# Mayday! Mayday! (minirants!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409 "2018-05-01T14:47:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/121 "2018-05-11T17:16:23Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \Your pouty pose looks ridiculous when you’ve got a phone in your hand.\ The pouty poses look ridiculous period, in my opinion. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/122 "2018-05-11T17:41:05Z")
I’m still trying to find out who exactly thinks duck lips are attractive. Well, all these young women in their selfies, apparently, but who else? ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/123 "2018-05-11T17:46:11Z")
1 > [@aruvqan](#): > > 5 more sessions chemo, then radiation/chemo for 26 sessions, then surgery. > > This summer is goung to suck. > > I will take all the fuzzy thoughts I can get. > > My chemo buddy thought me referring to my butt being possessed by linda blair hysterical. If the food would stay in long enough to break the bile down so I stop crapping what looks like green slime I think I would be a lot happier. I do have some experience with chemo diarrhea! It felt like fire coming out. I hope it settles down for you. Please continue to bitch as much as you need. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/124 "2018-05-11T17:58:47Z")
We got our internet upgraded yesterday - the tech left with our Apple Airport network modem not working\*, because, and I quote, “I can never get those things to work,” and our main tv not being able to play the 200 plus shows we had recorded on our PVR. According to tech support on the one hour call I just spent with them (I checked the timer on my phone), he, and again I quote, “Checked and everything was working before he left.” LIAR! We tried the tv as soon as he left- the downstairs PVR was NOT working, and I will eat my hat if he checked more than just to see if it powered on before he left. There WILL be a comment left on his performance yesterday. Oh, the big fix so both PVRs are talking to each other again? I unplugged them and plugged them back in again. I’m not sure why my husband and I didn’t think of that on our own - probably because we’re old and our brains are tired. And we trusted that the tech wasn’t incompetent and a liar. :mad: \*My husband took a stab at fixing the Airport - he plugged it in. And then, miracle of miracles, it worked! /s ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/125 "2018-05-11T19:39:08Z")
Welp, my Mom & I have acquired a new cat. Neither of us want a new cat, especially, although we hope this one might help thin the mouse herd a bit. But since she’s been declawed, she’s at a serious disadvantage. This one is a lightly-marked calico shorthair, with a classic little face and a charming personality. My poor dog is hoping he might finally have a cat for a friend, but it’s early days. We’re calling her Murphy (my Mom’s choice. Not sure why.) In other news: People who dump their declawed cats outside should be chained out on a rock for the Kraken. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/126 "2018-05-11T19:45:33Z")
Thanks, **Merneith** , for being a good person, and I’ll help you chain the dumper to a rock and coat them with honey so the ants can have at them first. All the best to Murphy. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/127 "2018-05-11T19:54:38Z")
Poor little Murphy. She hit the cat lottery finding you:) ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/128 "2018-05-12T01:39:39Z")
Someone please invent a power strip that will lay flat instead of on its side or on one corner. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/129 "2018-05-12T17:28:15Z")
Fucking hell, can we please stop with the “human interest” stories of soldiers coming home to surprise mom/dad/kids/wifey? Cronkite is rolling in his grave over these sappy, boring, stupid stories. Far from bringing a tear to my eye, they make me want to pitch something at the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/130 "2018-05-12T17:51:44Z")
I never miss a local library book sale. A wonderful chance to get some cheap books and do good for my community. Only there was a measles outbreak in the building that housed the book sale last month. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/131 "2018-05-12T20:10:25Z")
The Sacramento Bee has not delivered to our entire neighborhood since Wednesday morning. A while back, the carrier gave us a piece of paper with her number on it and the number of a delivery company that she works for that apparently contracts to the Bee. Thursday morning when we didn’t get a paper, I tried calling her number, but she never picked up and there was no voice mail. I called the number for the company she works for and left a message. No paper. Friday I called her number and got what sounded like an elderly woman who said the woman whose number it was is no longer delivering the paper. I called the delivery company and left a message, and then I called the Bee Customer Service direct and spoke to a woman with a heavy accent who sounded like she was in the Philippines. I asked to speak to a supervisor, and she told me a supervisor would call. No supervisor called, no delivery. I called the delivery company every four hours and left increasingly annoyed messages. No delivery, no phone calls. No paper today. I left a message with the delivery company and another message with Bee Customer Service (they have no live people on weekends). I then sent an email direct to the Bee Customer Service email account. I don’t expect anything. I did suggest in my email that I might contact the local tv news to ask them if the Sacramento Bee has stopped home delivery. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/132 "2018-05-12T21:30:21Z")
Is your subscription paid for with an automatic monthly charge to your credit card or checking account, or do you receive a bill? ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/133 "2018-05-12T23:32:18Z")
