# Happy New Rants!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683 "2018-01-01T11:12:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 22
**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:** [February 2, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/421 "2018-02-02T02:40:42Z")
I was puzzled by your comment, and realized that I’d totally missed the fact that it’s February already! And we all missed the fact that we could start a new thread… (I blame the fact that we were busy partaking of Post #420) [/snark] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/422 "2018-02-02T03:04:54Z")
I _hate_ it when they start a new rant thread! Well, we are supposed to rant here, allergy immunity or not. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/423 "2018-02-02T03:14:36Z")
It ain’t February 'til Puxatawny Phil _says_ it is! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/424 "2018-02-02T03:15:30Z")
I started one. Doesn’t have a cute name, just a very old (english) name for February. Makin’ ya learn somethin. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/425 "2018-02-02T03:23:12Z")
[Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848380)’s a link to February. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/426 "2018-02-02T12:11:24Z")
And with that, I’ll close this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/427 "2018-02-02T14:18:23Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683/428 "2018-02-03T13:48:51Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > From what I understand about allergies, it often can take time for someone’s immune system to trigger the allergies. This is why folks are often heard saying "I was never allergic to anything, then I had an allergic reaction to X and now I am allergic to X, Y and worse of all, Z. > > I didn’t develop “hay fever” until I was 30. Now just looking at pictures of pollen covered pines are enough to make my eyes start to water. I was normally allergic to poison ivy til I was 14 and had a 6 month run of it over 85% of me … now I can practically roll around in the stuff and nothing. I have even copped a roadside piss in a patch and got nothing … my husband is one that can look at a picture and get it though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rants/805683.md?page=21)