# 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:** 5
**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 4, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/81 "2013-03-04T05:30:40Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Both are very good ideas, however I’m in love with an engineer who is trying to fix the can instead of thinking about doors. He also doesn’t believe that it takes TWO cats to get the lid open (one to stand on the pedal and the other to jump in when the lid is open), and Bob is great about being innocent. Bob is a cat, after all. > > Bill has messed with the pedal wire to make it harder to open the lid. He has also glued weights to the underside of the lid to make it harder to open. > > I’m totally up for a new trash can/location, but Bill is determined to defeat the cat. Have him install an electronic lock to the lid. The lock is defeated by pressing a button at the end of a cord. Then you step on the pedal to open the can (or ask the cat to do it for you). Pretty sure Bob wouldn’t be able to operate that one alone. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/82 "2013-03-04T07:10:32Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > “Bitch, the only way you’re getting in ahead of Mr. Smith here is if you have a more serious wound. \ _Which we can arrange._ No? Then sit your ass down.” Was that supposed to be Samuel L. Jackson? Because I totally heard it with Samuel L. Jackson’s voice. Well played, sir. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/83 "2013-03-04T14:18:37Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Was that supposed to be Samuel L. Jackson? Because I totally heard it with Samuel L. Jackson’s voice. > > Well played, sir. Not enough “motherfuckers.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/84 "2013-03-04T14:49:37Z")
Update on my stepdaughter’s kitty: We finally managed to get the cat spayed (also given a rabies shot, treated for an abcess, and treated for tapeworm). She has been living in my daughter’s room for about a week now, and it’s time for her to go. The bad news is that we’ve really fallen for her…she’s so affectionate, and small, and quiet…really a remarkable cat. I think anyone would be lucky to have an indoor cat such as this. However, the other bad news is that we haven’t been able to find her an indoor home. The best I can do is give her to a lady who is willing to support another barn cat. Anyone near Gainesville want this wonderful little creature? PM me quick! [[Album] Dali ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/8529/8527332123_bc75e10571_b.jpg "Dali") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/sets/72157632914700040) My daughter has named her Dalí because her mustache resembles the artist’s. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/85 "2013-03-04T15:26:13Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Not enough “motherfuckers.” 😃 I didn’t say it was Samuel L. Jackson in a Tarantino movie 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/86 "2013-03-04T16:11:42Z")
**Dung Beetle** , are there any cat rescue groups in your area? If so, they might take her. Many of them foster cats until they can find them homes. That’s how I got my two cats; they were taken by a rescue group and fostered for almost three months (so they could find a home that would take both of them). They went to “adoption events” on weekends and had their pictures on Petfinders. If you could find a group like that I’m sure your kitty would find a nice indoor home. Good luck. ---
**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 4, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/87 "2013-03-04T16:34:26Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > “Bitch, the only way you’re getting in ahead of Mr. Smith here is if you have a more serious wound. \ _Which we can arrange._ No? Then sit your ass down.” Thank you - it’s Monday morning and I needed a giggle. Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/88 "2013-03-04T18:11:50Z")
I turn 30 today. I woke up at 12am with an overwhelming compulsion to declutter my bedroom closet. I was wide awake for two hours thinking about this. For some reason I have this sudden compulsion to declutter and give away like half of the crap I own. It’s like bordering on obsession at this point. Woke up at 5:45 and my eyes are red-rimmed and bloodshot. I also had a major headache, which I still have (I’m getting used to them. Apparently it’s from teeth grinding and I’m waiting on a mouthguard.) And… it’s Monday! Who wouldn’t want to have a birthday on Monday? I’m not really in a bad mood, I just want a little attention because I’m old now and not really sure what to do with myself. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/89 "2013-03-04T18:13:47Z")
_happy birthday to yooooooo happy birthday to yooooooo happy birthday dear olives, happy birthday to yooooo!_ ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/90 "2013-03-04T18:19:30Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I turn 30 today. I woke up at 12am with an overwhelming compulsion to declutter my bedroom closet. I was wide awake for two hours thinking about this. For some reason I have this sudden compulsion to declutter and give away like half of the crap I own. It’s like bordering on obsession at this point. Woke up at 5:45 and my eyes are red-rimmed and bloodshot. > > I also had a major headache, which I still have (I’m getting used to them. Apparently it’s from teeth grinding and I’m waiting on a mouthguard.) > > And… it’s Monday! Who wouldn’t want to have a birthday on Monday? > > I’m not really in a bad mood, I just want a little attention because I’m old now and not really sure what to do with myself. Happy birthday, dear. Take Excedrin Migraine. I find they work the best of the pain relievers. Donuts are also good. If not for headaches than for cheering up. Stupid cat jumped up on my keyboard this morning and spilled coke all over it. He now needs a bath and so does the keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/91 "2013-03-04T18:20:21Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Both are very good ideas, however I’m in love with an engineer . . . Bill is determined to defeat the cat. Yup. That sounds like an engineer. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Have him install an electronic lock to the lid. The lock is defeated by pressing a button at the end of a cord. Then you step on the pedal to open the can (or ask the cat to do it for you). > > Pretty sure Bob wouldn’t be able to operate that one alone. Now that’s some engineer pandering, that is. > [@Seanette](#): > > . . . I didn’t even HAVE seasonal allergies before moving to Sacramento! And nobody warns you until you’ve already moved. I thought I was immune and was told to wait three years. The third year was when it got me. The good news is that if you move away, they’ll probably vanish. Or lessen. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/92 "2013-03-04T18:50:46Z")
