Things that irk and perturb you...

[Joe Fields]

First of all, the word "irk" irks me. Don't really know why. I am also perurbed by those phony baloney "Jolly olde English" sounding names for pricey new exclusive suburban subdivisions, that have a useless e on the end of the name, such as "Staffordshire Pointe."

How utterly bogus.

What irks and perturbs you?

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Like "Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe"

:puke:

[Left Is Write]

2. You mean like Autumn Faire?

:D

That one is near me.

[Joe Fields]

3. You wouldn't believe the number of subdivisions and apartment complexes

with some british word and the word "pointe" near me. It's enough to make me want to throw up my bangers and mash...:puke:

[Lyric]

4. Omg, I know!

Also, the ones that have unnecessary "Y"s, like "Ballantyne" or "Oak Wynde Manors". Blech!

[Left Is Write]

5. What about "Ocean View Place" in a location that's hundreds of miles from the ocean?

Or "Elmview" for a neighborhood completely free of elm trees?

[hellbound-liberal]

6. What's so annoying about the word "irk"?

As soon as the Bush cabal completed the theft of the election on 2000, I dedicated myself to doing whatever I could to annoy him and his supporters any chance I got. You know what perturbs me? People who but an extra "h" in the way they pronounce certain words like "but-her" for butter and "wat-her" for water.

[Dervill Crow]

7. What a great DU name.

Irkthesmirk. I love it. :thumbsup:

[Joe Fields]

16. Just kidding around...please don't be irked at me.

:toast:

[Redstone]

26. I've never heard anyone do that. But it sure would perturb me if I did.

Redstone

[hellbound-liberal]

31. Martha Stewart and Alex Trebek do it all the time.

[Redstone]

33. No shit? I'll listen for that next time I watch Jeopardy (which I do about

two or three times times a year); I'd never noticed it.

Redstone

[hellbound-liberal]

36. He's a bit more subtle than Martha Stewart but it's still noticeable.

It kind of reminds me of people who pronounce "white" as "hwite"

[Redstone]

37. ARRGH! I remember being told to do that when I was a kid! Where the HELL did that

come from, anyway? I thought of it as being bizarre then, as I still do.

Do you have ANY idea where it came from? I thought it was a New England thing, but maybe not.

Redstone

[hellbound-liberal]

42. It's supposed to be a sign of superior breeding, I think Frazier and Niles used to do it too.

I think it did come from New England, the Hamptons most likely.

[Redstone]

43. Minor correction: The Hamptons are on Long Island (New York), NOT New England.

Redstone

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. "Ilk" irks me more than "irk" irks me.

And don't get me started on "spew." I really get irked when people who irk me and their ilk start spewing.

[rug]

9. Bogus irks me.

[Joe Fields]

17. How about bogussimo?

[BarenakedLady]

10. What irks me

Being belittled.

Feeling unheard.

Not being respected.

Hummers. (the monstrosity vehicles)

Subdivisions full of McMansions.

Rude people.

Telemarketers.

Solicitors (one was just at my door about 1/2 hr ago)

[Joe Fields]

19. Hummers and Hummer owners scare me...

I always get the feeling that they are the poorest drivers on earth, and they feel, "Well, I know if I get into an accident, I will survive in one of these behemoths.":hi:

[Left Is Write]

11. More of those names I saw while out this afternoon---

Pheasant Pointe (subdivision)

Wyndstone (business complex)

[datasuspect]

32. or development, shopping centers, and office parks with some form of "Tuscany" in them

tuscan pointe

tuscan villa

tuscany creek


ad nauseum

[taterguy]

12. People that ask "How are you" . . .

And then don't give you 20 minutes to give a spiel about everything going on in your life

[Joe Fields]

21. Or, robotic clerks that say "How are you?" or, "Have a nice day,"

And they don't even make eye contact.

[taterguy]

28. When I was a clerk I always said "What the fuck do you want?" to customers

Needless to say I didn't last long in that job

[Joe Fields]

41. But you know, I could get behind that. It's real...

:toast:

[1gobluedem]

13. Worst I've seen

A subdivision here in which the streets are named after holes at Scotland's Turnberry golf course: Roon the Ben, Bide a Wee, and Goat Fell just to name three...

