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#384645 - 07/12/05 10:04 PM Pet Peeves
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Any Pet Peeves out there?

Mine (and Yes - I've got a lot of them!):

When people use the name of the restaurant as the name of the food. example: I ate (or had) McDonalds for lunch. No, you WENT to McDonalds. You ATE a Big Mac and fries.
People that say "sherbeRt" in reference to the frozen ice-cream-like dessert...I've looked in a dictionary and there's no "r" in the word. It's SHERBET.

Women who refuse to eat an actual meal in a restaurant on a date. God forbid they eat something besides a tiny garden salad and seltzer water. These same women will pig out on ice cream at their next Tupperware party or PartyLite candle meeting.

Idiot liberals who think the death penalty is wrong but abortion is OK.

Anti-war buffoons who get arrested for FIGHTING at the protest

People like Cher that refuse to retire

People who don't use their turn signal or use it after they are already turning.

Overuse of the word "unfortunately," especially as a way of deflecting personal responsibility for a situation, and because the speaker thinks its use makes him/her sound more intelligent. (Also, the word "irregardless")

People who leave their grocery carts in the middle of the parking lot, when the cart parking area is twenty feet away.

On-screen logos and other view obstructiung graphics. Case in point, the coverage of Hurricane Dennis on CNN was, to me, unwatchable because the screen was half-filled with graphics. They want you to watch but it's only to show off their overuse of on-screen graphics. It happens on 99.9% of the other broadcasters as well.

People who do not know the proper use of the words "there", "they're" and "their".

The grammatical conundrum involving the proper use of "that" and "which"!

Roadside memorials

"That begs the question" used improperly.

Wives who dress like "weekend warriors" or truck drivers, or business MEN....then whine like little children when their husband "eyes" a woman who looks like a woman.

People who refuse gainful employment.

People who assume the worse.

Professional Victims

People who refuse to remove their Kerry Edwards bumper stickers 8 months after the election.

People who drive too slow.

Lawyers in general.

Barbara Boxer thinking she matters.

The person who hit my car in the parking lot last week and took off.

Overpaid public employees.

NEW John Kerry bumper stickers

Stupidly loud music in a car

Stupidly low pants on boys

Buckhead Bettys in their really big SUVs who take up my time on the road

Politicians who claim to know what "the American people" want.

Politicians who throw the phrase "the world" around in the same way. ("The world stands with you.") The world is a mighty big place. Not everybody agrees.

People who call me and then put me on hold to answer the other line.

Liberals in general - although to me they're more of a laughingstock than a peeve.

People who eat or generally make a lot of noise on the phone. (yelling at their kids, flushing their toilet, etc)

Bitchy women

People who sit two car lengths back from the car ahead of them at traffic signals (leaving enough room to fit a semi) and causing traffic behind them to miss the green lights

People talking on cellphones who take their sweet time chatting away, oblivious to traffic behind them

Non-synchronized traffic signals (fuel wastage)

Visible butt-cracks....anyones!

Loud people in public places

People who drag their feet when they walk

Parents who let their children dress inappropriately for their age.

Couples who argue in front of others

Women who expect their men to be mind-readers

Baseball caps worn backwards

People who are mean to old people in public settings

Azzhats who dump animals off in the 'country' (my yard) instead of being responsible and getting them fixed.

Parents with crying kids who yell "I'll give you something to cry about"

Drama queens.

Clingy men.

Women who wear things they don't FIT in

Stupidly low pants on boys (and chubby girls)

People who try express their level of apathy by stating;
"I could care less." No, if you are truly apathetic, you couldn't care less.

Not getting a courtesy wave when I let someone merge in traffic

Too much cologne

"Crotch Rocket" motorcycles

People, when shown the truth, ignore it

A cart loaded with groceries in the 10 items or less line

People in long lines that act surprised when it is time to pay the cashier, and then count out pennies....

Meetings at the end of the day, especially on Friday.

Cell Phone Batteries

Power outages

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#384646 - 07/12/05 10:18 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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People who dont use there turn signal or use it after they are already turning.

People who do not know the proper use of the words "there", "they're" and "their".




? (sorry, couldn't resist)

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#384647 - 07/12/05 10:33 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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Who would've thought that you would have so many _X_?
My pet peeves include but are not limited to:

Stupid customers

My wife's constant nagging

Running out of whiskey

Stupid customers

Running out of cigarettes

Stupid customers

Friends who owe me money asking to borrow money

Certain Republicans who blindly follow a puppet on strings

Stupid customers

People who come to my house to try and "save me" what happened to the phrase, "Only God can judge me"??

