A Partial List of Things That Annoy Me Out of All Proportiont to Their Importance

[sasha]

 
1. fumblefingers when I'm lacing my boots
2. getting that first kleenex out of a fresh box
3. when all the snow falls off the shovel before you can toss it
4. textng
5. when it's raining too hard for intermittent wipers, but not hard enough for continuous
6. return invoices that won't tear along the perf
7. breaking in a new barber
8. starting off with the wrong buttonhole when buttoning a shirt
9. accidentally setting my alarm for PM rather than AM (or vice-versa)
10. picking a hair off my tongue
11. not being able to shake it off because my fingers are wet
12. when every pen in the drawer has dried out
13. those little gnats that hover in front of your eyes, then dive-bomb into them
14. made-up words in the daily crossword
15. user-hostile software (lookin' at you, Microsoft Word)

Color me Curmudgeon...

[winddance]

the screwdriver conundrum, all phillips when you need a flat
people who have to pull out in front of you when you're going 50mph and there's noone behind you for miles
movie trailers that show the whole movie
the news

[sasha]

people who come to a full stop at a 4-way, then wait patiently for you to get there before pulling out in front of you

junk phone calls

deer flies (killed at least a dozen on my walk this morning, and still got bitten)

flossing (only time the string doesn't get stuck is when it won't fit )

the arms race between YouTube and AdBlock

[winddance]

the top shelf at the grocery store where they put all the things I need , but can't reach
people who take dogs that bark 24/7 to a campground

[sasha]

when the #2 car refuses to pass, so no one can

those little stickers grocers Superglue to fruit

the way you never seem to need hot water (or cold) twice in a row - always one, then the other

voicemenu Hell

CorporateSpeak

(when I was younger) anyone who microwaved fish in the break room
(when I was younger) anyone who called me "Big Guy"
(when I was younger) child-rearing advice from the childless

[sasha]

 
 
when a melody pops into your head, and you KNOW you know it - you can even hum the changes - but just can't place it

[mnaz]

Or, of course (and this one is not so subtle) ... the awful song that pops into my head, and I can't scrub it out for the longest time. (How did it get in there?)...

Good lists, btw. Really good.

[sasha]

Or, of course (and this one is not so subtle) ... the awful song that pops into my head, and I can't scrub it out for the longest time. (How did it get in there?)...

I have so been haunted by the Oscar Meyer song, and the theme from Captain Kangaroo (which I believe is a children's song from the 1940s UK called "Puffing Willie". You're welcome.)

[saw]

I most definitely can relate
and I thought I was the only one
hahahaha