BS: Pet peeves

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 04:50 PM

Another pet peeve - people who block off half the room in sessions just because 'I can't see who's playing'.... hey mate.... NEITHER CAN WE SITTING ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM!!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: jpk
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 04:49 PM

hows about a lawyer pretending to tell the truth,kind of like asking a used car sales man if there is any thing wrong with the car your looking at

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: *Laura*
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 04:24 PM

Stupid questions - agreed. (see my earlier post)

lawyer: before you began the autopsy did you check for a pulse?
doctor: no
Lawyer: did you check for breathing?
doctor: no
Lawyer: did you check for blood pressure?
doctor: no
Lawyer: so it's possible the patient could have been alive before you began the autopsy?
doctor: no
Lawyer; how can you be sure?
doctor: because his brain was in a jar on my desk
Lawyer: but he could have been alive nonetheless?
doctor: .... it's possible he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere..

it said this is a true diologue but I doubt it - I hope so though!!
xLx

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Charmion
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 03:55 PM

Dumb questions.

Today I had to go to the bank (home of dumb questions and incomprehensible answers) to replace my client card. When asked for identification, I handed over my driver's licence and laid my cheque book open on the counter so the teller (oops, "client service representative") could copy the account number.

"Would it be for this account?" asked Miss Gormless as she glanced up at me fetchingly through her eyelashes.

"Why, no dear," I replied. "That chequebook is completely irrelevant to our business today. I just wanted to give the cheques a breath of fresh air."

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Bill D
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 03:54 PM

maybe...but I'd bet the other way. Interesting mooshing of words, though, if you're right, Mario.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Amos
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 03:53 PM

How do you "emerge" yourself into anything? This is fundamental illiteracy at play. Blecch.

Submerge and emerge are as different as in and out to someone who knows a little etymology, not that easily confused. To say they are alike because of the last five letters is simplistic, not to say worse.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: MMario
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 03:48 PM

they may have been thinking "submerge"

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Bill D
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 03:45 PM

today...one hour ago...I took my wife to a hospital to get a heart monitor...(little electrical gadget with electrodes) that she needs to wear for 24 hours. (no...not a serious deal..just a test)...They gave her a set of instructions with it. One line read..."Do not shower, bathe, sit in a sauna, or emerge yourself in water while connected to the monitor."

*sigh*...it's not that one person made one silly mistake...it's that I see & hear examples like that almost every day, and it worries me that people who don't know the difference between 'emerge' and 'immerse' are in charge of sensitive situations. It indicates something beyond mere confused usage. What did the person who wrote that think that 'emerge' usually means?

and by the way, to get from level 2 of the parking garage, which is perpetually full, INTO the hospital, you have to take an elevator UP to level 4, cross into the hospital, and take a different elevator DOWN to level 3....and the markings in each elevator and in the garage are far from clear about where you are or how to get anywhere else. Ah, planning!

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: *Laura*
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 03:31 PM

Almost as bad - when people get annoyed with you becasue 'no sorry i don't know the band you're talking about that had a CD here five years ago and you can't remember their name but the album had a blue cover!!'
Or conversations like this:
woman: hi - can you help me - do you know Eliza Carthy's songs?
me: I know some of them yes
woman: great well she just played one with loads of noise and music in I was wondering which it was
me: !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

xLx

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: *Laura*
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 03:29 PM

When people think just becasue you're on the other side of the stall/counter/bar from them and they are giving you their money - they can treat you like something they stepped in!
Hey - I may be serving you but I'm still human!!!

xLx

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: kendall
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 03:20 PM

People who borrow from friends or buy something from a friend and never pay it back.
Where I come from, if your word is no good, YOU are no good.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 02:45 PM

GUEST,An Englishman Abroad 26 Jul 05 - 12:13 PM

Your proposal to conspicuously mark your "No Doggies" areas absolutely will not be successful.

The proper procedure would be to conspicuously mark the affected area as a "Dog Walking Zone" along the lines of the areas marked at Rest Stops on the Interstate Highways.

