Alkaline Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 You get tits to want to know what crop, on what hill their coffee beans are harvested from. WankersI stopped reading after the bit in bold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Who knew coffee would become such an explosive issue? I can't understand why anyone would get so worked up over it as that guy Flight's encountered in the supermarket.It's just as annoying as wine snobbery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 That guy in the supermarket is lucky he didn't get a jar of nescafe wrapped off his puss. Fucking snobby bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 My original pet hate was folk turning up at the train station with a wee thermos cup of coffee in a kooky 'so mad for coffee I can't wait 20 minute sto get to work' style and this just took a huge detour into hatred of coffee in general. I'm distancing myself after this - said beverage container is not filled with any 'franchise' coffee because there are no 'franchises' in Stanehive and the coffee shops that exist sure aren't open pre-7am. So they must have filled it at home. Let's hope it's not instant coffee and if it's ground coffee let's hope they got the mixture right, eh?Actually, anyone who gets up that early and takes time to make fresh coffee to take to the train station is even more of a mentalist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 You say that as if it takes an age to make fresh coffee. Using a cafetiere, it probably takes 3 minutes more than making instant coffee. Probably quicker than standing in the line at a Starbucks. Hating someone who makes his own coffee to drink in the morning sounds a bit more mental than the person drinking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Who knew coffee would become such an explosive issue? I can't understand why anyone would get so worked up over it as that guy Flight's encountered in the supermarket.It's just as annoying as wine snobbery.There's some really really awful wine out there though. I'm not a snob about it though because I don't know which ones are bad. I just buy whatever is reduced to £5. Knowing it used to cost more than a fiver makes me think it must be exquisite. Sometimes, even at RRP £10 wine, you still get a mouth full of vinegar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 You say that as if it takes an age to make fresh coffee. Using a cafetiere, it probably takes 3 minutes more than making instant coffee. Probably quicker than standing in the line at a Starbucks. Hating someone who makes his own coffee to drink in the morning sounds a bit more mental than the person drinking it.Maybe so. I was thinking of the extent of grinding beans, etc. This is the Pet Hates thread, not 'Pet Hates, subject to approval by Soda Jerk'. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Wanting something that tastes half decent is okay, that wasn't what I really meant by wine snobbery. It's that some people who really get into wine and do all the sniffing and swirling and analysing flavours blah blah sometimes act that regular folk aren't worthy of good wine because they don't "understand" it. Also I believe that there are loads of people who just pretend to know what they're talking about by copying something they saw / heard on tv. I also hate it when you see a wine glass that's the size of a football served with thimble's worth of wine in it. Just give me a normal glass and serve it up to the top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Wanting something that tastes half decent is okay, that wasn't what I really meant by wine snobbery. It's that some people who really get into wine and do all the sniffing and swirling and analysing flavours blah blah sometimes act that regular folk aren't worthy of good wine because they don't "understand" it. Also I believe that there are loads of people who just pretend to know what they're talking about by copying something they saw / heard on tv. I also hate it when you see a wine glass that's the size of a football served with thimble's worth of wine in it. Just give me a normal glass and serve it up to the top!See also real ale, associated brewing techniques, etc....who gives a shite, it either tastes decent or like cats piss mixed with tramps arse sweat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I do the whole swirl, smell and sip thing if I'm drinking nice wine, because I like nice wine. It's nice.That said, I'm not one of those dicks who claims to find notes of "buttered toast" and "tree bark" (both of those I've actually heard people say) in wine. If I'm drinking a bottle of co-op own brand for £5 (reduced from £10, obv) then yeah, take a large glass and fill her up!xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I just buy whatever is reduced to £5. Schoolboy error.Supermarket wine reductions usually involve wine that's only valued at the reduced price. So it's not such a good deal. Usually you'll get a better quality wine if you just buy one that's around the £5-6 mark anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I also hate it when you see a wine glass that's the size of a football served with thimble's worth of wine in it. Just give me a normal glass and serve it up to the top!That's something to do with aerating the wine and allowing it to breathe so it tastes the best it can, like popping a splash of water into a nice whisky for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Knowing that is not going to stop it pissing me off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Pet Hate: The guy who whistles in an office environment. My office environment. Every day, without fail. Morning, afternoon, it doesn't matter to him, he's ALWAYS HAPPY it seems. Ex-military. Works in HR. Wears his BlackBerry in a 'holster' on his belt. Prize cunt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Wears his BlackBerry in a 'holster' on his belt.Oh my. That's hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Schoolboy error.Supermarket wine reductions usually involve wine that's only valued at the reduced price. So it's not such a good deal. Usually you'll get a better quality wine if you just buy one that's around the £5-6 mark anyway.Aye, this. Usually they have it in for the first month and charge £10 for it and no-one buys it. After the first month its reduced, usually to a price that is still too high. They then plonk on a "fancy" label that says Castillo del Reyes (or fitever, y'ken), to make it seem like a unique valley wine, when really it was made in a warehouse by sweaty French guys standing on table grapes. I find the Selected by Tesco wines to be decent though. Genuinely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Sainsburys do a very good malbec for about £8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I can get on board with talking about wine and whiskey before 11am.'tis the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckula Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Not having a ticket for Arab Strap tonight and not being able to go even if I did have one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Whistling is shit. Because I can't do it.I really know very little about wine, almost nothing actually. It's only in the last few years I've drunk it much but even a year or so ago when asked what type of wine I had been drinking I answered "red" with no clue he was looking for something a little more specific. Thankfully living in a wine producing country means it is quite easy to find something decent at quite a cheap price. There's plenty of 2 or 3 euro bottles I'll happily drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Schoolboy error.Supermarket wine reductions usually involve wine that's only valued at the reduced price. So it's not such a good deal. Usually you'll get a better quality wine if you just buy one that's around the £5-6 mark anyway.It still gets knocked back anyway, so I'm not really fussed. It ends up being good most of the time though. I know Morrisons especially are sincere with their pricing and how they reduce certain wines. Plenty of wines that are genuinely £10 will get chopped down a few quid or even half price. Good stuff like Wolf Blass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I don't like wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Everyone needs to stop whining! i know that was bad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I'm indifferent to wine. It can taste a bit like manky, but it gets you tanked unbelievably quickly. I prefer that to drinking pint after pint and having about a thousand pisses in the process. A bottle and a half of wine and I'll fight anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Wine is at it's best when drunk hungover the afternoon following a big night out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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