# House Beautiful **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769 "2003-03-24T13:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/21 "2003-03-25T01:02:26Z")
Dang it! I told it to show my sig line. We need us some new ham **p** sters! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/22 "2003-03-25T01:05:48Z")
pfffft, sig line. Big deal. For my birthday last year, I got something slinky from **Rue**. Yep. He sent me a Slinky[sup]TM[/sup]! Top _that_, **swampasaurus**!! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/23 "2003-03-25T01:18:37Z")
Yeah, but, all the dopers canā€™t see your slinky. They can see my sig line. So **NYAAAH** šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/24 "2003-03-25T01:42:50Z")
Speak for yourself. I can see sheā€™s slinky. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/25 "2003-03-25T11:56:13Z")
Not everyone can SEE your sig line **Swampy**. Some of us try to be as much like **Fenris** as we can (good olā€™ Dad) and have the sigs turned off to save effort of the ham( **p** )sters. But itā€™s still really nice, you taking your sig from me. It makes me feel all warm and tingley. Unless the computerā€™s just plugged into an outlet with a faulty ground wire. Oh, and since I mentioned **Fenris** pretty much just to drop namesā€¦ **Esprix**! Ha! Now Iā€™ll lure him in when he does a vanity search. For NO GOOD REASON! -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/26 "2003-03-25T12:21:03Z")
**Rue** of _course_ Welbywife gets the big ā€œWā€. That was the concession I made to keep eternal control of the remote. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/27 "2003-03-25T12:27:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Speak for yourself. I can see sheā€™s slinky. \*\* Hmmm, that would explain that mysterious, not-quite-hidden camera mounted in the cornerā€¦ :eek: **Shibb** , if youā€™re gonna spy on me, you gotta learn to be more subtle about it. And if your spying has you thinking I"m slinky, maybe you need to check your opticsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/28 "2003-03-25T12:46:06Z")
Itā€™s slinky, itā€™s slinky, oh what a wonderful toyā€¦ Oh great. Thatā€™s gonna be in my head all day now. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/29 "2003-03-25T14:39:27Z")
I also baked a cake and poured red and black icing over it. It looks kind of weird, but it tastes pretty good. Anyone want some? Maybe I should get a light-up pink flamingo to hang on the wall. Itā€™ll be like a hunting trophy, except not. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/30 "2003-03-25T16:43:45Z")
You have pourable icing? I didnā€™t know there was such a thing. Oh well, live and learn. Or live anyway in my case. Is the black icing ā€œlicoriceā€? I donā€™t like licorice. Unless itā€™s just black icing. Then that would be OK. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/31 "2003-03-25T17:22:10Z")
That kinda makes me happy that I donā€™t have to worry about anything house-cleany-like until Septemberā€¦'course, I have all that house-buildy stuff between now and then, so Iā€™m sure there is a trade-off somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/32 "2003-03-25T18:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Rue DeDay** _ > > Oh, and since I mentioned **Fenris** pretty much just to drop namesā€¦ **Esprix**! Ha! Now Iā€™ll lure him in when he does a vanity search. For NO GOOD REASON! Willy hears ye. Willy donā€™ careā€¦ ( šŸ˜‰ ) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/33 "2003-03-26T12:09:43Z")
House-cleaney stuff **think**? Arenā€™t you currently in an apartment? So come September, you just stick your stuff in boxes and put the boxes on a truck destined for your new digs and kaboom! All done. You might want to sweep before you leave, but thatā€™s about it. (Yeah, I am somewhat jealous. Can you tell?) Look! Look! **Esprix** showed up! Hi **Esprix**! Who else can we lure in here? **Eve**? Naw, she doesnā€™t show up on searches. **Cecil**? Ya think? He has been around lately. But I donā€™t think he does vanity searches. I wouldnā€™t figure heā€™d have to. Oh yeah, **Eve** said: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Oh, donā€™t pity meā€”when you lift me to your ear you can hear the ocean roar! \*\* In response to _someone_"pitying the empty shell her life must be." (Ha!) (Oh heck, itā€™s from [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=171605) Pit thread. But thatā€™s not whatā€™s important.) It got me thinkingā€¦ if I were to meet **Eve** sometime, where _exactly_would I have to put my ear to hear the ocean? Just so Iā€™m prepared. Also, my boy **Katcha** reads at the First Grade Level. I just found out at the Parent-Teacher Conference last night. Yup, heā€™s a young genius. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/34 "2003-03-26T12:13:08Z")
