# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/41 "2007-01-16T13:27:17Z")
Well, if you’ve got all this paid time off, why not head to the Red Sea Cost near the Jordanian border and go for a wander along what’s left of the [Hejaz Railway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hejaz_railway)? You can get a camel, don some robes & a keffiyeh, and call yourself Paul of Arabia. 😃 ---
**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, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/42 "2007-01-16T14:17:01Z")
Thank you **Nava** for your always-kind words. ---
**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, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/43 "2007-01-16T14:22:14Z")
… lessee… this is the Pit… am I supposed to blush or not? _blush_ ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/44 "2007-01-16T14:26:01Z")
When I was in High School, I once memorized Kubla Khan because I thought it might be useful later in life. So far it hasn’t, but one of these days… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/45 "2007-01-16T16:55:15Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] You have Fuddruckers in Saudi Arabia? You suck. -Joe, Mississippi [/QUOTE] Pisses me off no end. There’s one is Muscat, Oman too, but I can’t find one for the life of me in Orlando. WTF? There are Hardees’ all over the ME too. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/46 "2007-01-16T17:53:57Z")
I’ll give it an 8. Pretty good rant. Does that make you feel any better? ---
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/47 "2007-01-16T18:11:43Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] 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. [/QUOTE] Commendable. I’m glad you’re having a better day today. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/48 "2007-01-16T19:36:29Z")
When I was in Bahrain, they all complained about the Saudi drivers. I personally suspect it’s the “inshallah” philosophy: if God doesn’t want you to have an accident, you won’t have an accident, however badly you drive. And if God wants you to have an accident, you’ll have one, however carefully you drive. So, don’t worry about it. And being isolated in a foreign country/alien culture does have i’s up days and its down days. ---
**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 16, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/49 "2007-01-16T21:04:56Z")
[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] Just head to the Xanadu outlet, on the Alph river, just before the Sunless Sea exit. Tell 'em Kubby sent you for a gift certificate for a free smoothie from Dairy Queen on any purchase of a pleasure dome girdling larger than twice five miles. [sub]Offer void where prohibited by decree of the Khagan.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/50 "2007-01-16T21:20:50Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] It is? I thought it was a facetious jab implying that your ideas are kooky. [/QUOTE] It can go either way. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/51 "2007-01-16T21:55:11Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] “I am fascinated by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter” is a high form of praise in the Pit. The sort of praise my rants never receive. It is time for bed now. [/QUOTE] ::hijack:: It’s a paraphrase of a Simpson’s quote. The whole exchange is as follows: [Homer: So, Burns is gonna make us all go on a stupid corporate retreat up in the mountains to learn about teamwork. Which means we’ll have to cancel our plans to hang around here. Bart: Teamwork is overrated. Homer: Huh? Bart: Think about it. I mean, what team was Babe Ruth on? Who knows. Lisa and Marge: Yankees. Bart: Sharing is a bunch of bull, too. And helping others. And what’s all this crap I’ve been hearing about tolerance? Homer: Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.](http://www.answers.com/topic/mountain-of-madness) ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/52 "2007-01-17T00:39:12Z")
His flashing eyes…his floating hair… (They left out the parrots, and does fuddruckers have honeydew?) I also memorized it in high school, just to be drunk on the words. Maybe not your choice of days, but a good task. Thanks for getting me to recall it! (And hope it’s picking up for you again!) ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/53 "2007-01-17T13:59:06Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Pisses me off no end. There’s one is Muscat, Oman too, but I can’t find one for the life of me in Orlando. WTF? There are Hardees’ all over the ME too. [/QUOTE] There’s a Fuddruckers at Festival Bay Mall on International Drive, past the Turnpike and Sand Lake Road. There’s a set of outlet malls up there (can’t remember which ones). Festival Bay Mall is on the other side of I-drive. There’s a movie theater there, Bass Pro, and a Ron Jon. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/54 "2007-01-17T15:18:34Z")
I can see a Fuddrucker’s in Saudi Arabia. I believe opening one in India, however, would be a serious faux pas… ---
**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 17, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/55 "2007-01-17T15:46:43Z")
It is Wednesday afternoon, since I use a Thurday/Friday weekend, it is sort of like Friday to you who live on Earth. I had a serving of super-hot Cheetos\* and TWO glasses of wine. I am mellow. \*I do not like spicy food. But I wanted to try them. I ate one, gee, that was hot. Let me try another, it was hot too. Then another. Now they are all gone. An early bedtime is called for. A chance to relax and let the turn unattended. Good night all. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/56 "2007-01-18T11:03:31Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] It is Wednesday afternoon, since I use a Thurday/Friday weekend, it is sort of like Friday to you who live on Earth. I had a serving of super-hot Cheetos\* and TWO glasses of wine. I am mellow. . [/QUOTE] ..an aside Hey Paul..after 11 years in Saudi, we moved to Qatar, their ‘weekend’ is Fri/Sat. I can’t get used to it. I still think it ‘should be’ Thurs/Fri! Will I ever adjust?? Oh yeah real wine here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/57 "2007-01-18T11:10:35Z")
What’s a Fuddrucker? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/58 "2007-01-18T11:25:47Z")
[Burguer Chain](http://www.fuddruckers.com/), apparently. I know I’d heard the name before; never been to one, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/59 "2007-01-18T12:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Moved. Please note that you cannot report your own posts but you can report others in the thread. [/QUOTE] Is there a particular reason for this? It seems like it would be a good thing, as people are forever asking others to report their posts for them. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067/60 "2007-01-18T13:27:57Z")
How can you mention your parrot so many times and not include photos? We need these to form a proper mental image of the bird sitting in the classroom swearing at students. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-upset/388067.md?page=4)