You should have conspicuous signs to indicate "Please confine pets to this area." An additional "Please deposit dog poop here" would probably help.

In most such areas where I've stopped, these are the only areas where there never is any dog poop.

It's sure to work better.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: kendall
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 02:16 PM

Right.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: jacqui.c
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 12:22 PM

That's what I was taught in the UK - you should be able to see what is coming toward you. Doesn't seem to make sense the other way!

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: MMario
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 12:14 PM

Which side is the "wrong side" Kendall? When I was growing up I was taught to always walk so that I could see oncoming traffic - but know people who grew up being taught the oppisete.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: kendall
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 12:05 PM

just today I saw a woman from a day care place walking a group of little kids on the wrong side of the street.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From:
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 11:57 AM

That cigarette flinging thing really should be a serious offense.

My father once flicked a cigarette out HIS Window whilst driving and it flew back in to the back window and hit me in the face by the ear. I still have a small scar. He'd no doubt deny it if I ever brought it up, but my Mum recalls the incident clearly. She wanted to smack him at the time but you could see her trying to figure out just how loud a fuss to make since we were on the Major Deegan expressway at the time and too loud an outburst would meant death for all. I was about 8. I remember thinking I'd been stung by a wasp.

When I see folks doing that today...I just want to scream.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Bill D
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 10:10 AM

shoppers in grocery stores who stand in the middle of the asile, one hand on their shopping cart, and study the shelves, totally oblivious to others who might want to just pass by!

similarly: People who stand chatting, whether at a store or a party, in the narrowest possible passage, often in a doorway, and DARE others to find a way past them! (This also applies to parties where a snack or buffet table is set up and to those who stand, grazing and nibbling, while others vainly look for access to the goodies.)

people who arrive at a singing circle where an access point has carefully been left open and drag a chair into the only gap, settling in as if once THEY are there, no one else needs to bother.


(do you see a pattern here? I seem to have a big set of peeves about people who can't, or won't, see how their actions affect the convenience of others.)

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: GUEST,someone
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 10:06 AM

People who have NO interest in folk music, who come to Mudcat to bombard the site with racist and intolerant opinions, and lecture, critise and generally moan and be pains in the neck.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: MMario
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 09:51 AM

better then thinking they might be spitting on the floor of their vehicle!

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: harpgirl
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 09:48 AM

People (I saw a woman do it yesterday) who open their vehicle doors at stops to expectorate in the roadway. YECHHHHHH!

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 08:51 PM

the shambles.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 06:47 PM

People who list things a) and 2). LEARN THE BLOODY ALPHABET!

Motorists who turn into roads with out indicating... especially if they're a bus and crushing my second bestest friend between them and the railings, when he is legitimately sitting on his motorbike in the correct lane (he got away with a badly busted ankle).

People who do not replace the toilet roll or leave 2 sheets so they don't have to - of any ply! Should be a hanging offence.

People who flick cigarette butts out of moving vehicles. One landed in Limpit's pram one day so I ran after the car and flicked it back in as he stopped at the lights. He shouted at me so I showed him the cigarette burn on her blanket not 4 inches from her face.

Able bodied people who park in places labelled for disabled people.... just plain mean and lazy.

Our bread bin. The lid keeps falling open (or it does if you don't squash the bag in far enough) and it drives me potty!

LTS - going for a nice, relaxing snooze now.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Bill D
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 05:36 PM

definition of 'folk music' that are so broad as to be useless.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: jpk
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 05:25 PM

other peoples silly little pet peeves,thats my pet peeve.
not really,could care less.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Ebbie
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 04:43 PM

"peef, Highlandman. "peef". Weren't you listening? Please write it on your sleef.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Highlandman
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 04:03 PM

Don't have my own pet peeve, they're too hard to keep up. But I am a peeve lover and will gladly pat, stroke, cuddle and even feed any stray peeve which presents itself at the moment. On a temporary basis of course.
-HM

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Metchosin
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 02:41 PM

Folk musicians that don't realize that singing about politics, usually their own, has always been a large part of the folk process.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: GUEST,Dave'sWife
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:56 PM

Hey Guest G - thanks for the offer. We switched from Advanatge about 4 years ago to a product called Bio-Spot and have had much better results.. but.. if these fleas keep bugging him - you bet I'll be over to the Vet's Office for some Advanatge.

