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1.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
It dawned on me this morning as I was grinding my teeth while driving to work that we don't have a pet peeve thread where we can let a little off our chests and lower our blood pressure a bit. Post anything that is a minor annoyance that really would make you feel better to let it all out.
Shout, Shout, Let it all out!
Shout, Shout, Let it all out!
2.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
:-):-)
3.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
[B]The most knowledgeable fans[/B]
BS-o-meter says 9 out of 10. There is not a fan base of any learning institution that is more knowledgeable than another. They don't understand the rules any better than you or I. They aren't privy to any private information that isn't spread all over the media constantly. Announcers love to say this to fill dead air space and is particularly noticed during basketball season. "Such knowledgeable fans." Yea, well BS. Those fans are just as in the dark as you or I on calls made by the referee or umpire. Of course fans for a particular area will know more about their school/team history than in other locations but that is to be expected.
BS-o-meter says 9 out of 10. There is not a fan base of any learning institution that is more knowledgeable than another. They don't understand the rules any better than you or I. They aren't privy to any private information that isn't spread all over the media constantly. Announcers love to say this to fill dead air space and is particularly noticed during basketball season. "Such knowledgeable fans." Yea, well BS. Those fans are just as in the dark as you or I on calls made by the referee or umpire. Of course fans for a particular area will know more about their school/team history than in other locations but that is to be expected.
4.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
[B]"Had the presence of mind..."[/B]
BS-o-meter is pegged on this one. You will hear this stupid statement when a first basemen is drawn off the bag and has to make the tag by hand. There isn't anybody other than the announcer that is impressed by this feat. It is automatic. It's never even thought about. You're off the bag you have to tag (a la Johnny Cochran). When a receiver catches the ball and attempts to get one or two feet down before exiting the playing field it is revered by color men as a great accomplishment and represents some sort of pinnacle of athleticism. The truth is that there isn't a grade school pickup game on any school yard in the U.S. where this isn't acted out by 5 year-olds. The same can be said when a player attempts to get the ball inside the pylon when being run out of bounds. It's second nature. Stop saying this. Please. Nobody is impressed. Nobody.
BS-o-meter is pegged on this one. You will hear this stupid statement when a first basemen is drawn off the bag and has to make the tag by hand. There isn't anybody other than the announcer that is impressed by this feat. It is automatic. It's never even thought about. You're off the bag you have to tag (a la Johnny Cochran). When a receiver catches the ball and attempts to get one or two feet down before exiting the playing field it is revered by color men as a great accomplishment and represents some sort of pinnacle of athleticism. The truth is that there isn't a grade school pickup game on any school yard in the U.S. where this isn't acted out by 5 year-olds. The same can be said when a player attempts to get the ball inside the pylon when being run out of bounds. It's second nature. Stop saying this. Please. Nobody is impressed. Nobody.
5.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
"[B]Has the most diehard fans[/B]"
BS-o-meter is pegged on this one too. I lived in Lincoln, Nebraska for 10 years and all I heard was how diehard the Cornhusker fans were. How they would stay to the end and applaud an opposing team for their effort regardless of outcome. Well, in reality it's easy to be labeled diehard when you are never faced with adversity, defeat or loss. It's easy to applaud an opposing team on the field after you've beat them 63-7. It's easy to stay the whole game when you are superior to your opponent.
In 2005, I had the pleasure of sitting in the stands when Kansas beat Nebraska for the first time since 1969. It was the Bill Callahan era where some suit thought it would be a great idea to introduce a west coast offense to the bread and butter power game that was Nebraska. The game was lopsided and KU won 40 -15. It was a soul cleansing for me as I grew up in Lawrence. When I looked up in the stands, the stands in Lawrence, where more Cornhusker fans outnumbered KU fans at the start of the game, I noticed something peculiar. Empty seats. They all exited by the fourth quarter. Diehard fans my ass. They aren't any more diehard than any other school. Exposed. Deal with it.
