# July Bugging the Shit out of you? Rant about it here. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315 "2013-07-01T04:03:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/321 "2013-07-15T20:57:09Z")
Yay Chimera! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/322 "2013-07-15T20:59:26Z")
So, guess who’s back here, and aparently living with us again. My mother. She apparently said something that got her kicked out of her apartment somehow, so she came back here. There are many reasons my dad, sister and I don’t want my mother living with us again. Fuck. Fuckfuckfuck. FUCK ME SIDEWAYS WITH A GODDAMN RUSTY CORKSCREW. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/323 "2013-07-15T21:04:30Z")
Congratulations, **Chimera**! I’m so happy for you! Hey, wait, this isn’t the right discussion for a mini-rants thread _at all!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/324 "2013-07-15T21:06:14Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I paid $250 (!) for an automatic chicken door that closes at dusk and opens at dawn. Better than having to be home every night at dusk. I caught a big snake in a nesting box yesterday, he was after the eggs no doubt. No wonder egg production from my 2 remaining hens had been down. Yow. I buy a dozen eggs a week – isn’t that about two hen’s worth? – and I paid $1.49 for the last dozen. It would take me 168 weeks for the free eggs to offset the cost of the automatic door. ☹ Of course, I buy the cheapo, non-organic eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/325 "2013-07-15T21:27:09Z")
Oh, **Chimera** , that is SO wonderful!!! :D:D:D And **EmilyG** , that is so sucky. :mad::(:mad: ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/326 "2013-07-15T22:54:45Z")
Sah-weet **Chimera**! Drinks on you at the next DopeFest! ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/327 "2013-07-15T23:00:36Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I can’t stop shaking. If I wasn’t at work, I’d be crying with joy and relief. I think I will do that as soon as I get home. Do that, then have a drink and a well-earned relaxing evening, if possible. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/328 "2013-07-15T23:03:55Z")
_looks at where I am, then just forgets again and runs around throwing confetti and glitter around_ Congrats **Chimera**!!! Offers **EmilyG** a tube rose lei and some chocolate covered macadamias. Hands out coffee and treats to everyone. My rant: Our cats have gained weight. This was a mystery to me, because the pet sitter knew how much to feed them. Bill figured it out, Karen was giving them treats because they looked so sad and lonesome. Yeah, I’ll just bet that those lying beasts were suffering. “Is that tuna, please give us some, we haven’t eaten for days, weeks, months!” ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/329 "2013-07-15T23:11:02Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > …An hour ago I got the official job offer. For nearly $15k more than the salary range that was discussed and confirmed in both interviews. 90% more than I’m currently making as a contractor… Wooo and a whole lotta hoooo! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/330 "2013-07-15T23:31:35Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Well the good news is that it’s not the alternator - apparently it tested out fine. The bad news is that we can’t figure out WTF is wrong now. Now begins the process of checking everything we can possibly think of. Thank God for Google and Jeep Message Boards… **Jeep wave** How old is your battery? Aging batteries have caused some really bizarre issues in my '97 ZJ over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/331 "2013-07-16T00:39:28Z")
Yay **Chimera**!! _happy dance_ I should save this rant for one of the cooking disaster threads that pop up from time to time, but I feel the need to vent now. I put some chicken stew in the crock-pot for dinner tonight. When I got home and checked on it the stew was a little thinner than it should be, so I figured I’d use some cornstarch to thicken it up a bit. I grab my little plastic jar that I use for this purpose, put some cornstarch in, spoon some of the stew liquid in, and snap the lid in place. Commence shaking jar. _POP_ The plastic in the jar must have been just old and brittle enough that the hot stew caused the side of the jar to crack and the lid to blow off. Stew everywhere. The jar wasn’t that big, I’m not sure how this epic mess happened. There was stew on the ceiling. My pre-school aged nieces would’ve been proud of this mess. Anyone familiar with the painting by explosives episode of “Mythbusters”? Yeah, it kind of looked like that. I had to remove everything from all my kitchen counters, wipe everything off including all four walls, throw the rug in the washer, get out the step-stool to clean the ceiling, and mop the floor. This was all before boyfriend came over for dinner. Oh and boyfriend? He’s all lovey-dovey with the text messages and acted mostly like his old self today, but he did take off right after dinner instead of hanging out watching TV like he usually does. I have no idea what’s really going on or what will happen next. Sigh. _wanders off to check for more stew splatters_ ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/332 "2013-07-16T00:52:24Z")
