funkstar got pwn'd!

No I didn't. I get it for free. He has to earn it. I would rather get $6 for free than work for $640. Probably.

No I didn't. I get it for free. He has to earn it. I would rather get $6 for free than work for $640. Probably.

A lot (most) of my pet peeves come up at work. Here's another: People who use the dash as a universal punctuation mark. Not sure if you should use a colon or a period? Use a dash! Think your sentence has too many commas? Throw in some dashes! Want to make a list? Put a dash before each item! Don't think one dash is quite adequate? Use two! Three, even!

Guh. I work at a college for pasta's sake. You'd think my coworkers would know how to use their native language.

A lot (most) of my pet peeves come up at work. Here's another: People who use the dash as a universal punctuation mark. Not sure if you should use a colon or a period? Use a dash! Think your sentence has too many commas? Throw in some dashes! Want to make a list? Put a dash before each item! Don't think one dash is quite adequate? Use two! Three, even!

Guh. I work at a college for pasta's sake. You'd think my coworkers would know how to use their native language.

Once upon a time, my wife received a multi-page letter from a guy she was about to dump. The spelling/grammar was so awful she pulled out a red pen, and using appropriate proof marks, corrected the entire letter and sent it back, telling him to try again. She only did because she was about to dump him anyways, but poor grammar truly bothers her.

Racer, I have to say, that is the funniest thing I've seen all day. It's really a great way to get back at him. Good prize!

Same here. That is definatly pwnage.

Grammar just sucks with my generation, I blame AIM.

I blame lazy.

I blame lazy.

Peeve: Credit Card offers. It seems as soon as I turned 18 I got flooded with credit card offers. It's been a year and a half and I am still being bombarded with offers. Hey Jerkies in the credit card companies, stop sending me offers, I'm not interested right now.

Smart man.

What I do: rip it all up and stuff it back into the business reply envelope and mail it back to 'em.

I blame lazy.

True dat.

Peeve: Cavities. I'm pretty sure I have a cavity on both sides of my mouth, because every so often, when I bite, I get a huge pain. Of course, you can imagine my surprise when I go to my dentist and she says, "Nope! No cavities!"

Peeve: People in my class.
I'm sorry, but these have to be the worst academic people I have had a class with. I was the only one who could name all fifty states, and one of them couldn't even name California. IT's not that they aren't up to standards that bothers me, though. It's the fact that they don't want to be up to the standards. Gah.

Who can name all fifty states? If you put a map in front of me, I could (as could most people), but most people can't name all seven dwarves even though they know who all of them are.

I agree, iKi, people are stupid, but being able to name all 50 states one after the other is hardly a fair measure.

P.S. Did I mention people who do really long quotes when only a line or two is relevant to their reply? I think I did.

Who can name all fifty states? If you put a map in front of me, I could (as could most people), but most people can't name all seven dwarves even though they know who all of them are.

Peeve: Waiting a Real Long time for the virus scanner to do a complete scan. How many files do I have that are actually relevant??

Sorry IJ, but the dash can sometimes be a useful tool.
Especially with short hand writing in class.

I don't think he implied that they were being tested on "being able to name all 50 states one after the other." When I read it, the phrase "one of them couldn't even name California" made me think that they were shown a map with none of the states labeled, and were asked to fill in the names. Personally, I'd be worried about switching Vermont and New Hampshire, but that's beside the point.

The only way to recite the 50 states from memory is to sing the song.