Pet Peeves XIII

March 22nd, 2010 - A Million Peeves - 16 Comments »

59. “To make a long story short”
This is typically inserted into the end of a story that has already gone way too long. I got news for you pal – David Blaine couldn’t make your long story short. The damage has already been done.

60. Puppet Commercials
Every time I see a Lebron James or Kobe Bryant puppet commercial come on TV, I die a little inside. And if I’m dying inside, just imagine how Lil’ Penny must feel. Someone should really tell Nike that puppet charactures ruin careers. Speaking of, has anyone thought about Anfernee Hardaway since 1998? What is he doing now?

61. Pompous Waiters
Hey Lanier (that’s always his name), don’t scoff at me for not knowing what vegetable escabeche is. It’s your job to know, not mine. Oh, and you should know that I’m basing your tip on a complex algorithm I came up with that factors in how quickly you can explain it to me, whether or not a seven-year-old understand it, your height, and your facial expression when I ask for the silverware I didn’t get. It usually comes out to be around 20%.

62. Covered Back Tire
I would rather drive a PT Cruiser than have a car that has the half-covered back tire. You know what I’m talking about. Instead of the car’s paneling arching around the back tire, it has decided to sprint straight across to the back bumper. This “feature” is usually reserved for Oldsmobiles and Buicks.

63. “That’s what I’m talkin’ about!”
Dudes say this after something awesome happens, even though they haven’t spoken or “talked about” anything. Where did this come from? I guess the phrase’s originator just got bored with the typical expressions of joy (I kind of don’t blame him).

I’d love to hear what’s annoying you these days. It will help me feel less shallow.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/evdaddy evdaddy

    One of my current pet peeves: having one week left of P90X and looking nothing like Tony.

  • Leigh

    Fouling someone with 1.3 seconds left in a basketball game when you're down by 5. Or any other string of bad decisions made by basketball coaches yesterday.

    You've already lost and now my DVR is thrown off and I don't know who left the Amazing Race last night. However, now I have an episode of 60 minutes taped if anyone is interested.

    Which reminds me. Andy Rooney's eye brows:pet peeve.

  • Bailley

    Church Signs-"7 days without prayer makes one weak." Yeah, I think that about says it all.

  • nate

    thanks man…you know what i'm talking about

  • http://www.adaupdates.blogspot.com Scott

    Bill Raftery. He single handedly ruins March Madness for me every year. I would allow someone to pull my toenail out with a pair of pliers if it would stop him from doing that high pitch grunt thing he does. I always feel sorry for Verne Lundquist having to sit beside him during the broadcast.

  • Joey

    The use of "literally" in completely the wrong way. This is what I heard at the last Summer Olympics: "When [the diver] hit the water, he literally fell apart." (Gross!) "When he started his last lap, his spirits literally lifted him off the ground." (I missed that – would have been cool). On some local news story about a fire at a factory, it was "The fire is literally eating the walls."

  • Bryan

    Look Chick-Fil-A, I know your cows are as essential to your company as Jesus is to Christianity, but it's time. And you can try to justify every marketing reason as to why they should stay, but you'd be wrong. I'm sure there's some insider at Chick-Fil-A that shares this view, but they are as silent as Democrats in a Presbyterian church. SOMEBODY SPEAK UP!!!!

  • Nathan Lewellyn

    If something is “needless to say”, you don’t follow up by saying it!!

  • Jenni

    Maybe you've already covered this one in your previous posts, but I hate it when the person in front of me in line in a parking lot sits and waits for someone to unload their groceries, put away their cart, find their keys, start their car, and pull out so that they can get their space. Please! By the time they get in the spot, they could have parked further away, gotten all of their shopping done, and been out already! And if you must sit and wait, at least position your car in such a way so that you're not in the middle of the isle, thus preventing the rest of us from going around you.

  • http://www.SoEveryDay.com Lacey

    When one of my children approaches me when I am busy doing important things on the computer and says, in a pitiful voice, "I'm hungry."
    What? Am I supposed to be doing something about that?
    Weren't you hungry just like, yesterday, or something?

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Kevin_Keigley Kevin Keigley

    One of my pet peeves?
    When I am too loyal to a friend.
    Gosh, I get on my own nerves when I always come through…

  • Ryan

    My biggest pet peeve is old people. Pretty much everything they do behind the wheel of a LeSabre or in line at Walgreens. I would go into detail, but I wanna keep a "long story short".

  • http://robshep.com Rob Shepherd

    Giving couples a brangelina nickname. It's one thing for the media to do it, but I know people who give their friends these nicknames.

  • Amanda

    When people misspell "character"

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/tylerstanton Tyler Stanton

      And when people confuse \”character\” and \”characture\” :) (notice the emoticon)

      ………………..

      tyler stanton

  • Observer Girl

    TV commercials that use cartoon characters to sell products aimed at adults. I am not five years old. If I'm making a decision whether or not to buy a particular brand of toilet paper, air freshener, household cleaner, baby diapers, whatever, then some "cute" animated character is not going to be what convinces me.