[Joe Fields]

22. Lordy lord...that's bad...

:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

14. I hate it when people don't finish their thoughts

They start to make a point, or ask a question

[Joe Fields]

23. I like to keep those kind of people on message. I've been known to say,

"I found what you were saying a minute ago quite interesting. Let us expand on that for a few minutes..."

[Xipe Totec]

61. I tend to be more direct.

Finish your F&%&^#G sentence!

[treestar]

15. Hearing people assert that the President "runs the country"

or that they don't mind no search warrants because they "have nothing to hide" and anyone who states they "feel safer under martial law."

[Sequoia]

64. I serve at the pleasure of the president.

Bow down before him, kiss his feet, slather. You Worm. God I hate it when men say that.

[Redstone]

18. Places "at" somewhere, especially in pretentious faux-Old-English

"Ye Olde Redde Barne Antiquee Shoppes at Clevenshire Close Mews"

Redstone

[Joe Fields]

25. Oh yes. I've seen a few of those.

[Left Is Write]

40. Here's a real one: "The Cottages at Bridgeport"

It's a subdivision within a subdivision.

[Blue-Jay]

20. "methinks"

Listen, everyone...

That Does NOT Make You Sound Clever.

In fact, typing "methinks" makes me stop reading your post, even IF you have something of substance to say. (Normally, that isn't the case however)

So, stop it.

[bicentennial_baby]

24. Not planning on stopping, sorry

:)

[Blue-Jay]

38. "I think" takes fewer keystrokes.

Efficiency + Less Pompous = WIN!

[PeaceNikki]

27. I concur.

:thumbsup:

[datasuspect]

30. alas, methinks thou hast a point, dear sir

woe betide! O! that i should wanteth to sound more profound than my pea brain alloweth!

[PeaceNikki]

60. I am adding "lurves" to this list effective immedietly.

That Does NOT Make You Sound Cute.

Thanks. Carry on.

[Blue-Jay]

69. I hate that too.

Never say/type "lurves". I won't come to your house and drink your beer if you do that.

[datasuspect]

29. americans with no connection to the UK who use the phrase "spot on."

irksome

[KG]

34. 'perturb' perturbs me way more than 'irk' irks me.

but then, i'm wierd that way, i guess. :hi:

[Left Is Write]

39. Do they pertirk you?

[Darth_Kitten]

35. Inconsiderate behaviour.......

tossing your trash on the ground......I mean, it will be absorbed into the earth in 1000 years, so why care about it?

let's see what else.....

not sticking up for another person because it takes some effort and gee whiz, what's in it for me?

people putting their feet up in movie theatres.....like it's not your living room you slob, so put your feet down...

people who think their little kids are just so precious....but their kids are not minded or raised properly so they are just as obnoxious as their parents.......

People who SLURP their Ramen noodles....YECH!!!!!

People who say "HUHHHHHHH" "WHAT's THAT?" "EHHHHHH" incessantly.

[stuntcat]

51. trash on ground

only idiot pigs do that x( whenever I see it I want to kill someone, no kidding, it's the sad symbol to me of a hopelessly trashy people.

[NC_Nurse]

44. We used to live in a cluster neighborhood called

"Weatherhill Pointe". We called it Weatherhill Pointy - just fer fun. "Home of the pointy-heads"....and it was.
We left there pretty quickly. :D

[Joe Fields]

58. That's funny, because I say pointy, too...

:toast:

[Maddy McCall]

45. Ending a sentence with comma no?

I am posting at DU, no?

I can't type a question so I type a statement and expect you to agree, no?

[Maddy McCall]

46. And dumbfucks who have their lights on bright...

who meet me on the highway, and refuse to dim their lights, even if I flash mine at them, as if to say "Please dim your lights, dumbfuck."

[AlCzervik]

49. in that vein-the people that get the aftermarket xenon headlights and they installed

them instead of going to a professional and those aftermarket headlights shouldn't 't be on their car to begin with and they blind you.

