What (or who) are you tired of?

The New England Patriots.

 

Super Bowl hype

 

Count me in on the "bow tie" fad.

I've had younger colleagues ask me about bow ties and if they should wear one on TV.

My response is the same. "Don Draper wears a tie. Harry Crane wears a bow tie. Who do you want to be more like?"

They don't ask again.

 

Every scandal being labeled something-gate.

Deflategate? Somebody thinks they're clever.

 

I generally agree with you on this, but the rhyme and silliness of the story makes it work in this case.

 

I hate biting the inside of my mouth while eating. You wind up biting it a second and third time before the meal is over.

 

Cowboys fans.
Seahawks fans.
Dodgers fans.

 

That is awful. After you bite it the first time, it swells up just enough to get in the way the second and third time until you adjust.

 

And it ruins your enjoyment of dinner.

 

Very true.

Likewise, canker sores.

 

Right, the biting of the inside of your mouth thing. And:

-- Karl Rove
-- Our Liar-In-Chief
-- Popovich quarter-break interviews.
-- Pre-flight instructions. We know how to buckle and unbuckle a freaking seat belt. Give me some knee room.
-- Hashtag campaigns.
-- Trailers that give away the whole movie or, worse, show most of what wind up being the only good scene or two.
-- Kids who call adults by their first names (instead of "Mr." or "Mrs.") and the jackass grown-ups who encourage it.
-- Folks whose first reaction to just about anything is to whine, blame or complain instead of kicking their own butts into gear.
-- "I-877-Kars-4-Kids..."
-- Kathy Griffin -- wait, this is leftover from my 2003 list.
-- Show biz awards shows.
-- "Breaking the plane of the end zone" being good enough for runners but full possession + one foot not being good enough for receivers.

 

Thank you, thank you, thank you on the last item. It has always bugged me that someone can stretch a hair over the goalline for a TD but dive and role 10 yards and be ruled incomplete.