NON-POLITICAL RANT-A-THON

[eeyore]

What non-political thing makes you blindingly, irrationally angry?

For me it's the improper use of apostrophes in plural words in signs.

For example: FRESH BAGEL'S AND BREAD'S MADE DAILY

Are we that inept at our own language that we no longer know the difference between PLURAL and POSSESSIVE? Gaaaahhhh! It's not that hard!

xoxo -
eeyore the grammar nazi


your turn...

[Skittles]

1. PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE IN A MOVIE THEATER

it's not just teenagers - people talking, people with cell phones, crying babies, people arriving late and walking up and down the aisle looking for seats. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Idiots allowed to drive

When I am going somewhere, I HATE getting behind someone who isn't in a hurry, so I shouldn't be either.

[Bertha Venation]

8. people who aren't in a hurry are idiots?

That must be you behind me on Piney Church Road & Renner Road, where the speed limits are 35 (and I go 40) every day. ;)

[EstimatedProphet]

13. IT'S YOU!!!!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Kidding...
I phrased that poorly I guess. It burns me up when I am on a 55 MPH 2 lane road and someone won't go over 40. That's what I mean.

[Bertha Venation]

16. LOL

After I came down off of my high horse, I realized that's what you meant. 'S'all good.

[rustydog]

25. Is this in refrence to "Sunday Drivers"or "Blue Hairs?"

:bounce:

[MidwestMomma]

3. When I'm trying to merge on the highway and the person behind me

tries to merge before me and cuts me off...that is just a pisser to me.

Also, people who tailgate you in the slow/right lane...if I'm not going fast enough, go the hell around me.

That's all for now. (Hope my apostrophe is right :-))

[muffin_man]

9. eh... um.. that would be me!

If I merge before you though its cause we were merging into 70mph traffic and you were doing 55!

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. George Carlin I think

explained this:

Everyone in front of you is an "Asshole"
Everyone behind you is a "Maniac"

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. Spam

It just brings out all the vigilante fantasies in me.

[muffin_man]

5. People who travel int the left lane!

Glad I don't have a H2 or I be probably be in jail for running them of the road!

[Bertha Venation]

6. Harm done to animals.

Including by hunters, trappers, and fishers.

[teach1st]

7. Cell phones, lack of turn signals, and thumping bass from cars

Cell phone mis-manners, lack of turn signals, and thumping bass from cars. Not to mention plastic bags that are impossible to open!

[NightTrain]

11. Jerk-offs who talk on the cell phone while driving.

A bill to make that illegal died in the Connecticut legislature not too long ago. And I recently figured out why.

One afternoon, as I was out making deliveries, I had to drive past the state capital in Hartford. As I'm nearing the driveway of the Legislative Office Building, some asshole comes barreling out of the parking garage without bothering to see if anybody was coming up the street. If I hadn't hit my brakes in time, I'd have T-boned that moron.

Turns out, the moron in question was none other than Kevin Sullivan, the state senate's majority leader! I recognized him when he looked over at me in shock. Guess he must've suddenly realized that pulling out onto a busy street without looking first wasn't such a good idea.

Need I say more about why it still isn't illegal to simultaneously drive and talk on a cell phone in the Nutmeg State? :eyes:

[muffin_man]

12. Do you think

hands-free kits help or is it like chewing gum and walking for some people?

[MurikanDemocrat]

14. Okay, what's the proper use of apostrophes in plurals?

:scared:

[eeyore]

15. You mean plural possessives?

Such as--

The Cheneys' daughter is a lesbian.
or
The deficit is our children's problem now.

not

Socks is/was the Clinton's cat.
or
The elder Mister Gibson thinks that it's still the Jew's fault.

[MurikanDemocrat]

17. No, I'm clear on plural possessives

I was thinking more along the line of Kerry's position on xxxx, Dean's position on xxxx, like that. Was that correct? I think so.

But every time someone complains about plurals being used incorrectly I get paranoid. :scared:

[eeyore]

19. Correct!

Sorry to make you feel

:scared:
:scared:
:scared:

[MurikanDemocrat]

22. LOL! It's a topic that comes up often

:)

It's been so many years since we learned these things that it is second nature to me. I just do it not knowing the rule behind it. Now when I see people complain about stupidity and grammar i second guess myself because I can't remember the rules!

[UnAmericanJoe]

18. People who think Low Carb Diets are the ONLY way to live

Is it just me or do these people piss you off?

They treat anyone who isn't on a low carb diet like they're impossibly ignorant...

"Oh how could you NOT be doing Atkins!?! It's the greatest thing ever! Is that bread you've got there? Get the hell away from me you Infidel!"

They all hang out in their "low carb cliques", feeling so superior.

Mark my words, it won't be long until they start rounding all the rest of us up into diet camps where they'll stuff those disgusting Subway wraps down our throats while they chant softly "Atkins...Atkins...Atkins..."

If these people spent half as much time exercising as they do proselytizing about their damn low carb "religion" maybe they could eat some carbs like the rest of us.

/rant off

[eeyore]

20. Also...

I get real upset when people seem to think that patchouli is a substitute for bathing. The unholy mix of patchouli and B.O. forms a wicked-bad funk!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

21. I'm with you...it's apostrophes

People use them like they're sprinkling croutons on a salad. I become most perturbed when I see apostrophes misused in journalism and advertising. When I see counter signs at stores with apostrophe errors I have been known to pull out a pen and correct them. I love being a cranky old lady.

The simple version of the rules:

Contractions get apostrophes (e.g., I'm, they're, you're, can't, won't) as do singular possessive nouns (man's, woman's, girl's, boy's, cat's, dog's). "I can't fill the dog's water dish now, I'm too busy complaining about grammar."

Singular nouns that end in "s" are made possesive with a regular apostrophe when the noun is one-syllable, or the pronunciation stress doesn't make it awkward to say. "The class's schedule was disrupted by the octopus's untimely escape."

Singular possessive nouns that end in "s" get what's called a bare apostrophe - an apostrophe after the final "s" of the word - if adding another "s" will make pronunciation awkward. This is also true for many classical names. "The thesis' main focus was on Jesus' early years."

Plural possessive nouns that end in "s" also get a bare apostrophe (girls', boys', dogs', cats'). "The girls' restroom was locked so the girls had to use the boys' room."

Plural possessive nouns that don't end in "s" get a regular apostrophe (men's, women's, people's). "He likes to wear women's clothing and call himself Mitzi when he chats online."

Simple, ain't it? :D

[eeyore]

23. Thank you for sharing my pain

Glad to hear I'm not the only psycho out there!

:crazy:

[rustydog]

24. Use the friggin' turn signals on your goddamn car!!!!!

it seems the higher the price tag, the less likely a turn signal willbe used. i believe these people purchased the faulty telepathic turn indicator for these cars. It is the only plausable answer, there people couldn't be that f***ing lazy could they?

[camero]

26. Arrogance from anyone

I simply detest the holier-than-thou attitude. :grr:

I try to go by the rule of abasing the exalted and exalting the abased.