# My Lame Rant About Blinds! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 31, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991 "2003-12-31T19:37:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/1 "2003-12-31T19:37:26Z")
You know, those things you hang in front of windows to cut the sunlight and cool your home/apartment? Well if I pay good money for a blind that is exactly fitted to my apartment window, why do I have to _tug, tug, tug_ at that damn thing to get it to come **down**? That is an off-pissing thing! You know why? Because it didn’t happen that way at frickin’ **Home Depot** where I bought the sumbitches! Taken them back three times and get the same damn problem every frickin’ time when they come back! And no. I’m not adding some lubricant to get them to lower more smoothly. The demonstrators did just fine in the store, and I expect them to operate the same way when I get them put up. dammit! They are **black**'cause I work at night and need to sleep in the day, and I am being told that since the blinds are “special order”, that’s it. No return, and they were being “nice” to try to “fix” the problem, but this is “all” they can do. Pissed Off Quasi ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/2 "2003-12-31T20:04:54Z")
Tell them that eventually someday they’re going to have to go to the hospital and that when they do… you’ll be waiting. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/3 "2003-12-31T23:56:37Z")
Blinds are evil constructions designed just to piss off people like me! I can never seem to get them to come down on the first tug or actually go mid-way up the window without having one side much higher than the other. I don’t even want to think about the finger slicing experience that is cleaing the darn things! The bane of my existence is my vertical blinds on the patio doors. My dogs have discovered that by tugging on them, they can get a blind slats to fall down. That is great fun for doggies. They discovered this one day and tugged down all but five blind slats. I came home to find my patio doors had these scraggle-tooth looking things hanging on them. I left the pathetic things up thinking I could train my dogs not to pull on them. No such luck. I’d come home to find 4 slats still standing, then 3, then 2, and finally, one lonely slat hanging in the middle of my patio doors. Now I just keep the dogs out of the living room. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/4 "2004-01-01T00:18:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Tell them that eventually someday they’re going to have to go to the hospital and that when they do… you’ll be waiting. \*\* If the Catholic Church still accepts my dumb ass as a member, I plan to nominate, you, **lieu** as a _SAINT_! No matter how bad I have felt, you have never failed to make me smile and make me feel _better_. I know: The “Saint” of bad smells and funny comments! You are one of the _greatest/nicest_ people on SDMB, dood, and I am so proud to know you! [[[[[[[[QUASI-HUGGS]]]]]]]]]]], Guy! Q ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/5 "2004-01-01T02:22:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MaddyStrut \* > \*\*Blinds are evil constructions designed just to piss off people like me! I can never seem to get them to come down on the first tug or actually go mid-way up the window without having one side much higher than the other. > . \*\* I here you **Maddy** and **Quasi** I am sure blinds are a tool of the devil invented to torture good and innocent people into madness. From blind madness it is a simple step towards trying to assemble a video post box from the flat cardboard template or even more heinous trying to assemble ikea furniture. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/6 "2004-01-01T02:27:28Z")
here = hear :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/7 "2004-01-01T04:19:58Z")
People raise their blinds? I find it spoils the gloomy atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/8 "2004-01-01T04:26:46Z")
I think it’s time that Home Depot got wished into the cornfield. Sorry about the blinds, Quasi. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/9 "2004-01-01T05:01:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*People raise their blinds? I find it spoils the gloomy atmosphere. \*\* I want to paint our windows black, except for a few key spots so that the cats can look out, but my husband won’t have anything to do with it. He won’t believe me when I say that I’m trying to cultivate the cobwebs for the proper Adams Family atmosphere, either. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/10 "2004-01-01T05:26:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\*I want to paint our windows black, except for a few key spots so that the cats can look out, but my husband won’t have anything to do with it. He won’t believe me when I say that I’m trying to cultivate the cobwebs for the proper Adams Family atmosphere, either. \*\* You need some demonic candles, too. The properly drippy ones. I don’t even see the need for windows, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/11 "2004-01-01T12:37:27Z")
“Demonic Candles R Us!” Got it, **yujin**! I guess that won’t be something _Yankee Candle_ would carry, right?😃 And as a birthday present, I got a **Lynn Bodoni** post in my thread! She may not have _meant_ it that way, but I will _take_ it that way. Thanks, Lynn! Q ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/12 "2004-01-01T15:35:37Z")
Here’s a sex, I meaen secret that few people seem to intercourse, I mean remember: You can open blinds without raising them up! :eek: In fuck, I mean fact, mine are attatched at the bottom, too, so they don’t screw, er… move. I rotate this little knob thingy (not a sex joke), and light comes in. I rotate it again, IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, and light goes out. No fucking universal laws of physics in MY house! But, seriously, why raise them? Except for cleaning the window sill. Or opeing the windows for fresh air. Or the 713 other valid reasons. Just use the blade control to control the light. Ignore this post ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/13 "2004-01-01T17:02:50Z")
**NCB** YOU are a relaxing breath of fresh air on this board, Young’un!. Never thought of **that**! :D:D:D Q ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/14 "2004-01-01T17:40:00Z")
_Pirate!_ ;j ---
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/15 "2004-01-01T17:42:14Z")
Gah! Thought this thread was about poker. I was gonna chime in and say that I find it annoying to have to wait for the big blind when sitting down. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/16 "2004-01-01T18:46:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*And as a birthday present, I got a **Lynn Bodoni** post in my thread! She may not have _meant_ it that way, but I will _take_ it that way. Thanks, Lynn! \*\* Happy birthday Quas. But try not to ejaculate on **Lynn** in your excitement. I seem to recall you having a problem with that…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/17 "2004-01-01T21:18:12Z")
I feel for ya, man. I used to work nights and luckily, my Brooklyn apartment had very few windows - and I had no windows in my room, except for one that went out into the middle of the building where there was no light. I loved it. I’d turn on my fans, snuggle under the covers, and sleep the day away. Perhaps you could offer them a free flu shot or free painkillers in exchange for fixing the damn blinds? Ava ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/18 "2004-01-03T06:49:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*Happy birthday Quas. But try not to ejaculate on **Lynn** in your excitement. I seem to recall you having a problem with that…😃 \*\* Thanks **yuje** , but damn! Y’all don’t let _anything_, pass you by, do ya? 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/19 "2004-01-03T07:37:11Z")
Blinds, _evil_! Curtains, _good!_ ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/20 "2004-01-03T08:14:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*Thanks **yuje** , but damn! Y’all don’t let _anything_, pass you by, do ya? 😃 \*\* 50 years from now, I’ll still think it’s funny. In other words…nope! And I like our blinds, they’re not evil. They keep the sun out and lend atmosphere. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991.md?page=2)