Perfectly reasonable things which you unreasonably unreasonable about

[GetOrfMoiLand]

Names with umlauts in them, unless you live in Germany or nordic lands. I don't mind accents in names, or that funny dot above the i in Irish names, but names with umlauts in get on my tits. Especially Zoë. Everyone can pronounce it when it is spelled Zoe. It is just attention seeking.

oops - HIT CAPS LOCK BY MISTAKE!!

People who don't look at the screen when they're typing ;)

People who ignore the thread title

which I didn't, oh no, not me

Whistling.
Full fat milk in tea.
Eating noise. And DH clanging the fork/spoon
into his teeth when he eats.
The word scholar. And vulva.
Butter in sandwiches - why?

No No to the Border Collie being upbeat. They only put on a show of upbeatness to their owners. The whole of the rest of the world they hold in complete contempt. And they don't play. They pretend to play, but really it's just an obsessive work ethic dressed up as play, and I can't trust a dog that doesn't play.

I am loving the concept of a dog that can disguise its work ethic as play. Now that is one clever hound!

hmmspace it could be argued that "valuable brain space" is in itself a tautology as I'd imagine all brain space is valuable.

Oh have we had THOSE PEOPLE THAT TYPE LIKE THIS AND THEN SAY IN THE SAME POST oh sorry I had caps lock on.

Well why the hell don't you just re-type it, it would take less time than typing "oh sorry I had caps lock on"

Hully /Abs

I can best you with tales of mother

My wedding. Mother has surprise guest. I am 27. have not lived locally for 10 years. At the end of the speeches etc.....my mother say 'quiet please'... hush of anticipation...drum roll.... in walks... my infant school headmaster !

What do you say. Really?

This is drifting into pedantry territory now, but:

'X-anth's' on a sign particularly upsets me, because it takes the already entirely unnecessary abbreviation too far. An also anyone who call them 'mums'.

These things can induce a sicky feeling me.

And what about the ones in petrol garages that they dye that lurid shade of blue? Why in God's name would you take an already aesthetically-challenged flower and make it look worse by dyeing it a hideous colour?

Warning: If you are invited to my house and you bring those you will be take round the back and shot.

People who don't understand the concept of IRONY.

pag that's left me struggling for words. Apart from these ones - Your mum is an embarrassing nutter.

Not bad, Paggy.

My mother also not only thinks everyone is angry with her all the time (mainly strangers in uniform), she gets intimidated quite easily and blurts. We were having a lovely evening with some very intellectual (but jolly normal)friends who were discussing Greek politics while mother sat and fidgeted. In a (very brief) lull, she leant forward and said very brightly, "of course, Aristotle was Greek, wasn't he?"

I echo, What do you say. Really?

Hully that's the funniest thing I've heard in ages! I'm glad I'm not the only one totally embarrassed by their own mother. I cringe when mine tries to muscle in on conversations with anyone from a younger generation, with irrelevent not-interesting nonsense - it's desperate. I try to keep her in the cellar mostly.

don't get me started on my mum and her embarrassing comments.

(i'm not going, to because sometimes it makes me a bit angry, even when i start with a laugh)

Lol at Aristotle ice breaker

She is indeed Fellatio. Would you like to be a surprise guest at her next birthday

This is a sub thread isn't it...mum angst

My next door neighbours talking in their own home. We had an empty house next door for ages; in fact, at one point we had no neighbours on either side. It was like having a detached house but with lower heating bills. But now we have neighbours, who have the temerity to watch television, argue and run their washing machine. The walls are so thin you can hear them draw the shower curtain in their bathroom when sitting on our loo, though.

I am sure they feel the same. Especially with regards to DH's morning singing routine. But so do I, neighbours, so do I. And I live with him.

GetOrfMoiLand - please to have a look at my wedding cake - it was very cheap (done by a friend at a good discount) - it's also bloody clever, and it was partly chocolate caek, partly vanilla cake and partly fruit cake (i don't eat fruit cake, because as you say, it's vile, but DH likes it)
organ cake

Oh, and people who cut across others's conversations. Sorry

"People in supermarkets who need to pick up and read every single ingredient on every packet/jar/box before purchasing. Usually whilst blocking the entire aisle."

Sorry that keeping my son alive is so inconvenient to you, Barbiesbeaver.

Apols as know this is a funny thread.

it's okay to pick up every packet as long as you don't block the aisle.
:)

When she meets any of my friends or DH's family (which is never if I can help it but occasionally it must happen) my Mother joins in every single conversation with:

'When Fellatio was little, and her father walk out, and I had to go back to work full-time, and he never gave us a penny, because there was no CSA in those days you know, blah blah'

Yes I know it's all true Mother, but believe it or not you did not invent lone parenting, and even if you did, your story is not applicable right now, in 2010, when I and my friends were trying to discuss house prices, or private schools or E numbers, OK? Stop it. JUST STOP.

When you are having a meal with someone and they get a little bit of food stuck in their teeth and try to work it out with their tongue so pulling really silly contorted faces whilst pretending to be interested in what you are saying and thinking you somehow won't notice.

People eating while on the phone so their already gross eating sounds are magnified and right in my ear!

People who fill their cereal bowl to the brim with cereal and then attempt to squeeze the milk in. If you're really that hungry, just have two bowls! Or are you afraid you might look greedy?!

Some bloke who dropped a really bad fart in a lift and then walked out full of the joys of spring while I innocently climbed into said lift. Bet he laughed as he walked away. (Actually that is a reasonable thing to get mad about - I nearly puked!)

nickelbabe your cake is fab!

Oh yes, AGNG, I hate it when my kids pour about a pint of milk onto the cereal, then drain all the cereal off and leave a pint of milk minus a tablespoonful, in the bowl.

thank you AGNG.
(i'm an attention-seeker)