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 way that you can't get anything done in this country without four letters, nine phone calls to various call centres, several emails and the threat of Watchdog. grrrr

Ok, here is more irrational stuff:

The way the postie always drops his fecking rubber bands on our drive way

The way the frigging birds are so frigging cheerful and LOUD at 5am at the mo'

When people park badly/across 2 spaces/diagonally and do not bother to reverse and correct their position

Fecking bloody bastard luekemia.

Gosh, chegirl, that stopped everybody in their tracks.
So sorry you are having a crap time. Be as annoyed as you wish; hope that helps at least a little.
You are right, leukaemia is a fecking bloody rotten bastard

Sorry MNers. It pops out everyso often. I have been having a real laugh at this thread (sometimes out loud which confuses everyone). Please dont stop. You may join me in my condemnation of Luefuckingkemia if you wish though [smil]

Condemn ahead (preferably not my head though) chegirl.

May i also condemn Alzheimer's while we are at it?

lets add all those cruel pernicious diseases that take away loved one's.hard times chegirl

Yes Feck em all the bastards!

MS too. Stupid bloody disease that makes my lovely OH all wobbly.

People who say that something is shared between three people when it should be amongst (between is only for two people, amongst for three or more).

People calling me "pal" - I am not your pal, pal!!

Litter louts and all those responsible for the multiple dog poos on the pavement outside our house

Oh, and cold sores!!

Athene - I'm confused. You object to there being a choice of three main political parties? You want a Tory hegemony?

My dad died of Alzheimer's (technically pneumonia) before leukaemia got him.

Tberefore I seize the moral high ground and reserve the right to complain about people who chew chewing gum, which is disgusting.

Don't get me started on the bastards who spit it on the pavement or stick it under Tube seats or on radiators which is seriously anti-social.

Actually, because of my dad I reserve the right to complain about everything.

If anyone challenges me I will take enormous offence and sulk a lot and shout: 'MY DAD DIED OF ALZHEIMER'S, OKAY, AND IF THAT DIDN'T GET HIM HE WOULD HAVE DIED OF CANCER, SO YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CHALLENGE ME, EVEN IF I LITTER OR MOLEST CHILDREN.'

ps If anyone wants to challenge this I have already prepared my argument on gender/sexual orientation, racial and age grounds

Hahaha Talullah! Yes I often think something like that alough I have never said it in public. It goes a bit like this 'shut the feck up you annoying bint, I dont care about you and your pathetic whinging because my beautiful girl died of cancer and you are an idiot. My OH has MS which is NOT fair and my dear little boy has been damaged by his selfish bitch of a birth mother so SHUT THE FECK UP' and breath.

I also hate spitting which happens a LOT round here. I think we need to reinstate those nice tin 'no spitting' signs.

Women who go all girly when a man walks in a room - FFS.

People who put dummies in their mouth and then in their baby's mouth (you might as well let your dog suck it first}

Parents on a search for something 'wrong' with their child. I do not include those who are having difficulty getting a diagnosis for a child with real problems. I mean those odd people who need to have a 'special' child - morons.

Self service tills(or self destruct as my ds1 calls them). They are just plain annoying! You always have to get an assistant to help when something isnt scanned, or to clear you for buying rum raisin ice cream

Can i add...

People who can't use self service tills...

There's a knack to it y'know...go to the basket till or the kiosk instead!

Life.Tonight,life is irritating the F@@@ OUT OF ME [ANGRY}

Godzillabumcheek - YABVU because I am too distressed by my various upsetting life experiences to use self service tills.

Automatic phone systems that make you enter your customer/card number, only to be asked for it again as soon as (if?) a human answers.

Automatic phone systems that send you on a wild goose chase only to end in a long recorded message telling you to look at the website, or that the line is now closed.

Actually, automatic phone systems full stop - DH forcibly removed the phone from me the other week after hearing me screaming down the phone at the computer on the other end.

Automatic marketing phone calls - are you detecting a pattern here?

Idiot drivers who overtake when they can't possibly see what's coming - presuming they don't have Xray vision of course - or even worse when they can see what's coming but do it anyway, making you brake to avoid slamming in the back of them when they force their way back in. Drivers on the A9 take note .

MN threads that keep me up when I should be going to bed.

ringing somebody up and finding the engaged tone Totally irrational but sends me skywards, esp if I try again and they're still engaged!!

People commenting on DS's red cheeks (no he's not hot, really, he's tired/teething/both)

and/or his cold hands (they really are always cold - I'm not freezing him to death).

People who chew gum with their mouth open - loud cowish chewing! ARG! Actually I hate chewing gum full-stop. Sorry...

Oh, just saw same moan from Tallulahbelly.

People who drive up my arse, park in my neighbours disabled parking spot - FFS!

Clicking, ticking noises...

Bit embarrassed now..

Woman judging me because I decided not to wear minimal make up a fleece and trainers to the park - yes I know I look like a scruff but its my bloody choice stop giving me that look - [anger]

People slurping their friggin drink.

sluurrrp...sluuurrp....tahhahhh...

I am not very tolerent.

not