71 Lines About One Disturbed Me.
Eons ago someone asked something about pet peeves.. so here are mine.
- People who are intolerant of other cultures.
- The French.
- People.
- Those who ignore construction, merge, lane ends or other street signs until the very last moment.
- People who use overly complex words and terms in order to make themselves feel smart and me feel ummm.. not.
- Batrachomyomachy
- Bloggers… bleh.
- People who answer seemingly every statement made by another person with “Really?”.
- Really?
- Little yappy dogs.
- Parents who don’t teach their kids how to act in public.
- Die-hard Democrats.
- Die-hard Republicans.
- Pundits
- People who can’t “remember the name of that one guy who was in that movie last summer”.
- “umm”
- “uhh”
- People who like start every sentence with “like.”
- Nagging
- People who feel they have to “one-up” any story being told by anyone. You know “You think being set on fire by The Pope was bad… Let me tell you about the time…”
- Liars - seriously. Liars.
- How the mass of an object increases to an infinite amount as you approach the speed of light. Screws up my plans on a day-to-day basis.
- MBLMI B TEL MLPQ ZLAB A JBP PXDBP LK Q EBFO YILDP .
- Most time-travel movies.
- Most “Hollywood” Movies.
- Harry Potter
- Spiderman
- The “Green” Movement
- Social norms
- People who never let you forget a favor.
- People who never remember you did them a favor.
- Bush… (You pick which type)
- Most everything I think or do.
- iTunes
- Most “Gamers”.
- Wrapping presents
- In-laws.
- People who can eat all the want and never gain wait AND who look down on me for being overweight.
- People who steal other people’s ideas and present them as their own.
- Over-zealous, over-concerned, over-engaged parents in my kid’s class.
- The PTA.
- People who can’t read or disregard the ‘No soliciting, please” sign on my doorbell.
- People who put ads and flyers in my mailbox. (Not send them, but just walk by and put them in there.)
- Most political campaign commercials.
- People who stand-by while someone is being assaulted / attacked.
- Men who don’t support their families. (See also: inlaws)
- People who are never wrong.
- Vampires
- Fake swearing! “Fetch I flippin’ hate that freaking sheeze!!!”
- Fudge!!! - I mean.. who eats this stuff? Waste of a good brownie if you ask me.
- People who can’t be bothered to write”for” or “you” and insist on using “4″ and “U” instead.
- People who complain about someone owing them money when they actually never paid you back.
- Chick-Flicks
- Feminine hygiene commercials
- Most erectile dysfunction commercials.
- Words I always misspell. Will I ever learn to spell “recieve” correctly?!
- Most things Disney.
- That everything good is fattening, or more so that everything that’s good-for-you tastes like cardboard.
- People who go on and on and on without getting to the point.
- Hypocrisy
- Hippo’s named “Crissy”
- Zoo’s. Seriously - I hate them so much!!!
- People who talk during the Movie. They must die!
- People who kick the back of my seat. They too must die!
- People who bring huge roller-suitcases as carry-on baggage.
- Waiting for checked baggage on the SLC to IAD Delta flight. (Just that flight, every other flight does fine!)
- Daytime Television
- Bad Customer Service, in all it’s evil forms!
- “Corporate Responsibility” which is actually just marketing and PR.
- Amber’s constant fidgeting.
- Amber waking me up just as I’ve fallen asleep to tell me some incredibly interesting tidbit she heard on daytime television, saw at a store or otherwise just remembered. (I once had to start strangling her to get her to stop.)
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Like.. umm.. Dude… you have issues.
Thanks for sharing, I feel better now!
But really.. Crissy.. what did this one hippo do to you?!
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Like, Really? That was ummm, uhhh, fetching funny yo! This line “Bush… (You pick which type) ” was my favorite. I must go and download something from iTunes while I blog erectile disfunction and my current feminine issues, after I blog about politics and Harry Potter! Really?
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
I don’t think we can be friends anymore.
), 59, 60, 68.
Those of which I am 100% guilty: 3, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, quite possibly 23 but I’m much too lazy to figure it out for sure but with my luck, yeah, 31, 38 (HA! In my dreams!), 47 (again, my dreams, I tell yah, they get away from me!), 49, 50, (side note 56 - i before e except after c, man!
Okay…. 20%…. not as bad as I had originally thought. We can still be 80% friends.
September 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
You could have saved yourself a lot of time typing and us a lot of time reading by putting one simple word: Monica.
That would pretty much sum up your list…