Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Actually not Webster, but whatever.
To Annoy:
1. To cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts.
2. To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
To Provoke:
1. To incite to anger or resentment.
2. To stir to action or feeling.
3. To give rise to; evoke: provoke laughter.
4. To bring about deliberately; induce: provoke a fight.
Dingbat and That Boy often get the two words (Annoy and Provoke) mixed up, not to mention the love of inducing both upon me.
For example, just today Dingbat called me a liar. He knows how much that annoys me. That Boy carried it even further, however, to the point where I would have hung up on him if it was a phone call conversation. I don't often get angry like that, but when I do you had better look out. I tend to throw whatever I have got in my hands at the time.
The construction crew outside must be trying to knock down the last building because my whole apartment is shaking. I shall be glad when they have completed all the demolishing. The noise, while being no worse than the traffic I get at home, is quite horrendous, the dust is disgustingly dirty and likes to go everywhere, and I'm sick of the mess.
If Hell is worse than this world, I definately don't want to go there.
Art copyright Samantha.