Oh, and did I mention stupid customers?
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#384648 - 07/12/05 11:12 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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. . . there's no "r" in the word. It's SHERBET.




There is an "r" - just not before the "t"!
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#384649 - 07/12/05 11:16 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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Jeeze x, no wonder you are such a grouch. You spend so much time hung up about things that you don't like you probably never have any time to see any positives in life.

Peace Dude.
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#384650 - 07/12/05 11:59 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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People who whine too much and have too many pet peeves
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#384651 - 07/13/05 12:01 AM Re: Pet Peeves
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People who's pet peeve is "people who whine too much and have too many pet peeves"

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#384652 - 07/13/05 12:04 AM Re: Pet Peeves
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People who's pet peeve is "people who whine too much and have too many pet peeves"



That was me, I forgot to log in... another pet peeve of mine is people who don't log in and then don't take credit (or responsibility) for their post.
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#384653 - 07/13/05 02:07 AM Re: Pet Peeves
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* Keyboard players who can't keep their left hand away from the bass guitarist's territory.

* Drummers who don't listen to what anyone else in the band is playing.

* Lead guitar players who think they can play rhythm, but don't have a clue.

* Bass players who play lead guitar like it's a bass.

* Singers who whine that the stage volume of the bass or drums is too loud.

* Sound technicians who mute channels on the board without warning for no apparent reason.

* Ovation guitars.
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#384654 - 07/13/05 04:18 AM Re: Pet Peeves
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Where the heart is
Meat buyers who outbid normal use buyers for a horse. Especially when they laugh after doing so.
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#384655 - 07/13/05 11:36 AM Re: Pet Peeves
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People that say "sherbeRt" in reference to the frozen ice-cream-like dessert...I've looked in a dictionary and there's no "r" in the word. It's SHERBET.

Oops! I'm guilty of that- sher-bert- yeck yea it sounds better than sher-bet. Oh well.
Liars and snobs I don't deal well with those. Only one word for people who leave the shopping carts in the parking lot- LAZY.
Other than that- I like being positive

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#384656 - 07/13/05 01:29 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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X, you're from the Atlanta area?

PP: My boss uses MUTE instead of MOOT.

Drives me crazy even though I have corrected indirectly via email, lol.
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#384657 - 07/13/05 01:31 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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People that say they don't like something but have never tried it.

I agree with the "crotch rockets". I can't stand when they drive for block on one wheel or when they pass in between cars.

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#384658 - 07/13/05 01:49 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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Liberals in general - although to me they-re more of a laughingstock than a peeve.

People who dont use there turn signal or use it after they are already turning.

People who do not know the proper use of the words "there", "they're" and "their".

I too could not help but point out another one.

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#384659 - 07/13/05 01:56 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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People who say "Can I ax (or aks) you a question?" Last time I checked, it should be ask...

People who have nothing better to do than forward every joke, picture, cartoon or saying via email, then ask (ax) why i didnt respond to tell them how cute, funny or clever their 75 emails were today.

X-I agree with the graphics/logo on TV now-try watching ESPN's top plays-8 out of 10 times you dont see the catch, throw, dive, etc because of all the graphics, and the sound effects are just as bad.
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#384660 - 07/13/05 02:00 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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Had a former employer who always used "ideal" instead of "idea." For example: "I saw another bank's ad yesterday, and it gave me a great ideal." This guy drove me up a wall with that.

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#384661 - 07/13/05 02:05 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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I like crotch rockets, I just sold my Ducati.

Granted, though, some of those guys are just plain nuts. We were going across Alligator Alley last week at about 80 mph, and the one guy did a wheelie for about a 1/4 or 1/2 mile. I usually don't mind, but I was concerned that he was going to wipe out, and a second fear of me running someone over.
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#384662 - 07/13/05 02:12 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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What do you feed a "peeve" and do they get along with small dogs?
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#384663 - 07/13/05 02:17 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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Irregardless-yes, I hate that too. People say it to sound more intelligent, but it's not a word!

"Bitchy women" hmmm, yes, I agree, but would have too add bitcy men. You know the types that just bitch and bitch and bitch..............

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#384664 - 07/13/05 02:19 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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"Idiot liberals who think the death penalty is wrong but abortion is OK."

The rub is this: it comes down to respect for the dignity of the humans involved. People telling a woman what she might do with her own body and people saying that they should have the power to decide the outcome of somebody's life.

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#384665 - 07/13/05 02:29 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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Leroy Jenkins dislikes people who speak in the third person.

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#384666 - 07/13/05 02:52 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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I repeat:

Drama Queens

Bitchy Women

Add:

People that use their tag line to note an accomplishment that no one gives a damn about. Besides, if one is doing CRA full time, outstanding isn't that had to attain.

