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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1800 on Jun 7, 2012, 6:11pm »		[Quote]

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1346. Thinking of a pet peeve, and before I can open this thread to post it, forgetting it! Especially peeved that this has happened multiple times for the same "peeve" [image]

(Too much like walking into a room to get something and forgetting what it was and having to go back to where you were and reconstruct what you were doing so you can remember it again, only to forget it again by the time you get to the room where it is...)


1347. Oh, oh, I remember! Using the recent posts feature or the little compass thingy to see what's new on Any Port, then checking my bookmarks and realizing that none of those looks counts as visiting a thread so all my bookmarks are still marked "new" and I have to visit each one to erase the "new" flag.

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« Reply #1801 on Jun 14, 2012, 11:12am »		[Quote]
1348. People who pose for photos with their hands in silly positions to pretend to be "holding" the Eiffel Tower or whatever.
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« Reply #1802 on Jun 16, 2012, 11:07am »		[Quote]
1349. the fact that the glass with pickled mushrooms i just ate from is already empty, when i really would like some more.
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« Reply #1803 on Jun 17, 2012, 1:04am »		[Quote]
1350. Stores and restaurants that turn the air-conditioning up so high that I can barely stand to stay indoors long enough to make my purchases or finish my meal. It's summer, folks! Your customers are dressed for warm weather. What are you thinking? They can't spend money if they can't stand to be inside your establishment. AND you're wasting energy and money, too. (Ditto for places that overheat in the winter.)
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1804 on Jun 17, 2012, 3:00am »		[Quote]
Tew trew!
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« Reply #1805 on Jun 17, 2012, 12:07pm »		[Quote]
1351. Being told off for apologizing too much (i never know what to reply... "sorry"?)
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1806 on Jun 20, 2012, 4:36pm »		[Quote]
I had a friend -- quite a peevish person -- that did that to me. >:(

1352. Keep forgetting to post this, & it's a HUGE peeve of mine:

WHY in the name of goodness aren't all the holding parts on the tops of teapots, sugar bowls, canisters and the like made so you can actually grasp them??!

If you go into anyones china cabinet, any thrift or antique shop, you're sure to find topless teapots & sugar bowls because the tops naturally slipped from the grip of someone attempting to access the contents.

WRONG:
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OKAY:
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1807 on Jun 23, 2012, 1:37pm »		[Quote]
1352. morning sickness.
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« Reply #1808 on Jun 23, 2012, 1:44pm »		[Quote]
REALLY???!!

REALLY???!!

CONGRATULATIONS!
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1809 on Jun 23, 2012, 1:57pm »		[Quote]
thanks!

well the morning sickness is almost over now, only occasional in the last couple of weeks (before that it was every day)...
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« Reply #1810 on Jun 23, 2012, 2:08pm »		[Quote]
Congratulations from ME too to you two! You must tell us if you are knitting blue or pink booties soon as you know.
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1811 on Jun 23, 2012, 2:14pm »		[Quote]
You have my heartfelt sympathy on the morning sickness.

Mine was so bad, I couldn't say any words with a hard G in them -- girl, magazine, etc. -- without racing for the john.
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« Reply #1812 on Jun 23, 2012, 2:17pm »		[Quote]
Well, that will still be a few weeks before I know... but I am also quite curious...

as for the morning sickness, i think i was/am lucky compared to others, it was never as strong as some of the others i heard about... but it was still quite annoying at times... especially when mr. r. went through so much trouble to cook a really nice meal for me - and then i just couldn't eat it...
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1813 on Jun 23, 2012, 3:00pm »		[Quote]
As a guy, I have never known if morning sickness only takes place in the morning. Sometimes they give these conditions inaccurate names.
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1814 on Jun 23, 2012, 3:45pm »		[Quote]
afaik it can take place any time of the day. in my case, it was strongest in the morning until about lunch time, but there was also a phase of a week or so where i was fine in the mornings but not feeling well in the afternoons/evenings. and from what i heard, for some women it is 24/7...
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« Reply #1815 on Jun 26, 2012, 3:36pm »		[Quote]
And from what I've heard, the healthiest women tend to have the most morning sickness and deliver the healthiest babies. Women who smoke tend not to suffer morning sickness, perhaps because their nausea meter has been turned off by the exposure to so much smoke.

