BringBackFergy Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 I had a “Pet Peeves” thread about 6 years ago, then JR in Pittsburgh had one a few years ago, but we need another (mostly because of @ExiledInIllinois) **** Ok, these Sanitary Pads in the bottom of my grocery store steak packages piss me off. I want the damn blood in there. That’s flavor. So I unpackage the steak from the styrofoam pack and there’s a pad on the bottom drenched in blood. My appetite...gone. NOTE: Here comes Exiled talking about boaters, tie off lines and migratory birds who leave dung on his heated tower roof. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 My pet peeve is - pet peeve threads. Every three years these threads show up at my front door like an unwelcome in-law. Then they disappear before making any positive contribution. And when you try to track them down - like I did a month ago using search when I had an awesome pet peeve that I have since forgotten - they're nowhere to be found. My other pet peeves are the search function on this site and my failing memory. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said: My pet peeve is - pet peeve threads. Every three years these threads show up at my front door like an unwelcome in-law. Then they disappear before making any positive contribution. And when you try to track them down - like I did a month ago using search when I had an awesome pet peeve that I have since forgotten - they're nowhere to be found. My other pet peeves are the search function on this site and my failing memory. Another Pet Peeve: Toppers. “Oh, you think that’s bad, let me tell you about ......”. WTF? Let me have my time in the spotlight. Damn you Toppers!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said: Another Pet Peeve: Toppers. “Oh, you think that’s bad, let me tell you about ......”. WTF? Let me have my time in the spotlight. Damn you Toppers!!! I can't top that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 32 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said: I can't top that. You just did. Damn you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Craft beer snobs. They are worse than wine snobs. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Craft beer snobs. They are worse than wine snobs. With you on that. Love IPA’s but tough to judge one from another. First thing I look at is ABV...after that (or two) they all taste the same. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 4 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: I had a “Pet Peeves” thread about 6 years ago, then JR in Pittsburgh had one a few years ago, but we need another (mostly because of @ExiledInIllinois) **** Ok, these Sanitary Pads in the bottom of my grocery store steak packages piss me off. I want the damn blood in there. That’s flavor. So I unpackage the steak from the styrofoam pack and there’s a pad on the bottom drenched in blood. My appetite...gone. NOTE: Here comes Exiled talking about boaters, tie off lines and migratory birds who leave dung on his heated tower roof. OK, your sanitary pads comment made me cross a line which I just deleted. (But I do have a puppy in heat and diapers, ‘nuff said.) As for my pet peeves, I don’t know where to start. I’m glad I have one place to drop them now, because whining can be cathartic at times. I’d have to start with people who start potential trade threads. How many of those are realistic? How many actually HAPPEN? It’s usually some “Big Name” player, an older guy with a big contract. They are random thoughts that turn into silly threads on some whim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Augie said: OK, your sanitary pads comment made me cross a line which I just deleted. (But I do have a puppy in heat and diapers, ‘nuff said.) As for my pet peeves, I don’t know where to start. I’m glad I have one place to drop them now, because whining can be cathartic at times. I’d have to start with people who start potential trade threads. How many of those are realistic? How many actually HAPPEN? It’s usually some “Big Name” player, an older guy with a big contract. They are random thoughts that turn into silly threads on some whim. Pet peeve: thread posts that open with not wanting to cross a line (I'm intrigued) and close with an innocuous pet peeve (I'm non-plussed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said: Pet peeve: thread posts that open with not wanting to cross a line (I'm intrigued) and close with an innocuous pet peeve (I'm non-plussed) Maybe I should have just deleted the whole thing, but I kept going. I haven’t dealt with the horrors of a dog in heat in decades, and my post disgusted even myself in that context. That, and the recent should we trade for the best and most expensive old guys made me feel like I had to stick to it on pet peeves. That drives me crazy, and I’m sticking to it! You can be as “plussed or non-plussed” as you like. I felt it was for the greater good, and I got it off my chest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Augie said: Maybe I should have just deleted the whole thing, but I kept going. I haven’t dealt with the horrors of a dog in heat in decades, and my post disgusted even myself in that context. That, and the recent should we trade for the best and most expensive old guys made me feel like I had to stick to it on pet peeves. That drives me crazy, and I’m sticking to it! You can be as “plussed or non-plussed” as you like. I felt it was for the greater good, and I got it off my chest. Please don't take me too seriously - I'm just bored on a Friday night looking for a cheap laugh. Love your posts, love your attitude, keep doing you! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Jerk Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) When people pronounce Mario as "Mary-O" Edited June 5, 2021 by The Jerk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 It isn't "blood." