Room 101

What would you put into Room 101?

One pet hate per post.

Post as many pet hates as you want until you experience true catharsis!

If you are not familiar with the Room 101 concept, here is a little bit of background from the relevant article on Wikipedia.

Room 101 is a BBC comedy television series based on the radio series of the same name, in which celebrities are invited to discuss their pet hates and persuade the host to consign those hates to oblivion in Room 101, a location whose name was inspired by the torture room in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which reputedly contained "the worst thing in the world". Orwell himself named it after a meeting room in Broadcasting House where he would sit through tedious meetings.

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  • The idea of someone giving 110% (of effort).

    I know this term has been used to get people to push beyond their perceived amount of effort which is set at 100%, nonetheless, 100% has to be an inaccurate figure as effort fluctuates.

    That is bad enough, but now 200% is used for effort, and 1000%, 10,000.00% and 1000,000.00% for how much people love or hate things. 

    By the way, this is 200% true. Ugh! Triumph

  • I think when an athlete says they are giving 110% they mean they are using performance enhancing drugs and so perform 10% better than they could previously.

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