Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine Oh My GOD, that's annoying!

I don't dare!

no you dont

I'm a man, baby, a man! I dare!

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And now I wish I hadn't.

Why do advertisers insist on giving us things that make us want to kill them?!

On the other hand, those Old Spice Commercials make me smile.

I alternate between finding her incredibly annoying and bizarrely sexy!

I hate teh Old Navy commercials. The one's where the manniquens are talking...grrrrrr

LOL Me too!

Colin Cowherd on ESPN radio. Four interminable hours of listening to this pompous jackass...I've had to go back to channel surfing since they put him on the only sports radio channel where I work.

Census commercials.

What really bugs me is that they all seem to be some variation of "Be sure to fill in the census so you get your fair share of stuff from the government!"

The primary point of the census is supposed to be to insure that each person has an equal voice in government.

It's supposed to be about empowering citizens, not just about them lining up for their share of government goods.

Me.

Mike Francesca from the former "Mike and the Mad Dog". I'm not sure if any of you guys know who that is that don't live in the tri-state area. Mike and the Mad Dog were a wildly popular sports show on New York's WFAN for years, and would follow Imus on AM radio. About two years ago, Chris (aka "The Mad Dog") left the show, probably because he was tired of being badgered by Mike.

Now its just Mike Francesca himself talking to people who call in. He also has his own show on the YES channel, which is the New York Yankees channel in this area. Because WFAN is a Mets station and YES is a Yankees television channel, he has all kinds of connections to interview all the major Mets and Yankees players and owners.

The guy is just beyond arrogant and a total prick. But he's not trying to be--its simply becuase he no longer has a partner that his true personality is starting to really come out.

I no longer listen but so many guys I know in this area do, both my age and people from work. I think if I saw him on the streets, I'd mug him.

In a similar vein..people that cannot talk without yelling.

One picture that instantly forms in my mind is some radio talk show host from up north who's entire act seems to be shouting. Kinda like the pitch guy that died last year, billy mays. Now, don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people in the south that do the same thing. But, as I get older, I treasure quiet more and more. And being a more solitary person than most (yes, its true, don't let my posting here fool you) I'm almost always happiest in either small groups or alone. My family being the sole exceptions to the rule.

But these types of people always put me off. They can be the nicest people in the world, but just learn some volume control. I'm a large guy, and my voice is deep and carries. I had to learn volume control in first grade when even the quietest whispers from me caught the teachers ears.

If you've got to yell and shout in a small area to get my attention, you've just lost me.

Well it is not quite goods for individuals, but where money gets allocated for roads, bridges, and stuff like that.

You're right that it's more "get stuff for your community", so it's not quite as bad as I suggested, but still it seems to me to be appealing to the wrong emotion.

They may in fact be more effective that way . It would surprise me if they didn't spend a lot of time testing the message to see which would appeal to people the most. But, if that's so, it still says something annoying about the American people.

What really gets me is that things like public education get shafted for pet projects. And the public education schools that don't really need extra money get it in gobs, while little places like Trio South Carolina, a tiny spot in the armpit of the state with no real industry or business to tax but a large poor populace(mostly black with no pull in the capital whatsoever), get next to nothing.

A few years ago they were moving the children around from room to room, whichever one wasn't leaking at the time. The books were forty years out of date...

You've got close to two thousand kids in one graduating class, you are gonna get money. You have close to twenty in one graduating class, here's the door, here's your hat, whats your hurry.

Working where I do, there's ample opportunity to observe the phenomenon of pretentious names for colors of clothing.

Uh, there's nothing wrong with calling it "Purple," insterad of "Wisteria." Or "Dark Gray" instead of "Asphalt." Really.

Unless you're selling an item in six or seven different shades/tints of the same color, it's just not necessary to do this. Stop it.

Also, I'm sick of seeing cutesy t-shirts with slogans about the joys of being one with nature-- wrapped in three layers of plastic. I might add that cotton is not enviro-friendly. If Megacorp Sportswear really gave a frack about the environment, they'd make their damn shirts out of hemp. In the U.S., as opposed to a kajillion miles away.

I hope people buy this crap because they think it's cute. Not because they think buying it is actually the same as chaining oneself to an ancient tree in hopes of saving it from the saws. (Sorry, rickshaw1. Just the first hypothetical that popped into my head.)

Thats fine, Cleome. I too hate the thought of old growth trees being cut. But i temper it with the needs of the owners and the people that make a living off it.

You wanna know something tough, try finding a nice baseball cap that isn't adorned with some damn slogan or advertisement.

You can find the plain, ugly ass ones...that are made too large in the front for you to put YOUR OWN dumbass saying or slogan on.

Beyonce's song "Halo" annoys the heck out of me. It's a lovely song...one I'd really, really enjoy hearing...until she yells, "HALO HALO HALO! HALO HALO HALO!" a thousand times. There are plenty of songs that I hate, but few that make me want to reach into the radio and pull out the singer's trachea like that one does.

Repeated automated calls from my insurance provider, reminding me to get a check-up. Uh, I'd love a check-up, Twerps. If your insurance premiums weren't so effing insane, maybe I could afford one.

[six-hours of profanity goes here]

That Starburst commercial with the sarcastic zombie riding the bus. It almost (emphasis on ALMOST) makes me want to track down the people who conceived it and kick them where it hurts the most.

Every freakin gas company money whore out there that thinks its a good idea to water down gasoline with ethenol. I can't afford a new truck. I have to drive my old '95 f150 with 493,000 miles on it. It doesn't run ethenol. It runs gas, not water with alcohol in it. If I wanted to run that, I'd just stick some 'shine it in and burn out my valves fast.

I've had to replace my fuel filter four times in the last two months, which means that I have no choice but to spill a minor amount of gas on the ground, which hits the immediate area as well as wasting precious precious money right now.

I pull up to a place and my old truck starts knocking and fartin' and backfirin', and then cuts off and I have to call someone to bring me a new filter, as well as my worry that their shitty gas is gonna blow the motor in my beloved old truck which, by the way, has never had this problem before.

Here's a hint, aholes. My motor blows up, I'm sending you the bill and if you don't pay it, I'm taking you to small claims court, suin' yer ass, and them posting the win on youtube so everyone else you have screwed can see it and go after you as well.

sorry, folks, but I'm just a little tired of my dependable old truck suddenly breaking down in the middle of town, or at the drive through of my bank, or out in the woods twelve miles from nowhere.

"try finding a nice baseball cap that isn't adorned with some damn slogan or advertisement"


Generally, I don't wear baseball caps... but the ONE I do have has to "Federal Security Agency" logo on it that Sean Connery wore in the movie OUTLAND.

Did we REALLY need a sequel to Wall Street? Hell, I hated the first one three-odd decades ago!

Prof, I wear one for the woods and sometimes just because it hides my hair. I have it and don't care about it one way or the other so a lot of times is pretty bad, lol.