Originally Posted by Shadow Dancer
Originally Posted by Clothfiend
Lastly, but not least, I cannot abide people who tailgate. It is an extremely dangerous practice and causes horrendous accidents.
He kind of smiled and introduced himself...he was the new Pastor of one of the churches where I lived!!! Boy did I feel like an idiot!! Now I just find a place to pull off and let anyone tailgating me go ahead... LOL |
Originally Posted by Baren*eh*ked_canadian
Originally Posted by Lisanne
LOL, when I was a kid, I did much the same thing with the Jewish (Yiddish) word "schmuck." I thought it just meant "hopeless loser" or "jerk." In fact, I'd heard others use it affectionately, as in, "He's such a schmuck, ya just gotta love him." Was I surprised to find out it meant, uh, dick. I've never used that word, but I have heard it used... I thought it meant something along the lines of hoser or something like that, lol! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schmuck |
Originally Posted by Shadow Dancer
Originally Posted by Clothfiend
Lastly, but not least, I cannot abide people who tailgate. It is an extremely dangerous practice and causes horrendous accidents.
He kind of smiled and introduced himself...he was the new Pastor of one of the churches where I lived!!! Boy did I feel like an idiot!! Now I just find a place to pull off and let anyone tailgating me go ahead... LOL |
Funny thing, I went to look up the exact meaning of "hoser" and double-checked "schmuck." Was highly amused at the second definition and also got yet another clarification on the first def.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schmuck[/quote] I bet google had a rush of inquiries with that last one !!!!!!!!! |
OMG! I didn't know that's what that word meant either, but my best friend growing up is Jewish and I don't think I've ever heard her use that word - gee, I should have know it wasn't nice. She always called me a mentsh, which if you're jewish you know means nice things about you as a person.
On the other hand, Shadow - you had absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about - that minister should have practiced what he preached - as a "driver," he definitely falls under the category of sch---- not mentsh! Shame on him! |
Hope he's a better pastor than driver.
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How about the drivers who cut in front of you, causing
you to hit your brakes, then they slow down. Or the morons making a right turn from the far left lane. Not to mention the morons running red lights. Or the ones with their turn signals on and never make a turn for 10 miles. ARGGGGGH. |
I have to shop in a wheelchair because of polio. People act like I'm not even there. They reach over my shoulder or knock me in the head trying to reach because I'm going too slow to suit them.
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That's just not nice Mary. Sorry for all those rude people.
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Originally Posted by JJs
I think I have another pet peeve - in fact, I know I do....
atrocious spelling and incorrect English! Their, there, your, you're, we're, were, here, hear, to, two, too, basic stuff that we all learned in GRADE school. People have a major tendency to claim that it "doesn't matter, people know what you mean". Do they? I went to school in two different states and both taught English, Spelling, Grammar, all through grade school and high school - all required subjects. Why would anyone who went through school be so willing to post in a public forum and not make at least an effort to check their spelling? Why show the whole world that you don't care about how you present yourself? Who decided that "spelling doesn't count"? I see major mistakes on news broadcasts, in newspapers, on billboards - it's getting ridiculous.... Off my soapbox now...... (and let's all hope I didn't make any spelling errors LOL) |
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