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

Ewan MacGregor and his travel adventures.find him really irritating

Unnecessary ampersands. The word 'and' has 3 letters. Pressing shift and 7 requires two keys to be pressed. Just write the flaming word unless an ampersand is genuinely called for.

Another thing is MN italicising/bolding only applying to a single word at a time. I find that irrationally irritating. I can't think of a single situation where I'd actually like to bold an entire paragraph, but I'd like the option, y'know?

oooh yes minouminou - EXpresso - you even see that written in cafes sometimes!

UQD - NO excuses!

People who don't indicate at roundabouts so you no idea where they are going!

Yes Linnet and also wrong usage of indicators on roundabouts. Goddam it people...read your highway code!!!

What a fabulous thread! How marvellous to know that so many people are as choleric and cantankerous as I am!

People who drive flaming great 4x4 and live a mile away from school on a housing estate! Why do they need four wheel drive FGS, half the vehicles that come to our school have never seen any mud. Fecking show offs

kidults,trying to be cool and all down wiv da kids.act your age.skateboards,yoof slang and inappropriate street clothes are for the younsteres not 30 somethings trying to be cool

presenters that say 'see you next time'no you won't because you can't see us aaah.
the 4 mums at dd's dance school who find it necessary to turn up dressed like their on a night out,tottering along in high heels with their designer handbags and sunglasses [it's pissing it down with rain]
how i always manage to pick the shopping trolley with a dodgy/squeaky wheel

poeple who have grey eyes but insist they are blue or green.

grey is a perfectly lovely colour. embrace it and stop with the denial.

The phrase "at this moment in time".

Why can't they just say "now"?????

It makes me want to irrationally start saying "When? When would that be then? Hmm, Hmm......"

I get really irritated when you ask someone to do something and they say 'two minutes'. NOOOOOOOOO!

That i always choose the cubicle with the turd in it.

Or piss on the seat.

Coathangers really piss me off.. the way they all tangle together when I 'm trying to take one out makes me feel murderous and stupidly cack-handed at the same time.

Really annoys me when people use 'stomach' instead of 'abdomen', "How to get a flat stomach" Surely that's a physical impossibility and would be very very messy.

Was going to mention the aitch thing, specifically because my son's teacher does it, but thanks to another poster have discovered it's ok as she's Singaporean, so am less annoyed about that now!

Slebs who have babies and then say they lost all their weight just running around after the baby..yeah right..you know, small babies don't move that much dear.

It's an uncanny ability really.

Piss on the seat is reserved for when i have my DNiece with me .

when you give way to someone cos there isn't enough room for both cars to pas, and they dont bother to say thanks. it makes my blood boil!!

Oh God and people who walk up to you in the street when you are struggling with a buggly laden down with shopping and todder and they just stand there for you to go around them. It's much easier for them to take a step to the side. I have been known to just stand there and look at them back.

People who encourage their dogs to shit on the small patch of mud around trees planted on the pavement and leave it because it's all brown/biodegradable innit?

People who encourage their dogs to shit in the gutter and leave it and think this means they are considerate because they have 'trained' it.

People, like the bloke yesterday, who follow you down the street hawking and spitting and then get huffy when you stop and stare at them as they walk past (and surrepticiously wipe your hand over your back several times in case they really have gobbed on you).

My neighbour. But that's perfectly rational.

Oh and people who get huffy when I want to pay for my few items of food at the fag/lottery ticket counter in Sainsbury's.

It's not exclusively for fags and lottery tickets. That's why it says 5 items or less (though it should say fewer, and I believe it does in Waitrose and M&S.) So just bloody wait.

I used to go to the basket-only till, but they got rid of it in favour of those self-scan tills that always say: 'Unexpected item in the bagging area' and refuse to take my money until the Captain comes over and helps me. And why is he or she called the Captain?

And yes, I am the sort of person who only gets her purse out at the last minute. That is not because I think Sainsbury's will give me my shopping for nothing. It's because I don't want some bastard nicking my purse if I leave it on the counter while I am packing my food away.

And I always give the correct money if I have it. It is not to annoy anyone with a busier life than me. It is to avoid carrying around 2lbs of loose change.

Grammar nazi's who use other people's (let's be honest usually very minor) mistakes to imply the other person is stupid, lazy or badly educated and therefore a lesser person.

It's really rude and winds me up so much!

likening minor irritants to the nazis is eroneous and invokes godwin's law

a psychotic tyrant who ordered millions to be murdered isnt comparable to a syntax pedant snivelling about their/there

The comment LOL (inevitably followed by !). And (now that I mention it) anyone who fills their emails in general with bloody !!! random !!! meaningless !!! exclamation marks. It is as if people are waving their hands at you saying "look, I can tell a joke" Well, they might think they have said something funny, but that is for me to decide. And I am quite capable of working out where the jokes are.

I know it's irrational but both of these make my blood boil

apologies, SM, it's a turn of phrase with no offence meant. It's not what I would consider a use of godwin's law though personally. I did not in any way say that what pedant's are doing is comparable to hitler or the nazi's did. More the urban usage merely to imply extreme behaviour based on extreme attitudes towards what is correct/right.

At any rate, I will except I used it too casually for the internet where intent is not always clear and apologise for any offence caused.

fwiw,i don't like the spelling fiends pouncing and salivating over minor errors