Pet Peeves

The Experimental Film · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:56 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

What's hard about eBaying? All you do is think "The maximum amount of money I can/want to spend on this item is $X" and then punch X into the form.

I don't have an account, I don't have Paypal or a credit card, I can't access my dad's account.

And I wasn't home at the time, anyway.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:53 pm

The Experimental Film wrote:

InterruptorJones wrote:

What's hard about eBaying? All you do is think "The maximum amount of money I can/want to spend on this item is $X" and then punch X into the form.

I don't have an account, I don't have Paypal or a credit card, I can't access my dad's account.

Well, I guess that explains it.

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Augh, my peeve right now? Smoke alarms. It's great that they save lives, but when they're low on battery, do they have to beep so constantly? And they run out of battery at the most innoportune tim3s, always when my parents aren't home. I should figure out how to change the batteries, or at leasts top the beeping. After a while it gets pretty annoying.

Anyoen know how I can acomplish this without breaking something, or setting something on fire? Though that'd be pretty ironic, setting a smoke alarm on fire.

ready for prime time · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:53 pm

ohhhhh..... the smoke alarm went off in the middle of the night when we were on camp. it wouldn't stop. the next morning, we were too tired to do our activities.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:54 pm

Ju Ju Master wrote:

Anyoen know how I can acomplish this without breaking something, or setting something on fire?

Open the cover (just pull on it), take out the old battery, put in the new battery. CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

Occasional JD · **Posted:** Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:59 pm

ready for prime time wrote:

Ju Ju Master wrote:

my peeve is those bathroom doors that won't close. A lot of them are very poorly put together/put in, as the lock is just a bit off. One time, at school actually, the lock was a bit too high, and the door (not the whole stall) was a bit loose, so I picked it up enough to put the stick in the lock. When I tried to open it, it wouldn't come out, so I was locked inside the stall. Fortunately, it only took 2 or 3 minutes to get it unjammed, but I think I got lucky. Not gonna try that again.

i really hate it when that happens. why did they put the lock and the latch at two different positions? attempting to close the doors at school results in all the boys being called in for a lecture from the principal about vandalism.

Be happy. At my school, we have one locking door. ONE! If you're lucky, you can get it, but usually there is some form of human excrement on the floor.

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

InterruptorJones wrote:

Ju Ju Master wrote:

Anyoen know how I can acomplish this without breaking something, or setting something on fire?

Open the cover (just pull on it), take out the old battery, put in the new battery. CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

I tired that, and couldn't find where he batteryw as located. And I'm glad I couldn't, for a few reasons. Firstly, when my dad came home and went to put the new one in, it started beeping it's normal alarm (as if there was a fire) which would've scared the crap out of me (And I was standing on an unstable hamper (I later decided it'd be a bit smarter to get a chair)) and secondly, it turned out it wasn't our smoke detector, it was our carbon monoxide detector. It needed to be reset for some reason.

I found I'd gotten used to it, anyways.

ikwaylx · **Posted:** Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:29 pm

Ack, My peeve is my wireless internet connection.
No matter what the situation, it just brins me off. Therefore making me doing this:
Forcing me to annoyingly refresh on gabbly
Msn reconnects. Annoying many.
And I have to sort out the problem.....
I hate it. I want cable back!

IantheGecko · **Posted:** Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:43 pm

I hate people who diss the French. Seriously, they're not that bad. They don't hate Americans. I was in Paris a year ago, & only ONE person was rude, snotty, or mean to us. France has given so much to the world; it's not fair to talk like them like they're nothing.

ikwaylx · **Posted:** Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:46 pm

IantheGecko wrote:

I hate people who diss the French. Seriously, they're not that bad. They don't hate Americans. I was in Paris a year ago, & only ONE person was rude, snotty, or mean to us. France has given so much to the world; it's not fair to talk like them like they're nothing.

Exactly. France have NOTHING against Americans.
On the subject of dissing countries:
WHY do some americans think of the English as snobby, pish posh, top hat and monicle men?
I mean. I don't know how some got that impression. But its annoying.....
I doubt anyone on the forum will think that, I'm talking about other poeple.

Alexander · **Posted:** Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:47 pm

IantheGecko wrote:

I hate people who diss the French. Seriously, they're not that bad. They don't hate Americans. I was in Paris a year ago, & only ONE person was rude, snotty, or mean to us. France has given so much to the world; it's not fair to talk like them like they're nothing.

It's not polite to treat any country like that.

As I always say, "You'll find bitter people and grand people no matter where you go."

ramrod · **Posted:** Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:00 pm

ikwaylx wrote:

WHY do some americans think of the English as snobby, pish posh, top hat and monicle men?

You're not?

Ya see ik, every country has it's stereotype against it unfortunately. America's full of rednecks, Canada's a frozen tundra, France is all snobby and anti-American. It's sad really.

Chekt · **Posted:** Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:23 pm

ramrod wrote:

ikwaylx wrote:

WHY do some americans think of the English as snobby, pish posh, top hat and monicle men?

You're not?

Ya see ik, every country has it's stereotype against it unfortunately. America's full of rednecks, Canada's a frozen tundra, France is all snobby and anti-American. It's sad really.

