Cyclists. No one ever complains about motorcyclists holding up traffic. Motorcyclists they just turn left in front of.
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What are you anal about
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Cyclists. No one ever complains about motorcyclists holding up traffic. Motorcyclists they just turn left in front of.
-I hate it when old dried toothpaste is stuck in the sink. That drives me insane! I always clean it up.
-when people go through, mess up, or scratch my stuff.
-when people go through, mess up, or scratch my stuff.
Lots of things... none of them that important in the scheme of things, but I guess that's the whole point of being anal; obsessing over trivial matters. Work, mostly. Especially typography.
1) My tools: they have to be kept clean and neatly arranged in the tools box.
2) My car: it has to be kept clean and dusted off everyday.
3) My spelling and grammar: I'm constantly trying to decide between a coma, semicolon, or full colon. Right now I'm trying to remember whether I'm suppose to start a sentence after a full colon with a capital letter or not.
someone already commented on the "coma," so i'll point out something else. every day is different from everyday. i wear my everyday shoes every day.
i'm anal about fractions. it bothers me when people write fractions with a slash (solidus) and not the horizontal dividing line (vinculum). both are right, i guess, but i just hate it when it's used with a slash.
Having full beam car lights thrown in your face while your own low beam issue.
When I used to ride my Harley at night I would get full beam lights flashed at me quite a bit.Thing is though I had an extremely bright light on the bike,so when they did and I showed them what my full beam was really like they must have wet themselves.It used to create quite some illumination.Ah fun times
People repeatedly clicking ballpoint pens,and when they are not close for you enough to reach out and hurt.
When I used to ride my Harley at night I would get full beam lights flashed at me quite a bit.Thing is though I had an extremely bright light on the bike,so when they did and I showed them what my full beam was really like they must have wet themselves.It used to create quite some illumination.Ah fun times
People repeatedly clicking ballpoint pens,and when they are not close for you enough to reach out and hurt.
Mmmmm tips.
Why apologise, so long as they were willing.
Oh me too, moreso recently than ever, I loves me a meticulously clean natal cleft. (TMI?)
Others:
Going to the movies I have to see the film from the start. If I get there a minute late I'll go see a later movie, I've walked out after 5mins. because the projectionist started the movie in the wrong format and the subtitles fell off the bottom of the screen. By the time they'd fixed the ratios they couldn't re-start so I had to leave and wait for the DVD
I can't wear a shirt with the top button done up if I'm not wearing a tie.*
I can't wear jeans or trousers that have belt loops without a belt.**
Like with movies I can't skip an episode of a serial, like 24 where I saw the first two missed the third and had to wait for the box-set 6months later.
*and neither should you, it's just wrong.
**and neither should you***, it's just wrong. I'm looking at you Mr Jobs
***unless you're a woman where you can get away with it, but please don't wear a thong that's going to show with the slightest bending.****
****A little teasing is OK, just don't over-do it.
The slashes give you more room to write your numbers if you're writing on college ruled lined paper.
I hate it when people fail to use a question mark at the end of a sentence if they're asking a question. Hence, the thread title.
Wow, you should stop by my house (parent's house actually). We have a collection that I doubt you'll ever see beat of antique clocks. Over 70+ at the moment, the "newest" clock we have is a German free-swinger from 1890. All the rest are in mint condition, perfectly working, and older than 1890 (collection of grandfathers, free-swingers, cuckoos, etc.) We've been featured on Home & Garden HDTV 2 times already, PBS onceOh man, I'm totally anal about my antique clock collection. They even have their own 1930's display case. I take them apart and clean them regularly. It's an addiction.
Not to brag or anything
...we just love antique clocks, have buyers in a number of cities, buy ourselves, and enjoy them immensely!
anything having to do with my design work - anal retentivity is the cornerstone of good graphic design.
1. Smokers who are unable to accept their habit is disgusting and I don't want it in my face everytime I walk into or out of a building (despite the law here stating they should stay several meters away from entrances/exits) - IGNORANCE.
2. Some 4 x 4 drivers who think they own the road.
3. 4 x 4 drivers who don't actually have a need for such a car, but use one anyway despite the environmental effects of it.
4. People who are unable to observe speed limits, and think they have a right to get angry when you do.
5. People who undertake on the road (related to 4).
6. Drivers who think all motorcyclists are dangerous idiots.
7. People who don't sit in the right seat in the cinema even when you've booked your ticket 5 hours prior to seeing a film.
8. Talking in libraries.
9. The Bush Administration for restricting stem-cell research in a country with so many talented medical scientists.
10. Many more, which I may add to later.
2. Some 4 x 4 drivers who think they own the road.
3. 4 x 4 drivers who don't actually have a need for such a car, but use one anyway despite the environmental effects of it.
4. People who are unable to observe speed limits, and think they have a right to get angry when you do.
5. People who undertake on the road (related to 4).
6. Drivers who think all motorcyclists are dangerous idiots.
7. People who don't sit in the right seat in the cinema even when you've booked your ticket 5 hours prior to seeing a film.
8. Talking in libraries.
9. The Bush Administration for restricting stem-cell research in a country with so many talented medical scientists.
10. Many more, which I may add to later.
Proper grammar, as well as common spelling mistakes. I try my best to keep errors out of my writing, and I can't stand it when people don't know how to properly place commas in sentences, or when they can't distinguish between their, they're, and there.
Oh man, I'm totally anal about my antique clock collection. They even have their own 1930's display case. I take them apart and clean them regularly. It's an addiction.
Neat. I've a deco mantel clock that I bought from a clock repair shop that was closing a few years ago that I enjoy.
My grandfather was a clockmaker, and my parents have a number of his creations scattered throughout their house. A house without chimes feels empty to me.
All of those are on my list as well.
I'm also very anal about my LP collection. There are very few people I trust to handle them and the equipment I use to play them.
For me, it would be a couple of things:
1. If my car is dirty, I go insane! I can't stand it when its covered in pollen or worse, the interior is covered in dirt.
2. When my beautiful white iBook is covered in stains from my dirty hands.
3. If my friends say "I'll call you back in a second" and I never get the call back. That's rude and they need to be shot.
4. When my room is dirty.
I know I will be able to think of some more, I will just have to post them later.
1. If my car is dirty, I go insane! I can't stand it when its covered in pollen or worse, the interior is covered in dirt.
2. When my beautiful white iBook is covered in stains from my dirty hands.
3. If my friends say "I'll call you back in a second" and I never get the call back. That's rude and they need to be shot.
4. When my room is dirty.
I know I will be able to think of some more, I will just have to post them later.
That's a tough choice. I think that the coma is definitely out. I prefer to be conscious. I would also get rid of the semicolon. Surgery isn't fun at all. I would have to go with the full colon. After all, a quick trip to the bathroom can solve that.
Hickman
That really annoys me too. I always make sure to get back to people.
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I thought of a very good one. I HATE cross-contamination of foods on a plate. Similarly, I hate when people cross-contaminate foods via serving utensil. For example someone is cutting a cherry pie. The next person in line wants apple pie but there is no serving utensil, so they grab the knife from the cherry pie. I hate that more than you will ever believe. I am extremely anal about that.
Mine are roughly numerical by shape... though I need to get a bigger tip case that actually closes! One thing that bugs me though, is when I have multiple tips of the same number that just take up space sitting right next to each other -- I can't nest them, as they'll stick together at inopportune times... (yet I keep the duplicates, as it makes it easier to work with different colors of icing at the same time)
... 67, 68 and 352?