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03-10-2010, 07:54 AM
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I thought I'd let you know that for a good minute I thought "zebra crossing" meant "place where zebras cross the road". ...Then I remembered that you don't live on the African Serengeti.
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Hahaha! Is it correct to say 'zebra crossing', though? I've been doubting about that.
Have a lollipop to get rid of that uncharacteristic blushing face of yours. *hands NW a lollipop*
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03-10-2010, 07:56 AM
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depends on where you live Ilseum...
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03-10-2010, 07:56 AM
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Yep.  And the area where I live has deer crossings, so I was like... "Oh...how nice for the zebras..."
Lollipop! Nom nom. 
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03-10-2010, 08:31 AM
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- "Hi, (my name). It's (his name). It's been a while, how are you doing? how are your family doing? bla bla bla... say, I have a great offer!" yep, phone salesmen who try to disguise themselves as friends. They should all be dragged out in public, whipped and shot. Twice.
- people who turn the left turnsignal on when entering a roundabout and complain about everyone who turn on the right turnsignal.
- people who always try to sound like experts, yet obviously have no idea what they are talking about. (hi, dad!)
- doctors who always knows what's best for me, yet have no idea what they are talking about. I suffer from a kidney failure, and although the doctors know everything about the medical situation, they don't have a clue how it feels to live with it.
- it's 7:00 am. I need to be at work in fifteen minutes. the car is literally buried in snow. sheesh...
- it's 7:00 am. I need to be at work in five minutes. I turn the key in the ignition and... nothing. it's too cold to start the car, and I forgot to put the engine heater on.
- star wars: episode 1 -3 and the clone wars. WTF does that have to do with Star Wars?
- the question "They turned Lord of the Rings into a book?", often by teenage LotR-'experts'.
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03-10-2010, 08:34 AM
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For the first, only if it's painful, crippling and won't kill them quickly...
and for the last, ouch. Just ouch...
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03-10-2010, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by ChickenViking
- people who turn the left turnsignal on when entering a roundabout and complain about everyone who turn on the right turnsignal.
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- People who use the left turn signal to go right and vice-versa. Or people who don't use it at all and you have to stop short behind them when they turn.
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03-10-2010, 10:21 AM
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- sitting in your car, ready to drive. One car is a bit far away, but you are nice and wait anyway. And wait. And wait. And juuuuust before it drives past... it turns on the turnsignal and turns down the road you are on. What the hell are they thinking? Do they not see that there are no other cars what so ever on the road?
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03-10-2010, 11:44 AM
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That too!
- Bad drivers
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03-10-2010, 11:54 AM
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Ohh I know exactly what you mean, CV!
Just to continue on that line..
- Drivers who don't put on their turnsignal on a roundabout.
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03-10-2010, 11:57 AM
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so much drivey stuff I don't get yet 
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03-10-2010, 12:01 PM
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Awwh, your day will come too. I didn't actually want to get my license; my parents more or less forced me (it's quite difficult to get around without a car here) to do it, and now that I do have my license I'm very glad that I have it. It's just..
- Driving lessons that make you stress so much you can't think of anything else for about a week before and after, and that have you crying during the guitar lesson right before your driving lesson. Gah. So glad that's over now.
- Stressy driving instructors who seem to be slightly schizophrenic; yelling at you one moment, and looking out of the window whilst humming a happy tune the next.
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03-10-2010, 12:01 PM
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You should consider yourself lucky then.
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03-10-2010, 12:19 PM
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Where do you live Ilseum? My first driving lesson is next week 
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03-10-2010, 12:22 PM
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I live in France, so you probably won't have to worry about getting the same instructor as me 
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03-10-2010, 12:24 PM
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probably not... Unless he's headed over the channel recently :P
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03-10-2010, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ChickenViking
- the question "They turned Lord of the Rings into a book?", often by teenage LotR-'experts'.
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*shakes head in despair* What is the world coming to?
