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Post by sandbachhatter on Aug 31, 2015 7:34:07 GMT
Morning all
Lennie is your host this week, with three 'D' evils for you to choose from:
Daily Mail/Express
Gutter press who pray on the suspicions and prejudice of un-educated toffee-nosed prats who believe anything if it is written down in black and white and repeated over and over again. Whether it be migrants stealing our jobs, wives, children, hospital beds and benefits or Princess Diana appeared as an image on my toast this morning, they should be wiped from the face of the earth. Why let the truth get in the way of a good story?
Driving in the Middle Lane
Probably the same people who read the Daily Mail/Express. The "I'm alright because I have a clean driving license and my car will do 60 mph in 5th gear and I don't give a monkey's toss about anyone else" brigade. Car in top gear, brain in neutral!!
Summed up beautifully by my favourite troubadour - Harvey Andrews
(Google 'Harvey Andrews - Driving in the Middle Lane'.)
Dog Messing Dog Owners
When we responsible dog walkers carry 15 poo bags just in case, how can it be beyond the wit of man (at it usually is men) not to bend down and scoop up the offending pile and find a bin. Having a lunatic springer who unerringly stands in whatever he can find, it is very annoying to have to clean his feet repeatedly. You never see dogs out on their own (unless they have escaped) so you cannot blame the poor old dog for doing what comes naturally. (Probably the same people who read the Daily Mail/Express and drive in the middle lane).
Let the voting commence!
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Post by sandbachhatter on Aug 31, 2015 7:36:00 GMT
I'll start us off.
I could quite happily vote for all three, but on balance I've gone for the middle lane hoggers. I detest both of those newspapers (in fact, most newspapers) but not as much as middle lane drivers. Also, thankfully, the people of Sandbach are generally pretty good at picking up after their dogs.
So, driving in the middle lane it is.
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Aug 31, 2015 8:42:37 GMT
(Probably the same people who read the Daily Mail/Express and drive in the middle lane). Partly on this basis, and given that there appears to be a serial offender just beyond the Macc Towers driveway, it has to be Dog Messing Dog Owners for me! Another little 'welcome-home' present on the pavement immediately outside - and where we had to unpack the Macc-mobile - was awaiting our return from hols. Lovely...  |
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Post by gazz on Aug 31, 2015 10:21:44 GMT
Blimey, Lennie, this was a tricky one! As a user of public transport, driving in the middle lane isn't really something I've encountered much, but I do understand why and I do sympathise with those that have to tolerate it.
The Mail, Express and indeed most newspapers for that matter is a very, very tempting one. However, I do tend to enjoy many articles in The Guardian, so for that reason the printed media are going to have to continue wreaking trivial havoc.... for now, and only because I find the final choice too disgusting to ignore.
So yep, lazy Dog owners for me, too. There are no excuses for leaving the mess some do, it's plain ignorance, and also plain bone-idleness.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 10:49:00 GMT
Wow that is a very tough choice!
Middle lane hoggers are annoying, however thankfully there is an outside lane to pass them! My biggest pet hate when driving is people who do not indicate, especially at roundabouts!
The newspaper comes a close second but it has to be dog owners that don't pick it up for me. I think the way some of them do it is most annoying to me. I mean, if you're on a woodland walk and a dog does it in the undergrowth off the path, I don't mind that as much (while it still is disgusting and is deplorable anywhere). 2 incidents stick out for me - firstly, owners who let their dogs foul outside primary schools. That is truly awful. Second, and this is rather specific, owners who let their dogs foul on playing fields. A couple of times in my junior football/Sunday league days there was dog mess on the pitch. Fortunately one of the dads brought his dog and had bags so we cleared it before we started, and I've never stepped in anything while playing football, but basically anywhere where kids are playing or walking is a big no no from me!
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Post by dudleyhatter on Aug 31, 2015 11:51:18 GMT
Having been a child of the 70s when dog fouling really was a nuisance Iust confess I don't notice it so much these days.
Middle lane hoggers are irritating but as has been pointed out it easy to whip past them and then cut back to the left hand lane to show them where they should be.
As for the Mail, the utter tripe, lies and propaganda they put forth as news is disgraceful. Printing blatant lies as 4 inch headlines to retract them the next day on page 27 in font size 4. But they do have a good sport section....
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Post by bigfudge on Aug 31, 2015 13:28:32 GMT
Incredibly tough week!
Having not really done any serious driving since my test I havent yet felt the full fury of middle lane hoggers.
Lazy Dog owners are very annoying but thankfully in the Heatons people seem very responsible with dog mess.
Daily Heil and the like however...they are a whole new level of scum. They do nothing good for society. They are propaganda peddling, hate mongering, psuedo-racist rags that I wouldnt wipe my arse on!
Got to be the papers for me!
I cant vote on mobile so will do so when I go on the PC!
