What expressions (or words) drive you nuts?? - Part 2

victor THAT was a painful night - leave billy buck alone though - johnny Mac should have had dave stapleton on there - should have won game 7 too - went to every home playoff game that year.

added to list "met's win!"

Dave i thought you were older and would have remembered the others?

Here is another one that annoys me - your in a store parking lot and you stop to let someone pass in front of you - they do not wave and instead they slow down and stroll slowing in front of you. happened to me the other day, an attractive middle aged lady walked diagonally in front of me and stayed in front of my car for five parking rows - nice legs for about one parking row, then it was almost toes up when she continued on her strut.

Great story, Joyce!

Years ago I had an appointment at the hospital, parking spaces were hard to find I finally did, put on my left turn signal, when some one coming from the opposite direction took it. If I had had a knife in my car I would have punctured all her tires
Was I ever furious

i think we have all been there Maria!

Another one - 'This new plan (or approach, or whatever) will reduce costs...' Uh - yeah.

The last time I heard that phrase Victor I lost my job the next day...LOL

I try to always say thank you if someone holds the door. I hold the door for strollers. Been there!

We have signs at the crosswalks saying 'Pedestrians Have Right of Way'---I don't leave the gutter until traffic has stopped both ways--can't tell you how long I have to wait at times---some drivers are so out of it!

I HATE that, I can be standing in the middle of the road because one side has stopped and the other hasn't.
I say real loudly "Hello!!! Pedestrians have the right of way!!!"

DRAT! I always elbow the man out of the way of door with my ninja skills. "Hello Get Out of My Way You Weinerbrain!" I'm so obviously a social door misift sigh. It's mostly true that I will mostly never fit in with polite society sigh. Let's sing? Dance anyone?

"Wienerbrain"! Now there's a phrase I DO like!! LOL

Is there a polite society?? Where is it hiding?

'For external use only.'

I am not sure whether this has been around for a while or if it's new, but I'm just catching on to it. It's that people seem to be using the word "anymore" in place of the word "now". For example: " Del walks extremely slow anymore." A woman I know wrote that. I've heard it around too. Has anyone else heard this?

not anymore

Hee hee! I have not heard it.

Euphemisms could be a separate topic too. No one has problems anymore - they have issues. Tax hikes are investments. Getting fired is downsizing, etc.

PC is also another subject on its own.

What if you're positive you no longer do it?

you're dead

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Or worse.

I am babysitting my dear 14 month old GS, & thank God, he's napping right now, so that I can be on this site & get my daily giggle---thanks!

Wow---worse than dead? Yeah, it's babysitting for a 14 month old boy---my son was never this bad---I don't think!

Hey wha - don't you mean "you're" dead? ^_^

thank you g-sox :)

I think these are funky weird pillow sayings: the little pillow thing that comes in the shoe box that says 'Don't Eat Me'. The tags on big pillows that say 'Do Not Remove' (which I never do cuz I'm afraid of the pillow police). The really funky weird thing is this: Why do these bizarre pillow sayings/tags exist on pillows around the entire world??? They do. I've seen them in other countries too!

ps I think funky weird is a great expression ^_^

I throw out the pillows, but keep the tags.

You must always have a crick in you neck.

Better than facing the pillow police. They might give me the comfy chair.

I actually know a guy that works for the "pillow police". They go to stores that rent furniture like beds, pillows, couches and make sure the tags are on there and they fine the stores if the tags are missing. They also bring black lights and chemicals to make sure the beds are clean . . . he tells some pretty grotesque stories.

About once a year they go into the lab and burn furniture too just to see how long it takes.

Well how do you like them apples?!?! Thanks so muchly GardenSox for the important info. I just KNEW I should be afraid of the Pillow Police. Victor they are gonna burn your furniture for sure. I hope you left the tags on the kidlings pillows so they don't burn down the tree house.

Gross!

Thank you for that factual info Emily!

"Pillow Police"! Ha ha! I always cut those gigantic tags off. I have a creepy phobia of oversized tags. The pillow police haven't come after me yet, but I'll be ready for them. Scissors in hand.

"...They also bring black lights and chemicals to make sure the beds are clean . . . he tells some pretty grotesque stories...."

UGH! I just yesterday saw a commercial for a company that sells beds and gives a 7-day free trial, and I thought to myself, what do they do with the mattresses that people bring back after 7 days? Gives me the heebie-jeebies, especially since I will be buying a new bed soon. I'll have to make sure to NOT buy a mattress from one of those 7-day free trial places!

Black lights, chemicals and beds - hmm, sounds like the 60's.

70's and 80's for me :-)

Late response but Bill, no one is that old.

I don't drink anymore
I don't drink any less either.

70's and 80's for me too. How about water beds and round beds?. Did they have tags on them that said do not remove?.

A friend about 20 years ago decided to purchase a water bed, I flopped on it and immediately I disliked it, I want to be the only one that moves in the bed

In sports, dumb statistics like, 'He's hit safely in his 11 of his last 24 at-bats with less than two men out and runners on second and third while behind in the count...' Utterly useless information.

But, He came to play.