# A Philosophical Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233 "2005-09-12T13:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/41 "2005-09-12T17:11:26Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Thanks for the update. Sounds like a pretty good week. How did **VunderWife** ’s surgery go? I’m married to a loser… \ weight loss humor. Today is day 7. She went through surgery itself just fine, with an issue about scar tissue in her lower abdomen from a botched c-section prevalent, but a non-issue. Her lupus stirred in the hospital, but was knocked back quickly. She came home Thursday, and was in bed until Saturday, when I was eeeeevil and made her get up to do something (activity, that is). Her big problem is she had to go cold turkey on her arthritis meds, and movement hurts. Can’t resume those until she’s a month out… ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/42 "2005-09-12T17:12:43Z")
Eating tootsie rolls is like taking a shower with a raincoat on. (I know there are other things, or at least one other thing, that is like taking a shower with a raincoat. Get yer minds out of the gutter ya pervs) Anyway, iffen I want to eat chocolate, I eat **chocolate** , not something that sorta kinda tastes like chocolate. I’m grumpy this morning. They make almond M&Ms? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/43 "2005-09-12T17:16:56Z")
> [@miamouse](#): > > Everyone knows that the tootsie rolls are just there to fill out the halloween goodie bags when you run out of the good stuff. No, that’s what _suckers_ are for. That and the cheap knockoff tootsie rolls wrapped in orange and black halloween paper. Tootsie rolls are the good stuff and get eaten right after the chocolate bars and the soda pop (if you are lucky enough to score that). ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/44 "2005-09-12T17:20:59Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > **Daithi** , those little midgies are the ones I was talking about. I’ve only seen 'em round Halloween time, though. Never at some random interval in between. > > **Ashes** , I think those sticky pops are Rocket Pops or Astro Pops or something. Never really appealed to me before, but now I know how adhesive they are, I’ll stay away. **Scout** , I completely missed your post! I’m going to have to keep my eyes open at the penny-candy store in the mall here and see if they’re just a seasonal thing. Not that I hang out at the candy store or anything. So I’ve memorized it’s exact location and I know how many paces it takes to get there from where I usually park, so what? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/45 "2005-09-12T17:41:50Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > **Tupug** , you don’t make an exception for PB fudge? > > I mean, it’s okay if you don’t, because then that means MORE FOR ME!!! The PB fudge is all yours, **scout**. See, I dole out caloric allotments to foods very stingily and do not waste them on things I like less that chocolate or oh, vodka. Chocolate martinis are the bomb! Jake, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/46 "2005-09-12T17:48:03Z")
Excellent. I shall donate my martini allotment to you (I prefer 'em dirty, but never have had a chocolate one) since I prefer to chew my calories. What an arrangement! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/47 "2005-09-12T18:07:12Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > She came home Thursday, and was in bed until Saturday, when I was eeeeevil and made her get up to do something (activity, that is). > > Her big problem is she had to go cold turkey on her arthritis meds, and movement hurts. Can’t resume those until she’s a month out… Yuck, that sounds painful. Tell her we’re thinking of her. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/48 "2005-09-12T18:25:38Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Excellent. I shall donate my martini allotment to you (I prefer 'em dirty, but never have had a chocolate one) since I prefer to chew my calories. What an arrangement! And you can have my martinis too, **Tuppy**. I think they are the most vile substance on Earth. Especially the dirty ones. **VBob** does **VunderVife** have a lupus doctor around here? My girlfriend’s doctor is basically in denial about the possibility of her (my GF) actaully having the disease, and we’d really like to talk to someone with a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/49 "2005-09-12T18:52:26Z")
In no particular order: > [@Swampbear](#): > > Yep, I get paid for being nosy. So that “Do what you love and the money will follow” thing is actually good advice and not BS? Huh. **MagicEyes** , **Ellen** feels like chopped liver because **Swampy** is going to Ohio, not KY. \ Although I have it on good authority he likes Astroglide better. **Bumba** , yes, they make almond M&Ms and they’re really good. They’re not always easy to find, however. Yum, Chik-a-sticks. You can sometimes find them 10-for-a-buck here at the dollar stores. I don’t like those pointy Astro pops. No real flavor, way to glue-y, and you could put someone’s eye out with those things! Not a huge lollipop/sucker fan anyway, unless you count Blow Pops. I love Blow Pops. I also like Tootsie Rolls, big or small. If you look, you can find bags of the Midgies year-round, **Scout**. I’ve even seen them at the dollar store. Dollar stores are a good place to pick up penny candy, now that I think about it. I guess that should have been obvious. You know, in truth, I don’t even buy that much candy. Ice cream is my weakness. Didn’t do much this weekend, although I had all sorts of good intentions. But we all know about good intentions, don’t we? I really need to do a thorough purge of my closet, the kitchen floor needs mopping, the dishes need doing, and if I don’t get those chicken breasts cooked tonight they’re going to go bad. Oh, yeah, and the windows need washing. I need to borrow some of **Lissla’s** husbands and/or daughters or something. Ok. Back to work with me. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/50 "2005-09-12T18:56:42Z")
