Different words
Why do England and the USA have different words for things? Flashlight and torch, elevator and lift, truck and lorry, trunk and boot, hood and bonnet, etc.

and why do americans use things like 'english muffin' and 'french toast' and so forth, when the english know what a muffin is, and english muffins are crumpets, and french toast isn't from france?

and why do only foreigners refer to the united states as America? "America" is two fucking continents! Though, why are people from here Americans, and not United Statesinians or something?

No appologies for length, width, girth or weight, do not fold or bend.
(dr3wrocks, Sun 3 Apr 2005, 5:11, Reply)

Christians
I don't get why 95% of them are crazy. I'm one, and I'm not crazy, nor is my church.. but take three steps in any other direction and there's the hobo on the soap box telling everyone they're going to hell, the catholics couting beads, the lutherans chanting and the mormons womanizing. Jesus never said you had to do any of that weird shit, I'd be a lot more inclined to trust the bible than some guy in a pointy hat.
(dr3wrocks, Sun 3 Apr 2005, 5:05, Reply)

I don't get
The appeal of reality TV. Surely its getting old enough now to be seen as getting dull. I wonder how TV execs will be trying to spice it up in a few years time.

"It's day 28 in the Big Brother house, and jane is in the artillery room"
( shovelboy This is bad - Two minutes to Belgium, Sun 3 Apr 2005, 5:03, Reply)

Kids of Today
Surely they've all got playstations, xboxes, internet access... (o.k - so maybe the poor ones have got a Sega MasterSystem or something.... but they can't all be that poor - they're all wearing trainers that cost upwards of £100...) anyway....

So why do they all hang out on railway station platforms drinking out of 3litre bottles of Tesco Value Cider? WTF is it about a freezing, long flat concrete surface, with no cover, heating (or lighting, because they've all knicked the bulbs out of the station lights)that means that 20-30 of the little chav-spawn all want to socialise/fight/shag on a railway station?

^{Profile gives clue as to why I'm asking this....}
( HSDriver was probably still at work on, Sun 3 Apr 2005, 2:34, Reply)

i don't know what
hi cockalorum means.
other than that, i'm good.
(USER No: 21515...FUCK YOU TO FUCK YOU FU see profile for limited time offer., Sun 3 Apr 2005, 2:06, Reply)

I don't get why
you can click "I like this" for a b3ta qotw answer, but there isn't the option of "this is fcuking shite".
I would like to click that.
(ianfidel, Sun 3 Apr 2005, 1:22, Reply)

when people put
'(sic)' radomly in a sentence, i have no idea what i means
(anon., Sun 3 Apr 2005, 1:17, Reply)

why the french put their cars together with tools that dont exist
ie, i had to change the brake pads on my clio, and even renault mechanics couldnt tell me the type of tool to undo 2 bolts get the pads out the calipers! the bolts looked like you needed a hex key, or torx bit, but it had FIVE FUCKING SIDES. these dont exist!

_{*but i found 2 other bolts you can take out, and they are the same size as the wheel nuts, so the tool is supplied in the boot, but your not supposed to know that*}
( Johno says the chances of anything coming from mars are a million to one But still they come on, Sun 3 Apr 2005, 0:49, Reply)

'Friends'
its not fucking funny, and they are all extremely punchable - and while we're on the subject, 'sex and the city', 'ally mc twatting beal' and the newest of the bunch, 'desperate housewives' - wtf? why? someone explain it to me? did i miss the memo?
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 23:42, Reply)

I have never applied for a credit card in my life
or given my details to anyone yet i am receiving one form a week saying i have been accepted and to sign.

Why
( Gaz, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 23:38, Reply)

I don't get mail
After all, I'm only fifteen years old; so there's no reason why I should.
(Corn Dog, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 23:24, Reply)

typing "h u g" or "h u g e" into posts (without spaces of course)
pisses me off every time
(Corn Dog, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 23:09, Reply)

Religion, oh yes.......again
right, i got brought up into a christian family so if anyone in it reads this rant, im going to be going to hell in a handbasket.
i share collected views from various people on this board.
for example, there are some flaws in the whole cration theory that dont even need explaining (what's the point when we have scientists with thick-rimmed glasses and amusing names with far too many 'titles' doing it for us?).
the thing that ticks me off the most though, is the idea that you can make someone believe something. are people in this day and age too stupid to think for themselves?
do they need to be told about a variety of theories concerning creation and the 'real ways of life' in the style of an overwritten kids book?
individuality, get used to the word and for fucks sake think for yourself.
(I R Tomsk pyromaniacs will only inflame the situation, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 23:08, Reply)

for brain_carnage_self ( www.b3ta.com/questions/huh/post28132/ ):

churches/mosques/temples are excellent for preying!

