Pet Peeves

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:38 pm

One branch is from the Pont (Trabzond area in what is now the eastern part of the Black Sea coast of Turkey, near the border with Georgia), the other branch is from one of the Heptanese islands (Paxi, a bit south of Corfu). Too far from the Balkans to be celtic, I'd say.
However, I did find pretty far south in Spain indication of Celtic influence, when I visited that area. So certainly Celts went far south from areas that are now considered as "celtic" now, Wales, Brittany, etc.

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:59 am

Moonspring wrote:Related to this is when I was told that I'm too smart. Or I know too many things. It intimidates men. I need to dumb myself down. What a minute, you're telling me this and you call yourself my friend? You ovbiously really don't know me that well. No woman should have to dumb herself down.

Yeah, it intimidates men who are idiots. I just don't understand other men that would prefer to be with a stupid woman over an intelligent woman. Remember if a woman acts dumb she will only end up with a dumb man. I hope that my daughter never feels pressured to hide her intelligence to please an insecure man.

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:31 pm

I have two peeves for summer attire. The first one is for men and women and it can be summed up in one word: feet. If you are going to wear sandals and expose your feet, please keep them groomed. It doesn't require a professional pedicure, but it does require that nails are clipped, rough, flaking skin is removed (I hate those calloused, yellowed heels people have), and any nail fungus (which causes thickened nails) is treated by a medical doctor. If you cannot keep your feet looking neat and cared for, do us all a favor and cover them up.

The second pet peeve is directed at women. Ladies, please do not wear tight tank tops/shirts that do not meet the top of your pants, exposing us all to unsightly rolls of fat. It's an unattractive fashion trend, making even normal-weight women look overweight. Thank the gods, however, the waistline of jeans does seem to be rising a bit.

ausfi · Post by **ausfi** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:13 am

I find it very frustrating when sometimes in a discussion there is someone, who does not let you get a word edgeways. I am watching like a hawk for some kind of lull, opening my mouth to talk when there is a slight pause and it seems there is a logical end to what the person wants to convey, and they just continue, even if I am already talking.

Could it be my fault, maybe I just do not talk loud enough

Violetblue, it is exactly what I think, do they really not know that they show those rolls of fat or loose skin

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:20 pm

violetblue wrote:The second pet peeve is directed at women. Ladies, please do not wear tight tank tops/shirts that do not meet the top of your pants, exposing us all to unsightly rolls of fat. It's an unattractive fashion trend, making even normal-weight women look overweight. Thank the gods, however, the waistline of jeans does seem to be rising a bit.

Well, I generally agree with you, but if the woman is really thin, then sometimes what you see when there are no rolls of fat is not so unattractive....
But then I am an old lecherous voyeur

violetblue · Post by **violetblue** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:45 am

voralfred wrote:But then I am an old lecherous voyeur

Agreed.

Well, I live in a college town, so I see a lot of dubious fashion. It's annoying how women will follow any fashion trend, regardless of whether it is flattering to them or not. My gripe with this particular fashion trend -- wearing clothes two sizes too small -- is that it squeezes around any natural fat and makes any woman above a size 00 look big. The women I see wearing these type of clothes seem totally oblivious, but I can't imagine any man finding a roll of fat hanging out underneath a tiny shirt attractive. But then, young women tend to think tight clothes + showing skin = sexy.

Men, on the other hand, wear clothes way too baggy. After about 12 years, the saggy pants seem to be going out of style, but it seems to still be in fashion for guys to wear clothes that hang on them. And the Emo boys wear peg pants, which is kind of the opposite of baggy pants.

I did see a pair of extreme baggy pants a couple of months ago. I was standing in line at a department store behind these two young guys, and I swear, the one guy's pants were down below his underwear. Not the boxer type either, but regular, tight-fitting, underwear. I mean, you could see his legs underneath his underpants. I started getting a fit of giggles, and it was all I could do to keep it together until the guy left. Then the saleslady and I burst out laughing. Anyway, that's the worst case I've seen.

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:00 am

I only get angry when I can't get the lid off the valium.

pamleidt · Post by **pamleidt** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:24 pm

I absolutely agree with the misuse of apostrophes. You should read Eats, shoots and leaves which was hilarious. Add to that "slow children" signs (which always crack me up).

Otherwise:

People who talk with full mouths, smack their food, or chew with mouth open
Leaving cupboard doors open
Sound systems in cars that jar the fillings out of my teeth from 6 blocks away

There are others, but I don't want to sound TOO much like a whiner!!!

mccormack44 · Post by **mccormack44** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:47 pm

pamleidt wrote:

â€¦"slow children" signs (which always crack me up).

Do you know the Ogden Nash verse?

"Slow Children Walk / Cheerful children ride"

(I THINK I've got the quote correctly.) I always think of this whenever I see a split sign of this type.

Sue

pamleidt · Post by **pamleidt** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:59 pm

I think I remember the verse from long ago...

I always think that the first time I saw this non sequitur, we were travelling up the road on which my husband lived as he grew up! I like to tease him about it...

Moonspring · Post by **Moonspring** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:24 am

Gross over-generalizations are a pet peeve that can sometime make me see red.

violetblue wrote: It's annoying how women will follow any fashion trend, regardless of whether it is flattering to them or not.