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 51 minutes ago, sherpa said: It isn't "blood." I was just about to say my pet peeve is people calling a steak "bloody". Blood clots and turns almost black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) As Ferguson so eloquently stated in the OP... This is what peeves me... Fishermen, the bain of Lock Operators everywhere. Please people, if you're ever in a lock, please don't dog that line off! It makes for a bad Friday afternoon. The ever pursuit of fish and all things lurking below and/or swimming isn't rocket surgery. Don't make it anymore complicated that you have to or you'll be the one swimming. Thanx, this has been a PSA from your "TBD Safety Office." Edited June 5, 2021 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 This pumps my Plimsoll line: #WhatPumpsYourPlimsoll Oh... Nice use of the PFD too! /smdh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 People that paste a million “13.2” half-marathon stickers on their car. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: People that paste a million “13.2” half-marathon stickers on their car. The "0.0" IMO are far superior people! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 2 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: The "0.0" IMO are far superior people! haha— I actually have one of those! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 15 hours ago, SinceThe70s said: My pet peeve is - pet peeve threads. Every three years these threads show up at my front door like an unwelcome in-law. Then they disappear before making any positive contribution. And when you try to track them down - like I did a month ago using search when I had an awesome pet peeve that I have since forgotten - they're nowhere to be found. My other pet peeves are the search function on this site and my failing memory. Unlike the prodigal in-laws, they don't ask for money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 15 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Craft beer snobs. They are worse than wine snobs. @Gugny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 18 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: I had a “Pet Peeves” thread about 6 years ago, then JR in Pittsburgh had one a few years ago, but we need another (mostly because of @ExiledInIllinois) **** Ok, these Sanitary Pads in the bottom of my grocery store steak packages piss me off. I want the damn blood in there. That’s flavor. So I unpackage the steak from the styrofoam pack and there’s a pad on the bottom drenched in blood. My appetite...gone. NOTE: Here comes Exiled talking about boaters, tie off lines and migratory birds who leave dung on his heated tower roof. Do what I do. Squeeze out the pad into a shot glass. Add a bit of salt and fresh ground black pepper and voila! Dead cow shooters!! ❤️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Whenever I swallow something that goes down the wrong way! It's like the next 10 minutes are spent coughing and trying to catch my breathe 😁 Our elected government officials from both parties who care more about pandering/recognition/looking good than actually giving a damn about helping disenfranchised people and listening to different points of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 OK I've got one: BIRDS! All of you Damned Birds Get the ***** Off of My Lawn! The last two years these damned little brown birds are decimating my sugar snap and snow pea plants. Those Miniaturized Velociraptors never did before, so it's either a learned behavior one of them taught her kids or maybe the overgrown shrub in the corner of our yard is providing superior bird habitat. Or maybe our dog is no longer putting the "fear of Dog" into those plant-munching avian rapscallions (hold that thought). My friend's husband is an ornithologist and keeps telling me "it's probably not the birds, it's probably bugs and the birds are just eating the bugs" which I now class right up there with "pull my finger". We noticed that where I'd tied sun shade for my lettuce plants, the peas along the shade section that was low enough to prevent perching managed to grow like a foot overnight. When I moved it, they got slaughtered. So I bought a mess of bird netting on Amazon and put up an impromtu Bird Netting Row House. Now I have healthy 4 ft tall pea plants loaded with blossoms and am getting a handful or two of peas, though I won't get much of a crop given it's June in St Louis already. QED Mr Ornithologist: the bird netting isn't keeping out the insects, so it's gotta be the birds. Being baulked of their illicit Sativum snacks, what did those Feathered Freeloaders do? Were they satisfied with the Dispenser of Sunflower Seeds aka Bird Feeder and the mosaic Bird Bath placed in our side yard and kept full and clean for their refreshment? NOOOOOO! They've started munching the tips and devouring the leaves of my pole beans, which they've never done before. The pole beans this year are trellised on a cattle panel bent into an arch, so apparently the birds can more easily "perch and destroy" the tender green tips. So, I equip myself with a chunk of netting and sally out to cover the top of the trellis and down to the part where most of the bean tips are currently staged, so at least they can't sit there and sabotage. I'm occupied tying the netting down when I spy our canine companion out of the corner of my eye. Is she coming to comfort me in my hour of gardening grief? To persuade me to play by depositing a slimy and disgusting Firehose toy on my tootsies? NO! What is she doing? She's biting the Bean plants she can reach at the corner of the bed! Pulling off the leaves and eating them! BAD DOG! NO! BAD! GET OUT OF HERE! The final betrayal: Man's Best Friend is For the Birds. OK that's my peeve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 