Things I hate... top 5
09/04/07 02:32 Filed in: Personal
Inspired by a recent "Room 101" on UKTV Gold I've decided to knock up a really quite top five of things I hate (and why).
The 'I could have got it cheaper' friend
Which is the person who fails to let you know when discussed prior to purchase the best place to get an item; only to them say they could have 'got it cheaper' after you buy it.
"Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree"
I have nothing against Tony Orlando (or 'Dawn') but there is just something truly awful about this 1973 hit. It's just so horribly sickly sentimental I just hear a screaming voice in the my head every single time I hear it. I realise this is probably just me. But there you go.
Talking parts at the start of soul songs
OK. When I grew up in the 1970's my Mum was really into Soul music. Barry White.. and half a dozen other artists. All of which seemed to start each .. every lasting (and accompanied by my Mother) song with a least two minutes of 'You know, you know I really love you babe' and so forth. I would be inflicted with this truly awful barrage almost every single night. The very second I could get a radio of my own I dashed upstairs to listen to local Piccadilly Radio and away from Barry and his many gravely pre-song diatribes.
Cold Baked Beans
When I was a kid I was made baked beans and toast. I messed around before eating it so much that it went cold. But my mother wasn't accepting that and made me eat the beans cold, sticking to the plate. I was violently sick and the whole cold beans means vomit has stuck ever since.
However, it's beans.... so I'm not going to have therapy over it. Besides, I can eat beans....... so long as they are so hot they melt the steal cutlery.
People who use "literally" incorrectly
As petty as this sounds, this is my total pet hate.
Having a quick glance at the Cambridge online dictionally tells us that "Literally" is an adverb 'having the real or original meaning of a word or phrase'. And gives the following examples:
They were responsible for literally millions of deaths.
We live literally just round the corner from her.
But even today I heard on a reality TV show that the next round would have the contestants "literally fighting for survival".
WHAT?! So they would die if their singing wasn't up to scratch!? Something of an exaggeration surely.
During the course of my career I've heard if used instead of either simply nothing or the word actually.
"I was late for the bus and I literally had to run for it!".
"I've literally just put it in the post to you."
What's literal about that?
Well, I can't sit here and blog. I literally have to work around the clock to meet a tight deadline.
Number Five
The 'I could have got it cheaper' friend
Which is the person who fails to let you know when discussed prior to purchase the best place to get an item; only to them say they could have 'got it cheaper' after you buy it.
Number Four
"Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree"
I have nothing against Tony Orlando (or 'Dawn') but there is just something truly awful about this 1973 hit. It's just so horribly sickly sentimental I just hear a screaming voice in the my head every single time I hear it. I realise this is probably just me. But there you go.
Number Three
Talking parts at the start of soul songs
OK. When I grew up in the 1970's my Mum was really into Soul music. Barry White.. and half a dozen other artists. All of which seemed to start each .. every lasting (and accompanied by my Mother) song with a least two minutes of 'You know, you know I really love you babe' and so forth. I would be inflicted with this truly awful barrage almost every single night. The very second I could get a radio of my own I dashed upstairs to listen to local Piccadilly Radio and away from Barry and his many gravely pre-song diatribes.
Number Two
Cold Baked Beans
When I was a kid I was made baked beans and toast. I messed around before eating it so much that it went cold. But my mother wasn't accepting that and made me eat the beans cold, sticking to the plate. I was violently sick and the whole cold beans means vomit has stuck ever since.
However, it's beans.... so I'm not going to have therapy over it. Besides, I can eat beans....... so long as they are so hot they melt the steal cutlery.
Number One!
People who use "literally" incorrectly
As petty as this sounds, this is my total pet hate.
Having a quick glance at the Cambridge online dictionally tells us that "Literally" is an adverb 'having the real or original meaning of a word or phrase'. And gives the following examples:
They were responsible for literally millions of deaths.
We live literally just round the corner from her.
But even today I heard on a reality TV show that the next round would have the contestants "literally fighting for survival".
WHAT?! So they would die if their singing wasn't up to scratch!? Something of an exaggeration surely.
During the course of my career I've heard if used instead of either simply nothing or the word actually.
"I was late for the bus and I literally had to run for it!".
"I've literally just put it in the post to you."
What's literal about that?
Well, I can't sit here and blog. I literally have to work around the clock to meet a tight deadline.