Ernie gets tattoed…
[for the ladies]
Least fave lout who hit on you at a bar or such
Jerk who hit on me in a library, when he was there with his small daughter. Or some small female child. If she wasn’t his daughter, that just makes it more creepy. I was 15, and was at the very least, 10 years older-- probably quite a bit more. To be fair, it was a college library, graduate collections, I was wearing a University sweatshirt, and I was 5’3 and a 34C at 15, so thinking I was at least 18 was not unreasonable. He asked me my major, so I think he genuinely thought I was legal.
He wasn’t taking any subtle hint at all to leave me alone, and I was getting kinda scared. I left the stacks, and he followed. He tried to put his arm around me, and asked for my phone number. I used to never swear, but I finally said “Fuck off and leave me alone!”
He suddenly acted all butt-hurt, like he had no idea what provoked me, and said he was sorry he upset me, but there was a sarcastic tone, like I was being kind of a snowflake.
I went into the women’s bathroom, and stayed in there a long time. He was gone when I came out. I got on my bike, and went straight home.
Least favorite public restroom you’ve ever had to use.
At a rest stop in South Carolina, during Xmas holidays. The wreaths hung on both rest room doors were made of toilet paper tubes. The stall I used had a caricature of Obama drawn like a monkey. There was a billboard next to the rest stop for some church that had the pastor’s picture on it, smiling with the most insincere smile I’ve ever seen. He showed a lot of teeth and no lips. He looked like a restored corpse with false teeth. Some Asian tourists were taking pictures of themselves standing next to the “Welcome to South Carolina” sign.
least favorite time you pulled over during a long drive
Driving from Prague to Bratislava in a Skoda, a tiny car (think, Yugo) manufactured in communist Czechoslovakia. Had no AC, it was July, and I got elected to sit in the middle of the backseat.
We stopped at the Communist Czechoslovak version of a rest stop. There was a wooden structure with a row of holes in the floor (remember, July). My mother had little packs of Kleenexes in her purse, and was handing them out to people. Sheesh. I couldn’t manage to go in the hole in front of everyone (this was before the Army trained any modesty out of me), and I decided to run for the woods nearby and go behind a tree. My mother was not happy with me.
That was not by far the longest drive I have ever been on (it was about 3.5 hours), but it sure felt long. I think the longest drive I ever did without stopping overnight was when DH and I drove from Austin, Texas to Bloomington, Indiana. That was about 15 hours. But there were no terrible stops. And we each got about a 4 hour nap while the other drove.
Least favorite mode of transportation.
Metro bus if the journey is more than just down the street a ways.
Least favorite concert you wanted to go to.
Bus, at least in the days before they outlawed smoking. The combination of smoke and diesel fumes typically left me feeling nauseous and lightheaded by the time I got home (trips from college).
Least favorite billboard ad.
Rick Astley, when he was at the height of his popularity. My then-GF got tickets, and was excited to go; I would rather have spent the evening doing anything but attending that concert.
Let’s continue with John’s prompt:
“Least favorite billboard ad.”
That one that guy took out accusing his ex-girlfriend of having had an abortion (she had had a miscarriage, but personally, I would have aborted that shmuck’s baby).
Least favorite of the recently released list of Rock and Roll HoF nominees.
I’ll go with Nina Simone, because I’m largely ignorant of her.
Least favorite thing you found that had been hidden from you for a long time
The fact that my mother had been married previously and that I have three half-brothers. I didn’t find out until her funeral.
Least favorite current TV series?
Criminal Minds. It has gone so downhill, it’s now a cliché.
Least favorite Bob Dylan song?
“Gotta Serve Somebody”-Pissed off Lennon so much he wrote a song in response(“Serve Yourself”).
Least favorite anime
Name one, I;ll second it.
Least favorite actor with an alliterative name
Ronald Reagan
Least favorite SNL skit.
N/M
The singing couple on Weekend Update
least favorite term for a reproductive organ
Va-jay-jay
Least favorite children’s book.
Tie:
The one showing Jesus with his arms full of lions and lambs, and
The one by Pastor Weems about George Washington and the cherry tree.
Least favorite word beginning with a silent letter.
Wrestle
Least favorite portrayal of the deity in a movie. Interpret that however you want.
George Burns in Oh God and its sequels. Just didn’t work for me.
Least favorite John Denver song?