# Jumpin' Jehosaphat! It's July! More mini-rants! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898 "2012-07-01T14:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/61 "2012-07-03T16:20:26Z")
Not that the fires in Colorado aren’t news, but why is it every time the news sites have an article about the plane that crashed while fighting the South Dakota wildfires, they show pictures of the fires and devastation in Colorado? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/62 "2012-07-03T16:28:41Z")
Dear Human Resources: While I appreciate that you need me to get the forms for Short Term Disability over to you, I really rather you didn’t e-mail me with the subject line “STD Documentation Request”. Especially when there’s a coworker looking at my screen at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/63 "2012-07-03T16:45:48Z")
Well an STD could be an STD. ---
**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 3, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/64 "2012-07-03T17:06:00Z")
I can’t be arsed with “Hallmark Holidays” anymore so I decided to throw a Canada Day backyard deck party. I made the FB Event and sent invites in MAY. I invited like 60 people, knowing full well that not that many would show up, but extended the invites anyway. Very special thanks to the FOUR friends and their spouses who showed up. Very special thanks to our parents and next-door neighbours who showed up. To everyone else: I go to your stupid “home parties” and spend my money on that overpriced crap. I go to your holiday parties. I go to your bachelorette parties. To one particular person: I go out of my way at least 3 times a month to take you to see your son. And none of you could be arsed to drop by my backyard for a couple of hours on a beautiful sunny afternoon to have a beer or pop and eat my food at the ONLY get-together I’m going to host all year? Yeah, I’ll remember that next time you’ve got something going on. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/65 "2012-07-03T17:17:58Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I like this! 🙂 If God were present at some Cubs games they might win a few more, right? Only after He smote those lights at Wrigley. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/66 "2012-07-03T17:26:08Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > And none of you could be arsed to drop by my backyard for a couple of hours on a beautiful sunny afternoon to have a beer or pop and eat my food at the ONLY get-together I’m going to host all year? Yeah, I’ll remember that next time you’ve got something going on. Pretty much what such things come down to. Unless they gave you a reason why they were not going to be able to make it, it shows you who your true friends are. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/67 "2012-07-03T17:33:29Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Hey, it’s a water-cooled cat! Hey, given the current temps in AZ, maybe the cat is actually being smart! > [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > To everyone else: I go to your stupid “home parties” and spend my money on that overpriced crap. I go to your holiday parties. I go to your bachelorette parties. To one particular person: I go out of my way at least 3 times a month to take you to see your son. And none of you could be arsed to drop by my backyard for a couple of hours on a beautiful sunny afternoon to have a beer or pop and eat my food at the ONLY get-together I’m going to host all year? Yeah, I’ll remember that next time you’ve got something going on. Did any of the no shows RSVP? ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/68 "2012-07-03T17:53:17Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > When you do feel like reading, go to the library and find Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth. Junkfood for the mind and a real page turner. I’m now his biggest fan 🙂 Fair warning: You may want to hold off reading the third book in the series (Red, White and Blood) until book 4 comes out, so you don’t need to deal with the aggravating cliffhanger at the end (“Waddaya mean I can’t get the next book yet? When is it going to be on sale, then? Well, \*why \*isn’t it written yet? Arrrrrgh!!”) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/69 "2012-07-03T18:05:20Z")
I was walking by a car dealership the other day and briefly mistook it for a military vehicles park. That’s when it hit me: when the hell did car manufacturers decide that it’s out of date or bad for business to paint a car any color that actually LOOKS like a color? I’ve been looking at all the new and newish cars on the roads over the past few days and have noted the following breathtakingly vibrant chromatic palette: Grayish-drab brown. Grayish-drab bronze. Grayish-drab off-white. Grayish-drab beige. Grayish-drab khaki. Grayish-drab steel gray. Grayish-drab pewter gray. Grayish-drab smoke gray. Grayish-drab silver. Grayish-drab charcoal black. Grayish-drab slate blue. Grayish-drab navy blue. Grayish-drab powder blue. Grayish-drab sage green. Grayish-drab olive green. Grayish-drab maroon. Grayish-drab dried-ketchup red. Bright lipstick red for that “sporty” look. :rolleyes: Apparently we should blame [modern clear-coat finishes and concerns about resale value](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/design/2011/10/car_paint_colors_why_are_so_many_cars_painted_white_silver_and_b.html), but whatever the cause, I’m sick of it. It’s sunny July in the sky and trees and rainy late November in the parking lot. Bleagh. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/70 "2012-07-03T18:09:17Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > … Anyhow, all is good. Except that Spike is sleeping with his head in the water bowl now. Idiot cat. Please, _please_, post pics. I’m sorry your cat seems to have the intelligence level of a domestic turkey (does he know to come out of the rain?) but … that sounds like it could be captioned into a terrific LOLpicture. C’mon, **flatlined**. You owe the world. Oh, wait - you’re in AZ, right? No worrying about cats in the rain for you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/71 "2012-07-03T18:10:46Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Fucking styrofoam packing peanuts. It’s good that you have a hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Patience\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@Patience\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patience_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/72 "2012-07-03T18:17:43Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Please, _please_, post pics. I’m sorry your cat seems to have the intelligence level of a domestic turkey (does he know to come out of the rain?) but … that sounds like it could be captioned into a terrific LOLpicture. C’mon, **flatlined**. You owe the world. Seconded! Good god, my head hurts. Someone get over here and make it stop. ---
**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 3, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/73 "2012-07-03T19:01:38Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Did any of the no shows RSVP? Yes. I also got a number of "Maybe"s that didn’t show up anyway. But the majority of people didn’t bother to acknowledge the invite at all. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/74 "2012-07-03T20:31:31Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Yes. I also got a number of "Maybe"s that didn’t show up anyway. But the majority of people didn’t bother to acknowledge the invite at all. That pisses me off to no end. I have several friends who didn’t RSVP to a party I invited them to. When they showed up and I said, “Oh, I’m so glad you could make it! When I didn’t hear from you, I thought you couldn’t come,” they looked at me blankly and said that they only RSVP if they can’t come to an event. What?! ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/75 "2012-07-03T20:42:59Z")
Dearest Mother-in-Law When someone tells you that they lost 50 lbs since the last time you saw them, the polite response is something along the lines of “Wow, good for you!” or even a tepid, “That’s nice” if you can’t be happy for them. It is not polite to look them up and down with disbelief and say, “Well, I don’t see it.” Bitch. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/76 "2012-07-03T20:56:30Z")
Wait. I have no siblings. How is my mother your mother-in-law? Because that’s _exactly_ what mine would say! ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/77 "2012-07-03T21:46:48Z")
Well, I have a few maxirants I may decide to post, and certainly the presence of situations that cause maxirants can make other, smaller situations more difficult to manage. But dammit, when I tell my email program that CERTAIN EMAIL SENDERS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED PURVEYORS OF JUNK (that’s junk, junk, junk) AND THE PROGRAM SHOULD SEND THEIR EMAILS DIRECTLY TO THE JUNK FILE, it should not happen that I keep getting their emails in my inbox. And when I tell it that AGAIN AND AGAIN, it really OUGHT to take one of these days. Only it doesn’t, for some senders at least. The problem seems to be with Olive Tree Bible and with Wild Divine. Do me a favor, folks. Boycott 'em both. ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/78 "2012-07-03T22:16:24Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Wait. I have no siblings. How is my mother your mother-in-law? Because that’s _exactly_ what mine would say! She’s a real peach, that’s for sure. 😃 She does say similar things to my Sister-in-Law who also struggles with her weight, so it’s not really out of character. I should have known better than to say anything to her about it. ---
**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 3, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/79 "2012-07-03T23:31:30Z")
Heh. Once my sister came for a visit after being gone for several years. She’d lost EIGHTY pounds in the interim. Yes, she still wasn’t svelte, but it was a great improvement and a major accomplishment. My mother’s reaction when K announced how much she’d lost? Mother looked at her a long while, then said, and I quote, “Wow. You must have been really fat before.” (In her defense, Mom has Alzheimer’s, and that little censor in your brain-to-mouth connection had died.) ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898/80 "2012-07-04T01:52:05Z")
The people I’m housesitting for gave me a heart attack today. I didn’t sleep well last night (nothing new about that) so I took a nap this afternoon. I woke up to the sound of chainsaws and looked out the front door to see that the front yard was full of Mexicans and the four huge holly bushes on either side of the stairs to the front porch were _gone_. This area doesn’t like T-Mobile so I had to run into the back yard to get a phone signal. Hello, R? Did you by chance have any landscaping scheduled for today? Yes? Thanks for the warning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumpin-jehosaphat-its-july-more-mini-rants/626898.md?page=5)