# Turning the minirants up to 11ber **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879 "2018-11-02T06:18:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/181 "2018-11-26T15:31:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 1 will do. Trust me. > > However, skunks don’t like to spray in confined spaces. More likely, what’ll happen is the skunk will freak out, run out of the car, and then spray, necessitating the guy to shut himself in the car to avoid most of the foulness. 😃 > > Perhaps a better plan is needed… Perhaps a vacuum pump to remove the air from the car, or a hose connected to the exhaust and a remote starter. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/182 "2018-11-26T17:09:26Z")
Get a small bottle of [eau de skunk](https://www.amazon.com/Pete-Rickards-Skunk-Essence/dp/B0031TU4YE) from Amazon and put it in a plastic bottle. Rig it with a CO2 cartridge bursting charge and leave it in a box in her car. Make sure the box is sealed well enough that it can’t be conveniently opened in the car. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/183 "2018-11-26T17:40:20Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Get a small bottle of [eau de skunk](https://www.amazon.com/Pete-Rickards-Skunk-Essence/dp/B0031TU4YE) from Amazon and put it in a plastic bottle. Rig it with a CO2 cartridge bursting charge and leave it in a box in her car. Make sure the box is sealed well enough that it can’t be conveniently opened in the car. Bear in mind that you will have to clean the car. I’d go back to razor blades on the fence, but no chicken. That’s uncivilized! ---
**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:** [November 26, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/184 "2018-11-26T17:56:23Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I live in a country that has no skunks, so if I am going to import any I am going to import enough to do the job. > > I’d estimate the volume of the interior of the car to be around 7 cubic metres. I’m basing my estimate on 0.8 to 1.3 skunks per cubic metre. I’m not sure what the going rate is for skunks is these days: perhaps I could get a deal on Etsy. Etsy? What, you think someone’s going to decorate a skunk with rhinestones and a glue gun? (Even if someone was going to do that, they’d surely have the animal’s scent glands removed first.) ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/185 "2018-11-26T18:02:31Z")
One skunk should do ya just fine. Or, in lieu of that, one stupid dog. I just happen to have one I’d let you have real cheap. Added benefit of the dog is that he’ll bark when the car door is opened alerting you to the intruder. I won’t even charge extra for that option. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/186 "2018-11-26T18:06:06Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > One skunk should do ya just fine. Or, in lieu of that, one stupid dog. I just happen to have one I’d let you have real cheap. Added benefit of the dog is that he’ll bark when the car door is opened alerting you to the intruder. I won’t even charge extra for that option. Good plan! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/187 "2018-11-26T18:45:04Z")
or just call the cops …. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/188 "2018-11-26T18:55:58Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > or just call the cops …. There you go again, confusing people with the facts. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/189 "2018-11-26T19:02:28Z")
I started on dialysis back in September. I had an access implanted into my chest. The plan was to eventually have the vessels in my arms mapped to put a more permanent access into one of them. I was initially scheduled for November 16. The access center called a few days before to reschedule, as the technician wouldn’t be in that day. My new appointment was for today at 11:00. This morning I booked a Lyft to take me to my appointment. I go to the front desk to notify them I’m there. '“Oh, we had to cancel your appointment. The tech couldn’t make it in this morning.” Me: 😕 :dubious: “We tried to contact you. We left a message on your voicemail.” :smack: I never thought to check my voicemail because it never occurred to me they would call me three hours before my appointment and cancel. They called me on Friday to confirm. I was busy getting dressed, getting my breakfast, and taking care of my dog. I wasted my morning and $34 on Lyft to get me there and back home. Yes, I admit it’s my fault I missed the message, but I’m pissed they’ve canceled the procedure twice this month, now. I still need to have this vein mapping done. I rescheduled for next Monday. I hope they don’t bail on me a third time. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/190 "2018-11-26T20:09:05Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Where the hell did that 1st come up? Day after it was aired this year. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/191 "2018-11-28T15:02:03Z")
A Disney trip planned and scheduled to leave tomorrow. A 13 year old girl super excited to be going to Disney World and Universal Studios. A family reunion bringing relatives to Florida from across Canada. An unexpected vascular surgery for Great-Grandma brings the whole thing crashing around our ears. Yes, we will be able to reschedule but having to explain to a little Harry Potter superfan that she’ll need to wait a few extra months and won’t see Hogwarts in all its Christmas glory is not going to be fun. (surgery went well but GG will be in the hospital for a while so my parents can’t leave her) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/192 "2018-11-28T17:27:14Z")
