# I am Upset **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 15, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067 "2007-01-15T14:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 15, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/21 "2007-01-15T22:24:48Z")
> [@](#): > > ¡deja de darme la razón como a los locos!" Haha! Too much is lost in translation… ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/22 "2007-01-15T22:28:20Z")
If it’s any help, **Paul** , i’m sure your lecture on Kubla Khan would be a lot more interesting that the ones I had today. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/23 "2007-01-15T22:28:32Z")
I’m feeling so thick right now. What are these rules that don’t allow you to say “die”? Who is enforcing them? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/24 "2007-01-15T22:32:17Z")
All you need do is imagine the Universal Mom saying it, in whatever language you are most comfortable with. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/25 "2007-01-15T22:33:03Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] I’m feeling so thick right now. What are these rules that don’t allow you to say “die”? Who is enforcing them? [/QUOTE] I think he’s confused about the board rule against wishing death on other posters. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/26 "2007-01-15T22:37:07Z")
**Paul** , if it’s any consolation, I reckon you write a kickarse rant. Not a felched goat to be seen, but a beautifully subtle rant that it is impossible to be unsympathetic towards. Well done, sir. Here’s hoping you have a better day tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/27 "2007-01-15T22:52:00Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] (The rules will not let me use the three-letter verb here) , that is how you can help! [/QUOTE] I don’t think that would help at all. He’d still be stopped in the middle of the road. Hope tomorrow goes better. (And if it doesn’t, chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate.) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/28 "2007-01-15T23:45:15Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Now how do I make myself throw up? That would make me feel better. [/QUOTE] First you find the person who clipped your mirror, then drink down a slug of Ipicac while quickly moving beside him. Bonus befuddlement points if you manage to apologize and tell him that you are on your period before you barf on him. Guaranteed to make you feel better. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/29 "2007-01-16T00:19:27Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] First you find the person who clipped your mirror, then drink down a slug of Ipicac while quickly moving beside him. Bonus befuddlement points if you manage to apologize and tell him that you are on your period before you barf on him. Guaranteed to make you feel better. [/QUOTE] I realize that you are just joshing here, but dudes: do not (unless on a Medical Professional’s advice) ever take Ipicac. Not only will you be sick as a dog, but it’s dangerous on several levels. Paul, dude- you have my sympathy. Sounds like a bummer day. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 16, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/30 "2007-01-16T00:50:28Z")
Your ideas of teaching your parrot obscenties, puking and reading Kubla Khan intrigue me, sir. I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/31 "2007-01-16T02:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] Your ideas of teaching your parrot obscenties, puking and reading Kubla Khan intrigue me, sir. **I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.** 😃 [/QUOTE] Are you sure about that? Remember he has a parrot, whose cage needed to be _lined_ and _cleaned_ periodically. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/32 "2007-01-16T02:29:33Z")
Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/33 "2007-01-16T02:47:30Z")
Everybody has bad days. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/34 "2007-01-16T02:55:48Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Sort of like ‘dye.’ Imperative MOOD not tense. Darn it. [/QUOTE] Last I checked, we’re not allowed to wish death on other posters, but anyone outside the board is fair game. Go ahead, you’ll feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/35 "2007-01-16T08:09:49Z")
Hey, **Paul**. You’re just the person to ask. I’ve wondered this for years. What the hell _is_ a “pleasure dome” anyway and where can I order one? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/36 "2007-01-16T08:30:32Z")
Nice rant, but here’s the part I don’t get. Basically, you’re getting paid for a job you can’t do because the scheduling dept. messed up and you therefore have no students to teach. And then you go off and have a nice lunch and therefore can’t exercise as a consequence. Sounds pretty good to me so far. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/37 "2007-01-16T11:29:18Z")
I consulted with my parrots, and they agreed that parrots are major fans of yelling and puking, and they feel your bird would be entertained by both activities, sequentially or simultaneously. For Kubla Kahn I got one “hello”, 2 “erks” and a hail of passionate Steve bird kisses. I sympathize with the driving thing. I used to live in Dearborn, where the car in motion has right of way. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/38 "2007-01-16T11:43:47Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Haha! Too much is lost in translation… [/QUOTE] I know. But the translation was done for “most reader’s benefit”. Paul’s Spanish is good enough to understand it in the original 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/39 "2007-01-16T11:49:33Z")
I like to teach. I do not really work ‘for the money’ so much anymore. I do not like sitting around (for three days) with no students. I get bored. On the other hand, things are looking up. The supermarket had Ben&Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream. Thank you all very much for your support during my difficult yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/40 "2007-01-16T12:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] Hey, **Paul**. You’re just the person to ask. I’ve wondered this for years. What the hell _is_ a “pleasure dome” anyway and where can I order one? [/QUOTE] You don’t order one. You decree it. If you’re not important enough for your decree to be heeded, you’re too far down the food chain to qualify for a pleasure dome. Personally I really rate the idea of a parrot that sits at the back of the class “RAWK! Stupid-ass students! Why don’t you show up for lessons? RAWK! Do you want to fail the course?”. Enough repetition might hammer the message home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067.md?page=3)