BS-o-meter is pegged on this one too. I lived in Lincoln, Nebraska for 10 years and all I heard was how diehard the Cornhusker fans were. How they would stay to the end and applaud an opposing team for their effort regardless of outcome. Well, in reality it's easy to be labeled diehard when you are never faced with adversity, defeat or loss. It's easy to applaud an opposing team on the field after you've beat them 63-7. It's easy to stay the whole game when you are superior to your opponent.
In 2005, I had the pleasure of sitting in the stands when Kansas beat Nebraska for the first time since 1969. It was the Bill Callahan era where some suit thought it would be a great idea to introduce a west coast offense to the bread and butter power game that was Nebraska. The game was lopsided and KU won 40 -15. It was a soul cleansing for me as I grew up in Lawrence. When I looked up in the stands, the stands in Lawrence, where more Cornhusker fans outnumbered KU fans at the start of the game, I noticed something peculiar. Empty seats. They all exited by the fourth quarter. Diehard fans my ass. They aren't any more diehard than any other school. Exposed. Deal with it.
6.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
LOL ... Somebody needs to stop listening to sports radio ... :-)
But as Cam Newton knows now, the most knowledgeable fans can be anyone at all, and the crankiest fans can''t resist the urge to virtue-signal.
You make a good point about "presence of mind." I don't think I've ever heard a broadcaster use that to describe an athlete *doing his job* during a game, but I can see a commentator doing it to fill airtime, when he can't think of a better phrase. "Great instincts" would be a better term, for instance.
'Presence of mind" should be reserved for things like clever clock management or other examples of an awareness that's not natural or reflexive.
I have a few sports pet peeves, one being commentators who will not say what everyone's thinking after a call, or buck the officials or obviously stupid or inscrutable rules. Slightly less peeved when they won't explain something that obviously needs explaining. Like last night's 10-second run-off against the Buccaneers with time running out. I understand some 10-second run-offs, but not that one. If I remembered the circumstances, I'd look it up, but the rule is so bizarre I can't even remember what was so egregious to set it off.
And coming full circle, I didn't need to hear the half-time show spend an embarrassing amount of time on their outrage at Cam Newton's thought crime, when they should have been talking ... um, you know, FOOTBALL! It was so cringe-worthy, I changed the channel after a couple of minutes of it.
It was almost as bad as watching Jimmy Fallon's female staff bowing and sobbing in front of the cameras, when The Least Presidential Woman In The World appeared.
So, yeah, I have a few things that peeve me off! ---LOL
But as Cam Newton knows now, the most knowledgeable fans can be anyone at all, and the crankiest fans can''t resist the urge to virtue-signal.
You make a good point about "presence of mind." I don't think I've ever heard a broadcaster use that to describe an athlete *doing his job* during a game, but I can see a commentator doing it to fill airtime, when he can't think of a better phrase. "Great instincts" would be a better term, for instance.
'Presence of mind" should be reserved for things like clever clock management or other examples of an awareness that's not natural or reflexive.
I have a few sports pet peeves, one being commentators who will not say what everyone's thinking after a call, or buck the officials or obviously stupid or inscrutable rules. Slightly less peeved when they won't explain something that obviously needs explaining. Like last night's 10-second run-off against the Buccaneers with time running out. I understand some 10-second run-offs, but not that one. If I remembered the circumstances, I'd look it up, but the rule is so bizarre I can't even remember what was so egregious to set it off.
And coming full circle, I didn't need to hear the half-time show spend an embarrassing amount of time on their outrage at Cam Newton's thought crime, when they should have been talking ... um, you know, FOOTBALL! It was so cringe-worthy, I changed the channel after a couple of minutes of it.
It was almost as bad as watching Jimmy Fallon's female staff bowing and sobbing in front of the cameras, when The Least Presidential Woman In The World appeared.
So, yeah, I have a few things that peeve me off! ---LOL
7.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
About die-hard fans: also good points. I'd add that of the several good college sports programs I've been around, there's always the complaint that the alumni will bug out early, especially in a losing effort.
