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What stupid things do people do that piss you off?

Get mad at you when you pull ahead of them in traffic on a busy day. What--you thought you'd get to drive like an 80-year-old dyslexic and not have someone get in front of you?

Not switching off their cell phones in a movie theater.

That one's topped only by them actually answering their cell phones.

Stupid things that stupid people do that makes you want to smack their stupid faces
ROFLMAO!!! Wow! Who ate your cookie this morning? :D

Using the word stupid three times in one sentence, get a thesaurus(sp?)

Not switching off their cell phones in a movie theater.

That one's topped only by them actually answering their cell phones.
I really wish it were considered socially acceptable to grab a cell phone in that instance and throw it across the theater.

Using the word stupid three times in one sentence, get a thesaurus(sp?)
But, but that takes effort!

Getting their girlfriends pregnant then bugging out.

Getting their girlfriends pregnant.

Women wanting to have children.

Women wanting to have children when they don't even have a mate so they get artificially inseminated instead of just adopting.

Spousal Abuse.

Sexual Abuse.

Paedophilic sexual abuse.

Rape and related sexual crimes against humanity.

Call me a pervert when I merely say something ambiguous and their overactive minds find something dirty to make out of it.

everyone does stupid things now and then. it would help your blood pressure to realize that and not get so upset about it. life is too short to spend in it senseless rage.

I really wish it were considered socially acceptable to grab a cell phone in that instance and throw it across the theater.
We go to the symphony a lot and it is actually a rare occasion when a phone does ring. Which is the way it should be.

You need to quit going to those dollar movies and hanging out with the teen-agers.

everyone does stupid things now and then. it would help your blood pressure to realize that and not get so upset about it. life is too short to spend in it senseless rage.

Well, with the advent of Anime's popularity in the West, smacking people upside the head is now an activity that doesn't even necessitate anger in those circles.

We go to the symphony a lot and it is actually a rare occasion when a phone does ring. Which is the way it should be.

You need to quit going to those dollar movies and hanging out with the teen-agers.

It seems to be about 50-50 between old business types and inconsiderate idiots in my experience.

Getting their girlfriends pregnant.

Women wanting to have children.

Women wanting to have children when they don't even have a mate so they get artificially inseminated instead of just adopting.

How are these things stupid?
esp. women wanting to have children?

People in gigs shouting for the same song over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

Even when it's painfully obvious from the outset that it's definitely not going to get played, because it's not even on the album the band said they would play that night :rolleyes:

I really wish it were considered socially acceptable to grab a cell phone in that instance and throw it across the theater.

Nah, cell phone tossing would really rack up the cost. Better to toss something cheaper and less breakable. Like a sack of flour. Or a large wet sponge. *please note how I'm nice & humane enough to not say "a brick"*

Even when it's painfully obvious from the outset that it's definitely not going to get played, because it's not even on the album the band said they would play that night :rolleyes:
because bands always play one album?

People in gigs shouting for the same song over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

Even when it's painfully obvious from the outset that it's definitely not going to get played, because it's not even on the album the band said they would play that night :rolleyes:

Word.

Well, with the advent of Anime's popularity in the West, smacking people upside the head is now an activity that doesn't even necessitate anger in those circles.
Uh. What?

because bands always play one album?
For the last four nights Biffy Clyro played each of their three albums in the same venue in Glasgow, and then on the fourth (last night) they played their new (and still unrecorded) album.

People were calling for stuff from, say, the first album on (for example) the second album night. Happened all four nights. Incredibely annoying. They were even advertised as "The *name of album* Show".

How are these things stupid?
esp. women wanting to have children?

Children are evil. And there's no point in having children unless there is a partner. And that's people accidentally or intentionally getting their girlfriends pregnant without being in a place where they are capable of supporting said children.

And I am in favour of adoption and against artificial insemination. Yes, I'm looking at you, you french lesbians that depleted Belgium's sperm banks' supplies.

Uh. What?

Someone could just say something stupid and you wouldn't even have to be upset in order to smack them. It's grown into a reflex action gained by imitation.

