Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[Julie]

Only happy to die pigs!

[Sarah]

I don't know if I only eat pigs who are glad to shuffle off this mortal coil.  But at least I mostly limit myself to eating those whose final torment is as brief and painless as possible.

[Pidgeon]

Leaving my TV on and waking up to Rexella Van Impe.

So, so creepy.

[DoodleJump!]

Pidgeon, you post a lot on this thread. Maybe you should go listen to more ABBA or eat icecream or do whatever makes you happy instead of hating so much.

[Pidgeon]

Yeah, sometimes I feel like I have so many pet peeves and annoyances that soon I'll be completely incapable of functioning in society.

[nec13]

Leaving my TV on and waking up to Rexella Van Impe.

So, so creepy.

Here, they run Jack Van Impe at 11:30 on Sunday nights. Imagine going to work on Monday morning after having watched that.

[Pidgeon]

They were talking about the Illuminati/New World Order the other night, and they were asking for donations to...stop it, I guess? I don't know, I was half asleep but that's what they were making it sound like.

[nec13]

There was a televangelist named Mike Murdock that was on at 1:30 last night asking for money. He talked about all the gifts that people give him. He especially likes luggage trailers and custom-tailored suits.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I hate when people come into the library and say "You know, you should really control the kids in here."
Um excuse me? That's where THE PARENTS come in. This ain't a daycare, SIR.

Our library has a special soundproof room the kids play in. That's why it's the #2 library serving 40,000-60,000 people (some library in IL is #1).

[DoodleJump!]

I hate when people come into the library and say "You know, you should really control the kids in here."
Um excuse me? That's where THE PARENTS come in. This ain't a daycare, SIR.

Our library has a special soundproof room the kids play in. That's why it's the #2 library serving 40,000-60,000 people (some library in IL is #1).

NICE! We need a soundproof room for some of our adult patrons, as well. I don't like being yelled at.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I hate when people come into the library and say "You know, you should really control the kids in here."
Um excuse me? That's where THE PARENTS come in. This ain't a daycare, SIR.

Our library has a special soundproof room the kids play in. That's why it's the #2 library serving 40,000-60,000 people (some library in IL is #1).

Is that the big library on Kirkwood?  I love that place.  Got a great deal on some mint-condition classical records there last summer.

[Scot]

I hate when people come into the library and say "You know, you should really control the kids in here."
Um excuse me? That's where THE PARENTS come in. This ain't a daycare, SIR.

are you a library employee?

i'm one. and from what i can tell so far, summer has transformed my branch into a daycare. also, what are parents?

[Julie]

Back in my day, when the uptight spinster librarian gave us the hairy eyeball, we got quiet! Kids these days have no respect!

[Steve of Bloomington]

The same. It's a great library, my daughter and I love it. (But I don't let the kid run wild in there. The worst she does is roll her eyes if she thinks I'm taking too long finding a book).

It also has an awesome graphic novel section now. Somebody there really knows their stuff.

What brought you to Bloomington, BTW?

I hate when people come into the library and say "You know, you should really control the kids in here."
Um excuse me? That's where THE PARENTS come in. This ain't a daycare, SIR.

Our library has a special soundproof room the kids play in. That's why it's the #2 library serving 40,000-60,000 people (some library in IL is #1).

Is that the big library on Kirkwood?  I love that place.  Got a great deal on some mint-condition classical records there last summer.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I go to Bloomington at least once a year -- my wife and her whole family are IU alumni, and her parents have a condo there that used to belong to older relatives who died many years ago.  I love it there.  I frequently fantasize about buying it from them and trying to get a tenure-track job at IU, but I'm trapped in the NYC career vortex for now.  I did have a play up at the Bloomington Playwrights' Project in 2004, though -- that was really fun.

One of my favorite bookstores in the world is Caveat Emptor.  My wife wrote about it here:

http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=7880

Wow, how did I wind up being so enthusiastic about stuff on the f. you thread?