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And/or sad ones (other than musical).

1. The faint, regular click emitted by a dying hard drive. SOB.

― xero (xero), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

2. squeaky boots

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

That *zhikky-zhikky--zhikky-zhik* sound when fingernails scrape across those hologrammy-type images. GGYYEEEAAA!!! Makes me cringe bad.

― MESTEMA (davidcorp), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

4. baby crying

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

5. music on mobile phones

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

6. queef

― bingo (Chris V), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

when your pc tries to read an empty floppy drive

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

... that's especially foul

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

8. The CHIMES OF DOOM when your Mac crashes.

― Streatham's Paisley Princess (kate), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

9. The car trying REALLY hard to start, but doesn't.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

grgrgrzzzzzzzzz grrggrzzzeeeeee

xpost

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

10. Virtually nonstop whimpering and yipping, punctuated by occasional hopeful barks, of dog in next apartment left alone for a day.

― xero (xero), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

11. June Sarpong

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

12. people trying to clear their throats but failing

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

13. Doors slamming

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

14. Time bell when you only nipped out for a quick pint after work.

15. Time bell any other time.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)

16. Glass shattering.

― xero (xero), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)

17. The doorbell on Halloween night.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

18 metallic crash + carhorn combo
19 random screaming

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

20. following through.

― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

i love the sound of breaking glass.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

21. This number has not been recognised
22. This number does not take incoming calls
23. This number is actually a fax machine and is making noises like a robot dying.

― Chief Egg (alix), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

anybody shouting

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

24. TV static/interference

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

mine = 25

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

25 The squeaking of gritting teeth

― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

damn

i think this thread is moving too fast for a numbering system

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

26. Clearing of catarrh from back of throat, esp. as preparatory to gobbing a greenie

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

27. polystyrene cups and cushions for electronic equipment, the touching of. :( :( :( hate.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

28 - Bolton accents

― Rumpie, Friday, 4 November 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

30 - Nail biting

― Rumpie, Friday, 4 November 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

grime and the hardcore continuum

― ///, Friday, 4 November 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

32. Vomiting and retching

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

... including splash of vomited material in toilet water and, for that matter, pause between retch+splash

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

xxxpost, i'm with ken c. on that. it HURTS my teeth. shudder.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

The PHONE anytime after 11pm - who's died?

― Rumpie, Friday, 4 November 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

34. the red hot chili peppers

― emsk ( emsk), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

11. June Sarpong

-- Oh No, It's Dadaismus (dadaismu...), November 4th, 2005 2:03 PM. (Dada) (later)

quoted for truth

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

35. Smoke detector going off.
36. Fire alarm.

― xero (xero), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

37. Ripping fabric... especially if you're wearing said fabric at the time

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

38. dot matrix printer
39. electric typewriter
40. customer service calls from drunks
41. roomate talking in sleep
42. mysterious crashes in other rooms, caused by the cat

― elmo (allocryptic), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

You are so wrong on 38. I love that sound!

― Streatham's Paisley Princess (kate), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

43. the 'sucking through teeth' thing commonly associated with people of Jamaican descent (eep controversial).

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Any noise produced by the person in the toilet cubicle next to you.

― James Ward, Friday, 4 November 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

44. The cru-u-unch as you accidentally reverse into a BMW

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

43. the 'sucking through teeth' thing commonly associated with people of Jamaican descent (eep controversial).
-- Sociah T Azzahole (stevem7...), November 4th, 2005.

i think i do this quite a lot. i was born in kingston, mind.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

45. Foxes

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

46. Mice eating something crunchy in your kitchen at 4:00 a.m.

― xero (xero), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

47. The front door being forced open.

― James Ward (jamesmichaelward), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

48. the sound of something heavy falling in the bathtub

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

49. Microphone feedback

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

50. footsteps (when running a deep pass route)
51. banshee
52. incompetent receptionist
53. local talk radio callers

― elmo (allocryptic), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

54. mopeds

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

55. Fireworks

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

56. Gunfire.

― xero (xero), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

57. Alsatians (the dogs not the people)

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

58. drills going through concrete foundation and supporting structure of the building you live/work in

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

57. Alsatians (the dogs not the people)

god yes, my mate has two and when they hear the doorbell it's major cover your bloody ears time. what's with these dogs?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

59. Large vehicle backing up: BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP

― xero (xero), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

60. Inner thighs of designer-nu-acidwash jeans rubbing together while over-processed hair rustles as platinum card scrapes out of leather mini-LV-purse to pay for something fleeting and awful and Must Have.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

61. Alsatians (the people not the dogs)

― James Ward (jamesmichaelward), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

That sickening metal on metal scrape as the wheels of the tube/train carriage do something unspeakable to the rails at speed.

― Streatham's Paisley Princess (kate), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

... you're absolutely right, Arsene Wenger is from Alsace... cue the most whingeing moaning French accent in history (xpost)

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

jackhammers on the pavement outside your window at 730 on a saturday morning.

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 4 November 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)

60. Inner thighs of designer-nu-acidwash jeans rubbing together while over-processed hair rustles

aaargh robyn you just gave me a very bad mental image of rustling, over-processed pubic hair!!! arrghhhhhhhhh

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 4 November 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

62. bees buzzing (never fails to creep me out)

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 4 November 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

the clanging of dishes and pots & pans being washed, put away or fondled.

Also, rickety grocery cart being pushed across a tile floor (fucking genious putting quarry tile in a grocery store..)

Every time I see this thread I think of "Bad Wrong False Paul", which is also a sound I didn't like.

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Friday, 4 November 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

ken, it might be the case too... eeew. (I didn't want to be judgemental, but it was like she had a big sign on saying "behold me, for I truly am what you think I am.")

re: pots and pans: "fondled?"

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 4 November 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

64: The sound of a rattlesnake rattling.

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Saturday, 5 November 2005 06:19 (twenty years ago)

Eh, mate! Eh, mate! Mate! Mate! Oy! (i.e. the sound of a potential mugging).
The chk chk chk of cockroaches tiny feet pitter-pattering around your floor.

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Saturday, 5 November 2005 10:22 (twenty years ago)

The sound of every car door slamming outside that you realise isn't your partners when its now 6am and you cant sleep and youve no idea where he is :/

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 5 November 2005 10:25 (twenty years ago)

The whine of a mosquito in your bedroom.

Pretty much any noise in your bedroom that's not made by you, especially if you sleep alone.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Saturday, 5 November 2005 10:33 (twenty years ago)

That sickening metal on metal scrape as the wheels of the tube/train carriage do something unspeakable to the rails at speed.

Pointless information: when I first heard someone playing a piccolo, I discovered that that sound is almost exactly like someone trying to play a piccolo, badly.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Saturday, 5 November 2005 10:38 (twenty years ago)

(oh, and another thing: a lot of railway lines do have devices to try to reduce the noise, although clearly they don't always reduce it that much. They're called Flange Lubricators)

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Saturday, 5 November 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

70. The clashing of tones that happens in a banshee shriek at the top of someone's lungs, such as a screaming baby, or your mother's blind flailing white hot rage

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Saturday, 5 November 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

whoa, zero. i swear i didn't even see this thread til now. i posted this one yesterday - register of endeangered noises .. somethin in the air

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 5 November 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

a massive circular saw cutting into concrete approx. 10 feet from your window at 7:30 in the morning, for two consecutive weeks

theoretically

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 5 November 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

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