# A-gust of fresh mini rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582 "2014-08-01T16:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/361 "2014-08-29T22:54:42Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > And fuck Hello Kitty too for that matter. Ooooo, kinky! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/362 "2014-08-29T23:17:26Z")
Online concert ticket ordering systems that give you a fricking time limit during which to complete your order can go do themselves. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/363 "2014-08-30T02:15:00Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Wordpad is annoying me. It apparently can’t decide whether the word “Colonel” should take up one tab stop or two, because each time I open the file, the next column has been shifted out of position. I can resolve this problem, but I shouldn’t have to. Promote him to General. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/364 "2014-08-30T14:49:19Z")
BEES! My poor little dog, who is about the size of a cat, got stung in the groin eight times today when he lifted his leg on a nest of ground bees. The nest - we walk by the tree every day, and I didn’t see it yesterday. I’m so aggravated. It’s on the devilstrip (yeah, I’m from Akron,) in front of a neighbor’s house. How do people not notice these things in their yard? If I don’t see my neighbor soon, I’m going to call the city. Poor Sancho just got back from the vet with a massive cortisone shot. Hopefully he’ll feel better soon. He didn’t want to come upstairs with me even though I brought home MacDonalds. Sancho at the Groomers recently [![](https://i.imgur.com/OMcRUnV.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/OMcRUnV.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/365 "2014-08-30T15:54:29Z")
Aww, your Sancho is a cutie. Is that a poodle mix? Sorry he got stung in such an, ah, sensitive area. ETA: what is a devil strip? I appear to be running out of money before I run out of month. Specifically, I get paid a few days after my rent is late, and while I have _some_ money, it’s not enough for a full rent check. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/366 "2014-08-30T17:32:04Z")
The nutty professor strikes again. I had a project due that our printable schedule said was due today. I was working on it last night and finally got it finished about 11:15 pm. So I figured I’d just go ahead and submit it. Good thing I did. On the submissions page it said the project was due yesterday. I wonder how many people got caught out by that… Thank God I’m done with that class as of today. Fingers crossed I don’t run into this professor again. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/367 "2014-08-30T19:40:22Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Aww, your Sancho is a cutie. Is that a poodle mix? Sorry he got stung in such an, ah, sensitive area. > > ETA: what is a devil strip? > I appear to be running out of money before I run out of month. Specifically, I get paid a few days after my rent is late, and while I have _some_ money, it’s not enough for a full rent check. Bah. As a renter myself, I sympathize with that, \*\* purplehorseshoe\*\*. I call it “having too much month left at the end of the money.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/368 "2014-08-30T20:01:42Z")
Compound words aren’t always correct. “Everyday” is not the same as “every day,” but what annoys me even more is when people use “apart” instead of “a part.” If you’re “a part of something,” or “apart of something,” those things almost mean the opposite of each other. And while we’re at it: Hey world, “crescendo” does NOT mean “climax.” It means _a build to_ a climax. This was especially annoying when I saw it in, of all places, a classical music review. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/369 "2014-08-30T20:07:01Z")
That may be the dirtiest post I’ve ever seen from you, EmilyG. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/370 "2014-08-30T20:16:50Z")
Why, 'cause I said “climax?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/371 "2014-08-30T21:23:11Z")
Huh-huh. Huh-huh. She said “climax.” Huh-huh. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/372 "2014-08-30T21:54:56Z")
Who the hell reads lowbrow fiction and gets her panties in a twist about things being improbable? I mean, really? You want to hear about “real” things, bitch? Go sit on a bench in the park. I’m not even telling you to read a newspaper cuz that shit ain’t real either. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/373 "2014-08-30T22:53:33Z")
