What sound really hurts your ears?

[Shell Beau]

Mine is styrofoam! I can't stand that sound. I would rather hear nails on a chalkboard. What sound makes chills run down your back?

[trotsky]

1. Forks/spoons scraping on teeth.

Makes my fillings hurt.

[MessiahRp]

2. In a similar vein...

forks/spoons scraping against each other or scraping against porcelain plates... Aaarggghhh! Drives me mad!

Rp

[trotsky]

8. Yep!

My wife, when she gets a salad, like to cut it into smaller pieces. She does this by putting her knife through the tines of the fork, stabbing down with the fork in the middle of the salad to hold it, then scraping the knife through to cut.

Drives me absolutely bonkers but her desire for smaller salad bites outweighs my sensitivities!

[Shell Beau]

3. I agree. My dog got hold of some aluminum foil and was

chewing away. It hurt my teeth just watching him.

[tridim]

4. Leaf blowers and *'s voice

Fingernails on the chalkboard and styrofoam don't affect me at all.

[City Lights]

5. chimpy's voice. n/t

[jswordy]

26. YOU GOT IT! DING-DING-DING! I hate it when he "disassembles"!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

6. Prez Pretzel

"disassembling" the English language.

[slackmaster]

7. Small children screaming

Especially when they don't have a good reason to be screaming, e.g. when they want something in a supermarket and their mother isn't doing what they want.

[melv]

17. I second that

and I am a mother to two small children. I spend a long time working on this with my kids. "I cannot understand your WHINE. I don't speak WHINESE!"

[madrchsod]

9. george bush

i`ve put up with just about every sound in my 58 years but george bush ranks right at the top of the list....

[LynneSin]

10. Yoda scraping those big fingernails on the senate seating area

Man, seen in Sith kills my ears!

[DS1]

11. Dogs barking at stupid shit. Dogs. Canines. Metal rakes on sidewalk.

But mostly stupid shit-ass dogs

[Skittles]

14. lol................DS1

I sleep during the day and am able to drown out lots of sounds with a fan by my bed. But NOTHING will drown out the incessant barking of a dog. :(

[DS1]

21. It only takes one bark to wake me up

I'm a light sleeper unless :beer: - I've woken up to people flicking a bic lighter outside my door before

[Shell Beau]

16. I thought Songbirds really irritated you. You know, Anna Nicole flailing.

Does it depend on the day I ask? Was your neighbor's dog at it again today?

[DS1]

20. No, still unwinding from the dogs in my own home

owner was gone for a week, and they got a little nutty in his abscense. a leaf could blow across the grass, idiot #1 would bark once, which would set off a chain reaction and idiot #2 would come flying down the stairs barking her fool head off as loud as possible, which would re-excite idiot #1.

[Shell Beau]

22. Sucks for you!

But funny to hear about! :rofl:

[DS1]

25. Yeah, it does

I'll be finding my own place soon after I can save enough money to move out and get my own place. Either that or I just need a vacation.

[peekaloo]

12. Commander Cuckoo Bananas' voice.

He's perfected the art of flinging his feces via his mouth.

[Skittles]

13. the clickety-click of a woman's high heels

I just can't stand it. Also, I want to shoot anyone who is whistling.

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. People who make those wet smacking sounds with their lips.

Drives me up a bloody wall, it does.

[On the Road]

27. Oh, God -- The Horror of It!

When I was younger, I had what seemed like dozens of toothless elderly relatives who ate in the noisiest way possible and were totally oblivious to it. What's worse, my parents always seemed to seat me next to them at dinner. I would literally stick my finger in my ear and escape as soon as possible.

That may sound like being a brat, but it was one of my most uncomfortable childhood experiences.

[Lannes]

18. Fran Drescher

[Shell Beau]

23. Good one!

[Lauri16]

19. The voice of our new store manager

that and the sound of cardboard rubbing on cardboard. For some reason, I can feel that in my teeth! :shrug:

[valis]

24. Mine: nuclear explosions

:P

[On the Road]

28. Whistling Has Come to be Very Grating

maybe it comes with age.

[Ready4Change]

29. 3-6 ladies excitedly greeting each other.

Why is it they need to raise their voices into hypersonic screams? Honestly, I just shut down for a few seconds whenever that happens.