance. And surely we haven't got to the point where we're getting annoyed by people arriving a bit late from the bar; it's a venerable British footballing tradition.

Against Modern Football etc etc etc

Its ******* annoying when you have no leg room and you have people squeezing past you when you are trying to watch the game

The only problem I have with those that leave early is that as soon as something happens in the game they decide to stop on the concourse or walkway and block the view of those that want to stay. If you want to leave early just **** off out the way.

There's a very fine line between: "You paid for your ticket, if you want to miss some of the entertainment that's your choice" and interfering with the entertainment of others who have also paid for their ticket.

First time caller here. May I add the (lack of) Olympic Legacy to things that annoy me.

No one likes a grass...but was it Selhurst Celtic?

There's a very wide line between paying to watch Palace play Leicester at Selhurst and Cumberbatch play Hamlet at The Barbican.

On second thoughts, there's probably not much difference in the two ticket prices nowadays so you might have a point.

:hi:

If there was a 'Things that thrill you' thread then I would admit to my incessant pestering of each and every Palace Crystal via twitter etc. I nearly lost my house in February with all the valentine's day gifts, cards and flowers I had to send to them. My interflora account would make deanchilds blush.

:love:

You're such a hopeless, incurable, romantic.

Is he? Never sent me a birthday card, the slag.

He is a very good trombonist :love:

Soppy locals who insist on wearing jackets done up with scarves when it's lovely and sunny and 20-odd degrees.
The same ones who have constant colds.

I get slagged for shorts and sandals in Winter. In fact, I get slagged all year for being a guiri.

Has he tried the walk-in clinic by King's?

Doctors? Behave. Sudocrem & a brown bread poultice can cure anything. Even the aids.

Soda bread surely?

The dog owner who told me to stop making such a fuss and thought the phrase 'he's just being friendly' made everything ok after their rottweiler charged 50 yards in my direction, jumped up at me and covered me in mud and drool. You may think it's normal and acceptable but strangely enough I have no idea what the intentions of a 9 stone lump of sinews and uncontrolled teeth careering towards me are.
Take some ******* responsibility for your stupid animals you ignorant *****.

The way mosquitos can disappear without trace when you're mid-swot.

You kick it hard in the head and ask questions later. Don't know what you do about the dog though.

As a dog owner, I agree. That's why I carry a blade when walking in the woods with other dog owners,...for protection.
The same can also be said for children whose parents refuse to take any responsibility for their child's behaviour. When they fck something up , they always have the whiny retort of 'Think of the children'
Yeah, tell that to Gary Glitter and Adam Johnson :D

Other drivers, particularly drivers who think that when you pull in to let another car pass on a road with cars parked on both sides of the road, that this is their opportunity to overtake you. I hope they hit a tree

news reporters on tv and papers

over paid
self opinionated
self deluded
lacking knowledge
woefully informed
lacking humanity and
lacking respect of their subject or audience

You've just summed up the vast majority of the BBS :)

Tradition?

Venerable?

Remind me when we could first buy alcohol in the Holmesdale end.

Against deluded bollocks. Etc etc.

Anne Robinson, spotted her on a clip on TV annoyed me straight away, horrible woman

Paying for Priority Boarding on the Ferry back from France and not getting priority boarding

Remind me how recently having "no leg room" became a problem at The Holmesdale End?

Have you never missed the first few minutes of a match because you were in the pub? I guess not.

Football teams wearing away kits for transparent commercial motives rather than a colour clash. Holland in blue. Bollocks to that.

Mr Blind will doubtless deliver a lecture on the necessity of increased merchandising income streams in the modern game.

Minute's silences for non-sports reasons at sporting events. So common now they're meaningless.

people slagging off our unfortunate neighbours at the new den

people not bad mouthing those absolute morons further along the river in clownstown

Post Sunday 8th May 1994.

Once, and once only in 48 years. Your guess is pretty accurate for what it's worth. Which is **** all in the scheme of things tbh.

Why not just say Adrian Chiles?

You appear to be confusing me with some idiot cunt like yourself.

You simply could not be more wrong on that point if you actually tried, which would at least be something for you on here. :)

I will laugh heartily if he was referring to Danny Blind.

It's always good to see somebody taking an obvious joke in good humour.

Tom Bradby on ITV news at ten, surely?

I honestly completely missed the "obvious Joke" in your post, and if that is what it was, I apologise unreservedly for my response.

Muscles!!!!

Bloody muscles! Back, neck....whatever! One minute you're as right as rain and the next, you grab something and bend over to grab something and that's it, you're in fooking agony and laid up for a few days with spasms. Muscles are designed to keep you upright and flexible so you don't fall over. F--k that shit, I'd prefer to fall flat on my face than have sharp shooting pains and make you look like you're walking with a melon shoved up your anus for a week or two. Anyhow, yeah, muscles - bastard things!

And I've subsequently just seen your rep comment:-

"The gloriously satisfying sound of a raw nerve being hit."

Some "obvious joke" then. :D

Would it be considered impertinent to withdraw my apology and amend my original comment to read "lying, idiot cunt?

Arnica tablets are great for muscle injury. Melons are nice with Parma Ham, but not after you've had them for a couple of weeks.

I couldn't give a shit. The exchange is here for all to see in black & white. If you think most people would consider my posts to be an angry attack on you personally rather than a sarky joke, that's up to you.

It's only here for all to see as I posted your rep comment. :D

Anyhow, I guess you posted that before you checked your pm's.

Having the sore throat from hell and body aching even more than usual. It would be nice if the weather could make up its bloody mind too.

Swear filter not working yesterday? - the Mod-power is strong with this one.

oooh, I see what you did there

cunt

Gentlemen - too much potty mouthedness. Not a good sign.

cunt

A dog is a domesticated filthy animal that licks it's own ar$e, jewels etc and sh1ts where it wants.

A child is a human being.

Annoys me that people think one is a like for like substitute for the other.

The system might do all that automatically, but they do still need to employ people to manage and maintain that system. So whilst many of the actual processes are automated, there are certainly still employment costs. The whole process doesn't just work by magic. And that's not even taking infrastructure costs into account, which must be very high. Just maintaining PCI compliance at the level they'd probably need could cost hundreds of thousands.

Can't believe I'm sticking up for them, but anyway.