MAJOR PET PEEVE OTHER THAN THE TOILET-SEAT THING

People who send email that requires a response, but then, they have one of those spam filters on their email so you get an email back from them where you have to click on the link to allow the person to get your response.

Comments

[andy lichter]

try to beat it by sending a forwarded spam

[dragon crone]

People who drive while talking ON THEIR F^#&ING CELL PHONE!!

[Bob]

Simple enough: don't respond.

[Brian McClure]

Don't let it end ! Encore ! Encore !

[Mark Grimsley]

Ever try to click on a sausage link?

[Jeff Meyerson]

Yeah, what Judi said! (Not that I understood it at all, but still.)

[denny lichter]

Hello Andy! Call or e-mail mom. She's froze up again. GO DAVE! BLOG ON!

[anthony]

Can we use pigeons instead?

[mudstuffin]

Don't try the phone. This person would obviously have one of those automated answering machines that have recorded messages that take five minutes working through the various levels before you get to ring the person's desk only to find that they are "not in" so you have to leave a voice mail which they will no doubt promptly ignore.

[MOTW]

How's your foot recovering these days, mudstuffin?

[mudstuffin]

Sorry, I ranted again. Foot's okay. Butt has long term potential.

[Jeff Meyerson]

dragon crone is right. We have a law against it in NY and the f*#king morons talk on their cellphones while drive anyway! Even the threat of a $100 fine can't deter them.

For them, the Roo Roo.

[Eleanor]

Now, now Jeff - don't get on that geezer bus! I once (on a 3 lane one way street) drifted from the middle lane to the left lane while talking on my cell and almost killed, according to him, the plainclothes detective in the unmarked car behind me! He stopped me, got out of his car, came to my window, but since he was in plain clothes I didn't know he was a cop and got very scared! I started crying (what else is a girl to do?)- He started yelling at me, you could have killed me, blah, blah, blah (going about 5mph), flashed his badge, said he was going to arrest me except he had more important things to do, and stormed off!!! I resumed driving and tallking on the phone.

[queensbee]

wanna buy some cialis? how about a rolex? how come those things ALWAYS get thru?

[Eleanor]

judi - that's not my e-mail you're (not your) talking about, I hope!!!

[Brad Pitt]

Judi,

My apologies. Jen and I are breaking up and I am looking for someone who is shorter than 5'7" in heels. If that's you, maybe we can hook up. Why don't you try my cell phone since my e-mail doesn't work too well? If you get back to me soon, maybe we can do a threesome with Tom Cruise.

Sincerely,

Brad Pitt

[Christobol]

And then, for reasons only some knew, Brad Pitt ran off with Adam Duritz and a couple of The Killers, who were wearing heels and trying to be short.

Judi added "Hollywood Studmuffins misunderstanding me" to her list of Major Pet Peeves.

[judi]

make it adam duritz or a couple of the killers and you got yourself a deal, bp.

[Christobol]

That's right, judi. I'm reading your mind. If you do not wish for me to reveal the location of the jade monkey you must reply to my email! But first, you'll need to click on this link! Bwahahahahahahah!

[Christobol]

PeeJay - what if I'm drunk while driving and talking on a cell phone and eating soup, and shaving.... my legs? Then can I merge?

[Uncle Omar]

Eleanor,

That's a little scary ... he coulda been more polite about it, and some other protocol things he sorta ignored ...

Watchu mean, "What else is a girl to do?"

No, just wonderin' ... you don't seem to be the type (on the blog) to resort to tears to accomplish something ... you pretty much slug it out with everyone here and seem to be doing okay for your ownself.

IN SELF DEFENSE: If my email deal has that clinker in it, that is because:
A. I do not know (not no) it.
B. I do not know (not no) how to fix it/set it up.
C. Probably more than one of the above.

[Uncle Omar]

I mean, you din't resort to tears in the courtroom, didja?

[Uncle Omar]

judi --

r.e. the "toilet seat thing"

I could send you my essay on the subject, but it's sorta longish, and only a couple of the ladies who have read it have actually seen the "humor" inherent thereof ...

nah, later maybe ...

it DOES address that specific sociological criticism, however, and might do to soothe some jangled nerves ...

nah, later maybe ...

[Christobol]

Oh, and I should probably point out that in the above scenerio I'd be driving a moderately exploded zamboni, on the sidewalk, in downtown Downers Grove, and trying to merge into Xanadu. In case that matters.

[judi]

would somebody please explain to uncle omar what 'the toilet seat thing' is, in this case, before he sends me a diatribe about how men should not have to return the toilet seat to its normal position, because they don't actually LIKE having sex, ever?

[Eleanor]

OK PeeJay and U.O., Listen up

First of all, in my post (which was to Jeff, BTW, and not to either one of you), I was ragging on him and being a smart a** - so there's no need to get so worked up - I do NOT have phone sex while driving anymore -
Second, I think that any female attorney who would cry in court should be disbarred as she is a bad reflection on all of us!!!

But if a cop stops you and you're (not your) going to get a ticket, well then, feminine wiles are available! And isn't it all about control, anyway???

So.. in closing, I say to the 2 of you - lighten up
I'm finished.

