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Re: Minor irritations
Post by Daryl   » Sun Jan 15, 2017 7:54 am

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One that seems to be more common lately is walking or driving directly behind a car that is reversing in a shopping centre car park. More than a ton of metal has its engine running, its reversing lights on and is moving slowly backwards, and you walk directly behind it? If it wasn't for the paper work I'd oblige the Darwin Awards.
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Re: Minor irritations
Post by cthia   » Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:56 am

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Daryl wrote:One that seems to be more common lately is walking or driving directly behind a car that is reversing in a shopping centre car park. More than a ton of metal has its engine running, its reversing lights on and is moving slowly backwards, and you walk directly behind it? If it wasn't for the paper work I'd oblige the Darwin Awards.

:lol:

Especially when schit like this happens, talk about hitching a ride!...

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=wom ... &FORM=VIRE

What a great idea. If there ain't a drive thru, make one.

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Re: Minor irritations
Post by John Prigent   » Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:45 am

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My greatest irritation is being stuck in the queue behind some idiot who thinks that buying lottery tickets by the dozen will guarantee a win - and then has to check every single one of them before moving away.

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Re: Minor irritations
Post by Imaginos1892   » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:57 am

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Re: Minor irritations
Post by dscott8   » Tue Jan 17, 2017 12:25 pm

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I have a new one: Camouflage clothing as a fashion statement. If you are not hunting, or in the field on active military duty, it just looks silly.
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Re: Minor irritations
Post by Imaginos1892   » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:08 pm

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dscott8 wrote:I have a new one: Camouflage clothing as a fashion statement. If you are not hunting, or in the field on active military duty, it just looks silly.

It's also appropriate for paintball.
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Re: Minor irritations
Post by WeirdlyWired   » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:52 pm

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Re: Minor irritations
Post by WeirdlyWired   » Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:20 pm

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Re: Minor irritations
Post by dscott8   » Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:09 pm

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Perhaps the worst thing I ever saw a driver doing was a woman who was apparently coming home from the laundromat. She was steering with one elbow while pulling clothes from a basket on the passenger side floor, folding them and stacking them on the passenger seat. This was in city traffic, and she was constantly creeping over the lane lines and swerving back.
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Re: Minor irritations
Post by John Prigent   » Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:21 am

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Another of my minor irritations is the way the media keep interviewing 'celebrities' about events that need a true expert's opinion, not that of a know-nothing nonentity who happens to be famous for singing, playing 'music', or getting drunk.
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