Posted on 08/03/2007 4:45:17 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
My pet peeve are FReepers who click “post” twice causing a duplicate reply.
Man, what’s wrong with those morons.
My pet peeve are FReepers who click “post” twice causing a duplicate reply.
Man, what’s wrong with those morons.
My pet peeve is people who are LATE! Shows such inconsiderate behavior....and an ego problem by acting is if they are the boss in all situations. TICKS ME OFF.
Yep. By your “About page”, I see you are from Texas. You must drive 35, 10, 20 or other interstate highways regularly. I’ve seen that on IH 35 several times between Austin and the 35 E & 35 W split.
Sorry, but if you're going slower that the other traffic in the fast lane -- even if you ARE 10 mph over the limit, you are an obstruction, and one of my pet peeves.
The way I put is, "Drivers who ust the fast lane, and don't notice that all the cars in front of them are getting farther and farther away, and all the cars behind them are bunching up and having to find a way around them."
The basic principle is, "slower traffic keep right." If you are going slower than the traffic in your lane, move one lane to the right and get out of their way.
That’s one baaaad fish.
I’d use a howitzer.
Post Turtle
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year-old California rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.
Eventually the topic got around to Nancy Pelosi and her elevation to speaker of the house. The old racher said, “Well, ya know, Nancy is a post turtle.”
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was. The old rancher said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle.”
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, so he continued to explain.
“You know he didn’t get there by himself, he doesn’t belong there, he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, and you just want to help the dumb SOB get down.”
For my part, you can add: Drivers who clog the car pool lane and drive slower than the traffic in the other lanes.
That is an unwritten law in Austin Texas as well. All speeds on IH 35, US 183, Loop 1 and other roads are 45 MPH. This includes residential streets that normally have 30 or 35 MPH speed limits.
Also, speeds on the toll roads go from 70 MPH to 85 MPH or more, since no law enforcement officer wants to get out and write tickets in rain.
People who abuse the language and don't even know it.
TV has dumbed down the people to where they don't even question things like this:
the comment may of been in bad taste
Excuse me?
"may of" ???
I believe that WATCHing TV and doing LITTLE reading leads folks to such abuse.
This person has heard the term may've (a contraction of "may have") and just typed the words without realizing they don't make sense.
It occurs more often with "would've" and "could've", but it's the same cause, I bet.
< /rant >
Do you know the confusion one could cause naming their pet "Peeve"
Another driving pet peeve.....
People who tailgate you because you’re going slower, but will not use the empty left lane to pass you. (Maybe they think they’ll get a ticket if they speed in the left lane.)
In that situation I follow the advise found on a bumper sticker....
“The closer you get, the slower I go.”
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