Ten Random Piss-offs

I've been doing some thinking lately (uh-oh!) and I've thought of some random things that piss me off.

1) People who leave their shopping carts in parking places instead of the 'cart-caddy'. Now I know alot of you are probably guilty of this, so I'll just say if you are ever with me, you'd better not do it or you'll never hear the end of it. Nothing irks me more than trying to pull into a space and seeing a freakin' cart blocking the place. People are just plain lazy. And no, I don't care if it's raining. What are you - the Wicked Witch of the West?

2) Don't get me wrong, I understand there are lots of people who need monetary public assistance - I really do know this and support it - but when people on welfare use their little welfare-check-credit-cards and buy something little then ask the clerk for all the change- then they head right for the cigarettes, booze, and lottery tickets. So basically they are using our money, people - because we are the ones supporting them you know, it's our taxes - to get drunk, get cancer (which sets their medical assistance into high gear), and blow money. Ugh.

3) People who sneeze -or worse yet- cough, and don't cover their mouths. Do I need to elaborate on this travesty?

4) People who let their dogs poop in my yard. What the hell? I have a neighbor who always carries a little walmart bag or something and scoops her dog's poop - and I have to say right now, I'm her biggest fan. So here's a shout out to Napolean and his owner. Thanks.
Now, the rest of you - pick up your do-do!!!! Or at least don't let them poop on private property! And remember, the owner of the house might be looking out their window when you commit this crime, and you may have a load of poop at your front doorstep someday. Hint Hint.

5) Here's something that has to piss everyone off at one time or another. Tell me why - in plain English so I can be sure to understand - why a Coke at the movies costs six bucks! And Twizzlers cost $5.00! Don't get me started on popcorn. I can go to Wal-Mart and buy five packages of Twizzlers for five dollars! Why the mark up? This is why I don't go to the movies too much in the summer. No jackets or heavy clothes to stash my M & Ms or Skittles, let alone my bottle of Pepsi.

6) While we're discussing the theater, explain what part of "please turn off your cell phones" you don't understand? There is more light than during 'Dream On' at an Aerosmith concert when I am at the movies. The cell phones are always on. I know I've touched on cell phones before, so I won't do that again. But suffice it to say, why do you people pay 10$ a ticket so you can come in and text message people the whole way through a movie. TTFN, ok? UR St2pid.

7) And shut up for God's sake. I rarely go to a movie rated anything below R anymore. Anything PG-13 or under and you have to contend with a hundred giggly, retarded teenyboppers. And I mean age 15 and under. Anyone over that age probably drove there and has a date. They are usually quiet for one reason or another. Nothing I hate more than people who talk the whole way through. That means you, Mr "I've-seen-this-before-you-gotta-see-this-next-part-she's-gonna-get-killed-you-should-cover-your-eyes"!!!!! Play by play is for sporting events.
Ditto the discussion of where you should go to eat afterwards, or the topic of your sister's VD or whatever. Just shut up, alright?

8) Movie rant over. On to foreign trade. Yes, it pisses me off. Is everything made in China these days or is it just me? I can pick nearly anything in my house up and it says made in China on it. How prolific are these people? They can make anything from a bobble-head to a sweater to a lampshade to a laundry-basket to a calendar of recent US presidents. What the hell? Good thing they make decent take out or I'd really be pissed.

9) You know who pisses me off? No, not Tom Cruise (but good guess). Mel Gibson. I really used to like the dude. Loved 'Lethal Weapon'. Great flick. 'Mad Max'? I get why people like it. 'Signs'? Yeah, I even liked that. Let alone the great (though its historical accuracy has long been disputed) film that is 'Braveheart'..... but he has gotten so damn looney in recent years.
That whole thing with him making anti-semitic remarks to that cop when he got pulled over for a DUI. His father apparently not believing that the Holocaust existed (what?!) makes you wonder what Mel really does think about Jews. He's long been rumored to be rather homophobic. And we all know he's a recovering alcoholic - that's fine, but to lie in judgement of so many other things?
Then there's his 'private' Catholic church - seems he believes the Roman Catholic church today isn't doing things right - and so he's just the man to make things correct. I'm not even Catholic and I think that's crap.
And now he's apparently having dinner with Britney Spears. Just keeps getting weirder and weirder. I just don't know if I'll see another of his films again. 'Course I didn't see 'The Passion of the Christ' or 'Apocalypto'.... has he made anything since then? Whatever.

10) Ten hot dogs in a package. Eight buns in a package. You do the math.