Well, one of them is my father. Sorry. And the uniforms are Really Nice.
Lukeboss
“Growf!”
Fenrisbacca
Yeah, I’m with Buck. That line was hilarious, and even fitting for a lot of threads. But not this one. I don’t agree with Redboss’ application of it to this thread.
Oddly, I’ve never worked as a waitress or in food service, yet I myself have used the “half” term for Cranky Jr. Who knew?
Nah, when you are a member of the SDMB clique[sup]TM[/sup], the board staff calls you on your SDMB issued Cecil Adams signiture edition cell phone, and lets you know when someone uses your name in vain, or posts a subject you might be interested in. That way, you can connect through your SDMB issued Laptop with its cellular modem, and respond before while the topic is still current.
If three parents come to a restaurant with three small children, is that a party of four and a half? 
bdgr, what color is your phone? Mine’s pink! 
Esprix
Um, wow. You guys freak out over the most trivial stuff. Seriously, calm down and take your meds.
And the SDMB staff are each issued a combination coffee mug/beeper. 
Of course, my beeper’s been disabled until my status as a staff member is reactivated.
ur probably a parent…u ppl w/kids have no sence of humor!!!
three parents? What the hell kind of wedding night would THAT have been? :):)
And then the OP would be here saying, “My baby is NOT a high chair!” You can’t win.
Think of the number as referring to the number of seats/place settings needed (with “half” being code for “high chair”) rather than the number of people present. It’s half a chair (or a smaller chair, at least), not half a person. Feel better now? Good.
It was camo, but I dropped it in the yard, and it just sorta dissapeared. I keep waiting for my name to be mentioned while I’m out back working on the bdgr-glide, but it hasnt happened so far. I hope I didnt leave it set on vibrate…
I’m sure I’ll find it when I mow…
Well I still think that as this is the Pit, a feller’s entitled to come in here and complain.
Then we can all say things about the quality of the rant (eg “too bland”), or that he’s wrong (eg “you’re wrong”) .
I suppose it’s fair also to say “why are you getting so worked up about something so unimportant.”
But when that point has been made, to add one post after another that all say this is too trivial to bother posting about seems particularly pointless.
Like, “your post is too pointless to merit any discussion , and I couldn’t wait to write this post to tell you so. For another three paragraphs.”
Ah, let him have his rave, and just walk away and join a funner thread somewhere else, where you can say something incisive and positive and witty, and have people fall in love with you sight unseen, because of your smarts.
Am I right? Half.
Redboss
I’m still wondering where the OP has gone after this was pointed out.
I’m still wondering where the OP has gone after this was pointed out (in the first reply).
The word “gay” was being used as a derogatory term long before it became associated exclusively with homosexuality.
Huh? Gay meant happy. That’s derogatory?
Well, if it is currently being associated exclusively with homosexuality, wouldn’t it be incorrect to use it as a derogatory term?
Half? Isn’t that a little much? Seems to me a tenth is more realistic.
OED:
gay A 2 a
Addicted to social pleasures and dissipations. Often euphemistically: Of loose or immoral life.
Cites for this go back to 1637, as opposed to the “homosexual” meaning, for which the first cite is 1935.
waterj2: Yes, suppose I should have said “primarily” rather than “exclusively”.