# Room 101 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348 "2004-10-15T10:52:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/1 "2004-10-15T10:52:26Z")
Banish those things that make your life misery to Room 101. What would you send to the Orwellian nightmare vault and why? šŸ˜ƒ I will start us off with: The metric system. We want to keep our pounds and ounces and feet and inches. :mad: Ms. That is the noise made when a mosquito is hit in the genitals and should be treated with the same amount of respect. In they go šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/2 "2004-10-15T11:03:13Z")
Heh, I started a thread like this a while back, mine are: Soap operas ā€œThe Caretakerā€ By Harold Pinter Kilroy There are more but Iā€™ll stick with those for now. ---
**Author:** ![Kymodoce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@Kymodoce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kymodoce)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/3 "2004-10-15T11:08:27Z")
My number 1: This bloody message board. Itā€™s taking up far too much of my time when I should be working, and itā€™s making me feel unintelligent, un-witty andā€¦ohā€¦ lotā€™s of other un- things. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/4 "2004-10-15T11:24:24Z")
Mid-terms and term papers. Gah! Had you asked last year I would have said oral exams. Iā€™m not sure yet whatā€™s worse, five mid-terms and four term papers, or one 15-minute oral. And had you asked two years ago, I would have named a person. Actually, I think Iā€™d still send her, just to eliminate the chance that Iā€™ll ever see her again. And one last thingā€“my friendā€™s sex drive. Nice guy and all, but without this heā€™d be a lot more bearable for me and a couple other female friends. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/5 "2004-10-15T11:32:50Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > Iā€™m not sure yet whatā€™s worse, five mid-terms and four term papers, or one 15-minute oral. Isnā€™t the latter what you get for doing well in the former? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/6 "2004-10-15T11:34:55Z")
exams. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![The\_27th\_Evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@The\_27th\_Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_27th_Evil)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/7 "2004-10-15T11:36:59Z")
Yellow jackets/wasps/bees go in there. All I need is one to go near me and I freeze and start hyperventilating. And Iā€™m not even allergic. Just freakinā€™ scared of them. That noise when they buzz near you and aroung you and you can imagine that little stinger wanting to plunge into your skinā€¦ ::shudder:: Fyodor Dostoevskyā€™s entire collection of works. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/8 "2004-10-15T11:40:31Z")
This cough, for one. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/9 "2004-10-15T12:12:39Z")
Just thought of another one - The flu. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/10 "2004-10-15T12:41:04Z")
Lemon Curd - For fuckā€™s sake what is that all about? Them pink wafer biscuits you get in tins of biscuits. I donā€™t know anyone who likes them - in my house we end up throwing them away (and I have kids that eat their own bogeys but wonā€™t eat these) Cyclists - Specifically the ones that ride on the pavement, and the smug ones (all the female ones have hairy legs) Vegans - Not natural - itā€™s an eating disorder and these people should be force fed if only to get rid of the sense of superiority they seem to feel. Vegan cyclists - beyond description Arsenal - Bribed their way into the league, have been a byword for dishonesty since; fans are all newfan wankers in jesterā€™s hats. Should bugger off back to plumstead and leave decent people in peace. My next door neighbour. - Youā€™d have to meet him. Richard Branson - where to start? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/11 "2004-10-15T12:58:29Z")
Sports commentators who indulge in puerile byplay, and ā€œJimā€ and ā€œRogerā€ each other the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/12 "2004-10-15T13:35:21Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > The metric system. We want to keep our pounds and ounces and feet and inches. Driving on the right-hand side of the road. Whats up with that? That definitely has to go. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/13 "2004-10-15T14:13:48Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Them pink wafer biscuits you get in tins of biscuits. I donā€™t know anyone who likes them - in my house we end up throwing them away (and I have kids that eat their own bogeys but wonā€™t eat these) It seems from my brief anecdotal research that most of the world agrees with you on this but in our house they were really popular. We (kids) used to fight over them. :o For Room 101 Iā€™ll put in sports commentators full stop. Also have to second the 'flu. And pearls earrings. For some reason they just bug me. Maybe itā€™s the association with the horsey, collars up and ralph lauren shirt-wearing crowd that my mind makes when I see them. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/14 "2004-10-15T14:15:23Z")
Consistently rude people. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shadowfax33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowfax33)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/15 "2004-10-15T14:27:14Z")
My ex-husband and his secretary. Please. I _love_ the metric system! Can I please dump the English system?? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/16 "2004-10-15T15:30:10Z")
I rescue the metric system from Room 101 in a daring heist, and throw in, instead, the common cold, cancer, AIDS, malaria, mosquitos, those annoying pop-up windows, bad traffic jams, nuclear weapons, Dubya, several assorted dictators, temper tantrums, splinters, and rude people. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/17 "2004-10-15T15:47:20Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Lemon Curd - For fuckā€™s sake what is that all about? I have to agree with you about that stuff . Many years ago I was forced by a teacher to eat this gunge during school dinners. I got my own back though , I was spectacularly sick in the classroom a couple of hours later. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/18 "2004-10-15T15:53:02Z")
Iā€™d have to chuck in spiders and that Katie Melua, oh how I despise her :mad: Oh, and Chavs/Pikeys šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/19 "2004-10-15T16:52:09Z")
I _like_ lemon curd, as long as itā€™s proper sharp home-made stuff and not that sickly-sweet stuff you get in shop-bought LCTs (thatā€™s lemon curd tarts). So Iā€™ll scrape the lemon curd out of Room 101 and replace it with small dogs. Any dog that is smaller than a decent-sized cat is just ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348/20 "2004-10-15T18:40:14Z")
I add to the ā€œsuperiorā€ vegans everybody who feels some weird need to proselytize about their diets, whether vegetarian, Atkins, or whatever. I donā€™t want to eat the same stuff you do, deal with it. Iā€™m not even terribly interested in hearing about it unless one of us is cooking for the other, or we are trying to decide on a restaurant to go to. People who for some reason donā€™t think the rules that apply to everyone else apply to them. An example would be cyclists who donā€™t think red lights and stop signs apply to them. Budget cutbacks on my project at work, and the uncertainty of having to find a new project on short notice. ā˜¹ People who think pets are disposable, and that itā€™s OK to turn their dog or cat over to a shelter (or, worse, just throwing it out in the country) the second it becomes inconvenient or not cute anymore. I know there are legitimate reasons for giving up a pet, but these arenā€™t it. Telemarketers, especially ones that call early in the morning. I canā€™t believe no oneā€™s nominated them yet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-101-thread/269348.md?page=2)