GAH! A Jerusalem cricketwas on my foot last night which made me think of even asking about least fav!
Rum raisin.
Least favorite frozen confection besides ice cream. (It can contain ice cream, but I’m talking about a prepared confection with a name: Popsicles, Bomb Pops, ice cream sandwiches, drumsticks, fudgesicles, Italian ice, Push-ups, Eskimo pies, etc., etc.)
Anything on a wooden stick or eaten with a wooden paddle. I’ve mentioned my absolutely obsessive hatred of ice cream sticks and paddles a few times on these boards a number of times. If someone is eating ice cream with those implements, I have to leave the room.
Least favorite cold beverage?
Any of the bud light straw/lime/marg/rrrrrritas. They all taste like dissolved tooth enamel.
Which reminds me: Least Fav thing left at your house after a party. (something that was brought to the party and meant to be a good thing. Not like property damage or a turd in a drawer or red wine vomit on a white carpet)
A convert-to-my-religion pamphlet. Someone decided to bring a “Plus One” to a party, even though the invitations were clearly only for the person named (lots of single people were invited). Anyway, the Plus-One, who I considered a crasher, left a stack of Jesus pamphlets on my living room table.
Least fave time someone tried to convert you to something-- not necessarily a religion. Could be that, but could be veganism, or Republicanism.
Does a friend trying to recruit me into an MLM count? I didn’t join, and we remained friends. About a year or so later, he got out of it anyway.
Least favorite date you ever went on?
I was on the show Blind Date. We both knew in about 10 minutes that we didn’t like each other but the damn shoot lasted for 8 god damn hours. At least I got free food and booze out of it.
Least Favorite dinner you have had to sit through.
A Thanksgiving dinner one year where my brother just previously had wished to see me dead.
[What’s an MLM?]
LF article of clothing you’ve ever worn, post childhood–ie, regrettable decision.
It stands for Multi-Level Marketing. You are recruited to sell various products, but are also expected to recruit others to sell also. Thing is, you buy the stuff to sell from the person who recruited you, and they take a commission. You get your commission from selling in turn to your recruits (your downline). There’s lots of rah-rah “we’re all gonna get rich” stuff, along with various “sales aids” you’re expected to buy, and meetings where attendance is mandatory. It’s kind of like a pyramid scheme, with a cult mentality attached.
Examples of MLM companies would include Amway, Herbalife, and Discovery Toys. Often, the products they offer are very good (though some are iffy-to-not), and would sell well in an ordinary retailer. But these companies emphasize on selling to other salespeople, not the end consumer.
That’s a very brief description, but you can learn more here:
Let’s continue with yours,Leo:
It wasn’t a regrettable decision, but my LF article of clothing worn as an adult was my dress greens in the Army, especially when I had to wear the skirt. It wasn’t regrettable in that I did not regret enlisting, and 98% of the time, we wore BDUs, which were very comfortable. But dang, the women’s dress uniform was uncomfortable.
LF occasion for which you had to wear a uniform, or follow a very strict dress code.
Any time I have to wear my barrister’s robes in court. They are heavy and they are hot.
Least favorite fast-food chain?
White Castle. Never eaten there. I get nausea just from smelling it when I drive past. Had an old boyfriend who called their food a “sure-cure for constipation.” Gag.
Least favorite punctuation mark.
The comma. So many people misuse it. I’m talking to you, comma-splicers.
Least favorite wedding tradition?
The chicken dance/electric slide being played at the reception. I have to leave the room.
Least favorite muppet…or any Jim Henson creation.
The big monster-looking guy" just doewn’t seem to fit in with the universe.
Rice or bird-seed chucking. throw confetti or petals, folks!
The first time i saw a Jerusalem cricket is when it woke me up being trapped under the fitted sheet of my bed and I felt something moving under my shoulder. i freaked out, reached inside there and got it into the toilet bowl. I then proceeded to give it a flame -thrower treatment of lighter fluid and flame until I was sure its demonic existence had ended and then flushed away. That episode is still good for nightmare fodder. Oh how I can’t stand them!
FWIW, he was specifically created in the 1970s for the Muppets’ Frog Prince, where he made sense as the minion of the wicked witch who enchanted the prince and turned him into a frog, but he didn’t make sense as a muppet in general. And his name is “Sweetums.”
Best version of “The Frog Prince” ever. I saw it when I was three or four, and loved it. I actually wrote a letter to Jim Henson asking him to replay it, and he wrote me back, explaining that it wasn’t up to him-- an advertiser had to want to show it on a specific network, and contract for it. He explained it all very nicely in terms a four-year-old could understand, and sent me an autographed photo of him surrounded by the Sesame Street muppets. I still have both letter and photo.
I didn’t see it again until I was almost 30. I realized then why advertised didn’t pick it up-- there’s a scene where Kermit gets tipsy.
I think it’s on YouTube now, though.
Do we have another “Least Favorite” question on the table? MonkeyMensch, I think it is your turn to ask one.
What’s YLF Chinese food?