Here is my list of annoyances:

- You can't view any information about a sim when they're at work or school.
- Musical chairs when eating. This extends to beds, too. EVERYONE SHOULD SLEEP AND NAP IN THEIR OWN BEDS, DAMNIT.
- Too much talking while eating.
- Please stop stalking people while eating.
- Consistently walking in on someone who is in one bathroom when there are at least three other bathrooms to choose from.
- Last name does not change upon marriage.
- Someone said that their Sims will skill/watch tv/game until they drop. Mine seem to have ADHD. They refuse to focus on a given task (watching tv, skilling, etc) and instead run off to do something else... like read that romance novel for the hundredth time. I have to micromanage to keep them going. This seems not to apply to certain things like cooking, the chess table, and painting. ADHD extends to reading books for pleasure as well. My sims like to read for 3.5 seconds before putting the book down. Rinse and repeat.
- Speaking of books. Would it be so damned hard to put the book up when you're done reading it? My sims will consistently walk into the kitchen to drop the book on the table where it will stay, for all eternity, until directed to put it up.
- Sims refuse to pick up certain dishes and wash them -- they must be dragged by the player to the sink or clicked on individually. Also, no dishwashers? I want them back, please.
- Less queue-stomping. I'm getting really tired of them doing something sensible by themselves and then having it dropped from their actions because I tried to line up another.
- WAY too many old people and people who are on their way to being old. Seriously. My game is filled with old people and people who are three days from being an elder.
- Is it just me, or are the multiple birth odds really high? In two different saves, both of my girls sims had NATURAL TWINS on the first go -- and no one had the fertility boost. I certainly don't have a mod installed for higher twin chances, either -- I don't even think one exists right now.
- The. Jingles. For. Every. Freaking. Thing. Did your sim pee? JINGLE! Did they find a shiny? JINGLE! STOP WITH THE MUSIC.
- More careers. How many careers do we have? Eight? I think even TS2 basegame had more careers than TS4. I'm getting really sick of seeing those same careers over and over and over...

That's pretty much it for now. I'll add more if I think of any.

Since you were the first to suggest it, Parrot, then you will be the one to start February's FUBAR thread. 

Thanks, Minena! *kidnaps the seriously cute male sim and drops him into a midst of squeeing sim girlies*

If you look at the girl, it kinda looks like she's in a strong wind, hanging onto those flowers in the background for dear life.

Imagine the scarring for the child if the parents had decided to autonomously woo-hoo, as I've had several sims do before!

Minena, that sim guy of yours is pretty cute - is he available for kidnapping?

Here's a question, though: Because M&G stuff is technically a mini-expansion, wouldn't houses built with M&G become unusable for those who don't have the M&G stuff pack? As I read it, M&G is considered a mini-expansion because of the new building cheat. I hope they're compatible.

@leaths - It's a very nice house and I do love the way you have the staircase! And the green only adds to the very earthy/homey feel of your house.

Wow, realmscat, that's a really nice house! My only thing would be the master bedroom -- the rest of the house is so colorful, why the stark white bedroom?

Very nice houses, PearlRose and Bliss!

I never understood why it was called a jack-and-jill bath.  It's a common term that I've seen used in architecture to describe the bedroom/bath/bedroom set up. I've also seen them called teen suites or jack-and-jill suites on a couple of sites I visit frequently. What can I say? I like lurking on house plan websites.

Just imagine when they are teenagers if they share a bathroom like that.
"Mo-o-o-m! Jill is hogging my bathroom again! She's been in there for, like, three hours already!" 

Is it still a jack-and-jill suite/bathroom is the people sharing it are both girls? Or would it be called a jill-and-jill suite?

"Ow, my eye! Oh, well... at least it gives me a good excuse to wear a sexy eyepatch and say 'ARRRR' to everybody..."

Curry and really, really, really spicy chili. And apparently, great woohoo.

Imagine the warning labels on the sheet packaging. "Warning, is known to be flammable around spicy chili, curry, and sweet, sweet love!"

@eenaleor - I suggest you spend a little more time in chat rooms and read up on what is known as "joking" on the internet. Please note that there is a "cheesy" emoticon at the end of my post to Zazazu, indicating that I knew she was not the creator of the "Rebel" earrings. This indicates that I simply wished to tease her about her comment. Please also note that I did not say, "O, wows, u mad tat. Sucktastic," but rather asked if she were admitting to making it. Again, intended as a joke. I hope this was sufficiently simple enough for you to understand.

@Pescado - I think we have a case of "Babby adopted by wolves" or at the very least, early genetic werewolf-ism. 

@Exiled - Yes, videos count. What's more fun looking at a picture of the Sims 2 and its FUBARedness? Watching the Sims 2 and its FUBARedness.

@ElenaRoan - ROFFLE. That is all.

