# May the rant be with you (May 2012 rant thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483 "2012-05-01T05:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/81 "2012-05-03T21:44:40Z")
The water got turned off today. The bill has been paid. The guys said they’d turn it back on around 5 or shortly after. It is now 5:38 EDT. No water. I need to take a shower and I’m getting a major headache because all I’ve eaten today is an egg on an english muffin and two small bags of chips. Everything in the house to make for dinner requires water. I guess I’ll gnaw on a dry granola bar and hopefully there will be water soon. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/82 "2012-05-03T22:30:13Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Open the next can outside and/or near cats. > > Happy birthday, **madrabbitwoman**. _cheers_ Random strangers care, for whatever that’s worth. Oh, wait - didn’t you get a kitten? If so - your kitty wuvs you. Go give scritches and make it purr, and cry into its fur if you have to. Things really will get better for you. Yep have been crying into her fur all morning. Just wish I could stop. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/83 "2012-05-03T22:54:30Z")
I’m so sorry, sweetie. You’ll get through today. You’ll get through tomorrow as well. \ Just take it one day at a time. You know … the way the drunks do. \ ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/84 "2012-05-03T23:12:43Z")
{{{{{ **madrabbitwoman** }}}}} and {{{{{ **SpazCat** }}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/85 "2012-05-03T23:41:49Z")
Good thoughts to you **madrabbitwoman**. I’ve not ever been where you are, but for other difficult times it did help to remember “and this too shall pass”. Hang in there. In the meantime I pit myself for insisting that putting the microwave over the stove was a perfect spot and even though I have to stand on my tippy toes to take things in and out it would “not be a problem. I’ll be careful”. Famous last words. I now have a two by two inch whatever degree burn that blistered and oozes on the inside of my wrist. Worst of all, when the bowl of hot chilli up-ended on my arm it hurt so much that I grabbed a dishcloth to wipe it off and removed most of the skin. That hurt! Now it’s just oozing and annoying. Doesn’t hurt anymore fortunately. And if I could remember not to get hot coffee at the drive-thru, that would be good too. Once again it leaped out of the cup and all over my lap and the car that I just spent five hours detailing. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/86 "2012-05-03T23:48:39Z")
The water’s back on. So that’s done now. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/87 "2012-05-04T00:09:55Z")
I am ranting at myself. I have spent way too much time and energy over the years pointing out stuff that eventually reveals itself and/or gets pounced on by the masses anyway. Damn me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/88 "2012-05-04T00:48:26Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > Good thoughts to you **madrabbitwoman**. I’ve not ever been where you are, but for other difficult times it did help to remember “and this too shall pass”. Hang in there. > > In the meantime I pit myself for insisting that putting the microwave over the stove was a perfect spot and even though I have to stand on my tippy toes to take things in and out it would “not be a problem. I’ll be careful”. Famous last words. I now have a two by two inch whatever degree burn that blistered and oozes on the inside of my wrist. Worst of all, when the bowl of hot chilli up-ended on my arm it hurt so much that I grabbed a dishcloth to wipe it off and removed most of the skin. That hurt! Now it’s just oozing and annoying. Doesn’t hurt anymore fortunately. > > And if I could remember not to get hot coffee at the drive-thru, that would be good too. Once again it leaped out of the cup and all over my lap and the car that I just spent five hours detailing. I’m no medical expert, but that sounds like a burn that needs medical attention, and soon. Get thee to an emergency room or an urgent care, and do it now! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/89 "2012-05-04T01:30:16Z")
As much as I love CSI:Las Vegas and proudly boast that I’ve seen every single episode, I HATE the new character. Finn is pretentious and I CAN’T STAND Elizabeth Shue’s smirky face. Watch her - she always has a smirk. ALWAYS. Fuck it’s annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/90 "2012-05-04T02:09:47Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Here they won’t even let you off the lot without proving you have insurance. Oh I did have to show that I currently have insurance. > [@SpazCat](#): > > The water got turned off today. The bill has been paid. > \ > Everything in the house to make for dinner requires water. For a while there, my complex was turning off the water so frequently that I got in the habit of leaving a one quart water bottle filled on the kitchen counter, in addition to the Brita pitcher in the fridge. I cycled it by using it to water plants and then making sure it was filled again when I was done. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/91 "2012-05-04T02:30:59Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > The kittens are improperly socialized, and by the time they are “boring” they have learned to avoid humans. Oh! That would not be good - forget I suggested it. > [@SpazCat](#): > > Not a divorce, just a break-up. This has been a long time coming. I just don’t like feeling guilty when I’m the one in the right. Try to view it as setting him free to find a woman who will be happy to put up with his shit. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/92 "2012-05-04T02:40:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > On the other other hand, if it is broke, you won’t know about it until it’s probably too late for an easy, high rate of success method to fix it. I guess so. It’s just that I end up going to one sort of health provider or the other at least once a week - and sometimes three times when I’m having PT - so routine never gets done. **Kaylasdad** , I am jealous! {{{madrabbitwoman}}} It will get better, it just takes time. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/93 "2012-05-04T04:10:34Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Can you put her together with a group that raises kittens until they are ready to go to their permanent homes? Wouldn’t that put a parade of kittens thru her house, but she could give them back when they get “boring”? > [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > The kittens are improperly socialized, and by the time they are “boring” they have learned to avoid humans. Lynn was right, the reasons the kittens start running from humans is because the kids kick them and pull their tails and do other mean things. I have to trap them and then resocialize them so they know that all people aren’t mean. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > _VERY_ mini (in fact, it quite probably crosses the line into sneak-brag territory): > > To all my Doper pals: It was fabulous, magical, and brilliant in every way! _SQUEEEEE!!!_ 😃 Hurray for you and your family!!! > [@SpazCat](#): > > The water got turned off today. The bill has been paid. The guys said they’d turn it back on around 5 or shortly after. > > I guess I’ll gnaw on a dry granola bar and hopefully there will be water soon. > [@Chimera](#): > > Oh I did have to show that I currently have insurance. > > For a while there, my complex was turning off the water so frequently that I got in the habit of leaving a one quart water bottle filled on the kitchen counter, in addition to the Brita pitcher in the fridge. I cycled it by using it to water plants and then making sure it was filled again when I was done. I’m flabbergasted that people don’t have big bottles of drinking water handy. I’m down to 30 gallons and will need to stop at the water store soon. Is this a regoinal thing? I’m not being snarky, just confused. (I’m also the sort of person who has food to last for a month, 60 lbs of catfood and 90 lbs of kitty litter handy.) OK, maybe I should stop typing lest I scare people about the amounts of ammo and guns I have. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/94 "2012-05-04T04:28:40Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > OK, maybe I should stop typing lest I scare people about the amounts of ammo and guns I have. _Makes note to not piss off **flatlined** _ ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/95 "2012-05-04T04:44:10Z")
You’re a whiny baby and you need to shush. I’m talking to you, JE. When someone asks “when is the new girl showing up?” that person really doesn’t need to hear a 10 minute lecture about calling a coworker “a girl.” Seriously–bigger things to worry about. Really. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/96 "2012-05-04T06:55:25Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Lynn was right, the reasons the kittens start running from humans is because the kids kick them and pull their tails and do other mean things. I have to trap them and then resocialize them so they know that all people aren’t mean. Jaw. Floor. Did I miss this earlier? She lets her kids kick kittens? What kind of mother lets her kids abuse baby animals? > [@](#): > > I’m flabbergasted that people don’t have big bottles of drinking water handy. I’m down to 30 gallons and will need to stop at the water store soon. Is this a regoinal thing? Probably a regional thing - not everyone lives in the desert. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/97 "2012-05-04T07:07:30Z")
Dear new colleague who deliberately mispronounces my name. Today is the day. I will be polite and give you a chance, and then I will be a bitch. You have been warned. Okay, you haven’t, but I just liked the way that sounded. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/98 "2012-05-04T07:17:00Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > By all that you hold sacred, do not eat a can of Portugese sardines in oil when you have an upset stomach! I’m reasonably sure the issue wasn’t the sardines’ native language… ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/99 "2012-05-04T08:24:58Z")
Pitting myself again…less forum more focus. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483/100 "2012-05-04T11:36:44Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I’m reasonably sure the issue wasn’t the sardines’ native language… I’m pretty sure they didn’t say much to me on the way in or the way out. I normally love those things! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-the-rant-be-with-you-may-2012-rant-thread/620483.md?page=6)