# The \*REAL\* start of the year! September mini-rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847 "2011-09-01T15:24:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [September 8, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/221 "2011-09-08T22:23:38Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > ♪♫One of these things is not like the others…♫♪ Hey - how’d you do that? ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/222 "2011-09-08T22:30:04Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Hey - how’d you do that? It’s just coding - ♪♫…♫♪ = & # 9834;…& # 9835; without the spaces ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/223 "2011-09-08T23:05:42Z")
No more god-damned rain!! Until at least December. Our backyard is a river and the fucking rain just won’t stop! ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/224 "2011-09-08T23:24:15Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > No more god-damned rain!! > > Until at least December. > > Our backyard is a river and the fucking rain just won’t stop! I heard on the news that there is a cooling down of the waters in the South Pacific and that could mean back-to-back La Ninas, an unprecedented event. Which means next year could be another wacky weather year for the mid to eastern portions of US. So you might get start on that ark and animal collection now. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/225 "2011-09-09T00:46:02Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > \ > > Our backyard is a river and the fucking rain just won’t stop! Is it just me, or is anyone else seeing this line like this? ♪♫Our backyard is a river and the fucking rain just won’t stop!♫♪ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/226 "2011-09-09T00:55:17Z")
Viginia is sinking, man, and I don’t want to swim? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/227 "2011-09-09T01:06:51Z")
Yoo hoo. Could you send some of that unwanted rain over this way? Because Austin seems to be on fire and it hasn’t rained since forever and everyone’s grass and trees are dying, so if you could spare a drop or two we’d appreciate it. We just moved here in December and bought some pricy trees I would love to keep alive… ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/228 "2011-09-09T01:31:49Z")
Grrr. I was so busy at work, I forgot to print off my class notes today (yay for a nice boss! Then again, they are paying for the class as long as I pass so…), not a huge deal we don’t take many additional notes, but that means I also didn’t print off the in class problem we will do tonight which is very handy to have in front of you and I didn’t bring anything with more computing power than my phone to try and get the data from the school website! (laptop and iPad\* are at home) \*A whole other rant, teach said we could put our textbooks and the notes on there and we CAN (I figured it out, eventually… another rant) but I can’t annotate it for shit on there, so it’s not worth it to put in my school bag the night before unless I forget to print off the notes and problem… like I did today. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/229 "2011-09-09T01:57:27Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Does it kill the cat fetuses? If it does, I’m not sure how that isn’t abortion, given that it’s terminating the pregnancy. Dang, you ask some tough questions. Yes, it does kill cat fetuses. > [@](#): > > Or did you just mean that you don’t think it’s ethically wrong I won’t discuss the ethics of it because this is a hard one for me. In a perfect world, where there were homes for every kitten, I would think it was wrong. In my world, its what I have to do. I’m not saying its right, just that its a reality. > [@](#): > > or the equivalent of aborting a human pregnancy? This is why I put that in my post. I’ve been called evil by people because in their minds, aborting kittens is just the same as aborting humans. I flounder in those type of arguements and would much rather sidestep the whole issue. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/230 "2011-09-09T02:11:32Z")
Argh, I have not been to my Gynecologist for like 3 yrs (have kept up w/mamograms every year though). So now I figure I should do that, but last time I went it was painful, the Dr. wouldn’t listen to me as I said “ow” so I have decided to change Dr after reading about orig dr online and a couple of bad ratings for her. So now I have to find one that is decent and will actually follow thru w/the test results (the good thing about previous dr is she would actually look at results). Sigh it is not going to be easy. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/231 "2011-09-09T02:14:08Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Dang, you ask some tough questions. Yes, it does kill cat fetuses. > > I won’t discuss the ethics of it because this is a hard one for me. In a perfect world, where there were homes for every kitten, I would think it was wrong. In my world, its what I have to do. I’m not saying its right, just that its a reality. > > This is why I put that in my post. I’ve been called evil by people because in their minds, aborting kittens is just the same as aborting humans. I flounder in those type of arguements and would much rather sidestep the whole issue. You are not wrong. How are you going to get a cat fixed when she can get knocked up while still feeding her last litter. So sometimes you have to do what you have to do to provide the best possible thing for the mamma cat so that she has the best possibility of finding a home (fixed and a clean bill of health). ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/232 "2011-09-09T14:55:40Z")
