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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: Arrowhead1952

Some kid in a Honda Civic cut off a semi pulling out from my job today.
The kid was speeding in a 35 zone, and had the nerve to honk at the semi who had been clear to pull out IF the kid had been doing the speed limit.
If the semi had squashed him, I’d have laughed his silly smirk off his face as the facts got relayed to the local constabulary.
But, he somehow made it past.
He likely won’t be so lucky next time.


81 posted on 08/03/2007 7:27:30 AM PDT by Darksheare
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To: Darksheare

Yikes!! You’re only 23? :-D

Good to see ya Darks! *HUG*


82 posted on 08/03/2007 7:27:36 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
Fun facts about Illinois.....

Fun Facts State animal: The human (Homo sapiens) (This was changed from "Construction Sawhorse" (those things alongside the road with the white and orange stripes and the little orange light that ironically enough beeps when it blinks - like you can 'hear' a light blink at 65mph) in 2004) Automobiles in the State of Illinois release concentrated evil instead of exhaust. Residents of Illinois are proven to have 33% more kidneys. State band: Al and the Capone's State bird: Extended Middle Digit Bird (Screwyouis yousuckis) State capital: Chicago State governor: Kim Jong Il State exclamation: "Pipeboooomb" or "Balllllin!!" State dance: The Robot State fish: The Toilet Fish (Looswimmis majoris) State flower: Oddly enough, the Yellow Rose of Texas. An Illinois regiment captured it during the Civil War. (Nobodyus Caresus) State fossil: Grandma Moses (Oldus womanis) State insect: George W. Bush (Georgus Bushis) State language: Broken English, Spanish State mineral: Vitamin C State shovel: Spade State Sit-com: Roseanne State Anime: Tokyo Mew Mew State motto: " What are you gonna do about it, I'm from Illinois!" State amphibian: A fucking frog! State Song: "Ohio's for Lovers, Illinois for divorcees" (This was changed in 2004 from "Construction Ahead" after it was discovered that more Illinoisans knew their state motto better than other people in their respective states. When asked what the state motto was in other states, multiple answers of 'I didn't know there were otters here' showed up on the survey) State prairie grass: Little Purplestem (Andropogoat georgerdii) State slogan: "Land of Corn & Beans" (unofficially "Don't pronounce the fucking 's', ok?") State soil: Dirt State song: "You Be Illin'" by Run-DMC State snack: Peanut butter State tree: That tall one over there... No, wait, a little to the left... Yep, that's the one! (Biggis tallus) State disease: Dandy Fever State bone: Femur State prime number: 12 State school: UIUC State state: Confused State parasite: Rod Blagojevich (Governorus Withanamehardtospellus) State residence nickname: FIB (F'ing Illinois Bastard, used exstensivly in Wisconsin and on NCC-1701C and the planets Ariel, Persephone and Miranda) State color: Orange, the color of road construction signs State Fossil: Barbara Bush State Plague: Gonorrhea State State: Illinois State Parrot: the Norwegian Blue State Country: Finland State Barbarian: the Viking State Pastime: Sex Home of the rare Zaku. Two time recipient of "Most Likely To Be Hit By A Meteorite" award. Illinois has frequent supernatural plagues. The most recent (and ongoing) is the Plague of the DuPage County, in which several thousand SUV's encountered a gentle curve and rolled over. Most likely state to be voted out of the Union. One of the few states that have to remind their drivers with road signs not to drive on the shoulder and to use their turn signals, which is usually up by chicago

83 posted on 08/03/2007 7:27:39 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Arrowhead1952

Kicking around the idea of having lettering across my windshield for some idiots who like to pull out without looking, or those that assume windshield wipers equal turn signal.
Lettering, to read as follows: I will T bone you.
The T will be dark, everything else will be white..


84 posted on 08/03/2007 7:30:16 AM PDT by Darksheare
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To: StarCMC

Well, reverse that, 32.
It has been a bit since I last went to Ohio.
And route 80 is still under construction.
*snicker*


85 posted on 08/03/2007 7:31:02 AM PDT by Darksheare
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To: nuke rocketeer
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Mooove over baby, I'm gettin' jiggy with it.

86 posted on 08/03/2007 7:31:15 AM PDT by girlscout
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To: StarCMC
Hmmmmmm.....Let's re-format this mess.... Fun facts about Illinois.....

Fun Facts State animal: The human (Homo sapiens)

(This was changed from "Construction Sawhorse" (those things alongside the road with the white and orange stripes and the little orange light that ironically enough beeps when it blinks - like you can 'hear' a light blink at 65mph) in 2004)

Automobiles in the State of Illinois release concentrated evil instead of exhaust.

