Adras Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 What are some of the little things in life that bug you or just creep you out? I know that I kind of freak out whenever I'm sitting on the john and I remember that sometimes Black Widow spiders hide under toliet seats. Bleck.Another is when you go out to eat or you're eating in a cafe or something and you reach down to scratch your leg and when you bring your arm up, there is a nice big smear of someone's possibly half-digested ketchup thats been fermenting slowly uder the table (yes, I know ketchup doesnt actually ferment). Or someone's gum.. Thats even worse. So tell us, what bugs you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveme4whoiam Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 The ketchup down the leg thing certainly - i work for (oh the shame of it) McDonalds, and this regularly happens. What really worries me is (sorry to bring a heavy note into this) the slide into ignorance that society is taking. I won't go into it, but i really despair when i think of what sort of world i will be bringing up my own children in. Another thing that really annoys me is the human imagination. Last night i thought i saw a mouse-like creature, possibly a mouse, sitting on my bedroom floor. I threw my mobile at it (which broke, by the way), and upon turning the light on i saw i had horribly killed a bundle of socks :embarassed: :tongue2: ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesemonger Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 My darn CD's. Anyone will tell you I ain't the most organized person in the world, and those darn CDs take to getting lost, scratched, dirty, or broken. Why can't they just sit where they are supposed to? I have to sit at my computer for 1-2 hours trying to figure out how to install some cd that I have already installed, but then screwed itself up. Of course, I may have helped a little, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveme4whoiam Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Tell me about it - somehow, whilst staying in its case, my Tribunal CD was used as a coffee coaster and is now completely dead - and i recently had to reformat so i don't have Trib any more. The same goes for Medieval - Total War, although this isn't as much of an issue now ive got Rome. I think its one of those Laws of the Universe (similar to the 1 Odd Sock Theorum, or the Butter-Side Down Principal, or indeed the obsequious Murphy's Law) that means that however tidily your CDs are placed, or however well you tie back the cables in and behind your PC, they will always be a mess the next time you look at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramul Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 People who think cats are stupid. If a species has succeeded in bending humanity to its will, it is not 'stupid'. Capricious, hyperactive, destructive, and occasionally ditzy, yes, but not 'stupid. Political correctness. No more needed on that one... Seller of Curdled Milk, if you install a humongous magnet in your room, your CDs will slow down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Another thing that really annoys me is the human imagination. Last night i thought i saw a mouse-like creature, possibly a mouse, sitting on my bedroom floor. I threw my mobile at it (which broke, by the way), and upon turning the light on i saw i had horribly killed a bundle of socks :embarassed: :tongue2: ...<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have you thought of buying a pair of specs, or giving up booze, or perhaps socks? You're a tad young to be bringing up children. The world might be very different when that happens. As for what bugs me most (hmm is there enough space to write them down?) I'll give you two. Those people who state their opinions as facts. People who tell me that there are such things as 'rights'! And for non-human bugbears, the fact that no matter how carefully you plan, when you need change for a machine (bus tickets, parking meter, phone etc.) you never have the right coins in your pocket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabbemaster Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Ok, this is my opinion: The fact is, that Bugs are ugly! And it's my right to say so! :tongue2: :wink2: *Runs away and hides somwhere* :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveme4whoiam Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 You're a tad young to be bringing up children. The world might be very different when that happens. With any luck :undecided: . The not-having-correct change thing is another one of those all-pervading Laws of Nature which really govern our lives, unlike those common, irrelevant theories like gravity or the theory of relativity, which can all be placed under the title of Murphy's Law, crudely known as Sod's Law. This is what annoys me. And yes, I too think most bugs look ugly, but with a sort of dangerous look about them as well, as if all they were ever meant to do was get in your shoe and fatally poison you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThetaOrionis01 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 The mysterious law governing bus timetables is one that has annoyed me on many occasions. The First Bus Uncertainty Principle states that the time-space continuum occupied by their vehicles contains singularities which mean that the bus can never be at the bus stop at the time given in the timetable. By using an adapted Schroedinger wave equation it should be mathematically possible to show the complex function of bus departures from any given stop. Certain points on this graph deserve special mention: - if you arrive at the bus stop 5 minutes before the scheduled departure time, the bus will have been 7 minutes early, and you just see in disappear in the distance - if you arrive 10 minutes early to account for these irregularities the bus will be 20 minutes late - if you have an urgent appointment, and arrive at the bus stop 10 minutes early to make absolutely sure you get there in time the bus will break down at the next stop down the road - if you arrive at the bus stop exactly at the time mentioned in the timetable, the bus will have been early, and you may just see it disappear in the distance - special rules govern the times of the last bus at night - double all waiting times when it rains And another thing which bugs me.... automated telephone options systems. I could rant for hours about them.... which is approximately the time it takes to get through to my ISP's technical support. Don't tell me anyone can refrain from ordering chainsaws online after the 325th repeat of the 'Blue Danube'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramul Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 C'mon, Theta! Auto-support systems aren't that bad. What REALLY is annoying is automated sales/polling calls. One time, I got a call asking who I'd vote for in 2004, (press 1 for Kerry, 3 for Bush). Naturally, I pressed 2, and it thought I'd selected Kerry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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