Today was errand day. CVS: do you have a CVS card? (No, and I don’t want one). AutoZone: do you have an AZ rewards card? (ditto answer above). PetSmart: do you have our bonus card? (ditto) 7-11: do you have our coffee club- buy 10-get-one-free punch card? (ditto) I’m sure clerks hate asking and promoting store cards. I travel light and don’t want to have extra crap in my wallet and on my key ring; most importantly, I don’t want your junk mail OR crap from the companies you sold my info to. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/134 "2018-05-12T23:42:00Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This is how I feel whenever I see a (usually) woman constantly posting about how WONDERFUL her husband is and they LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH and HE’S SO TERRIFIC. :dubious: > > I know that their relationship status will soon change to “It’s complicated.” :smack: > > I have another FBF who is constantly posting things that say, in so many words, “I love my kids but I hate being a parent.” Girl, YOU’RE the one who said for years that you wanted a second child and you didn’t have one because your husband thought one was enough, and then you did and you can’t handle it. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. I have a work friend in another dept who posts passive-aggressive bromides that are-not-so-sneakily aimed at some colleagues she is having strife with – crap along the lines of “True friends will x, y, z, fake friends will x, y, x” that is illustrated with a Minion character(s). ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/135 "2018-05-13T00:12:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > The dog that bit my hand showed again on my deck this morning. I didn’t dare go back out. I had walked my pups. So I just sheltered in place til Mr.Wrekker came back to the house. He is so mad. He got a rope on the dog and put him in his dog box on his truck. He’s taking the dog home now. Shit I hope he doesn’t get too mad at the dogs owner. We didn’t call the law when I got bit because I thought it was mostly my own fault. That dog was some kinda vicious when he was trying to get him in the truck. The dog doesn’t need to be out of a pen. Fox hunters let their dogs loose at night to run foxes and depend on them to come back on their own. It’s not unusual for some to stray. This dog doesn’t need this kinda freedom. Crap. I hate this kind of stuff. How’s the bite? Mine is all colors of the rainbow, fortunately no infection. Our across the street neighbors let their tiny dog run free. I can’t count how many times we’ve heard squealing brakes from drivers almost hitting her. Our new next door neighbors have a similarly tiny dog they also let roam; now the tinies roam together and their dog owners think it’s “darling” that they are friends. These little rats tease and taunt my dogs through our uber-secure fencing. There’s no way our furries can escape; if they could I’m sure the “darlings” would not enjoy meeting the pit bulls they’ve been teasing the shit outta. Their dogs are also aggressive with passing pedestrians, especially kids – if they weren’t rat-sized dogs they’d be dangerous. I’d call animal control, but I worry the dogs wouldn’t be bailed out in time to avoid being killed at our overcrowded shelter. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure they’ll be killed by cars sooner or later. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/136 "2018-05-13T00:21:02Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > \ > I’d call animal control, but I worry the dogs wouldn’t be bailed out in time to avoid being killed at our overcrowded shelter. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure they’ll be killed by cars sooner or later. Or a pedestrian like me - I’m pretty sure any dog running at me to attack me is going to get a boot in the face. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s dog, but I’m not planning to let their illegally off-leash dog bite me, either. Irresponsible dog owners are the worst, in so many ways. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/137 "2018-05-13T00:28:21Z")
My bite is healed. Mr.Wrekker told the offending dogs owner if he sees him out again he will shoot him. We live in a very rural area and this guy is coming close for his dogs to run foxes at night. Generally I have no problem with this activity. But a bunch of dogs get left behind. And we have to deal with it. Most of the time you just call the owner, if the dog is tagged, and they will come get them. This is how I got bit, looking for the tag. I stupidly put my hand over his head. The dog is vicious, there is no doubt. Now don’t get me wrong, I am opposed to shooting strays. I just hope this man keeps his dog penned. I hope your rat-dog neighbors don’t have to die because of owner stupidity It’s always the owners. IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/138 "2018-05-13T02:40:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is your subscription paid for with an automatic monthly charge to your credit card or checking account, or do you receive a bill? We get a bill every three months. I don’t like automatic subscriptions. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/139 "2018-05-13T05:46:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > We get a bill every three months. I don’t like automatic subscriptions. Right when my mom’s dementia got real bad, I realized that she was not reading the three papers she was getting–two of which were in the high $60’s a month, and the third was $88 a month. It got to the point that even using whatever coupons were in the paper, it was just too much for so little. The Sunday papers were thinner than the Tuesday papers I delivered in the late 1970’s. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409/140 "2018-05-13T09:31:10Z")
Dear Baby Jesus Oh merciful and forgiving Baby Jesus, please make sure the slime that stole my wallet Friday used the cash that was inside to buy a HIV infected needle and subsequently overdosed on the heroin or cocaine they bought with it. Also, Baby Jesus, please ensure that the 5 hours I will spend on the phone ordering a new drivers license, credit cards, ATM card, library card, and other critical documents for my survival will somehow delay the phone system to the point that the ambulance that arrives at said scumbags overdose site will arrive one second too late to save their worthless life. Thank you Baby Jesus, for being so merciful and peaceful to those of us that only seek to lead productive lives and do the right thing. Please fuck those who pray on us with slow, painful deaths. Amen. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayday-mayday-minirants/813409.md?page=8)