Apparently one of the patrons of my local library is a jackass. I know this because s/he has written in the copy of _The Android’s Dream_ that I’ve checked out. Fortunately it’s in pencil, but still. Don’t write in books you don’t own! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/374 "2014-08-30T22:59:03Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Apparently one of the patrons of my local library is a jackass. I know this because s/he has written in the copy of _The Android’s Dream_ that I’ve checked out. Fortunately it’s in pencil, but still. Don’t write in books you don’t own! :mad: The worst was when I took a book out of my library and two of the pages were stuck together with\* gum\*. God, I hate gum. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/375 "2014-08-30T23:47:01Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Aww, your Sancho is a cutie. Is that a poodle mix? Sorry he got stung in such an, ah, sensitive area. Thanks! He is a poodle mix. He came from the pound and we’re not sure what the mix is. He’s such a great dog though - smart, friendly, easy to live with. I can’t imagine having any dogs but poodles from now on. But maybe I’ll get the taller sort so the bees can’t reach his badonkadonk. Bloody stupid bees. > [@](#): > > ETA: what is a devil strip? It’s that strip of grass between the sidewalk and street. It’s a regionalism. It’s what we call it here in NE Ohio. I don’t think anyone knows why. > [@](#): > > I appear to be running out of money before I run out of month. Specifically, I get paid a few days after my rent is late, and while I have _some_ money, it’s not enough for a full rent check. Bah. That’s so aggravating, isn’t it? And that’s always the time you need groceries and a tank of gas and you’ve run out of deodorant and laundry soap and the sink backs up. Hope you draw the Windfall card soon. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/376 "2014-08-31T00:54:20Z")
My husband decided to join me on a the diet. So he brought the grossest possible thing he could buy to kill his taste buds. Ladies and gentlemen. . . CAPPUCHINO POTATO CHIPS . . . my poor nose is still begging for mercy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/377 "2014-08-31T01:51:52Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > My husband decided to join me on a the diet. So he brought the grossest possible thing he could buy to kill his taste buds. Ladies and gentlemen. . . CAPPUCHINO POTATO CHIPS . . . my poor nose is still begging for mercy. Much as I love coffee, I took a pass on those. The Bacon Mac & Cheese ones were Meh too, but I like the Garlic Cheese flavored ones. ---
**Author:** ![Mom-of-Andrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@Mom-of-Andrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mom-of-Andrew)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/378 "2014-08-31T03:16:46Z")
Okay, Pop-of-Andrew, I know you have a high opinion of yourself. You do some work in the mental health arena and your working definition of narcissistic personality disorder is “anyone who’s ego is bigger than mine.” But to look at me today and say, “You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who treats you better than I do.”? Really? When you heard your best friend look at me and ask “How do you put up with him?” just last week? When your own mother said, “Well, bless his little heart,” when she was visiting and you called home at 8:45pm to tell me you needed something for a potluck at work the next day? \ When I merely smiled at the statement, you asked why. I mentioned one recent incident where you did the exact opposite of what I wanted, and you got all huffy. Dude, you asked. I don’t think we have a horrible marriage. I’m not planning on leaving. But you honestly think it would be difficult to find someone who treats me better than you do? Dream on, dear. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/379 "2014-08-31T03:40:08Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > And fuck Hello Kitty too for that matter. I know a guy whose doodles consist mostly of Hello Kitty being… violently dismembered, run over by a train, under the axe-pendulum, after the axe-pendulum has finished coming down… Do you have any special requests? It may take months, since I don’t see him often, but I could try. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582/380 "2014-08-31T04:14:41Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Much as I love coffee, I took a pass on those. The Bacon Mac & Cheese ones were Meh too, but I like the Garlic Cheese flavored ones. Those were from the last time Lay’s did that contest/promotion. And they won. Personally, I couldn’t find one I was willing to vote for this year. I had hopes for the wasabi and ginger one, but my latent dislike of kettle-cooked chips put the kibosh on it. And I refused to even taste the cappuccino. Potatoes infused with coffee? That’s one of the signs that I need to throw out the trash. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gust-of-fresh-mini-rants/694582.md?page=20)