# Bad, bad, bad Beck forgot these things about being home amongst the family with no moral compunction about disrespecting your privacy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283 "2022-12-10T07:50:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/1 "2022-12-10T07:50:41Z")
1. Crowded bathrooms. There are 4 bathrooms and 500 empty acres around here. Come on, folks 2. Cats don’t care how sick you might have been. You’re alive and ambulatory now, aren’t you? 3. 4th grade spelling lists have 20 boring words. 4. Boys make noise and indescribable smells. 5. Mid-daughters menus are getting confusing. Tasty but confusing. 6. Dogs need to pee and poop a lot. Can’t we all do this at the same time? 7. Everyone needs scheduling help. 8. Refrigerators don’t clean themselves people. Or toilets. 9. Questions. Just hundreds of questions! 10. Company coming over. (Where’s my masks?). (Ivy, please don’t forget the address to the rehab center) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/2 "2022-12-10T21:53:24Z")
Sadly, we can’t help with most of that. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > 4th grade spelling lists have 20 boring words. The trick is to put them into 20 rude or wacky sentences. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/3 "2022-12-10T22:01:32Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > - Boys make noise and indescribable smells. > - Mid-daughters menus are getting confusing. Tasty but confusing. I cannot help but think that these two points may reflect correlation, if not causation. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/4 "2022-12-10T22:06:00Z")
Hey, you’re out! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/5 "2022-12-10T22:23:38Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > 1. Boys make noise and indescribable smells. No, that can’t be what they do! https://www.youtube.com/embed/2KcOs70dZAw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD2KcOs70dZAw ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/6 "2022-12-10T23:32:03Z")
Yes. I’m here at the homestead ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/7 "2022-12-11T00:08:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Cats don’t care how sick you might have been. > You’re alive and ambulatory now, aren’t you? This is something you forgot? Even with cats at Rehab to remind you? Speaking of which, how are all the cats? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/8 "2022-12-11T00:29:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yes. I’m here at the homestead Yay!! (Extra ! added at the insistence of Discourse, but fitting in this case anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/9 "2022-12-11T00:32:35Z")
Maybe you should hang a sign outdoors: “500 Acre Men’s Room and Bigfoot Fighters Training Center.” > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Dogs need to pee and poop a lot. Can’t we all do this at the same time? I’ve been dog-sitting a very stubborn poodle and would be happy if dogs just went on command. If they can learn “Sit!” they can surely learn…well, you get the picture. I hope Ivy is running interference re: masking and company. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/10 "2022-12-11T01:02:19Z")
The cats are great. I see them on the way to dialysis, 3 days a week. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/11 "2022-12-11T01:19:49Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > and would be happy if dogs just went on command. If they can learn “Sit!” they can surely learn…well, you get the picture. They sort of can. When they’re young and if they’re mostly indoor dogs, if you follow them out and give a command whenever they perform, they will pick up the association. I did that by accident with my last dog. If I’d known it was possible, I’d have used a different command. “Potty-potty” lacked gravitas once she was grown. And it worked best if I went out with her. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/12 "2022-12-11T01:43:33Z")
I use a happy “Go Potty!” Works on everyone but the Chihuahuas. I say to them “get done or you’re Coyote bait!” ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/13 "2022-12-11T01:49:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I say to them “get done or you’re Coyote bait!” Ha! Much more authoritative. I assume the Chihuahuas need shorter grass. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/14 "2022-12-11T23:03:11Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > The cats are great. Excellent news. Have a calm week, if possible. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/15 "2022-12-12T03:32:10Z")
Little boys also love farts. They love to make them, accuse others of making them, plus making fart noises with their hands pressed against their faces. When they get bigger, they learn to make fart noises with their armpits. Home is the place to be! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/16 "2022-12-12T03:35:12Z")
Youngest grandson can fart whole songs. If he says pull my finger…RUN!! (Jingle Bells has really thrown me) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/17 "2022-12-12T05:01:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Youngest grandson can fart whole songs. The boy may have a future in entertainment. 😉 > **[Le Pétomane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane)** > > Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (/ləˈpɛtəmeɪn/, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French pronunciation: \[ləpetɔman\]), was a French flatulist (professional fartist) and entertainer. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingl It... ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/18 "2022-12-12T05:33:00Z")
And I worry so, for his future. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/19 "2022-12-12T17:42:15Z")
@Beckdawrek Worry not about the young Wrekker! For he will always have food for his belly and a place to rest his weary head at the House of Wrek! ( And if young nobleman Hamza is in residence when the GrandWrek wanders home, tired and hungry, well, lodging comes with ten mandatory lessons on “How to Clean the Bathroom,” and his very own can of Comet Cleanser and Magic Eraser sponge!) ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283/20 "2022-12-12T18:06:53Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Refrigerators don’t clean themselves people. Or toilets. Why would a refrigerator clean a toilet? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-forgot-these-things-about-being-home-amongst-the-family-with-no-moral-compunction-about-disrespecting-your-privacy/976283.md?page=2)