Someone could just say something stupid and you wouldn't even have to be upset in order to smack them. It's grown into a reflex action gained by imitation.

Um, I'd call it "figure of speech" rather than "reflex action gained by imitation". Of course, that's just me. :rolleyes:

For the last four nights Biffy Clyro played each of their three albums in the same venue in Glasgow, and then on the fourth (last night) they played their new (and still unrecorded) album.

People were calling for stuff from, say, the first album on (for example) the second album night. Happened all four nights. Incredibely annoying. They were even advertised as "The *name of album* Show".
Oh.

Children are evil.
I pity your children
And there's no point in having children unless there is a partner.
Why on earth isn't there?A mother is perfectly capable or raising a child without a husband
And that's people accidentally or intentionally getting their girlfriends pregnant without being in a place where they are capable of supporting said children.
That makes sense, intentionally getting your girlfreidn when neither of you are ready to care for a child is stupid.

And I am in favour of adoption and against artificial insemination.
Why? Yes, I'm looking at you, you french lesbians that depleted Belgium's sperm banks' supplies.
Id you're not in favour of artificial insemination then what does it matter if Belgiums sperm bank supplies get depleted. And anyway, it's not like the world is ever going to run out of sperm.

people who drive in such a way that only my good driving skills avoid an accident. (They always are rich fuckers who don't care since they would sue me even if it was their fault. And they'd win since they can afford a lawyer.)

I would say the way that drivers in Vegas drive right through the college crosswalk everyone uses to get to lunch, although it doesn't make me want to smack them; it makes me want to carry ball bearings so I can wing it through their windshield when they narrowly avoid running me over.

When people go to a movie and say" did you see that?!" No, dicknose, i just paid 7.50 to stare at the ceiling.

When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too." You're god damn right i want to eat my cake. What, am i gonna eat someone else's cake?

The term "Life is short". What the frakkin hell?!?! Life is the longest damn thing that anyone ever does! What, are YOU gonna do something longer than life?

Mimes. 'Nuff said.

people who drive in such a way that only my good driving skills avoid an accident. (They always are rich fuckers who don't care since they would sue me even if it was their fault. And they'd win since they can afford a lawyer.)

Speaking of drivers, man the drivers in Montreal are so stupidly insane that I'm never ever driving there ever again if I visit again. lol...

When people go to a movie and say" did you see that?!" No, dicknose, i just paid 7.50 to stare at the ceiling.

When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too." You're god damn right i want to eat my cake. What, am i gonna eat someone else's cake?

The term "Life is short". What the frakkin hell?!?! Life is the longest damn thing that anyone ever does! What, are YOU gonna do something longer than life?

Mimes. 'Nuff said.
stolen from a list that circulates the web foor nearly 10 years and wasn't funny the first time, but at least you picked out a few ones that make a little bit of sense (except the cake one. "Have your cake" means KEEPING it, if you eat it you can't keep it. Morons :rolleyes: )

I pity your children

Why on earth isn't there?A mother is perfectly capable or raising a child without a husband

That makes sense, intentionally getting your girlfreidn when neither of you are ready to care for a child is stupid.


Why?
Id you're not in favour of artificial insemination then what does it matter if Belgiums sperm bank supplies get depleted. And anyway, it's not like the world is ever going to run out of sperm.

I didn't say she needed a husband, but to willingly do it alone smacks of arrogance and is rather silly. I mean, adopting orphans, yes, that's just an act of charitable nature(we can only hope anyway) whereas creating a child from your genetic material and someone else who godknowswho it is, well, that's just plain silly when there's so many orphans who aren't completely lost causes..

Well, I'm not going to have children, obviously, because I neither want one, nor would any woman be stupid enough to think she could change my mind.

