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MACHINEGUN'S PET PEEVES CONTEST!
Time for a little MGT fun. We can be a world of whiners out there can’t we? So let’s whine a little and get it out of our systems. I’ll start it off. You readers can send in as many as five of your top pet peeves. Better jump on this because a lot of the most obvious will be named early on. The winner will be judged on originality. Judging ends on May 25, 2009 at 7pm.
We'll post the good ones as they come in.
The winner will receive a signed set of my Vic Firth drum sticks , a signed set of my drum gloves, and a t-shirt of the MC5 from my own personal collection. So have at it. I am really curious to see what’s buggin’ you all out there in this world. REALLY GREAT PRIZES!
Here are my top peeves for today:
1. Over used sayings like "Like" "know what I'm sayin" "You go girl"
2. People driving while talking on the cell phone.
3. People who write checks in express lanes
4. People who tailgate while driving
5. People who do not listen, but interrupt the conversation all the time.
6. Greedy, corrupt politicians on the take
7. Illiterate idiots who think they know everything
8. Drunks spitting in my face repeating themselves ad nauseam
Remember: Originality and humor count for a lots of points.
25 comments:
I don't know if these are really pet peeves but anyway these three ones are really annoying :
Dentists who always say that it won't hurt and always finish by butchering your mouth.
Hairdressers..you always wait more than what they told you...to NEVER have the haircut you asked for.
An empty glass when I'm still thirsty.
Razorback from Chatterbox forum
When I'm having a coversation with someone, & I'm in the middle of telling a story and some rude idiot comes walking up and starts a conversation with the person I'm talking to...as if I'm not even there!
People who don't vote and complain about the results.
Tables at restuarants that are next to or in the direct line of view of the restrooms. I don't want to look at and think about people going to the bathroom while I eat.
People who spit on the sidewalk as they walk by when you eat at an outdoor restaurant.
Free offer that always have a catch.
People that realize that a lane of traffic is backed up so they go into the next lane over because it is moving quicker and they go up to the front and expect someone to just let them back over in that lane.
People who read the newspaper while they drive.
When the dentist talks to you with your mouth numb and full of metal instruments.
Making me talk to your boyfriend/girlfriend who i have never actually met when i call you on the phone, saying something like, "oh here - talk to [---]".
Air Guitar. Don't do it. You look like a dork.
Submitted by Rode Hard
Easy Action taking so long to release the 1971 Stooges boxset
"A True Testamonial" not getting a proper DVD release
The lead guitarist of my band not writting any riffs, I'm doing it all (I can't play an actual chord
)
Exams - schools want to judge a years work on one memory test
The swine flu paranoia
ALL politicians
Toast sweat - seriously, it's awful
People who type "lol" at the end of every sentence or people who say it out loud are even worse
Bland, formulaic music like My Chemical Romance, Blink 182 etc
When people spread butter on their toast then wipe their knife in the butter tub so you get toast crumbs in the butter...you know what I mean
Being looked down on by people
Any music critic that claims a band or their music is "dumb"
People who claim to be individuals yet conform to a stereotype
The phrase "oi oi oi" or "up da punx"
War
Boasty, arrogant people - most of them have no reason to be
When I get detention for doodling in art
1. Overrated bands that were really not that good live(Led Zeppelin)
2. Rude People in NYC and everywhere
3. Drivers Who Do Not Use The Turn Signal
4. Posers & Name Droppers
5. Rednecks & Republicans
Heres mine
1. People who shake their head no while saying "yes"
2. People who manipulate a situation
while claiming it was meant to be
3. People who hire you to do a job but
they know everything
4. Girls who whine when they should be bitching
5. Men who whine PERIOD!
Southeast Media Svcs
Robin G.
FT Lauderdale, FL. 33309
1 - Being stuck in a queue behind someone who can't use an automated teller or ticket machine.
2 - Incompetent, inattentive drivers. I'm a motorcyclist, that's my life you're messing with!
3 - Whining, complaining. If you got a problem, do something about it, don't bore anyone else with your dreary travails (unless you're posting pet peeves comments on MGT's blog).