I was watching pro foootball recently and it struck me about fans leaving early: Not only can anything happen in the last four or seven minutes with some of these teams today, but you paid a heck of a lot of money to not enjoy every minute of it. It's a head-scratcher.
Speaking of which, there was a crowd shot of the Redskins game the other night. I can't remember where the game was played, but this camera was up in the nose-bleed section, or at least the long-distance section. It looked like you wouldn't even be able to see the ball from those seats. I was wondering why anyone would bother, when they could watch on a perfectly good hi-def TV.
I was watching pro foootball recently and it struck me about fans leaving early: Not only can anything happen in the last four or seven minutes with some of these teams today, but you paid a heck of a lot of money to not enjoy every minute of it. It's a head-scratcher.
Speaking of which, there was a crowd shot of the Redskins game the other night. I can't remember where the game was played, but this camera was up in the nose-bleed section, or at least the long-distance section. It looked like you wouldn't even be able to see the ball from those seats. I was wondering why anyone would bother, when they could watch on a perfectly good hi-def TV.
8.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
I decided not to post the Hillary clip since it wouldn't be good for anyone's breakfast, lunch or dinner. If you want to watch it, though, it's on Youtube.
[url]https://www.webmd.com/children/ss/nausea-vomiting-remedies-treatment[/url]
[url]https://www.webmd.com/children/ss/nausea-vomiting-remedies-treatment[/url]
9.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
How bout the knuckleheads that leave in the 3rd quarter so they can "avoid the crowd"? First of all, I'm there to watch football. Yes it would be nice if my team won but not always possible. There is still enjoyment watching talent.
And second, there is more of a crowd in the 3rd quarter leaving than after the game. Maroons.
And second, there is more of a crowd in the 3rd quarter leaving than after the game. Maroons.
10.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
How bout the doofus player that does a little dance after a play when their team is being hammered and it's late in the game. Yea, very impressive.
11.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
LOL ...
I was reading a comments section the other day and someone called someone else a maroon. Naturally, the next genius gets on and tells him it's "moron."
Unfortunately, no one followed up to explain to this ignorant pedant that he needed to get out more. I'll give you one guess as to his political leanings, though ... LOL
I was reading a comments section the other day and someone called someone else a maroon. Naturally, the next genius gets on and tells him it's "moron."
Unfortunately, no one followed up to explain to this ignorant pedant that he needed to get out more. I'll give you one guess as to his political leanings, though ... LOL
12.) DParker - 10/06/2017
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;52144]LOL ...
I was reading a comments section the other day and someone called someone else a maroon. Naturally, the next genius gets on and tells him it's "moron."
Unfortunately, no one followed up to explain to this ignorant pedant that he needed to get out more. I'll give you one guess as to his political leanings, though ... LOL[/QUOTE]
I was reading a comments section the other day and someone called someone else a maroon. Naturally, the next genius gets on and tells him it's "moron."
Unfortunately, no one followed up to explain to this ignorant pedant that he needed to get out more. I'll give you one guess as to his political leanings, though ... LOL[/QUOTE]
13.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
"The Moran Family Visits World Spelling Bee Championship" --- LOL
14.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
....
15.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
[QUOTE=DParker;52145][/QUOTE]
Man, he still looks as good as when he played.
[/QUOTE]Man, he still looks as good as when he played.
16.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
I hremember him!
I hlove that hguy!
I hlove that hguy!
17.) DParker - 10/06/2017
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;52149]I hremember him!
I hlove that hguy![/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;TJk-roFa9oY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJk-roFa9oY[/video]
I hlove that hguy![/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;TJk-roFa9oY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJk-roFa9oY[/video]
18.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
Stop! Make it stop! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
I don't even wanna know how you found that!
I don't even wanna know how you found that!
19.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;52149]I hremember him!
I hlove that hguy![/QUOTE]
I hlove that hguy![/QUOTE]
20.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
Another peeve are the retards that whimper and cry that their 16-12 basketball team didn't make the field of 68. It should still be a 64-team tournament. It's a privilege to play in that tournament not a right.
