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'Hullo chaps', bellows Richard McBeef, of 'the internet' fame. My boss has managed to make 'shown' into a two syllable word and it drives me round the fucking bend. Tell us about the little things that people around you do, which annoy you for more than they rationally should. Vent your spleen.

(, Fri 18 Mar 2016, 8:47)
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People who say "0207" and "0208" really piss me off
There is a single telephone code for London: 020.

It has been 15 YEARS since London were split up into "central" and "outer" telephone code areas. We used to have 0171 for central London and 0181 for outer London. However 15 years ago they unified London into just one telephone code, and extended the local number to 8 digits instead of 7. For example:

(0171) xxx xxxx became (020) 7xxx xxxx
(0181) xxx xxxx became (020) 8xxx xxxx

That was for the older numbers. But nowadays London numbers may be assigned with a 7, 8 or even a 3 - ANYWHERE in London. There is no longer any geographical significance in any split. If you don't believe me, test it: from one London land-line to another, whose code is (020). You don't need to dial the 020: just start dialling the local number.

Yet still you see signs written, newspaper adverts, office workers repeating their phone number as "0208 ....".

Stupidity annoys me.
(, Mon 21 Mar 2016, 11:37, 11 replies)
this wins the award for being the dullest thing to be annoyed about
in the history of the universe
(, Mon 21 Mar 2016, 11:40, closed)
No duller than people getting annoyed about (h)aitch, or minor grammatical mistakes made by others.
Fits the question quite nicely actually.
(, Mon 21 Mar 2016, 11:53, closed)
I dunno, I find you pretty annoying at times.

(, Mon 21 Mar 2016, 11:59, closed)
fucking hell

(, Mon 21 Mar 2016, 15:44, closed)
^

(, Mon 21 Mar 2016, 23:19, closed)

Agree
(, Tue 22 Mar 2016, 11:08, closed)
i tend to lump in the 5th number into the beginning
so it's 02081 234 567
that way it aligns with the national format 01234 567 890

so stick that in your pipe and smoke it
(, Mon 21 Mar 2016, 20:30, closed)
C'MON CALL CHATBACK!
0891 50 50 50
(, Mon 21 Mar 2016, 20:39, closed)

Bang on squire. As anyone involved with the original phONEday migration from '95 would know these things are important. I was there man!

Details matter.
(, Tue 22 Mar 2016, 21:25, closed)
NO-ONE CARES

(, Mon 28 Mar 2016, 8:07, closed)

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