Most of the women I know create their own fashion. Everything from items purchased at thrift shops to online stores. Normally, I see nearly as many styles as people.

But the pet peeve I was initially going to post is TOM. And not Myspace Tom, but instead, TOM with all caps. It is the reason I slept half of Saturday and am still up now. Right after I finally got back onto a mostly regular sleep cycle. Now it is all messed up again.

And DVD players that were find two days ago but suddenly stop reading discs. Spending 15$ on a lens cleaning disc that was supposed to fix the problem but didn't. Grrrrr.

spiphany · Post by **spiphany** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:15 am

Businesses that plant plum or crabapple trees on their property because they have pretty blossoms in the spring, but in the fall, when the fruit starts getting ripe and falling off and making a huge, rotting mess all over the sidewalk, they do absolutely nothing about it.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:21 am

We have a neighbor on the way to the sitter's who has an apple tree.... lovely tree, full of juicy red apples, and they're rotting all over the sidewalk. Personally, I'd be snatching up as much as I could to prevent a wasp infestation (the plan, when I finally have my apple trees, is to figure out how to make cider LOL That's pretty much all "droppings" are good for).

moonwolf021 · Post by **moonwolf021** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:56 pm

I have to admit I have a lot of pet peeves but I can never think of all of them.

1. When people place their already chewed gum on the edge of their plates, napkins, etc. I find it absolutely revolting. If they are sitting next to me, I'll force them to either get rid of it or get it out of my sight.
2. When people are unorganized about their DVDs. Like when half of the DVDs are in a pile and who knows where their cases are. Seriously I have fixed two households worth of DVDs that were like this. I spent over an hour finding the corresponding cases to the discs and either stacked or shelved them properly. My own DVDs are even more OCD as they are in alphabetical order.
3. I am guilty of doing this one on the internet sometimes, but when people don't capitalize names (especially their own) when writing. All my brothers do this. My little brother does it on his video games and that annoys me too.

umsolopagas · Post by **umsolopagas** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:49 pm

The few I can think of:

Impulsive liars make me twitch.

People who overuse cliches (a good way of identifying the above mentioned clique). You know when you are listening to someone and the thought comes to your head "Ooh, I have watched that movie, and that one, that too..".

I get a little shiver down my spine when I see someone spitting on the ground especially athletes, sportsmen.

umsolopagas · Post by **umsolopagas** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:58 pm

My biggest pet peeves and phobias are roaches and rats (not the ones that wield scythes and mice ). I reckon that anything with its belly that close to the ground is not up to any good.

Those two creatures form the base of all my fears.

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:40 am

umsolopagas wrote:My biggest pet peeves and phobias are roaches and rats (not the ones that wield scythes and mice ). I reckon that anything with its belly that close to the ground is not up to any good.

Those two creatures form the base of all my fears.

Hey!

Rats are nice.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:07 am

Domestic rats are nice. Street and sewer rats? Not so much. Evil little buggers.

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:12 am

Good point.

umsolopagas · Post by **umsolopagas** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:43 pm

tollbaby wrote:Domestic rats are nice

No!

Post by **KiltanneN** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:53 pm

umsolopagas wrote:I reckon that anything with its belly that close to the ground is not up to any good.

So does that mean you would include Snakes in your pet peeves?

Mary Russell · Post by **Mary Russell** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:58 pm

moonwolf021 wrote: 3. I am guilty of doing this one on the internet sometimes, but when people don't capitalize names (especially their own) when writing. All my brothers do this. My little brother does it on his video games and that annoys me too.

Oooh! This one gets to me! Actually, one of my pet peeves would just have to be an utter disregard for grammar. What's with the lack of punctuation and capitalisation? (not to mention subject-verb disagreements and subject-object mixups)
Of course, I am by no means perfect when it comes to grammar, but I at least try!

Oh, and what's with everyone talking about "am doing this" and "am fine." Use a subject! "I am doing this" or even "I'm doing this" ...

Mary Russell · Post by **Mary Russell** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:00 pm

Oh, pardon me. I didn't mean to say everyone. That was a hyperbole.

(just in case there are some people out there whose pet peeve is exaggeration...

)

Mary Russell · Post by **Mary Russell** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:07 pm

violetblue wrote:The second pet peeve is directed at women. Ladies, please do not wear tight tank tops/shirts that do not meet the top of your pants, exposing us all to unsightly rolls of fat. It's an unattractive fashion trend, making even normal-weight women look overweight. Thank the gods, however, the waistline of jeans does seem to be rising a bit.

I can't say I'm too pleased about the rising waistline because I tend to like the twenties look with the dropped waist, but I guess I'll have to deal with it.

As for the males... Aiyai yai! Pull up those trousers!!!

Mary Russell · Post by **Mary Russell** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:08 pm

pamleidt wrote:I absolutely agree with the misuse of apostrophes. You should read Eats, shoots and leaves which was hilarious. Add to that "slow children" signs (which always crack me up).

Hehe. I keep seeing things I want to comment on after I've posted. Anyway, I just wanted to say that this was fantabulous book! It pretty much says everything I would like to say regarding grammar and whatnot. I love it!!!