Things you hate IV

Getting through winter and enduring the weather only to arrive in Spring to find it’s even worse.

Ben Rich.

Gaby Roslin covering for Zoe Ball and shrieking non-stop for two and a half hours.

Ken Bruce. Over-rated pile of crap.

OJ Borg, despite his Maltese roots.

Any song by Lionel Ritchie, and his ghastly tasteless immoral video for Hello.

Anybody who still votes Tory.

Paying more council tax but receiving less for the money.

Gino Pozzo

 

This was the actual sculpture she produced for ‘Hello.’

 

Haha. Thanks @Moose That really made me chuckle!

 

Looks exactly like the sort of thing Mrs Lloyd would pay good money for. Is it for sale? I'll let her know if it is

 

Yes but everyone could tell her it was "beautiful, amazing".

 

People who reply to all on a huge email with absolute sh*t meant for one person only. I genuinely hate these dumb f*ckers.

 

Being next to go at the urinal but behind the guy having a 10 gallon pi55 !

 

Everything in life right now

 

That sounds bad - are you ok ?

 

Regional accents. Why can't people just talk normally?

 

Trying to enjoy a massive piss but being eyeballed by a random stranger who's measuring my flow with his eyes.

 

I actually prefer Gaby to Zoe. Zoe's genuine enthusiasm for everything that is mediocre in the world is at odds with my own cynical world view.

Ken Bruce is a broadcasting god. From the old school, never a sniff of Yew Tree around him and popmaster is great.

Lionel is a mixed bag. Some of his stuff is very saccharine, although it was normal for the mid 80s.

I always preferred McEnroe

Anyone who still votes Tory really, really is incapable of critical thought.

Councils have had their central funding cut so they are expected to maintain services whilst not increasing council tax too much. I'd argue council tax is a distant issue compared with income tax. No idea what that is being spent on. Police, education, health - can't see a single thing that isn't a creaking mess.

Love you Malts - hope you're OK.

 

Uff it gets worse. The awful plastic Gary Davies in for Vernon today.

I think I will put a CD on instead.

I can’t switch over to Greatest hits as Bruce is on. I’ve never once heard him say anything vaguely interesting or amusing. He’s a dinosaur over-consumed by his own hype, unable to perform adequately when promoted to replace Wogan first time round, and content to earn a living by just reading out listener e-mails and say ‘ohhhhhh’to them.

Ghastly

 

My ex wife dated Gary Davies before we married (true story)
I divorced her when I found out (not so true)
Apparently mine was much larger than his (made up, but probably true)

 

I assume you’re talking noses!

 

I think you nose what I'm referring to !

 

Wow we are polar opposites. I love Gary and cannot abide Bernard.

 

Nikki Chapman is my favourite. A lovely unassuming nice broadcaster.

To keep @The undeniable truth ’s theme going, I also like Sara Cox.

 

Was he 'young, free and single' at the time?

 

Wooh.......Gary Davies ?

 

We’ve had first team coaches who’ve lasted longer than that stupid Scottish First Minister

What a shambles they are up there

 

I don't want to take sides in this argument as the correct answer is just Radio 2.
Only old people listen to it.

 

MP's who change parties. The rules need to change to stop this happening.

 

Moog and I are old

 

Hopefully they will soon realise what a rudderless ship they would be without us grown ups south of the border and forget any further pursuit of independence !!

 

There are 2 definitions of old.
People who are 10 years older than me.
People who listen to radio 2.

 

TBF some of Moogs are old, some are young, some have passed, and some are not yet born.

 

The average age of a Radio 2 listener is 35.

 

Speak for yourself Fossil!

I'm 46 - in the words of Phil Leotardo, just a ******* kid!

 

11 years older than the average Radio 2 listener!

 

Dream on.... a quick search returned. The worrying thing is that this means not many radio 2 listeners also meet my first definition of old

Recent Figures:
As of the latest data available (from December 2021), BBC Radio 2 has approximately 14.87 million weekly listeners.
82% of Radio 2’s listeners are now aged over 35, with an average audience age of 50.
One-third of the station’s audience is aged over 65

 

My data was from December 2022

 

I cannot stand Zoe Ball. Fantastic, wonderful, awesome, is that all this woman says? I only ever listen to Radio 2 on the way to work when she's on holiday.

However, I totally agree about Ken Bruce, just horrific.

 

I never listen to the radio at all. I don’t think I’ve listened to it for 20+ years. Can’t stand the artificial DJ excitement and happiness and can’t bear 90% of the music played.

Couldn’t name a song by Ed Sheeran or Graham Taylor Swift if my life depended on it.

 

There are radio stations other than those that play contemporary pop music.