[Eleanor]

PeeJay - I just re-read your post - and while the "run you into a guard rail etc" made me laugh out loud and squirt my Diet Coke, I believe you have some issues! How does an anger management class sound?

*ducks before he throws something*

[Eleanor]

Truce?
Friends?

[Mad Scientist]

Judi is referring to the habit of many women to "dribble" on the seat and not wipe up afterwards. Please don't Piss her off by sending her a diatribe on putting the seat down.

[PeeJay]

Yeah, that works E :)

[Christobol]

Mad said: Please don't Piss her off by sending her a diatribe on putting the seat down.

Cannibal#1: Wanna go eat some Mohicans?
Cannibal#2: I don't know, I really put on some weight over the holidays.
Cannibal#1: Don't worry, the Mohicans are a diet tribe. Get it, diatribe, diet tribe. It's a word thingy.
*Cannibal #2 eats Cannibal#1*

[Mew]

About the cell phone while driving thing: in all seriousness, please don't do it. Don't talk on the phone, don't look to see who is calling, please don't do it. My father was killed last week in a car accident by a guy who, according to the newspaper (police report not yet finished) "was distracted by a cell phone" and he crossed the median, went into opposing traffic, and hit my father head on. My father will never see the start of my career, and will never see me get married. I'm sure the guy who did this thought that he could use his cell phone while driving, and that it wasn't a problem. Please don't be like him.

[Flash]

Mew,
Amen to that!

[Jeff Meyerson]

Mew: wow. Thanks for saying it and sorry for your loss.

See, Eleanor? Hey look, when I was younger I thought I could drive safely after drinking. I made it home OK and didn't hit anyone or anything, but that's because I was lucky. Just don't do it.

If I had a dime for every moron making a left turn without signaling because he had his phone in one hand and a lit cigarette in the other, I'd be as rich as Christobol. Well, maybe not, but as rich as Dave anyway. (Granted, a lot of people don't signal anyway, but don't mess up my argument.)

[Eleanor]

Me too, Mew - I'm so sorry for your loss -and I know what a serious issue it is and I'm also sorry if my kidding around offended you -

[Uncle Omar]

Yeah Mew, me too, sorry as can be ... wish I could do more than just print a few words on a screen ...

judi -- no, no, and NO ...
You misinterpet my intentions. Please, do not be offended, or go diatribing ... I ALREADY HAVE BEEN CONVERTED ... !!!

I ALWAYS (underlined twice, if I knew [not new, or nu] how) put the seat DOWN !!!

AND (underlined three times) !!!

I put the LID DOWN, ALSO (underlined four times !!!!!)
[Except in some of the cheaper motels, that don't have lids on the seats ... but I carry a spare in my luggage, just for that specific special occasion ...]

I only offered to share my essay with you (privately, not on the blog) so that you might be slightly mollified to learn that there (not their, or they're) are actually a few of us male-types out here who agree that the female-types disgruntled attitude r.e. the seat is justified.

Now, I dunno that I will ...
(goes off to pout ... Hey, it worked for Eleanor ...)
(Or was that tears that worked for Eleanor?)

[Debra]

I don't mind people talking on the phone while driving, so long as they keep it about 80mph, like everyone else in Atlanta! Nothing worse than some guy on a cell phone going 55 in the middle lane!

[judi]

why would you put the LID down? that means EVERYBODY has to touch it. ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[Uncle Omar]

You put the lid down so that the circulation of the water does not create a spray that drifts all over the bathroom, touching everything, including all the stuff on the vanity counter, such as combs, contect lens cases, drinking glasses, toothbrushes, et cetera ...

(This has been proven in labratory experiements ... the spray goes everywhere.)

Also, if the lid is down, when you drop something (see above list) it will not drop into the ... receptacle ...

Besides which, who misses by that much, and hits the lid? Not this cowboy.

[Forest Green]

If you sprinkle when you tinkle,
Be a sweetie, wipe the seatie ...

[Christobol]

Judi said: why would you put the LID down? that means EVERYBODY has to touch it.

Who knew? Ok folks, I just put the lid down. Form a line, and come touch it.

[Uncle Omar]

Realtor:
" ... and here we have one of the three bathrooms ... would you like to go in ... and ... touch it ...?"

DOM:
"Hey babe, this is my bathroom ... wanna touch it?"

C'bol -- A nice chuckle with which to wake up and start the day ... tnx ...

[judi]

come on baby, touch my seat....

[Uncle Omar]

judi, judi, judi ...

LOL!

Tnx for a great start to the day ...

[kat]

C-bol,
The last of the 'diatribes?

[dragon crone]

First husband never put seat down.
Second husband rarely put seat down, neither did son (who posed additional threat during potty-training: if distracted in 'mid-stream', he would turn his entire body, not just his head...)
Third husband never puts the seat UP...and his aim is PERFECT.

[Uncle Omar]

Jeff M. --

I dunno, I just figger it might improve the odds a bit -- besides which already, I often/usually use a small piece of TP to lift the lid if I'm worried about that part ... and then drop the TP into the impending whirlpool ... to start the process all over ...