Jack Ellison Poet Quatrain

Things That Irk Me

Here's some things that really irk me
They must irk some of you guys too
Loaded baskets in those Express Lanes
My face turns a scarlet hue

Imagine the gall of some irksome drivers
Doing fifty in a fifty mile zone
What is it with these bunch of yahoos?
Probably gabbing on their phones!

When you order a cup of hot java
At your favourite coffee shop
And it turns out to be luke warm at best
You wanna give the server a pop!

Another one of my little pet peeves
Pill bottles that are made seniors proof
You get a hernia trying to open these things
The inventor was on some kind of juice!

Playing along with the clues on Jeopardy
Interrupted by some breaking news
Unless the world is actually coming to an end
It can wait till the end of the clues!

Bugs me when some guy in a big fancy car
Takes up more than one parking space
These a-holes need to be straightened out
Love a word with them face to face!

Ahhh! It sure feel a whole lot better now
Once I got these things off my chest
Life is too short to let these things bug you
They're minor annoyances at best!

© Jack Ellison 2013

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Donna Jones April 26, 2013 at 4:42 PM OK...here we go...tail gaiters...idiots who won't pass ...too afraid to be the one in front speeding...so they push you to go faster...they get my brakes!!! Unrully children....screaming in inappropriate places...we could keep this going awhile...:-) Jack Ellison April 27, 2013 at 8:11 AM Got a whole bunch more! Give me some of yours and I'll write a follow-up! Big hugs dear Donna xoxoxox

Carol Eastman April 25, 2013 at 11:25 AM My worst pet peeve is when the weather man breaks in for an hour for a simple storm... He likes to hear his own voice... They could have an occasional break and show it at the BOTTOM of the screen like they used to do... but noooo... they even run out of things to say... If it's major that's one thing... these minor storms are a pain... I'm looking up the station managers name and sending my dragon over for an afternoon of being a nuisance... Let him snooze on HIS couch...LOL Jack Ellison April 25, 2013 at 11:29 AM So that dragon of yours performs really a great service to society... he's (she's) not just a nuisance around your humble abode! Way to go dragon!!! xoxox

Timothy Hicks April 25, 2013 at 9:45 AM You know, you really want to make me want to write about my pet peeves as well! Though it'd be a challenge to make them as lighthearted and funny as you do... one day I will take up the challenge! You said you weren't a book reader and yet I noticed you mentioned Yahoos (which is what they called humans on the island of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels). I, too, hate broadcast interruptions! Jack Ellison April 25, 2013 at 9:59 AM I'm waiting for your one on pet peeves, my friend so get right to it!!!