# And a bitchy New Year - January 2012 minirants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003 "2012-01-01T02:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/21 "2012-01-01T06:05:13Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > (raises a glass in \*\*curlcoat’s \*\*general direction) - clink! \* ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/22 "2012-01-01T06:07:32Z")
A much better 2012 for all of us. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/23 "2012-01-01T06:11:07Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > A much better 2012 for all of us. Have a happy new year **Chimera** ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/24 "2012-01-01T06:12:14Z")
You too. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/25 "2012-01-01T06:23:26Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > It’s not fucking 2012 yet you stupid bastard! > > 😉 Yeah, couldn’t ya wait until it was 2012 for all of us? I’m _still_ stuck behind in 2011 for crissakes. > [@Elza\_B](#): > > You’re thinking of North Dakota. Have you ever actually _met_ anyone from North Dakota? Hey, don’t be disrespecting ND. If it wasn’t for North Dakota I wouldn’t be here. I’ve got a grandparent- one from each side, my mom’s dad and dad’s mom, that were born in that state. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/26 "2012-01-01T06:25:29Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > You too. Thanks! Here, have some virtual champagne - I won’t be sharing my pain pills tho! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/27 "2012-01-01T06:27:39Z")
Alcohol + pain pills? Careful there, **curlcoat!** ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/28 "2012-01-01T06:52:17Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > Alcohol + pain pills? Careful there, **curlcoat!** Oh, I won’t be mixing those tonite - we have enough champagne that I won’t need the pain pills 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/29 "2012-01-01T07:19:58Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I met someone from Delaware once. I stared at her like she was unicorn or some other mythical creature. I’ve been to Dover, Delaware many times. Not a white cliff to be seen. I feel ripped off. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/30 "2012-01-01T07:21:20Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > A much better 2012 for all of us. Amen. I know I need this 2012 to be better than the last one. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/31 "2012-01-01T07:43:27Z")
OMG - Dick Clark looks like _shit_. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/32 "2012-01-01T07:46:45Z")
All right, motherfucker! What makes you think that you have the right to come snooping around my house at two o’ fucking clock in the fucking morning?! Do you think that I own anything that’s worth the prison sentence you’ll serve?! I don’t, and I don’t care about any of the material goods in my house, carport, or driveway… but you don’t mess with my family or my peace of mind! I hope you enjoy starting your new year in the confines of the county jail, because from what I could hear of the radio traffic from the responding officer’s car, it sounded like another officer already had you detained for questioning by the time I finished making my report. (Here’s a clue: in a small town like this one, walking/running through a quiet residential neighborhood while dressed all in black at 2 am is apt to get you some second glances from the local constabulary. Especially when the responding officers realize that you scared the daylights out of the pregnant wife of a fellow cop, and that the rest of the neighborhood consists of mostly retirees/someone’s grandparents.) Also, Self? Yelling at the guy? Sure, it scared him off, but if he’d been armed, you’d have been screwed. Need better plan next time… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/33 "2012-01-01T08:28:09Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > Alcohol + pain pills? Careful there, **curlcoat!** The Breakfast of Champions. **Curl** , when did you become fun? 😃 ETA: I never was. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/34 "2012-01-01T09:48:40Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > It’s not fucking 2012 yet you stupid bastard! > > 😉 Excuse me! Since I’m female and also one of only three people allowed to question my mother’s sexual mores, that’s “you stupid bitch.” Insult me right, dude! 😛 Delaware exists, I’ve been there. Or maybe, since Spain doesn’t exist, I haven’t. Is it too early in the year for existential questions? ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/35 "2012-01-01T10:03:47Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’ve been to Dover, Delaware many times. Not a white cliff to be seen. I feel ripped off. I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a joke about the Pros from Dover here, but I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/36 "2012-01-01T13:09:31Z")
This really should be a rant all its own, but I’m too tired to work up the vitriol to make a decent pit. Fuck my landlord for being a cheap ass and not paying the garbage bill. Our community dumpster has been filled to capacity since the 21st and hasn’t been emptied yet. Everyone in the trailer park has multiple bags of garbage sitting on porches or in front of trailers since we have no where else to put them. The place is looking worse than ever now, and it is really starting to stink. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/37 "2012-01-01T14:35:50Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > Fuck my landlord for being a cheap ass and not paying the garbage bill. Don’t know where you are, but around here enrollment and payment of the bill is required by law by most municipalities. It could possibly be a civil citation against him for not keeping it current. Sounds like it’s time to inquire with your city or county. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/38 "2012-01-01T14:39:16Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > that’s “you stupid bitch.” Insult me right, dude! 😛 I know it is common to refer to men as Bastards and Women as Bitches, but the definition of the word is not sexist. > **[Bastard Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary](https://www.yourdictionary.com/bastard)** > > Bastard definition: A person born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate child. Bastard A bastard is someone whose parents did not marry or is something that has been changed or is not normal. In slang, a bastard is also someone who people do not like. (noun) 1.An example of a bastard is a child who does not know her father. 2.An example of something that can be referred to as a bastard is a song that has been poorly remade. 3.An example of someone who may be called a bastard is someone who routinely bullies others. First example refers to a female. So you’re a bastard, you bitch! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/39 "2012-01-01T16:29:26Z")
Hey, “SyFy” channel: when airing a black-and-white show, it might be a really good idea to display your little trivia snippets in a color other than white. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/40 "2012-01-01T16:43:45Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Hey, “SyFy” channel: when airing a black-and-white show, it might be a really good idea to display your little trivia snippets in a color other than white. I’d like this asswipe of network to let people know if the last episode of the season (See: Sanctuary, Season 4, Episode 13, which aired this past Friday night) is the last episode of the series, period. No renewal, no mention of the next season, and the last episode, while it could pass as a finale, left WAY too many fucking questions open. The only hope is that the shows that have been canceled recently have had their cancellations announced prior to the end of the season, but I don’t trust the execs at SyFy further can I can kick them in the 'nads. Sanctuary has a huge online following, but so did Stargate Universe. It’s the only non-reality or paranormal show that I have left on the damn network. SyFy - fucking up my Friday Night Geek Nights since 2005. I’d also like to Pit my mother, who calls bright and early at 9 AM because she’s going to Wal-Mart and then coming over here to pick up a gift card. It’s New Year’s Day! Yes, I’m home with the kid and it’s not like we partied last night, but good lord, woman, RELAX for a little while! Don’t ask if I’m awake when you call, either - I am NOT a morning person, and you know that. Even if I’ve been up for two hours, I still sound like I just woke up. I’ve been your daughter for 36 years now. You should be used to this shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003.md?page=3)