Pet Peeves

Sui · **Joined:** Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:17 pm **Posts:** 396

JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote:

It's supposed to be about the king who comes after Beowulf and the heroic crap he does, with a minimum of five kennings and a brief recap of the original story. And it has to be 25 lines at least.

We read the whole thing. I feel bad for Beowulf at the end, there... :eek:

Ah. Actually, after we studied Beowulf, we had to write an epic poem, two to three pages in length (I ended up with four, but oh well), ideally, with three kennings, alliteration and the half-line form, so the assignment's not entirely foreign to me, although we didn't have to make it a sequel to Beowulf. I'd say, in this case, that I got off lucky next to you...

SEAN'D! · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:24 am

JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote:

D'gah. I have to write an sequel to Beowulf for my English class. It only has to be 25 lines minimum, but I'm not sure where to begin. I hate writing. Ever wonder why I'm like the only person without a fanfic? That's why.

Oh, Darn!
Thanks for reminding me Jitka.
Gotta get to my fanfic!

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:27 am

JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote:

It's supposed to be about the king who comes after Beowulf and the heroic crap he does, with a minimum of five kennings and a brief recap of the original story. And it has to be 25 lines at least.

We read the whole thing. I feel bad for Beowulf at the end, there... :eek:

So Wikipedia "Avalon" and take Beowulf on a trip through the afterlife.

FireBird · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 1819

I'm getting kind of tired of "

" after every single post someone makes.

Like, it's really annoying. Sometimes it's too obvious that you're kidding, and the "

" ruins it.

Funkstar · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:57 pm

Peeve: There is a Britich newspaper called the Sun, famous for its 'Page 3' (topless women). What I hate is when my brother cuts out the page three to stick on his wall. I open the newspaper, ready for some nudity, and BAM!, I get hit by page 5, politics.

FireBird · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 1819

Funkstar wrote:

Peeve: There is a Britich newspaper called the Sun, famous for its 'Page 3' (topless women). What I hate is when my brother cuts out the page three to stick on his wall. I open the newspaper, ready for some nudity, and BAM!, I get hit by page 5, politics.

So? Just go in his room. Apparently his room is full of it.

Wait, on second thought, just read the politics.

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:06 pm

I hade when I'm driving and I'm going over the speed limit and people are still tailgating me. And then I hate it when I'm signaling to change lanes after I've passed a truck on the highway and someone who's going about 85-95mph has to squeeze around me just as I'm shifting over. It's very annoying, not to mention very dangerous.

Jonn-E · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:08 pm

lol my friend sed he had a peacock in P4 then in P7 he said it was a monkey

Sexy_Sakura · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:22 pm

You know what I hate? I'm sure its been said before....

Bad spelling and grammar.

Jonn-E · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:25 pm

geee..why do i bother posting here? i get offended,annoyed and being told the same thing everytime.
im onna wiki vacation, no posting until sunday
cya later guys
-KJE

Lunar Jesty · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:50 pm

King Jonn-E wrote:

geee..why do i bother posting here? i get offended,annoyed and being told the same thing everytime.
im onna wiki vacation, no posting until sunday
cya later guys
-KJE

Guess how to stop these things? Listen to them.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:52 pm

Funkstar wrote:

Peeve: There is a Britich newspaper called the Sun, famous for its 'Page 3' (topless women). What I hate is when my brother cuts out the page three to stick on his wall. I open the newspaper, ready for some nudity, and BAM!, I get hit by page 5, politics.

Now wait a second.

How come you get this newspaper in the first place?

Funkstar · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:57 pm

FireBird wrote:

Funkstar wrote:

Peeve: There is a Britich newspaper called the Sun, famous for its 'Page 3' (topless women). What I hate is when my brother cuts out the page three to stick on his wall. I open the newspaper, ready for some nudity, and BAM!, I get hit by page 5, politics.

So? Just go in his room. Apparently his room is full of it.

Wait, on second thought, just read the politics.

My brother is 20, yo. He doesn't live here.

And Ace: I need my daily nudity.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:58 pm

I still have my copy of The Sun from when I went to England.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:59 pm

Funkstar wrote:

My brother is 20, yo. He doesn't live here.

And Ace: I need my daily nudity.

No need to say the second thing. I got all I needed from the first statement.

I thought this was a paper that came to like...your house with your parents and stuff. That would be kind of strange to have around, especially with what I've seen of parents and censorship.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:01 pm

Acekirby wrote:

Funkstar wrote:

My brother is 20, yo. He doesn't live here.

And Ace: I need my daily nudity.

No need to say the second thing. I got all I needed from the first statement.

I thought this was a paper that came to like...your house with your parents and stuff. That would be kind of strange to have around, especially with what I've seen of parents and censorship.

It's Europe, their censorship laws a extremly laxed compared to the US.

Funkstar · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:02 pm

Acekirby wrote:

Funkstar wrote:

My brother is 20, yo. He doesn't live here.

And Ace: I need my daily nudity.

No need to say the second thing. I got all I needed from the first statement.

I thought this was a paper that came to like...your house with your parents and stuff. That would be kind of strange to have around, especially with what I've seen of parents and censorship.

No, its not at my brothers house:

1.I cycle to shop and by the sun/mum drives to shop and buys sun
2. My Dad drools over paper/reads sports
3. I try to get the newspaper (complete with P3) into the bathroom with my (for undisclosed reasons) before my brother coes over.
4. My brother comes over, drools at paper, cuts out P3.

Sometimes number 3 doesnt happen (because number 4 happens first.)

