Two things that need to be banned

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Sentrosi2121

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Idle: Can I just say that this is the first time I've been in this thread?
Cleese: No I'm sorry, there isn't time, we're just going straight down to the next rant.

Thread needed a paraphrased Monty Python Quote.
 

biggestmuff

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Originally posted by: Mahaguru
1) Dressing up security guard cars like cop cars. Idiots get fooled and then brake thinking they are gonna get ticketed for speeding.

2) Playing car horns in radio commercials. Freaks me out when I am not paying attentinon.

Please ban these 2 items immediately. thx.

Why don't we add a third thing to that list? It starts with an 'M' and ends with 'ahaguru'.
 

DrPizza

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Re: #1
I've never figured out why people jam on their brakes when they see police cars. The worst place though that I've seen is on the PA turnpike on the branch toward NJ. Traffic will be flowing at 70-75mph in a 65mph zone, there'll be speed trap, and the idiots slam on their brakes and slow to about 40 mph.


Re: #2
Agreed
 

clamum

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Ban beef shaped like an alternator, fools you into thinking that it's bulk.
 

dainthomas

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Originally posted by: UncleWai
Fat chicks in low cut jeans/skirt when you don't have any soap to wash your eyes with.

Ban fat chicks who ride in cop cars that look like cell phones with sirens that play ring tones while they're talking on bluetooth headseats, hugging you and calling you "hun".

I hate those people! :|

Also ban Mac users and Starbucks.
 

Regs

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And Tv commericals with Alarm Clocks. I just start swinging my arms for some reason when they go off on TV and all the blood vessels in my eyes pop.
 

KLin

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You know what really grinds my gears? YOU AMERICA! F%&K YOU!

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ahurtt

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Originally posted by: Mahaguru

2) Playing car horns in radio commercials. Freaks me out when I am not paying attentinon.

OMG YES! I could care less about the security guard cars. . .but this one really irks me. I thought I was the only one. The FCC should ban the playing of sound clips containing things like horns, tires screeching, ambulance/police sirens, and car crashes especially during peak rush hour traffic times for the radio stations local broadcast area. This kind of thing has caused me to be startled or distracted numerous times during heavy fast moving traffic. It's quite maddening.
 

Chryso

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I want to ban the wailing siren and switch it to the two-tone siren like they use in Europe.
Dogs don't howl at the two-tone sirens.
 

ahurtt

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Originally posted by: dethman
Originally posted by: Vonkhan
Ban fat women who call you hun and want to hug u

just banish all fat women to antarctica.

No! It might sink, displacing too much ocean water, and flood us all!
 

ahurtt

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
Buy a CD or MP3 player. No more radio, no more commercials. :)

I'm loving my Kenwood KDC-X591. USB input that, according to some reviews, can even read a USB hard drive. I use it with a SD -> USB adapter. Easy navigation, and only the music I want.

Not everybody chooses to listen to music during their daily commute. I like to listen to everything from News to Talk and including music.
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Savij
Originally posted by: Mahaguru
1) Dressing up security guard cars like cop cars. Idiots get fooled and then brake thinking they are gonna get ticketed for speeding.

2) Playing car horns in radio commercials. Freaks me out when I am not paying attentinon.

Please ban these 2 items immediately. thx.

I would like to add radio commercials with sirens in them.
And radio commercials with cellphones ringing in them.

Along with radio commercials that look like cop cars.

But what about cop cars with sirens that sound like ringing cell phones?

If it weren't for cop cars you could have killed a child!

Ban children!
 
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Radio commercials with train horns in them. Once was in the middle of a RR crossing and a damn commercial blow a horn. Almost crapped my pants.
 

Syrch

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we also need to ban cop cars whose car alternators/batteries that look like 10lbs of beef!
 

NuroMancer

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Originally posted by: ahurtt
Originally posted by: Mahaguru

2) Playing car horns in radio commercials. Freaks me out when I am not paying attentinon.

OMG YES! I could care less about the security guard cars. . .but this one really irks me. I thought I was the only one. The FCC should ban the playing of sound clips containing things like horns, tires screeching, ambulance/police sirens, and car crashes especially during peak rush hour traffic times for the radio stations local broadcast area. This kind of thing has caused me to be startled or distracted numerous times during heavy fast moving traffic. It's quite maddening.

Agreed, the sound of an a collision really get me sometimes.
 

sdifox

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Originally posted by: antyler
Originally posted by: dotcom173
ban people who talk on bluetooth headsets in stores....i keep saying "hey," because i think theyre saying hi to me.....fvck those guys.

edit: when i say ban, i mean, put those bastards on an island that no one goes to.

I saw a guy the other day who had a blue tooth on one ear and was holding a cell phone up to the other ear. go figure.

He has another cell phone. talking to 2 people at the same time. Must be important :)
 

sdifox

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Originally posted by: ahurtt
Originally posted by: dethman
Originally posted by: Vonkhan
Ban fat women who call you hun and want to hug u

just banish all fat women to antarctica.

No! It might sink, displacing too much ocean water, and flood us all!

Or accelerate the melting of the ice cap due to increased temperature.
 

whistleclient

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ban texting in movie theaters.

if there's a d-bag texting in a movie theater, there's a 100% chance he will be in front of me with his glaring white screen.

why do you spend $13 to sit and text to your friends? i'm sure the conversation is of the highest order too:

wht up?
nuthin
where r u?
movie
wht movie?
bourne
good?
yup
cool




 

Synomenon

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Ban fat women shaped like police cars that are the same color as police cars and that have sirens that sound like they're calling you hun, that look like beef. :confused:

Edit:
Oh and the idiot in front of me at the theater that's watching a movie on his cell phone.