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Silly pet peeve's?
« on: March 19, 2008, 09:07:06 PM »
I'll go first.

I don't know why, where or how it started but for years it has irritated and annoyed me to no end when people say "Q-pon" intead of "coo-pon" for the word coupon.  :banghead:

What's your goofy pet peeve CC?

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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2008, 09:12:53 PM »
People who mob a supermarket when a snowstorm is predicted,can`t remember ever being snowbound for more then a day and can`t imagine anyone living outside walking distance to the store would cut things that close.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2008, 09:17:01 PM »
People who use apostrophes when they want to pluralize.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 09:20:07 PM »
People who change the radio station in my car without permission.

Luckily, Mazda was smart and put radio controls on the steering wheel of the newer vehicles such as mine.  :-)
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 09:20:15 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:17:01 PM
People who use apostrophes when they want to pluralize.


Damn!  :rotf:

That's one of the things I've been getting better at to. Just damn. LOL
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"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed."

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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 09:20:53 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:20:07 PM
People who change the radio station in my car without permission.

Luckily, Mazda was smart and put radio controls on the steering wheel of the newer vehicles such as mine.  :-)
Who gets to get in your car to do that? Kids/grandkids/great-grandkids?
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 09:22:47 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:20:53 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:20:07 PM
People who change the radio station in my car without permission.

Luckily, Mazda was smart and put radio controls on the steering wheel of the newer vehicles such as mine.  :-)
Who gets to get in your car to do that? Kids/grandkids/great-grandkids?


People who claim to be my "friends."  :censored: :lmao:
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2008, 09:24:57 PM »
Quote from: ReardenSteel on March 19, 2008, 09:20:15 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:17:01 PM
People who use apostrophes when they want to pluralize.


Damn!  :rotf:

That's one of the things I've been getting better at to. Just damn. LOL
I think it is an Internet thing.  Something about the Internet just make's you want to use apostraphe's.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2008, 09:25:31 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:22:47 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:20:53 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:20:07 PM
People who change the radio station in my car without permission.

Luckily, Mazda was smart and put radio controls on the steering wheel of the newer vehicles such as mine.  :-)
Who gets to get in your car to do that? Kids/grandkids/great-grandkids?


People who claim to be my "friends."  :censored: :lmao:



Don`t mess with ACCs dials.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2008, 09:26:54 PM »
I have no idea why, but for some reason I really loathe and detest those "twist-tie" things used on plastic bags for loaves of bread.

Really.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2008, 09:26:57 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:22:47 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:20:53 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:20:07 PM
People who change the radio station in my car without permission.

Luckily, Mazda was smart and put radio controls on the steering wheel of the newer vehicles such as mine.  :-)
Who gets to get in your car to do that? Kids/grandkids/great-grandkids?


People who claim to be my "friends."  :censored: :lmao:

I had a friend once.  Maybe I should have left his radio dials alone..
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2008, 09:27:30 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on March 19, 2008, 09:26:54 PM
I have no idea why, but for some reason I really loathe and detest those "twist-tie" things used on plastic bags for loaves of bread.

Really.

You like the little pink clippie's instead?
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2008, 09:28:52 PM »
Wet toilet paper.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2008, 09:29:43 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:27:30 PM
Quote from: franksolich on March 19, 2008, 09:26:54 PM
I have no idea why, but for some reason I really loathe and detest those "twist-tie" things used on plastic bags for loaves of bread.

Really.

You like the little pink clippie's instead?

I see those once in a while, but don't buy anything with them.

I have NO idea why the twist-ties offend me so much.

It must be Freudian.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2008, 09:29:46 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:24:57 PM
Quote from: ReardenSteel on March 19, 2008, 09:20:15 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:17:01 PM
People who use apostrophes when they want to pluralize.


Damn!  :rotf:

That's one of the things I've been getting better at to. Just damn. LOL
I think it is an Internet thing.  Something about the Internet just make's you want to use apostraphe's.


fwiw, I also knew better than to use "to" when i should have used "too". I think it is an internet thing. At least it is for me. I'm a lazy typer.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2008, 09:30:18 PM »
Quote from: Carl on March 19, 2008, 09:25:31 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:22:47 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:20:53 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:20:07 PM
People who change the radio station in my car without permission.

