Pet Peeves

[Savor Dam]

Pet peeve: Fred the cat is a incorrigible con artist who seems to consider Dam-sel, Menolly, and myself to be simpletons. When fed, he eats a hole in the center of the kibble pile until the bottom of the bowl shows through, then insists to all that he was never fed.

We're on to you, kitteh!

[Sorus]

So according to workmates, I've managed to evolve into the semblance of an undead frankenstein ragdoll... Yay?

If it's any consolation, you have vastly superior taste in footwear. Those little heels of hers are completely impractical for what I can see of the landscape.

Pet peeve: Fred the cat is a incorrigible con artist who seems to consider Dam-sel, Menolly, and myself to be simpletons. When fed, he eats a hole in the center of the kibble pile until the bottom of the bowl shows through, then insists to all that he was never fed.

We're on to you, kitteh!

But he can see the bottom - it must be empty.

[Savor Dam]

Pet peeve: Fred the cat is a incorrigible con artist who seems to consider Dam-sel, Menolly, and myself to be simpletons. When fed, he eats a hole in the center of the kibble pile until the bottom of the bowl shows through, then insists to all that he was never fed.

We're on to you, kitteh!

But he can see the bottom - it must be empty.

Thought of that. Tried shaking the bowl to redistribute the kibble and hide the bottom. The look of scorn and "mrow" of I-Am-Not-Fooled derision made it clear he considered this a cheap trick that should be beneath any responsible human to attempt.

[Wildling]

I got a new computer a few months ago and I've quickly developed a new pet peeve: Windows 8.1.

On the bright side, apparently Microsoft has said that anyone running Windows 7 or 8.1 will be eligible for a free upgrade to the new Windows when it's released. Hopefully it's a much more coherent pile than this one is.

[Frostheart Grueburn]

I avoid Windows 8 akin to black plague.

So according to workmates, I've managed to evolve into the semblance of an undead frankenstein ragdoll... Yay?

If it's any consolation, you have vastly superior taste in footwear. Those little heels of hers are completely impractical for what I can see of the landscape.

Why, thank you. She never did venture into Frostgiantland through one of the enchanted doors, now did she? Or got out much in the first place? Else she might have learned a few valuable lessons about 6-7 months of ice and sleet and snow and horizontal rain and churning mud and all the other beguiling nuances of the arctic countries...

I killed the aforementioned patchwork skirt with bleach.

I once wanted to turn locks of my hair into a mustache + beard and be a dwarf woman for Halloween.

Heh, female dwarves are awesome. Especially in Discworld.


Memo: Never purchase a patchwork skirt and tiny heeled shoes. Co-workers will die of laughter.

[michaelm]

I kind of got used to Windows 8 after a while and stopped hating it. More than anything it's probably that I've adjusted to its stupid workflow and don't worry about it anymore.

[aliantha]

That's a cute outfit, Frosty! Tell your workmates to get a freaking life.

Here is my pet peeve re cat feeding: Mr. Wommy. If left to his own devices, he will eat all of the kibble in both his and Morgan's bowls. She is a more sensible eater -- she has a few mouthfuls and then comes back later. But of course if Wommas has had free rein, there's nothing left for her when she comes back. We've been putting hers up on the former microwave cart, but he's figured out how to get his ample butt up there. So we're now barricading her bowl of kibble on the top shelf of the same cart, behind a barrier of cat food cans. Since Batty is home all day most of the time, she's available to bring the bowl down for Morgan.

I mean, it's good that he's determined and (relatively) clever, and jumping up on the cart gives him some exercise. It's just...arrgh.

[Frostheart Grueburn]

Cats appear to be an endless cause for complaints, and yet people never cease having them.

That's a cute outfit, Frosty! Tell your workmates to get a freaking life. .

Thanks, and don't worry, I'm laughing at the matter myself. Just mentally going "aargh" after substantial (and costly) renewals of the wardrobe. Sillybuggery akin to this is far too deeply ingrained into the cultural backbone to vanish.

[Orlion]

Cats appear to be an endless cause for complaints, and yet people never cease having them.

Indeed! I just got a new iPod with new headphones... and I do not know what Apple put in those headphones, but Quick has been stealing them every opportunity he gets. Not playing with them, just grabbing them and running off with them.

[Sorus]

My youngest agrees that Apple headphones are irresistible. She chewed through one pair, and I broke her of the habit pretty quickly though fortunately she never showed any interest in chewing any other cords.

This is her 'not biting them, honest, just want to yoink them out of your ears' face:




My current pet peeve does not involve cats. It involves all the miscreants who jump the fair gate at the train station, when the system is always complaining about being broke and they've raised the fare for paying riders about five times in the past three years.

[Frostheart Grueburn]

Sorus, your cat looks like a mad scientist scheming over some sinister experiment.

Cats appear to be an endless cause for complaints, and yet people never cease having them.

Indeed! I just got a new iPod with new headphones...

"Pet" peeves, in sooth. Or was this thread originally posted specifically for feline faultfinding?

[Orlion]

Sorus, your cat looks like a mad scientist scheming over some sinister experiment.

Cats appear to be an endless cause for complaints, and yet people never cease having them.

Indeed! I just got a new iPod with new headphones...

"Pet" peeves, in sooth. Or was this thread originally posted specifically for feline faultfinding?

What else is "pet peeve" suppose to mean?

[michaelm]

Or does one pet one's peeve?

(Perhaps that's too personal a question...)

[Frostheart Grueburn]

Or does one pet one's peeve?

(Perhaps that's too personal a question...)

Some here continue to pet their peevish pussies...

I'm allergic to cats.

[Linna Heartbooger]

Heh, female dwarves are awesome. Especially in Discworld.

I'm not familiar with those... tell me something amusing about them real quick?

Memo: Never purchase a patchwork skirt and tiny heeled shoes. Co-workers will die of laughter

And probably blame YOU for being a redhead.
Then you could be all like "you caught me; I was willfully committing the act of... being a redhead?"


Peeves... I know I had a good one... oooh, there it is:
Washing dishes... it seems that rubber gloves break so fast..
...and always the same one!


Edit: "amusing." "something amusing." Not "arginine." No, not at all.

[Sorus]

Sorus, your cat looks like a mad scientist scheming over some sinister experiment.

Her preferred title is 'Chaos Engineer,' but she would probably take mad scientist as a compliment.

[sgt.null]

Sonny (our dog) scarfs down his food and then whines because we do not give him ours.

[Linna Heartbooger]

My youngest agrees that Apple headphones are irresistible. She chewed through one pair, and I broke her of the habit pretty quickly though fortunately she never showed any interest in chewing any other cords.

This is her 'not biting them, honest, just want to yoink them out of your ears' face:

Btw, I thought that was about the cutest face ever, and had wanted to say that day, "well, I guess I can identify a little, because today my youngest has decided he is a cat." He was a cat all day, pretty much, but didn't cause peeves, just hilarity.

Apparently, though, two of the prime cat names for pretend in our house are "CrankyPants" and "SleepyPants." (Not my idea, but funny.)

I am totally off-topic, as I can think of things I'm peeved by, but no pet peeves atm.

[Sorus]

Mine are SnarkyPants when it's appropriate.

[Linna Heartbooger]

Sounds right!