# Ranting like March Hares - or somesuch **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705 "2013-03-01T06:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/502 "2013-03-27T22:16:28Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > **LavenderBlue** , think of it this way: you don’t have to have any contact with her whatsoever. She has to live with herself. Who’s really coming out on top here? I really wish that were true but her daughter and my daughter are friends. They often share recess and teachers. Avoiding her is very difficult. I’m just disgusted at the uppity Jew whiff she’s giving off. Yeah how dare a religious minority ask to have her beliefs respected in the public school. That would be exactly what the Founding Fathers were against! It’s really ironic as I’m not all that religious. I don’t keep a kosher home nor do I observe many Jewish holidays. But it’s Passover damn it. How can a Christian not understand the importance of Passover? ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/503 "2013-03-27T22:37:52Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I believe it. I used to work for a CVS years ago, and I remember a couple times the piped-in muzak had some Christmas songs mixed in. In the middle of the summer. And boy did the customers howl about it. > > \ > > I don’t know if the stores are still run that way, but that damn central computer was a source of endless frustration for us. Way back when, I used to work for Target and they used a similar system. The thermostat was always messed up (I lost track of how many times the ac would turn on in the winter). We used to joke that they didn’t get the weather channel in Minnesota (Target’s corporate office is there) ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/504 "2013-03-28T02:34:53Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > And so said neighbor just unfriended me on Facebook because I dared suggest that it was unfair of the school district to force my Jewish kid to go to school on Passover while giving them off Good Friday and all of next week. > > She accused me of bashing Christianity, not being fair to people who have kids in junior high school and don’t have off the same holidays and unfairly maligning the school. Evidently we Jews should shut up and be grateful that we get off any off Jewish holidays at all as Christians don’t get off Holy Thursday or Ash Wednesday. Because giving kids off Yom Kippur is enough of a sop to the Jews and they should just ignore their constitutional rights and STFU and not bother good Christians like her. > > Ugh. I want to throw up that I live near people who think like that. Wait now, why on earth would you be Facebook friends with someone that you hate that much? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/505 "2013-03-28T03:05:59Z")
Goddamn it. For the second time this calendar year, former coworker/FB friend has posted the stupid “I’m tired” screed falsely attributed to Bill Cosby. Last tine I just replied with the snopes link. This time I pointed out that Cosby himself called it hate-filled garbage, that snopes has debunked it, and that it is unfortunate that she keeps posting it. (She already had 2 Likes on it from her family.) Going to see if she takes it down or tries to argue with me. Been weighing trimming my friends list, she just hadn’t been on my radar. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/506 "2013-03-28T04:38:43Z")
As it turns out, a round trash can will rotate when the pedal is opened often enough and humans don’t notice. (for those who aren’t totally following my every word, the pedal is against the wall because Bob the cat likes to open the lid and Lucky the idiot cat jumps in just to look around.) Lucky the idiot cat got another water bath tonight. My Beloved Butthead the engineer wanted to do more stuff to the pedal and lid. I suggested that we just buy a square trash can. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/507 "2013-03-28T13:59:57Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > Wait now, why on earth would you be Facebook friends with someone that you hate that much? She sent the friendship request. I was being polite. Urgh. I woke up this morning, put on the glasses I bought less two weeks only to have the frames come apart in my hands. Thanks a lot Pearl Vision. You charged me three hundred bucks out of pocket with insurance for glasses with frames that don’t even last two weeks. Fuck you. Zenni Optical here I come! ---
**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:** [March 28, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/508 "2013-03-28T15:07:20Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I really wish that were true but her daughter and my daughter are friends. They often share recess and teachers. Avoiding her is very difficult. > > \ > > It’s really ironic as I’m not all that religious. I don’t keep a kosher home nor do I observe many Jewish holidays. But it’s Passover damn it. How can a Christian not understand the importance of Passover? Well, today is Holy Thursday, commemorating the Passover Seder at which Jesus and the disciples shared the Last Supper. Why don’t you have your daughter invite her friend over to share a Seder with your family? There are a lot of Christians who get a kick out of the symbolism of that. Surely your neighbor wouldn’t object to her daughter getting some religious instruction (and a free meal)… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/509 "2013-03-28T16:09:15Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > She sent the friendship request. I was being polite. > > Urgh. I woke up this morning, put on the glasses I bought less two weeks only to have the frames come apart in my hands. Thanks a lot Pearl Vision. You charged me three hundred bucks out of pocket with insurance for glasses with frames that don’t even last two weeks. Fuck you. Zenni Optical here I come! Yeah, Zenni is pretty good. Can you return the Pearl Vision crap and at least get your $$ back? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/510 "2013-03-28T16:33:01Z")
_I’m just trying to tell you how tired my soul is tired. I’m just trying to tell you that the wires are all unwired. My globe is rolling down and down and my lost soul is so tired._ ---