> [@deb2world](#): > > Argh, I have not been to my Gynecologist for like 3 yrs (have kept up w/mamograms every year though). So now I figure I should do that, but last time I went it was painful, the Dr. wouldn’t listen to me as I said “ow” so I have decided to change Dr after reading about orig dr online and a couple of bad ratings for her. So now I have to find one that is decent and will actually follow thru w/the test results (the good thing about previous dr is she would actually look at results). Sigh it is not going to be easy. Where are ya? I’m in Dallas, and my GP does well-woman exams. I’m not a giant wuss but I’m no Chuck Norris either, and the last time I went in for a Pap, she started poking around, chit-chatting with me while doing so, and suddenly patted my leg: “Okay, you can sit up now.” “Wait, wha - you’re done?” “Yup.” “That’s it?” That’s how you \*want \*these things to go! 😃 Anyway - I’m happy to give her info to whoever wants it. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/233 "2011-09-09T15:14:00Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Hey - how’d you do that? I just pull the notes out of Character Map. See also: ±½№™↔∞≠:smiling\_face:🙂♠♣❤♦ > [@flatlined](#): > > I’ve been called evil by people because in their minds, aborting kittens is just the same as aborting humans. Yeah, that’s because those people are retarded. Doubly. One, because cats are not humans. Two, because human fetuses aren’t people. (FWIW, I wasn’t at all trying to say that it was \*wrong \*to abort the pregnancy–just that saying it wasn’t abortion would be factually inaccurate.) > [@](#): > > I flounder in those type of arguements and would much rather sidestep the whole issue. Unfortunately, you sidestepped it in a way that triggered my pedant button. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/234 "2011-09-09T17:55:15Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Where are ya? I’m in Dallas, and my GP does well-woman exams. I’m not a giant wuss but I’m no Chuck Norris either, and the last time I went in for a Pap, she started poking around, chit-chatting with me while doing so, and suddenly patted my leg: > > “Okay, you can sit up now.” > “Wait, wha - you’re done?” > “Yup.” > “That’s it?” > > That’s how you \*want \*these things to go! 😃 > > Anyway - I’m happy to give her info to whoever wants it. I am in South Los Angeles county. I used to have Nancy, she was a NP and was great but then I had to change insurance and Nancy isnt’ covered. So me and my hooha are shopping around. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/235 "2011-09-09T18:40:06Z")
My mini rant: I have had this cold for almost two weeks. At this point, it seems to be fading. Although my ears are still stuffed up, at least my face doesn’t feel like someone’s smacking it with a sledgehammer. Anyway, I was relieved it was almost over. Then last night I bent over and a gush of bright yellow water poured out of my nose. And, no, I haven’t used a neti pot. This has happened a few more times in the last day and now I’m uneasy going about without a Kleenex. Having yellow fluid pour out of your nose at inopportune times is disgusting. Especially when you’re at a lunch meeting with your coworkers and boss. Luckily no one saw, but I’m not looking forward to this afternoon’s staff meeting. Stupid, stupid nose. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/236 "2011-09-09T19:45:28Z")
**overly** , that’s gross, yet awesome. My WAG is that it’s something from those sinus cavities on your face that open at the top–they couldn’t drain as long as you were upright, but as soon as you leaned far enough, gravity did its thing. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/237 "2011-09-09T21:09:42Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > **overly** , that’s gross, yet awesome. My WAG is that it’s something from those sinus cavities on your face that open at the top–they couldn’t drain as long as you were upright, but as soon as you leaned far enough, gravity did its thing. Yeah, I just hope it stops soon, though work is still… Ahem. Well, suffice to say that I would not be sad if some of my yellow snot water dripped on one of these biatches. This illness could be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/238 "2011-09-09T21:15:31Z")
1.) Put tissue over nose. 2.) Tip head forward, soaking tissue with vile disease water. 3.) Rub vile disease tissue on bitches’ keyboards, phones, staplers: anything they’re likely to touch and then touch their own eyes, mouths, etc. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/239 "2011-09-09T21:38:28Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > 1.) Put tissue over nose. > 2.) Tip head forward, soaking tissue with vile disease water. > 3.) Rub vile disease tissue on bitches’ keyboards, phones, staplers: anything they’re likely to touch and then touch their own eyes, mouths, etc. Are you sure you don’t play a Death Knight? :dubious: ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847/240 "2011-09-09T23:03:19Z")
I never get “vile disease water” with my sinus infections…it’s always a yellow gelatinous mass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847.md?page=13)