12 Things I Deplore (not exhaustive and in no particular order):
1)
Magazines with trite, tired-out headlines proclaiming "new
ways to lose weight", "better ways to have sex" and
"more ways to eat chocolate". What's wrong with the
old ways?
2)
Tenacious, inflexible grey hairs that pop straight up from my part
and refuse to be reasoned with, making a tweezer my only
option.
3)
My insatiable appetite for unruly hang-nails in winter. And,
though I know from experience that biting them off is unsightly and
bloody, I do it anyway!!
4)
Deficits. I deplore them all but especially the money
kind and especially if they are mine.
5)
Small talk. The bland salad that's the necessary
precursor to the meat and potatoes of a conversation.
6)
Facebook users that insist on filling my wall with commentaries
on the mundane details of their lives. If you're going to
share something, make it worth-while (or at least funny).
7) A
forward-thinking, multi-cultural nation that still can't wrap it's
finite brain around the idea that a free country means freedom for
EVERYONE. Must we still be talking about homosexual rights and
prayer in schools in 2013?
8)
People that feign sincerity but have an agenda.
9)
The belief that Manitoba is a terrible place
to live; "too freaking cold", "too many mosquitos", "too...too...too!" Can
we stop whining and accept the fact that we are in one of the safest,
free-est places in the world. Not to mention the virtual absence of catastrophic weather patterns?
10)
Junk mail and the way it fills to overflowing the garbage cans
at the post office.
11)
Commercials and commercialism.
12)
People who only talk about themselves. People who don't talk
about themselves enough because they assume I wouldn't care.
(To
be continued...as deplorable moments arise).
Good points all. Thanks. My favorite "Deplore" is #6, ... just wish I could also be funny (sometimes).
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