Some time ago I was inspired by hula seventy's list of 100 things in the world I love. So inspired in fact that I totally ripped it off. Since then I've often thought I should revisit that list, I'm sure I was being lazy and I can definitely think of a few other things which should've made it onto my top 100. Maybe one day...
But almost immediately after posting my list of 100 things I love, I started compiling this one in my head. 100 things I dislike intensely ('cos hate is such a strong word). To my credit it hasn't been easy, and it's taken me this long to add to it, a couple of items at a time, but I think I'm there. And maybe I've done some exorcising in the process?
100 things I dislike intensely (in no particular order):
1. toads
2. bigots
3. liquorice
4. mosquitos
5. dog shit
6. price stickers which won't come off completely
7. useless appliances (read: electric egg boilers)
8. people who waste water
9. tom cruise
10. daytime chat shows (read: ricki lake et al)
11. WWF Smackdown
12. exhaust fumes
13. tiny, tiny little 'dogs'
14. rugby
15. flavoured coke
16. badly designed websites
17. cosmopolitan magazine
18. cleaning toilets
19. dead things
20. pmt
21. public toilets
22. toilet paper which rolls the wrong way
24. violence
25. tax returns
26. boerepop music
27. running out of time
28. er... running
29. fundamentalists
30. crocs!
31. paper cuts
32. g-strings
33. polony
34. indecisiveness
35. ashtrays
36. non-waterproof mascara
37. call centres
38. any tea except ceylon, or english
39. email petitions
40. quad bikes (SO much - die! die! die!)
41. well-done steak
42. excema
43. blow-drying my hair
44. faxes
45. people with long lists of dislikes
46. tuscan fantasy in parktown
47. rice burners
48. bmw drivers. barring one...
49. people who 'huff' impatiently in queues
50. net curtains
51. root canal (duh)
52. hayfever
53. shower curtains
54. marzipan
55. mullets
56. abused 'quotation' marks
57. insurance claims
58. queue-jumpers
59. white jeans
60. powdered milk
61. polycotton Sheets
62. air ‘fresheners’
63. afro-sceptics
64. tech support
65. being a non-smoker
66. christmas shopping after 1 Dec
67. yellow sports cars
68. hairy backs!
69. hot air hand-dryers
70. shitty nappies
71. hand washing
72. drama queens
73. sports films
74. films about dedicated teachers making a huge difference in inner city schools (yawn)
75. films based on true stories (often extra yawn)
76. throwing up
77. burglar bars
78. sweating
79. nipple piercings
80. tripe
81. hot feet
82. persian cats
83. licking stamps
84. removing, washing & replacing slipcovers
85. people with no sense of humour
86. thursdays ~ I find them really arb
87. duplicity
88. paulo coelho
89. jodi picoult
90. public gyms
91. people who say they 'heart' something. What is that?? (And I'm being a total snob here because I totally accept the mainstream use of 'lol' - I think it's descriptive in a way which didn't exist before, and thereby fills a gap in modern expression - but 'heart' instead of 'love'? No.)
92. paisley
93. people I was never friendly with in high-school trying to befriend me on Facebook
94. kitsch curios
95. family politics
96. not having space for another serving of dessert
97. matching outfits
98. people with no sense of karma
99. cellphone spam
100. big blue-assed flies
3 comments:
totally laughing through all of the snot, tho' i must admit snot would be #1 on my list at the moment. do you think there is a commercial purpose for it, so at least i could make some cash? but, as usual, i digress.
totally with you on 9 tom cruise is so overrated that it's practically criminal. 13. what is up with those? 22. how do people not know which way is the right way, there is ONLY ONE right way. 54. marzipan should be banned.55. have you been to mulletsgalore.com, there are some pretty funny ones there. 58. where are people's manners? 59. should be banned completely. 81. this one made my laugh because husband had me convinced i was the only one. 91. i am SOO with you on this one. it's right up there with people who home school and refer to their children as kidlets....
awesome list! i may have to steal the idea if this cold continues tomorrow and i'm still in the right frame of mind. :-)
So I need two clarifications: no 15 and no 30. Hope you're writing about the horrible shoes and not the adorable ones with the teeth. However everything is relative, just check out these crocs:
http://www.unitednude.com/mono-jane-p-857.html?colour=152
Thanks Julie - I love how much we seem to have in common.
Dalai, no. 15 refers to Coca-Cola in flavours such as cherry & vanilla, not cocaine which I heard recently is now available in mint?!
And ja, Crocs should be banned. I'm sure they are Very Comfortable as every Croc-wearer claims in their defense but that doesn't change that they're UGLY with a capital F.
The rubber wedges are hilarious!
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