I tried EVERY RX Flea medication there was from topical to edible to injectible before the dog got Epilepsy and Bio-Spot was the most effective for us at managing the fleas AND.. keeping ticks the hell off of him. Ticks are becoming a big problem here. They didn't used to be. The flea outbreak seems to have affected the entire neighborhood. All the dogs out for Walkies were stopping to scratch at them.

Anyhoo - this AM, I combed the dog out again with a flea comb and found only dead fleas and not very many of them. Whatever we did yesterday worked. I guess during a major infestation, you need to do more than just apply the drops where they say to. We applied some more yesterday to his feet, calves and thighs plus a little on the under-fluff I call his 'pantaloons'. That plus the Flea killing moist-wipe I used did the trick. By Afternoon, he stopped scratching and took a good long nap. This AM, I put ,more shea butter on his bites and he seems right as rain.

I HATE fleas almost as much as I hate ticks. Guest G - very kind of ou to be concerned.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: JennyO
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:34 PM

Of course Ebbie, you're quite right! I stand corrected!

(I knew you'd have a clever answer somewhere up your sleef :-))

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: pdq
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:33 PM

Folkies who can't keep their politics out of their folk music.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Ebbie
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:26 PM

"I had a pet peeve once, but it died." Jenny O

I think that would be 'pet peef', Jenny O. Example: "beef." "beeves." See?

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: kendall
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:22 PM

How about those idiots who pass you then turn off at the next exit only a few yards away?

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 11:30 AM

Somebody mentioned killing fleas with alcohol. Hot water works very well, and no smell, no danger of damage to finishes.

I use a product called Front Line on my kitties, and I haven't seen a flea in years. I don't have to use it as often as they suggest, either. My cats are indoor cats.

My pet peeve - pedestrians who balance on the very edge of the curb, apparently waiting for the chance to tip over into the side of a passing car.

I want to ask them, "Does that last 12-inches of progess mean That Much?"

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: GUEST,G
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 10:30 AM

10:29 post from Guest,G.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 10:29 AM

Point well taken, Bill D. While I think Kendalls' concept for this thread is good, I should have stayed away as I realize I don't have a
"pet peeve". I stay away from any irritants when possible and ignore the SUVs.I did hand/arm strengtening excersises so that opening the 'bags' is no longer a problem.
I will, however, reserve comment on people who use cell phones while driving.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: GUEST,G
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 10:16 AM

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Donuel
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 09:45 AM

My pet gets peeved when I throw him in the pool.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: ranger1
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 09:33 AM

New day, new list...
People who run stop signs and red lights.
People who run stop signs and red lights when I'm in the crosswalk.
Plastic bags in grocery stores
Juice boxes
People using my tools and not putting them back in the toolbox when they are done with them.
Apostrophes in plural nouns. That one drives me nuts.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 09:02 AM

Stop signs - They did away with them in England and now use yeild signs instead.

Oh no they haven't. They are less common than 'give way' signs, but both are about, and are used almost at random. Unless you mean New England, which I don't know about....

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Bobert
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 08:27 AM

Right winged SUV'ers with Bush/Cheney stickers and yellow ribbons plastered all over the back end of their gas guzzlers who think that "iot's all about them" as they drive (ha, call that driving, Bobert) as if they owned the friggin' road... And cops who let them get away with it while pullin' the teenager over in the beatup Honda fir havin' a cracked tail lense...

And cowtowin' media owners fir not havin' the guts to stand up and report the real stories *when* the real stories are occuring, like the phony WMD crap in the run-up to war that everyone with an IQ in triple digits knew it was a load of crap...

