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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 02:16 PM Original message |
Things that irk and perturb you... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Like "Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe" |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. You mean like Autumn Faire? |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You wouldn't believe the number of subdivisions and apartment complexes |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Omg, I know! |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What about "Ocean View Place" in a location that's hundreds of miles from the ocean? |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. What's so annoying about the word "irk"? |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. What a great DU name. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Just kidding around...please don't be irked at me. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. I've never heard anyone do that. But it sure would perturb me if I did. |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Martha Stewart and Alex Trebek do it all the time. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No shit? I'll listen for that next time I watch Jeopardy (which I do about |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. He's a bit more subtle than Martha Stewart but it's still noticeable. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. ARRGH! I remember being told to do that when I was a kid! Where the HELL did that |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. It's supposed to be a sign of superior breeding, I think Frazier and Niles used to do it too. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Minor correction: The Hamptons are on Long Island (New York), NOT New England. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Ilk" irks me more than "irk" irks me. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bogus irks me. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. How about bogussimo? |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. What irks me |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Hummers and Hummer owners scare me... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. More of those names I saw while out this afternoon--- |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. or development, shopping centers, and office parks with some form of "Tuscany" in them |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. People that ask "How are you" . . . |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Or, robotic clerks that say "How are you?" or, "Have a nice day," |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. When I was a clerk I always said "What the fuck do you want?" to customers |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. But you know, I could get behind that. It's real... |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. Worst I've seen |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Lordy lord...that's bad... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. I hate it when people don't finish their thoughts |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I like to keep those kind of people on message. I've been known to say, |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
61. I tend to be more direct. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hearing people assert that the President "runs the country" |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. I serve at the pleasure of the president. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Places "at" somewhere, especially in pretentious faux-Old-English |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Oh yes. I've seen a few of those. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Here's a real one: "The Cottages at Bridgeport" |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. "methinks" |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Not planning on stopping, sorry |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. "I think" takes fewer keystrokes. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I concur. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. alas, methinks thou hast a point, dear sir |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
60. I am adding "lurves" to this list effective immedietly. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. I hate that too. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. americans with no connection to the UK who use the phrase "spot on." |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. 'perturb' perturbs me way more than 'irk' irks me. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Do they pertirk you? |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. Inconsiderate behaviour....... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. trash on ground |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. We used to live in a cluster neighborhood called |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. That's funny, because I say pointy, too... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. Ending a sentence with comma no? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
46. And dumbfucks who have their lights on bright... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. in that vein-the people that get the aftermarket xenon headlights and they installed |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I HATE those headlights... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. we have tons of kids here that convert Honda civics and the first thing they do is |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yeah. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. damn kids---getoffamahlawn! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. And using the word "folks" to address people. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. that people still say "outside the box" and mean it |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. "Cool beans!" |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. here's another one for you that irks me: "at the end of the day." |
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siouxsiecreamcheese (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
56. people that demand too much in the morning |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-09-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. It irks me a bit when people say "no problem" instead of "you're welcome"... |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. A lot of business phrases annoy me like "synergy" and "paradigm shift" |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
63. When people tailgate me... |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
65. "Folks", "He hails from _____", |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. people who don't use contractions |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
67. Besides the obvious like Bush and the other Repukes.. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. Attempts to get me to focus on the thing I'd rather forget n/t |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
70. People and their blankety-blank cell phones ...... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
71. People who stop as soon as they get off an escalator |
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