# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/141 "2016-10-20T14:44:48Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > 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_ I’m imagining the Cheetos people with their automated ad buys based on what is on the screen and what you’ve typed in, watching in amazement as their ad costs triple just because of Trump. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/142 "2016-10-20T17:49:13Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > My local hospital does have shakes, creams and consommes going from “almost water” to “the spoon is trying to stand up”, but unless they’ve been ordered by the doctors you have to remember to ask about them (they ask what would you like from the day’s options when you get breakfast). I wonder if other hospitals might also have those options but people don’t know about them. I have to say, hospital food offerings do seem to be getting better [more palatable] - I swear, last time I was stuck inpatient at Yale-New Haven I got some friend chicken that rivaled KFC, they had hummus with either pita wedges or carrot and celery sticks as a snack option, and though the menu I was allowed to pick from was the diabetic menu, the food had flavor, texture and seasoning … for breakfast I got 2 poached eggs, 2 strips of bacon and a split english muffin with real butter and one of those cute little packets of strawberry jam. Beats the FUCK out of that grey stodgy oatmeal that used to be the standard breakfast. [I am sure if I was on some sort of ultra low fat, low sodium diets the offering would have been different.] > [@Eureka](#): > > Um, Telemarketer? > > I only sounded nice, unlike other people you’ve talked to, because I didn’t yet know for sure you were a telemarketer and not a person I actually know. > > As soon as I was sure, I hung up. Which hopefully beats abusing you verbally, but I don’t know. > > (We have Caller ID, but I didn’t wait for it, because I was standing so close to the phone, and I just wanted it to STOP RINGING. The Caller did use my first name-- which was slightly odd, most people assume I’m my mother. So while phone ringing at all was a mild warning sign, the second big clue was the “sound nice” words. And then when he mentioned his organization, he got hung up on). Some damned telemarketing bunch seems to be doing something with some sort of vacation deal [not sure if it is timeshare or just a standard resort thing] but they are using one of those verbal response systems that sounds like an actual guy chatting on the phone. Excellent quality system - but I am not interested in their product at all, so as soon as I recognize the fake guy’s voice I hang up. > [@Shoeless](#): > > Dear stupid lazy-ass who blocked the drive-thru window at Walgreen’s for 15 minutes while cars were lined up six or seven deep behind you: if your order is that difficult to process, park your car and go inside! Sorry, but some days I can just manage walking from house to car and back, the amount of time I would spend on my feet and moving around to get out of bed, go to the car, go to the pharmacy [though I use CVS for stuff I can’t get on base] walk in, stand around, wait, mill about at the counter smartly and then reverse everything to get home and back in bed would pretty much sideline me for a week with a chondro flare. If there is a way for me to run an errand and keep off my feet I do it. And what if they were dealing with a pharmacy error, and it wasn’t complex on their part of the deal … I have had incorrect prescriptions done - my doc e-script something, and the pharmacy got it wrong. [I regularly got my diclofenac 1% nongeneric at CVS for the past year, now they insist that it doesn’t exist and the only diclofenac is a different format? They backpeddled fast enough when I passed them the tube with CVS label and decided that it was on back order …:smack:] ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/143 "2016-10-20T18:15:54Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > friend chicken that rivaled KFC, Friend chicken! :eek: I was just at KFC and I didn’t see that on the menu. 😃 ---
**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 21, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/144 "2016-10-21T04:55:43Z")
Why is always the most overtly religious people who post things like that stupid skittle thing? Seriously, whatever you do to the least of these brothers and sisters…Well, Jesus, I kicked them to the curb while shouting I don’t care if your kids all die. We good, right? ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/145 "2016-10-21T07:15:28Z")
I must be becoming brazen in my old age. Ordinarily I’m mild-mannered and try not to foist my bad moods onto others without reason. These last couple of years I’ve been finding myself saying “fuck it, I’ll let you know how I feel” in many instances. Like the other day when a woman couldn’t wait for me to bag my 3 items in the self-service bay at the grocery. She just appeared as I went down to the bagging area and starts scanning her stuff. while my stuff’s still on the belt. I called her out on it and politely asked her to please wait until I was done. She gave me this “Who the fuck do you think you are?” kind of look. I loudly called her an asshole and walked out before I added anything. Rude, perhaps, but it was quite cleansing. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/146 "2016-10-21T10:07:13Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Why is always the most overtly religious people who post things like that stupid skittle thing? Seriously, whatever you do to the least of these brothers and sisters…Well, Jesus, I kicked them to the curb while shouting I don’t care if your kids all die. We good, right? I’ve noticed that the people who announce their religion the most don’t have any. The ones who quietly live their lives and don’t draw attention to their good works are usually the truly religious. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/147 "2016-10-21T12:04:13Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Friend chicken! :eek: Would that be Big Bird? ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/148 "2016-10-21T15:37:29Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Friend chicken! :eek: A conscientious objector? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/149 "2016-10-21T17:20:44Z")
