# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/501 "2012-01-31T04:59:58Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > My rant for the day - I appear to have a gall bladder which is going nova. I have had two spells of really BAD pain and the area is very tender to the touch. > > Keep me in your thoughts, please. If the pain comes back I will have to go to the ER and the bills will be outrageous… I snipped the dog story out because it made me shudder and water came out of my eyes. I am worried and I will send good thoughts your way. This sucks. I’m so sorry for you. > [@RadicalPi](#): > > Rant_ **r** _uary. 😉 > > Quitting smoking tip: Remember to breathe. Butbutbut, the rage feels so good! I’m a day without a cig and I almost threw a rock at someone who blew through a red light and missed someone in the crosswalk by inches. It wasn’t me, I’m so scared that I don’t start crossing the road before I’m sure that everyone has stopped. And then I run like the hounds of hell are chasing me. It still ticked me off. > [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > And little one still isn’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. Oh my. I’m so sorry. Offers up a hug…if its allowed in the Pit. Sleep deprivation is never good. > [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > (bolding mine.) > > Wait…what? What the hell?! As you said, “The man just had his had his chest split open and his heart cut apart”, and these people expect him to think about WORK?! What freakin’ planet do they live on? I’d be saying, “Um, no, he’s not gonna be worried about work for quite a while. You can take these back with you.” Seriously, WTF. :mad: Yes, they do. Bill is a big muckitymuck in big oil company. They seem to be very shocked that Bill took unscheduled time off for heart surgery. I’m not smoking, so I have to be very careful to not let the _“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-lookin’-at-CUNT? hair-trigger temper.”_ out. That was delightful, **Stelios**. I think of it all everytime my eyes start to turn red and I’m thinking about guns. > [@Chimera](#): > > 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. Oh good…and oh wow. I didn’t know that eyes could change that fast. I know that I’m not the only one who is happy that you got it checked. > [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > snipped…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. That would bite. I know that your dinner would have been better. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/502 "2012-01-31T05:21:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Yes, they do. Bill is a big muckitymuck in big oil company. They seem to be very shocked that Bill took unscheduled time off for heart surgery. I’m not smoking, so I have to be very careful to not let the _“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-lookin’-at-CUNT? hair-trigger temper.”_ out. That was delightful, **Stelios**. I think of it all everytime my eyes start to turn red and I’m thinking about guns. Didn’t Bill offer you a loaner gun while you’re in Texas? You are legally required to carry a gun when you’re in our state, unless you’re a felon or something like that. Hell, I’m a yellow dog Democrat, and _I_ own a handgun (and this might scare some people, given my temper). It’s just common Texas courtesy and custom to offer a loaner gun to an out-of-state visitor. It’s also Texas custom to pull your leg to see if it will come off. 😉 ---
**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 31, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/503 "2012-01-31T07:00:06Z")
Flatlined, purplehorseshoe, thanks for the sheep-counting thoughts. Mr. M finally got home from work (about 2 hours late, thanks to a bad night at work) and volunteered to stay up with the little one since he didn’t much feel like sleeping. (I’ll take my bad night versus his any time… and I don’t even want to think about a crime scene nad enough to make him shudder!) ---
**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, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/504 "2012-01-31T17:26:04Z")
I don’t even want to think about nad crime scenes, either! :eek: 🙂 ---
**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, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/505 "2012-01-31T17:47:45Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I just chucked my old crockpot. I came home from work expecting to find beef stew happily bubbling away. Instead I get charcoal. It should’ve still had another couple hours of cook time. And yes, I had it on the right setting! > > This is the second time I’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. For maximum appliance revence, put it outside on your balcony/porch/steps with a potted plant in it. Bonus points if you can make it look like it’s plugged in! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/506 "2012-01-31T19:33:30Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > snip > > My rant for the day - I appear to have a gall bladder which is going nova. I have had two spells of really BAD pain and the area is very tender to the touch. > … Talk to the hospital folks about working out payments. Bad GBs don’t get better. If it bursts, you will be in the ICU and the costs and risks will be even worse. Better to get it removed ASAP. I am truly sorry for your situation. ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/507 "2012-01-31T21:32:51Z")
Err … that was supposed to be “revenge” up there. ^^^ ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/508 "2012-01-31T22:00:04Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Err … that was supposed to be “revenge” up there. ^^^ I was torn between that and reverance. 😉 ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/509 "2012-01-31T22:36:40Z")
I think my local pottery studio is jerking me around - first, it’s we can’t fire clay you’ve bought somewhere else, then it’s you have to buy your clay from us and pay extra money for firing, then it’s we can’t sell you clay, we’ve never sold you clay, and you’re a big fat liar. But we’ll fire _this_ batch of greenware for you, just to be nice. So tomorrow I’m off to buy clay at the ceramics store across town that I was at this morning but didn’t buy clay there, because I _used to_ be able to buy clay at the studio. Gah. I need a hobby that doesn’t involve a kiln. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/510 "2012-01-31T23:26:16Z")
