I'm compiling a historical catalog of pet peeves, from antiquity to the distant future.
"It really bugs me when I have to wait for my boss while he spends ten years sailing around the Mediterranean."
"I get so frustrated when my employee drags me HALFWAY ACROSS THE QUEENSBORO BRIDGE (9,6) just to see an old lighthouse."
"I get really ticked off whenever my employee gets lost on our spacefaring VESSEL (4)."
"It just drives me up the wall, the way my boss will ditch a dreamboat like Kyle MacLachlan and then marry her divorce lawyer."
"The worst thing is when my boss refers to himself as 'Theodore K. Mullins.'"
"I'm sick and tired of my employee using the wrong STRESS (8) when listing his roles, e.g. 'Oli-VER Twist' or 'Ivan-HOE' or 'Qua-SI-modo.'"
"It really irritates me whenever my boss has to deal with Mister Mxyzptlk."
"I can't stand how my employee relies on RATIONAL, UNEMOTIONAL REASONING (5)."
"What really grinds my gears is when my employee interrupts me while I'm deciphering, E.G., A SERIES OF DANCING MEN (4)."
"I get so mad when my boss insists he needs an 'emotion chip' to feel any empathy toward me."
"It drives me crazy whenever my employee is distracted by a THIEVING BIRD (6)."
"I want to gag whenever my boss tries to play a violin and smoke a pipe at the same time."
"I hate how my employee reminds me of MY ROOMMATE NICK'S EX (8)."
"I really wish my boss wouldn't ignore me while I re-enact great works of literature."
Answer Checker:
Hints: These "employees" and "bosses" are really......fictional pets and their owners.One of them is from the TV show "Wishbone."Another is from "Sex and the City."To match them all up, you'll have to notice that the enumerations included in the owners' clues match up with the pets' names.Each pet's name should have one same letter in the same position in common with each owner's clue.Then you have to put these names in chronological order.