Because, it was something added in to be facetious and to be random. And it makes sense if you really think about it. Since I'm against artificial insemination I'd want the sperm to be in storage rather than being used. It's a pity that you don't see the humor in french lesbians overloading the belgium capacity to serve.

stolen from a list that circulates the web foor nearly 10 years and wasn't funny the first time, but at least you picked out a few ones that make a little bit of sense (except the cake one. "Have your cake" means KEEPING it, if you eat it you can't keep it. Morons :rolleyes: )
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*throws flaming crab cakes on Ancient Valarya*
Muahahahahaha.....

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*throws flaming crab cakes on Ancient Valarya*
Muahahahahaha.....
*uses his awesome Crying Power™ to douse the flames, and eats the crab cakes* hmmm, I feel better already

*uses his awesome Crying Power™ to douse the flames, and eats the crab cakes* hmmm, I feel better already
Ok, you just wait until i find a way around the awesome Crying Power, then you'll be sorry!

;)

People who think breeding their pets is a good idea because they're SOOO cute and it will help their children understand the miracle of life.

You know, forget about the thousands of animals euthanized every year because of the lack of homes.

Or people who think it's okay to buy pets and dump them when something better comes along, or when they just don't feel like taking care of them anymore.

Of course, people answering cell phones at the movies. This is both annoying and entertaining though; it's fun to hear what insults people will yell at them. "Turn your goddamn phone off, douche bag" and "Shut the fuck up" were a few that I heard the last time I went to see a movie.

When people act like they know about something they're clueless about that I know way more than them about. I wish it was socially acceptable to "smack their stupid faces." Somehow it's not quite as satisfying to call their BS and walk away.

I probably have some more but I'm too lazy ;)

In the case of a classmate of mine - Existing. Every damm day I just want her to fall down some 20-mile long stair and land on sharpened bamboo-sticks.

People who mindlessly believe rumour and the like. For example - a friend of mine, 18 years old, studying for BSc Biochemistry - this man told me the other day that apparently women can't get pregnant if you do it standing up.

I mean, please. I knew better than that when I was 10, and that's obviously without experience or any in-depth knowledge. Although, if it is any consolation, the same guy suggested that the mystery creature our lecturer described as a 'small, eusocial insect' was a scorpion.

People who mindlessly believe rumour and the like. For example - a friend of mine, 18 years old, studying for BSc Biochemistry - this man told me the other day that apparently women can't get pregnant if you do it standing up.

I mean, please. I knew better than that when I was 10, and that's obviously without experience or any in-depth knowledge. Although, if it is any consolation, the same guy suggested that the mystery creature our lecturer described as a 'small, eusocial insect' was a scorpion.
They should eat more fresh fruit!

They should eat more fresh fruit!
But you promised we wouldn't do fresh fruit this week.

But you promised we wouldn't do fresh fruit this week.
What do you mean?

hmmm people that walk reeli slowly down the pavement, then randomly stop and you walk into them and they shout at you bout watching where you are going... they deserve to be shot... repeatedly... with firebullets... with monkeys tearing their eyes out... and me punching them in the face!! i hate them so much!! :mp5: :mp5:

What do you mean?
We've done fruit the last nine...SPAM FIGHT!

*throws spam*

But anyway, other things that idiots do to annoy me. People who turn up to lectures only to pratt around noisily and make it impossible to learn. While I don't particularly mind the pratting about, I can't fucking stand the twats who sit there and try feebly to make jokes out of everything the lecturer says. Shouting "That's what she said" is annoying when it makes sense in context with the previous sentence. Saying it for no reason deserves a cricket bat to the face. Preferrably one with nails in.

I really wish it were considered socially acceptable to grab a cell phone in that instance and throw it across the theater.
Heh! Better yet, break 'em down like a shotgun and stuff that cellphone up where da sun don't shine! :D

A mother is perfectly capable or raising a child without a husband.
Hmm. I would say that it's possible for a mother ( or father, for that matter ) to successfully raise a child, but the child will usually develop a much better sense of self when both parents are actively involved in raising them.

What do you mean?
It's a harem thing. Either that or Tribes is high off of life again.

