#925 Miniature golf courses that don't have the "19th hole"

Anyone that knows anything knows that the real winner of a mini golf outing is the person who can win the free game at the 19th hole.

Simple? Yes.
The most important hole? Yes.

The 19th hole is that hole that usually requires a very straight shot to travel up a very narrow ramp and land into a hole surrounded by obstacles. Sometimes, its a hole that requires accurate aim to hit a moving target. Other times, it's a hole involving ramps and moving obstacles. Whatever the hole may be, it's where the real challenge of mini golf lies. It wipes the slate clean. What would you rather say, that you had the lowest score at the end of 18 holes or that you were the only one to win a free game on the 19th hole? Winner of this hole not only gets a free game and an ego boost, accompanied by gratification of flashing lights and crazy sounds, but also gets bragging rights until the next time you play mini golf.

It's completely understandable to choose your miniature golf course based on their 19th hole. Guess what non-19th-hole-offerers? We're not choosing you.

It's just slightly annoying.

#926 When the refrigerator beeps while you're still looking through it

Not only do refrigerators beep at us,
they also stare at us,

Hey refrigerator, I'm going to take as much time as I want when deciding what I want out of you, so keep your big mouth quiet. I don't beep at you when you're taking too long to make ice, do I?

Either refrigerators are getting paged on their beepers at all the wrong times or this is one impatient appliance.

It's just slightly annoying.

#927 Switching radio stations and hearing the same song

Shouldn't it be someone's job to make sure their top 40 radio station isn't playing the same song as another top 40 station? There's only about forty songs on a top 40 radio station.  Forty. That's not a lot of songs. Obviously there's a good chance one station is overlapping with another station. If someone if flipping to your radio station, they probably didn't want to hear what was on the other station. Pretty complicated logic, I know.

Hey radio stations, hire some free interns and have them get on that.

It's just slightly annoying.

#928 The size of free cups of water

Contrary to this photograph, Starbucks is
 not guilty of this slight annoyance.
You get the picture though.

We need water to survive. Water comprises 60% of our bodies. This earth is almost entirely covered in water. Everyone likes water. Literally, everyone.

Regardless of how much we love water, when we order a cup of water at most restaurants and food establishments, we are given an undersized cup of water. This water cup is smaller than its soda-filled counterparts and unfulfilling over the course of the meal. This inadequately sized cup leads to a lot of waiting time for refills and an unhappy food experience altogether.

It's just slightly annoying.

#929 Having to wait even when you got in the 10 items or less line

I feel like I'm doing some sort of service by keeping my shopping list below 10 items. It's a service to the cashier, the grocery store and the world. I always think "oh, the cashier will be so happy that they only have to check out my 10 items or less and not some shopping cart full of stuff."

Judging by the pictures on this express lane,
this seems like a fun place to shop.

By purposely limiting the grocery list, simply not needing a lot of groceries, or even having few items by chance, there should be some sort of gratification you receive in return. That gratification should come in the form of an extremely brief waiting time. Waiting in line isn't something you'd expect to do in the 10 items or less line. If everyone actually does have 10 items or less, there shouldn't be a long line, if any at all. This is the express line, let's keep it express.

It's just slightly annoying.

#930 The noise of a motorcycle at an inappropriate time

Nothing ruins a nice, relaxing time like the noise of a motorcycle ripping through the air. Forget conversing over a quiet dinner, forget lying around in the park and forget sitting down to read a book on the porch. Just when you hit that point of relaxation, your ears will be bombarded with the slightly annoying cacophony that motorcyclists love oh so much.

I wonder if having the most disruptive vehicle in town is a point of pride.

It's just slightly annoying.

#931 Black licorice

I don't care what country you hail from, what ethnicity you are, what you believe in or anything of that sort...everyone knows that black licorice, and black licorice flavored things, is the worst kind of candy out there. It has a taste that can't quite be put into words, but if I had to try, it would be something like "bleeghh." How could such a licorice be sold in stores? My theory is that it's not sold at all; black licorice is just red licorice gone bad. Instead of taking it off the shelves, candyshop owners just leave it there and get lucky when the few people in the world that eat black licorice decide to buy some.

Maybe you need to be 65 years old or older to enjoy black licorice, because it seems like a lot of older generations don't seem to mind. Any 65 year old readers out there care to comment? Back in their day though, you had to walk 15 miles, uphill, in the blizzarding snow if you wanted to go to the candy store; any candy was probably worth it.

It's just slightly annoying.

#932 The crusty build-up of toothpaste on your toothpaste tube

This is one of those things where you say, "eh, I'll clean it tomorrow," and then tomorrow rolls around and you find yourself saying the same thing. The same routine will follow for days, and then weeks.

