Things That Annoy You

[eddie dean]

A huge dust storm just hit Phoenix. The local ABC station has been covering the storm, non-stop, for the past hour. It must be a slow news day. So annoying!
This size of dust storm is very unusual for this time of year.

[eddie dean]

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[McPhallus]

The apparent decline of copy editing in the news media.

[Kelt]

Stalkers.  I hate stalkers.

I always seem to have at least one cyber-stalker at any given time, and yet I am a private citizen.

I could understand if I were a celebrity or a popular idiot like Miley Cyrus or Boy/Girl thing Justin Beiber, sure. They must have stalkers coming out of their butt holes.

What is the mentality of a stalker that they want to constantly remind you that they hate you.

"Hey!"

"Yeah?"

"I fucking hate you."

"Acknowledged."

"Hey!"

"Yup?"

"Still hating you over here."

"superb."

And etc...

[b_dubb]

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That's no dust cloud.  That's a shit storm! Run for your lives!

[jazmunda]

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Are you sure it just wasn't aldous driving through town and he opened the door to the VW Kombi van?

[Camazotz Automat]

@ jazmunda
@ area51drone

Thanks for the responses regarding selling on ebay.

@ Mind Flayer Monk

It's not that interesting... mainly rare books (Charles Grants's Typhonian Trilogies, several occult books by Heptangle, even the rare "Arbatel of Magic"... "special editions" of various fiction..... Some rare hardcovers of Daniel Clowes' work) ... odd ephemera... some older illusion/magic equipment...  old comic books that were given to me. A Society of Medalist 75th issue - the one with the spaceship featured.... an advertising paperweight from 1907 or so that's a hollow dome filled with several dice so you can shake them around...a slew of magician tokens...etc.  Some antique talking boards.... Weird toys... say the 1979 Kenner ALIEN figure still in the box...These are things that come to mind, but there is quite a bit more and I really need to consider letting it go. Odd things that someone somewhere would be interested in, I'm sure.  I have no desire to use Craig's list, though an associate recommended it. I am not ruling out ebay by any means...  just hesitant and don't like how they have access to your bank account or whatever. I imagine it's all a question of becoming comfortable navigating through the PayPal fog.

[area51drone]

Walmart offers excellent prices, convenience, and career opportunities. I don`t see the downside.

Don't forget - the view of the fatties is unsurpassed.

[area51drone]

My annoyance for the day: what the hell kind of super adhesive does the Goodwill use on their price stickers? Good, god, I absolutely cannot get this sticky stuff off my cool silver sugar bowl that I want to use for change. Not only is the price sticker ginormous (1 inch tall, 3 inches wide), a half hour soak in hot water did not get the adhesive off. I have been scraping, scrubbing, rubbing and no glory. I wonder if rubbing alcohol or nail polish remover will damage the silver?

I fucking love goodwill.   I have a friend who lives near one of the distribution centers and he finds the coolest shit for cheap.   Have you tried goo-gone or goof off?

[area51drone]

I didn't say you would force him out, I said I am surprised the company isn't trying to force him out- because of his stock holdings and paycheck. It happened to my friend who worked for Giant for over 20 years. They hired 3 teenagers at part time hours to take his place.
I am glad your friend enjoys his job and is thriving.

Yep, that produce guy is lucky, they could cut his hours at any time and he'd be SOL.   I don't think the average walmart employee is anywhere near treated as well as he is, but they probably do tend to treat the good ones well - and in my experience, the average walmart employee just fell off the short bus, walked in the front door and said "where's my job?"

[wr250]

Don't forget - the view of the fatties is unsurpassed.

dont forget the sights like so :

[Mind Flayer Monk]

  old comic books that were given to me...

That sounds like fun going through all that. Are the comics Dr Strange or the DC's The Demon? The other thing I could imagine you having is something like "Mysterious Tales".

[Camazotz Automat]

That sounds like fun going through all that. Are the comics Dr Strange or the DC's The Demon? The other thing I could imagine you having is something like "Mysterious Tales".

There are twelve comics in that batch given to me and are evenly divided between Mystery In Space and Strange Adventures - from the 1950s.

Camazotz Automat hereby judges you borderline psychic, Mind Flayer Monk, because you utilized both "Strange" and "Mysterious."

No doubt you have completed all of Major Ed Dames' modules. (heh)

As far as the word "demon," no comics in that vein, but I do ~possess~ five issues of the 1960s soft (very soft) porn gentlemen magazine "Satan's Scrapbook"by Parliament and will be getting rid of those as well.

