Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

‘Baby on board’ signs in the backs of cars. Baby on board? Okay, I was just about to plough into the back of you for giggles, but I won’t now.

 

That reminds me of this story here, but on the opposite side of our island (4000 km away or 2600 mi for the metrically challenged)

 

I went to a foreigner's karaoke bar in Tokyo some years ago, and one of the customers must have been a sumo wrestler - he had the hairstyle, yukata, build etc. He was also accompanied by some ladies. He must have been a pretty senior wrestler, to be allowed out on his own.

 

Oh yeah - something annoys me. The word "burglarized". It's "commited burglary", goddamn it.

And "deplane". Whatever happened to "disembarked" or "got off the plane"?

 

Herve Villechaize happened, that's what.

 

Haven't seen it happen here, but people who come to an internet forum and take over, with post after post in multiple threads. Extra annoyance points if he/she is interesting and/or funny.

 

I recently had to ban one of those on another forum. The guy was opening 15 threads a week (I counted) - and that was AFTER I told him off for opening too many threads.

 

The hyper-specific hypothetical.

In one of my other groups, there is a small game made of asking questions like "Has anyone ever written a (fill in the blank) story with (fill in the blank) characters where (extremely specific and convoluted set of plot points) happens and then someone comes along and comments (fill in the comment)? How did you deal with that?"

No, Jen. I'm here to tell you that the above is your 15 min of fame, your uniqueness. It is the one and only time it will ever happen to any member of our species. Bask in it, for it is fleeting.

 

This reminds me of George Carlin's "Things you never see" bit. I was going to link, but Mr. C can be a bit much for this forum.

 

Would you have to moderate yourself? How does that work? It seems like it might rip a hole in space-time or something.

 

When your company's website sells a grand total of thirteen products, none should ever be out of stock.

 

Beautiful South’s cover of Everybody’s Talking, not because it’s a bad cover because it’s not, but because they change the line ‘... skipping over the ocean like a stone’ to ‘... tripping over the ocean like a stone’. A very pleasant simile replaced by one that makes no sense at all.

 

It's like in David Lee Roth's cover of "That's Life." The original line is "riding high in April, shot down in May," but the new line is "riding high on Monday, shot down in May." It's nonsense.

 

Make me watch that lame campaign ad where your wife tells us what a great guy you are one more time, and I'll vote for the other guy, Democrat or not.

 

So glad to be out of the election ad cycle. My tablet doesn't didn't (I found a different browser that does) have adblock on youtube though and I kept seeing the ugly mugs of people whom I generally agree with hysterically insisting that I a) vote the way I was planning to anyway and b) give them money, which they would then use to interrupt more of my youtube viewing.

Not just no, but hell no.

 

WTH is behind the current craze involving doughnuts as hamburger and other sandwich buns? Gag me with a spoon.

 

Not sure it's a current craze. I saw Man Vs Food try a doughnut hamburger many many years ago, and I'll have you know they're friggin gorgeous!! About as bad for your health as it's possible to be, but friggin gorgeous!

 

Videos of craftsmen making things with wood/metal/leather/whatever that has background music drowning out the sound of them describing the process. If I'd wanted to listen to ambient music I'd have searched for it!

 

Search has been the killer app for twenty years, and I still can't put 'desktop' into the Amazon search box, sort by Price: Low to High, and not have to wade through multiple pages of parts and accessories before I ever see a computer listing.

 

Ugh, Amazon search is the worst. Not only do I get completely irrelevant search results when searching for something specific, but sometimes I have to jump through hoops to find something. One time I was looking for a specific cd, and literally only found it after adding the publisher's information to the search.

 

i searched for leather combat boots..... first few results included a leather belt, shoe shiner, and an assortment of purses

(i still dont have my combat boots, btw)

 

What is it about signs like, Lane Ends - Merge Left that renders them invisible to so many drivers?