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03-10-2010, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Tau
*shakes head in despair* What is the world coming to?
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We must behold the true strength of the world.
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03-10-2010, 04:48 PM
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- Going out for a meal, only to find there's no cheesecake available for dessert. (Curse you Toby Carvery).
- People who go to a foreign restaurant and then only order English food.
- Getting ready for work and then remembering it's my day off.
- Old people who push their way to the front of a queue and then snarl "I'm old" if you dare say anything.
- A badly made cup of tea. A badly made cup of coffee is fine, but badly made tea is a sacrilege.
- Just fastening the last button on the babys clothes and then 'Bleurgh!' Baby sick all down the front.
- People who claim Final Fantasy would make a great movie. Next person who says that to me is getting a copy of The Spirits Within shoved up their arse.
- People who get annoyed when you don't like their stories. Then they claim you're just an idiot who can't appreciate the true genius of their writing.
- Idiots who can't appreciate the true genius of my writing. 
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03-11-2010, 01:20 AM
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- when stupid things happen. (My son can laugh at them. I, on the other hand, get well and truly pissed.)
- huge robe sleeves that knock things over or get stuck on stuff when you move your arm. Aurgh!
- do-nothing co-workers. You're getting paid to do a job, you idiots! Sit on your ass for free at home.
- drivers who don't know the rules of the road, particularly at four-way intersections. (In the US, the person to the left goes first when two cars reach the stop lines at the same time.) And then proceed to give you a dirty look when you--you, who has the right-of-way, tries to go, on your turn.
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03-11-2010, 01:44 AM
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-adverts
-badly-dubbed adverts (you americans remember the febreeze advert with the dopey surfer kid where his mum says they need to wash his room and he goes "wash it?" with a dumb expression on his face? It's over here, but they've dubbed english accents on and it just looks wrong with the lip movements. Personally I think the room smelt 'cos the kid was smoking weed up there anyway, would explain a lot)
-when you want to explain something and end up writing a ton.
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03-11-2010, 05:05 AM
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- when I answer the phone at work, "[Insert name of company here] Kennels, [insert my name] speaking." and the person on the other line replies, "Hello, [insert name of my boss]?"
Auugh! No, I'm not my boss. If you had been listening. . . .
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03-11-2010, 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Auburnville
HR departments... 
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Me too and I work in one!
- being unable to express myself without becoming an emotional timebomb
- parents who don't take responsibility for thier children in public places
- car insurance and insurance comparison TV adverts
- People who have thier mobile on in the cinema (even on the silent the bright screen is a distraction - idiot)
- People who talk in the cinema
- Old ladies with a different purse for each denomination of coin and note who take too long at the check out
- People who don't know what soap is
- Automatic telemarketing
- Interuptions when I'm reading/writing (including bedtime)
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03-11-2010, 05:47 AM
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-car insurance and insurance comparison TV adverts-
"Go compare, Go compare, GO COMPARRRRRRREEEEEEE!!"
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Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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03-11-2010, 05:55 AM
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Aheeheeheee... I actually know someone in one of those adverts... a singing teacher from my school was the dog walker in the first one :P
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03-11-2010, 10:52 AM
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Here's another one of mine:
The one-uppers. Those people, when you tell them something about something that happened to you, they say, "Oh, well, if you think that's bad, listen to this!"
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03-11-2010, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Firefly
Here's another one of mine:
The one-uppers. Those people, when you tell them something about something that happened to you, they say, "Oh, well, if you think that's bad, listen to this!"
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That's true. Wait, if I ad something else now, does that make me one of those people? hm
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03-11-2010, 10:59 AM
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Lol -- no, you're good! 
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03-11-2010, 11:06 AM
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Oh good, I hate to be one of those people.
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The one-uppers. Those people, when you tell them something about something that happened to you, they say, "Oh, well, if you think that's bad, listen to this!"
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Oh, well, Firefly, if you think that's bad, listen to this . . .

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