# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/481 "2012-01-30T08:09:29Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Rantuary? Rant_ **r** _uary. šŸ˜‰ > [@Stelios](#): > > I pit absolutely fucking everything. As a newly minted non-smoker, I am struggling with a delightful smorgasbord of delicious withdrawal symptoms, the most prominent of which is a volcanic, borderline-psychotic, _what-the-fuck-are-YOU-lookinā€™-at- **CUNT?** _ hair-trigger temper. > > [ā€¦] > > Or maybe you feel disrespected in some way? Well let me tell you something, when Iā€™m forced to eat substandard food which has been allowed to grow tepid and unappetising just because youā€™re a fucking child who canā€™t bear the thought of people starting without you, I feel pretty Goddamned disrespected! The next time we go out (and you are still my friend, my transient nicotine-fuelled rage not withstanding) I shall conspire to direct the waitress to bring your food out a full twenty minutes before mine on every course. Iā€™ll make you wait every second of it. See how you like it. Prick. Quitting smoking tip: Remember to breathe. And I have to say, these companions of yours are a little strange. I am aware of the ā€œwaiting until everyone gets their foodā€ rule, but I have never in a million years had anyone actually take it all that seriously. Who wouldnā€™t let you eat your food? Nicotine-induced rage (or rather the lack thereof) or not? If it makes you feel any better, I wouldnā€™t know what to do in this situation either. Anyway, my mini rant is that I have a job interview tomorrow morning at 5:40 A.M. Itā€™s a phone interview and the other person is on the east coast, and I am on the west coast, but it seems this person took no consideration of the time zones. Ugh. Itā€™s for a good job, though, but still, itā€™s insane how early this is. ---
**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 30, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/482 "2012-01-30T11:00:53Z")
SCL, I accidentally saw that picture too. Horrifying doesnā€™t begin to do it justice. Poor dogā€¦ And little one still isnā€™t sleeping worth a damn. She finally was almost asleep at 3am, so my stupid German shepherd decided to start barking. I could have cried. Itā€™s now 6am Monday, Iā€™ve been awake since 8pm Saturday (2 hour nap then.) Iā€™m outside hiding on the porch because I just need to step away for a minute. Weā€™re both so sleepy that weā€™re irrational, and toddlers arenā€™t very rational to begin with! ---
**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:** [January 30, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/483 "2012-01-30T15:46:30Z")
The two college buddies I play Words With Friends with are both kicking my ass and making me feel teh stoopid. ā˜¹ \*\* doffs imaginary hat to **Stelios** ā€™s rant \*\* \*\* sends good thoughts to **SCL** s gall bladder \*\* \*\* sends thoughts of comfy pillows and sweet dreams to both **LM** and the non-sleeping toddler \*\* \*\* shudders about the dog/duct tape posting, reaches for brain bleach \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/484 "2012-01-30T16:31:58Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > The man just had his had his chest split open and his heart cut apart, not to mention the vein that was stripped from his leg. They should be thrilled that he will be back so soon, not **leaving me with contracts and what-not for him to look over when he wakes up**. (bolding mine.) Waitā€¦what? What the hell?! As you said, ā€œThe man just had his had his chest split open and his heart cut apartā€, and these people expect him to think about WORK?! What freakinā€™ planet do they live on? Iā€™d be saying, ā€œUm, no, heā€™s not gonna be worried about work for quite a while. You can take these back with you.ā€ Seriously, WTF. :mad: ---
**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:** [January 30, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/485 "2012-01-30T18:52:06Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Februbitchy. Thatā€™s what it will be. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Rantuary? > [@Avarie537](#): > > Februranty! > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Februranty Bitchuary! > [@RadicalPi](#): > > Rant_ **r** _uary. šŸ˜‰ ISTM that February sucks enough already that incorporating it into a rant-related portmanteau word is pretty superfluous. Why not just go with: **Fucking February, AGAIN!** ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/486 "2012-01-30T19:21:06Z")
How about, ā€œIs It Spring Yet?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/487 "2012-01-30T20:43:08Z")
