I read to educate myself, not for entertainment. I’ve not once read an entire book based on a story. None that I recall at least. Though I have seen well over a thousand movies. It’s just boring to me, but maybe it’s because I’m too lazy. Wait, that wouldn’t make sense.
Last Friday morning on the way to work. At 6:30 am. Dark outside. Heavy overcast. Light rain. Lousy street lighting. Poor visibility. You get the picture.
Up ahead I spot some sort of reflection in the oncoming lane. It’s there. It’s not. I slow down (I’m already well below the 35 mph limit). Turns out it’s a 20-something male riding a bicycle in the wrong lane, all over the oncoming lane, wearing the darkest of dark clothes and oblivious to his surroundings. He’s talking on a cell phone.
Oh, yeah. The reflection? It’s what was left of the factory installed reflector on the tail end of the rear tire fender. His wobbling all over the road meant it reflected a bit and then it didn’t. It’s the morality in me (and knowing I would get caught if I did) that kept me on the straight and narrow, and not lend a hand to make him a potential Darwin award nominee.
Why are cell phones so important that so many risk so much for something that can wait?
Why does it bug you so much? It’s not a real woman, but it’s an image of one. The brain is the most powerful sex organ. As somebody who occasionally partakes in hentai, I don’t get why people don’t get it.
On another note, I don’t get people who are angry and bitter all the time. Don’t they know that such emotions are killing them from the inside?
Some people want to be thought of as eccentric. They wear bow ties in order to say: look at me, see how eccentric I am.
Why do people who don’t have a lot of money, and who can’t afford the kids they already have, keep having more and more kids?! One “accident” I can understand, but 5 more “accidents?” Come on, get your tubes tied!
Turn up late for things.
I know there is such a thing as rotten luck, good plans can get derailed, and this will happen from time to time. But I’m talking about the people who are apparently unable to get anywhere on time, ever. They turn up late for everything, from relatively unimportant social get-togethers to important things like job interviews and even plane flights (big surprise: no, they won’t hold back the 747 full of passengers just for you).
I’m particularly baffled by those who spend a small fortune on tickets for a big show and then miss the first 10-15 minutes. I live in London, and tickets for top West End theatre shows are really, seriously expensive. Yet every single time I go to see one of these shows, I can guarantee that someone will stroll in about 20 minutes after it’s started. Gosh, they must live such busy, chaotic lives.
On the few occasions when friends have done this, they have always come up with excuses about working late, public transport, babysitters and so on… apparently unaware that everyone else had to deal with all the same problems and maybe more, but somehow managed the staggeringly impressive feat of getting to the venue before the show started. Buy a watch or a clock and use it.
Casino gambling. If you really must give your money away to some random company, why not just stay home, pick one from the phone book and then and post them a cheque?
And expensive wheel rims. Why not just attach a sign to your car saying “I am easily amused - ooh, shiny!”
I drive a Nissan Altima which had a recall because butts were being sucked up into the air cleaner and starting fires. I cringe everytime a see a firery butt flying past my car.
I think there are words missing from this.
Culturally-appropriate ones don’t bother me, like a cute-hot Indian girl with a nose piercing. It’s these suburban kids I see all the time who are so obviously doing it to rebel and look different. It just winds up making them look pathetic and lost.
Guilty. :o
I don’t want to litter outside of my own car, see? So every few days, or at least once a week when the trash goes out, I grab all the car litter and get rid of it. On any given day, though, if you ride in my vehicle there’s gonna be litter.
I guess I screwed up on this one. Thanks for pointing that out!
Let me rephrase…
–Why do people think it’s completely necessary to make WIDE right turns when they are in a fucking Toyota Corolla? You’re not in a semi-truck, damn it. Stop pushing me out of my lane.
Yabbut, it’s a perfect correlation between username and content.
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Dressing yappy little dogs in silly costumes, sticking them in your purse and taking them into restaurants.
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Getting on the express line in a store with twice as many items as allowed, running out of money and asking to put things back after they’ve been rung up, then fumbling with their debit card and being completely baffled by the machine at which point they need to go out to their car to get their checkbook. Arguing about coupons or having a nice long chat with the checkout clerk when half a dozen people who understand the meaning of ‘express’ are waiting doesn’t thrill me either.
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Drivers of old beater cars taking up 3 parking spaces so that no one can park next to them and add another dent to their collection.
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Huge oversized tires on small pickups.
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Moralistic vegetarians that wear leather shoes and drive old VW buses that belch exhaust fumes.
Calling people eccentric, just because they’re happy living their life in a way that you’re not, I don’t get it.
Why do people tolerate commercials when they can flip to something meaningful for the next 2-4 minutes?!
Why do people park as close as possible to the gym and then get on the treadmill?
I’m the complete opposite. I can’t for the life of me understand why someone would want to wear something that is obviously out of fashion. I’m not talking about wearing last years sunglasses, but the completely un-styled, generic, fit-all jeans or sweats.
Apart for keeping us warm, the next function of clothing is to look nice, and as a result be attractive to other people. Why would someone not want to feel attractive?
Because I might forget, and miss my show.
Yes, I’ve done that, and missed a critical show ender or even the entire rest of the episode, because I got distracted and forgot.
So I’d rather let my mind wander for a few minutes than the channel.
People that will wait in extra long lines to get something for free just because it’s free.
Case in point: This moring I go by the local Starbucks. Typically this location at 8a.m. on a weekday will have maybe 1 person at most waiting in line inside and 3 cars at most at the drive-thru. Today the parking lot is jammed, there’s a line of 10 people inside, and the drive-thru line stretches 8 cars into the street.
Why?
Because today if you go to Starbucks and show them that you have voted they will give you a tall(size small) cup of coffee for free.
I guess $1.50 is too much for some people on a normal day but price it as “free” and people will line up around the block.
I think you know I don’t mean names that have been both first and last names for centuries. My grandmother’s maiden name was Thomas. I don’t mind if non-Thomases use that name.
I mean names like Hunter and Taylor and Cooper and even Thatcher - all names I’ve heard at elementary school sporting events. Get back to me in 100 years and I’ll feel differently about those names I’m sure.