Ya know what drives me nuts, come to think of it? When someone is being condescending and judgmental, and masks it with a faux-humility in their tone of voice or phrases that begin with "perhaps."

Hey, if ya got something condescending or critical to say, don't pretend that you're being ohhh so mild-mannered. I'd rather have someone swear at me.

But that's my prejudice that comes from a disastrous first marriage. I have to watch my self, and not go off like Pavlov's dogs.

Jerry