... people who think it's okay to buy pets and dump them when something better comes along, or when they just don't feel like taking care of them anymore.
God! I HATE that! :mad:

Hmm. I would say that it's possible for a mother ( or father, for that matter ) to successfully raise a child, but the child will usually develop a much better sense of self when both parents are actively involved in raising them.

I agree.

It's a harem thing. Either that or Tribes is high off of life again.
Nah, Neo. I think we were saying alternate lines from the "How to defend yourself if attacked with a piece of Fresh Fruit" sketch from MP.

At least, I was..

And then there's the guy that gets on the airplane in front of you. He stands in the aisle while fiddling with a roll-on, a briefcase, and a hanging bag. He tries at least three or four times to get the bags into a spot where they won't fit, before starting to look around for another spot. Then, after stowing the hanging bag, he goes back to the roll-on and turns it over a couple times in the overhead, just to see if it fits better one way or the other.

Or the guy that puts his sport coat in the overhead and takes affront when you ask him to move it so you can put your briefcase away.

Or the guy that insists on telling his life story on an early morning flight to Boston.

Or anyone that bumps me out of the upgrade list for first class.

it's one thing to have your cell phone go off in a movie, play, etc
I was in a court session where 6 people (all fairly young, so their lives are fucked) were facing possible life sentences and one of my classmates cell phones went off on 3 separate occasions before they turned it off, then someone started laughing and giggling, luckily the crown attorney flipped out on this person.

Let's just say I hate everyone. It's not entirely accurate, but it's close.

People who don't turn off cell phones, obviously. ..
Another great experience I was able to make today was having a baby in the cinema, noisy and crying, and a mother who obviously never thought of taking the brat outside, but just added to the din by trying to make it stop crying...

And people who seem to think that crawling up my back when standing in a queue and breathing down my neck will miraculously speed up the queue... I tend to get paranoid when my personal space is invaded by strangers!

do people own cellphones, anyway? I can understand the emergency aspect of it, but why do you need to be that connected.....to anyone....anything?
Apparently, it's just me. I had a roommate, years ago, (I don't do roommates anymore) who used to call me "just to touch base". I was almost always trying to get some sleep at the time. I don't think it's particularly "cool" to be all that sociable. Is there any list I can get on so that I can be left alone for 2 minutes.....please?

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Another great experience I was able to make today was having a baby in the cinema,
congratulations, who's the daddy? :D

Sobering up and then being told about the EU budget:headbang:

Sorry, needed to get that out my system.

What I also hate: People who take the Remote with them into another room. Curse them all!

Let's just say I hate everyone. It's not entirely accurate, but it's close.

*melts into corner*

People who talk on cell phones while driving. Keep your attention on the road, idiot!

I really wish it were considered socially acceptable to grab a cell phone in that instance and throw it across the theater.

You mean it isn't?! :eek:

Children are evil. And there's no point in having children unless there is a partner. And that's people accidentally or intentionally getting their girlfriends pregnant without being in a place where they are capable of supporting said children.

And I am in favour of adoption and against artificial insemination. Yes, I'm looking at you, you french lesbians that depleted Belgium's sperm banks' supplies.

*looks at crotch*
I'm not depleted :p

people who drive in such a way that only my good driving skills avoid an accident. (They always are rich fuckers who don't care since they would sue me even if it was their fault. And they'd win since they can afford a lawyer.)

Ah, an American citizen? :p

Ok, you just wait until i find a way around the awesome Crying Power, then you'll be sorry!

;)

Flood'm? :D

The people who cram up against you on the subway and try to shove everyone on the platform in. Look here, fuckwads, space is limited. If you don't want to have your ass left behind at the station, don't wait at the back of the group.

People who assist the people above by holding open the doors, nevermind the fact that there is no room in the car and there are three motherfucking signs that say not to hold the door open within my view alone.

And people who keep making Chuck Norris/All Your Base/Whatever references. Okay, yeah, I get it: You have wood for a D-Lot actor that played an asshole of an angel in Bells of Innocence, fun for you. However, the joke has worn paper thin by now, and everyone involved needs to get the fuck over that obssession and move on.