And while we are on IQ's, hey stupid people really peeve me...

And mean people peeve me...

(But, Bobert, where would America be without stupid and mean people?? Answer me that one...)

Nevermind, I'll quit now...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: kendall
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 08:16 AM

Bill D. what can you expect from a society in which the head man can't pronounce Nuclear, or particularly?

As far as the media goes, we have a lighthouse on Portland Head. Portland Head was there millions of years before the lighthouse was built, yet most TV people call it "Portland Headlight". I have written to them to remind them that it is not two words, but three. It does no good, they may as well be robots.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Metchosin
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 02:11 AM

the slugs, the slugs keep returning, I can't lift the tubs.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Metchosin
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 02:02 AM

I'm not fond of spear grass.

Also, I'm getting a bit ticked at all the old spagetti, rat legs, fried chicken, almonds and raven poop in the horse water trough.

And slugs...slugs are feasting on my water lily and water hyacinths in the water garden tubs at the front door. I throw them as hard and as far as I can into the bushes and they keep coming back.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Kaleea
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:54 AM

FLEAS!!   HATE EM!!

When I lived in rural Minnesota, it was the early days of understanding lyme disease & the woods were literally crawling with ticks--the vet told me to wash my doggie (black lab) with Pert Plus shampoo. PERT?? I asked? He said it has a certain ingredient that bugs don't like, & can kill some of them. PLUS?? He says that doggies need conditioner, too. I washed my doggie once a week with Pert Plus, & rarely saw a flea or tick.

My pet peeves are:
   irresponsible people who do not spay &/or neuter animals! Whenever I see strays, I know it is the result of a human who is irresponsible.
   Irresponsible people who do not train their animals. Training classes are all about training the humans.

other peeves:

   Irresponsible parents who do not discipline their children because they can't bother to be consistent & learn the word, "no". Watch nanny 911 for cryin' out loud!

   People who never learned to behave in society (among other humans). Go back to kindergarten. Almost everything you need to know about life you didn't learn when you flunked out of kindergarten.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Bert
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:26 AM

Wotcha got against Llamas Doug?

And Kendall, just fold it over a couple of times and it will approximate normal two-ply stuff.

My pet peeves are...

Traffic lights - Nineteenth century technology to try to control twentyfirst century traffic.

Stop signs - They did away with them in England and now use yeild signs instead.

And especailly four way stop signs where your knowledge of your right of way depends upon a sign on another street that you can't see.

Then there's those stupid 'Merge into the Fast Lane' signs. Perhaps you are in the slow lane for a good reason, say your car won't go much faster or perhaps you don't feel confident driving any faster. Well sod you, GET INTO THE FAST LANE ANYWAY.

there's loads more but that's enough for now.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: DougR
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:08 AM

I am not sympathetic with folks who are attracted to Llamas.

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: GUEST,Shanghaiceltic
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 12:18 AM

Spitting-big problem here.

Comet the small half tailed kitten deciding that licking and nibbling ears at 3 a.m. is fun.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 11:51 PM

guest 10:10...scroll down to the bottom of the link page and listen to the pronunciation.

G- I have a program which fetches a wide range of news and analysis from many sources. I always try to know what both sides are saying. TV is one type of mirror on the world, and I even listen/watch a bit of both sides there.....but that is not really the point of this thread, is it?
You see, another of my pet peeves is gratuitous digression from a topic without explanation....*grin*

oh, and I almost NEVER watch college sports anymore, as it involves several more of my VERY deep peeves, which I am too tired to type about this evening.

Subject: RE: BS: Pet peeves
From: GUEST,G
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 10:31 PM

1. Dogs peeing and pooping on my lawn........what a relief that would be compared to people doing the same thing or attempting to do it to me.

2.Bill D.; Stop watching TV as I did a couple months ago, except for College ball games. Read a couple 'left' and a couple 'right' newspapers and a couple mags like Newsweek and National Review.

Draw a conclusion or two and go from there. I cannot believe the change in my outlook, attitude and overall thoughts about my universe.