Yeah **Katcha** reading at the First Grade Level would be rather amazing since he doesnā€™t turn 3 for about 5 weeks. **Soupo** reads at the First Grade Level as I found out last night. It would be amazing if I knew which of my boys Iā€™m talking about at any given time. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/35 "2003-03-26T12:33:06Z")
**Rue** , do you call them by each otherā€™s names to their faces? I can remember my dad doing roll call trying to match the right name to the right kid, and there are 5 of us. OK, technically Iā€™m not a kid any longer, but you know what I meant. Iā€™ve only got one kid, and I have to catch myself - sometimes I want to call her by one of my sistersā€™ names. This is especially disturbing because my Perfect Child[sup]TM[/sup] is _nothing_ like any of my sisters. But thatā€™ s neither here nor there. Yay for **Soupo**!! Give him lots of books. Get him to read to you. Encourage him. That way, when youā€™re old and doddering and infirm, heā€™ll be able to sit at your bedside in _The Home_ and read to you. Not that youā€™ll care by that time, since youā€™ll prolly mostly drool all over yourself. But at that point, itā€™s not about you - itā€™s about him making a show of compassion. Trust me - I wouldnā€™t lie to you! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/36 "2003-03-26T13:15:58Z")
> [@](#): > > I wish I could vacuum the cat. Believe it or not, I donā€™t care, but my mother once had a cat that loved to be vacuumed, especially with the little attachment used to clean Venetian blinds. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/37 "2003-03-26T16:00:46Z")
I wish. The cat thinks the vacuum cleaner is the **Evil Tool Of Doom**. Maybe I should vacuum right now just to keep him from running around smacking into my ankles. The black icing isnā€™t licorice, **Rue**. Itā€™s just black. I didnā€™t know you could get food colouring that was different shades of green, or food colouring that was black, or burgundy, or lavender. I think thatā€™s really cool. ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/38 "2003-03-26T16:04:22Z")
Black icing?!? The blue stuff stains my teeth. I guess black would just make you look like a hillbilly. You can do a search to see if someone is talking about you? Hmmmm . . . I bet no one talks about me though. So how old is Soupo? We need to know in order to be impressed. I mean if heā€™s in the eighth grade he needs help. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/39 "2003-03-26T17:45:21Z")
Soupo is 74 months old **Copper**. You can be impressed if you want. The ā€œvanity searchā€ is an old and venerable tradition of narcissim in which I, unfortunately, cannot partake. Canā€™t search ā€œRueā€ since itā€™s only three letters long, and since you never know how anyoneā€™s going to spell ā€œDeDayā€ itā€™s not worth the effort. Usually itā€™s ā€œDe Dayā€ which is not searchable either. Poor, poor me. Oh yeah **Lissla** , you can get all sorts of colors. Even colors you can mix with other colors for custom colored icing if you want to put that much effort into things. (Oh, and ā€œicingā€. Is that different than ā€œfrostingā€? Iā€™m not sure.) At least you can get it down here in the States. The decadence is never ending around here. Oh man **Snickers**! I call the boys by each othersā€™ name, by the dogsā€™ names, by assorted family membersā€™ name, game show hostsā€™ names sometimes. You never know what theyā€™ll get called. Sometimes I just have to resort to calling out ā€œYou!ā€ and pointing. It saves all sorts of time that way. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769/40 "2003-03-26T17:58:49Z")
Iā€™ve still got the cake. Any takers?.. _hollow echo_ Oh, come _on_. I want to get rid of it, or Iā€™ll eat it and get fat. Itā€™s really not that bad tasting. Someone? Anyone? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-beautiful/163769.md?page=3)