What things irrationally wind the hell out of you?

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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

minxofmancunia - and Kekkle insead of Kettle.

People that say 'Belly' the word makes me shudder.

Before I left on ML I did an interview with my boss for a lady that would replace me for a while. When asked why she wanted the job she replied ' for the money, otherwise I will have to sell my body' and I wasnt really sure if she was joking!

Her answer to the 'how did you deal with a difficult situation' was a bizarre story about how she coped with dust that builders had caused in her house hen doing some renovation - she kept saying 'Dust, Dust' a la Majorie Dawes from Little Britain.

Ahhh, my local petrol station!

Red nose day, and the compulsory 'voluntary' donation required by the school. Don't feel like encouraging poncy 'celebs' to patronise African people, thanks.

Aftershave adverts

The lifts at the hospital telling me we've reached level OOOOH.. its fucking zero.

Oh yeah and people saying arks isstead of asks.

mils accent (black country) rubbing off my dd.

People who "reply all" on emails about cake etc. So you get one email saying there is cake, and 100 saying "oh, yum" or "thanks"
rargh!!

oh, and people who say 'jealous' when they mean 'envious'

• people who hold their cigarette on your face or blow on your face (and i am an ex-smoker)

• British holidaymakers who come in Cyprus for a week and they order fish and chips (sorry!)

• People who call you on the landline and say 'oh i thought you ll not be in' - why did you call then ? (my mum does this)

MuggleWump - lol @ the 'character in a book that wore school uniform' - will remember that one - v. useful!!!!

Any post on MN where anyone says they 'heart' something.

In our hospital we have one lift that says,

'Second Floor'

and the one next door to it says

'Flooooorrrr Twoooooo'

but both in in a really naff feux sex voice.

Both also say they are on level 4 when there is no bloody level 4, it annoys me, i asked one of the porters why it does it and he said it was programmed wrong, its been like it for year - re programme the bloody thing already!

That the volume on the telly goes up for all the adverts and you have to find the remote to turn the bloody things down.

That and Noel Edmonds.

Tiramissu - my Nana does that too, or when I pick up she will say 'Are you at home?'

I am always saying i heart things, i shall stop just for you PuddingChops, becuase i secretly heart you.............

People who go on holiday to Cyprus and complain about the heat. Well it is BLOODY HOT there!

The word 'Barista' in relation to people who serve coffee in Costa.

Any American programme where a Character is supposed to be British, when they clearly are not, and they always speak with an Uber-posh accent.

People that tell me to 'Think outside the box'

Oh, and Ruth Kelly annoys me for some unbeknown reason.

People that start sentences with' I dont mean to be mean but....'

Of course you bloody do!

People who cut in front of you when you are pushing the pushchair along and then look at you all cross when it clips them on the ankles because you can't stop in time.

The phrases' killer heels, yummy mummy and suited and booted.

and people who start a sentence with 'don't get me wrong'

People on ebay that think Next is 'Designer' - it drives me insane!

By Frasersmum123 Fri 06-Mar-09 20:00:00

People on ebay that think Next is 'Designer' - it drives me insane!

ROFL - really? I've never seen that!

Hearing words such as restaurant or stewing steak pronounced 'reshtaurant' or 'shtewing steak'

The parent who used six swear words in one extremely loud sentence when I was picking DS up from school earlier. It's not that much to ask to restrain one's language in front of a load of six and seven year olds.

People who stop suddenly for a chat in the middle of a pavement and then glare at you when you accidentally bump into them with a pushchair.

Cliff Richard.