Don’t you just hate…

According to a recent poll the top 10 most annoying things are:

1. Cold-callers
2. Caravans
3. Queue-jumpers
4. James Blunt
5. Traffic wardens
6. Tailgaters
7. Brown-nosers
8. Chantelle & Preston
9. Ex-smokers
10. Noisy neighbours

My list is a bit different. Firstly a list of stuff that annoys me:

1. Loud mobile phone users (“I’m on the train” and “I’m shouting loudly to show everyone how important I am”)
2. Call centres (“you’re call is important to us”. Oh yes, then why don’t you employ someone to answer the sodding phone?)
3. Caravans (not just the road-hogging, but the whole concept of caravanning)
4. Shop assistants who can’t be arsed to be helpful
5. Fog lights when it’s not foggy (or even remotely cloudy), usually but not always linked to…
6. Chavs, especially those who flaunt their chavness with the Burberry baseball cap & chav uniform
7. Modern parents (the type who drag little Tristram and Sienna around IKEA when they would rather be out playing)
8. Muffin tops (the mutton/lamb expression applies here)
9. Queue-jumpers
10. Soap operas & ham acting (quality TV can’t be knocked out 4 times a week every week)

Now a list of annoying people:

1. Coldplay
2. Wayne Rooney
3. Jason Mohammed (he is deeply irritating on Wales Today and even more so in person)
4. Jimmy Carr
5. Cliff Richard
6. Tim Henman
7. The Beckhams
8. Chris Moyles
9. Anyone who has ever appeared on Big Brother
10. Love Island & I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here “celebs”

This is easily a feature that could run and run - there’s plenty more where these quick hit lists came from.

Running Notes

Just sent in my application for the Swansea Bay 10k race. It’s on Sunday 24 September, which worryingly is only 7 weeks away.

Going to have to get back to running 3 times a week. The schedule has completely gone to pot in the heat since we got back from Lanzarote. Lunchtime running in the heatwave has been nigh-on impossible and it seems every evening is taken up. Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes and a longer run on the weekend is the plan from now on.

Cricket Notes

Glamorgan’s John Player League game was rained off on Monday evening. Should have played it on Sunday afternoon when the sun was shining.

Haddocks had another fine win last night. Skips called correctly and opted to bat against Rags. We reached a substantial 136, runs coming from Tim, Coxy (riding his luck with aplomb), and Angry. I chipped in with a useful 5 not out at the end.

After an early success, we came under a bit of pressure from a big-hitting pair, and some wondered whether our bowling lineup would be strong enough to contain them in the later stages. I took a catch in the deep off a steepling top edge off a no-ball. Nice bruise on my thumb for nothing.

But with four or five to go, and the opposition looking for around 10 an over, Shotgun and Andy each put in a nerveless over, putting the target almost out of sight. The opposition were forced to hit out, and wickets fell in consequence. Skips bowled the final over to complete an excellent spell of 3 for 9 off 5 overs, and give us a twenty run victory.