AND ANOTHER THING! A place to post a moan about lifes minor irritations!

glass,

Agree absent

pet oggle me never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, I agree, absent, in most cases, and especially ones like that!

Exactly, absent!

Bags It's more a question of avoiding taking responsibility in the case of most MPs. John Prescott talked about "what happened" as if his unruly, though apparently inadequate appendage found its own way into committing disorderly activities with his diary secretary and he had no part to play in the whole unsavoury business.

Oh no Bags I should have put a smiley or grin to make it obvious I was being tongue in cheek, as Littlenellie picked up on.

I wonder if anyone else finds themselves oggling younger men sometimes.

Sorry, pet, I assumed that the annoyance you mentioned was a kind of impatience. Forgive me for getting it wrong.

Eh Bags. I didn't mention impatience!

Agreed. But sometimes it's just holding fire until it is known without doubt who needs to take responsibility. There is a place, and a need, for that in certain circumstances, but I think that perhaps it is overused.

The whole thing about 'something happened' rather than 'I did it'. It may only be a verbal habit but I think it is avoiding responsibility.

petallus, nellie, .

glitabo Phew. That's a relief.

No

glitabo Did you work for an MP?

absent when I was working my boss told me that the way to make an apology is to say I am sorry if that is your understanding of the situation thereby still leaving the responsibility with the person who had been offended.

Political apologies which somehow manage to include being sorry "for what happened" rather than sorry for "what I did/said". And those political apologies where someone is sorry "if anyone was offended/misunderstood".

Politicians who say 'Let me be very clear about this...' and proceed to obscure the issue even further.

I did baggy.

nellie,

petallus, yes, impatience is annoying

petallus your description is so enticing,I will change places with you,I would take miles to overtake as well.....would make an old lady very happy

Back to cyclists: getting stuck behind some lusty young man whilst in my car and being unable to avoid the view of his brawny thighs as they pump up and down, muscles rippling. Sometimes it is miles before I manage to overtake. So annoying!

Oops! Wrong thread! It was meant to be a about the good blog. Oh well, never mind. You get the idea, faye, no doubt!

faye,

People who take the scenic route in a conversation.

feetlebaum I prefer no full stops after letters, such as the BBC or MOT.

annodomini I am with you, callers who repeat my name in a telephone conversation while they try to sell me something. It is not friendly and is quite irritating, wonder why they haven't figured that out yet.