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Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

May-2-2006 20:26

So this has ALWAYS been a pet peeve of mine; since the beginning of my Sleuthing.

*NOTE: This is not as big of one as the waiter/waitress 'fiasco' was*


Take a look at Sleuth Admin's detective page, for example.

"Politics
Order o Socrates: Good(10)
Arcanum Brthrhd: Good(10)
Cosa Nostra: Poor(-3)
Eastern Triads: Good(10)
Circle of Light: Poor(-2)
Green Hand: Good(10) "

Notice that of is "o", not "of" in Order of Socrates
Notice that Brotherhood is shortened, and the word Dies is completely absent
"La" is missing in La Cosa Nostra
Isn't it "The" Green Hand, "The" Eastern Triads?


Now I know this was done because of margin widths, but can it not be fixed in any way? It's not only annoying, but also can be confusing as to what the factions are called. Perhaps they could even be shortened to just OS, LCN, DAB, GH, CoL, and ET? (Although that would be very confusing as well)



Just something that's always bothered me.

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Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Oct-31-2006 19:50

...buskers!

In the rural 'city' I live in there has been a long standing busker ... a "one man band" replete with guitar, harmonica, symbols on the knees, whistle etc etc ... man must be pushing 60.

Anyway he sells his own CD's of Australian folk music. And testimony to how truly horrendous he is, (and proof positive that there is a market for 'everything') the local shopping centre plays on their PA under their covered walk ways as a "deterrent" to stop young people from loitering!

It works!

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Oct-31-2006 19:56

*plays his CD on their etc etc

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Nov-1-2006 00:57

HA! They do that here too squirrel...there's a subway station near me that blares minuets, concerti and anything else they could yoink from the 'Time-Life Classical' collections of city councillors as part of their teen repellent strategy.

So. Some things I've learned today:

Googling the word 'chold' is really just unhelpful - but apparently 'cholds' are important to the fields of complicated math, social services AND gynecology. Yay cholds!

As a corollary, I'm never eating ANYTHING from a drive through in Boston.

Your siginificant other is actually serious when s/he insists NINE TIMES over your protestations that no-one else at the Hallowe'en thing you're going to will be dressed up, and that fact hurts much more than the wig elastic digging into your forehead.

*honest to god, still wearing the Coors Light T* According to the words on my shoulder, it's vintage superbowl party 2002.

*loiters*

Forskin
Forskin

Nov-1-2006 09:17

My pet peeve is people who wear dentures, and get up in the morning and forget to put them in.

When they speak, their lips pucker like there being sucked into their mouth. eeewwwwhhhhh, eeewwwhhhh, eeewwwhhhh!!!!!

AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Nov-1-2006 09:57

My pet peeve is people who gross me out just before lunchtime writing about nastiness like BLUEBERRY COFFEE. Seriously, WTMFF?????

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Nov-1-2006 11:20

Ohhhh dont bash it til you try it, its the only decent thing left at Dunkin Donuts man, since they instituted flavor shot hell....believe me, I wish it was a pumpkin spice latte but who can afford to give their firstborn over to Starbucks every morning? Certainly not me.....

BLUEBERRY COFFEE RULES beeeyatches :D

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Nov-1-2006 15:51

I have to admit all these flavoured coffees are driving me nuts... I had forced on me by a well meaning friend the other day a Caramel Latte WTF? Apparently because "you like caramel and you like coffee"... so naturally I would like this! I like "cats and golf" but I don't want to tee up a kitten! (Well not today)

So when I took my first tentative sip and that sickly sweet ichor touched my lips I instantly knew it wasn't for me as my face contracted up into something approaching Munch's 'The Scream'.

My friend said I was being melodramatic... moi? But she did pop back and get me an espresso :)

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Nov-1-2006 15:56

I always knew you were a drama queen at heart SS....

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Nov-1-2006 16:07

*puts hand to forehead and faints*

Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Nov-1-2006 18:26

It really ticks me off when I go to a restaurant with someone and order what I want off the menu and my dinner companion then tries to persuade me that I should have ordered something else for the rest of the evening. ARGH!!! The only solace is to drink a LOT of wine and eat quickly.

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