# Most annoying sound in the world **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-sound-in-the-world/187468 "2003-07-10T14:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-sound-in-the-world/187468/61 "2003-07-12T02:34:41Z")
I’m back to my own thread to add another. It’s not as bad as the crowlings, but it still sucks. I _can’t stand_ the sound of metal (like, oh, utensils) on stainless steel (like, oh, a mixing bowl). I don’t like how it sounds, and I _really_ don’t like how it feels to be stirring something with a metal spoon in a metal bowl. :::shudder::: My parents bought me a set of very nice mixing bowls and I’ve had to shelve them…I can’t stand to use them for anything at home. So, I hand-mix the horse’s mash in them at the barn. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-sound-in-the-world/187468/62 "2003-07-12T03:00:05Z")
A journey to liverpool in a car with a ‘friend’ Beginning of journey: “I know a song that’ll get on your nerves get on your nerves get on your nerves I know a song that’ll get on your ner…” (with tune) 3 hours later: “…ng that’ll get on your nerves get on your nerves get on your nerves” ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-sound-in-the-world/187468/63 "2003-07-12T03:27:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*The chomp-chomp-chomp of someone chewing gum or eating with their mouth open. I think it is the wet, squishiness of the sound that makes it the most annoying. \*\* Thank God it’s not just me. I usually just get weird “um…ok” looks when I tell people how absolutely batshit this drives me. Ugh. Sometimes I wish gum was never invented, because no one seems to know how to chew it properly. OK, my blood pressure is rising, let me stop here. 🙂 Oh yeah, and I hate the sound of a fork scraping a plate. And the dentist drill. Shudder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-sound-in-the-world/187468.md?page=3)