Ultimate Pet Peeve - the word 'THE' in alphabetical listings . . .

[Foxbat]

Who?

That's a different band.

Weren't they on first?

This reminds me of a bit I heard once:
http://members.citynet.net/dpaleg/whosonfirst-rock.html

 

[Tampa8]

WOT tells me not to go there....

 

[TheKrell]

WOT tells me not to go there....

From wikipedia:

Wot or WOT may refer to:

• Wot (musical instrument), a circular panpipe used in the morlam music of Laos and Thailand
• Wot, Nepal
• WOT Services, the group that develops a community-based safe Web-surfing tool
• Wat (food) or wot, an Eritrean and Ethiopian spicy meat stew
• World of Tanks, a video game
• "Wot" (song), a song by Captain Sensible
• Currie Wot, a 1930s British single-seat aerobatic biplane aircraft
• War on Terror, the global conflict against Islamic terrorism following the September 11, 2001 attacks
• Weak operator topology, a concept in functional analysis, a branch of mathematics
• Web of trust, a mechanism for authenticating cryptographic keys
• Wheel of time (disambiguation)
• White Order of Thule, an American white supremacist group
• Wide open throttle, an internal combustion engine's maximum intake of air and fuel

 

[Foxbat]

Okay, it's plagiarizing, but here's the text:

Costello: So I hear you're going to have a rock festival with the some of the big groups from the 60's and 70's.

Abbott: I certainly am. Would you like to buy a ticket?

Costello: Well, depends on the bands. You got a band schedule?

Abbot: Of course I do! Guess Who's on first . . .

Costello: Who?

Abbott: Not Who. Guess Who. Who's on second.

Costello: Wait a minute. Who's on first?

Abbott: Guess Who.

Costello: Who?

Abbott: No. They're second. Guess Who's on first.

Costello: That's what I'm trying to do! Look, after the first group plays and you write them a check, who gets the money?

Abbott: No. Why should Who get the money? Guess Who gets the money!

pause

Costello: The band that's playing first. Who are they?

Abbott: No, The Band is playing third. Guess Who is playing first.

Costello: Who?

Abbott and Costello together: They're playing second!

Costello: Let me try again. The band plays, right?

Abbott: Right. Of course The Band plays.

Costello: So who is onstage?

Abbott: No. Why should Who be onstage if The Band is playing?

Costello: Who is onstage while the band is playing?

Abbott: No, Who is backstage while The Band is playing.

Costello: I'm not going if you're not going to tell me who is playing.

Abbott: You don't like them?

Costello: Who?

Abbott: Most people like them.

Costello: Can you at least tell me which group is playing LAST?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Who?

Abbott: No, they're second.

Costello: Who is playing last?

Abbott: No. Who is second. Yes is last.

Costello: Who?

Abbott: No, Yes.

Costello: Do you have a contract from the band that's playing last?

Abbott: I do. Yes.

Costello: So it's who?

Abbott: No. I already told you; Who is playing second.

Costello: The contract is signed by who?

Abbott: No. Why should it be signed by Who?

Costello: Who signs it then?

Abbott: No, Yes signs it.

Costello: This is nuts! Guess Who's on first, Who is on second, the Band is on third, and Yes is on fourth!

Abbott: You finally got it right!

Costello: I don't even know what I'm saying! Forget it.

Abbott: Forget it?

Costello: Right. I'm not going if you won't tell me who's playing; and if you say they're playing second, I'll sock you one!

Abbott: OK! OK! So what will you do instead of coming to the concert?

Costello: I think I'll go to Boston.

Abbott: Oh. We couldn't sign them!

 

[KAB]

Many times "the" is actually part of the name. It's not Avengers for the TV show, it's The Avengers... Avengers is a comic book. (Formal name is The, but more commonly Avengers)

and, THE Man from Uncle.

 

[dare2be]

haha, nice take on the original Abbott and Costello.

Reminds me of a comedian I once saw on A&E Evening at the Improv. He talked about how bands should tour together based on their names:

Boston - Creme
Grateful Dead - Suicidal Tendencies
Madonna - Supertramp

Guess Who - Who - U2 - Yes

there were tons of others.

 

[3HaloODST]

From wikipedia:

Web of Trust

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[KAB]

Well, at least we can thank the OP for unintentionally creating a fun and silly thread.

 

[KAB]

Ok,Ok...Cone, or The Cone of silence?

 

[dishcomm]

I hate when people do not use their turning signals. :rant:

Take a trip to the South...Where turn signals are considered optional equipment.
I once had to attend 'traffic school' in order to get out of accumulating points for a minor moving violations.
One of the other people, a woman, was asked about her citation( everyone was asked). She said she was given a citation of not using turn signals. She was incensed over this. She claimed she was treated unfairly because there should be no such law. Her reasoning? "I know where I'm going"....

 

[waylew]

I hate when people do not use their turning signals. :rant:

I hate when they DO use them and never turn

 

[bellevuecoug]

Well, at least we can thank the OP for unintentionally creating a fun and silly thread.

Why in the world would you assume it was unintentional? Don't put that on me, man!

 

[navychop]

There are two types of bambo: The grow everywhere kind, and the limited kind. You got the wrong kind. You are doomed

Good freaking luck.

 

[Scherrman]

I hate when they DO use them and never turn

Oooh, that's a good one too. I'll rephrase, improper use of the turning signal is a pet peeve of mine.

 

[dare2be]

I hate when they DO use them and never turn

They would have to use them in the first place for that to happen.

The other scenario is much more common.

 

[Foxbat]

How about people who channel their inner Kyle Busch while commuting? It seems like every second they spend in a car is a second too long, zipping through traffic to be "first".

 

[dare2be]

...and the people who sit in the left lane clogging up traffic with no one anywhere near in front of them, just because they will be turning left 2 miles down the road, which causes people to weave around them to the right like Kyle Busch zipping through traffic.

 

[TheKrell]

Ha! Washington Beltway morons have your scenario beat. They'll sometimes drive slowly, 4 abreast. No lane discipline, nor awareness of the traffic behind them, whatsoever.

 

[dare2be]

I almost got into an accident this morning at a traffic circle of all places...I was in the circle and someone just pulled into the circle in front of me without even looking. Good thing I'm a good driver or there would have been mayhem.

 

[osu1991]

I go thru a few hundred collision reports a day. Makes me want to walk before getting on the road anymore.