I will never forget when I purchased those in 1997. Responding to an ad, I called and spoke with what sounded like a very elderly gentleman. (maybe he was the original purchaser)

He took my name and address and shipped them the next day, before I could even send him a money order.

Somewhat overly trusting for someone selling a "satanic" item.

I sent payment of course.

(I just noticed my muscle memory error in the previous post.... I was speaking of KENNETH GRANT, not CHARLES GRANT.. though I do have work by horror writer Charles ...  that whole "Oxrun Station" weirdness.)

Back on topic. Something that annoys me: overly clever percussionists

I'm not referring to drummers. Drummers are God's children (Juan's reaching for his rifle right about now)...

I'm talking about the use of odd objects to make sounds. I saw a television ad for some brand of water faucets that are apparently "touch activated" and they had an array of them set up like a drum kit, with the water hitting various items to make tones. 

I was having flashbacks of being lectured to while reading MODERN DRUMMER magazine - perhaps with an accompanying "sound sheet" (flexible "vinyl" record) insert.

Vomit.

[McPhallus]

People who confuse the singular and plural forms of "woman," i.e., "woman" vs. "women."  Especially, people who do this when speaking.  Unless you're playing on the whole "woe unto man" thing, learn how to spell, FFS.

[ItsOver]

Great, another radio commercial to add to my annoyance list.  It's the one about "Non-24" disorder which starts out with "Here's something you don't hear on the radio everyday." Oh, really?  I've heard it on the radio not only everyday but several times a day for several weeks now.

OK, I'm sorry to hear the commercial announcer is blind and for those who have this disorder but how many times a day do we have to hear about "Non-24?"  Didn't the producers of this commercial realize it was going to become somewhat annoying with it's intro after about it's third airing of the day? 

[Uncle Duke]

My annoyance for the day: what the hell kind of super adhesive does the Goodwill use on their price stickers? Good, god, I absolutely cannot get this sticky stuff off my cool silver sugar bowl that I want to use for change. Not only is the price sticker ginormous (1 inch tall, 3 inches wide), a half hour soak in hot water did not get the adhesive off. I have been scraping, scrubbing, rubbing and no glory. I wonder if rubbing alcohol or nail polish remover will damage the silver?

Assume the bowl is silver plated, as opposed to sterling.  Try soaking a small sponge with lemon juice, then place the sponge over the adhesive area for a day or so.  Use a toothbrush to then clear the goo. Mrs. Uncle Duke has used this method with great success in the past.

[Birdie]

Great, another radio commercial to add to my annoyance list.  It's the one about "Non-24" disorder which starts out with "Here's something you don't hear on the radio everyday." Oh, really?  I've heard it on the radio not only everyday but several times a day for several weeks now.

OK, I'm sorry to hear the commercial announcer is blind and for those who have this disorder but how many times a day do we have to hear about "Non-24?"  Didn't the producers of this commercial realize it was going to become somewhat annoying with it's intro after about it's third airing of the day?

I feel you. That commercial is super annoying. Plus, why would we know or even care if someone on the radio was blind? It is the radio. They could all be blind and we'd never know the difference.

The one that has been getting to me lately is a spot for some business news show and the woman says, 'everyday, I'm talking to global allocators of money...' Her tone is so snotty and self-important. I can't remember which show it is for, but when I hear her say that, I want to reach through the radio and slap her.

[ItsOver]

...The one that has been getting to me lately is a spot for some business news show and the woman says, 'everyday, I'm talking to global allocators of money...' Her tone is so snotty and self-important. I can't remember which show it is for, but when I hear her say that, I want to reach through the radio and slap her.

I should consider myself fortunate.  I haven't heard that commercial.  At least I get a good laugh when I hear Noory do the beyond-awful Carnivora commercials, where he sounds like a challenged third grader struggling through a classroom reading, or he completely goofs-up with something such as "comes in blue, in a white box."  No, you dolt, it's "comes in a blue and white box."  I'm surprised somebody from TriCalm hasn't called-out PremRat on that gem.

[Birdie]

Assume the bowl is silver plated, as opposed to sterling.  Try soaking a small sponge with lemon juice, then place the sponge over the adhesive area for a day or so.  Use a toothbrush to then clear the goo. Mrs. Uncle Duke has used this method with great success in the past.

