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John Van Pelt
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I need an example of a tongue-in-cheek 'pet peeve' - something trivial (or imaginary), yet funny, that someone pretending to great power and influence would choose to tackle above all other world issues.

This probably isn't clear... I want to finish a passage something like:
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If you're complaining about that, then I must have greater influence than I thought. I guess I'll ...
Things like: solve the jaywalking problem; fight solar flares; work to abate the glut of hamsters put up for adoption; etc.

Help! I'm not feeling funny today AT ALL.
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Dan_raven
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Woman in the office next to me has the following in reality:

Must stomp out odd numbered weight. Cannot weigh 119. Must either starve to 118 or binge to 120.

Must have a fan or a pole present to dance.

Must stop the insanity of Mustard and Mayo touching any meat products, ever.

Must commit arachno-genicide.

Must place warning bells on every person in office to stop them from sneaking up on her, mostly unintentionally, and scaring her.

I work in a fun place.

[ October 31, 2003, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: Dan_raven ]
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John Van Pelt
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Thanks! I love the mustard mayo one. Just wacky enough.

[ROFL]
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Sweet William
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Must stop the horrible misuse of the phrase "could care less" in any language except Yiddish.
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rivka
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Err, why is it ok in Yiddish?

I'm just asking -- I could really care less.
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James Tiberius Kirk
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I love the word quip. On a triple word score, and adding an E to make equip, it's one great scrabbler.

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