lots of people packed tightly makes it difficult to escape, thus preying is easy.

edit: meat lorries are also good. of course, once you've caught the meat, it's difficult to cook it.
(Corn Dog, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 23:02, Reply)

Gay fashion designers....
I mean WTF? Gay men telling women what's sexy? They don't want to shag you, so how the buggery would they know what's attractive on a woman. Same goes for hair dressers. Its thanks to these numpties we've had to put up with birds thinking feather boa's are quite enticing, and having no tits is actually really attractive.

Creation Science- I mean, really, they're not that thick surely?

Women- While you line up to pay for your shopping, at least get your purse out of your bag. Its not difficult- you're going to have to do it at some point, why wait until the cashier has told you the amount before searching in the grotty depths of your handbag to find your purse, and then pull out 137 friggin' credit cards before deciding that you'll pay cash. In coins to. the. exact. penny...

Anyone standing at a bar, ordering drinks one at a time. Tell the frigging bartender the whole order in one go- they're not that dense.

Fat people who complain that they should not have to pay for two seats on a plane- look, you're fat, therefore you use more fuel to cart your lardy arse on any journey, which means the price of a ticket goes up. You get a free ride on busses, so should shut your traps- in fact if you did a bit more of that you wouldn't be so bloody fat in the first place. Why should we normal people pay extra for you to indulge yourselves.

Rant over.
(Mr. Ploppy, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 22:49, Reply)

where
do babies come from?
( Cashy, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 22:17, Reply)

Old people
who walk down the middle of the pavement very slowly, carrying shopping bags in either hand, meaning that it's impossible to pass without getting run over or scraping along a wall. They somehow don't realise that they're blocking others as faster walkers brush past them precariously close to the kerb.
(SJH, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 22:17, Reply)

apologies (or no..)
for length.

STOP IT!

grr
(ianfidel, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 22:06, Reply)

Rhapsody
The people behind realplayers music download service that complain you cant listen to their downloaded songs on an iPod. Saying its Apple not playing fair. Last I heard Rhapsody is windows only and a mac port is not on the cards.

Support others like you'd want them to support you.
(brain_carnage_self, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:59, Reply)

ishuffle
So Steve Jobs told you having an Mp3 player without the ability to choose tracks was extra groovy because all the cool kids are buying one. So you pay over the odds for a player that comes with a proprietary system that means your music isn't your own.

The iChav - for people who think different because an egotist tells them to.
(paxvobiscum, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:54, Reply)

Why women think men are stupid, just because they think differently.
If you want men to act like women, become a lesbian, or stop being so predictable and squawking about unimportant things.
make my dinner.
(Slurpy The Frog, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:51, Reply)

When in conversations
people repeat almost verbatim a point they made a couple of minutes earlier, even though it bears no relation to where the conversation has moved onto. It indicates that they weren't listening to what you just said and are repeating the point just because they don't think it got the recognition it deserved, or you didn't understand it or something. It's rude and boring.
(McFlooble, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:47, Reply)

Mcfly
Aren't they just Busted?
( Green Spanner and his magical lack of activity, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:47, Reply)

Homophobic Americans who dislike the beautiful game
Well.. Americans who think football (soccer) is a sport for homosexuals. Everytime I've watched American rules rugby (yank football) all you ever see is sweating overweight men walking around slapping eachother on the buttocks. FACT
(brain_carnage_self, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:44, Reply)

When in conversations
people repeat almost verbatim a point they made a couple of minutes earlier, even though it bears no relation to where the conversation has moved onto. It indicates that they weren't listening to what you just said and are repeating the point just because they don't think it got the recognition it deserved, or you didn't understand it or somethiung. It's rude and boring.
(McFlooble, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:42, Reply)

People who like Bloc Party
Surely they are just The Lighthouse Family with a drummer! Noise pollution i tell you.
(brain_carnage_self, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:41, Reply)

Jehovas witnesses
If their religion is so great, why do they have to go door to door persuading people to join them?
( Green Spanner and his magical lack of activity, Sat 2 Apr 2005, 21:41, Reply)