Whoever the Hell used sleep hypnosis to convince me that going to see Aeonflux was a good idea. I know I'm smarter than that, so it must have been the result of some far reaching criminal conspiracy. Some day, I'm going to figure out who set me up, and on that day, I will feel really irate and write agitated letters to my local newspaper.

I'm sure something like this has already been mentioned in here, but I need to vent anyway. Good thing this thread is here since it saves me the trouble have having to post a whole new topic for the purposes of my venting alone.

PEOPLE WHO DRIVE WHILE TALKING ON THEIR CELLPHONES! I hate them. I want to terminate each and everyone of them. As if holiday shopping isn't bad enough on it's own, now we've got to deal with the hairbrained, imbecelic, moronic jackasses (hows that for thesaurus usage) who decided that driving while chatting away on their cellphones is a good idea!

No, the 20 mile traffic jam isn't enough. Let's add the grandma who is trying to share recipes with her friend from the rummy club while she crosses over three lanes -no signal. Or how about Mr. Businessman who is trading stock while he attempts to make a left turn into a nonexistent space! Don't forget the teenage girl who is talking on the cellphone, looking at her nails, primping her hair and moving. Guess where her hands are? Not on the fucking wheel!!! Now put about 50 of these people smack-dab in the middle of the already insane drive to the whatever-store-you're-shopping-at.

I personally think it should be legal to run these people off the road with every ounce of unecessary force required to take these nincompoops out of the gene pool. I can understand if it were an emergency. Pull the car over to the side of the road if it isn't already upside down in a ditch and make your damned phone call, but get the hell out of my way!

You know, after leafing through this thread, I have come to a conclusion.

Nobody likes cell phones.

Nobody likes cell phones.
I like cell phones, and don't find them any more obnoxious then regular conversation. Basically, if you shouldn't be chatting with your neighbour (like while driving, watching a movie, etc), you shouldn't be on a cell phone.

Everything stupid people do makes me mad. And everyone is stupid.

Ergo... ;)

Everything stupid people do makes me mad. And everyone is stupid.

Ergo... ;)
Ergo, you make yourself mad?

Ergo, you make yourself mad?
Have you ever seen Marvin the Martian, from Loony Tunes? That's Czardas.

BTW, your sig must perfectly describe my sperm. Except that they have iRivers, hence no need for looking for CDs. :D

...Mimes. 'Nuff said.

What's with the hate for mimes everyone has? I've only ever known two mimes, and they were both extremely cool people. And the rest I've run across were pretty cool too. Plus with the ones I knew, their shows were great, and when they ride in the car with kids, they tell random stories they make up off the top of their head. Seirously... I mean, I can see clowns - they can be freaky, but mimes? I've never found one I didn't like.

So what stupid people irritate me? Well, I can go for the cell phone thing. I'm the only person of my age that I know of who doesn't have one. *thinks* yeah, that's true. I just don't want people to be able to get a hold of me all the time. Nothing is so important it can't wait until I get a message in an hour. The world won't end. Really.

Also, people who continually get pets, and then get rid of them, or kill them off in some way or other. And people who breed their pets even though if they want to raise kittens they can go to their local SPCA and do foster care for kittens and then be able to give them back when they're too old to be all that cute anymore. (Yes, I've done that, except I was looking to adopt a kitten, and just kept one of my foster kittens. He's wonderful.)

But to add originality, what really irritates me are:

People who try to get my daughter to be girly because they think it's cute for a 2 year old to be pretending to put on makeup and carry a purse. Um, NO. And I'm not neglecting her by not teaching her to be ditzy from a young age. I don't want her to be ditzy girly. I am not ditzy girly, and I don't like people who are. If she wants to be as she grows up, I'll deal with it then, but don't TRY to make my girl a freak! And if you want me to allow her to be around you, stop it.

Also, people who care more what other people think about them than what they think about themselves.

Nah, Neo. I think we were saying alternate lines from the "How to defend yourself if attacked with a piece of Fresh Fruit" sketch from MP.

