Name one thing everyone around you likes but you can't stand...

[ElboRuum]

I'll go first...

American Idol. If someone could please explain to me what specifically I'm supposed to like about this show, I would really appreciate it. I don't even like the beginning part of the season where they show the ones who are completely awful and Simon rips them a new shit chute.

[FLAprogressive]

1. Rap / hip hop

[Shell Beau]

2. fish and nuts (not together, but double gross)

I can eat tuna salad and fish sticks (I know, yucky fish parts :shrug:), and I can eat pistachios and almonds sometimes. But other than that, grody!!!

I can eat shellfish though.

[mykpart]

3. Onion Rings

Dancing with the Stars.

[SoxFan]

75. Only godless Communists hate onion rings

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Onions and professional sports.

[carlyhippy]

5. Christmas music

only 2 songs I will listen to "wonderful xmas time" by Paul McCartney and "little st nick" by the beach boys, the other songs really get on my nerves fast!!

[laconicsax]

24. You mean you don't like the date-rape song?

[peace frog]

6. Reality tv

Any of them. And I used to object to bad drama! At least they were straightforward in their fiction.

[Tom Kitten]

7. "Lost"

I just wish a nice large meteor would land there and wipe out the whole nest of unsympathetic a-holes and put an end to a lot of misery...

[Erin Elizabeth]

8. THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

And Oprah Winfrey. Socializing a lot. Pit bulls. Nice clothes. $400 purses.

[TieDyedDad]

10. This cowboys thing

is really an issue for you, isnt it! I hate cannolis...

[Erin Elizabeth]

11. It was the perfect question for it!

ROFL!!!

What are cannolis?

[TieDyedDad]

13. yr kidding right?

Have you ever been to NYC?



Cannollis...

[Erin Elizabeth]

17. They look like logs of butter?

These are the places I've lived:

Dallas, Texas
College Station, Texas (Gig 'em)
Columbus, Georgia
Phenix City, Alabama (right next door to Columbus)

That's it dude. That's where I've lived. And I've never been to New York. The closest I got was Brick, New Jersey in January. And all I did was cry because instead of gloves I had socks for gloves and my hands hurt from the cold and my new grandparents-in-law looked at my new husband and felt it would be best if he took me back to warmer places. So bye bye the general New Yorkish area, someday I will see it.

So are they logs of butter? Surely people don't eat that. With....dark chocolate in there?

[TieDyedDad]

18. Holy Crap

Talk about Southern Fried.... Its an Italian dessert. Its a fried shell with a butter creme filling. Why the hell did you have socks for gloves, in jersey, in january?

[Erin Elizabeth]

19. Because I was a stupid 21 year old who had never been anywhere

and I didn't understand when my new husband said "no, there's LOTS of snow, like LOTS AND LOTS of snow, snow EVERYWHERE" and I laughed and laughed and said "fun!" and didn't go buy gloves. So I stuck socks on my hands once I realized just how cold he really meant. And he shook his head. And probably thought "it's a good thing she's so cute." Hee.

My grandmother in law was crazy and decided in the middle of the night that the house was STUFFY and came into the guest bedroom where we were and CRACKED OPEN THE FUCKING WINDOWS!!! There was SNOW on the inner windowsills in the morning. That's when I knew I was in a looney bin.

Well, that and the fact that his entire extended family spoke with such a heavy German accent I could hardly understand them.

Ah, it's BUTTER creme! Those sound good, but they just look too big, way too much sweetness.

[TieDyedDad]

21. Thats a NY/NJ thang

we get too hot and stuffy inside in the winter and randomly open the windows...

[Arugula Latte]

120. Did you stay at Dwight Shrute's beet farm by any chance?

[hippywife]

114. It's not butter creme filling.

It's a mixture of marscapone or ricotta cheese with sugar, fruit and nuts.

Apparently you've not eaten one. You really might like it. :hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

29. we have them here. Seriously. All those Joe's Pizza & Pasta places have them

quite often chocolate chip ones. That is a crispy outer shell, stuffed with sweetened ricotta cheese, not quite as decadent as they look.

Now if they are made with mascarpone, they might as well be butter, but that is what makes tiramisu so heavenly.

The ones in the picture appear to have a chocolate lining on the crispy shell, then the creamy stuff. Probably painted on thickly with a pastry brush.

They are quite good.

[TieDyedDad]

33. one thing I miss about Texas

Shiner Bock..