Also i am suprised at the number of people that actually think that all of Texas is a stupid waste land, yes there is some but not all, i never actually thought that people thought this untill we went up to like New York and last year we had a teacher that had just moved from Pennsylvania and she said that she was suprised at how "normal" Texas was.

on a similar note, I hate how Texas tuck commersials always say something like "its Texas tough" or "a cab the size of Texas" and other stupid crap.

ready for prime time · **Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:30 am

i hate the way everyone thinks that in Australia, kangaroos hop around the streets, the prime minister is some fat guy who lives on the countryside, and everyone else dresses like Crocodile Dundee. i'd imagine their face if they actually went to Sydney. (i know i don't live there, it's just an example)

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:27 pm

Peeve: This mouse on the school computer. Why did I have to get one that still has a Track Ball?

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:48 pm

ikwaylx wrote:

WHY do some americans think of the English as snobby, pish posh, top hat and monicle men?

Well, for me it's because every time I use the word "color," some Briton comes along and says "OMG ITS SPELLED COLOUR STFU!"

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:36 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

ikwaylx wrote:

WHY do some americans think of the English as snobby, pish posh, top hat and monicle men?

Well, for me it's because every time I use the word "color," some Briton comes along and says "OMG ITS SPELLED COLOUR STFU!"

Then you reply, "Who whooped your butt in the Revolutionary War?"

racerx_is_alive · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:53 pm

Beyond the Grave wrote:

Then you reply, "Who whooped your butt Revolutionary War?"

We may have lost the language, but you lost the war.

Ninti · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:35 pm **Posts:** 3094

ramrod wrote:

Ya see ik, every country has it's stereotype against it unfortunately. America's full of rednecks, Canada's a frozen tundra, France is all snobby and anti-American. It's sad really.

Exactly. Like in the South, everyone thinks we're stupid!

Aww.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:27 pm

nintendogs123 wrote:

Exactly. Like in the South, everyone thinks we're stupid!

Aww.

I don't consider North/South Carolina to be in the "South". More mid-east. The southern states I see are like Mississippi and Alabama.

So what's the northeast stereotype? Liberal atheists?

StrongRad · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:37 pm

Acekirby wrote:

nintendogs123 wrote:

Exactly. Like in the South, everyone thinks we're stupid!

Aww.

I don't consider North/South Carolina to be in the "South". More mid-east. The southern states I see are like Mississippi and Alabama.

And those people aren't stupid, either. Well, no more of them than anywhere else. Stennis Space Flight Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, need I say more?

We're smart, we just have accents.

Chekt · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:36 pm

I hate those new talking pop-ups. those should be illegal, i got one that said "you have been selected to win a FREE Xbox 360!!!" they talk! and they freeze up my crappy computer for a while.

Didymus · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:28 pm

Acekirby wrote:

So what's the northeast stereotype? Liberal atheists?

Car thieves. Same thing.

ramrod · **Posted:** Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:38 am

the_chekt wrote:

I hate those new talking pop-ups. those should be illegal, i got one that said "you have been selected to win a FREE Xbox 360!!!" they talk! and they freeze up my crappy computer for a while.

Mozilla will take care of that just fine. I never get pop-ups now a days.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:36 am

Didymus wrote:

Car thieves. Same thing.

*Jacks Didy's Truck*

Stereotype this!

Cleverdan · **Posted:** Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:45 am

Just to clear up a southern steryotype: WE ARE NOT ALL REDNECKS. I have a few in my school and whatnot, but there are people who are actually concerned with the events of the middle east, and prefer not to flunk out of highschool. NOW GIVE ME MORE RIBS! GRAHHHH!

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Well, just rememebr every group (Or at elast almost every group) has a bad stereotype.

But I've got a new peeve: Dentists who don't know what they're doing. I was at the dentist recently with my sister; she needed a cavity filled and I needed some seal-ins. The dentist seemed to do fine with my seal-ins, but when she was fillng my sister's cavoty, the dentist thought she hadn't filled it correctly, and told my sister, "Later tonight, if you feel any shooting pains, call me." Luckily she didn't feel any "shooting pains" but she did mention it felt like something was loose in her mouth. Then last night, one of my seal-ins came out, and now part of it is stuck on my front teeth and keeps cutting my tongue. One mistake is ok, I suppose, but two in the same visit just doesn't work, so as you can believe, I'm reluctant to go back to that dentist. Hopefully it's not too hard to switch dentists, but there's probably all this insurance stuff. I just don't want to have "shooting pains" or have more pieces of seal-ins stuck on my teeth.

ramrod · **Posted:** Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:59 pm

My peeve is the rainstorms we keep getting. This is the fourth rainstorm (and second time we lost power) this week. Rad, any reason why?

Chekt · **Posted:** Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:23 pm

ugh, my brother is such a pig, I counted, and he has 28 empty water bottles in his room (you can re-use them ya know!), 4 24 packs of Dr.Pepper, 9 energy drink cans, and a mountain of dirty bowls and plates in his room! i mean this is disgusting!

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:37 pm

ramrod wrote:

My peeve is the rainstorms we keep getting. This is the fourth rainstorm (and second time we lost power) this week. Rad, any reason why?

That water's gotta go somewhere, and you northerners are hogging it all why we're dry as a bone down here in the South.
:-)

There a cold front moving through NY. Given the relatively high sheer in the area, I wouldn't be suprised to see some pretty strong storms today. (note, this forecast was made with a 4 minute look at water vapor, upper air charts and a surface analysis. In other words, it may be complete bupkis.)

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