I know, I just _know_ that one of my friends is cheating on Words With Friends. So far, heā€™s played the following words: Borages Duit Pis Kea Emf Now, I know full well that he doesnā€™t know what any of those words mean. I _could_ be wrong. Maybe he _is_ fully conversant with arcane Dutch currency (Duit) or Middle-Eastern horticulture (Borage). But he probably isnā€™t. I know the guy. His vocabulary is fine, but itā€™s not _that_ good. Heā€™s cheating. My quandry is this: Since I canā€™t prove mathematically that heā€™s cheating like a motherfucker, _but I know that he is_, should I cheat back? Or should I take the moral high ground and eke out the rest of the game making dogshit two letter words from my ever-changing stack of vowels? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/488 "2012-01-30T21:51:51Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > How about, ā€œIs It Spring Yet?ā€ It is in North Carolina. Iā€™d gladly trade you a week of spring for a week of winter. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/489 "2012-01-30T22:05:29Z")
Ok, so I had my eye exam today. My eyes are healthy, they just completely changed from being near sighted (most of my life) to being far sighted in that five day stretch. Iā€™m still kinda beside myself because damnit, I liked those glasses. Now theyā€™re useless to me. Funny thing was that she asked about the $5 reading glasses I bought from CVS, what were they. I said 2x. She said that is exactly what I need. Heh. I bought them almost three months ago for up close reading, now theyā€™re what I need for near vision. What an odd coincidence. Took longer to pay the bill than the entire exam. Fucking UHC. First it says Iā€™m eligible for an exam. Then it says Iā€™m not. Then it says the site is down for maintenace. So he calls them and they say no, because Iā€™ve allegedly had an exam at another store clear across town. Um, no I have not. Never been to that store. Finally they get it cleared and I get a chance to get out of there. And fuck me royally, but who on Gods Green Earth sells the plastic card sleeves for checkbooks and wallets? The one in my checkbook is old and ripped up and no longer holds any cards. Iā€™ve been to Walmart, Office Depot, Kohls and Target (the last two because thatā€™s where the manager at Office Depot told me to check) and NO ONE sells the damned things. I really hate the idea of on-line shopping for a cheap fucking piece of plastic. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/490 "2012-01-30T22:10:18Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > And fuck me royally, but who on Gods Green Earth sells the plastic card sleeves for checkbooks and wallets? The one in my checkbook is old and ripped up and no longer holds any cards. Iā€™ve been to Walmart, Office Depot, Kohls and Target (the last two because thatā€™s where the manager at Office Depot told me to check) and NO ONE sells the damned things. I really hate the idea of on-line shopping for a cheap fucking piece of plastic. Canā€™t tell you where to get a cheap plastic one, but mosey over to your local ARC Value Village and you can get a nice leather one for a few bucks. They are in with the ladiesā€™ purses. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/491 "2012-01-30T22:20:15Z")
I donā€™t want a wallet. I want the plastic card sleeves to go in the wallet. I found a set of 2 for $3.99 at Amazon. Iā€™ll see if I want to spend any more money than that. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/492 "2012-01-30T22:33:24Z")
I pit the Canadian Government. Iā€™ll admit that with our recent court decision my timing is poor but holy hell. Husband needs a security clearance and they have a crazy list of people that he needs to provide information on in order to get it. Including my mother and dead stepfather. I visited exactly once in the entire time they were married and havenā€™t spoken to my mother in 6 years but there is no option on the form to say ā€œnot a chance Iā€™m speaking to her to get this informationā€ and thus Iā€™m forced to quiz relatives who have quite nicely stayed out of our conflict in order to complete the form. Unfortunately itā€™s likely that none of them will be able to answer the questions about dead step father and thus Iā€™ll be forced to talk to her. Iā€™m SO unimpressed. On the plus side I was overdue for a call to my father and now Iā€™m not. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/493 "2012-01-30T22:39:23Z")
