21 annoying things.

The BBQ Pit
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I’ve typed all this shit so I am going to damn-well post it.

Annoying things.

The invisible change in incline on a path/road that causes me to stumble slightly.

The red dot on sky tv that I have to remove every time I go to a new channel.

When the mouse ‘drops’ the scroll bar right at the bottom of the page so that it springs back to the top.

The yellow post hint that pops up in the way of what My eye is almost invariably trying to read - the name of the post.

Yet another cheap loan/mortgage/ambulance-chaser ad (or the same one for the ten milionth time).

Browsing other channels in response to the above, finding something interesting, only to find that channel is in an ad-break too (and it’s showing the same advert!)

WHen a biro gets stuck under that perfectly biro-shaped overhang on dell keyboards.

Being left handed and accidentally pushing the right-orientated mouse towards same overhang-on-dell-keyboard that is uncannily the same height as the mouse button, causing it to press, and either put the cursor at some random point further back in the text, or, worse, selects the whole lot, and (due to split-second of continued typing) removes it!

Getting itches no-where but the taught area of jeans or inside shoes.

Crap biros that just rip the paper rather than write on it.

Never waking without needing to pee.

Typing something in a text entry box only to be cut short by a popup that has stolen focus.

Losing circulation to my arm when I am using it as a headrest to get a kip.

Seeing the word ‘loosing’

Using non-optical mice.

Having to remove a mountain of cushions before sitting anywhere.

Being woken up by cooking smells or paint from downstairs or next door.

“Tobacco” in response to “Do you want anything from the shop” (I am a non smoker and hate buying the stuff)

When someone else has the TV remote, and turns over the EXACT moment the thing I was watching started to get interesting (or when I’ve just answered a question on a gameshow in my head and wanted to hear the answer to feel smug)

Watching cooking shows all day, and when the rest of the family gets home, salivating, you ask “any ideas for tea” and the answer is “beans on toast”.

Posessing a spiteful appetite for food.

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What is a biro? I got a Dell keyboard and mouse and have no problems.

3

ball-point pen.

Ah, but are you left-handed?

One thing to add to the list - when selecting text from within a quote (in the compose post box) it ALWAYS selects the last ‘[’ which of course you don’t want. Here’s an idea software (I don’t know weither windows is to blame or if it is IE) why don’t you select the text up to where the f****g mouse is!

4

I will not buy this tobacconist. It is scratched.

I HATE!! invisible stuff, too. Gah!

As for left handies and mouses, teach yourself to be ambidexterous. Or bisexual. Whichever works for you.

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AH-HA, I am left handed, but my mouse is an ordinary one, ambidextrous I guess.

6

At work (or woik) there’s a computer behind me that we use only occasionally. As a result the mouse is on the right hand side. (for all those common pesky righties. This is what I mean by ‘right-orientated’)

Also, the wire is too short to move it to the left, so it goes in the middle, this is where it gets moved by my typing hands.

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Filling out an on-line form, merrily TABbing from field to field, and then I have to pick my state from a pull-down menu, so I have to take my hand off the keyboard and move it to my mouse. That’s annoying.

If somebody replies by telling me there’s an easy way to do this without taking my hands off the keyboard, that’ll be annoying.

Those page-a-day calendars that put Saturday and Sunday on the same page. What a ripoff!

I recently posted my 666th post and I didn’t even notice which one it was—that’s annoying.

When other people have sex and I don’t get any—that’s really annoying.

Seeing the abbreviation “ect.” What the fuct?

My oily, zitty skin annoys me. But if that’s the worst thing about my body, I’m doing pretty well.

8

My hovercraft is filled with eels!

9

Just hit the first letter of your state. Keep hitting it, and it will scroll through all that start with that letter.

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Or you can hit ALT-down arrow, and scroll through the list as well.

11

Turning 40 yesterday.

Never-ending laundry.

:cool:

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Memo to self: do not discuss archery with Lobsang (lots of people loosing their arrows at things) or Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT) with Thudlow Boink.

… Come to think of it, those are fairly easy topics to avoid.

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Not at a “One flew ovver the cookoo’s nest/William Tell” slash fic convention.

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When people call you late at night, assuming you’re awake because your MSN is always logged on that late. I do a lot of downloading, and often leave my computer on all night for this purpose.

On a related note, people trying to talk to you on MSN when set to away, busy, or any setting other than online. I may be doing something (busy), somewhere else (away), or, as my computer is in the same room, I may be trying to get to sleep!

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Similarly, when I’m working on a clipping path using the Polygon lasso in Photoshop, an email comes in and Exchange pops up to tell me causing the path I’m working on to automatically close often resulting in strange paths.

???

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Working out with the work-out girls on BodyShaping every morning, knowing full well they’d have those bodies if they lounged around in hammocks all fucking day.

Needing just ONE ingredient for tonight’s dinner. And it’s an important one.

That precarious time between winter and spring when your clothes are either boring or inappropriate.

People who have to dig for change in the cafeteria check-out line.

Nine perfect nails, and one that’s nubbed off at the quick.

When the cable company changes your line-up and doesn’t tell you.

Cleaning up the yard after all the little twigs and branches broke off the trees all winter.

When lint collects in the exhaust thingy on the dryer, making it impossible to dry stuff in one cycle.

When you’re eating cereal, and your last bite is either banana or cereal – but not both.

Dial-up Internet.

Phone calls when you’re napping on the couch.

(Not 21, but I’ll have to think on it some more)

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Welcome to the Geezer Club. There’s a $40/year fee, but we always forget to collect it. :wink:

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When I’m patiently trying to walk around someone who is a momentary obstacle, and someone behind me tries to get around me like I’m the obstacle.

Waiting for a car to pass by so I can cross the street, but the car keeps slowing down, and often stops right in front of me.

This crappy software – when I click on some text, it will not simply insert the cursor – it will select some text then move it to a random location.

People who don’t get the “rules” at the coffee shop. Get in line at the left, order your sandwich, move to the right, pay the cashier, then step out of line to wait for your sandwich to be done. Do not barge into the middle of the line to order your sandwich, then stand there like a freakin’ log while people attempt to go around you. Putz.

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Helpfully(!), Microsoft (among others) sites will update the current page, based on the currently selected entry in a drop down list.

For example, when signing up for Hotmail, scrolling through the Country list will bring up related sub-sections for each country. Select “America”, and you get a list of states; “United Kingdom” brings up “England / Wales / NI / Scotland” etc. Tremendous pain in the ass.

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One tire with a slow leak, making driving wobbly.

Bosses that ATTEMPT to be funny. But aren’t. Yet you still have to laugh. Painfully.

Cold feet.

Microwaved Hot Pockets that are HOT on the ends, but cold in the middle.

Cats on the keyboard.

Taxes.

Netflix not sending BOTH discs as one.

March snowstorms that my little snowblower can’t do, leaving me to shovel.

A friend, who is dieting, asking me if she looks like she’s losing weight.

Annoying ad announcers (“SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!” What day is that?)

Repeats.

Whining children. Yes there IS stuff to eat, open the damn cupboard.

Toilets flushed while I’m in the shower.

Ex’s girlfriend who wants to be “buddies”

Pimping stuff for fund raising. Realized I’ve continuously had fund raiser signs up at work since September. Annoying.

Feeling guilty for not wanting to pimp fund raising stuff.

Mud tracked on my newly washed floor.

Pairing and rolling socks.

SOMEONE not cleaning out pockets before throwing clothes into the washing machine, especially when the thing lift in the pocket is lip gloss. OILY lip gloss.

Stuttering keyboards.

Stupid companies that put through sales twice on my credit card.