4 - Not being 24 anymore.
5 - Bad weather ruining my plans to go bicycling or swimming.
6 - Going out, meeting a cute girl, talking away and then she casually mentions her boyfriend. Grr, that is frustrating!
7 - No longer having a sense of smell. Whenever I'm frying mushrooms and garlic in better, I still automatically take a deep whiff... Then mutter "shit, that's right, I can't smell!"
8 - Crap guitar leads that start crackling and buzzing after two hours' use. My 1974 Marshall loves amplifying those noises!
9 - Nowhere near as many native birds around here (Sydney) as there used to be. Tho, looking out the window as I write this, I can see two rainbow lorikeets feeding in the tree across the road.
Only five? OK, I'll keep it to that.
5. People who use words they don't actually understand in an attempt to sound smarter than they are.
4. Cars that tailgate motorcycles.
3. Folks with a sense of entitlement, those who feel the world "owes" them something (rather than those who put in the work to get what they deserve).
2. The current state of pop music.
1. Kids today are so fat, aren't they? Parents that don't actually parent rankle the hell out of me.
Thanks for the chance to vent, sir!
I'm a pretty mellow person, but there are a few things that grate on my last nerve.
1. People who are overly coy, dropping hints in an effort to get you to ask what's wrong. The more you do that, the less likely I am to ask what's wrong. What's the matter with saying, "Something is really bothering me. Can I talk to you about it?"
2. Anonymous trolls who leave hateful, nonproductive comments on my blog. If you've got something to say, have the balls to tell who you are and stand up for what you want to say. Anonymous commenters will be ridiculed or ignored as necessary.
3. People who invade my personal space, at least when I don't want them to. Step too close, and I will take a step back. I'd back all the way around a room to keep an unwanted person out of my personal space.
Beth
Great peeves folks! Keep them coming! This is fun,
MGT
People who say bay watch is way better than Beverly Hills 90210. Luke Perry rules you dicks! Or maybe not.
The plastic shark from jaws. Leave the good people at Amity Island alone! They've had enough and tourist season is starting up, shuffle over to California and wrap your lips around some poor surfer's asshole like all other sharks! JESUS CHRIST!
1)Women
2)Women drivers
3)Women Drivers on Cell phones
4)"I DO"
5)"I'm pregnant"
Golf (people who play it and, even more, ENJOY playing it are totally incomprehensible beings to me)
People who start up their lanwmowers the second the sun comes out
People who eat apples (or anything else) noisily on trains (or anywhere else)
Shit music (i.e. any music I don't like but still get to hear)
Overused phrases especially in the sporting world, 'At the end of the day', 'I'm gutted'
Dammit! Now you got me stoked....
1, Old ladies in the supermarkets who don't have the frikkin' decency to thank you for pullin' your trolley over!
2, Simon Buckin' Cowell!!!
3, Goddam stoopid nationwide "talent" TV contests...Dammit!
4, Frickin foreign exam students who aint got a clue how to queue!
5, No Ketchup in the McD's pumps and so y'have to go back and queue...dammit!More students!!!Dammit!
6, The tall hat wearin' dude who just happens to sit straight in front of ya at the movies when there aint no-one else in the place!!!!Frickin' wha?!?" Also applies to old women with big hair! (see 1)!
7, 1 goddam piece of ringpiece paper in the public toilet!!!
8, Big Muthafrickin' dogs that sniff yer nuts as you try to tell the old lady with the trolley which aisle to get the frickin eggs on!!!! Down frickin dammit!!!!!
Si Tourle - Turlyboy on Twitter!
This is a good 'un, Dennis!
My top 5 peeves, in no particular order:
1)People yapping on cell phones while driving. I've come mighty close to being creamed by those people.
2)People that can't spell out words in an email, using text abbreviations instead. OMG, WTF? If you can't spell it, don't say it, dammit!
3)Politicians. I don't care what party you subscribe to, they're ALL scum.
4)That damn "Octomom"!!!! If I have to explain...