14 minutes ago, Another Fan said: Whenever I swallow something that goes down the wrong way! It's like the next 10 minutes are spent coughing and trying to catch my breathe 😁 Our elected government officials from both parties who care more about pandering/recognition/looking good than actually giving a damn about helping disenfranchised people and listening to different points of view. "Chew your food, you're an animal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: "Chew your food, you're an animal." I hate it when posters respond with movie clips thinking they're funny 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) 'Toons In the "grand scheme of things" the pleasure craft that peeve me the most: #1: Sailboats... What is it with their personality? Always the victim, bicycles on water. They can't stay put, motor in circles and feign they can't control the damn thing. #2: 'Toons, pontoon boats... What's up with these. Like a floating Honda Fit with a big deck for the masses. They're just funny looking. #3: Bassboats, no common sense. Finding fish at all cost and getting in the way is their sole purpose in life. Like taking a car and parking it in the middle of I-94 during rush hour "because that's where the fish are!" SEE: #1, Sailboats without fishing rods. 8 minutes ago, Another Fan said: I hate it when posters respond with movie clips thinking they're funny 😉 Good 👉 point! Edited June 5, 2021 by ExiledInIllinois 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 52 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: OK I've got one: BIRDS! All of you Damned Birds Get the ***** Off of My Lawn! The last two years these damned little brown birds are decimating my sugar snap and snow pea plants. Those Miniaturized Velociraptors never did before, so it's either a learned behavior one of them taught her kids or maybe the overgrown shrub in the corner of our yard is providing superior bird habitat. Or maybe our dog is no longer putting the "fear of Dog" into those plant-munching avian rapscallions (hold that thought). My friend's husband is an ornithologist and keeps telling me "it's probably not the birds, it's probably bugs and the birds are just eating the bugs" which I now class right up there with "pull my finger". We noticed that where I'd tied sun shade for my lettuce plants, the peas along the shade section that was low enough to prevent perching managed to grow like a foot overnight. When I moved it, they got slaughtered. So I bought a mess of bird netting on Amazon and put up an impromtu Bird Netting Row House. Now I have healthy 4 ft tall pea plants loaded with blossoms and am getting a handful or two of peas, though I won't get much of a crop given it's June in St Louis already. QED Mr Ornithologist: the bird netting isn't keeping out the insects, so it's gotta be the birds. Being baulked of their illicit Sativum snacks, what did those Feathered Freeloaders do? Were they satisfied with the Dispenser of Sunflower Seeds aka Bird Feeder and the mosaic Bird Bath placed in our side yard and kept full and clean for their refreshment? NOOOOOO! They've started munching the tips and devouring the leaves of my pole beans, which they've never done before. The pole beans this year are trellised on a cattle panel bent into an arch, so apparently the birds can more easily "perch and destroy" the tender green tips. So, I equip myself with a chunk of netting and sally out to cover the top of the trellis and down to the part where most of the bean tips are currently staged, so at least they can't sit there and sabotage. I'm occupied tying the netting down when I spy our canine companion out of the corner of my eye. Is she coming to comfort me in my hour of gardening grief? To persuade me to play by depositing a slimy and disgusting Firehose toy on my tootsies? NO! What is she doing? She's biting the Bean plants she can reach at the corner of the bed! Pulling off the leaves and eating them! BAD DOG! NO! BAD! GET OUT OF HERE! The final betrayal: Man's Best Friend is For the Birds. OK that's my peeve. Put down some grub killer in the yard, that will get rid of the birds (one way or the other) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Vinyl bird netting is incredibly cheap. I have over a quarter mile of it in my vineyard. You can protect those peas and beans for less than $20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Pet Peeve: I go to the beverage store, buy a 12 pack of IPA or some other beer and never check the packaging. I pay for it, get home and there’s only 11 in the pack! Pisses me off. Happens frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I just thought of a great pet peeve that seems to be a millennial parenting thing. I get called by my first name by little kids all the time. The parent says, “can you ask Mr. Pat” where the bathroom is? Drives me nuts. Show some respect. When I was a kid, you called grown ups by their last names. I still call my childhood friends parents’ by their last names, and order my kids to do the same. don’t call me “Mr. Pat.” It’s Mr. Morita to you, sonny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaz Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 These ***** ing commercials they're playing during Jack's Memorial Tournament. The first one on every break is a Nationwide ad with snapping fingers. It's worse than fingernails on a chalkboard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 19 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: I just thought of a great pet peeve that seems to be a millennial parenting thing. I get called by my first name by little kids all the time. The parent says, “can you ask Mr. Pat” where the bathroom is? Drives me nuts. Show some respect. When I was a kid, you called grown ups by their last names. I still call my childhood friends parents’ by their last names, and order my kids to do the same. don’t call me “Mr. Pat.” It’s Mr. Morita to you, sonny. I don't know. That kinda started in the 1970s with Gen Xers, their parents. I give the Millennials a pass here. But, yeah... It's creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 10 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: As Ferguson so eloquently stated in the OP... This is what peeves me... Fishermen, the bain of Lock Operators everywhere. Please people, if you're ever in a lock, please don't dog that line off! It makes for a bad Friday afternoon. The ever pursuit of fish and all things lurking below and/or swimming isn't rocket surgery. Don't make it anymore complicated that you have to or you'll be the one swimming. Thanx, this has been a PSA from your "TBD Safety Office." THIS was inevitable, I suppose. . 