Pet Peeves

Zakk Daniels · Post by **Zakk Daniels** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:50 pm

highpriestess wrote:when people turn the water off in the shower without turning the knob that switches it back off of shower so that when you come along and lean in and turn on the water it instantly comes out of the shower head and soaks the entire back of your head while you yell and scream because it's usually ice cold at first.

This past June, I had my shower water controls re-done. Our new shower knob automatically returns the flow to the faucet and not the shower head. It is cool as hell!!

Sarab · Post by **Sarab** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:17 pm

Man, I need that!

frank · Post by **frank** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:18 am

hahahaha. that made my day!

highpriestess · Post by **highpriestess** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:24 am

at LEAST. lol.

Post by **Trigger** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:16 am

Zakk Daniels wrote:
highpriestess wrote:when people turn the water off in the shower without turning the knob that switches it back off of shower so that when you come along and lean in and turn on the water it instantly comes out of the shower head and soaks the entire back of your head while you yell and scream because it's usually ice cold at first.
This past June, I had my shower water controls re-done. Our new shower knob automatically returns the flow to the faucet and not the shower head. It is cool as hell!!

speaking as a plumber

that is a standard feature on UK shower mixers so these getting soaked problems are not usual here.
I do have to say though that I really hate working on showers they are really hard to access and take ages to repair.

Sarab · Post by **Sarab** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:16 pm

frank wrote:
highpriestess wrote:my son thinks it's funny as hell to put a hair tie or rubber band around the sprayer thing thats connected to the kitchen sink so that when i turn the water on it sprays me and half the kitchen. i get so mad i yell at him using his first AND middle name. you know your mom is mad when she uses your middle name. and he just laughs like its the funniest thing in the world.
so how many times have you fallen for his trick? two dozen...three dozen?

hahahaha. that made my day!

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:55 am

Sarab wrote:
frank wrote:
highpriestess wrote:my son thinks it's funny as hell to put a hair tie or rubber band around the sprayer thing thats connected to the kitchen sink so that when i turn the water on it sprays me and half the kitchen. i get so mad i yell at him using his first AND middle name. you know your mom is mad when she uses your middle name. and he just laughs like its the funniest thing in the world.
so how many times have you fallen for his trick? two dozen...three dozen?
hahahaha. that made my day!

he he me too

Matt

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:17 am

One Pet Peeve used to be when an old dear would come up to me after playing my heart out and really giving everything I got and say..(old lady voice that is the same world over) "that was very nice young man, but can't you play anything I reconise?"

My friend Logan said an old lady said this to him after a recital and pissed off he said "yeah i can play soemthing you'll know. My foot up your ass!!!"

LMAO

Good morning everyone!

Matt

siro_angel · Post by **siro_angel** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:00 pm

One pet peeve I have is britian's obsession with Big Brother, and how some of the most annoying fans are glued to watching the housemates, eat, sleep, bitch and attention seek, and yet when you tell these fans it's all the same cliche just a different lick of paint on the house, different tasks but with the same goal of humulaiation and also the newspapers find dirt on these housemates and ruin their reputations behind their backs.. the fans have a full on scream and bitch session that you dont know anything, how can i make such stupid comments on a programme when i dont watch it, well excuse me for not wanting to waste my life on the tv watching the housemates living bitchy lives in order to win the publics vote for some petty cash, some publicity and maybe a yoga dvd or an autobiography or some expensive cologne that smells like tomcat piss.

This is not reality tv, this is failed drama.

Simon

evilpete · Post by **evilpete** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:29 pm

Seen the show a couple of times, not for several years though. Interesting idea, I guess.

When I have a spare few minutes I sometimes wonder what I'd do if I were in charge of Big Brother. Here are a few examples...

1) Put a roof over the backyard then leave the lights on 24/7. See how long it takes them to forget when day or night is. Then switch the lights off and give the contestants torches.

2) Have all of the floors, walls or ceilings slightly out of square and level. If I was really going to go to town on it I'd have the entire building on hydraulics and have it tilted at ever so slightly different angles each day. Let's go crazy and have the walls going up and down as well so none of the pictures are the same height two days in a row!

3) Wire the door handles to give mild electric shocks and have them switched on at random times.

4) Constant audible earth hum.

5) Change the way the doors open. Some days it's to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes have them open out, sometimes inwards.

6) The Decibel challenge. This is my favourite so far...

Either:

Absolute silence

or

The nosie level has to be above a certain dB (don't know the exact figure) - too loud for it to be reached just by shouting, so they'd have to phsycally make the noise using bin lids and spoons or whatever's there.

For an hour.

There'd be some bonus cash if they complete the challenge, but the amount would drop per second of noise or silence depending on which rule was in force at the time...

And since the silent one is, in theory, easier than the loud one, they'd have a choice, but the money would be vastly different.

Post by **Trigger** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:08 pm

I fucking hate reality TV shows and all these singing shows like X factor! when did singing make playing an intrument second best? I have met many singers but very few who are as intelectual as good musicians, so why is a voice is so much more important and when did being a great singer ever hinder Ozzy or David Bowie.

highpriestess · Post by **highpriestess** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:08 pm

i'm not rewal big on reality tv either... mostly because it's NOT reality at all. lol. but i gotta admit... i LOVE Gene Simmons Family Jewels. That show cracks me up... Gene's son, Nick, is friggin' HILARIOUS. and the episodes that Carrot Top is on are ALWAYS good for a laugh.

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:10 pm

I start off always by saying how silly Big Brother is and then I watch an episode and I am hooked for the series. I enjoy lots of the UK celebrity stuff.

I have enjoyed the conducting reality show with celebrities conducting orhestras and I also really enjoy I am a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

Godbless junk tv

..I also love watching Jeremy Kyle (a moralistic man who has a Ricki Lake show) LMAO

Oh yeah I love Family Jewels too Barbera and Hogan Knows Best!!!

Matt

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:05 pm

I have decided a new Pet Peeve..okay here it is.

I haven't eaten meat for 28 years..no fish or meat.

I eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day...(I make my own pizza where I control what goes on it!...I get 3 portions of vegetables here). I go to the gym twice weekly too.

Anyway my pet peeve is when I am out in the week (not common on a school night) having a diet coke and someone who is usually not in the best shape, has a drink in front of them..patience this is based on a true occurance...and a heavy smoker starts laying into me about how bad Diet Coke is!!!

When I joke and mention my pizza love they continue on the evils of junk food. I point out that pizza is just a bread lie base and what you put on it, but it falls on deaf ears!!

"Hypocricy knows no bounds"-Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer), Tombstone

ps not to be rude to bigger people but they weren't the smimmest person in the world either.