# April ranters bring May decanters! (April Mini-Rants Thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 2, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555 "2012-04-02T07:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 24
**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:** [April 30, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555/461 "2012-04-30T13:09:51Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Then we moved to my gun safes. Yes, I do have 2 fridge sized gunsafes. I opened them and he asked “Do you really need all of those guns?” When I challanged him, because no real Texan would question the need, he confessed that he had been born in Tennessee. > > I feel so betrayed, so bereft. I thought I knew him and now I’ve learned that he’s a fake Texan. What else is he hiding?!? 😃 The Tennesseeans I know wouldn’t question multiple gun safes. Are you sure he’s legit? 😉 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555/462 "2012-04-30T15:03:41Z")
He’s just worrying about the first time they have a SERIOUS fight. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555/463 "2012-04-30T15:55:12Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > When I challanged him, because no real Texan would question the need, he confessed that he had been born in Tennessee. > > I feel so betrayed, so bereft. I thought I knew him and now I’ve learned that he’s a fake Texan. What else is he hiding?!? 😃 At least he wasn’t born in New York City, like Hank Hill 😉 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555/464 "2012-04-30T18:59:35Z")
I’m looking forward to the “No True Texan” meme. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555/465 "2012-04-30T22:32:42Z")
Sending one Praxis score report to ASHA for a certification application costs _forty dollars_. One little piece of paper. Fuck you, ETS. What a racket that company is. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555/466 "2012-05-01T05:05:23Z")
I’m pitting myself for engaging with adult women who act like middle school girls. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555/467 "2012-05-02T04:46:44Z")
I had to get the last word in here…just to say that you folks managed to make me laugh so hard that I scared the cats 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555/468 "2012-05-02T04:57:27Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I had to get the last word in here…just to say that you folks managed to make me laugh so hard that I scared the cats 🙂 Hi Flatlined! 🙂 now go post in the May thread. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555.md?page=23)