What Really Grinds Your Gears?

[no.1IrishFan]

Sounds like you grind her gears more

We were actually laughing about this when I posted that because she "accidentally" hit me last night. She likes your response.

 

[KPENN]

Watching comedy central and then they are those animal cruelty commercials. Really is a mood killer

And when you're going 5mph over the speed limit already and a car behind you still insists on riding your a$$

 

[Buster Bluth]

And when you're going 5mph over the speed limit already and a car behind you still insists on riding your a$$

Just throw the IE sign up and I'll back off next time.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Just throw the IE sign up and I'll back off next time.

Have you seen this, Buster?

 

[BobD]

Just throw the IE sign up and I'll back off next time.

LOL! I wonder, what would that sign be like?

 

[KPENN]

Just throw the IE sign up and I'll back off next time.

Haha. It's all good. I just blamed it on Tommy Rees

 

[BeauBenken]

Watching comedy central and then they are those animal cruelty commercials. Really is a mood killer

And when you're going 5mph over the speed limit already and a car behind you still insists on riding your a$$

To both of those - YES, YES, YES!!!

I actually think I said the second one before in here, but I'm watching CC too (I could be watching any damn channel and see them though) and those damn commercials make me turn the channel.

Quit making me feel like a **** when I haven't done a damn thing!

 

[NDinFL]

I agree with damn near 100% of this thread (which is an awesome thread btw)

some gear grinders at work: sloppy chefs/prep guys (or as we call them "shoemakers")
How LITERALLY incompetent the "front of the house" usually is

other gear grinders: obvious grammatical and spelling errors (their, they're, their, etc...)
this girl I'm seeing, younger than me, insists that lil Wayne is a genius...
That really ****in grinds my gears.
I'll give him the fact that he is clever, but genius? Far from it.

You want a genius musician? Listen to Maynard James Keenan

There, I feel better

 

[jason_h537]

Watching comedy central and then they are those animal cruelty commercials. Really is a mood killer

It's the music too. Bad enough you're showing those poor dogs (**** cats) then the music in the background. If they played Benny Hill it might fit in better on comedy central

 

[no.1IrishFan]

MY BOSS!!!

He played for OU in the late 80's and the Packers for ONE year. He asked me today if ND won yesterday and my response was "We had a bye week". He then starts laughing hysterically and says "Who is we, you didn't go to ND!

People who think that you had to attend a school to be a fan REALLY grind my gears.

 

[BeauBenken]

MY BOSS!!!

He played for OU in the late 80's and the Packers for ONE year. He asked me today if ND won yesterday and my response was "We had a bye week". He then starts laughing hysterically and says "Who is we, you didn't go to ND!

People who think that you had to attend a school to be a fan REALLY grind my gears.

Most of us are just "subway alum".

 

[Buster Bluth]

Have you seen this, Buster?

You bet your bottom I have!

People who think that you had to attend a school to be a fan REALLY grind my gears.

I don't know, I sorta see it the other way. I never, EVER, refer to Notre Dame and/or the football team as "we." You could literally check every post on here and see that I say "The Irish will win this game if they do ____," or "I hope Notre Dame gets a commitment from ____."

I do not use "we" or "us "because, well, I don't go there and I'm not an alumnus. I will get a BS in City & Regional Planning from Ohio State then probably a masters in said field and Notre Dame doesn't offer the program. I've accepted the fact that I won't get the unbelievable privilege of going to school at Notre Dame.

I'm a fan of Notre Dame because I'm Irish (well, mostly German..but who isn't in Ohio) and Catholic. But more importantly I'm a fan of the school because of the way they go about their business. Notre Dame is one of the few good guys left in college sports, it's really as simple as that if you want it to be. If Notre Dame ran its program like (gasp) Ohio State, I wouldn't be a fan.

I sincerely wonder what the alumni of Notre Dame think of the matter though. Surely, they realize they're outnumbered probably one hundred to one by the subway alumni. Notre Dame is in a lot of ways America's team, and has been for like eighty years.

I'll use "we" when Brian Kelly sends me an animated beer on here. haha

 

[dshans]

... He asked me today if ND won yesterday and my response was "We had a bye week". He then starts laughing hysterically and says "Who is 'we,' you didn't go to ND!"

You can always use the "royal we" counter punch.