Sounds like you are out of the woods on the morning sickness, riki, so when is the little one expected?
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1816 on Jun 26, 2012, 8:31pm »		[Quote]
yeah, i read too that there are statistics saying women with morning sickness have fewer miscarriages, for example. no idea whether that is ttrue though - neither my mom nor my grandmother had mroning sickness, and they had 3 (my mom) and 4 (my grandma) children without any problems. though my other grandmother had morning sickness and also had 4 children...

yeah morning sickness is pretty much gone. now i am just hungry all the time. my stomach growls if i don't eat in too long...

official date is january 7th... interestingly, that is mr. r's ex-wife's birthday...
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1817 on Jun 26, 2012, 10:01pm »		[Quote]
Well if the little comes a few days early he/she might instead share my birthday! Congratulations Rikita! I hope you continue to feel better and better. :)
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1818 on Jun 27, 2012, 7:25am »		[Quote]
1353. Women chattering on about their "woman stuff" without taking time to worry about all of the problems that men have.
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1819 on Jun 27, 2012, 8:18am »		[Quote]
1354. Men whining about their ‘male stuff’ without taking time to worry about all of the problems that women have.
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1820 on Jun 27, 2012, 9:12am »		[Quote]
I knew that wouldn't work without an emoticon! ;)
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1821 on Jun 27, 2012, 7:36pm »		[Quote]
1355. people seperating problems into "male" and "female" problems, when at least in german, the word "problem" is in fact neutral.
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1822 on Jun 27, 2012, 7:38pm »		[Quote]
1356. oh, and also falling asleep after dinner when there is so much stuff i still wanted to get done.
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1823 on Jun 27, 2012, 7:44pm »		[Quote]
"problema" (Spanish) looks like a feminine noun, but is in fact masculine ~~ el problema.

I feel this speaks volumes. [image]


1357. English speakers who proclaim "No problemo!" in response to a request.
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1824 on Jun 27, 2012, 10:21pm »		[Quote]

Jun 27, 2012, 7:44pm, bixaorellana wrote:
"problema" (Spanish) looks like a feminine noun, but is in fact masculine ~~ el problema.

I feel this speaks volumes. [image]


1357. English speakers who proclaim "No problemo!" in response to a request.


Italian has a bunch of those. Many are or are derived from loan words or are truncations of old longer forms. The Greek derived ones often stay the same for plural for added confusion.
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1825 on Jun 27, 2012, 11:16pm »		[Quote]
In the last Spanish course I took, the teacher was asked how to know when nouns ending in A were actually masculine. She blithely replied, "Just remember, they're the words with Greek roots."
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« Reply #1826 on Jun 28, 2012, 5:06pm »		[Quote]
1358. Lawyers
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1827 on Jun 29, 2012, 7:42pm »		[Quote]
yeah i learned that about the greek words too... the fact that "mano" is feminine, on the other hand, has to do with the latin root word afaik... (was it "manus" or something like that?)

oh, and:

1359. football fans who think that just because it is some stupid europe cup and football is important to them, it must be to everyone else or at least everyone else has to make space for their football-fan-ness...
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« Reply #1828 on Jun 29, 2012, 7:52pm »		[Quote]
(Football fans are a lot like irrepressible smokers.)
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Re: Pet peeve game
« Reply #1829 on Jun 29, 2012, 8:09pm »		[Quote]

Jun 29, 2012, 7:52pm, kerouac2 wrote:
(Football fans are a lot like irrepressible smokers.)


I had a smoke to celebrate the Azzuri winning against Germany. :D
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