What makes you think less of someone in a totally totally irrational way?

[CountessDracula]

Having just watched the end of the Channel 4 best albums of all time, dh and I were discussing how upsetting we find it if someone we love admits to liking U2 and how it devalues them in our eyes TOTALLY irrational I know

So...

People who refer to garments as 'pieces' as if they are works of bloody art!! Maybe if they are unwearable uber-weird clothes peeled straight off a supermodel's back and only worn once on a catwalk, then OK... they probably are more or less pieces of art, but otherwise?? Whilst in a sport shop once I overheard a teenage girl mentioning to her friend that she had several 'pieces of Adidas'.

Also

People who refer to their homes as property, as in " where's your property".

People who say "we was" instead of "we were".

people who over analyse their parenting
people who are late alot
people who have always been in your situation whenevr you tell them a story
people who moan because their kids make a mess (when really they only have a couple of things out to play with)

GhoulsToo It was Radiohead, OK Computer.

And having watched the Channel 4 programme, I now have an (ir)rational dislike of Mary-anne Hobbs.

People who use "hun" etc on websites like this.

Quadrofiendia, people who have always had the same experience as you, only a little bit worse, eg "my leg fell off yesterday", "me too!, and my head, then my arm!!"

people who drive 4 by 4s. Sorry - sure you're lovely but I can't stand the things.

those are the ones evilannie

the 4x4 one does it for me, always leads me to make assumptions about people

Ha ha ha CD.
How bizarre.Was just musing on the fact that U2 are indeed shite not five minutes ago.

Let me see.....

people who have cats and show you photos of them

people who take horoscopes seriously

people who by 'boxed sets' or 'special editions' of CDs and DVDs

people who feel a sense of affiliation with anyone famous (eg Kylie Minogue,Robbie Williams,U2,Jonathon Ross Robin Williams)

people who use gravy granules

people who consider a trip to the trafford centre as a viable day's outing

people who follow soap operas

people who use plug in air fresheners

people who have place mats permanently on the table

people who clutter windowsills with ornaments and flowers

If someone liked Genesis I'd find it more alienating than if they like U2. At least U2 used to be cool in their very early days.

Also if someone frequents MacDonalds, eats pate de Fois Gras or veal I'm never going to connect with them.

People who love Only Fools and Horses and talk about it, saying things like 'You plonker Rodney' irritate me intensely.

Grown women who try to be cute by wearing pink clothes and owning lots of fluffy things leave me cold.

So too do women with collections of cuddly toys.

I can't abide men who go on about cars.

I also hate it when men call other men 'chief' or 'boss' or 'my main man/big man'. Yuck!

Oh and ... and I don't think I'm alone in this Moondog ... people with Kandoo wipes in their bathrooms.

lol at the pink thing, women who have lots of pink stuff in their cars

People who smoke.
Grown men in team jerseys, unless they're on their way to a match (even then it's a bit suspect).
People who say 'gobsmacked'. I don't know why but I hate that word.
Adults using their childhood nicknames. I can't stand using names like 'Pants' or 'Starkey'.

lol Spider,am with you on all of those especially the Kandoo thing.
(However.....> am rather partial to foie gras.)

people who drive BMWs.Its inbred- our whole family are the same- can't stand anyone who drives one- but i try to fight it....

people who answer mobiles in the middle of talking to me ( clearly all bastards)

english people who mimic other regional accents and think it's hilarious
( Jonathan Ross)

Oh yes weak, clammy, droopy handshakes - ugh

Anyone using daft business-type or personal development jargon without smirking.

People taking their husband's name when they get married - makes me want to shake them (sorry to all the MNers I've just offended...!)

Staying at someone's house where there isn't a bedside light for you to use and you fall over and stub your toe in the night.

People who seem to feel it is de rigeur to take their children to see overhyped animated films featuring aforementioned famous people impersonating chipmunks and groundhogs

OOh yes,BMWs or indeed any other sort of 'statement' car.
So thick and vain.

people who say they NEED a car

when you know fine they dont

or they NEED a holiday

we dont have either these days and you dont see me dropping down dead