What gets your goat?

Posted by: Rainbow

17th Feb 2012 01:02pm

Is it bad manners? Noisy (or nosey) neighbours? Crude dress? Expensive groceries? Rainy days? I know this isn't an overly positive toipc, but as is life, we're only human and sometimes things just tick us off...

Hartmut

17th Feb 2012 07:35pm

Hi Rainbow,

Well, noisy, inconsiderate neighbors can certainly get my goat !
I lived between three of them in a units complex! And despite my repeated talking to them to tone it down, they just kept on playing that always too loud thumping rock music.
One day, all three of them played at once and I could hardly hear myself think.
Then an odd thing happened.
I was COMPELLED to cross my arms over my chest and started to chant in a deep, guttural voice while swaying back and forth toward the noise makers. What happened next surely surprised me!
Within two days, two of those irritating neighbors moved out and the third never played music again!!!
Weird or What ! Coincident ?
Who knows, but it has been quiet and peacefull since then!

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