# Rant Already! June Oh you want to! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838 "2013-06-01T04:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/401 "2013-06-22T21:57:32Z")
> [@I\_Like\_Pie](#): > > … > Oh, and the stinky woman at work: Please take a shower. You smell like soiled milk and feet. I know how much money you make, I’ve seen your car; you can afford the water and soap. I don’t understand why some people smell like sour milk. There’s a guy like that in my class.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/402 "2013-06-22T23:45:04Z")
> [@half-elf](#): > > If you right-click on a tab when using Firefox, there is an “undo close tab” option. Presumably other browsers might have something similar. In IE, if you click on the ‘new tab’ space (at the end of the tab line) the new tab it opens offers as one option to reopen a closed tab. Has saved my bacon more than once. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/403 "2013-06-23T00:25:31Z")
> [@half-elf](#): > > \ > Thing is, how do you bring it up a. without sounding petty and b. getting the message across that you would have been interested in attending, with the desired result of c. actually being invited next time … I think that all you can do is say something like, “That sounded really fun!” if they start talking about it after the fact (sort of put a bug in their ears that you would have been interested in going with them). Anything else is probably going to sound whiny, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/404 "2013-06-23T03:03:10Z")
Kind of funny rant: my daughter, 3.5, has developed a huge obsession with rolly-polly bugs. Enough that she keeps freaking trying to bring them to bed with her - she’s decided they’re her pets. It’s cute and hilarious and disgusting and I’ve taken to frisking her for them before bedtime and naptime. I still haven’t been able to bring myself to lay down with her since the last rolly-polly “incident.” ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/405 "2013-06-23T04:13:48Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Kind of funny rant: my daughter, 3.5, has developed a huge obsession with rolly-polly bugs. Enough that she keeps freaking trying to bring them to bed with her - she’s decided they’re her pets. It’s cute and hilarious and disgusting and I’ve taken to frisking her for them before bedtime and naptime. I still haven’t been able to bring myself to lay down with her since the last rolly-polly “incident.” That’s gross, disgusting and hysterically funny. My ten year old also loves them. The two year old prefers our kitties. The long hair runs as soon as she realizes the toddler is within reaching distance but the short hair tolerates her even when she gets ahold of the pink magic marker and makes him look like a bleeding panda. Rant: I was looking at birthday toys for a friend’s child. Target had the worst one yet: the pink ironing board. So the boys get all the cool toys – the legos and the erector sets and the robots – while the girls get ironing boards. Pink ironing boards. Way to send a shitty message to kids, Target. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/406 "2013-06-23T04:48:39Z")
Why would the UI people decide to delay DH’s claim for a phone interview about info he supplied when submitting his claim application? Just stupidity, or malice? If the latter, that’s a really low blow to someone who just got laid off because his employer is shutting down in this area. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/407 "2013-06-23T05:11:19Z")
Are those pink ironing boards sturdy enough to beat someone to death? If so, I’ll go all batshit crazy on them. I’m serious, I feel like climbing a clock tower right now. I’ll be crying my eyes out in half an hour. . Missy Mouth tried to jump on my lap and I knocked her off because she used her claws. I don’t care if I’m bleeding on our honeymoon. I’m not taking anymore of those pills. I almost hit a cat with my hand, and Bill cringes when I start ranting about stupid shit. This is NOT me and I don’t like it. Oh, and I keep getting stupid whit my keyboard skills. I had a very thoughtful reply to The Vorlen, and the ninterwebs ate it and I was sooo ticked off that I went outside and wished that I had a cigarette. I tried to calm myself down with stitching, but the tread got tangled and I just tossed everything in the closet. Good job, idiot. Now there are needles on the floor of the closet. Lucky will probably be the one to get in the closet, find the needles and eat the tread and then get blocked. I’m such an idiot. Off with me, I need to save my cats life and drink a LOT of Bill’s beer. (ts nasty stuff, but it does do the job.) ---
**Author:** ![half-elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/408 "2013-06-23T05:16:30Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think that all you can do is say something like, “That sounded really fun!” if they start talking about it after the fact (sort of put a bug in their ears that you would have been interested in going with them). Anything else is probably going to sound whiny, I’m afraid. Thank you. I needed to have somebody other than me type it out in plain words to drive it home. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/409 "2013-06-23T05:26:53Z")
Just leave the damn pink ironing boards right where they laid 'em (probably right next to the pink plastic vacuum cleaner toys :rolleyes: ) and buy your girls Erector sets, Lincoln Logs, and Bucky Balls. That’s what I did with mine. 🙂 But buy any kid a bubble machine. Those things rock! ---
