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pet peeves
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:47 pm
by ben_Archive
People who ride their bikes the wrong way down busy one way streets, in particular Rue St Laurent at night. They are often hipster twats with no helmet and no reflectors on their "cool" bicycles.
for me it's cyclists who shout "share the road" while blatantly disregarding traffic laws.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:12 pm
by dontfeartheringo_Archive
spacebar wrote:
I'd like it if people who habitually do this would one day have to get up and answer their front door, only to have a stranger shove a live cat into their nostril.
FYP.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:23 pm
by that damned fly_Archive
dontfeartheringo wrote:people who drive straight across an intersection FROM THE TURN LANE.
to hell with these fuckers. they really get my goat.
also, as a bassplayer drop D tuning really drives me nuts.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:09 pm
by lemur68_Archive
Corporate America's fetish for turning everything into an A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:10 pm
by lemur68_Archive
FuzzBob wrote:twobeatsoff wrote:Any kind of combination word: ridonculous, for example.
Ah yes, the dreaded PORTMANTEAU. It's rather fitting that the portmanteau is most commonly used to describe things that suck, i.e. "smog," "stagflation," "gasohol," etc.
Stupid people.
Stupeople?
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:47 pm
by ktone_Archive
bassness wrote:People not using turn signals drives me insane. I guess there are a whole bunch of cars that didn't ship with that "option"
Actually those are snipped off at the dealer. South of Effingham it is not an option - its done as a part of the dealer prep.
(love that name "Effing" ham)
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:50 pm
by Poof_Archive
I really hate snow/slush bulid up on the winshield that the wipers push off on the side.
and talking during movies.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:46 pm
by ktone_Archive
geiginni wrote:Last night I was listening to Ravel's string quartet and when it came to the second movement an image of Spike Lee sitting in an oversized chair reading came to picture in my mind. Aaaarrrrrgh!!! Fuck you, Nike! Fuck you, Spike Lee! Stop ruining some of the greatest music ever written with your shillery!
I'm so sick of this! It's worst with classical stuff too, since it's totally abstract music that otherwise has no preconceived imagery.
I don't want to associate Ravel's quartet with Nike!
I dan't want to associate Beethoven's 7th Symphony, 3rd Mvmt with salad dressing!
I don't want to associate a phrase from Stravinsky's Petrushka with Coca Cola.
I'm sick of this shit!
Holy shit Geiger. Well put and true but you need to take a deep breath (fuck u skype). It could be worse. You could have the song Candyman stuck in your head for three weeks. By the way, you forgot AA and Rhapsody in Blue - not classical but they sure ruined a nice piece.
(Is LWN crawlin around making stress up there on the 14th floor or what?)
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:50 pm
by that damned fly_Archive
lemur68 wrote:FuzzBob wrote:twobeatsoff wrote:Any kind of combination word: ridonculous, for example.
Ah yes, the dreaded PORTMANTEAU. It's rather fitting that the portmanteau is most commonly used to describe things that suck, i.e. "smog," "stagflation," "gasohol," etc.
Stupid people.
Stupeople?
stuple.