# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/441 "2013-07-20T19:36:12Z")
Dammit. I ordered three new bras of ebay, about £50 worth, but I’m an unusual size so in normal shops I’d pay £30 for one. They arrived, and they’re fine, but I hadn’t taken my gradual weight loss into account, so they’re slightly loose even on the tightest fitting. But I’ve not lost enough weight yet to comfortably fit into the loosest fitting of the next backsize down. Why can’t they do size 31 in between 32 and 30? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/442 "2013-07-20T21:13:50Z")
> [@eclectic\_wench](#): > > For anyone who actually knows what life is like without vaccinations, they’re one of the most wonderful things science has ever come up with. I knew a woman who caught polio when she was 15; she spent the rest of her life blind and tetraplegic. If I’d had kids, they would have received any vaccine known to man, woman or flower pot. Until today I could say that the mosquitos hadn’t found me. Evidently now they have… _lathers on some more topic anesthetic_ ---
**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 20, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/443 "2013-07-20T21:26:50Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Oh god. I went out for dinner yesterday with a very dear friend and her new guy. He’s been around for a few months now but all socialization during that time has been event driven and we really haven’t had time to talk. Last night I found out he considers the anti fluoride decision a victory, believes that americans are now being taxed on both their state of birth and their state of residence AND that their children will be taxed on their state of birth, their parents state of birth and their state of residence and probably a few more that I’ve blanked out by the pain of biting my tongue. > > She’s had a rough time since her divorce and he’s a sweet guy who is obviously crazy but he’s also crazy about her. I think I’m going to just continue to bite my tongue and ignore the stupid but its hard ☹ He sounds a lot like my husband’s sister’s husband (aka my brother-in-law). He has never met a conspiracy theory he didn’t believe in, but he’s a good husband and father. I just have some fun with him every time we socialize, poking away at those buttons. 🙂 > [@Jackmannii](#): > > I pit Unnecessary And Annoying Capitalization Of Words That Don’t Need It. > > For instance, bowing before a few protectionist French winemakers and only using Champagne in a news story instead of champagne. Hey Jacques, champagne has entered the language as a generic term for overpriced fizzy wine drunk at celebrations. Deal with it. > > Then we have snooty real estate agents who insist they be called Realtors. We don’t do this for Doctors, Lawyers or Theoretical Physicists, so why prop up the egos of overdressed lamebodies who sell houses on commission? > > Unbelievably, I saw the word Windbreaker in a New York Times story on Friday (this is the same paper that insists on Champagne). So we’re supposed to capitalize the word to avoid offending the inventor of Windbreakers? > > I break wind at the thought. [And I’m not alone](http://www.slate.com/blogs/scocca/2011/01/13/ngrams_of_the_day_the_intellectual_property_commons_into_the_dumpster.html). Good grief. I blew a raspberry at those ideas. (Actually, I think they prefer to be called REALTORS! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/444 "2013-07-20T22:07:16Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > Dammit. I ordered three new bras of ebay, about £50 worth, but I’m an unusual size so in normal shops I’d pay £30 for one. They arrived, and they’re fine, but I hadn’t taken my gradual weight loss into account, so they’re slightly loose even on the tightest fitting. But I’ve not lost enough weight yet to comfortably fit into the loosest fitting of the next backsize down. > > Why can’t they do size 31 in between 32 and 30? Brastrap extenders? They’re basically a bit of elastic with double-eye loops at a couple points along it to give you a bit more breathing room in a too-small bra. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/445 "2013-07-20T22:42:28Z")
I don’t have kids, but I’ve been willingly vaccinated for everything possible. Black plague? Its up to date. Small pox? Has the scar. Hep vaccinations? Yup, went through the series. I don’t vaccinate our cats as often as we should, but they are inside cats so their only disease vector is people who come into the house. After I’ve been at adoptions, I bleach myself down and take my adoption shoes off (and bag them) before I walk in the door. My clothes get tossed right into the washing machine and I take a shower before I touch any of my feline overlords. I also tell people who are with puppies who are too young to have had their full series of shots to not let them walk on the floor. Cats aren’t kids, I’m not a doctor or a vet, but seriously? I’m willing to take that risk for my cats, but I also