Eventually, you'll hit the breaking point. This breaking point usually occurs when you're squeezing the toothpaste and there's barely anything coming out because it can't get through the dried, crusty, old toothpaste that has accumulated around the opening of the tube. The only solution to this is to use your fingers to pick apart the crust and clean the opening. It feels disgusting and it's slightly annoying, sure, but can you really be angry when you could have prevented this by just rubbing off the specks of drying toothpaste on day one? Yet another slight annoyance is caused by procrastination.

It's just slightly annoying.

#933 Morning breath

Why is it that when we wake up, our breath smells like we've been chewing on roadkill that's been puked on? Am I the only one that makes a considerable effort not to breathe on anyone when I wake up?

It's just slightly annoying.

#934 That one room in everyone's house that's off limits

A rare peak into an off-limits
room.

Thinking about throw pillows leads one to think about all of the unnecessary things in a house. Of all of these unnecessary things, the biggest one has got to be "that room."

Most houses have a room that is apparently more special than the others. It's usually where out of the ordinary events are held, like Thanksgiving dinner or fancy brunches. Occasions like these are the only times you're allowed to set foot in that room. There are too many fancy trinkets, fragile ornaments, frilly throw pillows and over-the-top decorations in this room to be able to utilize it for any practical purpose. You've got to be careful before stepping foot into that room (which probably has carpet that your feet are not worthy of) or you'll get a (stupid and unnecessary) yelling that you won't (take seriously and that you'll) soon forget. That room isn't for being inside of, you idiot. It's for looking at and admiring from afar. Enjoy using it less than 3 times out of the 365 days of the year.

It's just slightly annoying.

I'm sure throw pillows and off-limits rooms aren't the only slightly annoying things to be found in our homes. Let us know what you think by posting here, tweeting here, or commenting on this post.

#935 Throw pillows

12+ pillows on one bed, really? That means 11+ pillows
soon to be on the ground and all over the room.

Flopping down on your bed after an exhausting day is one of the best feelings in the world. Why would you want to have to do the work of removing several pillows before doing the satisfying bed-flop, every time? Who cares if they're decorative? They're in my spot.

It's just slightly annoying.

#936 Getting in and out of a hammock

This picture must have been taken after
the 20 minute struggle.

A hammock is a great way to relax. Gently rocking on a hammock in the nice breeze on a warm day takes your mind to states of relaxation that nothing else can.

For some reason, when we see a hammock, our mind goes to that sense of perfect relaxation. We forget one important roadblock to relaxation. That roadblock is the struggle we encounter when trying to get into the hammock. Chances are likely that the hammock will flip and toss us onto the ground, hurting us both physically and emotionally as we are embarrassed by an inanimate object.

A more realistic picture of where you
will end up.

Do you sit down and then flip your legs over? Do you grip it with your hands and try to jump onto it? Do you tag team the whole process with a buddy? There's many ways to attempt to get in the hammock, but first-time success rates are definitely low. It may just be a mind over matter thing. Don't take no for an answer; that hammock must be conquered and relaxation much be achieved. Regardless of how you do it, get yourself on that hammock and show that thing who's boss.

You can be assured that the hard work will pay off...until you attempt to gracefully leave the hammock.

It's just slightly annoying.

#937 The touchdown-commercial-kickoff-commercial combination

For as great as watching football on television is, it doesn't come without its slightly annoying tendencies. This phenomenon really puts a damper on any celebrating that follows a score.

You scored, yay! Now you get to sit through a terrible Geico or Jared Diamonds commercial in addition to a few others before you get back to football.

Kickoff to get things going again, yay! Sit through another terrible Geico or Jared commercial and a few other repeats.

Can't the TV gods find a better filler for after touchdowns and kickoffs? What would be wrong with switching to highlights, other games, or watching the cheerleaders? Oh, right, nothing.

It's just slightly annoying.

#938 Gray leftover snow

Ah, there's nothing like waking up to see a new, fresh coat of powdery snow on the ground. But time is cruel. As days go by, the snow begins to lose its glamour and color. While there may be nothing like a fresh coat of snow, there's also nothing like the piles of dirty, gray, disgusting snow that accumulate on the sides of streets, in parking lots and on the sides of your driveway. These piles of snow aren't fun to play with, look at, or even be in the presence of. They're just...there.

Talk about the eyesore of the season.

It's just slightly annoying.

#939 The discrepancy between the temperature and what if "feels" like

If you're not aware of this discrepancy, you should stop reading this post immediately and head over to weather.com. Once there, type in your zipcode and find the current weather. Here, you'll find two numbers. One number is the actual temperature and the other number is what it really "feels like." The discrepancy between these numbers can be pretty significant, enough that you might even reconsider your wardrobe.

This discrepancy begs an obvious question. Why is there any difference between the temperature and the real feel? This difference seems stupid. If the temperature is 43 degrees, why does it feel like 37 degrees? Does the thermometer not feel what we feel? That thermometer must be feeling just as cold or just as hot as we are. So why even say it's 37 degrees when it's really 43 degrees?

It's just slightly annoying.

