It's the little things that irritate

[jimduncanuk]

Magic!

[Last Hussar]

The level of service in the Pendraken Mess Bar.

They actually asked me if I would be prepared to pay at least SOME of my slate!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Slates cost, a tile us free!

[Leman]

Watching the 1960s re-run of the BBC's WWI in which every army is shown wearing grey. Even the mud is grey and the grey guns are all pulled by grey horses. What were they thinking?

[FierceKitty]

Personally, I'm content to be amused by the inaccuracies, anachronisms and inconsistencies. Doubly so if I'm with a fellow nerd who can understand the cause of my amusement.

Given that most of the audience would probably struggle to tell an M-16 from a margarine tub I think the film and TV industry's attempts at more accurate representations of uniforms and hardware are to be commended and the occasional lapse is understandable.

Easy. Margarine is the one that is likely to cause worse damage to your health.

[FierceKitty]

Vikings in horned helmets, that's the one that always annoys me 

Hear, hear. And wearing shirts of "chainmail" (sic).

[Techno]

Watching the 1960s re-run of the BBC's WWI in which every army is shown wearing grey. Even the mud is grey and the grey guns are all pulled by grey horses. What were they thinking?

I like that one ! 

Cheers - Phil

[O Dinas Powys]

Watching the 1960s re-run of the BBC's WWI in which every army is shown wearing grey. Even the mud is grey and the grey guns are all pulled by grey horses. What were they thinking?

I think this explains everything adequately:



Cheers!

Meirion

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Riiiight!

[Wulf]

One war movie that always amused me was 'A Bridge Too Far', in which they used genuine German tanks.

Leopard tanks mind you. But genuine German tanks...

What amused me even more was that they looked right...

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Actually Wulf they were Belgium Army Leopards....

IanS

[Wulf]

Yeah, but Belgian army German tanks...

[Techno]

CDs that come in horrid hard cardboard sleeves, (so you can scratch them) rather than a plastic 'jewel case'.....That irritates me.
DVDs in box sets, where you have to take one out to get at the one underneath...... That really, really p*sses me off !

(I'm going to have a grump, now) 

Cheers - Phil

[OldenBUA]

People who get Belgium and the Netherlands mixed up.

Even worse, people who get Holland and the Netherlands mixed up.

[jimduncanuk]

Even worse, people who get Holland and the Netherlands mixed up.

Even more confusing when you hear that the Dutch have invaded Holland.