Residents of Illinois are proven to have 33% more kidneys. State band: Al and the Capone's

State bird: Extended Middle Digit Bird (Screwyouis yousuckis)

State capital: Chicago

State governor: Kim Jong Il

State exclamation: "Pipeboooomb" or "Balllllin!!"

State dance: The Robot

State fish: The Toilet Fish (Looswimmis majoris)

State flower: Oddly enough, the Yellow Rose of Texas. An Illinois regiment captured it during the Civil War. (Nobodyus Caresus)

State fossil: Grandma Moses (Oldus womanis)

State insect: George Ryan(Georgus Ryanis)

State language: Broken English, Spanish

State mineral: Vitamin C

State shovel: Spade

State Sit-com: Roseanne

State Anime: Tokyo Mew Mew

State motto: " What are you gonna do about it, I'm from Illinois!"

State amphibian: A f#&%ing frog!

State Song: "Ohio's for Lovers, Illinois for divorcees"

(This was changed in 2004 from "Construction Ahead" after it was discovered that more Illinoisans knew their state motto better than other people in their respective states. When asked what the state motto was in other states, multiple answers of 'I didn't know there were otters here' showed up on the survey)

State prairie grass: Little Purplestem (Andropogoat georgerdii)

State slogan: "Land of Corn & Beans" (unofficially "Don't pronounce the f@#%ing 's', ok?")

State soil: Dirt

State song: "You Be Illin'" by Run-DMC

State snack: Peanut butter

State tree: That tall one over there... No, wait, a little to the left... Yep, that's the one! (Biggis tallus)

State disease: Dandy Fever

State bone: Femur

State prime number: 12

State school: UIUC

State state: Confused

State parasite: Rod Blagojevich (Governorus Withanamehardtospellus)

State residence nickname: FIB (F'ing Illinois Ba#%ard, used exstensivly in Wisconsin and on NCC-1701C and the planets Ariel, Persephone and Miranda)

State color: Orange, the color of road construction signs

State Fossil: Barbara Bush

State Plague: Gonorrhea

State State: Illinois

State Parrot: the Norwegian Blue

State Country: Finland

State Barbarian: the Viking

State Pastime: Sex

Home of the rare Zaku.

Two time recipient of "Most Likely To Be Hit By A Meteorite" award.

Illinois has frequent supernatural plagues. The most recent (and ongoing) is the Plague of the DuPage County, in which several thousand SUV's encountered a gentle curve and rolled over.

Most likely state to be voted out of the Union.

One of the few states that have to remind their drivers with road signs not to drive on the shoulder and to use their turn signals, which is usually up by chicago

87 posted on 08/03/2007 7:31:38 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Fudd Fan
Foilage:

Foliage:


88 posted on 08/03/2007 7:32:49 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: nuke rocketeer
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New Men's Room Design

89 posted on 08/03/2007 7:34:35 AM PDT by girlscout
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To: fredhead

If you look at the architectural records, you will discover a correlation between when they stopped building house with attics and when women started carrying purses.

Coincidence???? I think not.


90 posted on 08/03/2007 7:35:12 AM PDT by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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To: nuke rocketeer
What are you gonna do about it, I'm from Illinois!

ROFL!! That's about the truth of it. At least 7 times out of 10, if there's someone here holding up the fast lane, they have an IL plate. :-D

91 posted on 08/03/2007 7:35:44 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: Lucky9teen
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92 posted on 08/03/2007 7:37:43 AM PDT by girlscout
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To: Darksheare

LOL!!

The only times I’ve driven thru Ohio have been on our way to PA. It takes FOR-freaking-EVER to get across that state. :D


93 posted on 08/03/2007 7:39:12 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: Lucky9teen

There is always this;

Drivers who drive with one knee while trying to eat birthday cake on I-20 in Atlanta during rush hour traffic.

(actually happened, I passed her the other day. And she was driving in the fast lane doing 50 mph).


94 posted on 08/03/2007 7:39:32 AM PDT by spotbust1 (Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
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To: StarCMC

Ohio, preview for Limbo.


95 posted on 08/03/2007 7:40:59 AM PDT by Darksheare
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To: StarCMC

And side-door to purgatory.


96 posted on 08/03/2007 7:41:37 AM PDT by Darksheare
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To: StarCMC; Darksheare

My ram 1500 has driven I80 across Ohio so many times, I can put it on cruise control and take a nap. It knows the way.......


97 posted on 08/03/2007 7:41:42 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: doodad

People who drive too fast in rush hour traffic and cut in and out of traffic. They cause wrecks and slow down traffic for all of us.


99 posted on 08/03/2007 7:43:20 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: nuke rocketeer; StarCMC

Did you like the unsignaled lane shifts, and the perpetual construction on Route 80?
I loved having to veer across the big paved X in the median without much warning due to road construction.. *wretching at faux sincerity.*


100 posted on 08/03/2007 7:45:09 AM PDT by Darksheare
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