Dr. G, I’m sad about your situation with your boyfriend, but has to confess that I laughed at your cooking mishap. Please don’t hate me too much! Would it help if I told you how I learned that getting distracted and forgetting that pan of eggs boiling on the hotplate is a Very Bad Thing? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/333 "2013-07-16T01:25:12Z")
It’s fine, **flatlined** , I figured I could give you guys a good laugh! It’s actually kind of funny now! And I just found another stew splatter on the side of my computer desk, which is in another room a good 10 feet from where I was standing in the kitchen. What a mess. I should’ve taken a picture. Did I congratulate you on your marriage yet? Well better twice than not at all! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/334 "2013-07-16T01:42:04Z")
It worked, I know that I’m not the only one who laughed 🙂 I showed your post to my husband and he laughed and told me about blowing up a microwave by trying to make nachos without cutting the cheese into little chunks. Hot wet stuff sure does splatter doesn’t it? And I’m pretty sure you did, but twice is always good. Thank you The things you learn after you get married. “what’s that scar?” “oh, that’s where I got shot in a drug deal, didn’t you notice the exit wound?” !!! (a pound of pot back when my husband was in college) So, I’m a bank robber and my husband is a drug dealer. Its a match made in heaven 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/335 "2013-07-16T04:37:39Z")
High fives **Chimera**! We’re now officially looking forward to many years of rants about lusers that think policies and procedures don’t apply to them. 🙂 And I’m giving notice now that you can expect my resume if my work keeps pissing me off. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/336 "2013-07-16T05:31:29Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > \ > My rant: Our cats have gained weight. This was a mystery to me, because the pet sitter knew how much to feed them. Bill figured it out, Karen was giving them treats because they looked so sad and lonesome. Yeah, I’ll just bet that those lying beasts were suffering. “Is that tuna, please give us some, we haven’t eaten for days, weeks, months!” Dogs do the woebegone, “Oh please, won’t you feed this sweet little puppy,” but they have nothing on cats for deliberate misleading - “Breakfast? Never heard of it. _I_ certainly haven’t eaten yet today!” **Dr. Girlfriend** , it was a different kind of mess, but I picked up a bag of rice upside down one day and the seal gave way - I don’t think I will _ever_ get all the rice out of my kitchen. I still keep finding it in various places, and this was years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/337 "2013-07-16T06:24:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > My mother-in-law had a big party for her 65th birthday/retirement this weekend. I think I’m still processing all the things that were irritating me about the whole mess. Families, eh? Can’t live with 'em, can’t send 'em through the wood chipper. 'Course not, you should use a meat mincer. Oh my God! Ohmygodohmygodohmygod! CONGRATULATIONS CHIMERA! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/338 "2013-07-16T14:21:24Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > **Jeep wave** > > How old is your battery? Aging batteries have caused some really bizarre issues in my '97 ZJ over the years. **returns Jeep Wave** Happy update: my husband, aka The Best Husband In The World, discovered a broken wire that was corroded and just hangin’ around the distributer box. He cleaned it up, replaced it where it should go, boosted my battery and All Is Well. I drove it to the beer store and back for his troubles 🙂 and it started perfectly and the battery charged back up to just a smidge below 14, where IIRC the gauge usually resides. This morning it was fine. It’s actually a brand new battery, the old one died of old age a couple of weeks ago. It was probably around 5 years old, which apparently is average. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/339 "2013-07-16T16:33:19Z")
Congratulations, **Chimera**!!! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/340 "2013-07-16T19:47:56Z")
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