**Author:** ![AlienVessels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/410 "2013-06-23T06:09:14Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Kind of funny rant: my daughter, 3.5, has developed a huge obsession with rolly-polly bugs. Enough that she keeps freaking trying to bring them to bed with her - she’s decided they’re her pets. It’s cute and hilarious and disgusting and I’ve taken to frisking her for them before bedtime and naptime. I still haven’t been able to bring myself to lay down with her since the last rolly-polly “incident.” Probably too young to share a Google image search for isopod. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/411 "2013-06-23T06:10:12Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > This is NOT me and I don’t like it. [Here ya go.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awf45u6zrP0) It’s not Bushmills, but you will feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/412 "2013-06-23T12:05:05Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Kind of funny rant: my daughter, 3.5, has developed a huge obsession with rolly-polly bugs. Enough that she keeps freaking trying to bring them to bed with her - she’s decided they’re her pets. It’s cute and hilarious and disgusting and I’ve taken to frisking her for them before bedtime and naptime. I still haven’t been able to bring myself to lay down with her since the last rolly-polly “incident.” You need one of [these](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=klappar+skalbagge&client=firefox-a&hs=384&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=3OPGUZrxJ4fbOc7XgegN&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=681). Shame they’re hard to find… ---
**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:** [June 23, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/413 "2013-06-23T13:34:29Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Are those pink ironing boards sturdy enough to beat someone to death? I’m so glad I swallowed my coffee before I got to this sentence or it would have been all over the monitor right now. Pink ironing boards still haven’t beat out the pole-dancing doll as the most ill-thought-out girl’s toy, though. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/414 "2013-06-23T14:28:34Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Kind of funny rant: my daughter, 3.5, has developed a huge obsession with rolly-polly bugs. Enough that she keeps freaking trying to bring them to bed with her - she’s decided they’re her pets. It’s cute and hilarious and disgusting and I’ve taken to frisking her for them before bedtime and naptime. I still haven’t been able to bring myself to lay down with her since the last rolly-polly “incident.” I’m not the fondest person of roly-polys (roly-polies?) but I think my favourite thing about them is the name. Roly-poly. I find that name weirdly adorable.😛 ---
**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:** [June 23, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/415 "2013-06-23T16:05:29Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Pink ironing boards still haven’t beat out the pole-dancing doll as the most ill-thought-out girl’s toy, though. The WHAT-dancing WHO? Pics, or it didn’t happen. That is, marketing it as a _girls’_ toy didn’t happen. Clearly, this is a toy for _BOYS_! It comes with a bunch of little bitty dollar bills, right? Well, there ya go. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/416 "2013-06-23T18:39:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > …That is, marketing it as a _girls’_ toy didn’t happen. Clearly, this is a toy for _BOYS_! It comes with a bunch of little bitty dollar bills, right? Well, there ya go. Comes complete with **Mid-Life Crisis Ken** ™ – with beer belly, 'stache and combover. Optional accessories include chest hair (with zodiac medallion) and muscle car. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/417 "2013-06-23T18:41:11Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pics, or it didn’t happen. [The 7 Most Inappropriate Children’s Products](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/14/the-7-most-inappropriate_n_286223.html#slide=37684) ETA: SFW unless you’re prone to blurting WTF at random times. ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vegetable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Space\_Vegetable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vegetable)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/418 "2013-06-23T18:48:46Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > 1. I hate it when I go to click on one of my browser tabs, to open it, and I accidentally click on the X in the corner and close it instead! If you’re using Firefox, try the Tab Mix Plus extension. It has settings that let you relocate the close button from “on every tab” to “just one at the right edge of the tab bar”. Much harder to hit by accident. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/419 "2013-06-23T18:53:08Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pics, or it didn’t happen. Missed this one. [8 Weirdly Sexual Products You Won’t Believe Are for Kids](http://www.cracked.com/article_19288_8-weirdly-sexual-products-you-wont-believe-are-kids.html) complete with child-sized stripper pole. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838/420 "2013-06-23T20:14:23Z")
I have an ear and throat infection that is making life not particularly fun. Slept only a couple of hours Thursday morning, the spin cycle as I posted yesterday. Was up until almost 4am this morning and then spent the next hour and half not only in the spin cycle, but with my mind repeating a pattern of doing a work related ‘moving files’ function over and over again. Body also in a huge stress reaction where my chest binds up with painful gas in the muscles. Got up, took some beano (pointless, but whatever) and a flexeril left over from this spring. Still couldn’t get back to sleep. Until I determined what exactly my mind and body were freaking out about, which was fairly obvious only after the fact. Finding that and hitting the brief emotional release (about 30 seconds of tears) and I slept from 6am until 11am. Probably could have slept longer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-already-june-oh-you-want-to/659838.md?page=22)