I hereby pit my dog. I was in the back yard picking up his waste. He started attacking the rake, growling at it and biting it. He wasn’t being aggressive, he seemed to be attacking it playfully. I, being a kind and gentle master, managed to restrain myself from hitting him in the head with the handle. I had to settle for stomping my foot and saying, “No, boy. Cut out it out.” But it made cleaning up after him take a little longer. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/193 "2018-11-29T05:15:23Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > My mini-rant: I am the hunted and if people don’t stop talking to me and touching me I will personally build a soundproof closet to put them in, stuff them in, lock it and throw away the key. The soundproof closet should be for you. Lock it from the inside. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A friend of my aunt had to evacuate her home near Paradise because of the Camp Fire. She came home to find that her house had been spared, but it had been looted of all of her valuables. :mad: > [@scudsucker](#): > > And he came again. And who forgot to lock her car? > > And, this morning, again, and guess whose wife didn’t lock the car? Call the cops. Every time. Pictures are even better, but this is what they’re for. > [@](#): > > Or I could try to remind my wife to LOCK THE FUCKING CAR. One never knows what a homeless, drunk might do in a car… vomit? Urinate? Defecate? Die? Maybe you could drop a word about that. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/194 "2018-11-29T05:43:35Z")
I had a horrible day. I don’t really even know where to start. My son is autistic, and takes meds to help with ADHD and mood regulation. The mood one is the biggie. Since he was a baby, he has been prone to fits of rage. When he was little, he’d scream and bang his head against the wall. Without the meds, it turns out he still does that. He skipped the meds today, and completely lost control by dinner. Screaming, crying, banging his head. He also tried to break my laptop by hitting me with it repeatedly. If he takes his meds, he manages fine. If not, it’s not pretty. Working with his counselor, we have set boundaries about when we will have him involuntarily committed until his meds can get him regulated. For now, I’m officially Nurse Ratchett handing doses and making sure he takes them. I hate this for him. I hate this for us. Tomorrow is another day and hopefully a better one. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/195 "2018-11-29T07:11:47Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > I explain that I’m getting stressed and could really use some personal space and that it helps me recharge and I’m going to get seriously cranky in a few minutes if I don’t get to chill for a bit on my own. “Personal space” to them means move about 3 feet away and start yelling at each other. Well, fuck a duck. > > … > I tell them firmly I need space and call my husband for backup because I am about to snap like a damn rubber band. He helpfully walks in, throws himself down on the couch next to me and immediately begins asking question after question about crocheting. When he starts picking at my sweater, asking whether it’s crocheted or knitted (it’s commercially produced so I have no fucking idea), I smile and go to the bathroom, taking my ebook with me. About 1-2 minutes later while I’m brushing my teeth and reading (I wrongfully thought, “Ahh, quiet. Sweet, sweet silence.”) when my husband knocks on the door to ask me how to clean the roasting pan. Sorry to criticise but I think you may be a bit too verbose and polite. Next time try “OUT!” Use of a water bottle may also be warranted. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/196 "2018-11-29T08:43:44Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Sorry to criticise but I think you may be a bit too verbose and polite. > > Next time try “OUT!” Use of a water bottle may also be warranted. The kind with a sprayer, or a drinking one, frozen and hurled at the heads of offenders? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/197 "2018-11-29T08:49:52Z")
For a first-millionth offense, the sprayer kind. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/198 "2018-11-29T13:26:32Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I had a horrible day. I don’t really even know where to start. My son is autistic, and takes meds to help with ADHD and mood regulation. The mood one is the biggie. Since he was a baby, he has been prone to fits of rage. When he was little, he’d scream and bang his head against the wall. Without the meds, it turns out he still does that. He skipped the meds today, and completely lost control by dinner. Screaming, crying, banging his head. He also tried to break my laptop by hitting me with it repeatedly. If he takes his meds, he manages fine. If not, it’s not pretty. Working with his counselor, we have set boundaries about when we will have him involuntarily committed until his meds can get him regulated. For now, I’m officially Nurse Ratchett handing doses and making sure he takes them. I hate this for him. I hate this for us. > > Tomorrow is another day and hopefully a better one. Jebus. I’ve got nothing to complain about after reading that. My heart goes out to you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/199 "2018-11-29T13:53:26Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I live in a country that has no skunks, so if I am going to import any I am going to import enough to do the job. Civet cats work the same way. I don’t know where you are, but you might have them there. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879/200 "2018-11-29T21:46:33Z")
Fucking Amazon and their fucking in-house shipping bullshit. Prime gives free 2-day shipping, but they randomly ship things by fucking Amazon shipping which won’t leave anything outside of an insanely narrow range of choices, unless there is someone present. NO there is no fucking neighbor around. NO there is no fucking enclosed porch. NO I’m not leaving the fucking garage open. NO there is no fucking place at the back of the fucking house for you to drop off a fucking package that would fit into the fucking mailbox you fucking goat-fuckers. There is also no option to move the fucking delivery to a day and time where someone _might_ be around, but I’ll probably end up canceling the fucking order and go buy it from some place that aren’t FUCKING ASSHOLES. I’m sure this will bring joy to many this holiday season, now that Amazon has driven local stores out of business where it would be only _slightly_ inconvenient to go buy something, they’ve decided to make ordering completely fucking inconvenient for anyone who has an actual goddamn life. Fuckers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879.md?page=11)