October 23, 2006
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Secret Society of Pissing off Annette
Sorry it’s been so long. I have managed to hop on and read and comment some, but writing a new entry required more time than I’ve had. Silver_Fangz is slowly getting better…. and the cultures came back negative…so we’ll see. We had company over Saturday night for dinner. Hubby made BBQ Brisket — and for those fortunate few who have had the pleasure of tasting hubby’s brisket i know that you are right now rushing to get a napkin to wipe of the drool running from lips. Let’s just say that at one time he was considering 1) opening his own BBQ stand and 2) bottling and selling his BBQ sauce — which is tangy if you like that kind it’s the best!
In addition to all the fun previously discussed I’ve read like 6 chapters in various text books, completed 3 assignments and made replies to others assignments. Fun huh? Whoooeeee! Everybody Parteeee….
Saturday on the way home from the gym for me, mall for SF we decided that there was a secret society The Order of Pissing Annette Off. They meet in the middle of parking lots, blocking the thorough fare, while chatting to people standing outside. If you try to pass them, they start going, only to stop again and get on the cell phone. As a moral principal, they refuse to use their blinkers. We believe they are all genetically connected to hubby. They are also the same people who go 10 miles UNDER the speed limit while gawking out the side window — until you go to pass them at which time they will race ahead at 100 mph in order to be first (frontitis). Matter of fact, one of these Member of OPAO evidently wanted to get in my lane last night (I had no idea of his desire, because of his refusal to turn on a blinker). At the first light he was too slow to cut me off after stopping for the red. The second light, he decided that he WOULD be in front and in order to accomplish this he decided it was best if he started before the light even turned green. He completely ran the light. I graciously let him go first.
Luckily — I had recognized the signs and knew he was OPAO — I just ignored him and carried on.
What is it about a blinker that causes people to react so negatively?? Here people with blinkers on are usually let in. They really do (mostly) drive with Aloha here….. but guess what, if I have NO clue you want in, I’m probably not going to make room. My hubby does it all the time…..drives along in the wrong lane from where we need to be, muttering that “if someone will just let me in”…. I always suggest (very sweetly of course) that he turn on his blinker so they would have A CLUE!!!!
So…are you a member of OPAO????
Comments (18)
OPAO — hahahahahahahaha it does seem that way a lot, doesn’t it? I think there’s an OPAO here too, except it’s Angie instead of Annette! LOL
Mmmmmmmm brisket. I can taste it now! YUM!
RYC: Hahahaha my son will be 17 in January. He is 6’4″ and all hair! LOL
I have that, too, but it’s Amy. Hoosiers usually will let a person in if the blinker is on. In Virginia Beach, though, I learned that if I turned on a blinker, people would speed up so I couldn’t get in. I started using my blinker not as a request to be let in, but as a warning that I AM coming in.
I always say they must of gotten the cheaper model, the one with out the blinker. lol. I love bbq brisket, I will be right over.
Ha that is funny. I am not a member but I think those people are also members of the PODC. LOL. Blinkers are a curious thing. I will gladly make room for a blinker toting car unless it has been on for the past 12 miles. Then I figure they aren’t turning or merging, they are just stupid. Hubby does that and I make sure to tell him, “uh turn off your blinker cause we aren’t going around the world making left turns. Glad SF is starting to feel better.
Oh people that are in the PODC also use their cell phones at all the wrong times and very loudly. I bet they do that in your club too. Have a good day and try not to let the turkeys get you.
I use blinkers just fine but I do occasionally suffer from frontitis. My hubby, the cop, wishes he could cite drivers for DWHUA…driving with head up ass! He runs into them all the time.
I don’t need chicken soup please send me some of hubbys brisket, I love brisket and I am drooling.
BBQ Brisket sounds so good
yummy set a plate for me too.
I don’t think I belong to OPAO, although when my mother is in the car yammering at me, I might accidentally look that way, when I suddenly realize that with all her chattering, I have forgotten to get in the proper lane. (Can you tell my mom was in the car with me today and I made several boo-boos thanks to her mouth? Sigh.) RYC: Thanks!
Is your hubby my hubby’s brother? Drives me nuts!! The other drivers cannot hear you…If you put on the blinker they will see you… honey…. I like the blinker…aurgh! Don’t sweat the small stuff. breath in and out. SoCal drivers are all nuts. Hang on your car’s butt and then freak if you touch the brakes. Get offa me, I am already married! Do not get me started! emlee
i piss off annette on a regular basis!:fun:
i must be the leader of the club:goodjob:
i don’t drive though.:cry:
i’m just the teenaged daugher!:lol:
lol your hubby sounds like my dad he never uses his blinker!I always uses my blinker but it doesnt really matter here in new jersey they still wont let ya in they are afraid to miss something if they let you in! glad to hear daughter is feeling better
RYC: HEE HEE I hope you weren’t drinking when you read my comment. Wouldn’t want stuff to come out of your nose or anything.
OMG Annette, I laughed so hard I had tears running down my face….I am convinced that there is such a society to piss me off as well!…and I hear you about the blinker thing, I ALWAYS let people in when they put thier signals on, always…but if they aggresively start getting in my lane I speed up so as not to let them in….I just will not be intimidated…you want in, use the stinking blinkers! I must admit that in CA the use of blinkers normally means for the person in the lane in which you want to get in to “speed up” so I can’t get in front of them, since I “know” this about CA drivers, I put my signal on so as to cause them to speed up so I can then get in behind them…you just got to work with what you are given, ya know?
As for the duffuses that are so rude as to stop on a single lane to talk to friends or what have you regardless of the people behind them, I swear that sometimes I have to be forcefully stopped from getting out and shouting at them to go back to their Mama’s to learn how not to be rude to others.
RYC: I never did bloody mary. I was to terrified.
RYC: ain’t that the truth
BBQ-? BBQ is life for those who hale from Kansas. Our babies are weaned on the sauce. I would love to taste your hubbys bbq-does he use a smoker?
I use blinkers. I am glad to hear your daughter is getting better, I hope she continues on the path of recovery.
ryc: You are so right! Letterboxing and geo-caching are closely related, but I believe letterboxing is older and uses compasses instead of a gps. I would love to get a gps and go caching.
hey!! we have OPAO here in Jersey! We have something to add though. People that refuse to turn their blinkers off, so you think they are going to turn but they DON’ T! It’s like they are going around the world to the left or something.
Just take lots of deep cleansing breaths and consider the source.
Psssst: I think it’s actually called Secret Society of Pissing Off Good Drivers By Driving Like a Complete Moron! Or is that name too long???