Thanks for the kind words and thoughts, everyone. I haven’t had an episode of bad pain since Saturday night. I’m limiting the “grease” in my diet, and I have a Dr’s appointment on the 7th and will discuss it with her. Since it’s a low income clinic she should be able to point me in the right direction. My latest complaint: the director of the food service contractor at our local civic center/hockey arena has decided, in his wisdom, that eliminating lids from soda cups would be a great way to save money. Friday night, I bought a $4.75 soda and had a sip from it before placing it carefully on the bottom of the board. I sit ice level front row, and that has always been the safest place. Until Friday, when one of our players tried really, really hard to put one of their players in my lap. Soda all over my leather boots - thank goodness my camera case was on the seat next to me. I wrote a very polite letter to the jerk today, copying both the manager of the Civic Center and the manager of the hockey team, detailing several reasons why I think the decision should be reconsidered. I didn’t include the plan to clean my boots with his hair. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/511 "2012-02-01T01:20:55Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > My latest complaint: the director of the food service contractor at our local civic center/hockey arena has decided, in his wisdom, that eliminating lids from soda cups would be a great way to save money. Friday night, I bought a $4.75 soda and had a sip from it before placing it carefully on the bottom of the board. I sit ice level front row, and that has always been the safest place. Until Friday, when one of our players tried really, really hard to put one of their players in my lap. Soda all over my leather boots - thank goodness my camera case was on the seat next to me. I wrote a very polite letter to the jerk today, copying both the manager of the Civic Center and the manager of the hockey team, detailing several reasons why I think the decision should be reconsidered. I didn’t include the plan to clean my boots with his hair. I would think the people who clean the arena seating area would find this decision to be somewhat questionable as well. People manage to be pigs with their soft drinks even when they have lids; I can just imagine the mess with no lids. I’m glad you were wearing leather boots, not canvas shoes. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/512 "2012-02-01T02:10:12Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I would think the people who clean the arena seating area would find this decision to be somewhat questionable as well. People manage to be pigs with their soft drinks even when they have lids; I can just imagine the mess with no lids. I’m glad you were wearing leather boots, not canvas shoes. I have already received a reply - not from the food service manager to whom the letter was addressed, but the general manager of the Civic Center - assuring me that lids will continue to be provided for cups. I imagine he shared my concerns, especially since I pointed out in the letter the fact that the food service company doesn’t share in the additional cleaning costs that will be incurred. I just love happy endings! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/513 "2012-02-01T02:25:28Z")
I Pit George Takei for becoming so popular that around 1/4 of the picture links on my Facebook page link to something of his that someone else re-posted. Now almost 1/4 of the interesting posts I see are functionally non-interactive cause there are 30,000 other people trying to comment on and like the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/514 "2012-02-01T02:40:25Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I Pit George Takei for becoming so popular that around 1/4 of the picture links on my Facebook page link to something of his that someone else re-posted. Now almost 1/4 of the interesting posts I see are functionally non-interactive cause there are 30,000 other people trying to comment on and like the same thing. Thank you. I freaking love George Takei, but I can bet good money that three, maybe more, of my friends will immediately repost much of what he posts. Worse yet, two of them are a married couple, so that means that they have a lot of overlapping reposts. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/515 "2012-02-01T04:54:14Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Thank you. I freaking love George Takei, but I can bet good money that three, maybe more, of my friends will immediately repost much of what he posts. Worse yet, two of them are a married couple, so that means that they have a lot of overlapping reposts. Uhm, guilty? But I don’t repost anything like everything he posts (either under George Takei or It’s OK to Be Takei). ---
**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:** [February 1, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/516 "2012-02-01T05:08:55Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I don’t even want to think about nad crime scenes, either! :eek: > 🙂 Heh. And from what little I heard, an apt typo. Eek indeed! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/517 "2012-02-01T05:15:24Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > \ > I just love happy endings! Well, who doesn’t? 🙂 ETA: What the hell am I supposed to be doing? I’ve had a nagging feeling at the back of my mind all night that I’m supposed to do something - what the hell is it? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/518 "2012-02-01T05:33:02Z")
Thinking up a name for the February mini-rant thread, of course. Get cracking, young lady! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/519 "2012-02-01T06:08:30Z")
I thought of three already! Okay, fine - how about MiniFebRantUary? I Love To Rant - February Mini-Rants. AGH! Is That a Cymbal Monkey? February Mini-Rant Thread. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003/520 "2012-02-01T16:08:14Z")
No new thread yet? I get to choose? SUH-WEEEEEEEET!!!@!!! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-bitchy-new-year-january-2012-minirants/608003.md?page=25)