# Hollow Halloween (Mini-)Ranting **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395 "2016-10-01T19:03:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/121 "2016-10-18T00:41:47Z")
Pulled the pontoon boat out of the water Sunday. Life sucks. Jesus take me now. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/122 "2016-10-18T04:32:43Z")
It’s 74 degrees outside. It’s 82 degrees in my third floor apartment. The air conditioning’s been broken for a week, and the rental company is completely incapable of actually fucking fixing it. They’re really good at giving me crazy-ass excuses, though. All with the slightly chiding, “well, it’s getting cooler out…” Really? It’s getting cooler out? Someone should’ve told the weather about that one, because it’s clearly missed the memo. And then–insult to injury–the Food Network decided to play the fucking ringing bells Hershey Kisses commercial. Fuck you. I’m in Illinois, and it’s mid-October, and I’m sweltering. Fuck you with your “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/123 "2016-10-18T09:30:46Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > I have a new blender! Instead of expecting or wanting I demanded and I got it. I may have to use that tactic going forward in our next 20+ years of marriage. 😃 It makes sense: you break it, you replace it! Enjoy your blender! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/124 "2016-10-18T14:40:57Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#): > > It’s 74 degrees outside. It’s 82 degrees in my third floor apartment. The air conditioning’s been broken for a week, and the rental company is completely incapable of actually fucking fixing it. They’re really good at giving me crazy-ass excuses, though. All with the slightly chiding, “well, it’s getting cooler out…” Check your state renter laws. In Minnesota, if your landlord refuses to fix something in a timely manner, you can do it yourself and subtract the amount from your rent. You gotta cross your t’s and dot your i’s, but I have successfully used the threat of doing so to get things fixed my landlords were otherwise hedging on doing. If it is legal in your state, send them an email saying that under law N.nnn, if the unit isn’t fixed by x date (give them a week), you’ll do it yourself and apply the costs to your rent. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/125 "2016-10-18T15:11:08Z")
I just found out that my mother used the birthday of my sister, who came out as gay nearly 40 years ago when she was a teen, as an opportunity to tell my sister how she (her own mother) doesn’t approve of it, her church doesn’t approve of it and how they’ve changed their church bylaws to forbid marrying same-sex couples. Mom, you’re 78 years old, worried about dying and you decide to set fire to your relationship with your daughter? On her birthday? FUCK YOU. How very un-Christ-like of you. You’ve spent your entire adult life being a self-made Martyr and unrepentant complainer about every goddamned thing. You’re an extremely unpleasant person to be around and now you decide you have to spew your inner hate all over your own child. Go to hell. Literally. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/126 "2016-10-18T19:17:30Z")
**Mom-of-Andrew** , sorry if you’ve already heard this joke, but it’s one of my favorites: Why do divorces cost so much? Because they’re worth it. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/127 "2016-10-19T01:42:51Z")
I hate plastic toothpaste tubes. The old metal ones you could roll up from the bottom and get every last bit. With the plastic ones, they won’t stay rolled. You squeeze the middle and the toothpaste goes to the back. You squeeze the back and nothing comes out the front. You can’t two-hand them because you need the other hand to hold your brush. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/128 "2016-10-19T02:28:39Z")
Binder clip. Squeeze up the remaining paste to the end with an opening, fold over the now flat/empty part, and put a binder clip onto the folded end to keep it folded. After you’ve used it a while longer, repeat the squish upward, fold, clip process. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/129 "2016-10-19T03:32:31Z")
Since I keep my toothbrush and a couple toothpastes in a mug, I just put the pastes cap-side-down in the mug where they’re held upright and the paste stays at the cap end until it’s all gone. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/130 "2016-10-19T06:28:04Z")
I always end up cutting the end off the tube to get the last of the toothpaste…it seems that no matter how careful you are, a sizeable amount ends up sticking to the sides of the tube as you roll it. I do use one toothpaste that has a consistency more like a thin gel; it’s packaged in a bottle, so it’s very easy to get every little bit out just by turning it upside down. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/131 "2016-10-19T10:27:45Z")
I don’t light my cigars with hundred dollar bills, but I throw out my toothpaste when it’s almost empty. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/132 "2016-10-19T14:14:28Z")
I use the back of my comb as a scraper to press all the toothpaste up toward the cap. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/133 "2016-10-19T17:15:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I use the back of my comb as a scraper to press all the toothpaste up toward the cap. I use the side of my toothbrush, against a nearby wall. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/134 "2016-10-19T20:50:19Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > **Mom-of-Andrew** , sorry if you’ve already heard this joke, but it’s one of my favorites: > > Why do divorces cost so much? Because they’re worth it. I’m going to have to adapt that one for ‘‘adoption’’ as we drain our bank account. [QUOTE=Chimera] I just found out that my mother used the birthday of my sister, who came out as gay nearly 40 years ago when she was a teen, as an opportunity to tell my sister how she (her own mother) doesn’t approve of it, her church doesn’t approve of it and how they’ve changed their church bylaws to forbid marrying same-sex couples. [/QUOTE] That is balls. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/135 "2016-10-19T21:25:55Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I use the side of my toothbrush, against a nearby wall. I have one of [these](https://www.goimprints.com/product/squeeze-a-tube-4859567/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product%2Bsearch&utm_campaign=base). But be careful, some types don’t work well at all, the squeezer part is too soft. These particular ones seem to work well for me. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/136 "2016-10-19T23:15:58Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > I have a new blender! Instead of expecting or wanting I demanded and I got it. I may have to use that tactic going forward in our next 20+ years of marriage. Congratulations. I’m not sure that tactic would have worked in my house. May you and he and the new blender have a long happy life together. 🙂 > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I have one of [these](https://www.goimprints.com/product/squeeze-a-tube-4859567/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product%2Bsearch&utm_campaign=base). But be careful, some types don’t work well at all, the squeezer part is too soft. These particular ones seem to work well for me. I love this. I start using it once the tube is about 2/3 done. :smack: The boss has outed himself as a Trump fan. Not a supporter or Republican but a fan. Used the “everybody makes mistakes” and “They are all ganging up on him and it’s not fair” lines today. I really liked him until this morning. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/137 "2016-10-20T07:28:27Z")
I am sick. First i got little weird blisters on my fingers, now all my fingers are peeling, and i am sweating and coughing and i ache so much. i threw up last night. And my stupid head hurts, probably from the coughing. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/138 "2016-10-20T07:32:34Z")
Have you seen a doctor? This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. We’ll also appreciate it if you chew your food slowly and carefully. Please wash your hands after using the bathroom and make sure you’ve closed the faucet. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/139 "2016-10-20T07:40:06Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Have you seen a doctor? > This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. We’ll also appreciate it if you chew your food slowly and carefully. Please wash your hands after using the bathroom and make sure you’ve closed the faucet. Not yet. Tomorrow. I was actually feeling better this afternoon, amd thought ok it’s a cold . Well it’s the very devil of a cold, if so. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/140 "2016-10-20T12:44:48Z")
The weirdest thing about this US Presidential campaign season is the ridiculous number of Cheetos ads I keep seeing on the Dope. Stupid work browser won’t let us install adblockers, of course. And I loathe Cheetos. _shudder_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395.md?page=8)