5)People who keep calling the Stooges a "punk band". No they're NOT. Just good loud rock& roll, baby!
Steve (aka "Loose1969"
Hey all you anonymous peeves posters! Leave a fake name and email (which is not public info) in case your peeves win!
We are going to give out prizes for various categories to be determined at a later date. We are really having fun with this so keep em coming!
MGT
People who get totally smashed and then tell me what they think I should do with my life.
People who don’t have any kids but somehow know how you should raise yours.
People who ride on the coattails of others achievements.
People who lie and bullshit about all the things they never really did.
People who think we never really landed on the moon.
People who don’t know anything about Detroit’s rock scene in the 60s and 70s.
NOSE PICKERS
People who assume I'm gay
People who don't assume I am gay
Gloria Estefan's hair
5. Fox News
1. Coworkers who hate their job (while I love it)
2. Idiots
3. People who use their cellphones in restaurants
4. Wives who expect you to do chores after a long day at work
5. Shits that take more than 3 wipes!
One is businesses spelling words wrong on pirpose on their signs (sinz). People who pick their noses while their driving, dig. Farters who indulge where and when ever they want. Talking on out LOUD on phones in public...we don't give a shit about your stuff , guy!!
Good day Dennis.....esther
PEACE
1. The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. who in the fuck is running that operation? They wouldnt know Rock if it hit em upside side the head with a Roll.
2. People that think the internet is a real place.
3. People that talk shit on the internet, where im from if you said half the shit to folks to there face as you do on the internet, you would get smaked a few times over again.
4. People that correct my spelling when they clearly get the point of what im saying in a an email. Im a Drummer, I count, in time, better than most.
5. people that get me off the point of what im trying to say by forming a differnt opion than me just for the sake of arguing because THEY are bored.
AL KING
Posted this in the wrong place, didn't I? That should be a peeve in itself...
1. Coffee shops that never fill your cup all the way up, no matter what size you order. Nearly came to blows with a precious barista last week over this. If I wanted a half cup I would have ordered one, dickhead.
2. The redundant phrase "at this time". Of course it's "at this time" you dolt! Were you speaking in the past tense? Are you a futurist? If you have to qualify every friggin' statement you make why not try the concise and novel word "now"?
3. Any vacuous, bland and annoying TV program with its geographical locator in its title followed by the word "Idol". It's a creeping international franchise that's a threat to Real Rock and Roll, motherfuckers.
4. Robot Music. Being soul-less, gutless music that's devoid of humanity and overly reliant on drum machines or sequencers. A little electronic assistance is fine but 120 beats to the minute and pitch correction sucks the big one. (Thanks to Mark Sisto for the phrase, by the way).
5. Drivers in minor motor vehicle accidents who completely disregard peak hour flow and stop dead at the point of impact. They stand around to exchange details and are totally clueless about the Law of Physics that meant a collision occurred because one object was moving and another (containing a knucklehead) had come to rest. Take it around the corner and don't screw up my day. If I'm on the way to work it's shitty enough.
Desk Jockeys doin' a weekend spandex-clad Tour de France immitation on the Oregon Highways.
I dont want an eyeful of ass!Riding bicycles 4 abreast on a busy 2 lane highway is dangerous, especially while striking goofy poses.Can they ride (and look stupid) on the FARTHEST RIGHT side of the road? If an oncoming log truck starts to veer across the centerline I'm aimin' straight for those m***f**k*ers !
Oh yeah..a couple more besides my contempt for bike shorts dudes..
1) My girlfriend's curling iron!
Nothing that dangerous should be plugged in, used, and possibly left on at 5am in the morning before work. I keep expecting to come home to a pile of ashes and rubble that used to be our happy home.
2) The neo-hippy apology..
" I'm sorry that YOU are angry."
Ugh! That ticks me off. You stick me with a pile of loose-ends that could have been easily knocked off the list had you not been drinking unripe overpriced micro-piss all day..then apologize for how I feel !..
Thanks Machinegun ! I feel a little calmer.
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