Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

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  1. The Dapper Hooligan

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    The one I worked at used an Electric Arc Furnace, the whole place was mad with stray EM radiation. People with pacemakers weren't allowed in certain buildings, and if you were in the right place, you could tell the furnace was kicking on because your fillings would start trying to vibrate out of your head.
     
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    The first thing that catches my eye almost every time I land on the WF home page is the phrase "Rejection, Rejection, Rejection." I know it's a major part of reality in the writing world, but it's also mildly disheartening. It's prominence on the front page gets me every time.
     
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    My goldfish only pay attention to me when they want food.
     
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    Does anybody?
     
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    I dunno, the outer ankle bit is what always bugs me :)
     
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    yeah i find the chaffing from having to tuck it into a sock nearly intolerable
     
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    I can't wait to become that old guy who plays football with his guys.
     
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    What do you do when you kick it over, get a mop?

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    Moose junk! I could just scream!
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    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    What’s this football you speak of? :confuzled:
     
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    Local wines. Particularly when you live in an area that is nowhere near a wine growing latitude. Look, I get the whole local thing. Local produce? Awesome. Local beer? Splendid. Local distilleries? Getting there slowly (you have to age whiskey first, geniuses... call me back in 2023). But local wine? You can't grow the shit in the Northeast, okay? You know who makes good wine? The French. And the Italians. And Californians. Know why? GRAPES GROW THERE!!!!!

    The local thing is getting out of control. Just because somebody nearby makes it doesn't mean it's good.
     
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    Hmmm... Thinking about growing local coconuts here... All local nuts are good, I suppose?
     
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    Ah, ha. A man who doesn’t appreciate two-buck-chuck. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shaw_wine)
    I grew up on Ripple and MD 20-20 so I know very little about wine, except the only time you would drink a white wine is if you were out of red.
    I did live in the Yakima Valley when I worked at Decota Aircraft and they were changing the apple orchards to vineyards. When I went back some fifteen years later, I went on a wine tasting tour and they weren’t too bad.
    http://www.yakimavalleywinecountry.com/yakima-valley-wineries.asp
     
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    latitudinally speaking, the NE of the US is on the same level as the Loire
     
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    Right. Wrong word. Should have said climate. Not a huge fan of Loire wines either, usually.
     
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    Man, the images from your mistaken quote are.... [REDACTED]hub-worthy :)
     
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    CornHub? :D
     
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    Corn, zucchini, bananas, daikon radishes, whatever fits in your
    healthy daily servings of fruits and veggies!
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    I presume we're talking;

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    Didn't understand any of that. Then I saw that I quoted the wrong post... weirdness.
     
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    I went to restart a movie disk but I got to go through all the previews again. Probably is a button on the player remote to go to main screen but I do not know which one.
     
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    Presenters/historians on BBC FOUR documentaries who enthuse over an old wall/house/stone far more than is necessary.
     
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    but its a very exciting wall, I mean look at that unique masonry, its comparable to the mona lisa smile :D
     
  24. Iain Aschendale

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    Remember when I said I don't like Sansabelt trousers? Changed my mind.

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  25. Homer Potvin

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    Even the poodle is impressed with the action packed snack sack! As for myself, I have all my pants tailored with an extra large codpiece, like Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.
     
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