Pet Peeves

[Quid est Veritas?]

Today my pet peeve is that practice known as oversinging. You know, where these pop singers take a beautiful, classic song and mangle it to death by adding all kinds of unnecessary runs and trills and slides and oooohs and aaaaahs. I compare it to having a beautiful silk ball gown. On its own, it's lovely and elegant. But no, that's not enough. These people have to add lace, ruffles, ribbons, bows, and sequins to every square inch of it. Because it's not about the dress. It's about showing off all of their fancy sewing skills.

I fully agree. I hate it when suddenly they start ululating and so. Off the top of my head, I have always connected the practice with Christina Aguilera, but it is quite common. Not just mangling other songs, it seldom adds anything at all to songs with it written in.

 

[*LILAC]

Telemarketers calling me way too early in the morning!

 

[mama2one]

people who complain cause we no longer have landline
yet they rarely ever called! maybe 1x or < 1x/yr, lol

 

[brinny]

ISP monopolization

 

[*LILAC]

Having to block your own telephone number because stupid telemarketers are messing around!

 

[Lord Give Me A Sign]

Cursing in front of kids

 

[sunshineforJesus]

plans getting ruined

 

[Lost4words]

I strongly object to the title of this thread!!!!

 

[brinny]

.....when the store has ONLY cans of "Fancy Feast" with GRAVY in it. My cat HATES it. ugh!!!!

 

[LovebirdsFlying]

Unorganized drawers, closets, etc., not because of what it "looks like" but because when I need to use something, I want to be able to go right to it and get it, without having to spend time rummaging for it.

But people just don't understand that. Here's how it goes:

1.) I work hard to organize the area, carefully sorting everything into categories so I'll know right where it is the next time I need it. Finally I've got it all set up. AAAA in one container. BBBB in the next. Followed by CCCC, then DDDD. You get the picture.
2.) The next time I go to get something I need, I find the containers all BDAC DABB CDCC DAAB again.
3.) Say anything at all, and I get, "Oh, what difference does it make what it looks like in there? Nobody but us ever sees it!"
4.) I explain again for the umpteenth time that the issue is not what it looks like, and I get... total lack of understanding.

 

[brinny]

telemarketer calls

 

[brinny]

not finding "Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners" DVD's ANYWHERE!! Ugh!

(i LOVE them).

 

[John Owen]

Prius in the left lane.

 

[brinny]

Prius in the left lane.

LOL! wut?

politicians

 

[mama2one]

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[John Owen]

LOL! wut?

politicians

There is a regular occurrence, Prius' that move to the left lane and set their cruise control to 54 mph and refuse to move out of that lane. I could scream.

 

[brinny]

There is a regular occurrence, Prius' that move to the left lane and set their cruise control to 54 mph and refuse to move out of that lane. I could scream.

LOL!

Some commercials. (have you seen the RUKUS commercial yet?

 

[mama2one]

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[John Owen]

LOL!

Some commercials. (have you seen the RUKUS commercial yet?

No, I don't watch a lot of tv.

 

[*LILAC]

People who fill my answering machine with a bunch of nothing.