[Erin Elizabeth]

37. Shiner Bock is good.

Super cold with a big plate of Tex-Mex.

[TieDyedDad]

42. and BBQ

my buddys drove me to Lockhart, to this BBQ place thats been there for a hundred years. I cant remember the name, it was german ......mmmmm. I cant get shiner here.

[Shell Beau]

43. We get Shiner here in Mississippi!

Funny enough it is with the imports. It was imported ALL the way from TX. And let me tell you about some good ole BBQ!! MMM, we have some good BBQ places here in MS. Especially in the delta.

[TieDyedDad]

44. I was in Meridan for about

six hours on a layover... Mississppi women were all gorgeous.

[Shell Beau]

49. Well yeah!!

:P

I must say that southern women are known for their beauty. Not sure why.

[TieDyedDad]

51. Yeah, Im sure why

I also went to Oxford once and hit the "grove"

[Shell Beau]

52. Was it fun? That is the thing to do at Ole Miss!

[TieDyedDad]

54. hell yes

I only remember the first three hrs though..LOL

[Vanje]

68. big hair? nt

[Erin Elizabeth]

45. OMG LOCKHART??

I had relatives who lived there (they're all dead now) and we'd drive down there for Lockhart sausage and eat it with saltine crackers and the orange grease from the sausages running down our arms. That was when I was a kid. I'd kill for it again.

And Dr. Peppers from Dublin, Texas made with real pure cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. In cold glass bottles. Damn.

Now I'm hungry.

[TieDyedDad]

50. Yup that place was great

Im sure what they thought of the Puerto Rican with the bronx accent, but they were nice and the food was good..

[Shell Beau]

36. And boy is tiramisu heavenly!

:9

My second favorite dessert. Homemade banana pudding is yummy! It is the bestest.

[leeroysphitz]

73. Phenix City. Hmmm... The Army dropped me one my head about five times near there. n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

28. definitely the Dallas Cowboys, $400 purses, $200 shoes, Republicans,

overdone steak.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Pretty much everything.

[Chan790]

12. Nascar.

watching cars drive in circles...not my thing.

[femmocrat]

14. Sports.

I don't understand why it is "fun" to watch other people run around playing a game. And why are sports NEWS? I don't get it. :shrug:

[Dangerously Amused]

15. Golf.

Seriously. WTF?!

[GOPisEvil]

53. It's about the challenge.

It's about trying to conquer something that can't be conquered.

Plus, if you walk, it's exercise. Walking is good. :)

[Dangerously Amused]

63. "It's about trying to conquer something that can't be conquered."

EXACTLY! YES! That's the part I don't get.

The walking and exercise part I get, but I mean, you like never see anybody walking off the golf course being completely satisfied with their game. Ever. Other sports aren't like that. In bowling there's the perfect score. In competitive sports there's winning a game. But in golf there's just... more golf. How does that not drive people absolutely freaking insane? It's like a socially acceptable form of sadism, with bad pants.

And even when you have a "good game," you never know if it was you being good, or if you just got lucky with the wind and the way the grass was cut that day, or what. Me, I couldn't take that kind of pressure. If people like me played golf, the "19th Hole" would be a big pile of dead bodies, where we all went to commit harakiri.


Have you seen Robin William's take on golf?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_OmnP527Dw


Anyway. Good to see you again. :hi: :7

[GOPisEvil]

74. That's the thing...

If you play regularly and have ANY ability, you will hit some of the most sublime, perfect shots ever. You will think about playing professionally (if only you could repeat that). Then your next shot goes into the trees. It's frustrating to the point of madness, but when it's right, it's wonderful.

So, yeah, I guess you're right, but it's one of the few sports you can play by yourself.

Nice to see you, too. :) :hi:

[mykpart]

88. George Carlin on golf:

"Golf is an arrogant, elitist sport that takes up entirely too much room. Golf courses should be closed and homeless shelters should be erected on them."

[GOPisEvil]

91. Thanks for playing that for the one-millionth time.

I happen to enjoy it; George had other opinions. What's your point? If you're calling me an arrogant elitist, just say so. Don't use a dead comedian to make your point.

Oh, and I liked Carlin. A lot. I even think that bit is funny. Enjoying golf and being socially responsible are not mutually exclusive.