21.) DParker - 10/06/2017
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;52151]Stop! Make it stop! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
I don't even wanna know how you found that![/QUOTE]
A couple of local DJs played the audio from it on my way to work this morning. I'm pretty sure that the drivers on either side of me at the time must have concluded that I was a complete lunatic.
I don't even wanna know how you found that![/QUOTE]
A couple of local DJs played the audio from it on my way to work this morning. I'm pretty sure that the drivers on either side of me at the time must have concluded that I was a complete lunatic.
22.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
[QUOTE=bluecat;52152][/QUOTE]
Rbhow do you even psay that?
Ar-beck?
He was Hungary one day and asked his girlfriend what she wanted for psupper. She said "Arby's" but he misunderstood and gave her Hraby's. It has hdogged him ever psince.
Rbhow do you even psay that?
Ar-beck?
He was Hungary one day and asked his girlfriend what she wanted for psupper. She said "Arby's" but he misunderstood and gave her Hraby's. It has hdogged him ever psince.
23.) bluecat - 10/06/2017
pronounced "er beck". Just call him "eyechart".
24.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2017
"The hrly bhrd gets the whrm, but the psecond moupse gets the cheepse."
25.) Swamp Fox - 10/09/2017
I tried to find some football moments, since I see them fairly often, but this is all I could come up with.
Adults who take balls from kids and little old ladies are the worst ... LOL
Adults who take balls from kids and little old ladies are the worst ... LOL
26.) Jon - 10/10/2017
Are turn signals not standard equipment on vehicles for at least the last umm 100 years? My biggest pet peeve of all
27.) DParker - 10/10/2017
[QUOTE=Jon;52249]Are turn signals not standard equipment on vehicles for at least the last umm 100 years? My biggest pet peeve of all[/QUOTE]
Yes, but it appears that some of them don't work until you're already half-way into making a turn, and it's too late for them to do anyone any good.
Yes, but it appears that some of them don't work until you're already half-way into making a turn, and it's too late for them to do anyone any good.
28.) bluecat - 10/10/2017
Yes! A biggie.
29.) Swamp Fox - 11/18/2017
Whoa! I can't believe it's more than a month since anyone had a pet peeve!
I thought it was early for this one: Christmas parades.
But no.
Not all Christmas parades, mind you ... Just the ones that can't even wait until after Thanksgiving, and/or which are treated with unreasonable respect.
Raleighwood had theirs today, for instance. I'm sure the insanity occurred elsewhere as well. But I'll bet the insult to American decorum and the Roman calendar elsewhere wasn't compounded by the local TV station as it was here, when the broadcast ground on through the end of the parade, which ---to the surprise of no one--climaxed with the sudden appearance of Santa and Mrs Claus.
However, this decision *did* surprise everyone who wanted to watch Virginia take on undefeated Miami and score on their first possession.
Because it was so important to stick with the jolly old elf and his cheering sycophants lining the streets of the capital, and then to roll several minutes of credits and commercials, the geniuses at WRAL didn't get around to this locally-important game and national upset opportunity until five and a half minutes into the first quarter. It was only by a ridiculously early Christmas miracle that we were able to catch the tail end of the touchdown replay.
Meanwhile, out here in what used to be the country, the little town I'm near is very sanely delaying their Christmas parade until, well --you know--*[I]December[/I]*, as it always has. People will come from far and wide on an appropriate Saturday to clog the crossroads for several hours while I try to not waste too much time standing in line at the post office, taking care of weekly chores. I will then celebrate all the community spirit by exiting town via the backdoor, so as to enjoy driving home the long way around.
I note that somewhere along the line, the town government website began to refer to this annual travesty as the Holiday Parade, but if you talk to normal people they'll say Christmas parade.
So I got that going for me, which is nice.
I thought it was early for this one: Christmas parades.
But no.
Not all Christmas parades, mind you ... Just the ones that can't even wait until after Thanksgiving, and/or which are treated with unreasonable respect.