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Post by archie on Aug 31, 2015 13:34:02 GMT
Dog fouling isn't much of a problem in rural life and the councils are pretty hot on it in towns.
Middle lane hoggers would be driving on the central reservation on most of our roads.
Daily Mail (especially) / Express it is then with a special mention for another 'D', Paul Dacre, who as editor of the Mail is responsible for its vile content. A double D t*t if ever there was one.
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Post by gazz on Aug 31, 2015 14:08:20 GMT
I'm going to change my vote, as bad as dog owners can be, the gutter tabloids and their owners have had it their own way for far too long. Duds' spot on observation nailed it for me.
Scum.
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Post by ceefer on Aug 31, 2015 19:54:26 GMT
Have never liked the Daily Excess, and really dont like the tabloid versions. For me a newspaper should be full size, something you can get engrossed in.
Very close one between dog fouling and middle lane hoggers. Really hate both.
Am going with middle lane drivers, especially those that join a motorway and go straight into the midlle lane. They are mostly oblivious to the fact that they arein the wrong lane and wont move over forlove nor money.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Sept 1, 2015 10:52:35 GMT
Glad to have split the vote this week. I hate the lot of them and couldn't choose if I was able.
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Post by marketharborough on Sept 1, 2015 12:18:14 GMT
Have to choose Centre Lane Owner Drivers - CLODs - uinfuriate me all the time as I go up and down the motorway network.
Dog mess is awful, but not to the same annoyance as drivers
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Post by Epworth Hatter on Sept 1, 2015 12:28:10 GMT
I really despise the Dail Mail and Express. They have the veneer of respectability, but are full of bile. There used to be a distinction between the gutter press and the rest. Now it's all the gutter press. The only saving grace is that you can ignore them by not visiting their websites.
Middle lane hoggers do my head in. As ceefer said, especially those who join and head straight for the middle lane. The trick is to overtake them and then, as you cut back in (to the inside lane, obviously), put your windscreen washers on. It won't make any difference to them in their own little world, but it might make you feel a bit better as you see them having to put their wipers on.
It is dog owners who don't pooper scoop who get my vote. It really is despicable and unbelievably selfish. There must be 1 or 2 dog owners near us who don't bother - some of the pavements are covered it the stuff. My usual running route is often littered with dog crap, and running in the winter in the dark is a real pain as you have to watch every step. Not to mention keeping the kids from stepping in it. Almost more irritating is seeing the little bags thrown in the undergrowth. They pick it up and then litter with a non-biodegradable bag, which spilts eventually - a double whammy! On a more serious note, if the dog owners don't regularly worm their dogs (and why would the selfish tossers bother to do such a thing?), then there is a real risk of toxocariasis, especially in children, which can lead to blindness. As Lennie said, you can't blame the dogs - it's the selfish owners who need throwing in the vault.
Great selection, Lennie.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Sept 2, 2015 18:13:34 GMT
Having been a child of the 70s when dog fouling really was a nuisance yeah, it's decreased massively hasn't it. that has the effect of it really being noticeable when you see some. it used to be everywhere. on the rec a hundred yards from our house growing up, we were constantly avoiding broken glass and dog crap. the owners were arseholes, and even worse, there were always unaccompanied dogs which is obviously a problem when you're trying to have a kickabout. you needed nightvision goggles to avoid it on the streets in winter; constantly in the middle of footpaths. we even had a ginnel in buxton that was known as 'dogshit alley' for the sheer volume of dollops you'd see every time you went down there. thankfully, the clear and present danger of treading sh*t into your home has retreated somewhat; although i have still done it in my house in leeds. it tends to precede a class in creative swearing. i've probably posted this before, but although a bit nerdy, the lyrics are brilliant: i'm going for middle lane drivers though. they bring out an unusual level of upset in me. i tend to just drive up behind them - some move over, but the majority are just oblivious. i do sometimes beep my horn and point to the left hand lane as i go past them. obviously that kinda makes me the bad guy, and i resent them for that as well. as gts says, there's a right hand lane to pass them in, but then all the traffic on the motorway has to go into that lane to pass them and you get a similar effect to a lane closure with everything getting congested. i think there are two distinct groups; the ignorant and the scared. the latter being those people who are frightened of being in the inside lane in case they have to keep moving out to pass trucks and caravans, so stay in the middle so they don't have to manoeuvre when there's faster moving traffic approaching. tell you what. hang up your driving gloves, sell your vehicle on autotrader, and don't leave your house, because i guarantee you'll also be the cock-knocker who when i stand aside to let you through a door, past on a supermarket aisle, or i've let you out of a side street on the road, will just sail past obliviously without any acknowledgement as i growl 'thanks' through clenched teeth. |
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Sept 2, 2015 18:14:28 GMT
great set of choices though lennie. i genuinely felt my stress levels rise writing that.
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