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What things irrationally wind the hell out of you?

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ElfOnTheTopShelf · 06/03/2009 18:18

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

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MrsJamin · 07/03/2009 07:59

"literally"
One of the female judges on American Idol: "You're literally singing for your life"

blueshoes · 07/03/2009 08:07

True, Riven.

And anything that tries to sell a wanky lifestyle along with selling you stuff.

blueshoes · 07/03/2009 08:09

Flash intros to websites. Does anyone do anything other than skip this self-indulgent time-wasting soft focus rubbish?

mm22bys · 07/03/2009 08:14

People who don't "get" when you use "your" and when you use "you're". DS2's therapist sent an email saying "I hope your ok"", and I felt like emailing back "you hope my what is ok"?

sarah293 · 07/03/2009 08:15

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compo · 07/03/2009 08:29

people at work saying the same old thing 15 times a day, like 'it's always been like this, when I started work here 30 years ago it was like xxxxxxx'
yes I know, you told me yesterday and the day before that, and the day before that... if it's so effing crap now then go and get another ob you boring old fart

Jenbot · 07/03/2009 08:30

Big walls and gates around houses. Peole are just going to burn your home down AS SOON AS there is a revolution you know.

daisybaby · 07/03/2009 08:42

People flicking fag ash out of their car windows - don't they have an ashtray?

Checkout people who comment about my purchases - "ooh, that's my favourite type of pizza", or "is this shampoo any good then?"

FACEBOOK

pavlovthecat · 07/03/2009 08:42

That bloody stupid cbeebies advert on this bloody site, the one were if you accidentally hover to close to it, it starts playing cbeebies tune with those blokes on. I am sure that everyone knows about cbeebies and if they want to watch it they will just put the bloody tele on. If it is not on, its because they don't want it on!

BlameItOnTheBogey · 07/03/2009 08:58

Magazines which suggests easy ways to lose weight by substituting with low fat 'tasty alternatives'. E.g.

Instead of half a tub of Haagen Daas Strawberries and cream, try half a cup of low fat greek yoghurt with chopped up dried apricots.

Substitute one double chocolate indulgence cookie with half a ryvita with a thin spread of low fat cream cheese.

And, worst of all, instead of a bar of cadbury's fruit and nut, why not try two squares of good quality dark chocolate.

Why not? Why not? Because dark chocolate is mank and doesn't have any of the sugar or artificial additives or any of the other things that make fruit and nut really yummy.

turtle23 · 07/03/2009 08:59

Protective plastic left on things. DH has had murky plastic on his laptop for 2 months now and it makes me cringe every time I see it.(Though I find remote control/telephone plastic more irritating.)

Rollmops · 07/03/2009 09:03

Ooohhh..... woke up rather grumpy so here goes (doing her bit for the peace and harmony at Rollmops' tower and vents on MN).
Acrylic claws, simply terrifying.[yukk]
Hair extensions.[why?]
Loud mastication.[yukk yukk]
Chewing gum.[it's banned in Singapore, bless the Singaporeans]
High-pitched, shrill and squeaky voice..... [gives me a headache]
Air fresheners[triple yukk]

To be continued, can't keep the fresh croissants waiting now, can I?

Rollmops · 07/03/2009 09:05

" Big walls and gates around houses. Peole are just going to burn your home down AS SOON AS there is a revolution you know. "

sobanoodle · 07/03/2009 09:42

I am sad and need to get a life; was thinking of this thread as I drifted off to sleep and was going to post how I hated Range Rover Sport cars - you know - the driver is usually a slightly chavvy yummy mummy wearing big sunglasses and chewing gum with her jaw opon so wide you can see her tonsils.

Anyway I had a long nightmare in which dh had BOUGHT me one of those cars for my birthday (in bright metallic blue just in case anyone missed spotting it) and I was thus forced to do the school run in what would be my ultimate vehicle of shame...

