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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe Most Annoying Sounds..
I will start. A mosquito buzzing by your ear... Your turn!
antiquie
(4,299 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)yeah that would be!
many a good man
(5,997 posts)When I was a kid we'd play catch in the backyard while the neighbor, Stub, a one-armed vet of WWII practiced his chip shots in the back yard next door. One day a stray shot nailed me in the top of the noggin unawares. Ouch! That hurt!
antiquie
(4,299 posts)I've seen the force that breaks windows; I think that would crack my skull.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Those bother me too but I can't explain why.
lastlib
(23,226 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)MiddleFingerMom
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... and I made the mistake of letting them know that I'd appreciate it
if they knocked it the fuck off IMMEDIATELY.
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They popped twice as fast and, if possible -- twice as loud.
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Pure assholery.
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LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)I was on line at a store and I heard a click behind me - i turned around and gave the culprit such a look that she said "OK!" and stopped.
Dash87
(3,220 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Never ends.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)probably worse, ne?
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)we are surrounded by lawn tractors. It's kind of wide open spaces here, so they don't seem to use leaf blowers (yet!).
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)No matter the sound, I hate 'em.
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)It's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.
mockmonkey
(2,815 posts)the mosquito can be on the ceiling and make you think it's near you. But then they use stealth mode to attack you.
MiddleFingerMom
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AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Some how I knew that would be it..
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)Digging and scratching and digging and scratching and digging and scratching and digging and scratching and...
Dammit, cat, just do your business and get out of there!!
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)But why is it, after all that digging he still leaves his smelly gift exposed..and not buried. Not only that, but I have a grass kinda mat under the cat box and he is always grabbing it and lifting it up and letting it go...so bam, bam bam bam... followed usually by a smell that will wilt any plant near by!!
Brigid
(17,621 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)that thing where someone is breathing loudly with a nose whistle. Ugh, makes me crazy.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)of a tea kettle I don't get to fast enough!
Initech
(100,070 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Archae
(46,327 posts)Just nerve-jangling.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)The sound of a huge crowd roaring for the away team, while your team is being blown out 27-0! (hahaha..)
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)that explains it
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)A series of very abrupt, VERY sharp yelps that crescendo so high the sound wave would look like a stalagmite, and boy does the sound carry. I'd like to strangle every one of the bastards.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)fun to listen to either.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)a la izquierda
(11,794 posts)My dog licking himself-which he's doing right now- and styrofoam.