OK, we did “sounds you love” the other day. Here’s the flip side:
any sound my Jeep makes that can be heard over the exhaust and wind noise (if it’s that loud, it can’t be good)
Two safety-related sounds that drive me up the nearest water tower with an Uzi:
That “emergency broadcast this is just a test” whine.
Back-up beepers on large trucks; I’d rather be squashed.
And…
Does Fran Drescher’s voice count?
And that godawful 3-tone alert phone companies use to short circuit your central nervous system just before an unconvincing android drones, “I’m sorry, whatever you just tried won’t work; consult the tiny print on your bill or the innacurate phone book of your choice.”
(Okay, I went a little over the top on the last one.)
Veb
That high pitched hum my television makes. Very annoying.
Rosie O’Donnell’s laugh,
Michael Bolton’s singing,
Whitney Houston breathing,
and Emo Phillips trying to be funny.
That godawful metal filing sound. I can’t stand it, that includes hacksaw blading something metal. Makes me want to jump out of my skin.
Car horns
car alarms
poorly-muffled engines (think Harley)
The Microsoft Sound
leaf blowers
other peoples music, in my car or house.
the Emergency Broadcast Warning tone
cat fights, that’s FELINES!
whiney toddlers, or even worse, teenagers.
Either one of my toddlers: “uh-oh”
“Hi, this is Joe Schmo representing Morons Collection…”
Those random noises your car makes that you can’t pin down.
Random noises around the house at 3am.
small animal fights outside, late at night.
Small Dogs being left outside in winter by heartless people.
Adults yelling at obviously clueless small kids in public.
Small Kids yelling in public.
That choking noise your car makes when it runs out of gas.
The thumping sound your tires makes when it goes flat.
The lack of noise you get when hearing either of the above two in the middle of nowhere late at night.
Those voices in my head that just keep talking and talking without stopping …nag…nag…nag…
“Alright! I’ll build that damn spaceship landing pad in the front yard!!! But I’m not covering the roof of the house with the fucking tin foil again! Do you hear me in there!!! I won’t do it!!! Aaaaahhhhhrghhhh…”
Other people eating.
Muffled laughter coming through the drive-through window after the cashier hands you your bag of food.
The sound of pieces of styrofoam being rubbed together.
The sound of somebody chewing ice cubes or grinding their teeth. You idiot neighbor’s dog barking outside at 3:00 a.m… The sound of somebody puking in the immediate area.
The high pitch squeal that only children under the age of three can make.
High pitch beeps.
The way my mother says “I told you so”.
My cat growling at 2 am.
People talking on cell phones in the movies.
The vacuum cleaner.
OK, definitely for me I would have to say: women with nails scratching their panty hose, and emory (sp?) boards…You know, those sand paper-esque little boards that women carry around and file their nails with?..Absolutely sends me up the wall.
cat’s in heat - worst sound ever.
Mmmmeeeerrrrrrrrrrrroooowwwwwwwwwooooooowwwwww…
The bus drivers in my area all wear microphones to make announcements. One day, one of them was sucking a piece of hard candy, not realizing that the entire bus was being filled with:
Sllluuuuurp smack shlupupupup smicksmak gulp ahhhhh. (Continue for 20 minutes)
Still, it’s not as bad as when they have a head cold.
And people wonder why I ride the train.
–sublight.