StealthPolarBear · 07/03/2009 09:47

the word "buggy"
I don't understand the coin thing though - I'm obviously the only one "if you were looking at all the pictures of all the coins, you'd put the Queen down to see the pics" - please explain more

macaco · 07/03/2009 10:00

Fucking Actimel adverts. Maybe it's just here in Spain but they make all these faux scientific claims for it "it helps your defences" that are clearly tosh. What exactly do they mean by "defences". As far as I understand it actimel increases the healthy bacteria in your gut, nothing more and anyway if you have a hot drink afterwards it kills all the bacteria you've just swallowed. About the most you could say it does is maybe make your gut a bit happier. They have adverts with people in the cold...."you'll need actimel to protect you from the changing temperatures" "your defences are low". Shit, there's even one where it claims you need actimel if you're breast feeding "to help protect your baby"
AAARRRGGH.

And the ones for minerla water saying it's the best one to use to make up baby bottles.

And the one for bleach for your vegetables WTF?

StealthPolarBear · 07/03/2009 10:01

bleach for your vegetables? Doesn't everyone just use toilet duck like I do?

chegirl · 07/03/2009 10:13

OMG I hate the 'a trouser' thing too.
I also hate the OMG thing.
What about 'this trouser comes in at' Whats wrong with these trousers cost?
I apologise for winding everyone up with my spelling. I make all of those mistakes and many more. I DO try to improve myself but I dont think I have the spelling gene

I also hate those posters who say 'OMG your post could have been written by ME!' in reply to some poor woman who has been through the most dreadful trauma. It turns out that OP has lost a child but the poster's dog died. The OP's children have just disclosed abuse by their father but the poster had an argument with HER DP and he is such a wanker.

Comfort zone
Nailed it
and all the other reality tv speak that has leeched horribly into real life.

PlumpRumpSoggyBaps · 07/03/2009 10:15

Mariah Carey.

Nuff said, I think.

Frasersmum123 · 07/03/2009 10:37

I agree with people that say 'ASDAS', people also say 'Morro's' round here, which is short for Morrisons, and it grates on my nerves.

People that say they are X-directory like its some kind of club. I used to work in a GP's surgery in quite a posh part of Nottingham and the number of people that used to get really upset when I asked them thier telephone number (mainly old people!)

People that say they are going 'into town' when we live in a city.

UnquietDad · 07/03/2009 11:46

Qally - we had a neighbour who used to do th- "that, yes." She'd always finish your sen- "sentences, yes." It was really ann- "annoying, yes."

SalopianGirl · 07/03/2009 11:53

I'm sure this has been mentioned already (not read all posts)but any programme/ad with fecking Myleene Klass in it!

loupiots · 07/03/2009 13:13

Those shoppers who get to the checkout and then seem surprised that they actually have to pay for their purchases and spend ages rummaging through pockets and/or handbags to find their money. Drives me demented.

Any fuckwit who makes that weird sign where they thump their chest twice and then do an inverted V sign.(That one is probably a bit off the wall, but I had an old boyfriend who used to do it across crowded rooms to me to signal how "connected" we were and that he loved me. Used to make me want to drop him down the nearest manhole).

People who seem challenged by the prospect of stepping onto a moving escalator and sort of hover on the edge, trying to figure out how to get on. FGS! Just put one foot in front of the other.

mrsmaidamess · 07/03/2009 13:18

lou your second 2 resonate with me too. The 'chest thump v fingers' is a favourite of rappers too....makes me cringe! Blinkin Biggie Smalls and Tupac. They wind me up as well.

chegirl · 07/03/2009 13:30

I am so lovin this thread (oops sorry).

When people say they 'take' a newspaper. O FFS. This is not Upstairs Downstairs. You buy a newspaper or you read a newspaper.

I agree with PP who mentioned people who over pronounce French words. Or anything that has been Anglisised (havnt a clue how to spell that). Its like they have to show how clever they are because they know its a foreign word. Fin de seeek LA, Deb bak LA. Do they think French etc people do that with La(le - tell me) weekend? Do they say it in a strong cockney accent just to prove they know it is a English word? I think not.

Please dont hate me for my bad spelling - I am willing to learn. Teach me MNs, teach me