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#384667 - 07/13/05 02:57 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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So many peeves, so little time.
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#384668 - 07/13/05 03:06 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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Bill Clinton pisses me off. Nancy Pelosi pisses me off. Frank Lautenberg pisses me off. Environmentalists [censored] me off. Janet Reno pisses me off. Harry Reid pisses me off. al Zarkawi pisses me off. Whoopi Goldberg pisses me off. Ann Lewis pisses me off. Al Franken pisses me off. Chris Matthews pisses me off. Ted Kennedy pisses me off. Newsweek pisses me off. NBC pisses me off. Berkley California pisses me off. Liberals [censored] me off. Muslims [censored] me off. Tom Daschle used to [censored] me off. Sarah Brady pisses me off. Howard Dean pisses me off. George Soros pisses me off. Trolls [censored] me off. The Dixie Chicks [censored] me off. Barbara Streisand pisses me off. Ed Asner pisses me off. The Communist Party of the United States pisses me off. CBS pisses me off. North Korea pisses me off. The Boston Globe pisses me off. Hollywood pisses me off. John Edwards pisses me off. Susan Sarandan pisses me off. NPR pisses me off. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pisses me off. Rod Blagojevich pisses me off. Moby pisses me off. Jeanine Garofalo should bathe more, and that pisses me off. The New York Times pisses me off. Iran pisses me off. Rosie O'Donnell pisses me off. Jacque Chirac pisses me off. Air America amuses me. Jim Jeffords pisses me off. Josh Horowitz pisses me off. Chevy Chase pisses me off. Paul Sarbanes pisses me off. Mayor Richard Daley pisses me off. Robert Byrd pisses me off. Somolia pisses me off. European socialism pisses me off. The Center for Science in the Public Interest pisses me off. Molly Ivins pisses me off. Alec Baldwin pisses me off. Jim McDermott pisses me off. Jimmy Carter pisses me off. The Los Angeles Times pisses me off. Non-Hero John McCain pisses me off. The United Nations pisses me off. Saudi Arabia pisses me off. Gun control groups [censored] me off. Osama bin Ladin pisses me off. Diane Feinstein pisses me off. The Chicago Tribune pisses me off. The DNC pisses me off. Rahm Emmanual pisses me off. France pisses me off. Al Gore makes me feel sympathy. Democrats [censored] me off. Lincoln Chaffee pisses me off. The Koran pisses me off. Paul Krugman pisses me off. Gannett newspapers [censored] me off. Tavis Smiley pisses me off. John F. Kerry pisses me off. Moveon.org pisses me off. Terri McAullife pisses me off. Carl Levin pisses me off. China pisses me off. James Carville pisses me off. Fidel Castro pisses me off. Salon pisses me off. Michael Moore pisses me off. Stupid people [censored] me off. Terrorism pisses me off. Dan Rather pisses me off. ABC pisses me off. Vladimir Putin pisses me off. Chuck Schumer pisses me off. Ward Churchill pisses me off. The Village Voice pisses me off. Sidney Blumenthal pisses me off. Joseph Biden pisses me off. John Conyers pisses me off. I wish Peter Jennings well with his cancer, but he still pisses me off. Kofi Annan pisses me off. CNN pisses me off. Democrat Underground pisses me off. Jonathan Alter pisses me off. Barney Frank pisses me off. Helen Thomas pisses me off. Marxism pisses me off. Andrea Mitchell pisses me off. The New And Improved Newt Gingrich pisses me off. Ted Koppel pisses me off. Losing rights pisses me off. Tom Brokaw pisses me off. Jane Fonda pisses me off. Henry Wexler pisses me off. Cynthia McKinney pisses me off. Susan Estrich pisses me off. Eleanor Clift pisses me off. Che Guevara pisses me off. Louise Slaughter pisses me off. Barak Obama pisses me off. Bill Moyers pisses me off. Danny Glover pisses me off. Not observing the Constitution pisses me off. Michael Bloomberg pisses me off. Canadians annoy me slightly from time to time. Sheila Jackson Lee pisses me off. Cynthia Tucker pisses me off. Olympia Snowe pisses me off. Maxine Waters pisses me off. Maureen Dowd pisses me off. Barbara Boxer pisses me off. Hillary Clinton pisses me off.

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#384669 - 07/13/05 03:08 PM Re: Pet Peeves
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Quote:

I repeat:

Drama Queens

Bitchy Women

Add:

People that use their tag line to note an accomplishment that no one gives a damn about. Besides, if one is doing CRA full time, outstanding isn't that had to attain.




You sound like a man with a chip on his shoulder. What happened to make you so bitter?

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