Guilty Pleasures and Irrational Irritations

[Ela]

Everything would be so much better without dried banana chips. Gross.

Disagree. Very much disagree.

Dried banana chips are ok by me. As is banana bread and fried bananas.

Other banana flavored stuff (eg candy, gum and the like) - yucky.

[Platypi007]

Everything would be so much better without dried banana chips. Gross.

Disagree. Very much disagree.

Dried banana chips are ok by me. As is banana bread and fried bananas.

Other banana flavored stuff (eg candy, gum and the like) - yucky.

Um... They make banana flavored gum? Ew.

[Petra]

Guilty Pleasure: Eating Frank's Red Hot Wing Sauce straight out of a spoon. I call it "soup."

Irrational Irritation: Mouth noises. People on TV kissing or chewing loudly... ugh. I have to mute the TV. I think it has to do something with the lips...

[starlooker]

Petra, welcome to Noodle's and my club.

Question: Does the Kit-Kat crunching commercial make you want to commit murder?

[Petra]

It's really the wet, smacking noises that nauseate me. But now that you've put the Kit-Kat commercial on my radar, that'll probably set me off too.

Thanks.

[LilBee91]

O my goodness. The wet, smacking noises. I don't know how my old roommate kissed, but she and her fiance were SO loud. I had to blast music to cover up the noise, through a cinder block wall.

[Gravity Defier]

Between my parents and brother, I don't have much time to actually do anything because I'm spending all my time updating them when they call or text every 5 seconds asking what I've been up to. It's sweet but it's getting old, fast.

[Eaquae Legit]

Between my parents and brother, I don't have much time to actually do anything because I'm spending all my time updating them when they call or text every 5 seconds asking what I've been up to. It's sweet but it's getting old, fast.

That's what prompted us to set up Nom's tumblr. Once the assorted relatives had one place to check each day, the overwhelming requests from numerous parties dropped off entirely.

[Gravity Defier]

See, I asked if I could do an email for them -I figured I could modify my blog, which I might in the future or already have referenced some stuff I'm not ready for them to know about- every day or something telling them "Today I ate...I was lazy, so I defrosted the enchiladas. They were good. I walked to the mailbox. No mail yet. Work happened, too. They're paying me; that makes me happy. There is weather but it is not as weathery as I would have thought it would be. Love, Alea" but no dice.

[Gravity Defier]

Irrational Irritation: I burnt my finger making "Welcome back, Winter" muffins and Winter is not happening. It rained for much of the day and I'm supposed to wake up to a winter wonderland, apparently, but it was also supposed to snow tonight, starting an hour ago and it's not doin' anything. And my finger hurts. So does the other one I burnt making stuff to freeze.

[Bean_wannabe]

Can you change the 'Welcome back winter' muffins to 'I burnt my finger self-sympathy' muffins?

[Gravity Defier]

As it turns out, they can now be both! My fingers are still burnt (though they don't hurt anymore) and winter showed up while I was sleeping, that sneaky minx.

[Luet]

It didn't show up here, dang it, despite the promise of 2-4" of snow and sleet. Grrr.

[CezeN]

Tired by Adele. It's a guilty pleasure because I generally make fun of Adele to annoy one of my friends. And then, I hear a song I like. I'm like "Who sings this?

And then I found out it was Adele. Shhhhh.

[Jayelle]

Irrational Irritation: Going to a house or dinner party where people show up with a Tim Horton's coffee in hand. Seriously? If I invite you to my house, I'll serve you food/drink. You really feel the need to go through a drive thru on your way and bring a coffee?
Am I silly to be offended by this?

[Luet]

Hmm, if I was just going to hang out with a friend and chat, I might bring a coffee. If it was invited to an actual party/dinner, no, I would never bring a coffee. However, I have been known to bring a DD coffee into a diner that serves really crappy coffee, which I know is considered rude in many circles.

[Gravity Defier]

Since dinner parties of the sort I'm assuming you speak of are pretty non-existent in my group of friends, I'd not only not be offended, I'd be confused by someone else being offended. There have been a few gatherings where I was specifically told the only thing they'd have that I'd like is water, so if I wanted something else, bring it, since it didn't make sense to anyone involved for them to buy something just for one person.

[Noodle]

I'd say that if I was going to a party and I really needed caffeine I wouldn't hesitate to stop on the way to get some coffee. Then, if I wasn't quite finished with the coffee when I arrived at the party, I'd bring it in with me rather than sitting in the car drinking it. so I guess I'm saying that if the didn't show up with a full pot of coffee, I wouldn't be offended.

