# Beware the mini-Rants of March (4th or otherwise) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431 "2012-03-01T08:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/41 "2012-03-04T07:30:49Z")
One of my longest-running regulars is moving. To Dallas. She’s also one of the nicest. One of the few that I might hang out with if we’d met under other circumstances. Sad. But she has her reasons. And she’ll still need me to help pack up. Still sad, though. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/42 "2012-03-04T21:22:28Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > One of my longest-running regulars is moving… So, are you a madam? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/43 "2012-03-04T21:26:15Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So, are you a madam? :dubious: Do madams pack up? **Rilchiam** is a housekeeper. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/44 "2012-03-05T02:48:16Z")
I love my children. I do. But goddamnit! Why do they have to be so curious about injuries? I can’t get my daughter to leave my fucking biopsy site alone. Why is this so interesting? The chunk they took out is only the size of a pencil eraser. The four-inch long bruise on my left arm is far more interesting (ran into a doorjamb putting her back to bed in the middle of the night at some point this week). Sadly, if they have to take it out (it being a large potential melanoma), I’ll lose most of the skin on my ankle. It doesn’t help that if I have to have it removed, there’s a very good chance I’ll feel a lot of it, if the biopsy was anything to go by. I had a local, but it didn’t work well at all. I know it’s probably not terribly serious, but the thought of having to deal with more medical issues after a spate of surprise surgery this past year and a half is making me tense. Having sweaty little fingers constantly trying to pry off my bandage or poke at the site is driving me crazy. It’s very hard not to start yelling, especially when I’m being hunted down by everyone in this house so they can either ask me questions, talk at me or poke at my ankle. Grrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/45 "2012-03-05T03:05:25Z")
My freaking pinched nerve! How I hate you. I have given you all the anti-inflammatories, all the muscle relaxers, all the steroids I could. You laugh at the Percocet, despite it being what everyone tells me is “good stuff.” And you are not getting any better. I swear you’re getting worse just to spite me. I have given up the half marathon I was planning to run, I am cancelling the freaking [Warrior Dash](http://warriordash.com/)I signed up for _last year_. What the hell more do I have to do? I just want to be able to walk without pain. ☹ Meh. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/46 "2012-03-05T03:54:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Sadly, if they have to take it out (it being a large potential melanoma), I’ll lose most of the skin on my ankle. It doesn’t help that if I have to have it removed, there’s a very good chance I’ll feel a lot of it, if the biopsy was anything to go by. I had a local, but it didn’t work well at all. Tell them you want Versed. You might feel some pressure, but you won’t feel pain, and what’s more, you won’t give a shit about anything. Until it wears off, of course. Or Demerol. Seriously, tell them that you felt a lot of pain during the biopsy, and that if you have to get something removed, that you want something that will take away the pain and anxiety. Because there are drugs that will do that for you. Granted, you won’t be good for anything other than getting cut on for a few hours, and you’ll have some post-op pain, but you’ll escape the worst of the actual pain during the surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/47 "2012-03-05T04:01:48Z")
Ehhhhhhhh…FUCK! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/48 "2012-03-05T05:19:23Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So, are you a madam? What **Alice** said. I like picturing myself as the Maison Derriere owner, though. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/49 "2012-03-05T10:49:34Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > I keep a candy dish on my desk. Lately I’ve had lots of Gummi Bears. One of my coworkers pronounces it “goomie” bears and every time she walks by she takes some and says “mmmm, I love goomie bears!” And every time I want to stick my letter opener into my ears. She is pronouncing the word correctly, though. Gummi Bears originated in Germany, and the word “gummi,” which means “rubber,” is correctly pronounced “goomie.” ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/50 "2012-03-05T10:57:21Z")
My discover card number has been compromised. I’m not worried about illegal charges, I’m pissed that my number has to be changed. I’ve had that number going on 20 years now, it’s like a comfortable old chair. Nuts. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/51 "2012-03-05T13:35:30Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > She is pronouncing the word correctly, though. Gummi Bears originated in Germany, and the word “gummi,” which means “rubber,” is correctly pronounced “goomie.” Canada /= Germany. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/52 "2012-03-05T15:01:45Z")
I’m trying to pay a bill online, but I can’t. I go through the whole process, click “submit payment” and there the website sits. I can’t tell if it’s gone through or not. I tried this last month and apparently it didn’t go through. And this bill is already late. :mad: I really don’t want to have to call a 1-800 number and argue with [Peggy](http://youtu.be/GRLwKw9up3s)about the amount due, but it looks like I’m going to have to. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/53 "2012-03-05T16:01:18Z")
So how do you pronounce Gummi, like gamy? gieumee? go-me? I’m reasonably sure that my Scottish coworkers said gumi (excuse me, goomie). ---
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/54 "2012-03-05T16:08:04Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > So how do you pronounce Gummi, like gamy? gieumee? go-me? I’m reasonably sure that my Scottish coworkers said gumi (excuse me, goomie). Most Americans would pronounce it (“gummy”) like “guhmmy” (short u sound), instead of the long u sound (“goomy”) associated with the Gummi brand name. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/55 "2012-03-05T16:31:28Z")
I am the computer killer. Friday morning my work laptop died and this morning the boot drive on my home PC bit the dust. I’m almost afraid to touch another one. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/56 "2012-03-05T16:42:37Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Most Americans would pronounce it (“gummy”) like “guhmmy” (short u sound), instead of the long u sound (“goomy”) associated with the Gummi brand name. I always thought everyone pronounced it like the [TV show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJmWyZlW2sE) ---
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/57 "2012-03-05T17:05:03Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > I am the computer killer. Friday morning my work laptop died and this morning the boot drive on my home PC bit the dust. I’m almost afraid to touch another one. You can use this power for good, you know. Just look up telemarketers and pay their office a visit. Better yet, if you can find a phisher’s address, I’m sure that the good people of the SDMB would take up a collection to fund your travel and incidental expenses. And if you can find where Rachel of Card Services works…I’m sure there’s some sort of reward for taking down her computer. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/58 "2012-03-05T17:30:53Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > She is pronouncing the word correctly, though. Gummi Bears originated in Germany, and the word “gummi,” which means “rubber,” is correctly pronounced “goomie.” > [@SpazCat](#): > > Canada /= Germany. Irrelevant. “Gummi” is a German word, no matter what country the speaker is in while pronouncing it. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/59 "2012-03-05T17:53:17Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > You can use this power for good, you know. Just look up telemarketers and pay their office a visit. Better yet, if you can find a phisher’s address, I’m sure that the good people of the SDMB would take up a collection to fund your travel and incidental expenses. And if you can find where Rachel of Card Services works…I’m sure there’s some sort of reward for taking down her computer. This is an excellent idea. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431/60 "2012-03-05T17:59:50Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Irrelevant. “Gummi” is a German word, no matter what country the speaker is in while pronouncing it. It’s a loan word. We are speaking English not German. Not Deutsch. You don’t say Munchen instead of Munich, do you? My rant: Tapatalk is the primary way I access the SDMB. I needed my SDMB fix, but it crashed on me about four times this morning. It’s finally working. For now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-mini-rants-of-march-4th-or-otherwise/614431.md?page=4)