1000 Annoyances!!!

932.

2018-04-19T23:10:00.000-07:00

Isn’t it annoying...

.....that as the battery in your wall clock slowly dies, the clock becomes slower and slower and you don’t realize it till you are actually late for something important!!!

933.

2013-09-02T01:50:00.002-07:00

Isn't It Annoying ...

... that no matter what show, movie, symphony, play, theater, or other live performance you go to, there is always someone in the audience who has an uncontrollable fit of coughing or throat clearing that overshadows whatever it is that you are watching .... !!@#$@$!

934.

2012-09-27T02:29:00.000-07:00

Isn't It Annoying ...

... That the smaller the size of the object you drop, the more likely it is to roll off and wedge itself into some obscure, inaccessible, hard-to-get-to corner or location...

935.

2012-09-13T23:44:00.005-07:00

Isn't It Annoying ...

When you can't answer the phone in time, but then, when you try to call the caller back, you only get their voice mail because they got your voice mail because you couldn't answer the phone in time... and now not only do you have to keep redialing to connect, but you also have to go delete that unnecessary message they left in your voice mail ... !!!

936.

2012-07-09T22:04:00.002-07:00

Isn't It Annoying ...

... When you fall asleep in a public place (like a meeting) and wake up later only to realize you've been (gasp!) drooling in your sleep?

937.

2012-05-16T21:44:00.001-07:00

Isn't It Annoying...

... That life doesn't come with a built-in UNDO button ?

938-939.

2012-04-26T01:32:00.000-07:00

Isn't it Annoying...

.... When people in front of you drive below the speed limit thereby slowing you down and sucking up precious moments of your finite life?

.... When you are driving at a safe and steady speed and yet people keep crowding up behind you trying to pressure you into driving faster and more recklessly?

940.

2012-04-14T20:23:00.001-07:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...That just when you think you have a great travel story, turns out everyone else has travel stories that are far more exotic than yours!

941.

2012-03-24T16:19:00.000-07:00

Isn't It Annoying...
...When you get stuck in airport security behind someone who clearly hasn't been paying attention to the rules?

942-943.

2012-03-14T20:31:00.001-07:00

Isn't It Annoying...
...How some people have a knack for stating the obvious?

Isn't It Annoying...
...When all your attempts to start a conversation with someone are impolitely rebuffed?

944.

2012-03-13T14:50:00.000-07:00

Isn't It Annoying....

... When you're happily heading to your destination, making good progress, certain to be on time...

... when suddenly ...

... you realize you forgot something important and have to turn and go back all the way to get it and now you're going to be terribly late and the REALLY WORST PART is that you have no one to blame but your own FICKLE MEMORY!!

945.

2012-02-23T00:16:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...When you reach into your pocket (or purse) for something and, when you take your hand out, all your loose change comes merrily spilling out too?

* Apparently there is so much lost loose change going around that some people make it a hobby to find and hoard it...
* There's plenty of products you can buy to alleviate the problem of loose change in your pockets - like this one ...
* Random trivia: The TSA collects over $400K in lost loose change at US airport security checkpoints every year.

946.

2012-02-16T04:36:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...When people insist on driving around with their high-beams on for no discernable reason at all (other than shining them straight into your eyes)?

947.

2012-02-02T13:58:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

... When you get a catchy song (and especially some annoyingly catchy internet song) stuck playing an infinite loop in your head?

***

Now if you're really curious, here are the songs referenced above. (But wait, are you sure you want to hear them? Dont blame us later if they get stuck in your head!)

* The Hamster Dance

* It's a small, small world

* Poker Face

* Loituma - LeekGirl

* Schnappi Das Kleine Krokodil

Did you know:

* 98% of people have had songs stuck in their heads

* 62% reported episodes of several hours or more

* The technical term for this affliction is 'EAR WORMS'. Read about it here.

948.

2012-01-14T14:26:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...How, once you've slept-over it, last night's brilliant idea seamlessly transforms into this morning's dud?

***

(Hmm... this seemed like a really good idea the night I drew it ... oh, well ....)

949.

2012-01-07T17:41:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...When you fall asleep at some really awkward angle and then wake up with the darndest kink (or crick) in your neck?!?

950.

2012-01-05T19:18:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...When you get stuck driving behind some large, lumbering, ponderously slow vehicle that completely occludes your view of the road ahead?
(And no, this is not a metaphor for your career growth...)

951.

2012-01-04T01:01:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

... When you try to toss something into a waste basket from across the room [because you're simply too lazy to get up and walk all the way] but then you miss and now you have to get up and walk all the way just to pick the darned thing up!!

952.

2011-12-29T00:51:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...That just about everyone elses mobile phone seems to be so much cooler than yours?

953-954.

2011-12-25T23:48:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...When you turn on the shower and the first jet of water that hits you is way too cold (or way too hot)?

...When you live in a part of the world without running water (or showers) and keep coming across posts like this on the internet that you simply can't relate to?

955.

2011-12-18T00:12:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...When your Zipper malfunctions?!? ('nuff said)

956.

2011-12-09T06:06:00.000-08:00

Isn't it Annoying...

When you just can't follow the dialogue in the program or movie you're watching?

957.

2011-11-30T19:56:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

... when you're sitting in these really great seats at the Movies, but then, just as the main feature is about to start, someone comes in and (inconsiderately) plunks themselves RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!!!

***

* In general Movie Theaters (aka Cinemas) have anywhere from 200 to 500 seats (averaging about 250-350). With that many seats you'd think it'd be a statistical improbability that people should end up sitting in front of you. However if you think your seats are good, chances are high someone else thinks the seats right in front of you are just as good. Maybe you could consider picking worse seats next time...

958.

2011-11-24T23:46:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

... When it's a special occasion and you can't stop yourself from eating waaay much more than you should (and later, can't stop yourself from kicking yourself for doing so)?!

***

* On average people consume 4000-5000 calories on Thanksgiving day. That's roughly 1.5 trillion calories across the entire US population. Now if we only had $10 per calorie, we could pay off the US national debt.

* Thanksgiving by the Numbers - courtsey the US Census Bureau (hmm...you'd think they'd have better things to do)

959.

2011-11-18T00:16:00.000-08:00

Isn't It Annoying...

...When that alarm clock goes off right in the middle of that beautiful dream you were having (and trying to hang on to)?

***

* Greeks, Romans, Chinese, ... looks like just about everyone throughout history has invented (or tried to invent) some form of an alarm clock. Apparently the eternal conflict between wanting to sleep in and needing to wake up is as old as civilization ...

* During World War II the manufacture of alarm clocks was put on hold, but the resulting shortage had such a tangible impact on productivity that the U.S. Government had to step in to re-commission their production with strict price controls in place.

* Just how popular (or necessary) are alarm clocks? At the time of writing this, this one clock has cracked the top 100 best-seller gizmo list on Amazon (just ahead of an iPod nano!) ...