15 things that irk the hell out of me
Today is one of those days. Everything seems to be annoying to me today. Here’s a list of some things that annoy me. Maybe purging the list in the blog will let me attend the rest of the day in a better mood.
- crumbs in the margarine
- Twitter is acting up yet again today.
- people who pronounce schedule SHED-ool rather than SKEJ-ool. Yes both are correct but the first one irks the hell out of me.
- bumper stickers. They just aren’t funny.
- canned meat. Any meat product that requires a key or a pull tab to access is just unnatural.
- pantyhose
- that one of my cats manages to throw up in my left slipper at least one night a week
- wire hangers from the dry cleaner
- that the last 3 “organic” and “green” items I purchased at the grocery store had more packaging (thus creating more trash) than their non-organic or non-green counterparts did.
- people with unnaturally white teeth. I find them creepy and untrustworthy. Plus it reminds me of a certain Friends episode and really… wouldn’t we all be better off without that?
- remakes of great songs. Or even mediocre songs. Did Alanis Morrisette add anything to Seal’s Crazy in her cover of it??
- speaking of remakes… Starsky & Hutch? Charlie’s Angels? The Duke of Hazzard? Was this really necessary?
- forwarded emails that have been forwarded twelve times without any of the headers removed
- Survivor. Enough already.
- Lists that don’t divide equally by 5
What’s annoying you today?
The basal textbook I’m working from annoys me. It’s the worst I’ve seen. Generally poor story choices and poor editing on the publisher’s part. Do kids really need to read six stories on animal camouflage in a row? No! How much information will they repeat in these stories? Let me tell you, it’s a lot! How many times do kids need to read stories about walkingsticks, moths with eye spots, snowshoe hares that change from brown to white, and bitterns? In some cases, this information is repeated at least three times in three different stories.
It’s just driving me especially nuts today.
#15 is the best. I needed a laugh to wake me up this morning! Thanks.
Oh my god. Wire hangers? I’m so with you on that one. The shoulder nipples! Who needs that?!
What is annoying me today? Being the only female on my team at work, I’m about done with the continued analysis of who’s bikini is skimpier, are Halle Berry’s boobs better now that she’s pregnant, did you see Danica Patrick in this commercial. , proverbial boy talk. It’s not uncomfortable, it’s just annoying. Are we back in high school?
*puts earphones in*
You know what irks me? Well do ya? Purchasing a printer without doing the research. My boss went out and bought a shiny new color laser printer. While I agree that the old one was a complete piece of crap he did no research that I can see about the features, ease of use or the cost of the replacement cartridges. Especially that last part if he had and known that it takes four separate cartridges and the cost of each I doubt that thing would be sitting behind my desk. Of course he might not care that you have to take the damned thing completely apart when it jams.
Oh and you are wrong about Spam, Merl. The hickory smoked flavor sliced thin and fried crispy with home fries and eggs is a great breakfast especially when camping.
#13- got one of those today that went on and on and on with the headers- then had at least 4 MSN/Yahoo/contents-may-be-privileged-information footers!
On point 5:
This irrational hatred of tinned meats MUST STOP!
/long time Spam lover!
I know what is irking Lionel today
You know what irks me today? Laundry. Laundry is the worst chore EVER. No matter how many loads of laundry I do, there is always more. I hate the endless loop of laundry.
@Seana I’ve often thought to invent a laundry robot. You just throw your clothes in a pile (ok, maybe three piles), and by the end of the day, it’s all cleaned, folded and for version 2.0, put away.
Not only would it make me a gazillionaire, it would, I dare say, make me adored and worshiped by millions of women. 
Love it Merlene rants! Gives birth to gems like the F* it list and now this one. Nice stuff. Always great to see others are perturbed by similar things! Otherwise you start to wonder if it’s just you! I’m with you on all these things. Especially wire hangers, survivor and useless remakes of songs. I’d like to add movies as well. For example, I loved the original Hairspray movie from John Waters. Why the need to remake it? Maybe I need to check it out and see, but I thought the original was perfect.
Thanks for the Monday morning diversion.
Pai
SHED-ool - Ahem- James Bond says Shed_ool ..well thats what got me started, if it’s good enough for semi bad seventies spy movies I’m over it like white on rice. Besides You all say Zed, whats the deal wit that eh? . Why in the name of god do you have to lengthen a letter of the alphabet . Does anyone not know what a Z is , well we could make it a three letter word as well ( Zee) there you go. Don’t let anyone tell you Americans aren’t capable of sophistication, now excuse me I have another car to put up on blocks in my front yard.
And as far as canned meat, because your a girl I will forgive your total disregard of both canned Chili a staple in most male lives as well as Spaghetio meatballs or Ravioli which may be an American thing but the world would be a lesser place without.
I have to admit I can be very creative with Spam and in Hawaii it’s a no shit delicacy.
http://www.edmaeda.com/placestoeat.html
http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/hawaiian_food05.asp
I hope you are well and we think of you often around these parts and hope we get to see you .
M & J
Memorizing things which I know are useless to me (Chromite ore extraction anyone?). Bugs me because I’m wasting time. Thankfully, that annoying thing has (hopefully) left my life exactly one week ago when my schooling officially ended:)
i hate wire hangers..