# Fingernails on the chalkboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759 "2001-08-29T18:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/21 "2001-08-30T19:49:52Z")
The Littlest Doper[sup]TM[/sup] now has top teeth to match his bottom teeth. I’m very happy for him. However, he has just taken to GRINDING THEM TOGETHER!!! Oh, I can’t take it much longer!! ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/22 "2001-08-30T20:15:03Z")
Pcubed- Your friend is not alone. Styrofoam against styrofoam- especially one of those disposable coolers in the car, makes me insane. Its not just that it bugs me. I will get nauseated. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/23 "2001-08-30T20:21:12Z")
Pcubed- Your friend is not alone. Styrofoam against styrofoam- especially one of those disposable coolers in the car, makes me insane. Its not just that it bugs me. I will get nauseated. ---
**Author:** ![Elvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Elvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvis)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/24 "2001-08-30T20:43:20Z")
Fingers squeaking on a balloon. Aaargh. That and the guy from Journey. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/25 "2001-08-30T20:56:09Z")
Save Celine Dion and the guy from Journey, you people are nuts. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/26 "2001-08-30T21:17:22Z")
It’s the strangest thing but there’s one song that makes me feel almost violently ill when I hear or think of it which, btw, is making this post very difficult since I’m having to type it’s name without playing it in my head. U2’s New Year’s Day _hurl_ is a great song and I used to love it but nowadays I literally feel sick to my stomach and nauseous as soon as it comes on. I was somewhere a few months back, started to feel really bad, and suddenly realized that was playing in the background. I don’t know, maybe I drank too much one night to it but it’s got me kinda freaked. Has this happened to anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Pukka\_Ag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Pukka\_Ag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pukka_Ag)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/27 "2001-08-30T22:07:48Z")
The sound of someone biting into a popcicle or ice cube always makes me squirm. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/28 "2001-08-30T22:38:10Z")
The sound of someone attempting to talk around a mouthful of food. The sight’s not too pretty either. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/29 "2001-08-30T23:05:58Z")
oh man, just the sound of ice being crunched between teeth is UUUGGHHHH… makes me REALLY cold, and sends waves of goosebumps down my back and neck and arms… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/30 "2001-08-30T23:47:34Z")
AndYrAStar, I hate the alarm clock too!!! And any ringing sound that sounds like my alarm. When I win the lottery I’m going to buy a clock just to finally have the thrill of throwing it against the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/31 "2001-08-30T23:56:56Z")
I hate the sound of my dog licking himself. I call it Butt-snorkeling. It makes me angry. Rose ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/32 "2001-08-31T03:34:49Z")
Noisy synthetic pants… Like those track/training pants that kids wear in all manner of inappropriate contexts these days. _“Swish-swish swish-swish swish-swish…”_ They get me groping for a blunt object every time. **Wicked Blue** , I’m with you on the butt-snorkeling. In 1990, my friend Myriah had a dog that would lick her genitals for hours… (Maybe I should phrase that more carefully… Naaah…) It was so damned loud it would drive me batsh#t _from the next room!_ Sometimes several people would yell at her simultaneously-- “Quit yer damned slurping!” She’d just look up sheepishly for a couple of seconds and dig right in again. AAAAAAAAAAGH! It haunts me to this day. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/33 "2001-08-31T12:50:05Z")
I hate the sound of chewing (any type of food, not just crunchy items). I hate eating with anyone just because I don’t want to hear the food being broken up and mushed around in his/her mouth. Even worse is when people chew with their mouths open. :eek: And _even worse_ is when they breathe loudly as they chew. It makes me lose my appetite. I also hate the sound of people dragging their feet while walking. Is it _that hard_ to pick up your feet and walk like any other animal on earth does (save snakes and aquatic animals, of course)? Are you _so tired_ that you cannot muster the energy to raise your foot an inch above the ground? ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/34 "2001-08-31T13:49:14Z")
the sound of my mom’s “whipping cane” on my upturned a$$. for obvious reasons. the sound of my littlest cousin screaming is annoying, too. especially if she’s screaming for someone to help her change her diaper (she’s 6, for crying out loud) the sound of nails on the chalkboard (real nails, the iron ones you hammer) or something like 'em aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnndddddddd… my little sister chewing with her mouth open [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759.md?page=1)