[Maddy McCall]

50. I HATE those headlights...

I was driving down the highway the other night, headed to the Piggly Wiggly before closing time. Well, an SUV zooms up behind me with the lights on bright. No matter how I adjusted my rear view mirror, I was blinded. So I began "granny driving." I slowed down to about 30 on the highway, and, since it was a no-passing zone all the way into town, the driver had no choice but to stay behind me.

When I got into town, I slowed it down to 20. Person still rides my ass, lights still on bright. When I turned into the Pig, the SUV turned in behind me.

The driver got out of the car--it was the wife of the guy who owns the Pig. I know her well. She said, "Why were you drivin' so slooooow." And I said, "That's what I always do when people ride my ass with their lights on bright. My retinas are still aching. I'm still seeing spots."

She said, "Oops! I didn't know my lights were on bright."

I replied, "That's what that little blue headlight-shaped indicator light on your dash means."

And then I walked away to start grocery shopping.

Ok...that's a long story--but I really felt the need to tell it. :D

[AlCzervik]

53. we have tons of kids here that convert Honda civics and the first thing they do is

put in those fucking xenon headlights, when you get them on your car new they're bright but they're fine, it's tha aftermarket ones that are the real killers, always aimed wrong and way too bright, a danger to other drivers imo.

[Maddy McCall]

54. Yeah.

Used to, if your headlights weren't adjusted right, you couldn't get an inspection sticker. I know when I lived in Texas, the guy who inspected my Jeep gave it a thorough inspection, right down to adjusting the headlights.

But in Mississippi, you pull up at the mechanic, he writes the sticker, and then puts it in your car without even looking at the stuff he's supposed to inspect.

Those lights should be illegal. I agree 100%.

[AlCzervik]

55. damn kids---getoffamahlawn!

:toast:

[Maddy McCall]

47. And using the word "folks" to address people.

I don't mean using it in a sentence...that doesn't bother me.

But someone who starts a post or thread with:

"Folks, this is what we're up against blah blah blah."

It says to me that this person thinks that he has come up with a grand idea or has interpreted some complex problem and must let the "common people" know of his brilliance.

I'm like the poster above who said that he stops reading at "methinks."

I stop reading at "folks."

[stuntcat]

48. that people still say "outside the box" and mean it

my apology to anyone who reads this who says "outside the box". Don't come near my though or I'll vomit on you :)

[Maddy McCall]

52. "Cool beans!"

:rofl:

[Joe Fields]

59. here's another one for you that irks me: "at the end of the day."

I hear that phrase a lot from the no-nothing talking heads on MSM.

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

56. people that demand too much in the morning

I freakin hate that. just calm down there son.

[Flying Dream Blues]

57. It irks me a bit when people say "no problem" instead of "you're welcome"...

I think this means I'm old :), but when I'm a customer or a diner, I really HOPE it's "not a problem" to do what you're being paid to do....argggh!

And, when did "yeah" become "ya"? And "whoa" became "woah"...and don't get me started on apostrophes...

[hellbound-liberal]

62. A lot of business phrases annoy me like "synergy" and "paradigm shift"

and I really can't stand it when the refer to trucking companies as those who provide "logistical solutions" to help "grow your business" or to "move your business forward"

[GoddessOfGuinness]

63. When people tailgate me...

I get perturbed. That's when I start singing my signature song, "You Drive Like a Freaking Maniac". It makes me feel better.

[Sequoia]

65. "Folks", "He hails from _____",

[idgiehkt]

66. people who don't use contractions

in an attempt to make themselves seem more sincere somehow. Not working.

[mvd]

67. Besides the obvious like Bush and the other Repukes..

The Phillies are frustrating me. One night they look great, pitching shutouts - and the next night terrible, making errors and getting shelled. Gillick has disappointed me. Manuel is not a good manager, but he's not the whole problem. The ownership is also out of touch. Are they cheap? Yes and no. They will overpay for marginal players, yet the big free agents are often too much for them. I'm not sure their heart is in winning a championship.

[Ptah]

68. Attempts to get me to focus on the thing I'd rather forget n/t

[Bullwinkle925]

70. People and their blankety-blank cell phones ......

driving, shopping - anywhere - they're GodDamned annoying.

[av8rdave]

71. People who stop as soon as they get off an escalator