# Ho Fucking Ho - December Mini-Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961 "2023-12-01T13:55:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**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 21, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/461 "2023-12-21T22:14:46Z")
Also, on the bright side, Jeopardy! is now back to competent Ken Jennings only. As for the text message Mayim got that she was out, Colbert said it best: > **[Imgflip](https://imgflip.com/i/8a5afx)** ( The directions from Troutman didn’t seem to work for me… ) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/462 "2023-12-21T22:23:07Z")
Hell, you have to do that to buy a can of spray paint in some stores. ---
**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 21, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/463 "2023-12-21T22:40:24Z")
I know they check my ID when I buy cough syrup now. But that’s on the shelf, the pseudoephedrine is locked up in the pharmacy. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/464 "2023-12-21T22:46:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Was it Amazon who is shipping it or a third party? > > Amazon has always done me right with shipping but some vendors I’ve ordered through on Amazon’s site (not Prime shipping) have given me problems It was a third party shipper. So this morning at about 11am I sent a message to the seller through Amazon, as previously suggested, explaining that the package hadn’t arrived and requesting a refund. A little while later I went on DoorDash and ordered some litter from the local PetSmart. They had a discount if I ordered at least $30, so I ordered extra litter to qualify (hey, it’s not like it will go bad, or I won’t be able to use it eventually). Then I go outside to check my mail at about 4:30, and there is an Amazon box sitting on my porch, with a HEAVY! sticker on it. I drag it into the house, and it’s the litter I originally ordered. I check my emails (I’d been offline all afternoon) and there’s a message from the seller informing me that the package had been delivered shortly before 3pm. So now I have 120+ pounds of cat litter. That should last me a few weeks! ---
**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 21, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/465 "2023-12-21T22:48:45Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > So now I have 120+ pounds of cat litter. That should last me a few weeks! And how! [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4e/f8/3a/4ef83a2d6c361899ea386cbfbeb05cde.gif) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4e/f8/3a/4ef83a2d6c361899ea386cbfbeb05cde.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/466 "2023-12-21T22:54:24Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > So now I have 120+ pounds of cat litter. [“So now I’m stuck with $3000 worth of cat toys.”](https://youtu.be/_Gw58NYktVY) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/467 "2023-12-21T23:09:59Z")
Rascal has plenty of cat toys scattered around the house, which is why I didn’t just add some to the cost of a single container of litter to bring the total order up to $30. This does not explain why he felt obliged to wake me up at 4:30 last Wednesday morning to present me with a dead mouse. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/468 "2023-12-22T03:02:29Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > So now I have 120+ pounds of cat litter. That should last me a few weeks! [Bob Vila is here to help you with alternate uses of kitty litter should you feel the need.](https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/10-astonishing-feats-you-can-accomplish-with-kitty-litter-49119) 🙂 We have never had cats, but I always keep a small bag of the cheap clay stuff in the garage as a more environmentally friendly alternative to salt for slippery spots when it gets icy. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/469 "2023-12-22T05:09:31Z")
Q: is a slice of banana with a few drops of Tabasco on it an hors d’oeuvre? Asking for my Brandy glass… ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/470 "2023-12-22T08:22:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > And all the other references below this opener to methamphetamine I now wonder about the efficacy of methamphetamine for a sinus headache. I’m not sure any studies have been done, and I’m not going to volunteer to try. But maybe… it could be a miracle cure? I mean staying up all day and night for 72 hours is a bit of an unpleasant side affect, but who knows how much good it can be? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/471 "2023-12-22T12:19:53Z")
Headache is marginally better today (except when I cough. Oof.) I slept with a heating pad on my head and that’s about the only way I could get some sleep. The Sudafed didn’t work right away but maybe it’s starting to work now, I dunno. So now I can’t sleep due to congestion and coughing instead of pain. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/472 "2023-12-22T13:49:34Z")
Never mind. Wrong forum. ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/473 "2023-12-22T14:29:44Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Insurance companies seem all to quick to total a car if it’s more than just a few years old, even if the damage seems relatively minor. My wife was driving my car (about four years old at the time) a couple years ago and got hit in the passenger side door. The damage didn’t look too bad to me - replace the door, straighten or replace a side panel, maybe some paint… but the insurance company totalled it. The reason was that several of the airbags deployed in the collision, and I guess those are ridiculously expensive to replace. The worst part though was that this was during COVID when new cars were practically non-existent and the choice of used cars was pretty iffy. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/474 "2023-12-22T14:43:55Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > So now I have 120+ pounds of cat litter. That should last me a few weeks! Sarah Millican has a bit where she talks about training a new cat to use the litter box. Her boyfriend offered to use the box so the cat would have a role model. She imagined the cat looking at the box and thinking, “Who the fuck lives here? Aslan?” So, get a big enough cat and that 120 pounds will go quicker than you think. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/475 "2023-12-22T17:41:29Z")
And a happy update to an old rant: at ABA today, my boy peed in the potty for the first time! I still feel like deep fried ass, but that’s a nice thing to hear. ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/476 "2023-12-22T18:03:53Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > And a happy update to an old rant: at ABA today, my boy peed in the potty for the first time! That’s awesome. Seriously, that is a huge step. ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/477 "2023-12-22T18:32:47Z")
Somehow that made me strangely satisfied inside. I vaguely recall that process didn’t go well for me at a tender age either, and I could sort of feel effusive praise coming from somewhere down in the mists of my forgotten memories. I hope **Wee Weasel** (perfect name for the occasion! 😁) got praised to the Moon. And you deserve a lot of praise for getting him this far, even if maybe you missed his first step into a larger world. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/478 "2023-12-22T18:38:13Z")
I swear he learns something new every day. It’s crazy how fast he’s been progressing, even socially. We made the right choice. ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/479 "2023-12-22T18:56:52Z")
Excellent to hear! ---
**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 22, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961/480 "2023-12-22T19:23:34Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I swear he learns something new every day. It’s crazy how fast he’s been progressing, even socially. We made the right choice. Congratulations! Not all Holiday Gifts come in a box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961.md?page=25)