Lammycat Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 If I did and they could walk I would destroy every stroller I owned and tell the kid that daddy and mommy couldn't afford a stroller any more.A couple we're friends with who have 3 young kids have told them from the get-go that when they hear the music of the ice cream truck it means they're all out of ice cream. Kids are very malleable. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest baseball bobblehead Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 A couple we're friends with who have 3 young kids have told them from the get-go that when they hear the music of the ice cream truck it means they're all out of ice cream. Kids are very malleable.that is the best trick ever! Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 people eating ribs in public. speaking to machines (voicemails, drive thru voice boxes, etc). people entering the freeway who don't merge in the correct spot and instead drive as far as they possibly can on the shoulder of the road and THEN merge. i'd like to punch them all in the neck. Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 this morning, i was going down the escalator at the station and these crusty old hags in front of me were blocking the way.... stand on left, walk on right is the rule. then, in macedonian one said to the other "isnt it funny when you stand like this and the people behind cant get through, ha ha?" SO, understanding the language, i replied in macedonian "no it not - get a move on" that shut them up and turned their faces red Link to post Share on other sites
Elixir Sue Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 People whistling in public. What makes you think any of us want to hear your little song?? Link to post Share on other sites
foolnrain97 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 drivers who don't pay attention. As a pedestrian, cyclist and driver, this is annoying. That and when people don't go the speed limit. I don't care if they go over, just please at least go the number it says on the sign. Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 people eating ribs in public. Link to post Share on other sites
Pocahontas Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Friends who come to your house with their spouse or boy/girlfriend and decide right then and there to start an argument with each other. Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Friends who come to your house with their spouse or boy/girlfriend and decide right then and there to start an argument with each other. i love it when that happens Link to post Share on other sites
Attack With Love Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 this morning, i was going down the escalator at the station and these crusty old hags in front of me were blocking the way.... stand on left, walk on right is the rule. then, in macedonian one said to the other "isnt it funny when you stand like this and the people behind cant get through, ha ha?" SO, understanding the language, i replied in macedonian "no it not - get a move on" that shut them up and turned their faces red that reminds me of the david sedaris story in Me Talk Pretty One Day where he was on the train in Paris and some American tourists were talking about him about how all Parisians were pick-pockets and he was trying to steal from them hhaha. that one was one of my favorites. Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 this morning, i was going down the escalator at the station and these crusty old hags in front of me were blocking the way.... stand on left, walk on right is the rule. then, in macedonian one said to the other "isnt it funny when you stand like this and the people behind cant get through, ha ha?" SO, understanding the language, i replied in macedonian "no it not - get a move on" that shut them up and turned their faces red that is great. another: people who honk really loud at you when you're running. they think it's encouragement, but seriously, you just scare the shit outta us. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 another: people who honk really loud at you when you're running. they think it's encouragement, but seriously, you just scare the shit outta us.You sure they're not honking for you to get the hell out of the street? Usually, the obnoxious drive-by honk is related to the person in the car thinking "Hey! Check out that sexy thing out jogging! If I beep the horn, he/she'll know that on my brief drive by him/her I thought they were hot looking." Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 You sure they're not honking for you to get the hell out of the street? Usually, the obnoxious drive-by honk is related to the person in the car thinking "Hey! Check out that sexy thing out jogging! If I beep the horn, he/she'll know that on my brief drive by him/her I thought they were hot looking." We were exercising proper running technique, meaning we run on the left side of the street, so we (in the words of our cross country coach), at least get to see the license plate of those about to hit us. The people today came from behind and honked monstrously loud. I knew who they were, but I think they were honking at someone else in our group. Or just at the general hotness of our group. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 the same 3 / 4 / 5-year-old kids in strollersYou don't have kids, do you?My mom raised five kids, and is actively involved with raising her three grandkids, and I suspect she'd be with Dude on this one. Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 that is great. another: people who honk really loud at you when you're running. they think it's encouragement, but seriously, you just scare the shit outta us. ha.. i remember a story our supervisor told us. he was riding his bike along the side of the road and a car was going beside him. it honked the horn and at the same, the guy in the passenger side (non pun intended) leaped half his body out the window and screamed BOO!... it made my supervisor fall off his bike i gotta find these people and buy them a Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 The Vagina Monologues Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Anyway, another pet peeve: People with the hyphenated last name when they get married. What happens when the offspring get married and do the same thing? And then their kids do it, too? See where I'm going with this?Boy, you're gonna catch some shit from Ryan Jefferson Starship Double Album Adams. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Anyway, another pet peeve: People with the hyphenated last name when they get married. What happens when the offspring get married and do the same thing? And then their kids do it, too? See where I'm going with this? Keep your given last name or take the dude's name, but stop created tongue-twisters for the rest of us because you can't decide or you want to retain some sense of self by clinging to your last name or whatever. If nothing else, think about the damn kids. Well, hopefully that only offended a handful of people. The kids don't automatically take the hyphenated name. Example, my sister in law hyphenates her name, my niece has my brother's last name. Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 My mom raised five kids, and is actively involved with raising her three grandkids, and I suspect she'd be with Dude on this one. We can barely keep our one year old in a stroller...I'd imagine sedatives and duct tape would be needed to get the 4 year old to stay in one. But there are enough situations I can picture in which someone might need to push their kid around (as opposed to carrying them) that I find it difficult to get worked up about it to the point that I'd consider it a pet peeve. P.S. I hope for your mom's sake that this siding with the Dude thing is an anomaly. Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 People whistling in public. What makes you think any of us want to hear your little song?? that's me, usually whistling "Turkey in the Straw". God knows why.But my kids are with you on this one. Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Their, There and They're. And people who have the audacity to use strollers. Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 And people who have the audacity to use strollers. It's a known fact that Hitler was pushed in a stroller until he turned 16. Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I bet he had a pacifier too Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 We can barely keep our one year old in a stroller...I'd imagine sedatives and duct tape would be needed to get the 4 year old to stay in one.We keep a strong supply of chloroform at all times. Sneaking up behind the unruly child with a soaked rag cupped over their mouth while whispering "sleep, my precious" usually works wonders. Be careful, though, it can be lethal. I've got 4 and 6 year old boys and I couldn't imagine pushing even the 4 yr. old in a stroller these days. First, it would be a little tedious since he's not real light anymore (not to mention the hassle of loading/unloading the stroller in/out of the car). Second...what the hell? You're 4 yrs. old. Walk.I'll piggy-back them or give them shoulder rides if we're doing a decent amount of walking, but for the most part we know their limits. Pet Peeve: folks who get dogs and then leave them tied to a chain in the back yard for their lives and then yell at the dog when it's barking. Fuckers need therapy. Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 that shut them up and turned their faces red Similar but different: I was in a pub in Prague on New Years Eve once with my wife. I could hear the two Irish guys on the other side of the pub table discussing my chances of pulling this Czech bird. I spoke to them in the end and we had a laugh over it. Oh, and pet peeves - mens socks with a diamond pattern on the ankle, and keychains worn on belts, and people who walk too slowly. Link to post Share on other sites
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