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Van, BC
Canada
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Posted - 12/24/2008 : 11:10 PM
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Originally posted by wilderness_seeker
Oh this thread is back.
Current pet peeve: the Best Buy commercial where the customers walk in and say, "Excuse me, I'm looking for a WHOOAA!! AGHHHH!!!"
Can't describe it, I guess you have to see it to believe it. I can't believe that somebody, somewhere, thought this commercial up, and thought, "Wow, this is such a witty idea for a commercial!! People will think it's hilarious!!" And that it actually got past some panel that decides to produce it.
I'm even more astounded that they ran it last year (yeah, I remember) and thought it was good enough to run again this year. All is does is send me screaming for the "mute" button.
I'll second that one. It's one of the few commercials I will actually change the channel to avoid :P
-Ryan
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Popkum, BC
Canada
5887 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 4:01 PM
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When your walking on the roadside because the sidewalks have a zillion feet of snow and you're walking as close to the snowbank as possible when someone almost drives over your toes as you turn to look left then right in order to cross the road  |
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Night owl posting,Subie driving, backpacking Dad who is perpetually trying to catch up to his kids on the trail.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
3055 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2009 : 12:53 AM
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Disclaimer: this is not a response to Flowing-Brook whose complaint was about driver behaviour.
Pet peeve of the moment: people professing a concern about global warming, glacial recession etc who are whining about the snow! |
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Popkum, BC
Canada
5887 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 5:27 PM
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The head up the butt picture that keeps landing in the #1 spot in the Top10 here on Club Tread. Me thinks someone is having a little too much fun clicking on it . I'm thinking that the more I complain about the head UP THE BUTTTTTT picture the more some fool will click on it. So I will stop complaining and pray to the universe that there are no other HEAD UP THE BUTTTTTT pictures on the entire net or in the entire universe so that inner peace will once again reign without ever seeing another HEAD up the BUTT picture! LOL |
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Coffee swillin', wine lovin', Owl fearin' Andie McDowell stunt double, who sports retro gear
Vancouver, BC
5466 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 5:28 PM
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| I have not clicked on it but I am curious now... |
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Anchorage, Alaska
USA
1340 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 6:10 PM
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| My biggest pet peeve is wedding pics, baby pics or the dreaded ultrasound image as one's facebook profile picture. Like, yeah I get it, you're having a baby! We're thirty-something; EVERYBODY's having babies, you don't need to flaunt yours all over the internet like it's the only child in the world! It just smacks of "jumping on the bandwagon". They see their friends posting babies so they gotta rush out and do it too. |
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
735 Posts |
Posted - 01/17/2009 : 1:25 PM
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Originally posted by Flowing-Brook
The head up the butt picture that keeps landing in the #1 spot in the Top10 here on Club Tread. Me thinks someone is having a little too much fun clicking on it. I'm thinking that the more I complain about the head UP THE BUTTTTTT picture the more some fool will click on it. So I will stop complaining and pray to the universe that there are no other HEAD UP THE BUTTTTTT pictures on the entire net or in the entire universe so that inner peace will once again reign without ever seeing another HEAD up the BUTT picture! LOL
Sorry Lynn, this seems way too much like reverse psychology....or at least a challenge.
So here you go:
Besides, the other picture already dropped to 9th place- it needs to be replaced  |
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ass wigglin, cheese lovin, 4x4 drivin, apostrophe hatin, hiking chick who loves camping on snow
spaceship..
Canada
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Posted - 01/17/2009 : 6:19 PM
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Originally posted by Flowing-Brook
When your walking on the roadside because the sidewalks have a zillion feet of snow and you're walking as close to the snowbank as possible when someone almost drives over your toes as you turn to look left then right in order to cross the road
How about people that don't shovel their sidewalks, period.
Someone almost hit me and my dog today, because I was walking on the road. Some of the sidewalks in my neighbourhood are still impossible to walk on. I already have a bruised tailbone (slipped on black ice), I really don't want any more injuries to deal with. |
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Popkum, BC
Canada
5887 Posts |
Posted - 01/17/2009 : 9:31 PM
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| LOL Piika, I wondered who would post the next HUBP but never dreamed it'd be you, LOL |
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Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
1762 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2009 : 10:39 PM
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People who say 'global warming' and complain about cold weather.
Get it through your heads- it's CLIMATE CHANGE! The climate is changing. There will be more extreme seasons. Learn some basic facts about the world. |
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Mysterious, pop can stove stashin', gps totin', overnighter virgin, wannabe tentmaker and foul weather wuss who rides a thumper to the trailhead with wonderdog Max to hike the Chilliwack Valley
Chwk
Canada
4910 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2009 : 11:48 PM
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Climate is always changing, but that's another story for another thread...
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Calgary, Alberta
Canada
227 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2009 : 6:02 PM
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What an interesting topic. I looked up the word peeve - the dictionary I was using referenced me to the word annoyance - and it provided: "to irritate, to bother".
Man, life is full of so many of daily irritations it is tough to pick out that single "pet peeve".
