You know what really grinds my gears?

[Cyros]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I must say that lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits really grind my gears. Not only are they idiots (regardless of where they went to law school, whether it be Harvard or Cooley) but they are bringing down the entire profession. Lawyers get a bad enough reputation in society, but so many of them do so much good, take the lawyers at Legal Services firms, they take a low level of pay and represent indigent people who couldn't otherwise afford legal representation. I have decided I couldn't do that for a living, but I have nothing but respect for these people, yet they get lumped together with jerks who file pointless lawsuits asking for assinine damages.

So you're a big fan of Jack Thomponson right?

[GSW]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

How about when you are trying to look at erotica, then your screen freezes and other people walk in the room.

Talk about awkward.

Im at work. and this made me LOL... everyone looking at me like im an idiot.

[GSW]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

You know what really grinds my gears?

When your sports team just got finished kicking another teams ***, holding their star player to a horrible field goal percentage, and causing him to turn the ball over numerous times...but sportscenter feels compelled to show the world the star player so they spend 45 seconds talking him up and show the 2 "good" plays he had ALL game, and NONE, ZIP, ZERO, ZILCH, Highlights of the team that actually won.

THATS What really grinds MY Gears. **** the Lakers.

[oakfan162]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

You know what really grinds my gears?

When your sports team just got finished kicking another teams ***, holding their star player to a horrible field goal percentage, and causing him to turn the ball over numerous times...but sportscenter feels compelled to show the world the star player so they spend 45 seconds talking him up and show the 2 "good" plays he had ALL game, and NONE, ZIP, ZERO, ZILCH, Highlights of the team that actually won.

THATS What really grinds MY Gears. **** the Lakers.

Amen!

[Trevytrev11]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

It really grinds my gears that ESPN feels the need to show every Red Sox vs. Yankee's game regardless of the standings. And even when they are not playing against each other, those two teams still get far more games on ESPN than any other team.

I get that it's the best rivalry in maybe all of sports and that the Yankee's made a huge come back this year to almost over take the Red Sox this year, but there what about the rest of the country? As an A's fan, I'm lucky if I catch 2 games a year on ESPN. And while the A's aren't a big market team, with the exception of this year, they have been one of the best teams in baseball this decade. The same with the Twins and Angels.

I know it's all about ratings and even casual fans will watch a Yank's Sox game who wouldn't watch an A's-Twins game, but it still sucks for everyone else. Especially down the stretch when there are son many other potential playoff teams playing important games.

[bergie56]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Were we on the same team when that happened? I was getting pissed

Yeah we had a game like that. It has happened a few times which is really annoying I think.

[SLAYER]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Hmm...what grinds my gears?

Conceited twenty-somethings with terrible implants. Not implants, period, but the cleavage accordion, one in the bra, one resting on the collarbone jobs. Broads that look like you could play billiards on their chest.

People from forgettable states like Iowa & Maine who fall into the herd mentality of hating New Jersey. And you're from..?

The "Ford sucks" crowd who:

A) Knows nothing about pickups.
B) Drives overrated foreign models (90% of Audi's lineup, Honda Civics, Scion Xa/b/c, Lancer Evolutions, etc.).
C) Consider themselves car nuts because they bought a catback exhaust, and a $300 Kenwood deck & amp.

Eagles "fans" who still blame all past, current, and future failures on McNabb.

People who consider any part of North Central Florida (Marion County, Alachua County, etc.) crowded. Expose to me that you haven't visited many places som'more, will ya?

WCJB20. What a bush league news channel.

[PdiddyPop]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I take a little offense to this. I consider myself a through and through Duke fan, no bandwagon in me whatsoever. I watch all of the games that I can, and I follow their recruiting very closely. I just so happen to like Florida football as well. It's been that way since I was 6 years old. I started liking Duke because I used to watch a recorded tape of the '92 UK game at my grandparent's house every time I was there, and I became a Gators fan because of Fred Taylor. I think putting everyone that likes two different teams in the same group is a little too much.

