My neighbour walking their dog off-leash. As I saw today, that might be a self-limiting problem, if the dog runs across the street to bug another (on-leash) dog and gets hit by a car. The dog is about one year old and poorly trained, not an old, reliable dog. It’s run at me twice now (I think the dog is friendly, but I don’t want anyone’s dog running at me).
Anti-semitism.
Falling in the mud and getting kicked in the head with an iron boot.
Sorry, that never happens. Skip that.
When I first read that, I saw WEDDING shop, not WELDING shop, and I thought, “Wow, it takes a real man to admit that he’s a redneck AND works in a wedding shop.”
Obviously getting close to time for my cataract to be fixed.
Honey, you made my day. 
Clearly her parents were way ahead of their time.
I don’t want to see any more commercials where people have food smeared on their hands or faces. Usually I can look away in time to miss those Tums commercials (Is your food fighting back? splat) but this morning something came on where the first shot was a little kid playing in a puddle of spaghetti. Just typing this is making me queasy.
I’m sick and tired of…
PARENTS!
I’ve been an umpire for 20+ years from NCAA down to 10 & Under youth ball. Yes umpires make mistakes; but I didn’t reach the level I reached by being inept. I know the rules; probably better than you do. The fact that you disagree doesn’t automatically make you right and me wrong. I’m trained to get in a position to have the best angle to see a call; I’m sorry that you feel like you can see better from the dugout than I can from 5-10 feet away. If you lose a game that you shouldn’t have lost; and blame it on one or two calls the umpire made that you disagree with; but in the mean time you’ve been complaining all game long that your players are missing signals; and I’ve witnessed them make crucial execution errors… I really don’t think that “the umpires cost us the game” is a valid complaint.
Political comments popping up in a thread that is in no way political. I guess it’s a symptom of the politicizing of EVERYTHING. Can’t go to the grocery store without being subjected to an unwanted political message or opinion.
Fricking TV! Sick and tired of hearing about slick detective shows and their sicko story lines reenacting violent perverted heinous crimes for entertainment. Also bringing me down are the frivoulous, juvenile antics of TV housewives, preacher daughters, teen moms,and bad girls. blech
How about getting preachy little instructions everywhere you turn?
When my phone finishes charging, a little message pops up saying it’s finished charging. But not just that - it also suggests I should unplug it to save power.
I went to a restroom in a local coop grocery store the other day and counted ten different little reminder signs, prompting me to not use too many paper towels, and turn off the water when I’m done, and be sure to flush, etc, etc.
Every piece of packaging I get, ranging from shipping containers to fast food bags, lectures me on how to properly dispose of it.
My breakfast cereal boxes tell me that I should be exercising more.
There’s a system of computer displays in my work building that shows all kinds of nonsense, including these little “helpful” tips. The worst was when as I walked in to work one day, I was greeting with a reminder that when I buy paint for my house, I should make sure it’s free of some specific type of solvent.
FUCK OFF!! I’M NOT EVEN PAINTING MY HOUSE!!
This to the Nth degree!
No kidding! I bought some little metal hooks for making earrings yesterday at Michael’s, and on the package it said, “Do not ingest.” :smack: Holy crap. You have to TELL people not to eat little bits of fucking METAL? Does it say “not for human consumption” on a package of fish hooks, too?
It’s a health-fad vegetable that needs to be cooked to death in ten-times its weight of butter and oil to be digestible, and then mixed in with 20-times its weight of gravy and potatoes to be choked down without gagging.
I haven’t lost any weight on this fad diet yet, no matter how much more potatoes and gravy I add to it.
…People weaving in and out of their lanes or doing 45 in a 55 because they are using their phones.
…or Facebook.
I’m sick and tired of
…Facebook
For being a sounding board for statements that I don’t want to see. Namely 1) Gratuitous Bad/Vulgar Language (adding the F Bomb doesn’t get your point across any better. It just makes it look like you’re new to swearing) 2) Political Trash Talking of any kind 3) Religious Postings, Bible Verses, etc. (and I’m saying that as a God fearing, practicing Catholic) and 4) the new thing that includes any of the above except it’s added to an old timey picture or drawing from the 50s.
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Facebook Free for 12 days now.
(sorry folks but seeing it on Facebook isn’t going to get me to change my views..
My husband has been a baseball coach for 25 years, and his team has a policy of not drafting kids who have problem parents, no matter how good the kid is (this is a team of 15-19 year olds, some of who go on to play competitive ball). They want to win, and they want a good team made up of good players, but the toxic parents aren’t worth the trouble.
I’m about ready to take all the warnings off of everything. There are enough people in the world; if you’re someone who wants to eat metal hooks, or lets your kids eat metal hooks, then maybe it’s best if you just shuffle off this mortal coil.
“Warning: This package of peanuts may contain nuts!”
“Warning: This curling iron gets hot!”
“Warning: Don’t cut your fingers off with this saw!”
Enough already!
I’ve often dreamed that one day we’d have some sort of “responsible adult” contract. I would sign a contract acknowledging that I am an intelligent, responsible adult, which would exempt me from warnings, labels, disclaimers, etc, etc - all that nonsense. I would never put up with or have to see any of that crap again.
In exchange, I would waive my right to sue if I do something idiotic. If I accidentally lick my iron and burn off my tongue, this contract would prove that it was my own damned fault, and not the fault of the iron manufacturer for not printing DO NOT LICK THIS on the iron’s surface.
People who change their argument because they were just plain wrong and won’t admit it. GRRR!
And cling film. Cling film is just fucking ridiculous.
If you’re talking about something like Saran Wrap store it in your freezer. Seriously. It won’t stick to itself anywhere NEAR as much as it does if it’s just in a cabinet or drawer. Oh - and don’t do what my husband did on the day the Saran Wrap got the better of him - when you’re pulling it out of the box, the teeth to cut it are on the TOP of the dispenser. You hold the box closed and pull UP. He couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t working when he was pulling down. He couldn’t understand that different food storage options come in different packages. Just because the aluminum foil has cutters on the bottom and you pull down doesn’t mean that the cling wrap does. :rolleyes:
I took him through the kitchen and showed him how each box works. You should have seen the look on his face when I told him about pushing in the tabs on the SIDES of the box would keep the roll from falling out. 
Especially because it only clings to ITSELF and not to the thing it’s supposed to cling to. :mad:
I just cannot comprehend why anyone would want to join the military nowadays, for a multitude of reasons. (grabs flameproof suit)
The following people are not deserving of worship just because this describes them, either:
Mothers of autistic children
GLBT teenagers
Breast cancer survivors
And I’m sure I can come up with some others if I think about it long enough.
p.s. I think anti-bullying programs in schools are a bunch of crap. I was totally horrified recently to find out that one of mine runs such a program! :eek: Of course, this happened over 30 years ago, but I really think she jumped onto some entrepreneurial bandwagon.