Pet Peeves. Everybody's got 'em. Some people have only one or two. I envy them. Anybody that can be that oblivious obviously knows contentment. Some people have many. I think they're more normal. My wife has several - unfortunately they mostly center around me. But they are legit. What bothers her may not bother others, but they do bother her. Mine bother me. Yours bother you.
So I got to thinking about pet peeves yesterday, and I thought I would share a few with you. In this way, you may say "Hey, you know, my pet peeves are no big deal." More likely, you'll think "You know, that's a good one. I'm putting that on my list of pet peeves too." So here are the pet peeves of mine and other people I know.
MINE: Pronouncing the T in often. It's not ofTen. It's often - pronounced offen. If you put an S in front of it, it doesn't become sofTen. It's soften - pronounced soffen. It's fabric soffener, not sofTener. By the way, how come the same people who pronounce this T leave it silent in the word LISTEN? How come they don't say lisTen? Like in Sonny Liston?
HANNAH (my bride): People that make un-necessary noises. Cracking knuckles. Drumming on table tops. Snapping gum. And let's not even get into bodily functions. Yes, dear readers - guilty on all counts.
BILL MURGAN: People that mis-use the word "Literally". "It is literally raining cats and dogs out there!" Why, Einstein, just step in a poodle? No it's not literally - meaning empirically, in fact - raining cats and dogs.
SANDY BAKER: People that hold up fingers to show the number three, and hold their first finger down, leaving finger 2, 3, and 4 to illustrate three. In her mind - mine too- one must hold down your pinky finger and hold up fingers 1, 2 and 3 to properly illustrate three. I suppose the Boy Scouts have been wrong in their salute all these years? I think not!
STACEY SUTTON: Another buddy's wife, another finger thing. Her peeve is this. Whenever Tom lays a map down on the table, and he has to point to something, he points with his middle finger. Her contention is that in order to properly point one must use your first or index finger. I concur. That's why God gave it to us.
These are just a few. What are yours? Let me know what they are. I'll publish them. Maybe we can get people to stop annoying you so much!
