Things That Annoy You

[eddie dean]

It probably happens over there and elsewhere when the sun shines for a few days. Usually teenage lads but sometimes old enough to know better decide as it's mid 70's-80 degrees F in the sun, so it must be like a hot bath in the 200 foot deep reservoir they dive into...Only they go into shock, and can't breath, and can't swim, and drown...Happens every year, and every year the morons ignore the signs around the vast body of deep still water that isn't going to get warm enough to enjoy it anytime soon.

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Az has a "Stupid Motorists" Law:

Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 28, Chapter 910 is the associated statute:
A driver of a vehicle who drives the vehicle on a public street or highway that is temporarily covered by a rise in water level, including groundwater or overflow of water, and that is barricaded because of flooding is liable for the expenses of any emergency response that is required to remove ... the driver or any passenger in the vehicle that becomes inoperable on the public street or highway or the vehicle ... or both.

Every year during the monsoon season people ignore barricades and signs and try to cross a flooded creek,road or stream. They get stuck and call for rescue. Az got this one right in making them pay for all expenses associated with the rescue and publically humiliating them on local TV stations.
complete idiots!

http://phoenix.about.com/od/car/qt/Stupid-Motorist-Law.htm

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[eddie dean]

I forgot this add this gem:
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[analog kid]

[UnscreenedCaller]

People were driving UNDER a dangling tree and OVER downed wires.  Even after township officials came out and put up "Road Closed" signs asswipes drove AROUND the signs, UNDER a dangling tree, and OVER downed wires.  I can't decide if it was plain stupidity or arrogance.  Some of one, a shit-load of the other....      Jerks.

Glad you're OK, TW.

You don't know how many times I've seen some a-hole go around railroad signs to cut across the road because they're too *busy* to wait for the train to pass. And sometimes one of these fools loses the lottery. The one I feel sorry for is the train driver who will agonize over not stopping in time for the rest of his life.

The southern part of LOng Island is built up on marshlands. A couple years ago, I was crossing a long road that crosses through a marsh when a trickle of water across the road suddenly became a stream and then a little river with a current. There were cars trapped in it. It happened so fast that I barely had time to make a U-turn and call 911, but if anyone was foolish enough to get out of his car, he would have been swept away. Knowing this area, someone drove through it and got swept off the road.

[Yorkshire pud]

I think the British Transport Police found this woman, and she was prosecuted..rightly so.

http://youtu.be/WZlKe9PIPEE

[b_dubb]

I think the British Transport Police found this woman, and she was prosecuted..rightly so.

http://youtu.be/WZlKe9PIPEE

Probably gave the conductor a heart attack. 

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

A couple years ago, I was crossing a long road that crosses through a marsh when a trickle of water across the road suddenly became a stream and then a little river with a current. There were cars trapped in it. It happened so fast that I barely had time to make a U-turn and call 911, but if anyone was foolish enough to get out of his car, he would have been swept away.

I found a security camera video online of that very incident:

[Mind Flayer Monk]

I found a security camera video online of that very incident:

Isn't that Japan? They are driving on the other side of the road.

[jazmunda]

Isn't that Japan? They are driving on the other side of the road.

Did the Japanese text not give it away?

That is the correct side of the road. Heathens drive on the wrong side of the road.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

Isn't that Japan? They are driving on the other side of the road.

Yes, that is footage of the tsunami in Japan.   When I read UC's post that footage came to mind, and I thought I would make a little joke.

[Eddie Coyle]

I found a security camera video online of that very incident:

    A ticket for an illegal turn, speeding and driving in the wrong lane being sent to the atoll where that driver washed up.

[Treading Water]

Hmmmm, another night without electricity.  Just when I had all my digital clocks reset, too!  Damnit.

Now I have a "ticking" clock to set a wake-up alarm.  Funny, I can sleep through Noory talking on the radio, TV playing all night, even music  on a loop.  But hearing a ticking clock keeps me AWAKE!!   And, yes, I moved it outside of the bedroom.  I can barely hear the alarm when it goes off, but I sure hear that "TICK" "TICK" "TICK" "TOCK"...

Well, I'm in a "delightful" mood this morning.   

Have a nice day, all....     

[Tarbaby]

Hey Dinovite.  How about toning down the descriptions of the poor non-Dinovite canines.  Do we really need to hear about "stinking dogs covered with oozing, yeast-filled sores and who knows what else" in order to push your crap? At least the lame Carnivora commercials aren't describing folks as looking worse than The Elephant Man.  Yet.

you didn't want to hear about it but you thought WE would? ;-)

[ItsOver]

 :

you didn't want to hear about it but you thought WE would? ;-)

Disgust enjoys company.  Witness the GNS thread.

[UnscreenedCaller]

I found a security camera video online of that very incident:

LOL. No houses floating by .... yet. But from time to time there are cars on the side of the road from where someone tried to go through the impromptu river and got washed off. I am in awe of that U-turn. Very nice form.

