# Good Stuff/ Bad Stuff (& the Bettie) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161 "2005-02-21T13:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [February 21, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/41 "2005-02-21T19:55:31Z")
> [@merrily](#): > > What’s a bad way to wake up is knowing you are going to the vet to have your good buddy put out of his pain. It was the right thing, after a very protracted illness, and my ferret Badger is running with his friends. > > In lieu of hugs, please lift a cold one to Badger, who was the Terror of the Household when young, and the pampered Buddy when old, and who among us wouldn’t choose that? _toast_ I know that kind of hurt all too well. ( **Rue** , glad to hear that ol’ Bettie is still running!) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/42 "2005-02-21T20:00:08Z")
> [@merrily](#): > > Great post, **Rue,** and the sort of thing I needed today: violence and distraction and waffles. > > What’s a bad way to wake up is knowing you are going to the vet to have your good buddy put out of his pain. It was the right thing, after a very protracted illness, and my ferret Badger is running with his friends. > > In lieu of hugs, please lift a cold one to Badger, who was the Terror of the Household when young, and the pampered Buddy when old, and who among us wouldn’t choose that? What is it with Modays and putting pets down? **Merrily** , I don’t know how well ferrets get along with dogs, but I’m sure Sadie the VunderDog has slimed Badger a time or 10 already. I’ll hold that image in place of a text hug… ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/43 "2005-02-21T20:01:54Z")
Well, I just gotta say that I was thinkin’ _Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy_ while reading the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/44 "2005-02-21T20:05:09Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Well, I just gotta say that I was thinkin’ _Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy_ while reading the OP. My 15-yr old daughter is currently reading this book. I may have to check it out because I keep hearing about it. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/45 "2005-02-21T20:13:23Z")
Attention MMPers who are or were from Flarduh, I need some advice/help. My facility caught a raw deal in the federal budget, and the days of aeronautical research are numbered there. I don’t truly believe that it will close, or I will be out of a job, because we are supposed to change course into space exploration projects. However, in the short term the place is supposed to downsize, and ambitious as I am, I saw several posted positions available at the Kennedy Space Center, and I put my name in for consideration. So, does anyone know anything about the towns near KSC, and can give me the lowdown? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/46 "2005-02-21T20:17:21Z")
Ah, Bob, you seem to be behind the 8 ball far too often lately. I hope everything works out okay. And I second **beckwall** , Shibb. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/47 "2005-02-21T20:24:11Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Ah, Bob, you seem to be behind the 8 ball far too often lately. I hope everything works out okay. Behind the 8 ball? I’m not in any real short term job loss danger because my grade is too low and I have 10 years of seniority credit. I’m looking right now because I want to capitalize on the chaos. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/48 "2005-02-21T20:32:47Z")
Hey **Bob** , a friend of mine from high school is a rocket scientist up at Goddard. He likes it a lot, and that’s not as far a commute as CoCoa Beach. You could try looking up there. So I guess that makes you a rocket scientist yerself, eh? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/49 "2005-02-21T20:34:04Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > And I second **beckwall** , Shibb. All opposed? Hearing no opposition, motion passes. Let the record show that it was passed unanimously and magnaminously. Herewith **Beckwall** is a member in full standing, with all rights, responsbilities and duties of full membership. Pssst, pass the word, **Beckwall** is buying tonight! _La woot!_ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/50 "2005-02-21T20:35:06Z")
**VunderBob** did you learn nothing from _I Dream of Jeanie_? Cocoa Beach is near KSC. And Titusville. And other stuff. Welcome **beckwall**. It’s important to send me beer and cookies. Also, try to keep **Rue** and **Kalley** away from the high fructose corn syrup. See what it does to em? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/51 "2005-02-21T20:35:28Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Hey **Bob** , a friend of mine from high school is a rocket scientist up at Goddard. He likes it a lot, and that’s not as far a commute as CoCoa Beach. You could try looking up there. > > So I guess that makes you a rocket scientist yerself, eh? Well, I am, but because I worked on Trident II and Maverick missiles for a while… ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/52 "2005-02-21T21:16:03Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Attention MMPers who are or were from Flarduh, I need some advice/help. > > My facility caught a raw deal in the federal budget, and the days of aeronautical research are numbered there. I don’t truly believe that it will close, or I will be out of a job, because we are supposed to change course into space exploration projects. > > However, in the short term the place is supposed to downsize, and ambitious as I am, I saw several posted positions available at the Kennedy Space Center, and I put my name in for consideration. > > So, does anyone know anything about the towns near KSC, and can give me the lowdown? **bob** , Mr. Anachi grew up on Merritt Island while his mom was working for NASA. A friend of his recently built a nice house in Cocoa (not the beach, the mainland town). And since Mr. Anachi is a surveyor, he can probably give me the lowdown on where to look. I’ll ask him tonight. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/53 "2005-02-21T21:25:24Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > **Beckwall** has been nominated into the MMP clan… We’re a clan? I thought we were a loose assemblage of similarly-inclined **Rue** -groupies, gathered for persiflage and occasional snacks after the weekly entertainment. Of course, it wouldn’t be the first time I was mistaken. But I think **Beckwall** is OK, so carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/54 "2005-02-21T21:30:37Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I thought we were a loose assemblage of similarly-inclined **Rue** -groupies, gathered for persiflage and occasional snacks after the weekly entertainment. You’re fooling yourself. We’re living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes– ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/55 "2005-02-21T21:32:50Z")
> [@beckwall](#): > > I’d really like to join your club. Do I need a sponsor or can I just ease into the fray unobtrusively? Neither. This is a clique of attention whores, so the proper entrance is to barge rite in and say “Here I am! Adore me!”. Giving chocolate to **FairyChatMom** helps. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/56 "2005-02-21T21:39:04Z")
**Homebrew** , you read my mind! I actually laughed aloud! ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/57 "2005-02-21T21:49:18Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Neither. This is a clique of attention whores, so the proper entrance is to barge rite in and say “Here I am! Adore me!”. There you go! That’s the stuff. Only it needs a few Random Big Letters: The Clique of Attention Whores That would look good embroidered on a throw pillow. Or just scrawled on the couch with a Sharpie marker. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/58 "2005-02-21T22:14:58Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > You’re fooling yourself. We’re living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes– I thought we were an autonomous collective. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/59 "2005-02-21T22:41:08Z")
You set it up so nicely, **FCM** , I couldn’t resist striking a blow for the working classes… _There you go bring class into again_ ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161/60 "2005-02-21T22:41:48Z")
Ah have always depended on the kindness of attention whores. Yay for me! Those who want waffles, please form a line to the left (does not indicate liberal slant), and those who prefer cookies and beer please be patient as I multiply the ingredients in my cookie recipe by 32. I suppose I could throttle up the ark and go buy some cookies, but really that seems so tacky for such a monumental occasion as this. Am I expected to create a special gateau or ganache or gaucho for **Rue**? I hate to make a faux pas on my first day here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stuff-bad-stuff-the-bettie/291161.md?page=4)