Blue Bell has not done this and in fact states on the carton that it’s still a half gallon.
Red Alert! General Quarters! Jynxster Parental Unit’s detected at the Jynxster Residence! All cats on deck! Secure the wine and the scotch! Prepare for incoming unnecessary comments about the cleanliness of the house and or general size, weight or appearance of Jynxster! Raise grey rock shields! Prepare the bean dip! This is not a drill! Repeat. This is not a drill! Awoooogah! Enter at your own risk.
**Red Alert will remain in effect for the next 48 hours. Extra rations of wine are authorized for Captain Jynxster only! All others will be given half rations, especially the parents. Any personnel engaging in Political/racist/homophobic talk of any kind will be made to walk the plank or exit the residence at sword point immediately.
An aftermath report will be given on Monday if there be any survivors remaining.
I’ve been ranting on this for at least thirteen years.
So, welcome to the club.
Ya know, what with Boris Johnson’s prorogue being declared illegal, FOX News apologizing to Greta Thunberg, and an impeachment inquiry being opened, it’s beginning to look like the storming of Area 51 might have unleashed something. Maybe a correction of the ice cream thing is in the offing…
Last time I was with Navamom she asked “do you not wear earrings any more?” “sometimes I do” “oh”. Just not where Navamom is around, because the last time she said something positive about what I was wearing, I hadn’t been baptized yet*.
- Catholic. I got baptized at 3 days of age.
I’m so sorry, Dung Beetle. It’s so hard, even when you know it’s time. Jedi Hugs if you want them. 
Jedi hugs gratefully accepted, DR. 
If only they made my (most of the time) favorite flavor, then! For the record, that is Friendly’s Butter Crunch (nothing like the same-named Blue Bell’s Butter Crunch). Followed closely by the High’s brand of Pecan Praline Parfait, but I think there is no such thing as High’s anymore. Not sure if anyone else makes the Pecan Praline Parfait. I *know *no one else makes Butter Crunch, though.
ETA: Also, there don’t appear to be any places selling it in PA. I could be wrong though; it’s not what I look for in the grocery store.
Due to an office reshuffle, a new person moved into an office directly across from me. Her iPhone has a ringtone which is the recordation of a baby’s giggling. When she’s away from her desk, the repetitive baby’s giggle goes on and on.
Now I know what it reminds me of! Leonard Hofstadter’s “cackling Joker” ringtone. I didn’t realize that an insane Joker and babies sounded so similar.
I’m sorry to hear that, Dung Beetle.
There must be a lot of security cameras where teela brown works, because otherwise you would think someone would have smashed that thing to bits by now.
My mini-rant: several neighborhoods are getting together next week to collect donations for hurricane victims. How sweet! In reading the email, I noticed the name of the person who has oh-so-generously volunteered to drive all the donations over to the collection point – the neighborhood drunk who had the police show up at his house so often for noise complaints that he had to start partying at neighbors’ homes to avoid the threat of further fines. He ultimately moved to another house in the neighborhood. This upstanding citizen also called my mother to curse her out after she asked his wife to remove their dog’s poo from our yard. 
Yeah, I think I’ll sit this one out.
Stewart’s has done this too—advertises a full half gallon. Of course, this doesn’t help unless you live in NE New York or a small space of Western New England, where the chain hangs its hat. But if you do, like me, it’s great!
Glad you liked it! 
thanks for saying so.
Just heard my 1984-era celebrity crush Mary Lou Retton do an ad for something menopause related, and in unrelated news, everything sucks and you can all go to hell.
I’m so sorry.
OTOH, I just spent 7k on my 17 yr. old tabby. Because I am an idiot. He’s fine, I’m broke as fuck.
Memo to self: when using a stovetop coffee maker, remember to put water in it, otherwise you set the fire alarm off, melt the handle off the pot and you don’t even get any coffee :smack:
It’s the age old problem of having the brainpower to make coffee before having any coffee…
Ad for a very-early-morning radio program I heard today:
Man: God I need my coffee…
Woman: I hear you, I’m not human before I’ve had my coffee.
(Pause)
Woman: Do you think this might count as a caffeine addiction?
Man: Yep.
[Name and times for the program]
I think those two may be from your clan, Filbert.
I worked night shift in a coffee shop for about 2 years; their plan to retain staff was basically to give everyone such a crippling caffeine addiction that they couldn’t afford to leave and still feed it.
I’ve managed to get it down to one cup a day now, but I get an all-day headache if I skip that one.
I think you spent 7k to find out you’d do just about anything for someone you care about.
I think that’s a good thing to learn about oneself.
Damn Taiwanese and their complete inability to comprehend that somehow the sound blaring from their smart phone doesn’t magically only fill their ears without bothering the fuck out of everyone else around.
People watch videos in restaurants without using earphones. What annoyes me the most is when they insist on screaming into their phone on speaker mode with poor connections so the other person’s voice crackles in and out.
There are tables in the convience stores where people can sit. It’s not a library, so you don’t expect complete silence, but good god, why can’t people just stop being the center of the fucking universe for one minute? It would be OK if a gentle request would work just they just ignore you.
When I was working freelance teaching, I would carry around a speaker for my music. Eurotechno beat is a fun reminder to people to shut the fuck up.
Thank you. I’m doing okay (until I drive up to the house and he doesn’t come out to meet me, or I see a shadow in the kitchen out of the corner of my eye, and then I start bawling). But it’s what we all have to do someday, when we love a cat.
That made me laugh. I should hope your kitty got a few more lives out of that 7K!
slalexan, if you have any updates you would care to share, I would be happy to listen.