# March Minirant Madness **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063 "2011-03-01T15:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/21 "2011-03-01T18:08:44Z")
A company was charged a wrist-slap fee that will in no way deter it or anyone else from engaging in the same deceptive or illegal practices in the future? Color me shocked. > [@mkecane](#): > > Hey now, I may be liftliss or shiftliss, but I’m not **shiftliss**! A good point none the less, of course. Who what the whatnow? Oh, misattributed quote. Sorry! Reported it to get it fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/22 "2011-03-01T18:12:50Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > GOOD for her OB! Especially if this is her first child … average gestation for a first time mother is 41weeks 3days. The actual gestational timeframe varies greatly from woman to woman, and is primarily regulated by her typical menstrual cycle. If normally has a ‘long’ cycle, then she’s much more likely to go close to 42 weeks. And even then, only once she hits 42w 1d is she considered past-term or ‘overdue’. Doctors and parents meddling with labor and delivery for completely selfish reasons drives me batty! :mad: piss off ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/23 "2011-03-01T18:14:19Z")
Being pregnant past term sucks, I can only imagine, but presumably not so much that it’s worth inducing labor when there’s no risk to mother or baby to just wait it out. ISTR that induced labors carry a number of complications that natural labors don’t. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/24 "2011-03-01T18:14:36Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Office management company. How did you manage to find a dishware set that has bowls that are just 2 ml too small to hold a can of soup? > > NOBODY eats breakfast in this office. Some people bring in salads but those are usually in lunch containers. > > So what the hell are we supposed to do with bowls that are too friggin small to hold a can of soup? … I can wear it as a hat, makes a great paperweight…etc > > But if I want a bowl of soup I have to perform a circus act taking a brimming hot bowl out of the microwave. > > FACISTS! Just heat the soup up in the can in the microwave. When you break the microwave, leave an annonymous note saying the bowl was too small. * * * No worries, **Shot From Guns**. I blame our governor. I was thrown for loop myself seeing that. The who’s in the what now? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/25 "2011-03-01T18:17:29Z")
The question is, what on earth did I have quoted from you that I partially deleted so that your name snuck in there? I’m wondering if the board accidentally included the post from you that I’d already replied to. I’m also having a herp derp moment as I realize what the “mke” your name starts with probably refers to. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/26 "2011-03-01T18:22:20Z")
Cat, car, mkecane, shiftless…you’re getting sloppy! ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/27 "2011-03-01T18:23:56Z")
Just let me know if I have a job going forward or not. To be honest, either way at the moment is preferable to this not knowing… ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/28 "2011-03-01T18:46:08Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > Cat, car, mkecane, shiftless…you’re getting sloppy! I’M NOT AS THINK AS YOU DRUNK I AM > [@villa](#): > > Just let me know if I have a job going forward or not. To be honest, either way at the moment is preferable to this not knowing… Speaking as someone else who has no fucking clue, I wholeheartedly second this sentiment and perform the solemn commiseration dance. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/29 "2011-03-01T18:59:44Z")
The Pit was a lot more fun when **Shot From Guns** didn’t think of it as her own personal Dear Abby column. Even with FfVb installed, it’s still annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/30 "2011-03-01T19:19:53Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > The Pit was a lot more fun when **Shot From Guns** didn’t think of it as her own personal Dear Abby column. Even with FfVb installed, it’s still annoying. Funny, I think the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/31 "2011-03-01T19:34:02Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Funny, I think the opposite. _shrug_ Different strokes, and all that. When there’s a bunch of posts missing, I know it’s either the Dio Show or the SfG Show. Same coin, different sides. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/32 "2011-03-01T19:47:48Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > The Pit was a lot more fun when **Shot From Guns** didn’t think of it as her own personal Dear Abby column. Even with FfVb installed, it’s still annoying. Remember when we went through this before and everyone agreed that you (or whoever else was bitching) were a little whiner? ETA: What’s especially hilarious is that since he has me blocked, he’s also clueless that not a single post in this thread has been anything negative about what another poster has said, so his sandyvagness is even more off-base than usual. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/33 "2011-03-01T19:50:11Z")
There are two people who speak with weird inflections that are irritating the hell out me. It’s kind of hard to articulate why it’s so irritating, since this it’s all text here and I can’t exactly show an example. The first is one who ends all her sentences like a question. It makes her sound ditzy, clueless, and unsure of herself. The second one sounds speaks in a very condescending manner. I’m not sure if it’s because she still has a trace of a British accent or what. She often ends her sentences with “Mmmmkay?” Like “I am going to go downstairs for some coffee, mmmkay?” or “I have these reports here for you, mmmmkay?” Maybe she isn’t being condescending, but damn, it sure feels like it! I would like to keep my communication with them limited to email, but that’s no way to conduct business. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/34 "2011-03-01T19:50:46Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > :mad: > > piss off I know it sucks … I’ve got two. The first was “due” on the 26th and came in the 29th. The second was “due” on the 6th and came on the 13th. So I understand what you’re going through (as much as one pregnant woman can understand another one). But we are not in charge of when the baby is ready and if you think you’ll have ANY control over your life after the baby’s here then you are in for a terribly rude awakening! ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/35 "2011-03-01T19:57:49Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > The first is one who ends all her sentences like a question. It makes her sound ditzy, clueless, and unsure of herself. 1.) It’s not ending the sentence with a question, it’s ending the sentence with a rising intonation. It’s a similar marker but it doesn’t mean the same thing. 2.) There are a variety of theories as to why people (mainly women) do this. One theory is that it’s a mechanism for maintaining control of the conversating. A rising intonation indicates that they are not done speaking, decreasing the chance that they’ll be interrupted between sentences. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/36 "2011-03-01T19:59:32Z")
Don’t mean it ain’t annoyin’, though. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/37 "2011-03-01T20:00:30Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > 1.) It’s not ending the sentence with a question, it’s ending the sentence with a rising intonation. It’s a similar marker but it doesn’t mean the same thing. > > 2.) There are a variety of theories as to why people (mainly women) do this. One theory is that it’s a mechanism for maintaining control of the conversating. A rising intonation indicates that they are not done speaking, decreasing the chance that they’ll be interrupted between sentences. 1. I didn’t say that she was ending them _with_ a question. I said she ended them _like_ a question. But if you want to get all technical and call it a rising intonation, give yourself a pat on the back for that. 2. I don’t care why she does it. It’s still irritating as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/38 "2011-03-01T20:08:40Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Don’t mean it ain’t annoyin’, though. Truth. I just have a problem leaving it be when someone implies that perfectly correct, if non-mainstream, language is “wrong” or “bad.” > [@Grapefruit](#): > > 1. I didn’t say that she was ending them _with_ a question. I said she ended them _like_ a question. Ah, so you did. My apologies–my brain likes to swap words sometimes. > [@](#): > > 1. I don’t care why she does it. It’s still irritating as hell. An absolutely legitimate response. It was specifically the word “weird” that set me off, although there’s not necessarily a value judgement there. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/39 "2011-03-01T20:46:16Z")
My daughter hasn’t even been born yet and my mother is already harping on how “big” she is. Ultrasound estimates put her in the 62nd percentile for size, mom. That’s not “big”. Don’t do to this little girl what you did to me. I don’t want _anyone_ eyeing her and saying “you’ll stretch out when you get older”. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/40 "2011-03-01T20:55:29Z")
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