# Rant or Treat (October Mini Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109 "2015-10-01T04:51:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/221 "2015-10-26T20:43:08Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > I hope no one thinks any the less of me if I just donate it and the cord to medical research so they can use the stem cells and whatever tissue they can harvest. > > And if they do, then they can bite it šŸ˜› Good on you. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/222 "2015-10-26T21:13:40Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Some slap the placenta on some sturdy paper to make a placenta print prior to chucking the thing in the stew pot. _adds another entry on the Long List of Why I Am Never Having Children_ ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/223 "2015-10-26T22:32:48Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > I hope no one thinks any the less of me if I just donate it and the cord to medical research so they can use the stem cells and whatever tissue they can harvest. > > And if they do, then they can bite it šŸ˜› Very cool! > [@Catamount](#): > > _adds another entry on the Long List of Why I Am Never Having Children_ Whatever you do, donā€™t do a search for placenta teddy bear. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/224 "2015-10-27T00:19:16Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Some do.:eek: I would totally eat a placenta. When else am I going to have the chance to eat human flesh with no legal or ethical repercussions? ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/225 "2015-10-27T01:08:22Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > I would totally eat a placenta. > > When else am I going to have the chance to eat human flesh with no legal or ethical repercussions? Blech. Itā€™s not like nice muscle meat, itā€™s more like kidneys and liver all together. If you like that sorta stuff. I donā€™t eat offal myself. There is the option to have it turned into pills these days, too. Ew. I regret eating my placenta: [I Regret Eating My Placenta - The New York Times](http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/i-regret-eating-my-placenta/?_r=0) ---
**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:** [October 27, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/226 "2015-10-27T01:26:47Z")
When am I going to learn? I think to myself ā€œThe mini-rants thread is one of the things that keeps me saneā€¦ except for all the sick cat stuff making me queasy.ā€ And suddenly, the queasy gets ramped up to 11! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/227 "2015-10-27T01:37:32Z")
Hm. Well, it is Halloween Week. Extra squick just for you! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/228 "2015-10-27T01:47:25Z")
Damn it, why isnā€™t someone monetizing those placentas? Good Capitalists should be able to make a profit on this somehow! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/229 "2015-10-27T04:04:50Z")
:eek: > [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > I would totally eat a placenta. > > When else am I going to have the chance to eat human flesh with no legal or ethical repercussions? Hey, you could cut off one of your toes right now and chow down with no legal or ethical problems. Not that Iā€™m recommending it, but if you really, really want the experience of eating human fleshā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/230 "2015-10-27T04:09:40Z")
> [@digs](#): > > When am I going to learn? I think to myself ā€œThe mini-rants thread is one of the things that keeps me saneā€¦ except for all the sick cat stuff making me queasy.ā€ And suddenly, the queasy gets ramped up to 11! Trust me, you are not the only one squicked out right now! **saje** you and your friend are good and kind people. I hope that whatever kitty 12 has going on with her rump will heal quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/231 "2015-10-27T08:17:02Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Damn it, why isnā€™t someone monetizing those placentas? Good Capitalists should be able to make a profit on this somehow! I gather youā€™re not very up to date on your beauty tips, then. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/232 "2015-10-27T11:32:57Z")
Iā€™m much better able to handle broken kittens than I am birth-related talk (shudder). Cat is being picked up by her mother on Sat, and will be brought here Sun, and weā€™ll see what we have. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/233 "2015-10-27T12:27:18Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Damn it, why isnā€™t someone monetizing those placentas? Good Capitalists should be able to make a profit on this somehow! Are you kidding me? Placenta and, even more so, amnion are in high demand and amnion-based wound treatments are pretty damn pricey! Of course, the donor never sees any of that money, because compensating the donor would be selling human organs. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/234 "2015-10-27T14:39:38Z")
Well, our pontoon boat is outa the water. During my first attempt, I remembered how I noticed a problem with the trailerā€™s winch when I launched the boat in the spring and never thought about it since. So, I figured Iā€™d oil/grease it and see if that worked, but it fell apart. Literally fell apart. So, one day spent removing the old winch and putting on a new one. On my second attempt the battery was dead. Weā€™d been using the boat weekly all summer, but most of September and October it just sat. So dead battery. Took it home to charge it. Third attempt I got the boat running and puttered over to the ramp. It was windy, and there was a rough current. It took an hour of repeated approaches before the boat was ā€œalmost perfectā€ on the trailer. Almost isnā€™t good enough, so I got in the icy cold water and pushed the back of the boat sideways while my gf inched the trailer backwards. Success!! This same sort of ordeal happens each October. ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_Dish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/235 "2015-10-27T16:03:36Z")
Last week, my nieceā€™s boyfriend and baby-daddy, dead at age 20. Heroin OD. This past spring, my husbandā€™s niece, dead at age 34. Heroin OD. This is small town America, not Needle Park. Iā€™m talking Missouri & Indiana. Itā€™s cheap. And easy to get. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/236 "2015-10-27T16:18:45Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Hey, you could cut off one of your toes right now and chow down with no legal or ethical problems. ā€¦or medicalā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/237 "2015-10-27T23:38:07Z")
The question you need to ask, dear coworker, is ā€œdo you have a car in the lot?ā€ - to which the answer is no. When you ask, ā€œdo you drive?ā€ the answer is yes. Because I do. That doesnā€™t mean I drove a car to work today. Someone asks me this about once a week. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/238 "2015-10-28T03:16:25Z")
Many people are confuseded when they see someone walk to work. I ordered a new hat from Amazon. It arrived a day early and I was happy. It looked just like the picture, very dashing looking so I was even happier. Even though I had measured my head according to the chart, it was much too big. OK, no problem, its Amazon so can be exchanged with no problem. Iā€™ll just get the next smaller size. Except the next smaller size in that color isnā€™t in stock. Again, no problem, Iā€™ll just send it back for a refund and get a different hat. Its not like I have a shortage of hats to wear, so I wonā€™t die over this. I do the online thing and print out the return thingy, pack the hat back in the original box and packaging, seal it up and put it on the counter remind me to to drop it off tomorrow. Missy, the rottenest cat in the world has just jumped on the forbidden counter for the third time to rip the tape off the box and claim the box as hers. Can someone please remind me why I have cats? Cause that one is a total pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/239 "2015-10-28T03:31:29Z")
Haha, I have to put no-cat things in the closet with a neon stick-note on the door to remind me to get it. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109/240 "2015-10-28T04:46:02Z")
Yaaaaay, Missy is feeling better! šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-or-treat-october-mini-rants/733109.md?page=13)