RIGHT
Here's a list. Apologies for shouting, but this is the 'angry' thread and I think it's justified in this instance.

1) CYCLISTS WHO GO THROUGH RED LIGHTS WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE CROSSING, OR WHO USE THE PAVEMENT WHEN THERE'S A PERFECTLY SAFE CYCLE LANE ON THE ROAD (I don't actually mind them doing it when there's no safe alternative).

Anyway, you FUCKING losers. Who do you FUCKING think you are? Do you OWN the road? No. I KNOW the streets of London are ludicrously unsafe for cyclists, I KNOW there should be much better investment in cycle lanes, but for FUCK'S SAKE don't take it out on the rest of us.

2) THE 'TASTE THE ADJECTIVE' SCHOOL OF FOOD ADVERTISING.

I don't want '36-day aged shibboleth of Rutland back beef garnished with Umbrian Parmigiano, jilted spinach and a jalapeno and courgette jus, in a crusty poppy-seed bun'. I want 'BEEFBURGER'. GIVE ME BEEFBURGER, WANT BEEF NOW. None of this food porn shite.

3) BRIDGE PLAYERS.

Who the fuck decided to make bridge the preserve of pretentious wankers who sit there in complete silence the whole time and criticise anyone who hasn't been playing since birth? Why does playing a game have to be such a horrible, alienating experience? WANKERS.

I'll think of more but I might burst an artery first.
(sjflangehound, Tue 6 May 2008, 13:10, 6 replies)

Bridge.
Card game of the Gods and, possibly, more addictive than sex or heroin.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 6 May 2008, 13:19, closed)

It's a fantastic game
which I still love!

But the two times I've played it in public I've been... well, hurt.
(sjflangehound, Tue 6 May 2008, 13:22, closed)

We Used
to play bridge in one of the roughest, most dangerous pubs in Manchester.

We also used to have marathon Bridge sessions when we were all stoned out of our gourds. The bidding got very interesting.

One of our circle also invented his own bidding convention called Hugwood, a variation of Blackwood.

But then I started playing at the University Bridge Club and it was shit. Partly because they were such rubbish players, mainly because they took it all so seriously.

The only time to take bridge seriously is either when it's for money or when it's a competition. Anywhere else, it's just a game... And, if you must take it seriously, limit talking during the bidding but after that chatter away.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 6 May 2008, 13:30, closed)

ah!
That's the way bridge should be played. I wonder if that's the pub of 'DON'T TOUCH THE NERD!' fame? (Yes, I have been lurking a good while).
(sjflangehound, Tue 6 May 2008, 13:36, closed)

Nah!
If I'd tried to play bridge in that pub, the locals would have eaten the cards...
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 6 May 2008, 13:59, closed)

Amen...
Amen on the cyclists. Its so dangerous.
(MizStinky, Tue 6 May 2008, 21:18, closed)