These are a few of my least favourite things.

[alan refail]

I'm not feeling in a particularly bad mood, but it is raining and I had hoped to finish the mowing I started yesterday

I just thought it might make up for the loss of the "barbecue summer" to think of what really gets up our noses, or on our (whatever we have that things get on).

Here's my list of least favourite things (in no particular order):

Switching on the TV after a hard day and finding it's nearly all repeats which we've seen five times already

Brussels sprouts

Jet-skis

Calling vegetables "veggies"

Ready-meals labelled "Organic"

Our local council who have spent a fortune on advertising their commitment to recycling, but will only take the sort of plastic they like, leaving the rest to go out again next week, or in the bin

"Vegetarians" who "only eat fish and chicken"

Boy racers

The tiny quantity of seed most UK seed companies put in their packets

Big stores' ill treatment of plants

and, of course, Hellman's "mayonnaise"

What are your pet dislikes?

[FelixLeiter]

I have no dislikes. I while away my days in a state of enchantment.

[FelixLeiter]

On the other hand, I have had a particularly bad day:

• People who say "like" all the time when there is no simile involved. Like what, exactly?
• Not using a knife when eating.
• The Antipodean Interrogative.
* Ellipses in emails.
• Not indicating on roundabouts.
• Vegetarians who are not.
• Brussels sprouts.
• Calling chickens "chooks", children "kids", and pretty well everyone "darling".
• Labradoodles (the name, not the breed so much). And Yorkipoos, while we're at it.

That's better.

[seedling]

ok here goes

people who spit

machines that talk at you e.g self service checkouts in supermarkets

negative people who sap all the joy out of life

switching on the tv, to watch the only thing you are interested in in a whole week of programmes ,to find they have changed the schedule.

things that say "tear here" and when you do they dont

middle laners on the motorway

Seedling

[oldherbaceous]

Tonsillitis at the moment, and feeling grumpy.

[Monika]

Poor OH, I hope you get better soon!

I must be very boring but I can't think of anything I don't really like. OK, there are thing that don't suit me, but as long as they keep somebody happy, they are welcome to have it/do to their heart's content.

Just thought of something: cigarette smoke!

[richard p]

call centres who talk in indecipherable accents
people who indicate right at roundabouts when they want to go straight on
wet swim wear

[Bren]

OH sorry to hear your grumpy thats not like you.
I hope you will get better
There's not a lot to say
I know you can get better
Tomorrow or today.
Bren

[PLUMPUDDING]

At the moment, the people who leave half eaten take-aways and empty vodka bottles next to my gate.

Also those horrible worn out jeans that look as though they have dipped in ochre water they are selling as new ones, which zip up to somewhere just above crotch level. My gardening jeans are in better condition, and they cover my bum up when I bend down.

[Elaine]

Dear Oh. I hope you feel better soon.
Dear Felix. I hope you have a better day tomorrow!

Least favourite things?
Baseball caps.
People who don't say Please and thank you.
Drivers who sound their horn late at night as they drive away from someone's house. What is wrong with "goodbye", or whatever, at the door/gate?
Being called "Darl" and the people who use this abbreviation willy nilly.
Being asked to "wait just a sec", then have to wait for ages.
Answerphones.
The expression"It does what it says on the tin"
Liver and kidney....uuuugh!
I think that will do...........
Cheers.

[alan refail]

Dear OH

Hope your better soon and back to your usual cheerful self

Just thought of a few more, mostly language misuse, niggles.

"Basically", meaning nothing at all really - as in "basically I'm not growing sprouts this year"

"Literally", used in the opposite of its correct meaning - as in "I was literally over the moon"

"Up to..." as in "Up to 50% off" hiding a majority of lesser bargains

Prices ending in 9 - e.g. £499.99 (especially accompanied by claims such as "Now available for less than £500")

[oldherbaceous]

Thank-you all.

[Essexboy]

The ultimate has to be people who say 'can I get' instead of 'may I have', where and when did this appear? It seems particularly used in food outlets. While we are on the subject.

People who think giving way to the right at roundabouts does not count where cyclists are concerned.

The person who swiped all the courgettes off my allotment.

All TV reality shows.

Disposable nappies dumped all oer, and in the most unlikely places, this seems to be a new and growing phenonema. Major road junctions being one place.

I could go on! Regards, Goldfang.

[PLUMPUDDING]

People who pick up their dog's mess and then hang the plastic bag on fences, trees or walls - the morons!

[macmac]

Feeling mellow just joined the thread to wish you well OH