@Crunk -  Wow. Invisible hill, maybe?

@Minena -  That. Is. So. Beautiful. Yoinkage is imminent!

@Jim - Thanks. I'm glad that you like it and glad to know someone else besides me absolutely hates that tiger wallpaper.  I wouldn't say that I exactly hate the frilly curtains, but I do think that they stick out too far from the wall. But I am also a girly girl. Anything frilly is fine by me. I guess next time if I want to shake up my style (because I always seem to do country style houses) I'll go for Victorian or city-style.

@witch - Lol at "fiddly bits." I know what you mean, though. That's why I scrapped my first version of the house; it just wasn't turning out the way I had hoped it would. I love your castle, though, it's very modern castle-ish with a wonderful color scheme. 

Thank you, Tsarina, for making me the next FUBAR thread starter. 

Let's say you are enjoying your game. More particularly, you are enjoying the company of your favorite sim. They have just come home from work, and you are expecting them to bring home a promotion. All their skills have been earned, they went to work in a good mood, and you had no chance cards to answer. They have gone to work religiously and they are always on time. However, when they get home, they get a demotion! You take a snapshot...

And you post it here. Where else would you post it?

This month's MFTY revolves around finding the worst gameplay glitches evar! Like last month, the photos that you post can be yours from your own game, or something that you find on the internet. However, they may not be official bloopers, or they will be disqualified.

So, here's my picture, found on some random site. I had tons of pictures from my game, but I'm beginning to suspect that my game is ashamed of itself, as all of the glitch pictures I take keep disappearing...



This is disqualified since it is an official blooper, but I thought it was hilarious anyway.

Everyone's anatomical glitch pictures are awesome. When are we going to start a More FUBAR Than You for January?

I finally finished my house of faill. As I stated before, I had two versions going; this is the second version. The first version was scrapped, because in my opinion it was rather... er... well, it was even more fail than the original house. I tried to shake things up a bit in my decorating, and I hope I succeeded. I, as always, appreciate any comments that you have to make about my house.

I have stolen borrowed several elements from other houses that I have seen here, because they were cool. 

I have all EPs/SPs (including holiday) and the lot has been packaged and scanned with Clean Installer. Please scan it again, though.

The house contains three bedrooms with attached baths, two balconies, a "public" bathroom, and a library which can be renovated into another bedroom. It also houses a lovely sun porch big enough for entertaining and a nice front patio with reflecting pool and landscaped areas surrounding it. There is also a spacious kitchen with a breakfast bar and a formal dining room which can be locked to deny access to those nosy neighbors.

Front close up


Living room



Kitchen


Formal dining room


Library


Sun porch and patio



Hallway


Guest room


Kid's room


Master bedroom and bathroom



Back of the house


Aerial view of the first and second floor



And, of course, the download link.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=af7da9293f7a2857d2db6fb9a8902bda

@Zazazu - Are you saying that you made the "Rebel" earring-tat? 

@Kyna - that accessory that Insanity Prelude posted is in fact a pair of earrings. If you look closely, you can see a little black line extending onto the earlobe and then a little silver dot above it that appears to actually enter the ear canal. It (the mesh or the recolor, whichever it is) is placed a little too high to appear as if it actually hangs like the dangle-y earring it is supposed to be.

@Celinor - Creepy. Really creepy. Though, I suppose having two sets of ears would have its advantages... 

Don't they mean the left side? Unless the image is flipped, there is no way that is the left side of the model's face.

Everyone's houses look really good this month. I'm still working on mine, and I've got two versions going. I'm not sure I like either very much, though. It's a very challenging house to work with. When I finish off my versions, I'll post them. In the mean time, here's a picture of the front of my second version of the house.

*star_lady mocks Insanity Prelude* 

It's alright, I can tell you what your starting Str/Dex/Int/Luck needs to be to take your first job in Maplestory. 

@Kazzandra - I thought of that story too when I saw the "neckerchief" ribbon. I read it in a "scary ghost" story book. Gave me nightmares for weeks on end after reading that one.

@Crunk - Those nails scare me. Especially the beads. They scream, "Piss me off and I will stab you with my 8 inch acrylic nails and then teabag you with the baubles that hang from them!"

@PirateFaafy - Well, at least his face doesn't look like this:

I found this lady at MTS2. Granted, the skin edit and the hair recolors are well done and she looks nice from the front. But any side is a bad side for her! I know it doesn't qualify, but since we're also on the subject of crazy mouths and such, I thought I'd share. However, I did find an odd accessory. It's not so much the.. er... claws as it is the wild colors that kind of made me go, "WTF?". I found it at MTS2 as well. Here it is:

My befuddled mind thanks you, witch.  My renovations to 1097 have begun, so, hopefully I'll be posting it later on. After dinner or some such thing like that.