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  1. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    ! see this sort of thing every day. There's a stretch of highway I travel that's five lanes wide. On any given day I'm almost guaranteed to see someone in the left most lane, cross over three lanes just to pass someone on the right then go right back to the left high speed lane. Simply insane!
  2. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    But the question is, what do YOU do when you see the other person turn on their turn signal? Around here it seems as though that's your cue to stand your ground and make it impossible for the other guy to change lanes. It's especially meaningful when you make the other guy miss the exit.
  3. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Interesting. It seems that any time I've heard of someone getting sick from fast food, it has ALWAYS been at Taco Bell.
  4. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yep, shredded ettuce and tomato, bit of cheese too. And some hot taco sauce. But I prefer to replace the lettuce with cilantro. Maybe it's a gringo taco, but I love em just the same. Oh, and only hard shells. I never liked those doughy soft things. As for ground beef on tacos, I prefer it to...
  5. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    But it can easily go overboard. Savory can be a nice change to the usual sweet baked treat. On a similar note, a local ice cream maker was selling "fire roasted sweet corn ice cream". I had a cup, and it was really interesting. Lots of cob flavor. Kinda tasted like creamed corn. It wasn't...
  7. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Love it, myself, can't get enough of it. When making tacos (and the like) at home we skip the lettuce and pile on the cilantro instead. Interestingly, my experience is that when you walk into a South American kitchen, cilantro is one of those ambient smells. At least that was the case when i...
  8. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It was an inner-city Baptist Church that my wife and several of her friends attended merely to sing in the choir (they were paid to supplement the choir). This is the same pastor who, after returning from a mission trip to the Caribbean (I believe), claimed that Jesus spoke Spanish. One can...
  9. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Similarly, the half gallon of ice cream. Ever notice tuna fish cans getting thinner? Likewise Klondike bars. As for Proverbs, I've always gotten a smile from 26:3, which, according to the pastor of a church my wife attended in while college, prescribed that stupid people should be beaten.
  10. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Annoyance du jour: Those who seem to think that you can't use the gas pedal and the steering wheel at the same time.
  11. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It's hot and I'm cranky and crabby, so I'll offer up a couple annoyances du jour. Why is it that so often when I'm backing out of a parking space at the grocery store, there will invariably be someone who feels the need to zing by behind me? I can see how it could happen as I'm just starting to...
  13. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Any more that seems to be the case every time for us - $50+ so much for a quick trip to the store! It wouldn't be so bad if that $50 weren't for, say, three or four items.
  14. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    That doesn't bother me so much. It's the possessive that makes me cringe: "your guyses"
  15. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The following, FAR from trivial in my opinion, did MUCH more than tick me off. Because we are working parents, our 10yr old son attends a day camp for several weeks during the summer when he isn't enrolled in a more topic/activity oriented camp - chess camp, Natural History museum, chamber...
  16. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Given that 4th of July is on the near horizon, I am SOOOOO NOT looking forward to hearing at every turn "proud to be an American..." If ever a song will be played in hell, it'll be that one.
  17. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Being in Cleveland, we recently could not help but be assaulted at every turn with broadcasts of the Cavalier's (basketball) games. In most places the assumption is that everybody wants to hear the game so it's usually piped in so you can dine, shop etc. by the (usually deafeningly loud) sound...
  19. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I suppose it doesn't really tick me off so much, but I do find it quite hilarious: "hipsters" (if that's the correct term) who wear ball caps with their ears tucked in.
  20. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Reminds me of the time I went to get a haircut. I had just gotten in the chair when the barber excitedly told me that so and so (who was the head coach of the Browns football team*) had been in earlier for a hair cut. My response was who the hell is he and why should I care. Needless to say...
  21. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Most recent annoyance: Windsor collars. Stupidest looking things ever to come down the pike, and difficult to get a tie to work with, especially in kids shirts. And yes, I tried the prescribed knots.
  22. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I personally never had any problems with rotaries, after all, you can just keep going around until you get into the position you want in order to exit. But I can see how they could give some people fits, especially in heavy traffic with other aggressive drivers. Speaking of which, I find it...
  23. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I've never really understood the concept of vehicles having to yield to pedestrians, at least from a practical safety stand point. A pedestrian is a hell of a lot more maneuverable and able to stop much quicker than a one ton+ hunk of metal with momentum. Not to mention a pedestrian possesses...

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