Things That Annoy You

[Yorkshire pud]

Yes, they do.  But they move it to the back of the store as the seasons change.  Now it's front and center.  Right next to the plastic pumpkins and paper cut-out pilgrims.... 

And on January the 2nd the Easter eggs are on the shelves.

[Juan]

Hello Kitty popsicles

[wr250]

people who say "heres a forum. i dont have the time to put into this any more because i have ______" , but retain the domain name, and then proceed to hang that over your head , eventually parking it, causing "your forum" to disappear.

[VtaGeezer]

Hearing "boots on the ground" become a universal synonym for ground combat.  Please!!  Fines should be imposed. Where are the language police?

[Treading Water]

Hearing "boots on the ground" become a universal synonym for ground combat.  Please!!  Fines should be imposed. Where are the language police?

It's become a catch-all phrase for anything "bothersome."  We have to get "boots on the ground" to solve this, we have to get "boots on the ground" to solve that.  Ghaaaaaa....

[HorrorRetro]

It's become a catch-all phrase for anything "bothersome."  We have to get "boots on the ground" to solve this, we have to get "boots on the ground" to solve that.  Ghaaaaaa....

Yep, entirely overused.  When a politician does something stupid and their handlers come out and say, "The optics were bad." I'm sick of this stupid phrase. If they fucked up, they fucked up. Quit making excuses and using this stupid phrase.

[zeebo]

Yep, entirely overused.  When a politician does something stupid and their handlers come out and say, "The optics were bad." I'm sick of this stupid phrase. If they fucked up, they fucked up. Quit making excuses and using this stupid phrase.

Can I add the term "bad guys".  I mean please, is this like cops n' robbers or what?  Everyone from senior news analysts to retired generals seem fond of this dorky term. 

While I'm add it, please also add "teachable moment" to the list.  I didn't sign up for the class, ya know.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Add 'let's walk this back' to the list. I don't know why politicians have to have handlers, alright I know it's for damage control because there are a lot of morons in public office, but if someone gets up and says something monumentally stupid on camera or tape, there's no walking it back. Own it.

The other side of the coin are sycophants like NY's Cardinal Dolan who pops up like the festering boil he is every time Francis makes a candid, un Vatican approved remark and proceeds to explain what Francis meant. Everyone knows what Francis meant, except for the tired old dearies holding on to their lace cassocks and Chivas Regal for dear life.

[zeebo]

Add 'let's walk this back' to the list....

Oh, definitely list-worthy.  And another one is ... "break it down".  For some reason in the last year or two, every friggin' news segment wants to break something down for me.

Like it's so complicated I can't understand it unless they break it into little bite-size chunks.   What am I, some toddler getting his friggin Salisbury Steak tv dinner cut up for him?

[Yorkshire pud]

'Stripped back' used by gormless radio dj's to describe an accoustic version. Dj's in general who crawl up the arse of any performer.
'Going forward'. !!!!! Oh you fucked up and want us to forget about it?

It's mentioned before but people who begin each and every sentence with 'so'.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

It's mentioned before but people who begin each and every sentence with 'so'.

So you say, but saying so doesn't make it so.  So there.

[Yorkshire pud]

So you say, but saying so doesn't make it so.  So there.

So you're Reported. AGAIN.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

So you're Reported. AGAIN.

So, you're not a morning person, are you? 

[zeebo]

...'Going forward'. !!!!! Oh you fucked up and want us to forget about it?

Aaargh, yes.  And along those lines, this one: "There's plenty of blame to go around."  Oh, so there's so much blame, no one's to blame?

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Aaargh, yes.  And along those lines, this one: "There's plenty of blame to go around."  Oh, so there's so much blame, no one's to blame?

That's because "both sides do it."   :

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Soooo......

Any other beefs?

[Little Hater]

"Unpack it" to mean explain something. Ian Punnett was the first I heard to (over)use it, but I hear it a lot now.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Let there be a fatwah issued against 'At the end of the day' and 'double down'.

[Yorkshire pud]

Let there be a fatwah issued against 'At the end of the day' and 'double down'.

Innocent smiley.

http://youtu.be/48HUdzoKiPA

[UnscreenedCaller]

Yorkie, at the end of the day, there aren't enough innocent smileys in the world to cover that video, lol.

[Tarbaby]

Boots on the ground: would it be globally humorous (or sophomoric) if we sent bombers over Saudi Arabia and targeted key locations to drop 60,000 old combat boots on? There! There's your boots on the ground. Now STFU!

[albrecht]

Boots on the ground: would it be globally humorous (or sophomoric) if we sent bombers over Saudi Arabia and targeted key locations to drop 60,000 old combat boots on? There! There's your boots on the ground. Now STFU!

And would be doubly effective because isn't there a weird insult in the Muslim world about showing your feet or throwing a shoe at someone?

[West of the Rockies]

^ Agreed!  I hate that dehumanizing term.  I know it is "shorthand" or jargon, but those are young Americans in uniform, someone's son or daughter, spouse, lover, mommy or daddy--not a pair of size ten desert combat boots.

[Tarbaby]

'Stripped back' used by gormless radio dj's to describe an accoustic version. Dj's in general who crawl up the arse of any performer.
'Going forward'. !!!!! Oh you fucked up and want us to forget about it?

It's mentioned before but people who begin each and every sentence with 'so'.

yes! I remember The moment when this idiotic Meme began about a year ago and I'm sure it began on the Internet within social media. It's just stupid and asinine. Starting the sentence with the word so. Because "so" demands an antecedent, a response to a previous thought. In this trendy meme the word has no antecedent.
   And it has spread to everywhere, pundits, newscasters, politicos, etc. it irritates the hell out of me, but you are the first one I've seen who has commented on it. I thought I was going crazy because everyone was doing it and nobody was commenting on how stupid it was.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Innocent smiley.

http://youtu.be/48HUdzoKiPA

So, to break it down, at the end of the day it doesn't matter who the father is because they're both idiots from the shallow end of the gene pool and the poor kid doesn't stand a chance.

[West of the Rockies]

I also hate the vague Karate-chop gesture delivered as some politician or executive says, "I'd like to speak to that issue..."  The issue has no ears; you can't speak to it.  Also the expression, "My question to you would be..."  What the hell does that mean? You have a question or you don't.

[Yorkshire pud]

  I thought I was going crazy because everyone was doing it and nobody was commenting on how stupid it was.

As I said, it was mentioned sometime last year (I think).  Perhaps we should launch a campaign to have the criminals (for that is what they are) flogged in public? Probably by women, as they're more merciless.

[Yorkshire pud]

So, to break it down, at the end of the day it doesn't matter who the father is because they're both idiots from the shallow end of the gene pool and the poor kid doesn't stand a chance.

In a nutshell; yes.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

In a nutshell; yes.

"In a nutshell" seems like a phrase zeebo would use frequently, although I really ought not to stereotype.

[Yorkshire pud]

"In a nutshell" seems like a phrase zeebo would use frequently, although I really ought not to stereotype.

I lifted the phrase from my pet Grey Squirrel, Geoff..Chime isn't the only one with a tree rat for a best friend!!!