4 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: OK I've got one: BIRDS! All of you Damned Birds Get the ***** Off of My Lawn! The last two years these damned little brown birds are decimating my sugar snap and snow pea plants. Those Miniaturized Velociraptors never did before, so it's either a learned behavior one of them taught her kids or maybe the overgrown shrub in the corner of our yard is providing superior bird habitat. Or maybe our dog is no longer putting the "fear of Dog" into those plant-munching avian rapscallions (hold that thought). My friend's husband is an ornithologist and keeps telling me "it's probably not the birds, it's probably bugs and the birds are just eating the bugs" which I now class right up there with "pull my finger". We noticed that where I'd tied sun shade for my lettuce plants, the peas along the shade section that was low enough to prevent perching managed to grow like a foot overnight. When I moved it, they got slaughtered. So I bought a mess of bird netting on Amazon and put up an impromtu Bird Netting Row House. Now I have healthy 4 ft tall pea plants loaded with blossoms and am getting a handful or two of peas, though I won't get much of a crop given it's June in St Louis already. QED Mr Ornithologist: the bird netting isn't keeping out the insects, so it's gotta be the birds. Being baulked of their illicit Sativum snacks, what did those Feathered Freeloaders do? Were they satisfied with the Dispenser of Sunflower Seeds aka Bird Feeder and the mosaic Bird Bath placed in our side yard and kept full and clean for their refreshment? NOOOOOO! They've started munching the tips and devouring the leaves of my pole beans, which they've never done before. The pole beans this year are trellised on a cattle panel bent into an arch, so apparently the birds can more easily "perch and destroy" the tender green tips. So, I equip myself with a chunk of netting and sally out to cover the top of the trellis and down to the part where most of the bean tips are currently staged, so at least they can't sit there and sabotage. I'm occupied tying the netting down when I spy our canine companion out of the corner of my eye. Is she coming to comfort me in my hour of gardening grief? To persuade me to play by depositing a slimy and disgusting Firehose toy on my tootsies? NO! What is she doing? She's biting the Bean plants she can reach at the corner of the bed! Pulling off the leaves and eating them! BAD DOG! NO! BAD! GET OUT OF HERE! The final betrayal: Man's Best Friend is For the Birds. OK that's my peeve. I bet you feel MUCH better after getting THIS off your chest! Our puppy eats my flowers. New sod next week, I’ll try planting again. 1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said: Pet Peeve: I go to the beverage store, buy a 12 pack of IPA or some other beer and never check the packaging. I pay for it, get home and there’s only 11 in the pack! Pisses me off. Happens frequently. Sometimes I get thirsty when I shop. Sorry, but thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, Augie said: THIS was inevitable, I suppose. It's why Fergy made this thread. Let's just say he had "inside information!" 😉😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 When a positive Covid test costs me $1.6 MILLION and change going into Sunday red hot at a PGA tournament. Oh, how I HATE IT when that happens! 😡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 23 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: Another Pet Peeve: Toppers. “Oh, you think that’s bad, let me tell you about ......”. WTF? Let me have my time in the spotlight. Damn you Toppers!!! Those people are the absolute worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 30 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: 😄 @ExiledInIllinois You and a lot of people! 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 12 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: You and a lot of people! 😏 I got hacked! I put @ExiledInIllinois is only person that doesn't bother me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, Augie said: Maybe I should have just deleted the whole thing, but I kept going. I haven’t dealt with the horrors of a dog in heat in decades, and my post disgusted even myself in that context. That, and the recent should we trade for the best and most expensive old guys made me feel like I had to stick to it on pet peeves. That drives me crazy, and I’m sticking to it! You can be as “plussed or non-plussed” as you like. I felt it was for the greater good, and I got it off my chest. WTF with all the friggin math around here? Can't we have one thread for the common man without algebra ferchrissakes? 16 hours ago, The Jerk said: When people pronounce Mario as "Mary-O" Now you ***** did it! Expecially always pisses me off., expecially when it's some sonofabitch talking head. There's no ***** X in the word. Edited June 6, 2021 by Beerball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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