We've had enough of .........                                                          We have received a number of email entries for our Spotty Ribbon campaign and Cliché Corner that do not easily fit into either category. However, so as not to disappoint our contributors we've decided to start this new sub-section. Please submit any further contributions by email to RANTS (Right And Need To Speak). We've had enough of............ people who say "thuh" instead of "the" political correctness drivers who turn right from the left hand lane of a roundabout (UK) silly love songs drivers who don't use indicators price tags that make us out to be fools by showing silly amounts of pence (£3.99) customers at checkouts who insist on fumbling through their purse to find the correct change people who want us to talk to their hand being asked if we'd like cash back at supermarket checkouts cards for grandmother's day sandals being worn with socks (especially socks with purple heels and toes) cats that sh*t on the lawn University being referred to as Uni a load of email being called emails booking fees on theatre tickets inhaling other peoples' cigarette smoke members of the 'Middle Lane Owners Club' on UK motorways - they won't move over for anyone being addressed by my first name when I'm known by my middle name people standing in queues who are just accompanying others and not buying anything soccer players wearing sticky tape over their ear-rings during matches car drivers emptying piles of cigarette butts in public car parks car drivers who can't park within the white lines of parking bays people who say 'absolutely' instead of 'yes' prices shown in pounds and pence at the same time (£3.99p) bright red rear fog lamps when the weather is just slightly damp and not at all foggy 'Baby on Board' signs. So what! Who cares? What are we supposed to do about it? Christmas starting in October the 70 mph speed limit on UK motorways Portsmouth football club's bell-ringing supporter - 90 minutes of non-stop din and distraction! people who leave their empty shopping carts in car parking spaces - lazy b******s! drivers parking their cars across my driveway! drivers who park their cars on the pavement or sidewalk! Sunderland AFC pundit Gary Bennett saying "obviously" at least once in every sentence he utters sports commentators and pundits whose use of English grammar and tense is awful (link) people who reply with "Is it?" when you wish them "Good morning" Easter eggs in the shops on 31st December. People who count out one coin at a time when paying for goods (often from a tiny purse)! 5 pence pieces! drivers who drive the wrong way around one-way system car parks families walking five-abreast at 1 mile per fortnight around IKEA stores women who walk backwards away from shop windows and straight into me as I walk past!   The ISMS reserves the right to exclude any submissions deemed to be inappropriate or unsuitable.

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