# Expression of Annoyance...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 29, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453 "2003-08-29T16:43:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/21 "2003-08-29T20:16:13Z")

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Why do we park on a popeway and go to see the pope on a parkway?

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/22 "2003-08-29T20:17:16Z")

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Shouldn’t that be 1920’s style “Death Ra-gry”?

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/23 "2003-08-29T21:32:51Z")

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[“B” Sci-fi movie voice]

OMG, what have I created!

[/“B” Sci-fi movie voice]

**Shodan** , my 1920’s style “Death Ray” burns with the rage of a thousand suns.[sup]1[/sup]

Gotcha ya!

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/24 "2003-08-29T21:39:37Z")

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Cliches make the baby Jesus cry.

Actually these cliches unexplicably make me smile 🙂

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/25 "2003-08-29T21:43:47Z")

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Quack!!![

silence

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/26 "2003-08-29T21:44:59Z")

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I meant to do that.

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**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/27 "2003-08-29T23:36:16Z")

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[hijack]

Band name!

[/end hijack]

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**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/28 "2003-08-29T23:41:00Z")

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When all your 1920s style ray guns belong to the baby Jesus, the terrorists have already brought back pie.

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/29 "2003-08-30T01:41:58Z")

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For every cliche a Doper posts, God kills a kitten!

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**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/30 "2003-08-30T02:39:30Z")

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But what about the poor hamsters?

☹

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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/31 "2003-08-30T02:51:47Z")

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They’re all in Coventry.

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**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/32 "2003-08-30T03:13:39Z")

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Yes, but did you type this with one hand?  
(BTW, the Pizza Parlor seems to be nonexistant. Might want to do something about that.)

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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/33 "2003-08-30T04:06:37Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Blonde \*
> 
> \*\*[/end hijack] \*\*

[nitpick]

Ooh, that’s redundant. The “slash” character already means “end”.

[/nitpick]

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**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/34 "2003-08-30T04:34:34Z")

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Somebody please think of the children!

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**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/35 "2003-08-30T04:43:17Z")

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Somebody please think of the children!

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/36 "2003-08-30T04:48:22Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by jklann \*  
> \*\*[nitpick]
> 
> Ooh, that’s redundant. The “slash” character already means “end”.
> 
> [/nitpick] \*\*

According to the links I’ve followed, ending hijacks is not what most slash characters are involved in!!! :o

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/37 "2003-08-30T05:33:01Z")

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_flirts with random gay poster_

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/38 "2003-08-30T12:14:46Z")

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😕  
How can someone be randomly gay?

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/39 "2003-08-30T14:13:05Z")

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Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Death Rays”

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/40 "2003-08-30T14:21:27Z")

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Pulling up a lawnchair to watch the cliches fly…

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