Things That Annoy You

[Eddie Coyle]

the chinese are coming.  we're doomed.

      The one Chinese kid on the team?
      His name is Steven.

[RealCool Daddio]

           The three most insufferable whiners I've had to coach this year...kids with first names of Logan, Austin and Owen. Allergic to hustle, dumbstruck by constructive criticism and the offspring of truly irritating know it alls.

       

Seems like every other kid between the ages of six and sixteen is named Austin.  Had two of them on my kids hockey team last year.

[Eddie Coyle]

Seems like every other kid between the ages of six and sixteen is named Austin.  Had two of them on my kids hockey team last year.

    Apparently my kid goes to school with three of them as well(13-14 age group) and I imagine they're all cut of the same yuppie scion cloth.

[RealCool Daddio]

    Apparently my kid goes to school with three of them as well(13-14 age group) and I imagine they're all cut of the same yuppie scion cloth.

Just checked the roster for this years team, and we are down to one Austin.  Added a Zach, tho.

[MV/Liberace!]

Just checked the roster for this years team, and we are down to one Austin.  Added a Zach, tho.

now you just need a tyler.

[Eddie Coyle]

 
          No Zach or Tyler...but a Declan and a Connor are available. Mick Yuppies.

          I was nearly a "Stu". If that had happened, I wouldn't be here right now.

[PB the Deplorable]

Gotta be a bunch of Brandons

[RealCool Daddio]

now you just need a tyler.

Yeah, he could center the two Zachs.  We can call them the Hollister line.

[West of the Rockies]

Funny how names do attain popularity and then recede.  I'm astonished that there was ever a time when someone looked at a beautiful baby girl and thought, "Agnes/Mabel/Gertrude" or a strapping young boy and thought, "Herman/Clarence/George/Burt". 

My name, I am told, went out with the gangster era the 1930's.  I can't, for instance, think of a single major leage player (NBA, NFL, NHL, or MLB) who has my name. 

Women's names that were popular as heck in the 50's-70's that have sort of disappeared include Linda, Cindy, Susan, and Kathy... How many teenaged girls do any of you know who go by those names now?

[Treading Water]

I think if I would have named my son Ash instead of Spruce he might have had better luck in sports in high school....
But it was the 70's and, well, you know....

[onan]

I posted on a forum the other day that has some algorithm to monitor poster's words... no swearing allowed. I typed ...than Alan... and it censored it for being the word anal.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

My name, I am told, went out with the gangster era the 1930's.  I can't, for instance, think of a single major leage player (NBA, NFL, NHL, or MLB) who has my name. 

1) Funny you mention it, but my trick for remembering people's names is to connect them to a baseball player. For example, if I meet someone named 'Will', I think in my head 'Will Clark', or Tim => 'Tim Raines' etc. I think much of the increased ability to remember comes from collecting baseball cards as a kid, but it really helps me remember people's names when I am meeting a bunch of different people.


2) An interesting thing to do is to look at the MLB minor league draft and then see what first names the players have. Sometimes baseball sites have the 'most interesting names of the draft' -things like Kohl, Stryker, and even a Zebulon Sneed.
 
If you look at the link below you can see Austin, Devin, Tyler, Chance, Hunter, Reese, Jordan, Tucker, Riley, Colby...and then a Gosuke.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?draft_round=2&year_ID=2013&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round

[Eddie Coyle]

I posted on a forum the other day that has some algorithm to monitor poster's words... no swearing allowed. I typed ...than Alan... and it censored it for being the word anal.

            That forum is run by an anal retentive...asshole.

           

[Sardondi]

...Austin, Devin, Tyler, Chance, Hunter, Reese, Jordan, Tucker, Riley, Colby...and then a Gosuke....

Those are not sweaty, muddy, blister, bloody names. Those are not football names. Or even baseball names. They are golf and tennis names. Those are shirt-still-sharply-pressed-at-the-end-of-the-day names. Those are the names of guys who think if you use vodka instead of gin that it's still a martini. Those are names of guys who actually use something on their skin beside styptic pencil. Those are the names of guys who are little contemptuous but also a little afraid of guys named Fred, Cecil, Frank, Harold and Henry. Those are names given by the mother. In short, those are pussy names.   

[PB the Deplorable]

Those are not sweaty, muddy, blister, bloody names. Those are not football names. Or even baseball names. They are golf and tennis names. Those are shirt-still-sharply-pressed-at-the-end-of-the-day names. Those are the names of guys who think if you use vodka instead of gin that it's still a martini. Those are names of guys who actually use something on their skin beside styptic pencil. Those are the names of guys who are little contemptuous but also a little afraid of guys named Fred, Cecil, Frank, Harold and Henry. Those are names given by the mother. In short, those are pussy names.

When I meet a grown up with names like these, or maybe a Cody or a Jared, it catches me off guard and it's all I can do to not smirk or ask if they're kidding.  They say their names so earnestly.  Least favorite all time:  Jeremy.

