# Blue June... (Monthly Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\ **Created:** [June 1, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520 "2026-06-01T04:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/181 "2026-06-29T14:52:41Z")
Some of my doctors are in Butler, PA. Today I had to drive past the infamous spot of the “attempted assassination”. Lots of billboards along the way spouting maga proclamations. I give them a quick middle finger. Thankfully I don’t have to come here often. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/182 "2026-06-29T15:23:52Z")
I have to run to Butler, Punxsy, and Clarion a lot. Where is this place, that I may make a pilgrimage? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/183 "2026-06-29T17:30:38Z")
Butler Farm Show Grounds on Evans city road off Route 422. I have to go past it on my way to Benbrook Medical Clinic. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/184 "2026-06-29T17:59:15Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > And that, sons and daughters, is why we never break the cardinal rule of major workplace changes: NEVER DO THEM ON A MONDAY. In my experience, major changes often happen over the weekend, so that they can reboot servers or shut down network equipment without impacting employees. Of course, that means Monday morning is often when you have the most problems. But after more than 25 years of IT experience, that’s just something you expect. Like cold weather in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/185 "2026-06-30T00:36:41Z")
The Big Butler Fair is this weekend, isn’t it? I’ll have to make sure to go. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/186 "2026-06-30T00:45:23Z")
I had planned to go to Butler at some point, since it’s a bit of a Jeep pilgrimage site. Now, between the loss of the last significant American Bantam building, and the association with MAGA, I have no desire to go anywhere near the place. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/187 "2026-06-30T02:21:42Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > The Big Butler Fair is this weekend, isn’t it? I’ll have to make sure to go.. Yes but it’s at the Butler Fairgrounds which is a different location. Enjoy if you go! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/188 "2026-06-30T13:48:25Z")
I have come to understand that when I leave my car in the driveway instead of putting it the garage, birds shit on it. They are attracted to it. This is my lot in life. I get it. When there’s a heavy rain as there was last night, it washes it off. This is all good – it’s the circle of life. What I don’t get is how birds manage to shit on the deck chair on my covered porch. What are they doing in there? I just cleaned it off with some Fantastik and a paper towel, but I know it’s futile, because they’ll be back. Now I know what all the tweeting is about in the 4:30 AM “dawn chorus” – birds are announcing to all the other birds prime targets for shitting upon, and I’m pretty sure I’m at the top of their list. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520/189 "2026-07-01T07:39:17Z")
New month of rants available: > [@Rant, Write, and Boo (July Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-write-and-boo-july-mini-rants/1031327): > > Continuing the discussion from [Blue June… (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520): We have a trip planned to visit my in-laws near Las Vegas the first week of September. We’ve been watching plane ticket prices, as they’ve been going up and down rapidly like a rollercoaster. They finally hit the first major dip we’ve seen of late, and so I went to get tickets. I don’t think I’ve seen ticket prices so complicated. You have main, comfort, and first class. Well, I want main, I’m trying to save money. Main basic… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-june-monthly-mini-rants/1030520.md?page=9)