Luckily, Mazda was smart and put radio controls on the steering wheel of the newer vehicles such as mine.  :-)
Who gets to get in your car to do that? Kids/grandkids/great-grandkids?


People who claim to be my "friends."  :censored: :lmao:



Don`t mess with ACCs dials.

The only people who are allowed to touch them are the guys I date.    ;)




Okay, that did not sound right at all!  :lmao:  :bolt:
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2008, 09:30:30 PM »
In linux or unix, getting anything other then the cursor moving back a space when I hit the backspace key.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2008, 09:30:59 PM »
Quote from: Duke Nukum on March 19, 2008, 09:30:30 PM
In linux or unix, getting anything other then the cursor moving back a space when I hit the backspace key.
stty is our friend.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2008, 09:32:27 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:30:18 PM
Quote from: Carl on March 19, 2008, 09:25:31 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:22:47 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:20:53 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on March 19, 2008, 09:20:07 PM
People who change the radio station in my car without permission.

Luckily, Mazda was smart and put radio controls on the steering wheel of the newer vehicles such as mine.  :-)
Who gets to get in your car to do that? Kids/grandkids/great-grandkids?


People who claim to be my "friends."  :censored: :lmao:



Don`t mess with ACCs dials.

The only people who are allowed to touch them are the guys I date.    ;)




Okay, that did not sound right at all!  :lmao:  :bolt:

Well now!!  :naughty:
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2008, 09:37:43 PM »
Quote from: ReardenSteel on March 19, 2008, 09:07:06 PM
I'll go first.

I don't know why, where or how it started but for years it has irritated and annoyed me to no end when people say "Q-pon" intead of "coo-pon" for the word coupon.  :banghead:

What's your goofy pet peeve CC?

 :-)
You know, I wonder if that is regional?

Some people say que-bee hole for cubbyhole.

Anyway, not that I ever analyzed it until now, I mean, it never occurred to me, but I do believe I say q-pon.  It's just how people talk around here.  If I heard someone say Coopon, I think I would think they were talking about a chicken farm or that they kept pigeons.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2008, 09:46:11 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 19, 2008, 09:30:59 PM
Quote from: Duke Nukum on March 19, 2008, 09:30:30 PM
In linux or unix, getting anything other then the cursor moving back a space when I hit the backspace key.
stty is our friend.

An operating system that knows how to detect a keyboard is a better friend.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2008, 09:49:23 PM »
Quote from: (Carl, who will be shamelessly singled out as an example) on March 19, 2008, 09:12:53 PM
People who mob a supermarket when a snowstorm is predicted,can`t remember ever being snowbound for more then a day and can`t imagine anyone living outside walking distance to the store would cut things that close.

The usage of "then" instead of "than" ... for some reason it makes me crazy! 
It's not just you Carl  :-*  I'm seeing it all over the internet!
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2008, 09:51:57 PM »
Quote from: Duke Nukum on March 19, 2008, 09:37:43 PM
Quote from: ReardenSteel on March 19, 2008, 09:07:06 PM
I'll go first.

I don't know why, where or how it started but for years it has irritated and annoyed me to no end when people say "Q-pon" intead of "coo-pon" for the word coupon.  :banghead:

What's your goofy pet peeve CC?

 :-)
You know, I wonder if that is regional?

Some people say que-bee hole for cubbyhole.

Anyway, not that I ever analyzed it until now, I mean, it never occurred to me, but I do believe I say q-pon.  It's just how people talk around here.  If I heard someone say Coopon, I think I would think they were talking about a chicken farm or that they kept pigeons.

Maybe. Most people around here say "q-pon". Ugh. Just typing q-pon makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.  :p

I've got another pet peeve though this one may not be "silly". It's the juck mail inside my credit card bill. (farkers) Most junk mail can go directly to the trash but these I have to wade through. I stuff it all in the return envelope with "check enclosed" written on the back but I know they will never stop.
 :thatsright:
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2008, 09:55:50 PM »
Quote from: BadCat on March 19, 2008, 09:43:32 PM
Smileys.
I hate smileys.

I NEVER use the faggy graphic ones (although they slip into quotes sometimes).  Character-based smilies or just don't go...

:)   
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2008, 09:57:14 PM »
I hate it when people suck the life out of a thread and make it all about them.

 :popcorn:

Commence.
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