# Northern VA dopers .... crisis help needed :( **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516 "2003-07-28T20:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/21 "2003-07-29T17:13:19Z")
Aren’t you supposed to make the people who a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/22 "2003-07-29T17:14:45Z")
Opal, I am very sorry for your flooded basement. Having been there/done that with my mom’s basement I feel for the frustration and embarrassment you are going through. Isn’t everyone’s basement the place where all the crap of the house shift’s too to become the One Day I’ll Take Care Of It? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/23 "2003-07-29T17:18:45Z")
I doubt people would be that enthusiastic about my Fabulous Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner as most folks expect turkey 😉 Shirley: it wouldn’t be nearly as embarrassing if it weren’t for the extremely naughty cats who really need to wear kitty diapers and/or be stapled shut. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/24 "2003-07-29T17:22:16Z")
Luckily, we won’t need to provide our own rakes and shovels and other implements of destruction. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/25 "2003-07-29T17:26:22Z")
naughty kitties, eh? :eek: in that case, maybe i’ll bring my knee-high rubber riding boots. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/26 "2003-07-29T18:04:50Z")
I have a pair of those… but I use them for a different sort of riding… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/27 "2003-07-29T18:10:19Z")
Heh. You won’t need boots, just the gloves 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/28 "2003-07-29T18:27:21Z")
No need to feel embarassed, OC. Floods have long been God’s way of making us get rid of the detritus that accumulates. Having crappy old stuff you meant to throw out just means that you have survived a while living a lower to middleclass existence. Rich people have floods, too, but they have people to notice them for them. My problem is that I sleep amongst that crap. I really should clean it up just so I don’t get hurt walking in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/29 "2003-07-29T18:46:39Z")
yeah but does your crap have literal crap hiding in it? ^o^ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/30 "2003-07-29T18:50:42Z")
I’ll bring the staple gun, and I’ll be there tomorrow morning. Just email me directions, wouldya? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/31 "2003-07-29T19:20:47Z")
Actual crap. Hmm… Might need those boots after all! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/32 "2003-07-29T19:41:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*yeah but does your crap have literal crap hiding in it? ^o^ \*\* Honest answer or one that makes me look good? 😉 My current dogs are fairly reliable but the one I put down last year would crap indoors out of spite. I still find surprises. Sorry that my location won’t allow me to help beyond passing along my hopes that your better crap isn’t wrecked. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/33 "2003-07-29T19:57:49Z")
Any crap found in my basement would probably be in the form of fossilized nuggets, fortunately. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/34 "2003-07-29T21:17:11Z")
:: quietly packs the Crap-B-Gone :: ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/35 "2003-07-29T21:42:34Z")
:: holds up a nugget :: Yessir, this here crap is from the _Politico Era_, when wild packs of wide-ranging senators roamed the lands. Candidates of the Serengeti, we called 'em… Yessir… ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/36 "2003-07-30T14:57:16Z")
Hey Opal, sounds like you could use some hands…barring required attendance at Saturday morning events (still up in the air) I could wend my way Centrevillewards if ya keep talkin’ beer and pizza to me! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/37 "2003-07-30T15:31:55Z")
Hey panache, could you make it today (anytime, day or night?) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/38 "2003-07-30T15:37:11Z")
If panache is coming, I want to make something perfectly clear: NO RAT SCREWING. ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/39 "2003-07-30T16:05:26Z")
Tsk tsk, rushing to judgement **Gingy** , I would NEVER screw Opal’s rats without her consent…(er, that sounds SO wrong, but there’s really nothing to be done about it now.) I wish I could be more helpful, but I’m at work (currently) and have meetin’s and whatnot scheduled pretty solidly until Sat. Will I still be remotely useful then? …and don’t discount tasty veggie feasts…It might not be everybody’s bag, but I’m all over a ToFurky!!! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/40 "2003-07-30T16:06:44Z")
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