There Ought to be a Law

The number of pins, carboard inserts, and pieces of plastic in a new men's dress shirt cannot exceed a total of 15.

Driving the speed limit on the left lane on a major highway. Move over! Oh wait, there is. 

bub said:
The number of pins, carboard inserts, and pieces of plastic in a new men's dress shirt cannot exceed a total of 15.

 15 seems rather high to me.

bub said:
The number of pins, carboard inserts, and pieces of plastic in a new men's dress shirt cannot exceed a total of 15.

 Thank you for my chuckle of the day.

TomR

LOST said:

bub said:
The number of pins, carboard inserts, and pieces of plastic in a new men's dress shirt cannot exceed a total of 15.

 15 seems rather high to me.

 Until you consider the number of points to fix in place for efficient packing. If you’ve ever had to do a large number of these (or similar) items, at speed, you’ll know how innocuous inanimate objects suddenly develop free will.

OTBAL:  Against using air quotes (AKA finger quotes).    

People who throw their bagged dog poop in my garden refuse container.

Drivers who enter a 3 lange highway, and instantly have to cross into the middle lane, even though the right hand line has no vehicles as far as the eye can see.

When I 

• Try to turn left from Valley (with signal on)
• And pull all the way to the center to leave plenty of room for traffic to pass 

There ought to be a law against the driver behind me just stopping in the middle of the lane (probably texting).

it should be against the law for anyone under 21 to drive. I have witnessed 3-5 teenagers going 80 down my quiet block in the last year; Kids are playing right there all the time. They have no sense of mortality and shouldn't be behind the wheel. 

DaveSchmidt said:

joanne said:  
Grammar/language friends: the perennial ‘less’ vs ‘fewer’ abuse!!!  

A scofflaw with which I can live.

Wow, that's so good. I had forgotten about them. Boy she's a good singer, and good looking, too. Thank you!

How about the word “robust”, and the euphemisms “food insecurity”, and, “racial anxiety”? There oughta be a law.

annielou said:
How about the word “robust”, and the euphemisms “food insecurity”, and, “racial anxiety”? There oughta be a law.

 hmm, I find nothing objectionable about any of those things.

Robust is a good word, and I don't hear it misused.

Not misused. Over used.

I would throw in "rectify" as a twofer in my law against "utilize."  Jut fix the damn thing, you don't have to "rectify" it.

The misuse of ‘literally” by our youth today. There ought to be a law. 

Wait staff accompanying the placing of food on you table with "Enjoy."

Cashiers calling for the next person in line by saying, “Following”.  Irks me. 

honey, sweetie, dear from a secretary at a business or such

Wait staff remarking that your menu order is "An excellent choice" no matter what the F you pick.

Me: "I'd like a frozen fish head and would you ask the chef to spit on it please."

Waiter (while nodding): "Excellent choice sir, excellent choice".

wait staff asking "What are we having tonight? ".  Don't know about you, but I'm having the steak.

There should be a law against the question "Are you still working on that?" when applied to eating a meal in a restaurant.  

Its okay if you ask me that question on Wednesday while I am still working on the Sunday crossword puzzle.

Anyone under the age of 30 with a full head of hair who makes a comment or criticism about how those of us with thinning pates are handling it get 10 years in the klink, or until their own hair starts falling out. 

jimmurphy said:
Cashiers calling for the next person in line by saying, “Following”.  Irks me. 

 I have to admit, I’ve never heard that. It must not be a useage here. Do they just call ‘Following’? Or ‘Next, following’? Or something else first?? I wonder who started that trend???

I believe it started as "Following Guest" or Following Customer, Please" (which aren't much better), but now they just say "Following".  Mostly in NYC.

Ah, makes a bit more sense. Thanks! I’ve learnt something new in vocabulary today.

EBennett said:
There should be a law against the question "Are you still working on that?" when applied to eating a meal in a restaurant.  
Its okay if you ask me that question on Wednesday while I am still working on the Sunday crossword puzzle.

Yes. I don't work on my food. I eat food. And why are servers so eager to clear dishes? I can keep my plate until we are all done EATING our food.

My friend shot this today in Manhattan.

There are legit reasons for the use of the word "literally." It's true that language evolves so that words get used in a way that doesn't reflect their original definition but that can make me nauseous.