Thank you, I will definitely try that. I cannot find any hallmarks on the bowl, so it must be plated. Someone suggested using eucalyptus oil, but I don't have any. I tried olive oil instead, but it didn't help. Must be the eucalyptus that works and not the oil.

[Birdie]

I should consider myself fortunate.  I haven't heard that commercial.  At least I get a good laugh when I hear Noory do the beyond-awful Carnivora commercials, where he sounds like a challenged third grader struggling through a classroom reading, or he completely goofs-up with something such as "comes in blue, in a white box."  No, you dolt, it's "comes in a blue and white box."  I'm surprised somebody from TriCalm hasn't called-out PremRat on that gem.

The blue in the red box cracks me up every time, lol! I heard Alex Jones doing a commercial for some one-stop miracle cure website the other night. I figure that one will be in heavy rotation on C2C. Yay.

[bateman]

I currently have 11 tabs open in my browser. "Oh I'll read that later." Yeah, probably not.

[Camazotz Automat]

At least I get a good laugh when I hear Noory do the beyond-awful Carnivora commercials, where he sounds like a challenged third grader struggling through a classroom reading, or he completely goofs-up with something such as "comes in blue, in a white box." 

I remember the good ol' days when the Noormeister advertised Tahiti Village. I distinctly remember attempting suicide due to his attempt at an "off the cuff" format - trying to portray it as an interview instead of a commercial.

The .44 caliber trepanning scar that hovers over my third eye still throbs when I reminisce.

[TheMan WhoFell ToEarth]

That sometimes, just sometimes, life gets in the way.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Time Warner Cable is blocking me from watching Dodger's games. Very annoyed. I've got workarounds, but this is still BS. I've heard Houston has it worse.

[wr250]

Thank you, I will definitely try that. I cannot find any hallmarks on the bowl, so it must be plated. Someone suggested using eucalyptus oil, but I don't have any. I tried olive oil instead, but it didn't help. Must be the eucalyptus that works and not the oil.

wd40 works as well, might require some elbow grease and patience. or just get some goo-b-gone walgreens has it, wal2walmart probably does too. or make your own

[ItsOver]

I remember the good ol' days when the Noormeister advertised Tahiti Village. I distinctly remember attempting suicide due to his attempt at an "off the cuff" format - trying to portray it as an interview instead of a commercial.

The .44 caliber trepanning scar that hovers over my third eye still throbs when I reminisce.

Ah, yes, the "classic' Tahiti Village ads.  They made me want to break-out a ball peen hammer and pretend my skull was a sheet of copper looking for some heavy action.  The Nooron's dullard mush mouth was such a great match with Tanya's Bronx accent.  Was Fran Drescher too busy enjoying a "vaca" at Tahiti Village to be bothered?  Speaking of talented actresses, did Jorch ever do a Tahiti Village commercial when Rosanne Barr was doing the routine?  Now there's a great match. 


Fran Dresher Remix

"I know that hammer is around here somewhere..."

[Juan]

Oh, yes. Following Tanya, Rosanne took over as spokesman.  Rosanne and George read exactly the same script.  It was even worse.

[bigchucka]

Great, another radio commercial to add to my annoyance list.  It's the one about "Non-24" disorder which starts out with "Here's something you don't hear on the radio everyday." Oh, really?  I've heard it on the radio not only everyday but several times a day for several weeks now.

OK, I'm sorry to hear the commercial announcer is blind and for those who have this disorder but how many times a day do we have to hear about "Non-24?"  Didn't the producers of this commercial realize it was going to become somewhat annoying with it's intro after about it's third airing of the day?

I said a while back they need a celebrity spokesperson from WWE.

I can't see you because I'm on the radio.  You can't see me because I'm John Cena.

[coaster]

My hard drive failed, lost everything. Over three years of projects, files and pictures. Had several passwords autosaved on firefox, including my email, so those are lost. Tried to reset email but didnt work. The only password i did remember is the one to bellgab.  This tablet thing is far too hard to type and read, so my future posts will be far and few between im afraid which might be good or bad considering who reads this messege. Thats the way she goes i guess. Anyways, cheers folks, i need a drink.

[West of the Rockies]

Enjoy that drink, Coaster, and pour me one, please!

I am deeply annoyed by the inability of the American public to behave properly during public events.  For instance, I attended a live performance of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.  After those first four iconic notes... into that exquisite silence... came the sound of a teenager tearing into a bag of fucking gummi worms.  I wanted to strangle him, to have him drawn and quartered. 

Okay, not really (as far as all that violence goes), but GOD DAMN!