I have a friend who graduated from Michigan State. We get together at a bar to watch the game every year with a $5 dollar or drink bet on the line. The drink has become the favored wager in these economic times.

He would chide me when I would say "we" since I was not a member of the team or coaching staff. He was right, of course, so I did what I could to "correct" my references. By the fourth quarter, however, after a number of beers and a Jameson or two, my response to his gibe should I slip, is an oh-so-ineloquent "Oh, **** off!"

 

[Buster Bluth]

You can always use the "royal we" counter punch.

I have a friend who graduated from Michigan State. We get together at a bar to watch the game every year with a $5 dollar or drink bet on the line. The drink has become the favored wager in these economic times.

He would chide me when I would say "we" since I was not a member of the team or coaching staff. He was right, of course, so I did what I could to "correct" my references. By the fourth quarter, however, after a number of beers and a Jameson or two, my response to his gibe should I slip, is an oh-so-ineloquent "Oh, **** off!"

Yeah but you were a student. It's Notre Dame's football team, not Jack Swarbrick's.

To juxtapose.. Ohio State's team is merely a method of getting alumni dollars these days. The players are not students. They aren't housed with the regular students, they aren't seen on campus, the police mysteriously appear around them at bars preventing pictures, they are dancing panda there simply to get the 105,000 to show up and donate the mula on a weekly basis. It's gross, it is the exact opposite of Notre Dame, and it is sadly the norm across the country.

 

[dshans]

Yeah but you were a student.

We were both students, decades ago, at the respective universities. He's a grammatical picky-***, even though he was a math major. I appreciate that. Hell, I enjoy the challenge when we spend time playing volleyball, eating spicy chicken after games at BWW or putting local restaurants and pubs to the test other times.

My point is that every Irish fan, should they be"subway" current student or alum, should be armed with adequate and appropriate rejoinders to counter any assault.

I see the issue of "we" versus "they" from both sides of the palette. When watching a game with strangers, I strain to say "they." When alone or in the company of other Domers I loudly and proudly shout "we."

Life is a carnival.

 

[bigedefense]

If they bring it, pretend to care. Otherwise, make pretend like it never occurred to you that anything might have happened while you weren't there. It's better for everyone this way.

This^. Also, never remind them that you got married for better or worse. I tried that with my ex-wife.





Yep! All I did was tell her that she couldn't have done any better, and I couldn't have done any worse. Next thing I know, BAM, new arguement! Hahahaha

 

[bigedefense]

Anybody ever have their wife/gf punch them while they're asleep?
That kinda grinds my gears.

AH! The three "rings" of marriage:


Engagement ring



Wedding ring



SUFFERING

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

Since we have been in a whiny mood lately (see kuehnja's etiquette thread ), "Norte Dame" REALLY grinds me.

 

[Grahambo]

Creating a duplicate thread.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

A staple of the off-season at IE. How I've missed this thread.

 

[irishog77]

Boxers with loose and wide d!ck holes.

 

[Ndaccountant]

Boxers with loose and wide d!ck holes.

Doen't sound like a boxer problem to me

 

[GowerND11]

Boxers with loose and wide d!ck holes.

I always felt the hole was too small....

 

[Irish Houstonian]

Doen't sound like a boxer problem to me

Walked right in to that one.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Boxers with loose and wide d!ck holes.

Doen't sound like a boxer problem to me

There's a "hot dog in a hallway" joke here somewhere.

Just can't seem to find it. I'm sure irishog77 can relate.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I always felt the hole was too small....

Too short, too.


(it was the stupidest thing I could say.)

 

[no.1IrishFan]

People who do nothing but post pics of their kids all day on FB.

Better yet, Facebook altogether!


YouTube

 

[Damion704]

+1. Twitter annoys the hell out of me also.

 

[irishog77]

There's a "hot dog in a hallway" joke here somewhere.

Just can't seem to find it. I'm sure irishog77 can relate.

Probably should've prefaced my original statement with telling y'all that I bought Andre the Giant's entire underwear collection off ebay a few years ago...and wear his former drawers exclusively (except, obviously, for when I'm freeballin'. Duh).

 

[Black Irish]

Probably should've prefaced my original statement with telling y'all that I bought Andre the Giant's entire underwear collection off ebay a few years ago...and wear his former drawers exclusively (except, obviously, for when I'm freeballin'. Duh).

Wow, 3 lines of text that create a perfect appetite suppressant.