[mykpart]

111. Sorry Sunshine.

I thought this was the Lounge, not GD

[Twillig]

78. It's like Rollerball in that regard.

You can't beat the game, but you can beat all the others who play the game, you can even beat
the people who run the game.

Tiger Woods == Jonathan E.

[Dangerously Amused]

113. I can - kind of - see that.

I still think I would get too frustrated playing a game in which you will forever be denied a definitive "you have completely mastered this game" moment. Then again, playing the game and being forced to acknowledge my perpetual imperfection would probably be a good, zen-like exercise for my soul, lol.

Thanks.

[Arugula Latte]

121. Ugh. Golf.

Very few non-douchebags play golf. They exist, but they're far and few between.

[Vanje]

16. Jesus

.....not really.
I like jesus.
A lot!

I just dont like Christianity

[Shell Beau]

38. Do you mean Christianity or hypocritical holier than thou nut jobs?

[Vanje]

69. Christianity's adherants

Some of these have just ruined it for everybody.
Most churches worship Jesus crucifixion, the "saving blood" (yuck)
and utterly disregard his teachings.

[1gobluedem]

20. Crime dramas and mushrooms

Can't stand either one.

[Lyric]

22. Sushi

That seaweed wrap stuff is just gross. :puke:

[Shell Beau]

40. YES!! I hope my fish covered sushi!

YUCK!!! ANd I have tried it a couple of times. I mean :wtf: to people see in it?

[KitchenWitch]

64. Well I know now not to send you any sushi on FB!

:hi:

[edhopper]

96. I am sooo with you

on this one. When i go out to eat I want them to f$%king cook something!

[laconicsax]

23. Ashland, Oregon

It's a nice place to visit for a couple days, but good lord living here sucks.

[PBS Poll-435]

61. Is the "Underground" still open?

I loved breakfast there as a kid. Great Belgian waffles w/ imbedded bacon.

[laconicsax]

87. I think so, but I'm not sure.

I'm going to be in that part of town later today, so I'll be able to find out.

[laconicsax]

104. Update: It's gone.

Either that or they're trying to keep an amazingly low profile.

[PBS Poll-435]

106. Thanks

That place was a Sunday morning tradition for many years.

[XemaSab]

25. Michael Moore

:P

[Symarip]

76. How DARE you!

Michael Moore gave me my first break in stardom.

[crimsonblue]

26. Al Gore. n/t

[Schema Thing]

27. Las Effing Vegas

[yellowdogintexas]

30. yep. I have no desire to go there. I would go there IF and only IF my daughter

ends up living there, which could happen if her BF gets an externship at one of the hotels.

[quakerboy]

101. I went there

It was an ok Visit, mostly cause we got a kick ass room for super cheap. Gambling... Meh. The most fun part was trying to earn the extra club rewards without spending any money. $45 later, I had credit for gambling $500, and I got $5 free. For a mere $45 investment.

And the food was the damn same every single place we went. If there was ever a place you would expect to be able to score some tasty grub at 2 am, Vegas would be it. But no such luck, anywhere I was able to be.

I can only pity anyone stuck living in such a place.

[redqueen]

31. Republicans.

[ElboRuum]

90. Calling Foul.

You have to pick something everyone else LIKES. So far as I know, Republicans don't even like each other.

[redqueen]

110. I dunno where you live... but here, they just about worship them.

[Kali]

32. teevee

:puke:

[mokawanis]

34. Oprah

Depresses and angers me to have that damn show on in my house. Gives me the creeps.

[Danger Mouse]

35. Eddie Izzard. I'm pretty sure I win the thread.

[Erin Elizabeth]

39. I declare you the winner.

I want to have his babies.

[Jamastiene]

41. Hell! I'm a lesbian and I'd have HIS babies.

I loves me some Eddie Izzard. :loveya:

[Shell Beau]

46. He is hilarious!

[Danger Mouse]

47. I don't find him funny at all.

:D

[quakerboy]

102. Whozat?

[JTG of the PRB]

115. You only win the thread because you posted it before I had the chance to.

I don't find him remotely funny.

[Danger Mouse]

119. I'M NOT ALONE IN THE WORLD!!!

:pals:

[sohndrsmith]

48. Wii. iPhones. Astronomy. Apple Juice. n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

55. Blue cheese, shellfish, team sports

All popular, and the first two literally taste disgusting to me.

[mcctatas]

56. The Fucking Packers!

I HATE the fucking Packers, or more specifically their more rabid uber-fans!