take precautions. How is it possible to keep an unvaxed human kid safe from the coughing, sneezing unwashed masses? My rant: my beloved husband is in charge of setting up the photo album and its not done. He’s set up the page, but hasn’t managed to put pics up. If he’s not done by the time I finish writing the thank you notes, I’m going to fling Steve at him. Also pitting myself, I wrote all the easy notes first. Most people gave money, those are easy boilerplate notes to write. Some people gave us gifts, and those are the hard ones because I have to think. Hopes that doesn’t sound churlish. We love the carefully selected gifts, that big box that held 10 litter boxes was really thoughtful. But…“thank you so much for sending us the wonderful gift of litter boxes for our marriage. Our cats will enjoy them so much” just doesn’t flow very well. And then there is the box of yeast. Very thoughful present, but I’m having trouble finding the words. ---
**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 20, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/446 "2013-07-20T23:32:53Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > (Actually, I think they prefer to be called REALTORS! 😃 ) That should be REALTORS® 😃 ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/447 "2013-07-21T00:28:27Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > My rant: my beloved husband is in charge of setting up the photo album and its not done. He’s set up the page, but hasn’t managed to put pics up. If he’s not done by the time I finish writing the thank you notes, I’m going to fling Steve at him. What did Steve do to deserve that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/448 "2013-07-21T00:45:03Z")
A squirrel ran of with my ripest tomato. Now I have to ripen them on the windowsill rather than leaving them outside on the vine. Frackin’ tree rats. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/449 "2013-07-21T01:05:04Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > A squirrel ran of with my ripest tomato. Now I have to ripen them on the windowsill rather than leaving them outside on the vine. > > Frackin’ tree rats. Rats have more dignity. Those fuckers are just pathetic. ---
**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 21, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/450 "2013-07-21T01:43:49Z")
**flatlined** , take just a minute and think about how those litterboxes help you, not the cats. For example: “Thank you so much for the gift of litterboxes. We always seem to run short when we have fosters. They will come in very handy!” If that covers the situation, feel free to appropriate it! I got nothing on the yeast if you’re not a baker. At least, I’m assuming it’s for baking… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/451 "2013-07-21T03:32:30Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I don’t have kids, but I’ve been willingly vaccinated for everything possible. Black plague? Its up to date. Small pox? Has the scar. Hep vaccinations? Yup, went through the series. > > I don’t vaccinate our cats as often as we should, but they are inside cats so their only disease vector is people who come into the house. After I’ve been at adoptions, I bleach myself down and take my adoption shoes off (and bag them) before I walk in the door. My clothes get tossed right into the washing machine and I take a shower before I touch any of my feline overlords. > > I also tell people who are with puppies who are too young to have had their full series of shots to not let them walk on the floor. > > Cats aren’t kids, I’m not a doctor or a vet, but seriously? > > I’m willing to take that risk for my cats, but I also take precautions. How is it possible to keep an unvaxed human kid safe from the coughing, sneezing unwashed masses? > > My rant: my beloved husband is in charge of setting up the photo album and its not done. He’s set up the page, but hasn’t managed to put pics up. If he’s not done by the time I finish writing the thank you notes, I’m going to fling Steve at him. > > Also pitting myself, I wrote all the easy notes first. Most people gave money, those are easy boilerplate notes to write. Some people gave us gifts, and those are the hard ones because I have to think. Hopes that doesn’t sound churlish. We love the carefully selected gifts, that big box that held 10 litter boxes was really thoughtful. > > But…“thank you so much for sending us the wonderful gift of litter boxes for our marriage. Our cats will enjoy them so much” just doesn’t flow very well. And then there is the box of yeast. Very thoughful present, but I’m having trouble finding the words. I always find it easier to write thank you notes for actual thoughtful gifts, and as eloquent as you are here I am sure that the thought for the gift will fall easily into the thank you for said gift. What I am really surprised by are the gifts of money. Clearly everyone in attendance knows how wealthy Bill is. I guess it is tradition or something. Boilerplate thanks for that is just fine:) And I am assuming the yeast is for home brew-thanks and a promise for a 6 pack and a tasting party would suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/452 "2013-07-21T04:25:55Z")
I’d think you could write a pretty funny thank you note about the yeast. ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/453 "2013-07-21T05:08:58Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’d think you could write a pretty funny thank you note about the yeast. With pics:) You could even share a couple here… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/454 "2013-07-21T06:07:01Z")
