One More Annoying Thing

I'll Start dept.

It has become a new trend on Threads or Facebook or whatever:

“Name a blah-bah-blah. I’ll start….”

Then they give their answer and go on with their day.

We’ve all seen these.

It’s like, some random thing will occur to them, and they’ll frame it as a question.

Like Jeopardy, sort of.

Then they give their brilliant example and move on.

Name an obscure element. I’ll start. Oganesson.

Name a 14th-century fabric pattern. I’ll start. Stylized griffins woven into brocade.

Name a pop song that references Albert Camus. I’ll start. The Cure’s ‘Killing an Arab.’

Name a husband and wife team that discovered radium. I’ll start. The Curies.

Name a part of the eye which was poked with a needle during 5th century BC cataract surgery. I’ll start. The vitreous chamber.

Name a great Jewish left-handed pitcher for the Dodgers. I’ll start. Sandy Koufax.

Name a variety of fruit fly. I’ll start. Tephritidae.

Name a cure for the common cold. I’ll start. Rest.

Name a type of desalination. I’ll start. Reverse osmosis.

Name a conductor of the New York Philharmonic who wrote a Broadway musical. I’ll start. Leonard Bernstein.

Name a pop song about taking a bath. I’ll start. ‘Splish Splash.’

Name an exoplanet. I’ll start. 51 Pegasi b.

Name a common girl’s name in Laos. I’ll start. Boun.

OK, you get the idea.

Here’s one more.

Name a Pet Peeve.

I’ll start….

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