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What really grinds your gears?

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Bru-Bru Jan 2013 6:43pm, 31 Jan 2013 2,019 posts	Quote Pin Bru-Bru What? What is it actually supposed to mean?
Velociraptor Jan 2013 7:07pm, 31 Jan 2013 23,855 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor As in, "I'm confused-dot-com", or "I always leave it to the last-minute-dot-com"? SLAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
FreshStart Jan 2013 7:27pm, 31 Jan 2013 585 posts	Quote Pin FreshStart The 'views' thingy on blog entries, how to make people feel really unpopular...
GregP Jan 2013 9:12pm, 31 Jan 2013 65,103 posts	Quote Pin GregP That's the one, V'rap. Gets-on-my-nerves.com
CStar Jan 2013 11:09pm, 31 Jan 2013 1,264 posts	Quote Pin CStar Ah no more please, but valid gripe Grep.
XB Feb 2013 8:49am, 1 Feb 2013 2,802 posts	Quote Pin XB People who bid you farewell with "Look (or listen), you take care now". It always sounds like a veiled threat to me. These are usually the same people who start a conversation with "How are you today?" and receive the response "Do you realise that the word "today" is redundant in that question?"
Zorba Feb 2013 10:18am, 1 Feb 2013 687 posts	Quote Pin Zorba Back-rubbers....You see them outside charity shops or social science lectures , in garish woolen coats , giving it the big 5 second hug with the optional ,anti clockwise rubbing movement....Yeugh !
Zorba Feb 2013 10:24am, 1 Feb 2013 688 posts	Quote Pin Zorba The constant use , by news reporters , of the word "those " , as if out of concern that we have all dropped off and forgotten the sublject matter of the segment , eg ,on Bbc Breakfast this morning , " ..and here , at the Animal Rescue Centre , the process goes on of cleaning THOSE 123 distressed seabirds...."
Velociraptor Feb 2013 10:38am, 1 Feb 2013 23,868 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor If someone took issue with the wording of my well-intentioned enquiry about their wellbeing, my parting shot probably WOULD be to tell them to watch their backs
leaguefreak Feb 2013 10:50am, 1 Feb 2013 4,099 posts	Quote Pin leaguefreak The fact that my kids are being exposed to all sorts of branding and advertising nonsense every time I turn my back. It's not just that it offends my inner hippy, if my kids sing the bliddy "go compare" song at a meal table one more time I may have to resort to refusing to feed them. Again. Ever.