What sound really drives you up the wall?

[Alan]

Hi,

There are several expressions indicating that you are really annoyed about something. Something can drive you up the wall/round the bend. It can get on your nerves. I can tip you over the edge. It can make you want to scream. So what sound/noise does that to you? Is it the sound of loud music when you're trying to sleep? Is it the barking of a dog? Is it a car alarm? Is it the sound of someone opening a sweet paper when you're watching a play in the theatre?

Alan
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[Nicholas]

[Jamie (K)]

I don't mind many of the sounds that bother most people. Fingernails clawing down a blackboard don't bother me, for example. Of the many sounds that irritate me a lot, one of them is the screeching violins in the soundtrack of an old Bollywood or Egyptian movie. I also find Hillary Clinton's voice very irritating, but only in speeches where she's loud and trying to sound "powerful". When I was a kid, my mother had a way of calling us for dinner that almost made your skull crack. I don't have to hear that anymore, except when my younger sister does a very adept imitation of it for "fun".

[NinaZara]

Loud. Oops, correction! VERY loud motorcycles. :evil:

[FangFang]

Hiya,
I think music can bring us beautiful sounds,and help us relax. But if your neighbor plays violin at 14:00 pm almostly everyday you will take it as a kind of honor and enjoyment? In the past two years he 's been playing one song, never tried others. Now I have to say that some music can kill pepple too, or is that what a real artist must experience? I hope he will be a great musican someday,otherwise I have to consider to move somewhere else.......

[Prezbucky]

hmmm....

- My ex-girlfriend's voice when she yells at me (don't ask)
- "The Chicago Bears have scored a touchdown..." (or any variation on that theme)
- The popping sound my right ankle makes on about half the steps I take (I broke it playing football years and years ago -- it doesn't hurt at all, but makes that damnable noise).
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[Jamie (K)]

[Prezbucky]

Maybe we should start stocking up on the glucosamine/chondroitin pills. hehe

I have a feeling I have at least minor joint arthritis in my future -- dislocated shoulder, broken ankle, half-gone meniscus, etc.

The ankle and shoulder were football-related injuries. The torn meniscus in my right knee (and resulting arthroscopic surgery -- three little holes -- to remove half of it) was due to a drunken post-party wrestling match, with someone who outweighs(or -ed) me by about 50 pounds. Of course we were good friends. lol

I went to Cancun, played beach volleyball on that knee for a whole summer -- thinking it was a strain. The doctor did an MRI and told me the cartilage was torn. My reaction was "huh". I was flabbergasted.

I can empathize, to some degree, with baseball players who play the position of catcher.
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