Friday, September 10, 2010

What Are Your OVER-THE-TOP Grudges?

What things do you find OVER-THE-TOP? Things that make you want to recite the alphabet backwards or grit your teeth on a brick?

This is something new for my blog. From time to time, I've been wanting to give you lists you can add to, for a change and for fun. This is the first, and I will keep the same OVER-THE-TOP post at the top position for a week, so people can add to it every day and contributors check back to see what's new. This is a "the more, the better" kind of thing, so please ask other family members, friends, co-workers, fellow church members, and neighbors to send me their grudge things. It'll be interesting to see how many--and varied--we can come up with.

SEND your OVER-THE-TOP items to me at my e-mail address, marghouk@juno.com. Though I've tried with the help of an IT expert to set up direct access for you back and forth to my blog through other channels, I've found the old standard e-mail is the easiest and most foolproof way to reach me.

Blogging for fun as well as faith,
Margaret

Things that are OVER-THE-TOP


Another (a latecomer) by this Margaret...

39. The Stanley Steemer guy on TV who "saves" and prays over a "lost" carpet.
Can't the cleaning company come up with something better than that? To me, this borders on being spiritually offensive. It trivializes the work of Christ.

Another from Debbie P...

40. TV shows and ads that portray the kids as smarter than their parents or other adults

From Sue S...

41. Prideful people
42. "All about me" people
43. Dirty windows (I'm with you there, Sue!)
44. Stupid TV commercials (I think we've heard this several times. Will those writers ever wise up?)
45. People who are always late
46. Gossip

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Margaret's list...

1. Political campaign ads

2. The dysfunctional adults on Glee

3. The number of reality TV shows

4. Lady Gaga

5. The salaries of professional baseball players

6. The pay scale of Wall Street executives

7. Russ Limbaugh's babbling

8. The extravagant love of God (Caught you on this one, didn't I?)


Debbie P. adds...

9. The paparazzi

10. Not just Glee, but also "Just So Raven"


Sylvia G. adds...

11. How people blame God for everything instead of looking at themselves...


Marilyn L. adds...

12. When people forward e-mails but don't delete the names and addresses of the people they received them from


Sandi M. says...

13. People who pass you on the highway and then go slower

14. Robocalls

15. Drivers who let their dogs sit on their laps while driving or hang their heads out the driver's window

16. People who discard their trash out the car window or while walking

17. Gas prices that go down one cent, then the next day up five cents


Joan R. says...

18. Being on the no-call list but still getting calls


Lisa P. says...

19. Driving kids all the way to school, then finding they forgot something

20. After cleaning the house all day, the cat vomits on the rug (only rug they have!)

21. Just after washing the car, having to drive through dusty road construction

22. Right after running the dishwasher, find more dishes in the kids' bedrooms

23. When their daughter in college calls home for something NOW---right after they have mailed her a letter


Another reader says...

24. The salary of ANY pro athlete

25. Drivers who don't use their turn signals

26. HOT, HUMID days



Margaret B. adds...

27. Articles about getting rid of clutter (She makes things from hers, she says)

28. Alternative health advocates who have all the answers to your medical problems

29. Horrible grammar, from people who ought to know better

30. People who don't like dogs licking their feet

31. People who don't love dogs

32. The appearance of electronic devices (Uglies, she calls them, but kitchen appliances are gorgeous, she says.)

33. Modern clothing styles for women. (M. prefers to dress "with flair and elegance".) "Elegance is more fun and more appealing to men," she says.) Maybe. Let's hear from you men about that. Do you prefer that women dress in dresses and skirts?


Liz R. says...

34. Overuse of the word "impact."
(Figures. Liz is a fellow writer. We have to be precise in our use of words. I have several that grate on me, too.)


Judy F. adds...

35. Adam Lambert

36. Cell phone use while driving

37. Britney Spears

38. Following too closely

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