Things I can SERIOUSLY do without

Title explains it all, so here we go:

1. Blowing my nose
2. Potato, chicken, or egg salad
3. Hippies (except my friend stacie)
4. Law and Order
5. The smell of clothes accidentally left in the washing machine in the summer
6. Food that used to live in the water
7. Cats
8. Guys that grunt so loud in the gym everyone turns to look and I have to fight hard not to laugh
9. Those people with booths at the mall that insist you try their samples and claim they'll give you a special deal. Oak Park Mall isn't an Jamaican bazaar
10. Family Guy and Family Guy fans
11. Wasps
12. Country music
13. When people don't flush in public restrooms
14. Joy Behar
15. When I pick up dumbbells (at the gym) off the rack & the metal is still warm from someone else using them.
16. Waiting in the line at the store watching the other lines advance while I stand there
17. Monday mornings
18. Flat pillows
19. WWE Smackdown
20. The greeter at Wal Mart. I'm already annoyed that I'm at Wal-Mart...Pleeease leave me alone.

One of many ways Americans are different than the Brits

I was watching Cash In The Attic on BBC today (Google it) and the host got ridiculously excited about a wooden box with some metal work on it. It wasn't even that old. Thinking back (I've watched this show more times than I'd like to admit)wooden boxes have been a popular item in other episodes. I can't for the life of me understand the fascination with these things. And don't get me started on their love of boxes made out of silver or tortoise shell. They go craaazy for those, especially if they are miniatures. If that wasn't bad enough, I started thinking about all the figurines that have been on the show...birds, dogs, clowns, rabbits, ladies in party dresses, I could go on but you get the idea. The Brits love figurines! I don't really even know where I'm going with this. Just wanted to share my observations. In summary, the Brits love tiny things, wooden boxes, and replicas of living things.