**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:** [March 28, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/511 "2013-03-28T16:37:54Z")
According to CNN, [wearing sunglasses keeps allergens from entering your eyes.](http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/27/liquid-drops-could-replace-allergy-shots/?hpt=hp_bn13) :rolleyes: I bet they believe wearing glasses protects your eyes from onion fumes, too, says the person who has to stop three times to take her glasses off to splash water on her face every time she chops an onion. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/512 "2013-03-28T17:51:43Z")
Keep your onions in the fridge, and you will be much happier when you chop them. The fumes won’t be so bad. I generally use at least half an onion each day, and sometimes a whole onion. My husband doesn’t believe that I’ve started dinner unless he smells onions cooking. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/513 "2013-03-28T19:07:33Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, today is Holy Thursday, commemorating the Passover Seder at which Jesus and the disciples shared the Last Supper. > > Why don’t you have your daughter invite her friend over to share a Seder with your family? There are a lot of Christians who get a kick out of the symbolism of that. Surely your neighbor wouldn’t object to her daughter getting some religious instruction (and a free meal)… > > 😉 I don’t want anything to do with her right now. I am furious at her. She’s so into her own worldview and unable imagine that anyone else might exist. The entire email was all about how Christians like her put up with inconvenient days off in the fall and how unfair that is that that Jews get all their holidays off while Christians only get a handful of theirs. And how dare I even think about making Christian lives even harder for my own religion when most of the town isn’t Christian at all. Because the only Jewish holidays are Rosh Ha’shanah and Yom Kippur don’tchaknow. Succot and Purim and tu’b’shvat clearly don’t exist. :rolleyes: She also called me anti-Christian which is utterly preposterous. I am not married to a Jew. I gave my daughter a really ugly middle name after my husband’s grandmother who was a devout Catholic just because I adored her so much. I spent many years going to her house for Christmas and Easter. I also went to church with her and my husband’s family many times. I am very polite about other people’s religions. Expecting that kind of politeness in return is not too much to ask. The whole frigging thing is ridiculous as I’m mostly culturally Jewish. I don’t keep a kosher home or observe the laws of niddah. But I like the customs and I think there’s value in the religion. Then again I sometimes think Hitchens had it right. Religion really does poison everything. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Yeah, Zenni is pretty good. Can you return the Pearl Vision crap and at least get your $$ back? They gave me some new temporary frames. The frames are really ugly. I have to wait three days for the old ones. I went there and muttered Zenni half a dozen times under my breath. I’m just afraid that I have a very high prescription and it might make it difficult to fill. Have you had good luck with them? ---
**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:** [March 28, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/514 "2013-03-28T19:12:45Z")
I didn’t suggest you invite the mother, just the daughter. It occurred to me that such a gesture, while wholly unobjectionable, would frost the Mum’s shorts. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 28, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/515 "2013-03-28T21:04:48Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Keep your onions in the fridge, and you will be much happier when you chop them. The fumes won’t be so bad. I generally use at least half an onion each day, and sometimes a whole onion. My husband doesn’t believe that I’ve started dinner unless he smells onions cooking. Doesn’t help. We kept them in the fridge when I was a kid and I still had to take chopping breaks. I put up with it because I ❤ onions. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/516 "2013-03-28T21:42:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I didn’t suggest you invite the mother, just the daughter. It occurred to me that such a gesture, while wholly unobjectionable, would frost the Mum’s shorts. 😉 I took your suggestion and sent her an email inviting her family. She responded. I’m not sure I dare open the email. I sort of don’t want anything to do with her but I sort don’t want to make an enemy of someone on my block. I’m just so tired of religion on some level. Idiot Brother has alienated half his friends with his over the top Orthodox Judaism. Another neighbor has pro-life Catholic signs all over his front yard but then said we should vote no on funding more kindy classes. Another one gave my kids nasty religious tracts instead of Halloween candy. I swear my atheist husband is the one who makes the most sense to me right now. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/517 "2013-03-29T03:14:46Z")
It’s been thirteen years now since the 2000s began, so you’d think people wouldn’t still be getting mixed up about how many digits the number of a year has. Today someone who was being interviewed on NPR said some project or other that’s supposed to be ready by “twenty thousand and sixteen”–just a couple of years away. Sometimes the go the other way, as when one or two political pundits have alluded to the political situation in 204 or 208. Yeah, that fucker Marcus Aurelius really should have let the Caledonians be; all that about catapults of mass destruction turned out to be so much _merda taurorum_. Why can’t people get the simplest things right? ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/518 "2013-03-29T03:40:09Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I took your suggestion and sent her an email inviting her family. She responded. I’m not sure I dare open the email. \<\\> You are such a gracious person. Honestly, I admire you for doing that. I hope that things worked out well. Anti-rant here. Steve is sleeping with me every night now. He creeps down the stairs in the middle of the night and curls up by my foot. Bill no longer thinks that Steve is going to eat his face in the middle of the night, and thinks that having a house feral is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/519 "2013-03-29T04:14:29Z")
You probably shouldn’t suggest that Steve is just biding his time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/520 "2013-03-29T04:34:20Z")
You are a very evil person, who will probably come to a very bad end! snerts, then laughs irl ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/521 "2013-03-29T15:49:22Z")
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