# Let the holiday mini rants begin **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501 "2009-11-22T05:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/121 "2009-11-28T00:30:52Z")
No, not at all. We get nothin’ from the government, not since my unemployment ran out in August 2008. What made you think I was on the dole? I’m poor, not destitute. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/122 "2009-11-28T00:31:24Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > But you’re on the public dole, right? Man, you give that guy a little Viagra and he starts popping up everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/123 "2009-11-28T00:38:17Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > What made you think I was on the dole? Maybe because you cry poor so often around here? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/124 "2009-11-28T01:14:31Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Maybe because you cry poor so often around here? And yet none of us assume your hobby is pissing in literal pools. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/125 "2009-11-28T02:08:09Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Maybe because you cry poor so often around here? I don’t “cry” poor, I AM poor. Not poor enough to qualify for government aid, but poor nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/126 "2009-11-28T02:12:56Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I don’t “cry” poor, I AM poor. Not poor enough to qualify for government aid, but poor nonetheless. Are you from Spain? Does your husband work in a prison? Same shit, different day. Being poor is all you talk about, at least in the Pit. Whiner. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/127 "2009-11-28T02:20:24Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Are you from Spain? Does your husband work in a prison? > > Same shit, different day. > > Being poor is all you talk about, at least in the Pit. > > Whiner. I see you found another billygoat. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/128 "2009-11-28T02:33:03Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > I see you found another billygoat. Who are you, anyway? Charter Member from 2001, yet, no one has ever heard of you before. Sock maybe? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/129 "2009-11-28T02:37:12Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Who are you, anyway? Charter Member from 2001, yet, no one has ever heard of you before. Sock maybe? Umm that’s a little weird coming from a GUEST. In any case, you should know that he almost certainly couldn’t be a sock if his real membership goes back that far. He appears to just be a poster that doesn’t post that often. As opposed to a poster that posts too often, and can’t even be arsed to pony up a few bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/130 "2009-11-28T02:42:51Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Are you from Spain? Does your husband work in a prison? WTF? Where did you get THAT? > [@](#): > > Being poor is all you talk about, at least in the Pit. Yes. Being poor sucks. Hence I bitch about it in the Pit. Of course, _other places_ I talk about other things. Seriously, you’re complaining that I’m complaining in the complaint department? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/131 "2009-11-28T02:46:14Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > As opposed to a poster that posts too often, and can’t even be arsed to pony up a few bucks. Is this comedy night? Posts too often, says the troll with 15,000 posts. Ha! Pony up a few bucks, for what? Do tell. The Administration said they didn’t want us to pay. Or can’t you pay attention, what with all those useless 15,000 posts going on? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/132 "2009-11-28T02:48:10Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > WTF? Where did you get THAT Look, a clueless one-trick pony. How unoriginal. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/133 "2009-11-28T02:51:36Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Who are you, anyway? Charter Member from 2001, yet, no one has ever heard of you before. Sock maybe? Nope, I’m just the strong silent type who reads the Dope to learn from some very smart people. You are not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/134 "2009-11-28T02:56:42Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Look, a clueless one-trick pony. How unoriginal. No, really. From Spain? Husband works in a prison? WTF did you get THAT? Is that supposed to mean something, other than you don’t like Spanish people and prison employees? I suspect you’re confusing me with someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/135 "2009-11-28T03:00:04Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > Nope, I’m just the strong silent type who reads the Dope to learn from some very smart people. So you read Bricker and Shodan? That’s cool. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/136 "2009-11-28T03:31:45Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I suspect you’re confusing me with someone else. Perhaps I’m confusing you with someone who has two brain cells to rub together. You’ve never heard of either of those phrases? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/137 "2009-11-28T03:37:33Z")
No, actually I haven’t. Of course, I actually live in the real world and deal with real problem as opposing to bitching that someone is complaining _in the BBQ Pit!_. Do you also complain when people shit in the toilet? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/138 "2009-11-28T03:55:14Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > No, actually I haven’t. Of course, I actually live in the real world and deal with real problem as opposing to bitching that someone is complaining _in the BBQ Pit!_. Girlfriend, people who live in the real world don’t bitch in a Fantasyland called the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/139 "2009-11-28T03:57:48Z")
Aww, man. I saw **Carol Stream** was the last poster to this thread, and was looking forward to a mini rant, but there was none. ☹ Well, no, I suppose there was one of sorts. Great, I’m confused now. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/140 "2009-11-28T04:01:08Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Girlfriend, people who live in the real world don’t bitch in a Fantasyland called the BBQ Pit. So you live in the unreal world? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501.md?page=8)