Everyone has pet peeves. Those are things that really irritate them. Here are just a few of mine. How many of my peeves do you share?
Mosquitoes.
On TV crime shows, no one ever holds a pistol two-handed while firing at a perp, and there’s never any recoil, that’s men or women.
This on the label of my pill bottle: “Take one tablet by mouth daily.” Where else would I put it?
Selling light bulbs in a flimsy cardboard holder.
Selling CDs/DVD’s encased in plastic and put into an even heavier plastic contraption that has to be removed by a cashier.
Dentists who ask me questions when my mouth is wide open, full of dental equipment, packed with cotton, and I’m numbed with Novocain.
The word, “forthwith”. It hasn’t been used in 1000 years, but in TV cop shows, they use it all the time to mean “hurry!”
Children in cars, by law, sit in car seats and wear seat belts, but there is no protection for them at all in a school bus.
School bus drivers ARE required by law to wear seat belts.
Being called honey, dear or sweetie just because I’m a senior citizen.
Mars Confectionery Co. made an ad with a lady tattoo artist writing “No Regerts”, instead of “No Regrets” on a client’s arm. She blames the candy bar she’s eating for the mistake. Instead of making people want a Milky Way, isn’t the ad saying don’t eat one, or you’ll be stupid, too?
Why does it have to be so hard to write something easy for people to read?
On TV shows, the word, “drink”, has become synonymous with “alcohol”, as in “I could sure use a drink.” It’s irritating. What kind of drink? Why not just say, “I’d sure like a scotch”, or “I’d sure like a glass of milk.”
“What do you want to use it for?” After buffalo wings? “I could sure use a drink of water to put out the fire in my throat.” Or, “I could sure use a glass of milk to dip my cookie in.” Why not just say it the right way in the first place?
British "acting legend" Mark Rylance (of whom I'd never heard) has recently publicly regretted having "real" oral sex in a movie back in 2001. It's taken him 23 years to regret it??? Methinks he doth not protest enough! I hadn't heard about the "nowadays" remark you made. But, if it's true, they must have nerves of steel. Have you ever seen what a movie set really looks like, the part away from the camera? Lights everywhere, janitors sweeping up (used condoms, no doubt), a microphone dangling overhead to catch every oooh and ahhh and squeal and moan, the bored director picking his teeth in his director's chair, yawning audibly...or maybe snoring ("wake me when it's over")... Not very conducive to a passionate interlude.
Haha, I don't want to talk about sex as depicted in movies. It's absurd and laughable. I will mention two major pet peeves about it, though: 1. What's with this throwing the lady up against the wall and thrusting it in? I've never tried it, myself, not even out of curiosity, but I know enough about human anatomy to know it couldn't possibly be as easy as they make it look, especially since they are usually both at least partially clothed... 2. After sex...the post-coital heavy breathing lasts longer than from someone who's run the mile in 3 1/2 minutes. They can only talk between gasps for air after every other word. I amuse myself by thinking of them as two fish who can only mate outside the water, the downside being that if they don't hurry up and get back in the pond, they'll die, hence the gasping for air. This reminds me--do you remember when Madonna was having a torrid affair with basketball star, Dennis Rodman? People, including gossip reporters, would actually approach and ask him if she was an "acrobat" or "gymnast" or "contortionist" in bed. He would actually answer such questions, too, saying: No, she's just...normal. Well, well, whaddaya knowww.