At least, I was..
You think, therefore I am.

Women wanting to have children.

No, one up from that, 'my biological clock is ticking' - how many of these, quite frankly, losers need to get a job to keep them selves occupied rather than sitting around pontificating about 'having children'.

In a short sharp way, "get a fucking life!"

How are these things stupid?
esp. women wanting to have children?

The fact that their lives are so fucking pointless and meangless that the only thing that actually brings *ANY* value to it, is to pop out a couple of sproggs?!

Here are a few that are common in my host ountry of Japan. They were odd enough to be funny the first 15 million times. But after some 15 billion times they have been known to slightly annoy me:

"Japan is a small island country with 4 seasons." (This is generally stated in a manner to imply that Japan is the only small island country with 4 seasons.)

"You can say (arigatou/sumimasen/sushi/insert random very basic Japanese phrase that even a total idiot who's fresh off the boat can parrot within a week)? WOW! Your Japanese is great!!!!"

"Wow! You can (use chopsticks/eat rice/drink sake/insert random basic human activity) REALLY WELL!" (With the unstated "for a gaijin" implied.)

As for the later two, one might assume a certain bitterness that isn't really there. I truly savor a straightforward "Dai, you've been in Japan 14 going on 15 years and you STILL don't freaking know (insert random basic word/idea/skill every Japanese person knows)? You idiot!"

You know, after leafing through this thread, I have come to a conclusion.

Nobody likes cell phones.
Which is one reason I don't own one! Besides, I don't care to be accessible to people all the time. :p

Here are a few that are common in my host ountry of Japan. They were odd enough to be funny the first 15 million times. But after some 15 billion times they have been known to slightly annoy me:

"Japan is a small island country with 4 seasons." (This is generally stated in a manner to imply that Japan is the only small island country with 4 seasons.)

"You can say (arigatou/sumimasen/sushi/insert random very basic Japanese phrase that even a total idiot who's fresh off the boat can parrot within a week)? WOW! Your Japanese is great!!!!"

"Wow! You can (use chopsticks/eat rice/drink sake/insert random basic human activity) REALLY WELL!" (With the unstated "for a gaijin" implied.)

As for the later two, one might assume a certain bitterness that isn't really there. I truly savor a straightforward "Dai, you've been in Japan 14 going on 15 years and you STILL don't freaking know (insert random basic word/idea/skill every Japanese person knows)? You idiot!"

You've been in Japan for 14/15 years, how do you put up with all the bloody misserable people there?

Jesus Christ, WWII was over 50 years ago, isn't it time to put the bitterness in the past and move on with life - realise that not all foreigners are 'evil' and corrupt?!

Just now, CNN International had a segment on pet peeves and what to do about them. Let's see what I can remember:



- the guy who's pissed off by people with too many items in the express checkout lane and who counts each item out loud while the cashier drags it over the scanner.

- the set of large-print flash cards to brandish at drivers who annoy you, like "The gas pedal is on the right", "Thanks for cutting in", the simple yet elegant "You're an idiot", and, of course, "You're still ugly" for people applying make-up while driving.

- the guy who modified his car's rear wiper fluid thingy (I so don't know the English word for that) so that it sprays directly onto cars tailgating him.

- the guy who puts leaflets advertising his "Learn How To Park In Five Easy Steps!" website behind the wipers of cars that take up more than one parking spot.

- the guy who doesn't like the adult video store in his neighborhood and does the "hey, it's me, your colleague/buddy/brother in law" honk and wave everytime he passes someone just about to turn into the store's parking lot.

- printed little cards to give out to people loudly yapping on their cell-phones that say something along the lines "Thank you very much for letting us all know about , but we thought we should let you know that [I]we really aren't that interested." Man, I'd totally buy those :D .

congratulations, who's the daddy? :D

King Kong, obviously. Who did you think? :p

I really wish it were considered socially acceptable to grab a cell phone in that instance and throw it across the theater.

