What things irrationally wind the hell out of you?

[ElfOnTheTopShelf]

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

The Fiat Punto car that had the cars in the colours of the Italian flag (one red, one white, one green) and a little note at the bottom saying.... "Not Avaiable in Green"

FFS

people in general

The word "peeps". It's utterly ridiculous. I also hate hun and find it's usually used by halfwits who can't spell.

I get wound up by leaflets falling out of magazines too

dog poo on pavements.scoop it you manky fucker

People on Grand Designs calling a room a 'space'. No, it's just a room dimwit.

ScottishMummy
Agree: some people try and imply that you're all square and boring to be on time .

Andie Mac Dowells botoxed/facelifted/fuzzy lense photography ads telling me that if I slap that cream on I'll look like her .

AND IN PARTICULAR the one where she's trying to make out that the cream will zap the vertical forhead lines, but she can't wrinkle her farking botoxed forhead so I'm CONVINCED they've drawn them on.

SuperWhy when they say "This is a really big problem" just because somebody is different / doesn't know how to tie their shoe laces / cant pick their nose etc
NO IT IS NOT A REALLY BIG PROBLEM AT ALL!

People saying 'Enjoy!' before you do something... like having a meal or reading an email attachement.

Thanks for giving me permission but I'll decide for myself thanks.

Draining boards with bubbles left on them. Rinse, Goddammit!

People who break off their telephone converstion with me to chat to their demanding child.

And another thing...

Shampoo ads where the little writing at the bottom of the screen says 'Claudia's/Penelope's/Eva's hair is styled with some natural hair extensions....'

So they might as well be wearing a big fat wig.

And another thing...

Shampoo ads where the little writing at the bottom of the screen says 'Claudia's/Penelope's/Eva's hair is styled with some natural hair extensions....'

So they might as well be wearing a big fat wig.

Ooops.

There would have been another, another thing but someone beat me to it about the mascaras!

loud sookers of carbonated drinks in the cinema.be quiet you slurpy git.pick the damn cup up,drink quietly

Ads that show a 'digital representation' of the 'sciende' behind their product. It doesn't actually PROVE anything

people who say nucular instead of nuclear

txt spk

people who type da dey dem dat instead of the they them that

eating noises, people who slurp when they drink.It actually makes me twitch.

My kids

I KNOW they do it on purpose

OOh, that advert for hair colour where the woman is looking at the red shoes with the gimlet-eyed shop assistant giving her the evils .

She's CLEARLY wearing a red wig

Pacific instead of specific.

oops - science behind

The ads for iPhone apps that have a voice over saying "it really is this easy to do x,y,z" and then at the bottom it says in little writing process shortened and some steps removed. So no. Not actually that easy then!

sagacious - I heard the cottage/shepherd thing was folk etymology and not actually true. They are actually interchangeable and there was no original tradition of shepherd's being only for lamb.

Oooh, this is stress releasing!

Texting.

I can't text, for me it if far quicker to phone and i can't stand text language, don't understand half of it.

'C U L8R' looks nothing like 'See you later'....... arrh it really annoys me.

it's official: the entire beauty industry is built on the peddling of pernicious nonsense

Good article in yesterday's Guardian.

People who email you and then phone you, seconds later, starting their conversation with "I've sent you an email..."