[Eaquae Legit]

There have been a few gatherings where I was specifically told the only thing they'd have that I'd like is water, so if I wanted something else, bring it, since it didn't make sense to anyone involved for them to buy something just for one person.

*mind blown*

You can throw a dinner party and tell people to bring something because you're not going to accommodate them?

[Gravity Defier]

These were my friends, of roughly half my life. They can tell me anything they want and I'll love them all the same. Because lord knows I've been just as bad in the other direction.

If it was an acquaintance, I'd have been more surprised but then, I also would have taken anything offered to be polite, even if it made me sick to my stomach.

[Eaquae Legit]

Fair enough. And there's a fair amount of eastern european granny in me that is deeply, deeply concerned that everyone have enough to eat.

[LilBee91]

I'd say that if I was going to a party and I really needed caffeine I wouldn't hesitate to stop on the way to get some coffee. Then, if I wasn't quite finished with the coffee when I arrived at the party, I'd bring it in with me rather than sitting in the car drinking it. so I guess I'm saying that if the didn't show up with a full pot of coffee, I wouldn't be offended.

This is pretty much my view. Showing up with a personal beverage doesn't seem too rude to me. Plus I was raised to always at least offer to bring something to a dinner party. Not as an affront to the cook or trying to imply there will not be sufficient food, but just as a courtesy side of gratitude.

[Luet]

Bringing something to a dinner party for everyone is different than bring a cup of coffee that you alone are drinking. Just saying.

[Gravity Defier]

She never said she wouldn't share the cup of coffee. Only people who have anything to worry about are people without their cootie shots.

[LilBee91]

Heh. It's been so long since my last cootie shot. I fear my immunity may be gone. How weird would it be to go to a playground during recess and get a booster?

[Jayelle]

I kinda get it if it's a BYOB party. Instead of Beer, you bring a coffee. But I kinda feel like it's rude to bring something that's not to share for other situations. Mostly though, I think it's rude when say, I have invited people over for dinner. I get excited, I spend some time cooking I set the table with dishes that I don't always use. I buy some wine... and someone shows up with their paper coffee cup and plunks it down to have with their food (or I'm at someone else's house and the same thing happens). That situation hasn't happened often, but I don't know... it just feels like it's saying "Hey, I know you are trying to be a good host, but nothing you can give me is as good as this specific coffee".

[Noodle]

I guess that's where intentions play a huge role in how rude something is. If, like my scenario, they purchased the coffee as a pick me up before the party, then not rude. However, if they purchased it with the intention of having it with the dinner you prepared in lieu of something you offered, then yes. that's rude.

Subtle difference, but a huge one IMO.

[Eaquae Legit]

Irritation: My cookbook has a recipe for pears poached in jasmine tea. It says to bring the water to a boil and add the teabags and simmer for 5 minutes.

1. You never ever put green tea in boiling water, it scalds.
2. 5 minutes is too long for green tea, it will go bitter. If you want a stronger flavour, use more tea.

YOU'RE A COOKBOOK, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER!

[Rei]

Personality assessments that focus almost entirely on negatives and self-interest.

Also, sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic are red, yellow, white, and black, respectively, not yellow, red, green, and blue!

[Eaquae Legit]

When people use 0 instead of O. One is a number, the other is a letter! It's not Zero Fortuna, it's O Fortuna! Or worse, things like "0riginally", or anywhere you're supposed to use O.

[Mich]

No way do people do that.

[Luet]

Guilty pleasure: circus peanuts. They are so disgusting and yet, every so often, I crave them. Last night, I licked an envelope that had a taste reminiscent of circus peanuts. And then I want some for the first time in years. So, my sweet husband went and got me some (no, I'm not pregnant!). I can only eat about two at a time but man they are good and gross and remind me of being a kid.

[Eaquae Legit]

When people quote movies/tv/books and get the words or intonations wrong.

[Gravity Defier]

I do that all the time but I figure it's the spirit of the thing and not the exact words that make it so great.

[Gravity Defier]

It irritates me when I find myself in a situation where I want to do one thing but I'm expecting something else to happen, so I don't do it. But I do ask myself repeatedly, "Do you think you can do this before the other thing is supposed to happen? Maybe you have enough time..." and I ask it for long enough that I realize, yes, I could have done that first thing while waiting for the expected something. Of course, if I leave at that point, the expected thing will take place and I'll miss it.

Does that make sense? Let me give an example, even though this isn't the one that is happening at the moment.

In February when I was looking at apartments, I was waiting on a train but I was also hungry and wondered if I had enough time to pop over to a fast food place and grab something quickly. I kept thinking I didn't have enough time to go get the food but at some point realized if I had just gone when I first wondered about it, I would have made it fine. If I left right then, I would have missed the train.