I know it's illegal, but I really want to get one of these things. (http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/story1a092200.html)

Imagine if you could just drive the road, and everytime someone was driving 30 miles an hour in the left lane you could just pull up behind them and watch them suddenly get as angry as you are? Sit through a movie without idiots letting their cellphones ring?

Sure doctors and plumbers might miss some emergency calls, but dammit, they can get movies at blockbuster.

The stupid thing that really bugs me is when people say things like "Three times smaller."

There's no such thing as being a number of times smaller than another thing. Things are a fraction of the size, not a multiple of it's smallness. Unless it is in reference to how much smaller one of those things is to yet another thing.

e.g. I am 5'9" by brother is 5'6" my wife is 5'0"

She's nine inches shorter than me, he's three inches shorter than me. She is three times shorter than me than my brother is.

I weigh 140 lbs, my daughter weighs 20 lbs. My daughter is not seven times lighter than I am, she is one seventh the weight.

You've been in Japan for 14/15 years, how do you put up with all the bloody misserable people there?

Jesus Christ, WWII was over 50 years ago, isn't it time to put the bitterness in the past and move on with life - realise that not all foreigners are 'evil' and corrupt?!

Oh it's infinitely worse than that - at times it seems as if 90% of the people under 40 want to be foreign (or their understanding of what foreign is).


And, Domici, those are not illegal everywhere. And even if they are, some establishments (at least here in the land of Wa) have no qualms about putting in an illegal one. Never let it be said that I don't find some excellent reasons to stay here. :D

the guy who modified his car's rear wiper fluid thingy (I so don't know the English word for that) so that it sprays directly onto cars tailgating him.

whu? i don't even know the word my first language has for that - if it does have any, that is. (?)

whu? i don't even know the word my first language has for that - if it does have any, that is. (?)

Hee, you're right, I don't know either. But I'm sure we could make up a nice, short German word in an instant. How about Heckscheibenwischerflüssigkeitsprühdüse? :D

i do think you should pay more attention to the correctness in detail. what you have proposed is rather undifferentiated. how about

automobilheckscheibenwischerreinigungsflüssigkeitssrühdüsenmechanik?

i'd think that about covers the essentials.

Oh it's infinitely worse than that - at times it seems as if 90% of the people under 40 want to be foreign (or their understanding of what foreign is).

Well, there are some things that always amuse me about the Japanese, such as:

1) "We're not Asia, we're Japanese!" - yeah, ok, and all us white fellas will get out knickers in a twist when we're either referred to as European or Aglo-Saxon <rolls eyes>

2) The number of females who use skin whitening/lightening cream to make themselves look like some weird morphed Asia/European Fusion - and it isn't just isolated in to Japan, I had a Chinese friend who said that you end up with alot of Chinese girls like that.

I don't know about you, but I tend to like my Asian boyfriends to be actually Asian looking rather than sad attempt to look European.

3) Students who go nuts in New Zealand - we get a large number of Japanese and Chinese students here, and it seems as soon as they hit the shores, they go nuts with mummy and daddy's credit card, its like seeing a prisoner who has been in solitariy confinement for 40 years, and has suddenly been given freedom with a whole heap of cash.

4) The willingness to accept what ever the government says; had a family friend, whose wife is Japanese (but very western in regards to the way she raises their son), and both are ammused to see when the government says something, the population nod their head in agreement - case in point would be the Mad Cow scare that occured and who suspiciously quickly it was sorted out.

5) I think this is probably the most funny of all; the hermit kingdom syndrom; they have a declining birth rate, and even some academics have openly said that Japan needs to open immigration as to allow more people to migrate to Japan and boost population numbers - the humous backlash is akin to the southern redneck reply of 'get dem foreigners outa herya!', but like I said to the family friend, Japan will eventually open her self up, either via choice or simply by necessity to keep the country existing.

In the case of a classmate of mine - Existing. Every damm day I just want her to fall down some 20-mile long stair and land on sharpened bamboo-sticks.
if your going for pain a flame thrower might work better . . .i know the type :p