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:04 pm

Funkstar wrote:

3. I try to get the newspaper (complete with P3) into the bathroom with my (for undisclosed reasons) before my brother coes over.

And with that disturbing revelation, let me take this opportunity to TOASTPAINT!

The Experimental Film · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:10 pm

Peeve: (Slightly) overprotective mother. I hitched a ride home with a rather hot senior today, and she was thoroughly freaked out about it when I told her it was a student, and not a mother, who gave me a ride.

Sexy_Sakura · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:22 pm

Beyond the Grave wrote:

Funkstar wrote:

3. I try to get the newspaper (complete with P3) into the bathroom with my (for undisclosed reasons) before my brother coes over.

And with that disturbing revelation

Oh. My. Definetly too much info, m'dear. Far too much.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:37 pm

Ok, I have mega Jibblies now....

My big pet peeve is when you're told books will be required for a class, then, when the time comes to use that book at the end of the semester, the prof gives you something he wrote because he didn't like the book. Sure, for him, it's a pain in the butt because he had to write something, but for me, it was $96 I coulda spent (and needed to spend) on a portable hard drive or a BIG memory key.

Sexy_Sakura · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:48 pm

StrongRad wrote:

Ok, I have mega Jibblies now....

My big pet peeve is when you're told books will be required for a class, then, when the time comes to use that book at the end of the semester, the prof gives you something he wrote because he didn't like the book. Sure, for him, it's a pain in the butt because he had to write something, but for me, it was $96 I coulda spent (and needed to spend) on a portable hard drive or a BIG memory key.

Okay YES. That really ticks me off. On a similar note, I hate how the university bookstore jacks up the prices of the books, to an insane level. Like they don't suck enough money out of us.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:52 pm

Sexy_Sakura wrote:

StrongRad wrote:

Ok, I have mega Jibblies now....

My big pet peeve is when you're told books will be required for a class, then, when the time comes to use that book at the end of the semester, the prof gives you something he wrote because he didn't like the book. Sure, for him, it's a pain in the butt because he had to write something, but for me, it was $96 I coulda spent (and needed to spend) on a portable hard drive or a BIG memory key.

Okay YES. That really ticks me off. On a similar note, I hate how the university bookstore jacks up the prices of the books, to an insane level. Like they don't suck enough money out of us.

I completely agree. They buy the book back from us at the end of the semester for 20% (if we're lucky) of what we paid for it, then turn around the next semester and sell it to another student for 4 times what they paid us for it.
For that reason, I stopped selling my books to the bookstore. If I thought I needed a book later on, I kept it, if not, I would trade it to a friend for another book (make sure you take Gen Ed. classes in a different order from the order your friends are, and this will work almost every time). I usually only had to buy 2 books, at most, a year

Sexy_Sakura · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:54 pm

StrongRad wrote:

Sexy_Sakura wrote:

StrongRad wrote:

Ok, I have mega Jibblies now....

My big pet peeve is when you're told books will be required for a class, then, when the time comes to use that book at the end of the semester, the prof gives you something he wrote because he didn't like the book. Sure, for him, it's a pain in the butt because he had to write something, but for me, it was $96 I coulda spent (and needed to spend) on a portable hard drive or a BIG memory key.

Okay YES. That really ticks me off. On a similar note, I hate how the university bookstore jacks up the prices of the books, to an insane level. Like they don't suck enough money out of us.

I completely agree. They buy the book back from us at the end of the semester for 20% (if we're lucky) of what we paid for it, then turn around the next semester and sell it to another student for 4 times what they paid us for it.
For that reason, I stopped selling my books to the bookstore. If I thought I needed a book later on, I kept it, if not, I would trade it to a friend for another book (make sure you take Gen Ed. classes in a different order from the order your friends are, and this will work almost every time). I usually only had to buy 2 books, at most, a year

Yah, I sell my books back to other students, half price. It's more money for me, and less money they have to pay for used at the bookstore. It's a nice system, that. I keep most of my books though, since I want to teach. They will come in handy, down the road.

I really hate University admin though. Greedy lil...........

FireBird · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 1819

The Experimental Film wrote:

Peeve: (Slightly) overprotective mother. I hitched a ride home with a rather hot senior today, and she was thoroughly freaked out about it when I told her it was a student, and not a mother, who gave me a ride.

But she was hot?

Does anything else really matter?

The Experimental Film · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:11 am

FireBird wrote:

But she was hot?

Does anything else really matter?

Yeh, but now I'm not allowed to get a ride with her again.

Buhh.

ramrod · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:08 am

Sexy_Sakura wrote:

Okay YES. That really ticks me off. On a similar note, I hate how the university bookstore jacks up the prices of the books, to an insane level. Like they don't suck enough money out of us.

I know how you feel. I spend over $400 in books this year, and I only really use 1. I'm going to use Amazon though next semester.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:45 am

Amazon is good. WalMart is another really good place (nothing about WalMart.com says textbooks, but, you'll find their prices aren't too bad).

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:49 am

StrongRad wrote:

Amazon is good. WalMart is another really good place (nothing about WalMart.com says textbooks, but, you'll find their prices aren't too bad).

I wouldn't set foot in Wal-Mart if it were the last store on Earth.

The Experimental Film · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:54 am

Beyond the Grave wrote:

StrongRad wrote:

Amazon is good. WalMart is another really good place (nothing about WalMart.com says textbooks, but, you'll find their prices aren't too bad).

I wouldn't set foot in Wal-Mart if it were the last store on Earth.

Then try WalMart.com, like he suggested.

What's with the sudden prejudice against Wal-Mart, anyway?

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