Things That Should be Banned

November 15th, 2010

  1. The playing over a car radio any song that contains a siren or horn.

  2. The playing over Internet radio any song that contains an approximation of the Google chat alert noise.

  3. Cottage cheese.

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14 comments.

  1. HAHA… TOO TRUE…

    Posted by JBUDD on November 15th, 2010.

  2. Man, I am so with you on the cottage cheese.

    Posted by Candy on November 15th, 2010.

  3. I for one see nothing humorous about banning a delicious dairy product and devastating an entire cottage industry.

    Posted by missingblakes on November 15th, 2010.

  4. I would never advocate for the banning of a delicious dairy product. Cottage cheese, on the other hand, can suck it.

    Posted by Matthew on November 15th, 2010.

  5. I’ll have your cottage cheese if you don’t want it. It’s a win-win!

    Posted by Nathan Shumate on November 15th, 2010.

  6. Here’s another noise that should never be in a commercial – the tone for the Emergency Broadcast system, especially when it isn’t followed by “This is only a test.” There’s some trailer for a Sci-fi movie that has that noise. It seems so blasphemous.

    Posted by TheQueen on November 15th, 2010.

  7. Why, oh why would anyone put that stuff in their mouth? Except in lasagna, then it’s delicious!

    Posted by Rebecca on November 15th, 2010.

  8. You need to add black pepper to the cottage cheese.

    Posted by max on November 16th, 2010.

  9. NPR stories where the reporter is standing on a city street corner with the honking, etc.

    Cottage cheese I like.

    Posted by jason on November 16th, 2010.

  10. Sirens on commercials evoke the Pavlovian response of looking around. Those with acute ears can distinguish between what’s on the radio versus what’s around the car, so I end up swiveling around in an approximation of Linda Blair while my wife rolls her eyes.

    Posted by Mike on November 16th, 2010.

  11. I’d like to add TV shows with ringing telephones that sound just like mine.

    Posted by Leroy on November 17th, 2010.

  12. Well, the problem is that you Americans have cottage cheese that doesn’t have any flavour whatsoever. So, yeah, of course it’s hideous. It’s like eating lumpy chalk. Over here (Israel) we make it right, and it’s actually very tasty.

    Posted by Yael on November 17th, 2010.

  13. Hey, if you don’t like our American cottage cheese then you can just ORGANIZE a NATIONWIDE BOYCOTT until it is PULLED FROM THE SHELVES EVERYWHERE!!!!

    No, seriously. I would be totally cool with that.

    Posted by Matthew on November 17th, 2010.

  14. I would like to add “TV shows that feature ringing doorbells” to the list of things that should NOT get banned, because I like it when my dog barks and runs to the door for no reason.

    I don’t like it so much when he does the same thing in the middle of the night to my closet door, but with dogs you sometimes take the good with the bad.

    Posted by Deron on November 20th, 2010.

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