The Pocket Encyclopedia Of Aggravation Book

The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation 97 Things That Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Disturb, Enervate, Frustrate, Nettle, Outrage, Peeve, Quash, Rile, Stress Out, Trouble, Frustrate, Grate, Harass, Irk, Jar, Upset, Vex, Worry and X, Y, Z By Lee, Laura GUC, normal wear From airline food, bagpipes and Barney to soggy cereal, telemarketers and warts, here is the first A-to-Z, illustrated compendium of everyday annoyances--complete with truly informative scientific explanations and wry commentary. When it comes to aggravation, it's the little things that count. Car alarms, fingernails on a blackboard, having a song stuck in your head, cookie mush at the bottom of your coffee cup, mosquitoes, mimes, chain letters--and those silly curtains between First Class and Coach, what are those about? The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation is a unique tour through the things that drive us crazy, full of fascinating details about their inner workings, causes, remedies and histories. Deadpan cross-sections, diagrams, and technical drawings bring such things to life as VCRs that flash 12:00-12:00-12:00 and the sound waves created by nails on a chalkboard or crinkly candy wrapper