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****THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD****(Salute to Pet Peeves)
Pet Peeves ^

Posted on 08/03/2007 4:45:17 AM PDT by Lucky9teen

A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that can instill great frustration in an individual.

 

The term originated from the word 'peeve.' A 'peeve,' meaning something that is particularly irritating or annoying, is a relatively recent word. Its first printed usage was in 1911. The term is a back formation from a 14th-century word: 'peevish,' meaning ornery or ill-tempered.

 

Pet peeves involve complaints about specific behaviors, rather than general complaining. Pet peeves often involve specific behaviors of someone close such as a spouse or significant other.  These behaviors may include those of disrespect, those involving manners, personal hygiene, relationships, and family issues. 

 

Here are some of my Pet Peeves (in no particular order):

 

"I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation"
~ Whoopi Goldberg

 



TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: ofst; petpeeve; silliness
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To: Lucky9teen
My pet peeve is the "Saftety Police".


61 posted on 08/03/2007 7:01:42 AM PDT by 300magnum (God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. D.Webster)
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To: 300magnum

Reminds me of an old B.C. comic. Remember the bird who rode on the turtle’s back?

In one strip the bird was saying something like, This is humilating! Now I’ve seen it all. Feetbelts on a turtle.”


62 posted on 08/03/2007 7:04:34 AM PDT by fredhead (Teach a man to fish.......and he'll fish for a lifetime.)
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To: 300magnum
Or this one?????


63 posted on 08/03/2007 7:05:14 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Lucky9teen
My pet peeves:

Old guys with pony tails- GET A HAIRCUT LONG HAIR LOOKS STUPID ON SOMEONE YOUR AGE!!!

People that have those back pack things on wheels that they drag around behind them- IF YOU CANNOT CARRY YOUR STUFF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF.

Adult “bicyclists” with neon spandex butts in the air. GROW UP AND GET OFF THE ROAD, IT WAS NOT MEANT FOR YOUR CHILDISH TOYS.

Thank you, thank you very much...

64 posted on 08/03/2007 7:06:43 AM PDT by alarm rider (Why should I not vote my conscience?)
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To: 300magnum; fredhead; Clam Digger; StarCMC; najida

65 posted on 08/03/2007 7:06:55 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Lucky9teen
Democrats and Liberals, the logic they use and the way they think!!!!

That's just it -- there IS no logic. LOL!! THAT'S why it makes you nuts!

66 posted on 08/03/2007 7:08:30 AM PDT by StarCMC (This country is not free by the pen but by the back,brains and bullets of a soldier. ~advertsng guy)
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To: fredhead

Another driving pet peeve of mine is

Some idiot passing me when I’m in the right lane, at a high rate of speed, and then slamming on the brakes to make a right turn.


67 posted on 08/03/2007 7:09:22 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Stop the invasion. Secure the borders now.)
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To: 300magnum; fredhead; Clam Digger; StarCMC; najida; girlscout; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; ...

68 posted on 08/03/2007 7:09:48 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Arrowhead1952; fredhead

Idiots, like the Dicks’ Concrete and Paving guy I saw, who pull U-turns in a 55 MPH zone while one car length away from you without looking, and then act like YOU are the idiot when you slam on your brakes and honk your whorn while trying to avoid them.


69 posted on 08/03/2007 7:10:55 AM PDT by Darksheare
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70 posted on 08/03/2007 7:12:16 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Lucky9teen; Clam Digger; nuke rocketeer; Shyla

My pet peeves:

WHINING!

Parents who don’t discipline their kids.

WHINING!

People who constantly change plans.

WHINING!

Stupid drivers - especially the ones who stop the whole stinking freeway because they’re about to miss their exit because they’ve been traveling in the fast lane and at the last minute decide to drive across 4 lanes of traffic to get to the ramp!

WHINING!

People who always have a “worse” story than you. No matter what happens to you, they can one-up you with what happened to them.

WHINING!

Libs.

WHINING!


71 posted on 08/03/2007 7:12:25 AM PDT by StarCMC (This country is not free by the pen but by the back,brains and bullets of a soldier. ~advertsng guy)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Do you live in Illinois?? :-D We always used to complain about that on I-70 when we were traveling across Illinois to college in Indiana.


72 posted on 08/03/2007 7:14:02 AM PDT by StarCMC (This country is not free by the pen but by the back,brains and bullets of a soldier. ~advertsng guy)
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To: StarCMC; Red_Devil 232

Route 80, perpetually under construction.
It was under construction when I was born and we left Ohio, it was still under construction (re-re-reconstruction?) when we visited not too long ago nigh on twenty three years later..


73 posted on 08/03/2007 7:16:21 AM PDT by Darksheare
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To: Drawsing

Only one of my many peeves:
Improper use of Capital Letters.


74 posted on 08/03/2007 7:16:31 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (Don't you worry, never fear, FDT will soon be here. http://www.imwithfred.com)
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To: alarm rider

My wife’s purse.

She can never find anything in it.

It’s too heavy to carry for any length of time.

We go shopping and the first thing she does is put it in the cart. I end up pushing the cart, so now I’m stuck with it. No big problem, except when I go to look at something I want to buy, then I can’t find her. So I call her cell phone. Guess where it is? IN HER PURSE!!!! Also, I can’t leave the cart, BECAUSE HER PRUSE IS IN IT!!!!

Why does she need so much stuff? I don’t understand. I carry a wallet, comb, keys, change, pocket knife and chapstick. All in my pockets. Cell phone on my belt. I don’t need anything else. She carries so much stuff she needs a Navy sea bag for it all. Then she complains that the purse is too heavy.

Other pet peeve: Wife and daughter who get in front of the TV.


75 posted on 08/03/2007 7:20:05 AM PDT by fredhead (Teach a man to fish.......and he'll fish for a lifetime.)
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To: Fudd Fan

OH YEAH!!!!


76 posted on 08/03/2007 7:20:16 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Lucky9teen

Co-workers who mess with your computer settings.

GUILTY.. hehehe


77 posted on 08/03/2007 7:20:31 AM PDT by FAB (Just an IT bump in the road.)
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To: floozy22

...and it’s foliage, not foilage.


78 posted on 08/03/2007 7:21:39 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (Don't you worry, never fear, FDT will soon be here. http://www.imwithfred.com)
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To: Darksheare
Day before yesterday, I was at a traffic light on the way home. The light was green and the van in front of me took off and slammed on her brakes. I was already moving too, and had to stop. Some

BIG TIME IDIOT

would have T-boned her, if she hadn't stopped.

We both honked and indicated to him that we thought he was the number one driver on the road. He seemed to think we were the problem.

79 posted on 08/03/2007 7:23:34 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Stop the invasion. Secure the borders now.)
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To: nuke rocketeer

Oh I don’t mean SHOUTING...
I mean people who Capitalize Everything.

I CAN DEAL WITH SHOUTING!!


80 posted on 08/03/2007 7:25:32 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (Don't you worry, never fear, FDT will soon be here. http://www.imwithfred.com)
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