# All Tricks, No Treats (October Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 30, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693 "2021-09-30T21:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/181 "2021-10-16T12:21:49Z")
My husband and I love each other’s farts. We often play duets. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/182 "2021-10-16T13:39:46Z")
There’s always Howard Stern. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/183 "2021-10-16T19:00:14Z")
Oh and this just in: My BP medication ( the one that worked well) causes cancer and has been recalled. I might need an attorney (and a new Dr.). [https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/lupin-pharmaceuticals-inc-issues-voluntarily-nationwide-recall-all-irbesartan-tablets-and-irbesartan](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/lupin-pharmaceuticals-inc-issues-voluntarily-nationwide-recall-all-irbesartan-tablets-and-irbesartan) > **[Blood Pressure And Fluid Retention Drugs Recalled Over Cancer Concerns](https://www.slashgear.com/blood-pressure-and-fluid-retention-drugs-recalled-over-cancer-concerns-15695360/?fbclid=IwAR3fMDsx56COWNebJgOkHCRVT00WbAg3Ydddg4HndzuEm4Fgl6TnjGRJJ_c)** > > The FDA has published a new recall advisory from Lupin Pharmaceuticals over two different drugs: Hydrochlorothiazide and Irbesartan. The company, which stopped marketing these particular… > **[Lupin Recalls Irbesartan & Hydrochlorothiazide/Irbesartan Tablets](https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/960937)** > > The voluntary nationwide recall was prompted by a possible impurity and affects all batches of the antihypertensive tablets. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/184 "2021-10-16T20:27:07Z")
Ordered a refill on a prescription on Wednesday. Just got back. Waited in line for at least 30 minutes to discover that they had none of my medication in my strength in stock, but one about 5 miles away did. So I went there and waited another half hour or so. They’re having trouble getting medications in. I guess I need to start the refill process at least 10 days early, and here’s hoping the insurance doesn’t balk at that. The woman behind me at the first pharmacy said that there are Walgreens in Delaware that have literally closed because they can’t get medications or pharmacy workers. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/185 "2021-10-16T20:39:05Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Oh and this just in: My BP medication ( the one that worked well) causes cancer and has been recalled. I might need an attorney (and a new Dr.). I feel for you. I used to take [ranitidine](https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-requests-removal-all-ranitidine-products-zantac-market) on a regular basis. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/186 "2021-10-16T20:48:08Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > See also: self check-out grocery lanes. If your only other choice was the blithering idiot at our QFC store, you would happily stand in line for two hours to use the self-checkout rather than have to listen to this moron blather on about stupid shit that nobody in their right mind wants to listen to. In particular, I don’t want to hear about his Filipina girlfriend who is just waiting for him to retire from being a cashier and move to her country where they will be so happy. Not that it’s impossible, but I saw this same scenario too many times in the military where some sad sack was sending his paycheck to his “fiancée”. And this guy is nobody’s dreamboat: balding, myopic, fat and stupid. Yeah, I’ll take self checkout every time, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/187 "2021-10-16T21:01:13Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > They’re having trouble getting medications in. I guess I need to start the refill process at least 10 days early, and here’s hoping the insurance doesn’t balk at that. The last time I went to refill my 1mg tacrolimus prescription, they were out of stock and offered to partially replace with .5mg until they got the 1mgs in. Kind of want to keep my not-so-new kidney, so I agreed. My insurance declined it. It _only_ took a full hour on the phone with my insurance company and the prescription servicer to retroactively approve. I’m still waiting for a check. Walgreens suggested I start requesting refills right when my insurance allows (10 days) just in case. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/188 "2021-10-16T21:36:33Z")
> Lupin Pharmaceuticals… I would fully expect their drugs to turn me into a werewolf. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/189 "2021-10-16T22:09:45Z")
Or Dennis Moore found a way to branch out. > **[Monty Python - Dennis Moore - video Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nrqgb)** > > Monty Python - Dennis Moore ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/190 "2021-10-16T22:19:59Z")
I had to re-caulk the bathtub today because the “new” caulk I used 2 weeks ago didn’t cure. Turns out the smaller tubes of caulk are in short supply this month, and the brand new tube I’d bought at Lowe’s was out-of-date stock (there was no decipherable date code). DAP is sending a big $5.48 refund, which is nice, because it’s barely worth my trouble to drive it back to the store I got it from. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/191 "2021-10-16T22:25:38Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I would fully expect their drugs to turn me into a werewolf. Well, that’d solve the whole cancer-thing, huh? ( I wonder if I’d be a good candidate. Well, except… I’d never be able to visit London… ) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/192 "2021-10-16T22:31:49Z")
From a documentary I saw a while ago, the transformations are more dramatic in London… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/193 "2021-10-16T23:17:46Z")
If you’re ever in SoHo, check out Lee Ho Fooks, I heard they hang out there. (And try the beef chow mein.) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/194 "2021-10-16T23:24:27Z")
Well… OK. But I draw the line at shopping at [Talbots](https://www.talbots.com/). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/195 "2021-10-17T01:51:48Z")
I had a prescription for bacitracin ointment for my leg wound. The pharmacist said they’re out or the Rx brand, but it’s available in the OTC aisle. Nope, there isn’t any. Had to go to two other stores to get the three tubes I need. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/196 "2021-10-17T14:33:46Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > > [@digs](#): > > > > I would fully expect their drugs to turn me into a werewolf. > > Well, that’d solve the whole cancer-thing, huh? > ( I wonder if I’d be a good candidate. Well, except… > > I’d never be able to visit London… ) Yes, but think how perfect your hair would be! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/197 "2021-10-18T03:03:22Z")
9 pm here in southern NM. 70 degrees, low of 53 expected overnight. Perfect weather for sleeping with the windows open. Except some stupid motherfucking asshole in the neighborhood decided that a low of 53 (at 6 am) means that they need to start up their fireplace right fucking now. Stinking up the entire area and making sleeping with the windows open much less enjoyable. One night I am going to walk around and find who is doing it, ring the doorbell, and then squeeze an entire family of skunks in their face, spraying them with skunk guts, piss, blood, and musk, and then shoving the entire pile of skunk into their front door. Because fuck them, that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/198 "2021-10-18T03:48:03Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > One night I am going to walk around and find who is doing it, ring the doorbell, and then squeeze an entire family of skunks in their face, spraying them with skunk guts, piss, blood, and musk, and then shoving the entire pile of skunk into their front door. Because fuck them, that’s why. Y’know, you can actually _buy_ the scent of skunk in liquid form. No need to hurt the innocent while irritating the guilty. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/199 "2021-10-18T04:18:59Z")
Maybe I’ll just squeeze them a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693/200 "2021-10-18T12:04:01Z")
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