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

People who tell you proudly that they 'don't cook' or that they'd 'burn water'.

Ffs, you're 40 with two kids and a mortgage. Learn,

"Would you like red or white wine?" "Oh, I'll have whatever you've got" - I gave you a choice so you could choose, and guess, what, I do actually have both, so make a CHOICE.

People who do not RSVP to invitations, even when explicitely asked to: just recoving from birhtday party for DS3 for which 12 children were expected and 23 turned up !

My MIL, who lived 2 street away, phoning to ask whether "you have the same horrible weather" as her (hail today) - WTF!

Oh, there are more, there are always more...

People who impatiently hover for your space in a carpark and wait right at your back bumper while you're trying to manoeuvre out of a tight space.

Loose Women.

The injury lawyers 4 u advert - "of course, we hope you never need to call us" - lying swines.

That dreadful double glazing advert with the shouty man with the mullet.

Excessively packaged goods - the dc's have to give me a week's notice if they want a yoghurt.

This thread is addictive..

kettlechip, I was going to post about that Injury Lawyers 4 u advert too! Of course they want people to have to call them, they're not going to make much money otherwise. And the way he specifies that they're 'real lawyers', as opposed to the other compensation companies that just employ bakers.

That flippin Peugeot advert with that annoying twit of a woman and that annoying twit of a man the 'We Have Noir' one.

Makes me want to scratch my eyes out!

Oooh, packaging: vacuum-packed cheese/bacon/anything really where the packaging looks like you could peel it open, but in fact you will just pull off the little bit at the corner and then need knives/scissors/chainsaws to get to the content.

Kettlechip, so agree with excessively packages goods; too many examples to begin to cite

People who do not pick up their dog's mess

Nail picking. People who don't say thanks when you have held the door for them. Fearne fucking Cotton, Richard fucking Arnold (wanker TV critic off GMTV).

The Daily Mail, and all it's readers.

Apostrophe abuse

completely irrational : jeans tucked into boots.

If I see mothers on the school run with jeans in boots, it puts me in a v bad mood.

completly bonkers.

Oh, oh, people who laugh nervously at everything for no good reason and expect you to laugh too. My Mum telling me what a good baby I have and that he is a "doddle" to look after, yeah whatever Mum. Receptionists at the doctors asking what the problem is when it's not really any of their business. People who walk slowly and amble along in the supermarket and proceed to block the aisle with their trolley whilst they stand and stare at a BOGOF offer on cornflakes, just put the bastard thing in the trolley and move on FFS.

yikes!i am laughing nervously for no good reason..and crashing the trolley

people who can't spell. completely

I too find the jean/boot combination baffling. I'm glad it's not just because I am a man ignorant of the Ways of Fashion.

When my DD got cancer, people who insisted on sharing their stories of EVERYONE they knew who had cancer and DIED. Oh thanks for that.

People who say 'your baby is crying' when your baby is crying.

My DS2 has v.severe eczema. I am ALWAYS getting people coming up to me in the street, clinic, supermarket etc and saying 'he has got eczema' Yes 'my cousin's boyfriends aunt had that. She rubbed peanut butter on it and she NEVER got it again'. Oh thanks I must tell his dermatologist

People who say, when they find out one of my children is adopted 'oh arnt you GOOD' WTF does that mean? or even worse 'isnt he lucky?'

On the tea/coffee theme - when I ask my OH if he wants a coffee and he pauses for about an hour and says no, oh hang on, no, oh why not yeah go one then. Its a coffee for FS not a vasectomy

Mummyfor3, my husband does that. If I ask him if he wants a cup of tea or coffee he always says "whichever is easier . Well not making one at all is easier!

Chegirl "Its a coffee for FS not a vasectomy
" Hilarious!

I hate it when people say "Isn't he so small" about my ds3. no he isn't. He is 14 weeks old and nearly in 6-9 month old clothes!!!!

Tights with shorts.

I know its possible for it to be in fashion (i wouldn't know fashion if it bit me on the arse...not sure how that would help anyway), but whatever - wear shorts in the bloomin' summer when its warm enough, FFS!

And i also hate the very sight of anyone wearing those short culotte things, especially with boots. They look lousy on 99.9% of people, sorry.

DH when he asks me to make him a glass of squash (while he's cooking dinner btw, so not being a lazy arse), and replies to my request to specify flavour

"surprise me"

Well it's not going to be a fricking surprise is it? There's only 3 bottles and they're all 1 metre away from where you're standing you oik!

Dont be sorry Godzilla, cullotes are evil and must be destroyed.

When DH or DS s ask where something is and you say 'on the shelf' and they say 'where on the shelf'. Because they are too lazy to move their EYES.

Oh dear - does that mean i posted on the wrong thread - if i am justifiably annoyed by culottes rather than irrationally?

Incompetence, especially people not doing their job well.

Laziness, especially when parents do things for an easy life, then they complain about the nightmare their children become.

Insincere and pretentious people who believe they are better than anyone else.

People who judge on fickle things such as dress sense or lack of.

Sly people who try to goad you into calling mutual friends.

People who believe that money has no bearing on happiness what-so-ever. Balls!!

Rolling news programmes that every now and again have an item that interests me - 'coming up, the revolutionary new treatment for childhood brain tumours' for example - and then it takes them 45 fucking minutes, several advert breaks, the headlines repeated three times, the sport results, the latest bulletin from Max Clifford and the weather to get to it! Yes, Sky, BBC Breakfast, GMTV I mean you!

Just tell me what time that bit is on, ferfuxache so I can do something else till then!!

Which leads me to the number of people who when they hear that my son had a brain tumour (he's fine now) say 'Ooh, you must have been soooo brave' No, not brave, scared fucking witless for a long time but not getting on with it wasn't an option. Auto pilot maybe but brave, no!

And, on a lighter note, any speech made by Kate Winslet when accepting an award. It maybe me but I have never heard anyone sound more insincere! Shampoo bottle my arse!

No Godzilla I was talking about cullotes and you are talking about culottes. So thats all ok then? (Plus I have just given all the good spellers something to get wound up about)

American Idol - 'gone on a journey' 'it's been an amazing journey', the journey so far...' Fuck off.

Peaches Geldof - who is she?? Why is she on my telly?

Fearne Cotton - has a more annoying woman ever existed? let alone been put on prime time tv?

Bins left on the pavement so I can't get my double buggy through. Esp when there's a car parked on the road next. I know I could just move them but I don't want to dammit!