Godammit underwires! Stay in the goddamn bra, and stop trying to climb out and stab me. I’ve got a stupidly large and expensive collection of stabby escapy underwired bras already, resisting all attempts to fix them, I don’t need another one! ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/150 "2016-10-21T18:54:22Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Would that be Big Bird? Dibs on a drumstick! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/151 "2016-10-21T18:57:58Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > I’ve noticed that the people who announce their religion the most don’t have any. The ones who quietly live their lives and don’t draw attention to their good works are usually the truly religious. Which would actually be following the teachings of Christ. But yeah, it is usually the most obviously unchristian people who have to scream at you about how they are “CHRISTIAN!!!” ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/152 "2016-10-21T19:19:40Z")
Damned weather. Cold, wet and rainy - so of course I had a number of errands that needed running. Been home, in dry clothing and I am still chilled to the bone. I may just go and take a long hot shower to see if I can thaw my innards that way. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/153 "2016-10-21T20:06:19Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Godammit underwires! Stay in the goddamn bra, and stop trying to climb out and stab me. I’ve got a stupidly large and expensive collection of stabby escapy underwired bras already, resisting all attempts to fix them, I don’t need another one! Hey, the new series “Timeless” used the wire in an underwire bra to help them pick the lock on a jail cell, so they can come in handy, I guess. ---
**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 21, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/154 "2016-10-21T20:12:39Z")
If you’re a busty lady, might I suggest you ditch the underwire and check out [Enell.](http://enell.com/) They are now the only bra I can stand to wear. I’ve gone into places like Cacique, which are specifically designed for large-chested women, and nothing I try on can compare. Also, Enell bras last years and years if you take care of them. ---
**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 21, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/155 "2016-10-21T21:19:06Z")
OMFG! My heel! I woke up with the most unbelievable pain in my left heel. It felt like someone had taken an ax to it; I seriously expected to find blood all over the bed. Turns out, I was wearing my compression stockings, and the left one got a hole in the heel. The hole had spread around the heel, and the edge of the hole dug into my Achilles. The compression pulled it in farther. I quickly removed the stocking, but the pain will continue for quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/156 "2016-10-21T21:28:38Z")
Those Enell sports bras look nice. Most of my wardrobe is scoop and v-neck though and no way those would work with much of anything I have besides t-shirts. Heck, most of my t-shirts have the neck cut out and are also kind of scoop neck! I will say most bras I have are Cacique, either balconette or plunge style. None of my Caciques have ever sprung their underwire - the elastic wears out first. I get a couple years out of each of them. I buy 6 at a time when they have the BOGO sales and they’re closer to $25 or a little less each that way. Anyway, hopefully **Filbert** finds a brand that works better for her! ---
**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 21, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/157 "2016-10-21T21:59:07Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Those Enell sports bras look nice. Most of my wardrobe is scoop and v-neck though and no way those would work with much of anything I have besides t-shirts. Heck, most of my t-shirts have the neck cut out and are also kind of scoop neck! I will say most bras I have are Cacique, either balconette or plunge style. None of my Caciques have ever sprung their underwire - the elastic wears out first. I get a couple years out of each of them. I buy 6 at a time when they have the BOGO sales and they’re closer to $25 or a little less each that way. Anyway, hopefully **Filbert** finds a brand that works better for her! That is the one drawback of the Enell, I will admit. If you are into spaghetti strap anything, or low cut necklines, it’s not really an option for every day wear. I tend to dress more on the conservative side but every once in a while I will have an issue with making the bra work with a particular piece of clothing. I usually throw a wide-strapped tank top over it when wearing with a dress. For gowns, I have one of those full-body spanx-like things with yes, underwire. I’m just not a very exciting dresser, more on the ‘‘pragmatic’’ side, so 99% of the time I’m wearing an Enell. They are also great because if you have unusual proportions, they will custom make them for you. ---
**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 22, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/158 "2016-10-22T02:32:53Z")
Thanks for the info on Enell! I am full figured and also tend to dress boring most of the time (Much to the sorrow of my husband) and I will definitely check them out. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/159 "2016-10-22T02:55:40Z")
Dear Beloved Butthead: I know that you don’t want to go to my rescue group’s “before the holidays make scheduling our yearly dinner impossible” dinner. I told you that all I really wanted you to do is do a token visit. Show up, thank us all for our efforts, give us a check and then make excuses about not staying for dinner, kiss me on the cheek and leave. Its what we have done in the past. I have never once thrown a guilt trip on you about how when I go to your things I always stay for the whole event AND that I wear a dress and high heels! We seemed to have an agreement about this one dinner a year. I think that its very bad form for you to get your first gout attack 2 days before the dinner so that you won’t be have to even show up. ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395/160 "2016-10-22T03:09:56Z")
‘‘Some awful stuff came up. Gonna be here an hour or two. Everyone’s safe.’’ When your husband is not home at 11pm but you can’t bitch because he’s helping people. Also, how fucking cryptic is that? Usually, he says there’s an ‘‘emergency’’ which means he’s probably got someone who is suicidal and needs immediate intervention. But ‘‘Everyone’s safe’’? Jesus fuck. Don’t do that to your wife. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollow-halloween-mini-ranting/767395.md?page=9)