Thursday, February 3, 2011

Are You Annoyed Yet?

So the other day I found myself searching on Google for some biology related jokes and pick-up lines that we shared in class. Eventually I found this one website that was compiled of a series of random jokes. One link on the site led to a humorous article titled “101 ways to annoy people”. For some reason this lead me to a search of other possible lists I could discover. When I typed into Google “ways to annoy people” it came back with a surprising 303, 000 results. So I decided to put together a list of my favorites. The humor I find in these really boils down to 1) picturing people actually doing these things and 2) thinking of the types of people who actually sit down and make these lists, who’s company I suppose I now share. (I’d like to think I don’t fit in with this crowd too well though given that this is simply a list of favorites, no originals that I can take credit for)
1.      Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
2.      Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of Lysol.
3.      Ask people what gender they are.
4.      Make appointments for the 31st of September.
5.      As people talk, smell their shoulders.
6.      Throw newspapers back at paperboys.
7.      Recite Shakespearean poetry to everyone you meet. (Brings me back to the days of Othello)
8.      Continuously open your briefcase or bag and say into it, "Have you got enough air in there?"
9.      Every 30 minutes or so, call your friend who is babysitting and breathe into the phone.
10.   Spend an entire day speaking with a really fake British accent.


you can check out more at the following links:

http://www.dbooth.net/internerd/index.cfm?id=4


http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/truemeaning/50waystoannoypeople.html


2 comments:

  1. Hayden, these lists are so funny and I can definitely empathize with number seven. The day of that Othello essay I pretty much just recited those quotes all day to anyone who would listen. The people in my biology class experienced the annoyance first-hand as I took the opportunity of every pause during Mr. Ricci's lecture to whisper things like "she's a simple baud" or "I have no great devotion to this deed, yet he has given me satisfying reasons." Ultimately, I remember the quotes for the essay, but I bet I was very annoying to the people around me and they probably remember them whether they wanted to or not as well.

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  2. You know what else you could add to this list?
    -feed people random food, such as cookies, against their will
    -walk up to people wearing necklaces and touch the necklace without saying anything first, then when they freak out, say "that's pretty, I like it"
    -when you're talking to someone, start petting their hair
    -walk up to someone and start feeling the sleeves of their clothing, complementing them on the softness

    because, you know...it's not like we know anyone who does these...

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