Share your irrational hates here

Agree with this one. Yellow dead men's teeth on a plate. And then when you bite them, they squeek - and the little inside core comes out like a sweetcorn blackhead. Shudder.

But trudging three steps across the kitchen won't have the same impact. It's hard to have the moral high ground whilst looking like a plonker.

? I hate the children eating thing too.

LOML is obsessed with nose-bums. You and he should bond over the issue.

Renee Zellwegger and Michael Caine.

People sniffing (not sure this is entirely irrational).

People (usually older) who, when their mobile phone rings, take it out of their bag / pocket or whatever and stare at the screen for ages. JUST FCUKING ANSWER IT!!

People who pick up your newspaper or magazine and flick through it/comment on it when you haven't had a chance to read it yourself.

Brake lights, specifically people who sit with their foot on the handbrake at junctions and traffic lights instead of applying the handbrake. Especially if there's a high-level brake light involved.

(Both the above make me wish the offenders physical harm, which I find rather alarming as I'm a peaceful sort most of the time).

Winkle, never come to a gig with me. I only really enjoy them if I know the words to the songs. ? Actually, don't get in a car with me either. I can't bear my driver's seat to be reclining more than a couple of degrees. I don't feel in full control of the car unless I'm sitting upright. My dad drives at virtually a 45 degree angle and it bugs me intensely. I'm afraid he's so comfortable he'll just fall asleep. ?

The cupcake thing is very annoying. They look so pretty but the icing to cake ratio is ridiculously high and they're so sweet and sugary they make my throat itch.

People who wait until they've drawn up to the security gate at work to start rooting about for their pass. You knew you were coming to work, would it have killed you to look for it when you first got into the car and put it where you could pick it up quickly or even, here's a radical thought, have it around your neck in readiness? And please don't have a nice little chat with the security guard when it's the only gate manned and you can see you have people waiting behind you.

The 'helpful' cleaner at work who, if you forget to put your washing up liquid away in your cupboard, dilutes it with water 'to make it go further'. WTF?

Lorry drivers who flash you to tell you it's ok to pull back in. I can decide that for myself, thanks.

Volvos.

Am right there with you on this one. My Dad does this ALL the time. Whats worse though is that he presses the button to answer the call and then stares at the screen, meaning I'm on the other end saying, "Hello Dad. Dad? Dad? Hello?" Its UNBELIEVABLY irritating ?

Other irrational hatreds include

Fruit thats hard to peel, and have stones in the middle, like plums, which means by the time I've chopped them to bits there's little more than a mouthful for my kids to eat. The oldest (3) has just started to take bites from the whole fruit now, but the amount of fruit I bought compared to the amount of fruit consumed was so wasteful.

Bananas.

The smell of tomato ketchup. Bizzarrely, I am a ketchup fiend and put it on far too much, but the smell makes me heave.

People who can wash their hair and leave it to dry without it turning into a horrendous frizzy mess.

Many, many childrens' TV programmes.

Those extra big piercings people have where the hole is stretched out with a ring. My brother has one, and I have to focus on his right eye when I'm talking to him, because if I look at his left eye then it comes into my field of vision. <shudder>

Sheep. I hate the way they're depicted in childrens' storybooks and the like as these fluffy, soft, white creatures. They're not. They're dirty, smelly, and more than a little off-white; plus, they're incredibly thick.

The fact that I woke up inexplicably at 3.40am and can't get back to sleep.

People who use the words "Babe", "Babes" and "Baby" when not referring to pigs in movies or small nappy-wearing children ?

People who are overly finicky about food and are impossible to invite round for dinner

With you on acrylic nails too .....

The phrase 'new and improved' - surely something can't be new and improved?? It's either a new design or an improvement on an old one!

Diamonds.

Now that's irrational ?

Thought of another one: the word loincloth.

Ugh, even typing it makes me squirm.

I hate seeing something being pierced e.g skin, fabric, anything where I can see pressure being applied then the material giving in and a hole formed. The advert about food poisoning with a chicken being pierced by a needle turns my stomach everytime.

I've thought of more.

Meetings: being in meetings, the phrase "we're having a meeting" - everything about meetings.

Bra shopping - the thought of it sends me in to panic. I hate, loathe and detest it.

i know there's another one there somewhere, just can't remember what it was.

I must meet him! I've never met another nose snob. I drive MrP insane with my constant ramblings ?

Probably a bit late but my Mum has a mini tabletop dustbin that she puts everything for the composter in and then empties once a day. Makes it easier, esp when it's raining!

Mine are:

agreeing about annoying people in the supermarket in particular with no sense of personal awareness e.g. stopping abruptly, standing too close, driving their trolley straight at you

blackboard squeaky type noise

Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse and James Blunt - although not all entirely irrational!

I am a nostril hater and have another close friend who shares my loathing! Colleen Rooney and Fearne Cotton are up there as some of the worst offenders.

When i'm given a plate of food and certain things are touching. Toast touching beans/tomatoes has to be one of the worst!