Hmmmm, another night without electricity.  Just when I had all my digital clocks reset, too!  Damnit.

I hope you get electricity back today, TW. We didn't have it for days after Sandy. After a while, playing pioneer wears thin.  :

My sister-in-law had one of those cat clocks with the moving eyes and loud ticking. I wanted to run it over after spending just one night there.

[Treading Water]

My sister-in-law had one of those cat clocks with the moving eyes and loud ticking. I wanted to run it over after spending just one night there.

Arrrrrgggggg, we had one of those when I was growing up.  From Hell it was I tell you!!  I finally figured out that I could jam that evil tail so it wouldn't move and NO MORE TICKING!!  That's right, I admit it.  I shoved something up the ass of that demon clock!!  My mother knew I did it, too.  She never said a word.  Just took the clock down.  I thought she threw it away....

While unpacking my stuff on my first day in a college dorm....GUESS WHAT!!!  Oh, yeah.  Wrapped up all nice and pretty, with a note that said, "In case you get homesick."  Love, Mom (She made the "o" a little heart.)

S'OK.  I got her back.  But that's another story.... :

[UnscreenedCaller]

Oh, TW, I laughed so hard at your story, I cried. Your mom sounds like my mom.

[Eddie Coyle]

     That a glorified board op, who is a 50 year old version of Stewart from "Beavis and Butthead", can become an "author" and anoint himself a spokesman for hard rock music.

      Yes, Eddie Trunk annoys me considerably.

[Camazotz Automat]

That's right, I admit it.  I shoved something up the ass of that demon clock!!  My mother knew I did it, too.  She never said a word.  Just took the clock down.  I thought she threw it away....

(laughing)

[WildCard]

S'OK.  I got her back.  But that's another story.... :

Oh do tell.

[BattyBrooke]

When I'm arguing with someone and winning and they walk away, get in their car, lock the door and roll up the window. Don't they know I'll just keep talking?

[Eddie Coyle]

     I look at a 30 pack of Mountain Dew and think "Yeah, that will last the week".

     I look at a 30 pack of any beer and think "I'll need three of these".

     If the beer cost what the Mountain Dew cost, I wouldn't be annoyed.

   

[zeebo]

The proper place for lettuce, tomato, onion on a burger, is above, not underneath the patty.  And you can't just say "Just turn it upside-down then", since hamburger buns have a top & bottom, and their proper orientation must be preserved.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

The proper place for lettuce, tomato, onion on a burger, is above, not underneath the patty.  And you can't just say "Just turn it upside-down then", since hamburger buns have a top & bottom, and their proper orientation must be preserved.

You just said a mouthful of truth!  The garnishes are also harder to control when they're on the bottom, so they tend to slip out of the bun every time you take a bite, which pretty much defeats the whole purpose of adding them to your burger.  I don't like it, it bugs me, and I wish there was some way to make it stop.

[zeebo]

You just said a mouthful of truth!  The garnishes are also harder to control when they're on the bottom, so they tend to slip out of the bun every time you take a bite, which pretty much defeats the whole purpose of adding them to your burger.  I don't like it, it bugs me, and I wish there was some way to make it stop.

Thanks RGG!  Good to know I'm not alone in my garnish-orientation grievences.  And btw it happens on sandwiches too!  Ever had a reuben with cheese on top of the pastrami (correct) and sauerkraut underneath (incorrect)?  We must all demand this nonsense ceases immediately. 

[paladin1991]

This garnish shit and misbuilt sandwich is due to the decline of pride in craftsmanship.  Nothing else.

[zeebo]

This garnish shit and misbuilt sandwich is due to the decline of pride in craftsmanship.  Nothing else.

Absolutely.  I mean it's an insult to the patron.  Might as well friggin smack my face with a red onion slice if they're gonna put it underneath my friggin burger. 

[Yorkshire pud]

Here's a revolutionary and quite radical idea..Ready?

Make your own sandwiches, and cook your own burgers, with a full compliment of your own condiments and garnishes, then it will be exactly how you want it to be be!!


How crazy is that?

[paladin1991]

Here's a revolutionary and quite radical idea..Ready?

Make your own sandwiches, and cook your own burgers, with a full compliment of your own condiments and garnishes, then it will be exactly how you want it to be be!!


How crazy is that?

That is Batshit Crazy!  This is America dammit!  We PAY ppl to do shit for us!  That's why you guyz lost the revolution.  Crazy Pommie.
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[onan]

Absolutely.  I mean it's an insult to the patron.  Might as well friggin smack my face with a red onion slice if they're gonna put it underneath my friggin burger.

What about all of us that put the onion on the top and the tomato and lettuce on the bottom and secure them with mustard on the bottom and catsup on the top?