July 2011
6 posts
206 - Having credits at the start of a film
Having the credits at the start of a film is ok if you’re making a Bond movie, otherwise it isn’t, it feels like you’re cheating me into watching and reading them.
205 - Putting together flat pack furniture and...
Many people love going to places like IKEA and then have hours of fun pouring over instruction manuals putting together furniture. Then you get to the end and there are four screws left, they don’t seem to fit anywhere and you’re pretty sure you put all the correct screws in the right place. They’ve surely given you some extra ones, haven’t they?
204 - Trying to find you car in a busy car park
Yes there are lots of apps for this now but you’ll think, “I’m not stupid, I don’t need an app to find my car in the car park”. You’ll then spend a quarter of a hour walking round pressing your key fob and trying to see which car’s lights flash. It works eventually and you’ll no doubt find your car was two paces from where you first stood looking...
203 - Forgetting to check in
There are plenty of people who use a social media check in service such as Foursquare or Gowalla. You spend all that time checking into places like the local super market just to keep a mayorship alive. Then you go to somewhere awesome and get home and realise you forgot to check in!
202 - Messenger functionality
I was checking my email in hotmail (yes I still use it, no I’m not a 15 year old girl) and a bloody messenger box popped up. If I wanted to chat to someone on messenger I’d have opened messenger and not tried to check my emails.
201 - A flimsy toilet seat lid
I’m sure I’m not the first person to sit on a toilet with the lid down for whatever reason. How damn annoying to find out as you sit down that the lid, despite it’s sturdy look, is actually rather flimsy. It’s likely this isn’t something you’ll do in your own house, I imagine you know the strength of you own toilet seat, so having to explain the now obvious dint...
