many irritating things.
Leaky travel mugs
Setting off the smoke detector while attempting to make dinner (and without any actual burning going on)
Non-burrito, non-souvlaki tortilla/pita wraps (those are the only justifiable wraps)
Dry elbows
Comments on blogs that say, “First!”
The price of anything to do with hairstyling
Febreze
Migraines
The term “cougar”
“Save Local TV” pleas on Canadian television (BUT I NEVER WATCHED YOU ANYWAY)
Vitamin smell
Breaking things like coffeepots and glasses and mugs that shatter unpleasantly
How everything runs out at once (shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, etc.)
Endless bitching about how early Christmas promotions start
Mannheim Steamroller
Endless bitching (don’t worry, this blog post WILL end)
The little dried out bit of lotion at the end of the pump that comes off all crusty along with the lotion you actually wanted
“Expresso” (it’s an S, not an X!)
Insomnia
Scratches all over my iPod
Too-long glove fingers that make me look like Edward Scissorhands
Post-nap malaise in which you forget your name, where you are, and what you’re supposed to be doing now that you’re awake
“Gifts” of smoked salmon
People who don’t hang on to anything when they stand on buses (thus falling on everyone around them)
The very idea that some people still use Internet Explorer
Clammy handshakes
The phrase “I hate people” (even if you do, it’s a bumper sticker now)
Sour candies that aren’t terribly sour but say SOUR
The exclamation “Swine Flu!” when you emit anything REMOTELY like a sneeze or cough
Cars driving through puddles and redistributing the puddle on people
People saying 30 is old
People saying 35 is old
People saying 40 is old
THE WORD “OLD”
Feeling old
This list
November 4th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I would like to add “Getting chocolate on my keyboard” to this list. And the dry out bit of lotion, that is so hateable.
Anyway.
:)
November 4th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
What about Americans making the same tired, old Canadian jokes?
November 4th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
That IS irritating. WE DON’T LIVE IN IGLOOS. It’s only because I love you that I take that crap from you. :)
November 4th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
*We* don’t live in igloos? Who’s we? I live in an igloo!
I kid. It’s actually a more of a yurt that’s made of snow.
I kid again.
Anyway, I’d like to add: Being someplace with no Starbucks.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Fifth!
Unless you’re slow in moderating, and I’m actually seventh or ninth.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:47 am
AWESOME post!(I believe that word is also irritating)
November 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
FIRST
November 5th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I nominate getting zits when you’re over the age of 16. Very irritable.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:26 am
Ninth!
I had a big picture on my fireplace mantel and I listen to music when I clean. I was down the hall cleaning the bedrooms when SMASH! The speakers (also on the mantel(classy!)) had vibrated the picture so much it fell off off and smashed on the floor.
The glass in it shattered VERY unpleasantly. very unpleasantly indeed.
November 15th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I accidentally called myself a cougar today. I… am 25. Eep.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:16 am
You’re significantly lucky I even approved that comment.
December 15th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
i don’t get you. Why would you feel irritated by me using Internet Explorer? I use it because i have it. I mean it came with this thing. OK so now my ‘puter is ancient (10 yrs old)and i’ll buy a new one at the boxing day sales. So what is it that would be ok by you for me to buy? I’m serious. I’m 65 and self taught and i think i’ve come a longgggg way. A lot farther than others i know who didnt even live to be 65. So whats so much better and wouldn’t irritate you??