Top ten annoying noises, that is.
http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/the-top-10-most-annoying-sounds?hpt=hp_bn16
I'd have to list "Oh, crap, he's (the sprinter) still here" as much more annoying to hear than the squeal of brakes.
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We made the top ten!
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They missed one... I would have to say the "sidewalk edge trimmer on sat morning about 700am" would have to be #6 ahead of "a woman's scream".
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Those top ten noises would make great ring tones; you could have one for your boss, your wife, your mother in law...
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I used to have a family member set up as "MYASS" in my phone because whenever they called, my phone was in my back pocket & I would have to stop a conversation by saying "My ass is calling".
Life is too short to be small. - Disraeli
So, why not be petty? - The Short White Guy™ -
electric or gas leaf blowers, right up there with the sidewalk trimmer
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Those old Mafac center pulls from the 70s would be closer to #1.
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I remember the sound of someone dropping and skidding the tone arm on one of my good records rivaling any sound on that list.
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I would submit that five out of those ten are cycling noises. Another, not on the list, would be the word 'howdy'. No one ever says 'howdy' to me at the grocers or the cinema or the dry-cleaner's. Why on the bike? That would make six of eleven.
Come to think on it, yet another would be the shrill, grating racket that could be roughly transliterated as, 'Yeah, I'm trying to stay under 400 watts today'.
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Um number one should be; Pssssssst Number one with bells on would be that same sound accompanied by falling rain.
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rap "music".
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Is it possible that the dog who lives across the road from me is not on that list? He is left outside in the yard while the owners are not at home. During the time they are gone, from 8am till 6pm each day, he barks incessantly and very loudly. Often, "bark" is not quite the right word. More like, howl, screech, bleat, scream, bay, shriek, yodel, squawk, squeal, yelp, whimper, warble -- in various intonations and polyrhythms. This dog must own a canine thesaurus. I've talked to the people. Goes something like this:
"Oh, really, we've never heard him do that."
"It's only while you're away. As soon as your car turns into your driveway he stops."
"He's old and blind."
"But not mute."
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Mafac brakes. Every so often, I used to get them to a point where they would squeal at a high level with hard stops but I could do moderate braking quietly. Now that was fun! When a car pulled a fast one on me. I would hit the front brake hard. I would point to the car. Every set of eyes in the surrounding block would look up at me, then follow my arm to the offending car. The driver would hear the squeal, look up but not at me. And, "oh shitt, everyone is looking at ME!" Driver slinks off like a bad cat.
Those days were fun!
Ben
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Chain saws and skidders! My neighbor had some logging done on the land across the road from us last summer and fall. He's cheap so he hired a crew of part timers with day jobs so they only worked weekends, early mornings and evenings.
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