I heard a similar topic on a call in show while I was en-route back from a refreshing day in the mountains and some guy was saying his life was made better by some Reiki principles. Now I remember a friend - a bit of a lost soul - talking about this many years ago - and well, being that I'm a doubter and far, far, far from being a spiritual person (that's for others) - I didn't pay a whole lot of attention. But having heard the word again I decided that I would look it up when I got back that day and here is what I found of these "so-called" principals.
1)Just for today, I will not worry ,2)Just for today, I will not be angry 3)Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings 4)Just for today, I will do my work honestly 5)Just for today, I will be kind to every living thing .
Heck, they're not all that bad! The first two sure apply to "peeves".
As pet peeves mostly seem to emanate from some form of inappropriate human behavior - I just take a deep breathe and remember the words" illegitimus non carborundum" i.e. "don't let the little bastards get you down". That little saying is a lot easier to remember than the call-in fellow's principals and it seems to work. Peeves aren't worth the worry time.
Happy Trails
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Popkum, BC
Canada
5887 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2009 : 8:03 PM
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| so then BlueFoot, you're telling us that peeves aren't worth the worrie time? You spent time replying to this thread so I'm wondering if your peeve is the peeve thread that seems to not be worth the while? When a peeve is spoken, it's no longer a peeve, it's done with and the peever moves on. (unless ofcourse the peever is still peeved), lol |
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The desert, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 02/10/2009 : 4:19 PM
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People that talk two inches away from your face, and stinky hikers in my bubble.
Being Dislexsick ...I don't notice por spellng or gramur  ,and pretty much spell check everything I type. Well most of the time.
Usually if I miss anything, the mountain grammar police corrects me.
Ya that's kind of annoying too. J/K |
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The desert, B.C.
Canada
435 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2009 : 4:20 PM
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Originally posted by Flowing-Brook
so then BlueFoot, you're telling us that peeves aren't worth the worrie time? You spent time replying to this thread so I'm wondering if your peeve is the peeve thread that seems to not be worth the while? When a peeve is spoken, it's no longer a peeve, it's done with and the peever moves on. (unless ofcourse the peever is still peeved), lol
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Coffee swillin', wine lovin', Owl fearin' Andie McDowell stunt double, who sports retro gear
Vancouver, BC
5466 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2009 : 4:27 PM
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1) Doctor's appointments that are purported to be for 10:45, but actually take place at 12:15.
2) (This relates to the first one, as I would never actually be reading such a magazine anywhere else but a doctor's waiting room): Magazines that have the table of contents on page 34. Maybe they need a table of contents to help you find the table of contents? |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
1461 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2009 : 5:40 PM
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Originally posted by Bluefoot
What an interesting topic. I looked up the word peeve - the dictionary I was using referenced me to the word annoyance - and it provided: "to irritate, to bother".
Man, life is full of so many of daily irritations it is tough to pick out that single "pet peeve".
I heard a similar topic on a call in show while I was en-route back from a refreshing day in the mountains and some guy was saying his life was made better by some Reiki principles. Now I remember a friend - a bit of a lost soul - talking about this many years ago - and well, being that I'm a doubter and far, far, far from being a spiritual person (that's for others) - I didn't pay a whole lot of attention. But having heard the word again I decided that I would look it up when I got back that day and here is what I found of these "so-called" principals.
1)Just for today, I will not worry ,2)Just for today, I will not be angry 3)Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings 4)Just for today, I will do my work honestly 5)Just for today, I will be kind to every living thing .
Heck, they're not all that bad! The first two sure apply to "peeves".
As pet peeves mostly seem to emanate from some form of inappropriate human behavior - I just take a deep breathe and remember the words" illegitimus non carborundum" i.e. "don't let the little bastards get you down". That little saying is a lot easier to remember than the call-in fellow's principals and it seems to work. Peeves aren't worth the worry time.
Happy Trails
Sounds like the 'Serenity now!' Seinfeld episode and we all know how well that worked. I can only remain passive for so long when something is bothering me.
As for pet peeves this week? Flakey lab equipment. Actually that may be more than a peeve. Oh, and UPS. |
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Calgary, Alberta
Canada
227 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2009 : 5:00 PM
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Hey there Free-flowing - loved the response. To me they are not worth worrying about - but perhaps to others they are - it is of course their call.
Peeve thread is good, if it in fact, allows the peeve to be spoken and the peeved to move on - as you suggest. But what if the thread has inadvertently added to the peeves of the peeved - that might not be so good (but I won't worry about it). On balance, however, it is all probably good therapy but whoa - I'll leave that pronouncement to the high priced help.
"Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow" - Swedish proverb.
Now that I have checked out this thread I think I'll go back to the Hiking Alone thread now - it is a happy place.
Happy Trails
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Popkum, BC
Canada
5887 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2009 : 4:42 PM
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13057 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2009 : 6:21 PM
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Originally posted by b.c.me
People that talk two inches away from your face, and stinky hikers in my bubble.
Lol,that bugs me too, I call them "space invaders". It's even lamer when they repeatedly touch you  |
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