i hate peopLe who cLap to add emphasis

[sniffa]

to whatever point they were just making.

the boss is yapping about something to someone, and at the end of his monoLogue, cLapped his hands together whiLe saying ".. so that's what we're..."

sorry, but it had to be said.

[kick-ass-bob]

1. what did you say?

your damned clapping drowned out the last word you said...

[sniffa]

3. i aLso hate

peopLe who cLap at movies. they're not actors up on stage.

[prolesunited]

2. I agree

But it's certainly less annoying who use capital Ls in all of their posts. :P

[TyeDye75]

4. What about people who clap when they laugh?

[sniffa]

5. that's totaLLy acceptabLe

and not just because i cLap when i Laugh.

[TyeDye75]

6. Good because I do it too...

[skygazer]

7. It's right up there with all those annoying catchphrases

The ones you hear at work all the time - "on the same page", "moving forward...", "110 percent". After the first 600 repetitions, they cease to have any meaning.

[sniffa]

8. zzzzz

i know, i know.

the cLap part is aLso foLLowed by the rubbing of hands together.

now, Let's try to be proactive.

[immoderate]

16. "Sounds like a plan"

--IMM

[mark414]

9. what if i clap cause i'm excited i remembered something?

:shrug:

[sniffa]

11. maybe

that's borderLine/ok.

[mark414]

14. well i dont work in an office

and usually the clapping comes after i remembered where i left some weed or found a party to go to...:shrug:

[sniffa]

17. i cLap for weed aLL the time

but that's different

[mark414]

21. yeah thats what im sayin

*CLAP*

[tjwmason]

10. It's almost as if they're applauding themselves

Look at me, I'm a wonderful person and what I say is splendid. :puke:

Even worse (in my humblest possible opinion) are those who clap early at concerts so that one can't actually hear the end of the music. But then I think that anybody who makes noise during concerts (apart from the actual performers) should be dragged on stage and shot immediately.

[immoderate]

18. Jazz is the exception.

Good jazz fans applaud a good solo.

--IMM

[tjwmason]

22. Absolutely

It's definitely more a classical music thing. The applause in jazz punctuates throughout the piece following the various improvisations.

Applause in classical music should only begin after all sound has died away, the final few moments of music (and indeed the moment following the last note) frequently being the most sublime.

[immoderate]

23. Yeah. I hate it when people applaud between movements.

Does that sound right?

--IMM

[sniffa]

24. i cLap after having a movement

sometimes, it's a Lot of work.

[immoderate]

26. My parents tell me I used to say "Adda boy"

when I was being toilet trained.

--IMM

[kick-ass-bob]

28. LOL!!!

Fuckin A, man! don't you know I'm at work?

:7

[sniffa]

29. sorry about that

um, i have nothing witty to add.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. Except In "Catcher In The Rye"

Remember how Holden got really upset in the jazz club when people clapped at the wrong parts? That makes me mad too!

People will hear the solo and clap when it's over, but they missed, for instance, the incredibly drumming that just happened under the piano solo, or the interplay between the piano player and bassist when the sax player is playing.

The really cool parts are often the parts they weren't even listening to, and they clap anyway.

I don't remember a lot of that book, and i never cared that much for it, but that really stuck in my head.
The Professor

[immoderate]

31. I didn't read it, but I saw "Conspiracy Theory"

I'm spoiled. Grew up in NYC and was schooled at The Vanguard, Gate, Slug's, Five-Spot, Half-Note, Metropole.

Half the audience were musicians and the other half were jazz critics. My childhood ambition (after tap dancer) was to be a reviewer for Downbeat Magazine.

--IMM

[DS1]

12. I - clap -dentical

/My Cousin Vinny

[sniffa]

15. yeah, Like that

i think i'm gonna go jab him with a pen.

[Debi]

13. I do the thumbs up when I talk...

drives me nuts, I'm such a damn cheerleader. (and it's hereditary...my son does the okay sign)

I'm in hell :thumbsup:

[redqueen]

19. Yeah, that's pretty lame.

I always think they must feel pretty uncomfortable speaking to people if they have to clap their hands to wrap up the conversation.

[Lautremont]

20. I hate it when they clap your ears.

It makes the point, sure, but it hurts.

[petronius]

25. It probably comes out of some lame 'team-building' idea

the clap is supposed to make you think of football players leaving the huddle or something like that. (The subsequent hand-rubbing is just an unconscious expression of pure soul-sucking evil...)

(edit - typo)

[Bouncy Ball]

30. What about people who slap their legs when they are laughing?

I do that.

[StopTheMorans]

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[kick-ass-bob]

33. where you been, moran?

*clap*

[StopTheMorans]

35. *clap* hey KAB! been down in clearwater beach with the squeeze for

a week drinking my face off and working on a tan. good to be back *clap* :hi:

[Left Is Write]

34. Ick. I hate that too.