# Decemberrants: Yule post'em here, plz **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207 "2013-12-01T14:01:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/141 "2013-12-05T01:45:55Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I don’t think I’m brave enough to try tofu anything. > > My rant for today: My stupid boots have stupid hooks on them, and they hook together and try to trip me. Today they succeeded, and I had a bad fall. I swear, at my first chance, I’m going to empty out my entire bank account and buy some decent fucking boots. Save your bank account; you might decide you want to buy me a present, and then where would you be? Buy an acceptable pair of tin snips and remove the hooks. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/142 "2013-12-05T01:55:25Z")
Why the fuck is Chevrolet running a commercial for the Traverse that shows a dog chowing down on chocolate cereal that has spilled on the floor??? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/143 "2013-12-05T02:03:44Z")
Never mind. My personal parody button is clearly broken. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/144 "2013-12-05T02:41:04Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > That. Is. GLORIOUS. And the reviews make it art. I can’t decide if [this review](http://www.amazon.com/review/R1E88RJCQDASLT/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1425992609&nodeID=283155&store=books) is my favorite or [this one](http://www.amazon.com/review/R83O2GGAVGQFE/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1425992609&nodeID=283155&store=books). ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/145 "2013-12-05T02:50:09Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > It seems this “friend” is a [published author.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1425992609/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=natdee-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1425992609) > > Click on the “Look Inside.” I dare ya. You want some caps lock? YOU GET ALL THE CAPS LOCK\>\>\> What are “Priesthood Children!!”? > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Why the fuck is Chevrolet running a commercial for the Traverse that shows a dog chowing down on chocolate cereal that has spilled on the floor??? 😕 Lots of commercials show the dog cleaning up the floor that way. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/146 "2013-12-05T02:51:08Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > That. Is. GLORIOUS. And the reviews make it art. They really do. I think my favourite one is the women with 20 kids who can’t afford her anti-psychotic meds and is living under a bridge and selling her children. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/147 "2013-12-05T03:47:21Z")
My favorite part is the 24% discount. Only $114.48. WHAT A BARGAIN! ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/148 "2013-12-05T03:57:08Z")
I just chatted with my 7 year old son for 20 minutes. About his testicles. I really hope I didn’t fuck it up because I was really slap-happy from a bizarre day at work. The last think I needed was to talk about balls for 20 minutes. Yes, that’s completely mini, but I’m having one of those days that’s so up and down - at work and personally - it’s grown comical. Which is why I’m slap-happy. Oh, speaking of, my mom was put on the transplant list for a new liver. Yay! She also has an autoimmune disorder that is making her sicker, needing a transplant sooner. Boo! But the transplant will take care of her autoimmune disorder since it’s related to her liver. Yay! Fuck it. I’m going to be happy she’s on the damn list, try to make her feel good and go the fuck to bed before something else happens. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/149 "2013-12-05T05:58:05Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Why the fuck is Chevrolet running a commercial for the Traverse that shows a dog chowing down on chocolate cereal that has spilled on the floor??? > [@curlcoat](#): > > 😕 Lots of commercials show the dog cleaning up the floor that way. I think the concern is that it is chocolate cereal and chocolate is poisonous to dogs. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/150 "2013-12-05T12:57:23Z")
Meh, chocolate is expensive so I bet that cereal is a whiff of chocolate and a whole lotta dark food coloring. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/151 "2013-12-05T14:41:19Z")
**alphaboi867** , create a new account and start over. It’s that easy. It took three accounts for me to finally get health insurance… When one goes belly up you have to let it go, man, because it’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/152 "2013-12-05T14:57:18Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Stupid iphone weather app icons! What does this symbol mean? The cloud and the sun and the raindrop and the snowflake; all those make sense. It took me a bit to realize that the curling lines were supposed to be warning of high winds. > > What the hell is a thermometer on top of a snowflake supposed to indicate? Falling temperatures and snow? Freezing rain? Zombie apocalypse? ?!? And the answer is: Freezing Rain. How do I know this? It’s freezing rain _right now_, and that’s the stupid symbol being shown. Followed by snow, snow, sleet, snow, snow, snow. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/153 "2013-12-05T15:10:42Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > I just chatted with my 7 year old son for 20 minutes. About his testicles. I really hope I didn’t fuck it up because I was really slap-happy from a bizarre day at work. The last think I needed was to talk about balls for 20 minutes. > > Yes, that’s completely mini, If you talk to him again about that region of his body, I would avoid using the word ‘mini’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/154 "2013-12-05T16:08:43Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > If you talk to him again about that region of his body, I would avoid using the word ‘mini’. > > 😃 I want to know what they were talking about. I’ve never talked to my son about his balls. Did I mess up? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/155 "2013-12-05T18:17:12Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I can’t decide if [this review](http://www.amazon.com/review/R1E88RJCQDASLT/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1425992609&nodeID=283155&store=books) is my favorite or [this one](http://www.amazon.com/review/R83O2GGAVGQFE/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1425992609&nodeID=283155&store=books). I think the second one you linked has the advantage of being understandable to a much wider audience, but yeah, they’re both things of beauty. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/156 "2013-12-05T18:24:31Z")
Dude with whom I am having a disagreement over policy (in which I am right): You can’t take a state statute, change words to completely different words to reflect your own desires, and say “The way I read it is…” If that’s the way you “read it”, then you have a very non-traditional method of reading. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/157 "2013-12-05T18:27:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > My favorite part is the 24% discount. Only $114.48. > > WHAT A BARGAIN! The Customer Images are good too. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/158 "2013-12-05T19:00:20Z")
I just saw Bill Nye, the Science Guy, on the same program as Jenny McCarthy, enemy of science and baby-killer. I hope he took the opportunity to take a shot at putting a little science in her empty blonde head. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/159 "2013-12-05T19:04:54Z")
Was it ‘The View’? If so, I wouldn’t expect any hard hitting anything from there. After all, they still have that idiot Sherri Shepard on and they also had Elisabeth Hasselbeck They were probably just talking about his stint on ‘Dancing with the Stars’. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/160 "2013-12-05T20:29:39Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > If you talk to him again about that region of his body, I would avoid using the word ‘mini’. > > 😃 Good point. 😛 So here’s how the conversation went: He asked, “Mom, what are my balls for? The ones under my penis? Are they really called balls?” I explained they were called testicles. Well…that started a whole slew of questions. How are they attached? He’s certain that they’re attached with wires. Do testicles bleed? Why the hell would he ask that (I asked in my head anyway)? What are they used for? What are they made of? How far can you roll them around without them stopping? Do they come out of the sac/scrotum? I thought about calling his dad, but knew that’d be a total cop-out. So I answered his questions as best I could while trying not to giggle. Especially when he asked if they came out and whether he could play with them. I said, “Um, sure, just not in front of me.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207.md?page=9)