What RUFFLES your feathers

[Badger]

I hate it that Air Force Rugby is treated like a second class citizen compared to the Army and Navy

Amen to that Exile.

[jono]

journalists getting stuff wrong.
its called research! not make stuff up and hope it sticks so that other people can build off it...

[GIGS20]

journalists getting stuff wrong.
its called research! not make stuff up and hope it sticks so that other people can build off it...

You just shot down the entire research department of the Sydney Morning Herald sport section there Jono!

[Harry]

Having to wait for a pint......

[Em-Forcer]

You just shot down the entire research department of the Sydney Morning Herald sport section there Jono!

didn't know they had one! Oh, hold on a mo, yes they do - I just found a photo of them...

[Ecky]

screw that. bad drivers in general piss me off.
i've only had my lisence 2 months and i can drive better than a load of people on the road...

Yeah! Seems most "P" Platers have similar opinions.

Doesn't really ruffle my feathers, but here's something I've been wondering about recently - maybe |jono| can shed some light:
a) Why do P platers disregard speed limits?
b) Do P platers not get taught how to merge? (by the way, yes, I realise no-one in Perth knows how to merge, I am assuming it's from when we start driving)
c) Is every drive with P plates a race?
d) Do P platers feel they are somehow immune from prosecution? and finally
e) What is a P plater's "plan B" i.e what will they do once they lose their MDL due to an accumulation of points?

[Harry]

Doesn't really ruffle my feathers, but here's something I've been wondering about recently - maybe |jono| can shed some light:
a) Why do P platers disregard speed limits?
b) Do P platers not get taught how to merge? (by the way, yes, I realise no-one in Perth knows how to merge, I am assuming it's from when we start driving)
c) Is every drive with P plates a race?
d) Do P platers feel they are somehow immune from prosecution? and finally
e) What is a P plater's "plan B" i.e what will they do once they lose their MDL due to an accumulation of points?

To give Insurance dudes something to do?

[GIGS20]

Doesn't really ruffle my feathers, but here's something I've been wondering about recently - maybe |jono| can shed some light:
a) Why do P platers disregard speed limits?

Because they are better drivers than everyone else and are in such total control of their vehicle (and every other variable on the road) that there is no issue with them doing so!

b) Do P platers not get taught how to merge? (by the way, yes, I realise no-one in Perth knows how to merge, I am assuming it's from when we start driving)

Of course P platers get taught how to merge, but they are better drivers than everyone else and .... yada yada yada that we mortal drivers should be the ones to merge with them.

c) Is every drive with P plates a race?

When you are a better driver than everyone else, it may seem that it's a race to lesser humans....this is not actually the case, they're just making us look so slow by being better drivers ... I think you get it!

d) Do P platers feel they are somehow immune from prosecution?

Not at all, they feel that the police force are unfairly picking on them for being ..... BETTER DRIVERS ......

and finally
e) What is a P plater's "plan B" i.e what will they do once they lose their MDL due to an accumulation of points?

You don't need a plan 'B' when ....... you guessed it ........
you are a better driver than everyone else and are in such total control of your vehicle (and every other variable on the road)

[Em-Forcer]

OK - so it doesn't really ruffle Ecky's featehrs, but I think we can safely say it well and truly presses GIGS' buttons...!

[Em-Forcer]

People NOT laughing at my picture of the SMH research team (see above, reply #50) - that REALLY gets my goat!!!

Oh, and on the sports theme, rubbish commentaries and analysis, with pointless metaphors, incorrect tenses and players 'giving' more effort than it is possible - or even necessary - for them to give:
'At the end of the day he's played well and he's scored a goal and he's given 110%... (blah blah etc etc)'

Oh dear - looks like I have my grammar hat on today. Larry started it over in the chat report, so I blame him! I'll get off my high horse (or my stack of dictionaries) now!

[Jess]

It ruffles my feathers when people generalise and put all P platers in the same box!

[jono]

thank you jess...
i'd like to point out that its not just p platers that speed. dont know how to merge and are generally pricks on the road.

but not all of us are like that.
i'm not going to say i dont speed every now and again, but who doesnt?
but not every drive is a race for me, i dont want to have to be buried or bury another mate after the 2 we bured last year.

its the attitude that one takes towards driving. and mine is one of wanting to get to my destination alive and in one piece.

You just shot down the entire research department of the Sydney Morning Herald sport section there Jono!

no. the perth ones were who i was talking about.

[Bunji]

When you know you have had 1 to many and wake up to pay like you have for the last 33 years..

And you do it again for the 2nd straight day..

[Bunji]

didn't know they had one! Oh, hold on a mo, yes they do - I just found a photo of them...

People NOT laughing at my picture of the SMH research team (see above, reply #50) - that REALLY gets my goat!!!

Un-Ruffled i hope

[GIGS20]

i dont want to have to be buried or bury another mate after the 2 we bured last year.

Good point Jono, I'll shut up now!