I am in agony. I bent over in my chair to move my purse from one spot to another and felt a TWAAAAAANG and a shudder through my lower back. It took me five minutes to stand up, because by God, I couldn’t. I was squeezing tears through every orifice. Finally, I managed to stand up straight. I needed to use the restroom in the worst way, but every two steps my back would spasm and it was all I could do to not fall on the floor. I finally made it the bathroom, but that was utter agony too. I finally made it back to my office, where I didn’t shut the door because I was in so much pain. I grabbed my little cube wall and without even thinking where I was, uttered “Oh FUCK, jeeezus. This hurts!” One of my co-workers heard me. I rarely used the F word, but my god, I was in such pain. I’m still in pain and an hour later, have managed to sit down, but I don’t know if I’m going to be able to get up. I took some ibuprofen in hopes I get loosened up, but if this doesn’t clear up I’m gonna be in a world of hurt. Another one of my co-workers came in and upon finding out what happened to me, told me I have OWS. OLD WOMAN SYNDROME. Forty one isn’t old, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/51 "2005-09-12T18:58:54Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > So **Mr Swampbear Dear** when are you coming to Kentucky, and where are you going. Kentucky Dopers want to know!! (You can email me if you’re feeling shy!) **swampy??** \*SHY??? \* How long have you been posting here?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/52 "2005-09-12T19:02:24Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > **VBob** does **VunderVife** have a lupus doctor around here? My girlfriend’s doctor is basically in denial about the possibility of her (my GF) actaully having the disease, and we’d really like to talk to someone with a clue. The specialist that treats lupus is a rheumatologist, and even then you have to find someone with a lupus practice. Her guy is somewhere here on the peninsula, but I don’t remember his name. I can repost tonight. ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/53 "2005-09-12T19:26:06Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > No, that’s what _suckers_ are for. That and the cheap knockoff tootsie rolls wrapped in orange and black halloween paper. Tootsie rolls are the good stuff and get eaten right after the chocolate bars and the soda pop (if you are lucky enough to score that). Right. Gotcha. But I like the suckers better. You can have all the tootsie rolls after I’ve stolen the good stuff from my kids Halloween Candy. **Elysian** , They were the raspberries that we picked as a kids at my grandma’s house. Picking them was my fun. So he not only got the riot act from me, he gets it from Oma at every Christmas and holiday. Mostly in a “Mr. mouse, did you know that we used to have a raspberry patch back here?” type voice. And he has to tell her all over again how he cut them down. I’m not convinced that she’s not faking the senilic (sp? word?) moment. I can buy a bunch at the supermarket and try again, but I’m not sure that I have room in the yard, plus the kids might stage a mutiny if I throw out their swingset. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/54 "2005-09-12T19:39:30Z")
**Taters,** I hope your back feels better! If your back is going to go out, it should do it at home, so you can lay down in your nice comfy bed. I used to have back problems, so I started going to a physical therapist, and there was a massage therapist at the clinic, too, so I got massages, and that was really nice. I’d be much more relaxed if I could get weekly massages. OWS. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/55 "2005-09-12T19:52:45Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > The specialist that treats lupus is a rheumatologist, and even then you have to find someone with a lupus practice. Her guy is somewhere here on the peninsula, but I don’t remember his name. I can repost tonight. E-mail is fine, if you don’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/56 "2005-09-12T19:57:02Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **swampy??** \*SHY??? \* How long have you been posting here?!?!? That thar’s what we in Kaintuck calls _sarcasm_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/57 "2005-09-12T20:00:02Z")
**taters** , ☹ You should probably be treating that with muscle relaxers or some such if you are spasming. Sending good vibes your way. **winnie** , you just reminded me that I forgot to toot my own horn earlier. I actually reorganized my pantry all by myself yesterday…mainly cause there wasn’t any room to put away the stuff I bought on Saturday. 😃 After that I reorganized my spice cabinets. (I have a lot of spices.) They are actually all alphabetical now. (No, it is not anal…I can find what I want right away instead of spinning and spinning and spinning the little carousel. Like I said, I have a lot of spices.) I think **lissla** is a good influence on me. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/58 "2005-09-12T20:14:04Z")
I can’t believe I forgot to tell all about my good deed this weekend. Well, my and some friends’ good deed. See, yesterday was a friend’s 50th bday. Since that has turned into a real sucky day to have a bday, he has not allowed any celebration in four years. Well, see, I did mention I was a bachelor over the weekend didn’t I? ACBG went over to the home place in West Alabammy Thursday and is gettin’ back in tonight. Ok, well, anyways, my friend decided, with some amount of persuasion that we could have a celebration, cause after all you don’t do the big 5-0 but once. So, we had a nice little dinner party at some friends’ (the above mentioned ones) Saturday night. I brought the cake. It was a DQ ice cream cake cause I know the bday boy happens to be right fond of 'em. It was a nice evening and he was all sorts of appreciative. So, we talked him into going and having lunch yesterday at Logan’s Road House, which is a yummy place and a place he likes. As i said he was really appreciative that his friends wanted to note this err… umm… milestone in his life even though Sept. 11 has become one of the suckiest of days to have a bday. I even had a card for him from ACBG cause he’s all nice like that and wanted to do something too. We gave him a gift certificate for a massage cause that’s always a good thing to get. **Rue** if you’re out there, what’s the chances of gettin’ to say howdy while I am in the greater Cincinnati area? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/59 "2005-09-12T20:38:07Z")
In keeping with the MMP food-centric tradition, I need to tell you that I’ve got a big pot of veggie beef soup bubbling on the stove. I also need to tell you that I make _goooooooooood_ soups. Further, I need to mention that if any of you lived near me, you’d be invited to dinner. But you don’t so you’re not. And Tootsie Rolls are good. Not as good as real chocolate, but good nonetheless. And I also find the big ones taste better than the little ones - It must have something to do with the processing. I know real chocolate has temper - if you process it too hard or too hot, it produces a lesser quality chocolate. I know that because my sweetie did a little work for a chocolate manufacturer once. No, I didn’t get any free samples… ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233/60 "2005-09-12T20:45:28Z")
“Real chocolate has temper” I’m sure there’s a joke or a pun in there somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-philosophical-question/321233.md?page=4)