Raleighwood had theirs today, for instance. I'm sure the insanity occurred elsewhere as well. But I'll bet the insult to American decorum and the Roman calendar elsewhere wasn't compounded by the local TV station as it was here, when the broadcast ground on through the end of the parade, which ---to the surprise of no one--climaxed with the sudden appearance of Santa and Mrs Claus.
However, this decision *did* surprise everyone who wanted to watch Virginia take on undefeated Miami and score on their first possession.
Because it was so important to stick with the jolly old elf and his cheering sycophants lining the streets of the capital, and then to roll several minutes of credits and commercials, the geniuses at WRAL didn't get around to this locally-important game and national upset opportunity until five and a half minutes into the first quarter. It was only by a ridiculously early Christmas miracle that we were able to catch the tail end of the touchdown replay.
Meanwhile, out here in what used to be the country, the little town I'm near is very sanely delaying their Christmas parade until, well --you know--*[I]December[/I]*, as it always has. People will come from far and wide on an appropriate Saturday to clog the crossroads for several hours while I try to not waste too much time standing in line at the post office, taking care of weekly chores. I will then celebrate all the community spirit by exiting town via the backdoor, so as to enjoy driving home the long way around.
I note that somewhere along the line, the town government website began to refer to this annual travesty as the Holiday Parade, but if you talk to normal people they'll say Christmas parade.
So I got that going for me, which is nice.
30.) Jon - 11/20/2017
I was bored and started looking at the most awkwardly odd group on facebook, I think I found one candidate......"Chemtrails Global Skywatch". They all think the contrails from aircraft are chemtrails and the gov't is poisoning them from above. It's unreal how freaked out they are.
31.) Swamp Fox - 11/20/2017
It took me about a year of hearing chemtrail conspiracy theory jokes to realize it was a real thing ... LOL... The conspiracy theory, I mean. :-)
It's probably the flouride in the water that's clouding my judgment.
[B]My month with chemtrails conspiracy theorists[/B]
[url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/22/california-conspiracy-theorist-farmers-chemtrails[/url]
It's probably the flouride in the water that's clouding my judgment.
[B]My month with chemtrails conspiracy theorists[/B]
[url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/22/california-conspiracy-theorist-farmers-chemtrails[/url]
32.) DParker - 11/20/2017
[QUOTE=Jon;53232]I was bored and started looking at the most awkwardly odd group on facebook, I think I found one candidate......"Chemtrails Global Skywatch". They all think the contrails from aircraft are chemtrails and the gov't is poisoning them from above. It's unreal how freaked out they are.[/QUOTE]
I can't decide which is more entertaining (in a scary "I can't believe these people are walking around free and not in straight jackets" way), the rantings of those nut-jobs, or YouTube videos of interactions between cops and "Sovereign Citizens".
I can't decide which is more entertaining (in a scary "I can't believe these people are walking around free and not in straight jackets" way), the rantings of those nut-jobs, or YouTube videos of interactions between cops and "Sovereign Citizens".
33.) Swamp Fox - 11/20/2017
Those videos are embarrassing. I don't go looking for them, but they somehow appear in my line of sight every once in a while. I came across one about a month ago where the girl wasn't claiming sovereign citizenship --- she was just on something, or off in the head, or both.
After refusing to identify herself, she just spiraled into a breakdown during a lot more back and forth with the cop than she reasonably should have been blessed with. He finally arrested her, and I wonder if she wound up in a padded room at some point after that. If you watch the sovereign citizens, you get the whiff of mental illness from some of them, too.
Actually, I think it's a little mentally ill to whip out your camera either instinctively or on purpose to the extent it's done these days ...
After refusing to identify herself, she just spiraled into a breakdown during a lot more back and forth with the cop than she reasonably should have been blessed with. He finally arrested her, and I wonder if she wound up in a padded room at some point after that. If you watch the sovereign citizens, you get the whiff of mental illness from some of them, too.
Actually, I think it's a little mentally ill to whip out your camera either instinctively or on purpose to the extent it's done these days ...