[HopeFor2006]

107. Here here!

The most rabid fans seem to have migrated to Minnesota.

[Oeditpus Rex]

57. Sucky spelling

and grammar and punctuation.



Y'all just love that shit. :puke:









:hide:

[mcctatas]

58. ahem...

:spank:

[Robeson]

59. Onions. Am I'm heartened to see other rational thinkers on this thread, who hate them too....

...:P

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

70. Onions are the vegetables of Satan.

[FloridaJudy]

60. Team sports

I'm completely asportual, and without prejudice: it doesn't matter what the sport, it bores me to tears if it involves teams of players.

[PBS Poll-435]

62. Mexican Food

:puke:

[Broken_Hero]

65. flea markets/garage sales, nt

[Vanje]

66. Disneyland, DisneyWorld.....

Why would I want to go somewhere , where everything I see is fake!?

[Vanje]

67. Cowboys

Thats right , cowboys. The kind whos' spurs jingle jangle . Not the football players.
Cowboys are mean.

[noamnety]

71. high school dances

especially the formal ones, which are like training grounds for the girls to plan overblown weddings that focus more on the dress than the marriage itself.


grrrrrrrr

[Eurobabe]

72. Jennifer Aniston

:rofl:

[Symarip]

77. Good call.

[Zavulon]

79. American Idol, hip hop, rap, R&B, Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR.

All of it makes me want to throw up.

[wartrace]

80. Watching sports.

What a waste of time.

[wartrace]

81. Watching sports.

What a waste of time.

[laconicsax]

89. You must really hate it to post it twice!

:hi:

[justabob]

82. Starbucks

[edhopper]

99. Dunkin Donuts

[kentauros]

83. Everybody Loathes Raymond

I don't come from a dysfunction family, I can't stand professional sports and really just don't "get" the meddlesome mother bit. I find that part the most over-used "character" in all of hollywood and TV and I'm sick of it.

[Jamastiene]

95. I hated that show. n/t

[JVS]

84. music

[azmouse]

85. Republicans

I live in AZ. They're everywhere.
But I'm hopeful AZ will turn blue in '12 for Obama!

[Joey Liberal]

86. PLAYING CARDS

I don't see the fun in playing card games like poker, spades, etc.

[mvd]

92. Summer

It seems there are a lot of summer fans - but way too hot and humid for me.

[astral]

93. Black Licorice

How can people hate onions? Onions are my Favorite Fruit!

Anyone love black licorice who also loves onions?

[Jamastiene]

97. I love them both.

Not at the same time, but I do love them both.

[grannylib]

94. I'm with ya on the American Idol thing...if nothing else, it DOES show

that passion alone is insufficient to make one good at something...I'm sure many of the contestants ARE passionate about singing, but many of them have NO FUCKIN' BUSINESS doing so outside of their cars or their shower stalls.

[tabbycat31]

98. starbucks

[quakerboy]

100. any form of cooked pineapple

Particularly when Pizza Bound. It is a form of evil unleashed on those willingly blind to its corrupting influence.


Also, Horror movies/books. What the hell. Your mind needs that for fulfillment and happyness? What sick world do I find myself in?

[Turbineguy]

103. The television

in the music room.

They want to watch CSI marathons, I want to listen to music.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

105. Expensive restaurants

I like the old hole-in-the-wall restaurants, or an occasional dive bar. If I have to have the car parked by a valet, I'm in the wrong place.

:hi:

[flvegan]

108. Coffee, the iPod/phone/etc

[Dangerously Amused]

122. This from the guy who loves Britney and Manilow.

:rofl:


:7

[flvegan]

123. She was naked, dammit!

[Mad_Dem_X]

109. Harry Potter, LOTR, Twilight.

I have absolutely zero interest in any of those things.

[LaraMN]

112. Apparently, the effing TV being turned up REALLY loud.

I hate, hate, HATE that.

I don't care for American Idol, either. Or Twizzlers. Or anything "watermelon" flavored (except actual watermelon).

[begin_within]

116. The first 3 seasons of American Idol were fun, but

then it fell apart starting with season 4 and has been on a downward slide ever since.

[Mojambo]

117. Coffee, texting, and bluetooth technology. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

118. Sports.

I don't see the point of them.

Who gives a shit, frankly?

(I am such a bad mom ... My son plays baseball and basketball. I fake my way through both seasons.)