> [@Stelios](#): > > I know, I just _know_ that one of my friends is cheating on Words With Friends. So far, heā€™s played the following words: > > Borages > Duit > Pis > Kea > Emf Iā€™ve had a few friends try this. I bust them on it and then resign the game. > [@Chimera](#): > > I donā€™t want a wallet. I want the plastic card sleeves to go in the wallet. > > I found a set of 2 for $3.99 at Amazon. Iā€™ll see if I want to spend any more money than that. Iā€™ve always found the replacement sleeves stocked with the billfolds. Walmart, Sears, Dillards. Havenā€™t looked in a couple of years though so YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/494 "2012-01-30T23:21:57Z")
Canada: once again riding on the USā€™s coattails. Case in point: ā€œThe Bachelor CANADAā€. Joining the ranks of ā€œSo You Think You Can Dance CANADAā€, ā€œWho Wants to Be A Millionaire: CANADIAN EDITIONā€, ā€œCANADAā€™S Next Top Modelā€, ā€œProject Runway CANADAā€, etc. Why canā€™t Canada come up with itā€™s own ideas instead of ripping off American shows with the qualifier ā€œCanadaā€? :mad: PS: Iā€™m Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/495 "2012-01-30T23:51:03Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Why canā€™t Canada come up with itā€™s own ideas instead of ripping off American shows with the qualifier ā€œCanadaā€? :mad: > > PS: Iā€™m Canadian. Thatā€™s okay. Iā€™m pretty sure that most of them WE already ripped off from England or Australia or wherever. PS: Iā€™m American. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/496 "2012-01-31T00:07:59Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Boss on Sunday: Whatā€™s your eta on getting this done today? This project is Top Priority! Guess what I re-formatted three different ways today because the deadline changed again. I swear, I half expect Hawaiian shirt day - and then the prophecy will be complete. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/497 "2012-01-31T00:25:27Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I donā€™t want a wallet. I want the plastic card sleeves to go in the wallet. > > I found a set of 2 for $3.99 at Amazon. Iā€™ll see if I want to spend any more money than that. If youā€™re ripping them apart like that it might not hurt to have a backup spare anyway. šŸ˜‰ Highs in the 70s this week. WTF? Iā€™d like to start planting things but I just KNOW if I do weā€™ll get a late freeze and Iā€™ll lose everything and be all heartbroken, and if I donā€™t, it wonā€™t happen and Iā€™ll have lost my head start on the growing season before the summer heat and droughtā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/498 "2012-01-31T00:55:41Z")
> [@Stelios](#): > > \ My quandry is this: Since I canā€™t prove mathematically that heā€™s cheating like a motherfucker, _but I know that he is_, should I cheat back? Or should I take the moral high ground and eke out the rest of the game making dogshit two letter words from my ever-changing stack of vowels? Can you make words like, ā€œCheater,ā€ or, ā€œJerk,ā€ or, ā€œBusted?ā€ šŸ˜ƒ > [@Chimera](#): > > I donā€™t want a wallet. I want the plastic card sleeves to go in the wallet. > > I found a set of 2 for $3.99 at Amazon. Iā€™ll see if I want to spend any more money than that. I have a nice leather wallet that has un-removable plastic card sleeves - theyā€™ve been getting wrecked for a while now, and when theyā€™re through, so is the wallet, in spite of it still being in great condition. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/499 "2012-01-31T02:06:25Z")
I just chucked my old crockpot. I came home from work expecting to find beef stew happily bubbling away. Instead I get charcoal. It shouldā€™ve still had another couple hours of cook time. And yes, I had it on the right setting! This is the second time Iā€™ve had this happen. It was 15+ years old, so I guess it had a good run. Still, I was pissed about dinner. Boyfriend fetched sandwiches from deli instead. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/500 "2012-01-31T02:10:50Z")
Weā€™ve found that Goodwill usually has a good selection of crockpots for really cheap. Make sure you donā€™t get a replacement that has a plastic lid. IME, they donā€™t cook as well as one with a glass lid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003.md?page=26)