# Remember, remember, the rants of November **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560 "2012-11-01T13:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 34
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/661 "2012-12-01T02:44:57Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > How old is this adorable child? She sounds old enough to make her own damn dinner. _shameface_ Legally, she’s an adult. An adult in culinary school (patisserie, but still) An adult who also works at a restaurant. ☹ ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/662 "2012-12-01T03:06:07Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > _shameface_ > Legally, she’s an adult. > An adult in culinary school (patisserie, but still) > An adult who also works at a restaurant. > ☹ Sorry, I have to echo your shameface - I thought you were talking about an eight year old. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/663 "2012-12-01T03:14:28Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I was seriously considering, after looking at the pattern on the first, just making up a bunch of bullshit numbers for the mice and AC adapters. Maybe I’ll use yours and see if they notice? > > The funny thing is, I’ve lost exactly one thing they’ve issued me of any value, and that is my combination PP clicker/laser pointer. Figured I’d just go to Office Max and replace it, but those fuckers are upwards of $50. > > So something that is dear to replace, which has a serial number, and I no longer have possession of…well, not a big deal apparently. Hmmm. I have (as has most of my entire department) been working at home for quite some time. BUT - I can still get back in the building. Maybe I could look around for you…we used to do LOTS of PP back in the day as well as laser pointing. And people don’t put stuff away in the no longer used conference rooms. And they’re slobs. And forgetful. And I can file off the serial number for you if you want. My husband IS, after all, a felon (well for traffic stuff, but STILL) and has a garage full of tools. Let me know if you want me to make the drive in. And Merry Christmas! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/664 "2012-12-01T03:53:09Z")
> [@redtail23](#): > > Damn you, sir! This is pure evil! Now _I_ have both those songs stuck in my head. Damn you to hades! I didn’t want to suffer alone. Success! Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/665 "2012-12-01T03:54:08Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > Hmmm. I have (as has most of my entire department) been working at home for quite some time. BUT - I can still get back in the building. Maybe I could look around for you…we used to do LOTS of PP back in the day as well as laser pointing. And people don’t put stuff away in the no longer used conference rooms. And they’re slobs. And forgetful. And I can file off the serial number for you if you want. My husband IS, after all, a felon (well for traffic stuff, but STILL) and has a garage full of tools. Let me know if you want me to make the drive in. And Merry Christmas! 😃 Awesome, and just drop it down the chimney! When I hear something clinking its way down into the bowels of the furnace, I’ll assume that my Christmas gift has arrived and await the smell of smoldering plastic and micro-circuits in lieu of a boring old yule log 😃 Most my my stuff is hands-on, but I do miss being able to click-to-the-next from across the room. As far as the laser pointer, I mostly just used that to shoot it the 60 feet across the room to show how tight the point remained. Good engineering; guess that’s why they’re so expensive. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/666 "2012-12-01T04:18:08Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Decembrants Nice and short. Too bad we still have to wait a couple of hours here in Flyover Territory… anyone in Nova Scotia want to start a thread now? ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/667 "2012-12-01T06:34:27Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > Playing on the Mayan Calendar theme: > > December 2012–The End of the Mini-Rants? This is going to such a busy month. Not only do we have the Mayan end of the world, I just learned that the third Prophy of Fatima says that the world, or maybe even the universe will black out for 3 days before the rapture happens and all of the rest of us will be left to rend our clothing and gnash our teeth. Or something. I’m now spreading my own prophecy around. Back in 1968, there was a major snow storm that dropped 6 feet of snow on Prescott. After the snow, it rained and froze and almost every one died. (well, not really, but that’s how the story goes) That happened on 12/12/68. And the oldtimers are telling folks that this winter is just like that one. And now its going to be 12/12/12. Such a protentous date will certainly have something monumental happening! My ex-mininon is happily preaching my word 🙂 My rant: you guys are probably so tired of reading about this, but if I suffer, everyone else gets to suffer. Moving sucks. The stress is getting to both of us. Tonight I was reading a thrift store paperback. I put it face down on the end table and Bill scolded me about abusing books. When I told him that it was a 50 cent book with a billion copies, he told me that if I get in the habit of abusing cheap books, I might start abusing good books. I dog-eared the page, then slammed the book down and got up to go powder my nose. The outrage on Bill’s face was enough to make me grab the book, flex my arms and rip the book in half, then toss him the read half and tell him that if it mattered so much, he could have that half and I’d give him the other half when I was done. I’ve never had sex on a ripped up book before…it was kinky fun 🙂 But anyhow, moving just bites. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/668 "2012-12-01T07:37:07Z")
Nuthin’ ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/669 "2012-12-01T12:32:07Z")
Hey **flatlined** , thanks for putting that little movie in my head… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/670 "2012-12-02T22:26:14Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > How the fuck can two dogs of two similar breeds and sizes have such different voices? How can James Earl Jones and Emo Philips be the same species? The infinite variety of nature astounds me. I’m ready for it to stop raining now. I’d like to go for a walk please. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/671 "2012-12-03T17:18:12Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > Yo, **Sicks Ate** : > > Here’s mine, just in case I work at the same company as you. > > PIN X822066-01 PID 03524-523-1494494-01114 > > Then there’s some symbols or whatever underneath that (probably another language or something) and the numbers 2011. > > Oh, wait. It’s a Microsoft mouse. Suppose I should have looked at the top of it first. > > Sorry. Was hoping I could help. 😃 I don’t think those are the serial number(s) though. Mine clearly says S/N by the serial number (which is very easy to read BTW). Maybe your company should buy Lenovo mice (mouses, meeses, micii ?). ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/672 "2012-12-03T17:22:17Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > How can James Earl Jones and Emo Philips be the same species? > The infinite variety of nature astounds me. > > I’m ready for it to stop raining now. I’d like to go for a walk please. Hey, send it our way!! We desperately need it. It’d be nice to actually feel some rain for once. When it rained at the annual street dance this past summer, I just wandered around all over the place in it as it hadn’t rained in so long. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560/673 "2012-12-03T17:32:27Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > How can James Earl Jones and Emo Philips be the same species? > The infinite variety of nature astounds me. > > I’m ready for it to stop raining now. I’d like to go for a walk please. \*\* _gets in line behind **Kimbalkid** _ \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november/639560.md?page=33)