# Here come rants, blah-blah (December mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012 "2024-12-01T05:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/41 "2024-12-03T18:41:18Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > “Here come rants, blah-la-la-la”, as befits the season of goodwill, cheer and fucking awful music on shop loudspeakers. Sing the thread title to the tune of “Here Comes Santa Claus”. I think a good title might have just been “Blah-la-la-la-la” on its own though. That works well. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/42 "2024-12-03T18:44:57Z")
Here comes ranta claws ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/43 "2024-12-03T18:51:23Z")
I considered “Here comes rant applause” but it sounded stupid to me. 😜 ---
**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 3, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/44 "2024-12-03T21:16:31Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Last year, for some reason I can’t remember, I fixed up the worn-out wreath that had been put in my department by replacing the burned out light strand with some battery-powered fairy lights from Aldi, and adding a nice bow from my too-large Christmas stash. It was met with much enthusiasm. > > This year, the fairy lights have been deemed inadequate (and also ‘broken’ by someone who encountered the end of the strand poking out through the recently-fluffed branches). The bow was crushed during storage; someone in the department next to mine declared that it needed to be ironed, removed the bow from the wreath, and snipped the piece of wire holding it together as she asked if I knew how to re-tie it. > > 🫠 Nope. Someone else’s problem this year. You did your bit. ---
**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 3, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/45 "2024-12-03T21:30:48Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > (Someone is getting a mini fruitcake.) I LOVE fruitcake! PM me if you need to find someone to send it to. > [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > … And… just like that… the war between the Koreas seems to get Hot. > > [President Yoon Suk Yeol faces impeachment vote after martial law backlash - BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et) And this is MINI, why exactly? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/46 "2024-12-03T21:34:45Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > (Someone is getting a mini fruitcake.) > > I LOVE fruitcake! PM me if you need to find someone to send it to. Wonderful! I will keep that in mind as I slog through my perplexing shopping excess. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/47 "2024-12-03T21:36:00Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > What have I done? > > Sounds to me like you got a nice haul. Oh yes it’s definitely a haul. Just not something I am accustomed too so I am having adjustment anxiety. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/48 "2024-12-03T23:24:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And this is MINI, why exactly? Well, no fruitcake for me… ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/49 "2024-12-04T01:20:50Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > And this is MINI, why exactly? > > Well, no fruitcake for me… LOL. I have never seen such cute mini fruitcakes and thought I could maybe try them out without having an entire honking loaf of staggeringly dense holiday indulgence to deal with. Mini fruitcakes does not seem as imposing. Or gift them to unsuspecting relatives. I have to sort out what my thinking was at time of purchase. I’m not there yet. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/50 "2024-12-04T02:46:52Z")
Please tell us more of these mini fruitcakes. Who makes them, where can they be bought, etc. IMO the best fruitcakes by far come from these folks: > **[Collin Street Bakery](https://collinstreet.com/)** > > Collin Street Bakery World-Famous DeLuxe® Fruitcake. As Seen on The Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate. Bonding Friends and Family Through Generations! They’re in Bumfuque Texas, but boy howdy do they make yummy fruitcakes. Totally worth the sorta premium price. I just ordered more than I should have. They have that effect on people. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/51 "2024-12-04T02:53:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Please tell us more of these mini fruitcakes. Who makes them, where can they be bought, etc. > > IMO the best fruitcakes by far come from these folks: > [https://collinstreet.com/](https://collinstreet.com/) > They’re in Bumfuque Texas, but boy howdy do they make yummy fruitcakes. Totally worth the sorta premium price. I just ordered more than I should have. They have that effect on people. The mini fruitcakes were purchased from The Holy Cross Abbey, a Trappist Monastery in Berryville, Virginia. It’s quite an out of the way destination but my cousin insisted that they had the best fruitcakes she had ever tasted. It looks like they have a website but I do not see the mini fruitcakes listed. They do have regular sized ones online. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/52 "2024-12-04T03:14:35Z")
So here: > **[Products made in our Abbey Bakery](https://www.virginiatrappists.org/fruitcake/)** > > Holy Cross Abbey makes fruitcake and creamed honey and occasionally experiments with additional food products.  See details about these items below! Sold in the Gift Shop The best price f… which leads to a web storefront at **[Monastery Fruitcake](https://monasteryfruitcake.org/main/index)**. A bit pricy, but I’ve got one coming as well as one of the Corsicana ones. Will compare. Rants or no, everything is better with a good fruitcake. Even sex. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/53 "2024-12-04T03:16:52Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > So here: > [https://www.virginiatrappists.org/fruitcake/](https://www.virginiatrappists.org/fruitcake/) > which leads to > [https://monasteryfruitcake.org/](https://monasteryfruitcake.org/) > > A bit pricy, but I’ve got one coming as well as one of the Corsicana ones. Will compare. > > Rants or no, everything is better with a good fruitcake. Even sex. Excellent! Do let us know the outcome. I also bought some jars of the creamed honey as Christmas gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/54 "2024-12-04T03:34:12Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Rants or no, everything is better with a good fruitcake. Even sex. > [@Ellecram](#): > > Excellent! > > Do let us know the outcome. I don’t mind hearing how the fruitcake was, but if it’s okay we can skip the report on the sex. I’m sure you’ll have had a nice time. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/55 "2024-12-04T03:35:10Z")
Do not combine the two. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/56 "2024-12-04T03:36:00Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > but if it’s okay we can skip the report on the sex. > [@Ellecram](#): > > I also bought some jars of the creamed honey I was thinking she with her honey might do better in that department than I with my fruitcake. :leer: 🤪 ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/57 "2024-12-04T03:39:00Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > > > but if it’s okay we can skip the report on the sex. > > > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > I also bought some jars of the creamed honey. > > I was thinking she with her honey might do better in that department than I with my fruitcake. :leer: 🤪 LOL! The creamed honey spoke to me. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/58 "2024-12-04T09:14:52Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Rants or no, everything is better with a good fruitcake. Even sex. _An American Pie Christmas_ “Do **not** fuck the fruitcake!” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/59 "2024-12-04T13:32:12Z")
MS Office updated on my work laptop the other day, and apparently reset all my auto-format settings in Word and Outlook back to the defaults. 🤬 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/60 "2024-12-04T14:25:49Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > > > > > but if it’s okay we can skip the report on the sex. > > > > > > > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > > > I also bought some jars of the creamed honey. > > > > I was thinking she with her honey might do better in that department than I with my fruitcake. :leer: 🤪 > > LOL! > > The creamed honey spoke to me. That’s what she said… question mark? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012.md?page=4)