[Arseface]

Ok, this is not really a pub game, but it's not random crap either, so I'm putting in the Tavern proper. I got this off of my favourite radio station Triple M. This is if you have a complaint thats too petty for anyone to really care about it, post it here and we'll sort the buggers out, after all, its what heroes do...

Heres a good example I got off of the site.

It was posted by "Lisa", and I've edited it to make it more family friendly

" I'm not a whinger, but I hate people who don't jog paper before they staple it. What's next? Jumble the pages on your desk and put a staple through the centre?!
For heavens sake just hold the pages together and tap them twice on any hard, flat surface. Only Stumpy (and maaaybe One-Eye) are exempt. All the rest of you - SMARTEN UP! "

That made me chuckle. Now whinge away!!

PS. Nearly forgot the most Important thing! Every whinge needs to start with the phrase "I'm not a whinger, but..."

[Hexadecimal]

I'm not a "whinger", but why do brits and aussies always spell "whine" with a G in it?
It looks really retarded... is it pronounced like "singing"? 'Cause the G being after the N means it's not silent... you'd have to pronounce it...
"whinging"? really?
Is it so hard to just say "whine"?

[Angel]

They are two different words, if I haven't misunderstood you...

One is pronounced "wine" as in the drink and the other is pronounced the same way as fringe but without the r and, obviously, the w instead of the f...

[Arseface]

I would have likened it to "minge" but yeah, different words

[Albion Knight]

Originally Posted by Angel

They are two different words, if I haven't misunderstood you...

One is pronounced "wine" as in the drink and the other is pronounced the same way as fringe but without the r and, obviously, the w instead of the f...

I pronounce that like hinge but with an fr instead of an H

I'm not a whiner but why ... ... OK I got nothing

[Angel]

Originally Posted by Arseface

I would have likened it to "minge" but yeah, different words

Would have done that but wasn't sure if everyone knows what word...plus it makes me cringe...oh! That's another example!

[Hexadecimal]

Originally Posted by Angel

Would have done that but wasn't sure if everyone knows what word...plus it makes me cringe...oh! That's another example!

that's how you pronounce it?
I've never heard a brit ever actually say it though, they always just say whine, and never write whine... and they use "whinge" when they mean "whine" ... so I assumed they were writing "whinge" to mean "whine" because that's the only word they actually seem to say

weird

we don't say that here... we just say whine

[Arseface]

Well, its the exact same meaning, just different words... Like you yanks (and I'm including Canada in that, let me know if it offends you, Hex) saying things like Jelly instead of Jam We say Jelly instead of Jello... It's just silly

I got one

I'm not a whinger... but how hard can it be to put all the cutlery in the same spot in the dishwasher? There's six slots on ours and seeing as how I'm the designated stacker, I've decided that ones for knives, ones for forks, and so on with table spoons, tea spoons, sporks and miscellaneous in the last one. But when my mum decides to help out, she mixes them all up, making me go back through and reorder them. It's really just easier if I do it myself... And so what if I put the stay sharp knives facing up in the knife thing, it's not my fault shes got bad eyes and is constantly stabbing her hand but seriously I should stop doing that

[Albion Knight]

Originally Posted by Arseface

I got one

I'm not a whinger... but how hard can it be to put all the cutlery in the same spot in the dishwasher? There's six slots on ours and seeing as how I'm the designated stacker, I've decided that ones for knives, ones for forks, and so on with table spoons, tea spoons, sporks and miscellaneous in the last one. But when my mum decides to help out, she mixes them all up, making me go back through and reorder them... And so what if I put the stay sharp knives facing up in the knife thing, it's not my fault shes got bad eyes and is constantly stabbing her hand but seriously I should stop doing that

That works fine if you have an equal number of cutlery but usually there is a disproportionate amount of one type or another, especially forks.

I'm not a Whiner but why do I always find myself replying in a off topic way then trying to come up with some clever on topic comment after the fact.

[Angel]

Originally Posted by Hexadecimal

that's how you pronounce it?
I've never heard a brit ever actually say it though, they always just say whine, and never write whine... and they use "whinge" when they mean "whine" ... so I assumed they were writing "whinge" to mean "whine" because that's the only word they actually seem to say

weird

we don't say that here... we just say whine

Nothing like the English language to make no sense whatsoever. I find it more satisfying to say the word whinge, personally... it's the kind of word used on children, rather than adults, so it represents a condescending tone when addressed towards anyone above the age of about 14

Here's mine:

I'm not a whinger but is it so hard for someone to take a used teabag from the cup and place it in the bin? Take my sister for example - she will make a cup of tea and instead of turning 180 degrees and dropping the teabag in the bin just two feet away, she dumps it on the kitchen worktop and leaves the room. Then she will come back, make another tea (in a different cup, I might add which also infuriates me) and deposits the teabag on another surface...petty yes, but it drives me insane...

[Arseface]

Thats a good one! And it's supposed to be petty

[Hexadecimal]

Originally Posted by Arseface

Well, its the exact same meaning, just different words... Like you yanks (and I'm including Canada in that, let me know if it offends you, Hex) saying things like Jelly instead of Jam We say Jelly instead of Jello... It's just silly

I'm not a ****ing yank!
Yes, it does offend me. Seriously.
And we don't say "jelly", we say "jam" so I don't know what the **** you're on about, that's yanks, and I'm not a ****ing yank.

[Albion Knight]

Originally Posted by Angel

Nothing like the English language to make no sense whatsoever. I find it more satisfying to say the word whinge, personally... it's the kind of word used on children, rather than adults, so it represents a condescending tone when addressed towards anyone above the age of about 14

Here's mine:

I'm not a whinger but is it so hard for someone to take a used teabag from the cup and place it in the bin? Take my sister for example - she will make a cup of tea and instead of turning 180 degrees and dropping the teabag in the bin just two feet away, she dumps it on the kitchen worktop and leaves the room. Then she will come back, make another tea (in a different cup, I might add which also infuriates me) and deposits the teabag on another surface...petty yes, but it drives me insane...

She puts the tea bag on the counter all wet and nasty I guess there could be worse thing but come on .

I'm not in the band Wings but why is the Lionhead Video Diary #4 not out yet

[Arseface]

Thats a legitimate winge!! No pettyness whatsoever. Didn't even try... "shakes head"

But I do sympathize with you, AK

Also, I'm not a whinger, but I hate it when it's getting waaaay too late, but there's still things to see and people to do. No, wait. Strike that. Reverse it.

[projectego]

Originally Posted by Hexadecimal

I'm not a ****ing yank!
Yes, it does offend me. Seriously.
And we don't say "jelly", we say "jam" so I don't know what the **** you're on about, that's yanks, and I'm not a ****ing yank.

Wow. What the hell, Hex. There wasn't any need for that at all. Didn't seem like he was trying to intentionally cause any offence, to me. I reckon an apology is in order, don't you? And AF, even if you didn't mean to offend Hex, perhaps you could apologise for the misunderstanding. Just to bury the hatchet.