February 2011
6 posts
175 - Quitting when you're losing
If you start a game, whether it be monopoly at home, words with friends on your iphone or Fifa on xbox live you should see it through. As soon as it becomes apparent you’re likely to lose don’t quit or throw the game completely that’s just massively bad form, shame on you.
174 - Toiletries bag spillage
If you own a toiletries bag it is inevitable that one day you’ll put your hand in to get some deodorant or something and there’ll have been a spillage, aftershave on everything, toothpaste over all your razors, shower gel on your toothbrush.
No matter what you do now, no matter how thoroughly you clean it you’ll be forever pulling things out with a tinge of the spilled product...
173 - Autofocus
Autofocus is actually quite a good feature, you open up a web page and it sticks the cursor where you need to start, seems sensible right?
Except when there’s a delay, so the page is loading you type in your email click to the next field and start typing in your password but in the meantime the site finished loading, the autofocus kicked in, and now your password is sat in the email box of...
172 - Duvet in the wash
Whenever you wash a duvet cover not matter what you wash with it everything ends up inside the duvet cover. Much easier for getting everything out of the machine but a complete pain in the arse having to scrabble through a damp duvet cover trying to find that rogue pillow case.
171 - The BMW Mini
There are many reasons to find the BMW mini irritating, for a start it’s not mini, it’s bloody massive. Secondly it is overpriced for what it is, if you have the money for a Mini why not buy something in the same price range that’s a bit better, like an Audi A3? Thirdly it’s now given birth to some ridiculous spin off models such as the countryman and clubman.
Lastly, is...
170 - Rolled up sleeves falling down
We all know what rolled up sleeves means - you’re about to do a job and you’re gonna do it right!
So there you are sleeves rolled up and you plunge your hands into the washing bowl, and whilst you’re vigorously scrubbing the dishes you can feel your sleeves advancing down your arms. It’s ok they’re only just past the elbow, but before long they’re practically...
