# How could my life be worse. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573 "2004-05-05T02:01:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/21 "2004-05-05T13:21:42Z")
A crazy gunman came into your apartment and stole your toilet, and plunger AND ALL YOUR TOILET PAPER! ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/22 "2004-05-05T13:25:25Z")
Crazed gunmen broke into your apartment and FILLED it with toilets. And they’re all broken - so you can’t even sell them. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/23 "2004-05-05T13:29:08Z")
A crazed gunman broke into your house, stole your toilet, toilet paper, left you with his incontinent mother in law and a broken washing machine, gave you a bad hair cut that left you with a sinus infection, migraines, stuck you in the eye with a sharp pointy thing and oh the horror you have no more matching socks to your name. It could be worse. You could live in Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/24 "2004-05-05T14:38:26Z")
Hmm… The old expression is right. “How many get to heaven, no one knows. But hell will be asses and **elbows**.” ---
**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:** [May 5, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/25 "2004-05-05T14:45:14Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > A crazed gunman broke into your house, stole your toilet, toilet paper, left you with his incontinent mother in law and a broken washing machine, gave you a bad hair cut that left you with a sinus infection, migraines, stuck you in the eye with a sharp pointy thing and oh the horror you have no more matching socks to your name. > > It could be worse. You could live in Detroit. Tonight on Lifetime… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/26 "2004-05-05T14:53:11Z")
You could _be_ the crazed gunman who breaks into people’s houses and steals their toilets. Can you imagine what _his_ life must be like? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/27 "2004-05-05T14:57:04Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > You could _be_ the crazed gunman who breaks into people’s houses and steals their toilets. Can you imagine what _his_ life must be like? Tonight on Spike, the first network for men… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/28 "2004-05-05T15:00:28Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Well folks, it certainly does appear to be raining shit on **Lynne\_kilii** With all due respect, **elbows** is the one who’s getting shit rained on her… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/29 "2004-05-05T15:04:48Z")
Some threads are just scary scary places to hang out in. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/30 "2004-05-05T15:13:36Z")
Oh, this is horrible, simply horrible. I’m sitting at my desk, laughing so hard my mascara is running down my face, and I can’t even begin to explain to my co-workers what’s so funny. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/31 "2004-05-05T15:26:44Z")
You guys crack me up. You’ll be pleased to know my household has returned to it’s ‘normal’ chaotic pace. Most days, around this place, it’s laugh or risk being swept under. And y’all really keep me laughing. There are days, well, you can imagine. Especially Lieu’s threads, cause I can relate! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/32 "2004-05-05T15:35:05Z")
A crazed gunman could break into your house, take one look at your toilet and scream “Dude, your shit ain’t right!” [Binky] The cat could bark in your sock drawer. [/Binky] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/33 "2004-05-05T15:38:24Z")
Oh hell… or the cat could bar **f** in your sock drawer. A crazed gunman could break into your house and steal your barking cat. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/34 "2004-05-05T16:38:28Z")
You could have a rude, obnoxious, racist, self-centered, mouth-breathing, moron as a houseguest. And…you can’t make him leave. He’ll sleep on your couch for 3 months because your spare bedroom is “too cold”. He’ll eat all your food. He’ll infect your computer with viruses and adware. He’ll bring his kids over so they can puke on your new carpet. He believes that Wrestling and the News are the only decent TV programs. He talks with his mouth full. He laughs through his teeth. He doesn’t cover his mouth when he coughs. He pees on the seat and then leaves it up. Feel better yet? If not, let me know. I can go on for a while longer. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/35 "2004-05-05T16:44:37Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > You could have a rude, obnoxious, racist, self-centered, mouth-breathing, moron as a houseguest. And…you can’t make him leave. > He’ll sleep on your couch for 3 months because your spare bedroom is “too cold”. He’ll eat all your food. He’ll infect your computer with viruses and adware. He’ll bring his kids over so they can puke on your new carpet. He believes that Wrestling and the News are the only decent TV programs. He talks with his mouth full. He laughs through his teeth. He doesn’t cover his mouth when he coughs. He pees on the seat and then leaves it up. > > Feel better yet? If not, let me know. I can go on for a while longer. It could be worse. Except for the kids part this sounds like someone I once dated for two years! :eek: Or, it could be worse, you could be the fool that would date a man like that for two years. :o > [@lieu](#): > > A crazed gunman could break into your house and steal your barking cat. And then pee on the toilet seat and leave it up. ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/36 "2004-05-05T17:00:01Z")
> [@Lynne\_kilii](#): > > This is all in good fun, really really. > > Over the past few weeks, my life has sucked major. I got in a car crash, I got a flat tire (unrelated), I haven’t worked for over two weeks (temping), and longterm stuff that sucks is that I can’t seem to lose weight, I just keep gaining, and I owe over a thousand dollars to my parents. I’m only 19, and I’m stressed out. > > So… to make me feel better, and anyone else who is stressed out, tell me (and them) what could be worse. Not you’ve got terminal cancer worse, something like, a crazed gunman takes over your apartment and steals your toilet worse. Well Lynne, you could be a telemarketer, and have people curse at you, call you an asshole and worse. Some guy last night asked me for my phone number so he could call me at home and interupt my supper. I told him, “sure, I’ll give you my number if you buy some of this coffee I’m selling” He didn’t take me up on it. The worst part is, I haven’t made quota in a week, so I’m sure I’m about to be canned. I’ve got applications in EVERYWHERE, but nobody’s been calling except for another telemarketing place that is a horrible place to work, but that pays twice as much as I’m making now. Its a pretty depressing situation to be in. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/37 "2004-05-05T17:06:59Z")
It is worse swampbear. But I’m not dating him so I’ll count myself lucky for that at least. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/38 "2004-05-05T17:12:25Z")
You toilet steals your apartment and takes over a crazed gunman. Hmm… that wouldnt really be worse, just weird. You guys are hilarious I must say. I too am having a real tough time in life at the moment and you guys really made me feel better. My boyfriend of 5 years dumped me - I had to leave our new beautiful condo - someplace I finally felt at home- and am living out of several suitcases at my married friend’s house which, I assure you is some place I dont really want to be. AND- I am broke. I’m feeling like a homeless person. My life was turned upside down in just a few days. Also, im hungover and hungry. Just thought I’d throw that in there for good measure. But hey, I dont have poop nor vomit all over my house and I dont have a broken washingmachine. I think that is due to the fact that I dont really have a house or a washing machine anymore but Im willing to over look that detail. Keep on truckin even if life is suckin. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/39 "2004-05-05T18:33:20Z")
> [@RainGrowsBrite](#): > > and am living out of several suitcases at my married friend’s house which, I assure you is some place I dont really want to be. AND- I am broke. I’m feeling like a homeless person. My life was turned upside down in just a few days. Also, im hungover and hungry. You don’t know **CongoDwarf** , do you? :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573/40 "2004-05-05T18:43:43Z")
You could only be able to go to the toilet with the assistance of a sharp, pointy stick. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-my-life-be-worse/243573.md?page=3)