What's mildly irritating you today?

[Carruthers]

I don't think this qualifies as my bum being scorched or my groove being stoned, or whatever the phrases are, so I'll have to content myself with being mildly irritated.

I've lost count of the number of times I have recently received a phone call supposedly from Amazon's security department.

It's the usual spiel with the caller announcing his or her name followed by a kind enquiry as to my state of health and general well being.

In a moment of annoyance the phrase 'bunch of crooks' passed my lips.

There may also have been a rather immoderate qualifying adjective before those few words.

Gentle reader, I will spare you the gruesome details.