What is your pet peave

[JeffL]

Using "loose" instead of "lose".

[Guest Old goat]

people calling a water heater a hot water heater

[Mike.357]

I like to use the terms clip for mag and bullets for cartridges.

Gotta do something to amuse myself.

[Guest jackdm3]

people calling a water heater a hot water heater

I know what you mean, but some could say that it actually is a "hot water heater" because a water heater takes sitting water that has cooled a little bit and re-heated it to full hottness. Thus, it is a "hot-water heater."

[Guest Caveman]

I have so many. One of the biggest are the people that tell me I am "misinterpreting" the second amendment.

Also People calling sparkling wine champagne.

Edited December 14, 2009 by Caveman

[Guest m&pc9]

I know what you mean, but some could say that it actually is a "hot water heater" because a water heater takes sitting water that has cooled a little bit and re-heated it to full hottness. Thus, it is a "hot-water heater."

If its already hot why are you heating it.

[Guest jackdm3]

Because it's not really hot, hot. It's just hot.

[Wingshooter]

"We gotta get the guns off the street!"

Has anyone ever seen a gun on the street? I've seen cars, pedestrians, animals and litter, but never a gun.

"packin' heat"

[poak]

Referring to a head shot as "braining" some one...

I think I just hate the word "brain"... Also, I'm more apt to think of "the brain" from the game in the movie "Waiting".

[Guest m&pc9]

So it is a "cooler than hot water heater".

[Guest jackdm3]

So it is a "cooler than hot water heater".

Exactly. It is cool. That ain't cool!

[Wingshooter]

I think it is a H2O thermal adjuster

[Guest jackdm3]

What we all need is an instantaneous water system. They're the size of a jetpack, bolted to the wall. U N L I M I T E D hot water! No more reheating formerly hot water all night and day.

But that's beside the point.

Another pet peeve: People who don't make an effort to practice decent grammar, punctuation and spelling on the internet. What? Because you don't know us personally, it's not worth the hassle to write like an adult?

Edited December 14, 2009 by jackdm3

[poak]

Another pet peeve: People who don't make an effort to practice decent grammar and spelling on the internet. What? Because you don't know us personally, it's not worth the hassle to write like an adult?

OMG! U R so RiTE!!!11!!

[Motasyco]

If its already hot why are you heating it.

Perhaps it should be renamed a Water Temperature Maintaining Device.

[LagerHead]

I have so many. One of the biggest are the people that tell me I am "misinterpreting" the second amendment.

Also People calling sparkling wine champagne.

I'm not a wine guy, so I may be wrong. But isn't the only real difference where it is made? Meaning if it's not made in the Champagne region of France then they call it sparkling wine?

[Kelemvor]

Me: "Hi, I'm looking for a DA/SA, hammer fired, alloy framed pistol with a decocker."

Salesman: "You mean you don't like Glocks? Here, look at this Glock."

and one of my favorites

Bass Pro Shop Guy: "I don't know anything about these CV's (CZ's), they're foreign guns. I really only mess with Glocks (made in Austria) and Springfields (made in Croatia)."

[Guest jackdm3]

We're going the other way. We need to make the name shorter.

Burner? No

Heater? No.

Waterer? No.

H2O'er? No.

Warmer? No.

Boiler? Maybe, though it never boils.

Thermal? You could never wear a water tank for long. Like a barrel/suspenders.

Guys. Help me out here.

[Motasyco]

We're going the other way. We need to make the name shorter.

Burner? No

Heater? No.

Waterer? No.

H2O'er? No.

Warmer? No.

Boiler? Maybe, though it never boils.

Thermal? You could never wear a water tank for long. Like a barrel/suspenders.

Guys. Help me out here.

How about "wathereg" short for water thermal regulator.

[Guest Caveman]

I'm not a wine guy, so I may be wrong. But isn't the only real difference where it is made? Meaning if it's not made in the Champagne region of France then they call it sparkling wine?

You are correct my friend.

[Guest jackdm3]

Bass Pro Shop Guy: "I don't know anything about these CV's (CZ's), they're foreign guns. I really only mess with Glocks (made in Austria) and Springfields (made in Croatia)."

That's funny right there. It's just like this scene that won the Academy Award for the "Best Movie Ever"

YouTube - Talladega Nights - Ricky Meets Jean Girard

[tntnixon]

This thread has declined soo much that it reminds me of one of mine.

Why does everyone refer to Mont Eagle as Mont Eagle Mountain? The "Mont" at the front tells you it's a mountain. They don't call Mont Blanc: Mont Blanc Mountain or Mount St. Helens: Mount St. Helens Mountain.

[BrasilNuts]

People who inject foreign words or phrases into a english sentence or conversation.

Ex: "It has a certain je ne sais quoi."

Am I alone here?

[Guest jackdm3]

"We only speak American, here!"

[tntnixon]

People who inject foreign words or phrases into a english sentence or conversation.

Ex: "It has a certain je ne sais quoi."

Am I alone here?

The truthis that English is a bunch of "foreign" languages fuzed into one. The Britons, the French (the first true king of England was William the Conquerer, from Normandy France), the Angles, the Saxons all had a part to play. Those foreign phrases and words are idioms, which mean they have no good translation to "English". Therefore, they are English because they are part of our common language. Hey, the French have to use the term Le Big Mac.