10 Things That Really Annoy Me

I was inspired to write this review by my friend Kirsty (DixieChick10) who's refreshingly youthful take on this theme I read many moons ago, indeed, Number 1 was actually written at the time of a distant, near forgotten postal strike……the world was a different place…….the economy yet to see the rocky shore. 1. MR LAWSON OF SOUTHAMPTON Now usually, when writing such a review, I would change the names to protect the innocent, guilty, stupid etc, but I'm sorry, in this case I'm making an exception! Mr Lawson is a tooling merchant in Southampton and he REALLY annoyed me. As a tiny sideline, our ... more

One of my favourite Ciaoists recently sent me a draft of a review he was working on. It was for the '10 things I hate' category which is actually called 'Ten things that really annoy me'. It was exceptionally funny but I could see that he was really struggling to keep it down to just 10 things. I imagine he'd drawn up a festering list of hundreds of possibilities and couldn't work out how to get the short-list down to less than about 25. So I started thinking about what really annoyed me and I struggled. I really could only think of one thing I really disliked enough to use the H word. There ... more

To paraphrase Friedrich Nietzsche, it's not a good idea to look into the dark side of yourself, because all the while the dark side is looking into you. And nobody ever wins a staring contest with their dark side; just look at the folk who've tried and failed. Kurt Cobain, Vincent Van Gogh, Kevin Carter, Nick Drake, Tony Slattery. The list is endless. But hey, a little venting is ok, isn't it? I try to be a glass half-full person. It's just that sometimes the glass is half full with something with all the appeal of Mellow Birds whitened with St Ivel Five Pints topped off with a Sunny D chaser ... more

I've been trying to write a 'real' review for some time now, but I simply can't get my brain into gear for long enough to write more than a paragraph before it all starts sounding like nonsense, so instead I've decided to tell you about some of the things that annoy me (woohoo!). At least then it doesn't matter so much if it all sounds like nonsense, and I get to have a rant into the bargain! So here, in no particular order (you don't seriously expect me to put my annoyances into rank order!?!) are the top 10 things that really annoy me (or at least the top 10 that came to mind at the time of ... more

In many ways it would be simpler and quicker if I were just to write a list of things that didn't annoy me, but as this would only run to about two sentences it wouldn't make for very thrilling reading. I don't want you to get the idea that I am a miserable old sod but there are just so many things which upset me in today's world that narrowing it down to just 10 will be a struggle. I hope this review will not be excessively long, but just in case it runs on, make sure you've been to the bathroom before you read it and have a hot cup of tea to hand. Anyway, in no particular order, here goes: 1 ... more