What things irrationally wind the hell out of you?

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I HATE listening to the BBC news in the morning, when the news readers say "its is EXACTLY half past six" because I always end up shouting "IT IS NOT!!" because it surely can never be EXACTLY unless they string out the sixxxxxx until it is exactly that time.

I get annoyed when people talk about the coins and say that the Queen is on the FRONT of the coin, she is on the back. Because if you were looking at all the pictures of all the coins, you'd put the Queen down to see the pics, therefore she is the back of the coin. And its only "heads and tails" because its a picture of her head.

When I'm really stroppy, I get annoyed at the Kool Kids sign near my house. If they wanted to use alliteration, use Cool Children, surely?!

So... what gets your goat for no reason

Dodgy Big Issue sellers. There is an elderly (ish) foreign woman that sells the Big Issue outside of our local Boots, and I have, on several occasions, seen her husband(?) get out of his posh car and hand her a whole new pack of them when she has sols all of them.

Mistresses (the programme)

sols sold

OOOO OOO I have some more

When people say 'a slap up meal with all the trimmings, washed down with fine wines' YUK!

At the end of the day & I turnt (never turned) round and said.

Have you ever noticed how loud everyone's feet are in Neighbours? I first noticed this when I was pregnant 17 years ago and it annoyed the hell out of me. Doesnt anyone pick their feet up in Melbourne?

The automated voice on one of the cinema booking line:"i'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that" (nice Scottish accent)
Me : "I said YES you stupid bint"

chegirl Every other word on Jeremy Kyle is "at the end of the day" and "first of all.." (and then they never get to nos. 2 and 3)

Automated phone messages- 'Please pick from the following 1000 options'.....

I'm still laughing at the "It's NOT exactly 6.30"

I hate it when people (namely my dh) say "I'm just goina toilet"

goina? IT'S GOING TO THE toilet

My mum says "hospidal" instead of "hospital". It's amazing how often a word crops up when it irritates you

BTW LouieStrumpet- the vaccuum cleaner with the face is called Henry- I know cos I own one thanks to my other half and it is s*

By Cheeseismyweakness Fri 06-Mar-09 21:20:13

Automated phone messages- 'Please pick from the following 1000 options'.....

Yes like when you 'phone the Drs;

To hear a list of things our nurses ate for lunch, press 1
For opening times of our obscure clinic that you will never want to attend, press 2
For a list of the nearest hospitals that are closing down, press 3

...
...
...
(Four hours later)
To speak to a receptionist or make an appointment, press 1000

DP

Cheese. did your other half think buying a vacuum cleaner (I note you did not say hoover, as the use of a trade name irritates some people, and we are all inflamed enough), with a face on would make vacuuming more cute and pleasurable?

screaming yes, I watch far too much JK. The word relationship is used an awful lot too. Usually to describe something that happend in a pub toilet.

Margo the goin a toilet happens a lot round here too! Pourin a rain also. Drives me flippin mad. Thats what I get for moving from Norf larnden to East Larnden.

he bought it cos apparantly that brand rarely breaks down (and he's tight), never mind the fact that it is crap at cleaning the carpets and i nearly break my neck lugging it and its stupid long suction-hose thing up and down the stairs

I have one of those hoovers. Its pink. I suppose that makes it worse

lol chegirl "and here are the all important lie-detector results"

I hate bus drivers, I really do.

Obnoxious, obstructive, rude, aggressive and dangerous.

I really hate the way they only partly pull in ensuring that they can get straight out againt but totally careless of the tailback they have created behind them.

They seem to rejoice in causing an obstruction.

And one of them killed our dog

Rant over. In rational moments, I do actually realise that part of the behaviour is necessary and required by their bosses/targets etc but in times of stress, they get it in the neck from me.

Ppl who rite in txt spk and teenage boys who get around with one hand down their pants. Why do they do that anyway?

wolfear they are fiddling with their willies.

Teenage boys with their arses hanging out (very amusing to catch them trying to run for a bus though)

Post office queues out into the street and only 2 counters open.

screaming (turning into a JK thread) how come every woman on that show 'nearly DIED' having her baby? Its remarkable how many suffered such trauma.

I really hate being called Mum or (worse) Mummy by clerks in the baby clinic and by HVs. Is it that hard to read my name in the front of my LO's red book?

kidults,who cant be age appropriate,stop being down wiv da kids when you should be down the canteen

supermarket checkout staff who have to ring for an attendant to authorise them to sell ME alcohol because THEY'RE under 18. Whats that all about?