Minor things that really piss you off !

[suityou01]

Being dragged out of bed for an 8:30am meeting that waffles on for 1.5hrs and actually was completely pointless.

[norrahe]

People who hum and tap their feet constantly whilst sitting at the desk across from you

[DodgyAgent]

People who say "For my sins"
I met one last night (a cambridge undergraduate would you believe)

[thunderlizard]

People who hum and tap their feet constantly whilst sitting at the desk across from you

yes - also "vibroleg".

[Spacecadet]

yes - also "vibroleg".

[russell]

yes - also "vibroleg".

Im one of these, many people have thought there was an earthquake when sitting near me.

[thunderlizard]

I am a former vibroleg offender. It can be beaten.

I once worked in a building that juddered at about 9:30 every morning. We naturally assumed it was something to do with plate tectonics and ley lines. After weeks of research, we found out it was a delivery lorry going over a speed bump.

[OwlHoot]

And why is it that British accents in American TV shows always sound totally unconvincing?

and the weird vaguely plummy mealy-mouthed accents, even in mega-expensive films where you'd think they could afford genuine Brits.

I think it's like those explosions, which usually look like ridiculously slow billowing red flames - It's not authenticity that counts, but what the ignorant peasant punters expect.

[thunderlizard]

Unconvincing British accents

For a highbrow laugh, get a load of TS Eliot's attempt at a cockney accent in "The Waste Land".
YouTube - T. S. Eliot - The Waste Land (2/5)

[gingerjedi]

I think it's like those explosions, which usually look like ridiculously slow billowing red flames - It's not authenticity that counts, but what the ignorant peasant punters expect.

Or movie car crashes where the pyrotechnics go off before the impact.