#940 Hearing songs that have sirens in them while you're driving

Check the mirrors and look over your shoulder as much as you want. If you're listening to music, there's a good chance that there won't be any red and blue lights flashing behind you.

One of these days, a song that has a siren in it will cause an accident. Some unsuspecting listener will be checking mirrors and hit something before he or she realizes it was a false alarm. This accident will lead to a movement toward banning siren-containing songs on the radio.

Okay, maybe that's a bit radical, but let's at least acknowledge the slight annoyance that these songs cause before any type of incident does occur. These songs are the cause of so many unnecessary mirror checks, over-the-shoulder glances and skipped heartbeats. If it's your music that you're listening to, then you listen at your own risk, but would anyone really mind if police sirens weren't ever played over the radio?

It's just slightly annoying.

#941 True/false test questions that state "if false, make true"

The slight indication of a smirk
tells us that this student was
living in a blissful 50-50
true/false era.

Once upon a time, we lived in a world where you could take a test, guess on a true-false question and have a 50-50 chance at getting the question correct.

And then things took a turn for the worse. Some teacher, somewhere, wisened up to our favorable test-taking scenario . This teacher decided to eliminate the 50-50 question and add a nice little curveball to it. This curveball, the addition of the "if false, make true" statement, would ensure that students would continue to be miserable all the way through the test, instead of just part of it. It's like teachers expect students to know all of the material or something, it's weird.

It's just slightly annoying.

#942 Drinking and walking

The culprit of many mishaps.

This is one of the most difficult combinations of actions, given two conditions. You aren't using a straw and you are drinking out of something with a wide opening. The most common example would probably be attempting to drink out of a Nalgene bottle while walking.

The feeling of apprehension right before the water reaches the lip of the bottle is terrifying. You hear the sloshing of water as ferocious rapids start to form in the water as it rushes toward your mouth. It doesn't matter how gingerly you tip that bottle, because when it's all said and done, there is a 100% chance that  you will end up with water all over your face and shirt.

Completely stopping in your tracks to take a sip is your only chance of a remaining dry, but then you run the risk of someone not expecting the sudden stop and bumping into you. This bump will also result in water all over your face and shirt, and now you've ended up with the same result.

Judging by how satisfied he looks,
he's clearly not drinking and walking.

What have we learned? Don't drink and walk and don't stop and drink. Your best two options are pulling off to the side of people-traffic and sipping, or finding a straw (making sure it's not broken) and utilizing that great invention.

It's just slightly annoying.

#943 Texting with gloves on

Are cold fingers worth the
ability to text?

'Tis the season for cold weather and glove wearing. That also means that 'tis the season for jumbled texts and frustrated texters. Mentally prepare yourself to be hitting four buttons instead of one every time you attempt to type a letter. A mental preparation will help you keep your cool in times where you simply can't type what you're trying to say. But don't worry parents and older generations, the younger generation could never understand your texts anyway.

It's just slightly annoying.

#944 When girls wear absurdly large sunglasses

The world is totally glad that this "fashion" trend caught on. It's SO attractive. Eventually, girls will realize how dumb they've looked throughout all of these years and the world will return back to normal, with people wearing things that aren't sized for the Yeti.

Is this cool? Are girls evolving into insects?

It's just slightly annoying.

#945 NFL teams that play in a dome

Hey NFL dome teams, here are some
drinks for your fans' tailgates.

Hey Cardinals, Falcons, Cowboys, Lions, Colts, Vikings, Saints and Rams...man up. If teams like the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears can fight it out during the winter, I think that you guys can toughen up a bit. Some of your fans may argue that you have a retractable roof, not a dome. You'd be lucky if die hard fans even gave you the time of day to laugh at you upon hearing that argument.

Sorry about your luck fans of dome-teams. It may be out of your hands (unless you're out there reading this Jerry Jones), but you just won't ever be able to say you braved the brutal weather to show your unrelenting support for your team. What can you possibly have on any fan that has done that? You have the same thing the Dallas Cowboys have to show for this season....nothing.

It's just slightly annoying.

#946 The funny bone

There's nothing funny about hitting your funny bone. Whoever named it the funny bone had a pretty sick sense of humor. How did it get such a midleading name? To find out, we turn to the source that has helped write our school papers since 3rd grade. Wikipedia tells us: 

This name is thought to be a pun, based on the sound resemblance between the name of the bone of the upper arm, the "humerus" and the word "humourous." Alternatively, according to the OED it may refer to "the peculiar sensation experienced when it is struck."

The funny bone isn't as funny
as this girl's face is.

So, there you have it. It's a pun. Neat. You know what else it is? Painful. When you hit your funny bone, I bet you're not immediately commenting on the irony or the pun. A hit to the funny bone is more likely to be followed by some, uh, colorful words. Wikipedia also tells us that the funny bone isn't a bone at all, it's a nerve! More reasons to be angry when the pain strikes. Thankfully, the pain (accompanied by that weird tingly feeling) is short lived and life moves on. 

It's just slightly annoying.