These guys have never been outside, but they're pretty good with video games

[Juan]

What's even worse is the cutesy way of spelling those pussy names - Jarad, Awestin, Tieler, Reece, Ryley, etc.

[Sardondi]

What's even worse is the cutesy way of spelling those pussy names - Jarad, Awestin, Tieler, Reece, Ryley, etc.

Those come close to making me physically ill. Of course, we're not responsible for our names.

[Pragmier]

Carlin on stupid boy names.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oo8CrY_ZfFk

[Eddie Coyle]

What's even worse is the cutesy way of spelling those pussy names - Jarad, Awestin, Tieler, Reece, Ryley, etc.

Illiteracy am be a muthafuka.

[Eddie Coyle]

 
           19 Firefighters(at least) killed in the wildfires.

           And all three of the "24 hour news networks" are running their canned programming without interruption. Tits on a fucking bull, all three of them. Worthless

         And further evidence of the prevailing attitude, "if it didn't happen on the East Coast(NYC in particular) it didn't happen at all"

[b_dubb]

my position on immigration is changing.  having seen up close what a tax some immigrants can be in that they don't teach their kids basic language and math skills and instead leave that to teachers and volunteers to address (if at all).  and that some latins don't seem to have a word for "safety" in their native tongue - drunk driving and dangerous workplace attitudes.  a cavalier attitude about death and babies spilling out from their wives' uterus.  there seems to be an almost 1 to 1 ratio of "good apples" to "bad apples". 

[Sardondi]

           19 Firefighters(at least) killed in the wildfires.

           And all three of the "24 hour news networks" are running their canned programming without interruption. Tits on a fucking bull, all three of them. Worthless

         And further evidence of the prevailing attitude, "if it didn't happen on the East Coast(NYC in particular) it didn't happen at all"

Jeez, I saw that. 19 smokejumpers. That has to be the greatest number ever killed in the same event. It sounds to me they were a single crew in the same area, I guess in the same relatively small area. Horrific. I can't imagine the terror they felt - nowhere to run, you can't breathe...and you don't have a way to kill yourself. I'm being serious. That would just terrify me. Some brave, brave people.

[b_dubb]

Jeez, I saw that. 19 smokejumpers. That has to be the greatest number ever killed in the same event. It sounds to me they were a single crew in the same area, I guess in the same relatively small area. Horrific. I can't imagine the terror they felt - nowhere to run, you can't breathe...and you don't have a way to kill yourself. I'm being serious. That would just terrify me. Some brave, brave people.

not since 9/11 has there been such a loss of firefighters. tragic

[MV/Liberace!]

...some latins don't seem to have a word for "safety" in their native tongue - drunk driving and dangerous workplace attitudes.  a cavalier attitude about death...

that's spot on... although i see it as a general third world approach to life... an approach they're bringing with them almost without variation.

[PB the Deplorable]

that's spot on... although i see it as a general third world approach to life... an approach they're bringing with them almost without variation.

That's what people mean when they say 'live is cheap' in such and such a place

[West of the Rockies]

Those are not sweaty, muddy, blister, bloody names. Those are not football names. Or even baseball names. They are golf and tennis names. Those are shirt-still-sharply-pressed-at-the-end-of-the-day names. Those are the names of guys who think if you use vodka instead of gin that it's still a martini. Those are names of guys who actually use something on their skin beside styptic pencil. Those are the names of guys who are little contemptuous but also a little afraid of guys named Fred, Cecil, Frank, Harold and Henry. Those are names given by the mother. In short, those are pussy names.

Whoa, one of those true guy names you mentioned above is my own true first name!  (I can't say which one because I don't want to break any forum rules about revealing personal information, but I can say I'm not a Cecil!)  And here I was feeling kind of wimpy because I enjoyed Frisbee in younger years.  (Hey, there was always the theoretical chance that a beautiful girl in a Baywatch red one-piece might join in....)

[Sardondi]

Whoa, one of those true guy names you mentioned above is my own true first name!  (I can't say which one because I don't want to break any forum rules about revealing personal information, but I can say I'm not a Cecil!)  And here I was feeling kind of wimpy because I enjoyed Frisbee in younger years.  (Hey, there was always the theoretical chance that a beautiful girl in a Baywatch red one-piece might join in....)

Well, congratulations, I think. Because I realized that if the other names were pussy names, the "regular guy" names must be...dick names. We just can't win.

[Eddie Coyle]

 
        Between 2pm and 4pm on Saturday afternoon, I inhaled roughly 15 slices of pizza and 5 hot dogs.

         I've been Bobby Sands-ing since Sat 4pm....and still got the heartburn. Bastards!

[onan]

        Between 2pm and 4pm on Saturday afternoon, I inhaled roughly 15 slices of pizza and 5 hot dogs.

         I've been Bobby Sands-ing since Sat 4pm....and still got the heartburn. Bastards!

Well I hope you were wearing a blanket then.

[Eddie Coyle]

Well I hope you were wearing a blanket then.

I'm this close to smearing excreta on the walls too...

     On purpose this time.