☹ Drunk Drivers… My husband lost a good work buddy this weekend in a drunk driving accident. Seven people in two cars, three are dead. All under the age of 24. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/93 "2013-03-04T19:20:00Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > They cleaned out the fridge at work, I rarely leave stuff in the fridge but because I left for my flight directly from work last week I left a small glass bottle of salad dressing. > > They tossed my bottle! It’s from my spice rack and gets used because I have trouble finding anything to store dressings in that doesn’t leak. They toss everything! Condiments and all, like full bottles of ketchup and salad dressing. Just reach in and dump what is there in the garbage. Do all cleaning companies do that? Yes we have a notice saying when they will but since we’ve had so many issues we no longer know when something will happen (and are working to replace them). > > So now I have to find something to contain my salad dressings that won’t leak all over everything in my bag, I bring small ones for each day for precisely this reason and the one and only time I leave it they decide to do their job properly! > > Grrrr. As mentioned up thread Tupperware Midgets are excellent, but another cheaper solution (free if you can get one!) is a little lab [sample jar](http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_310/1221180507VTVl28.jpg). The sterile ones they give you to pee or cough into. They don’t leak and are sterile to start with. Also, you get some interesting looks pouring dressing from it onto your food. People tend not to help themselves to the contents either. 😛 ---
**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 4, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/94 "2013-03-04T19:30:15Z")
_“ **Lemonade**? What happened to my culture of amoebic dysentery?”_ ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/95 "2013-03-04T19:30:36Z")
My husband and son decided to do something “nice” for me yesterday. And really, it was. They made a hot oil fondue for brunch. It was lovely, we had a good time. But I have been having headaches lately and I ended up going for a nap as soon as it was finished. Then husband went to work. I spent evening on the couch watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the good one, with Gene Wilder) with my son. Went to bed at 8pm. Husband home at 10 pm and I hung out with him for a bit, and made a stir fry with some leftovers. At no time did the mess from yesterday get dealt with so today on my day off I am cleaning a big old oily mess. I would say it takes the shine off their good dead but EVERYTHING is shiny… Lots of degreaser being used today. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/96 "2013-03-04T20:07:26Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > _happy birthday to yooooooo > happy birthday to yooooooo > happy birthday dear olives, > happy birthday to yooooo!_ Thanks. 🙂 > [@FrancisCastle](#): > > ☹ Drunk Drivers… > > My husband lost a good work buddy this weekend in a drunk driving accident. Seven people in two cars, three are dead. All under the age of 24. Oh my, how tragic. My thoughts are with you and your husband. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/97 "2013-03-04T20:21:52Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > [snip] > At no time did the mess from yesterday get dealt with so today on my day off I am cleaning a big old oily mess. > > I would say it takes the shine off their good **dead** but EVERYTHING is shiny… Lots of degreaser being used today. [Bolding and sizing mine] I believe you just slipped on your Freud. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/98 "2013-03-04T20:24:50Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I turn 30 today. _clears throat_ _decides better not_ [You tubes it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX2nxZvO6DQ) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/99 "2013-03-04T20:28:19Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Instead, they burn the wives while the husband is still alive, if the wife’s family doesn’t come up with additional [dowry](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9108642/Indian-dowry-deaths-on-the-rise.html). Yeah, it’s illegal…but it’s still happening, at a rate of about one every [hour](http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-27/india/30670050_1_dowry-death-harassment-and-cruelty-section-498a). Yeah but his point was, which I agree with, never do anything just for the sake of tradition, especially not cruel things. This is not tradition. This is just general assholishness. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705/100 "2013-03-04T20:40:27Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > **Dung Beetle** , are there any cat rescue groups in your area? If so, they might take her. Many of them foster cats until they can find them homes. That’s how I got my two cats; they were taken by a rescue group and fostered for almost three months (so they could find a home that would take both of them). They went to “adoption events” on weekends and had their pictures on Petfinders. If you could find a group like that I’m sure your kitty would find a nice indoor home. Good luck. Thank you… I still have some irons in the fire, so hopefully it won’t come to that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranting-like-march-hares-or-somesuch/651705.md?page=6)