Not really. Again with TJ's take on things...why not root for Duke in football too? I'm just sick of going to Duke basketball games and rooting on with the Crazies and then those same people show up for games at Wallace Wade with Va Tech, and FSU jerseys and apparel. IMHO that's a breaking of the #1 fan law. The colors of the school didn't change so why not root for the same one? I know Duke football sucks, but why not root for Duke in football? It's not that hard to root for them in basketball so why is it so hard to root for them in football? Btw looking at your sig you like Southern Illinois too.....why not root for Florida in basketball since you root for them in football and vice versa on Southern Illinois?

[theaub]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People who get awesome seats to sporting events when they don't even like the team, and then either a) flaunt it or b) don't use the damn tickets. This year a friend of mine had two in-the-action ($200!) seats for a Jays-Yanks game. I'm talking to her the next day since I went to the game myself, and the conversation went something like this.

Her: Was the Blue Jay game any good yesterday?
Me: Yeah..they won. Why?
Her: Well, I had these tickets, but I went to a movie instead. I didn't know if I should've asked you if you wanted them.
Me: Oh...where were the tickets?
Her: Oh, something called in the action or something. Apparently they're right near homeplate. Where did you sit?
Me:

There's this one guy at my school (York University) who constantly badgers me about liking Auburn but not liking the York teams. If he did it once, fine. But every single damn time I see this guy he just rips on Auburn and the NCAA in general, and then claims something about patriotism. Stupid people.

On that note, the lack of college football coverage in Canada. Do I really need to be watching ****ing poker tomorrow night when the Canadian equivalent of ESPN (TSN) could show the Auburn game? Or did I really need to watch a strongman competition instead of the epic Alabama-Arkansas game in September? At least if some quality programming was on I wouldn't care, but day-um.

5 hour playoff baseball games.

The fact that I should be studying for the four midterms next week, but instead I'm sitting on a videogame message board posting what pisses me off.

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Not really. Again with TJ's take on things...why not root for Duke in football too? I'm just sick of going to Duke basketball games and rooting on with the Crazies and then those same people show up for games at Wallace Wade with Va Tech, and FSU jerseys and apparel. IMHO that's a breaking of the #1 fan law. The colors of the school didn't change so why not root for the same one? I know Duke football sucks, but why not root for Duke in football? It's not that hard to root for them in basketball so why is it so hard to root for them in football? Btw looking at your sig you like Southern Illinois too.....why not root for Florida in basketball since you root for them in football and vice versa on Southern Illinois?

Because if I were to change now, I WOULD be a bandwagon jumper. I've been fans of all of the teams as long as I have been watching sports, so I don't see how it's a huge problem. It's not like I knew Duke football sucked when I was 6 years old, so that's not why I don't like them.

[CMH]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

You know what really grinds my gears?

People that are going to buy an iPod Touch instead of just getting either a damn iPhone or iPod nano.

[Brandon13]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Because if I were to change now, I WOULD be a bandwagon jumper. I've been fans of all of the teams as long as I have been watching sports, so I don't see how it's a huge problem. It's not like I knew Duke football sucked when I was 6 years old, so that's not why I don't like them.

Anyone who would accuse you of being a bandwagoner for rooting for Duke football is borderline ********.

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Anyone who would accuse you of being a bandwagoner for rooting for Duke football is borderline ********.

I know. I'm just saying that switching teams, no matter which team it is, is bandwagon jumping.

I get called a bandwagoner because I like the Orioles. Yes, the Orioles. I started to closely follow baseball in 2004, and I went to an O's game in Baltimore, so I just stuck with them as my team. I guess that counts as bandwagon nowadays.

[ohyeahbaby123]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Know what pisses me off? The freaking Rockies. I've been a Rockies fan all my life, and just moved to Pittsburgh and became an Pirates fan.

Enough said.

[DrStrangepork]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People who wear sunglasses inside.

Beat me to it. That just bugs the heck out of me.