**flatlined** , perhaps your yeast-givers were trying to get a rise out of you?😃 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/455 "2013-07-21T12:52:57Z")
My husband is Giving Up Smoking Forever for about the third time this year. He thinks he’s not addicted and can give it up at any time because he is a superior person. Every time this happens he gets the usual withdrawal symptoms and becomes a nasty piece of work for a few days. Last night was bad - he was being a hateful dick and I went to the guest bedroom very early just to get away from him. And it’d be worth it if he’d just make it stick. Smoking cigars gives him constant sinus infections and is horrifically expensive, too. But I’m not hopeful. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/456 "2013-07-21T13:43:40Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > My husband is Giving Up Smoking Forever for about the third time this year. He thinks he’s not addicted and can give it up at any time because he is a superior person. > > Every time this happens he gets the usual withdrawal symptoms and becomes a nasty piece of work for a few days. Last night was bad - he was being a hateful dick and I went to the guest bedroom very early just to get away from him. > > And it’d be worth it if he’d just make it stick. Smoking cigars gives him constant sinus infections and is horrifically expensive, too. But I’m not hopeful. Buy him one of those e-cigs (but get good vaping juice like from intellicig or intellicig-usa) and stuff it down his craw - with love of course. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/457 "2013-07-21T13:45:30Z")
Having a light sleeper who still believes in the tooth fairy is not an easy combination. She nearly caught me last night! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/458 "2013-07-21T13:57:11Z")
**Diversity, Ohio State Style** Great [feature](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/07/21/osu-official-to-promote-diversity-in-health-area.html) in the paper today about the new “chief diversity officer” at OSU’s Wexner Medical Center. They’re busy drumming up new efforts to include all aspects of diversity, including bringing in “the privileged and the underprivileged”. I guess that means having a black, a woman, two Jews and a one-percenter. Might want to leave out the Jews though. “Courtney Gilliam, a second-year medical student from Westchester County, N.Y., said she knows what diversity doesn’t look like - her hometown. “It’s mostly whites and Jews”, said Gilliam, 26, who is black.” :rolleyes::)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/459 "2013-07-21T14:14:28Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Great [feature](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/07/21/osu-official-to-promote-diversity-in-health-area.html) in the paper today about the new “chief diversity officer” at OSU’s Wexner Medical Center. I remember when I worked at Hamline University a few years back and the outrage _ **OUTRAGE!!!** _ that the new Diversity person was an Asian Male. When clearly that job was reserved for a black woman. Ideally a disabled black woman. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ---
**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 21, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/460 "2013-07-21T14:57:43Z")
Dammit. Near the metro (subway) station at the end of the line, there’s a bus station where I catch my bus home. There is nowhere to go to the bathroom around there, unless you go to one of the nearby restaurants and use their bathrooms, but their bathrooms are reserved for “customers only.” :mad: So last night I had to pee, so I decided to use the trick that I sometimes use: go to the nearby McDonald’s, order a free glass of water (no, I’m not going to waste money on their stinky, yucky food), and then, since I’m a customer, I can use their bathroom. It worked before, and I thought it was going to work again. But no! When I’d finished my glass of water, I went to the bathrooms - and they were freaking LOCKED! :mad: :mad: And I wasn’t going to ask for a key or anything, because then I’d have to face the fact that I didn’t actually buy anything there. Seriously. There should be some bathrooms somewhere near the bus station that are open to anyone. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315.md?page=24)