The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 68

radioflyertoo · 11-03-2008, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I once did that with a quart size jar of mustard. I managed to get all 4 walls, the ceiling, and myself covered in mustard.

Thats a lot of hot dogs missing mustard.

DixieGal · 11-03-2008, 02:07 PM

Grrrr! Today is Monday, 11/3/08. It's my birthday. Yes, I'm another year older, wanna make something of it? These decrepit middle-aged hands still got some slapping left in them!

Down in the lobby here at work, they are unpacking the Christmas trees and decking the friggin' halls. It is just too early. All of the tinsel and fa-la-la-la-la makes me want to gag. I've got to look at that junk for 2 months.

Apparently it will be a Caucasion Santa year also. Last year was African-American Santa year. They use the same junk every year, but re-paint everything, because it stays out in the sun and heat for 2 months and gets pretty badly weathered. How freakin' hard is it to use different colors of paint, so that there is a Santa diversity? I'm hoping for gray or green Alien Santas next year.

And there is a large animated Disney display every year. Behind a white picket fence. Behind velvet ropes. Behind the "Do Not Touch" sign. Is it just me, or doesn't it seem cruel to put something like that at tabletop level - INSIDE A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - and then forbid the sick kiddies from touching it? I've seen - many times - seen kiddies take off running, hit the ground and slide under the rope like they are sliding into second base. They just want to touch the magic, but instead they get into trouble.

The annual giant gingerbread house decorating day will be coming soon. It's made witih real gingerbread, icing, and candy. The kiddies can eat all they want while they are making this big construction project, but after that, it is also put behind velvet signs and ropes. Of course, by the time the holiday arrives, it's been pretty much picked clean by interns on night shift. Again, seems needlessly cruel to forbid the kiddies from touching.

Outside, it is sunny, 75 degrees, and a beautiful autumn day. Inside, it's the friggin' North Pole.

Patricia · 11-03-2008, 02:10 PM

I agree that it is too early for Christmas decorations, DixieGal. Otherwise we'd mistake you for the Christmas fairy.

Happy Birthday.
And many happy returns.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-03-2008, 02:19 PM

happy birthday dixiegal !

i'm with you ; far too early for christmas decorations. i'm still trying to get used to autumn, sheesh !! plus the whole "christmas season" just seems to go on and on (although we haven't started here yet, thank goodness). all that enforced "good will" sets my teeth on edge. keep your ears stiff ! and many happy returns (here's hoping for a green santa next year. i'd like a photo of that one).

DixieGal · 11-03-2008, 02:23 PM

Yeah, green Santas with big hollow black eyes - all 3 of them. In a flying saucer pulled by 8 tiny Uranuses... tiny Uraniae.... sphincter saucer people. What's the plural of small natives of the planet Uranus?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-03-2008, 02:24 PM

Happy birthday Dixiegal!

And I agree - it's far too early for christmas decorations.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-03-2008, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Yeah, green Santas with big hollow black eyes - all 3 of them. In a flying saucer pulled by 8 tiny Uranuses... tiny Uraniae.... sphincter saucer people. What's the plural of small natives of the planet Uranus?

nekokami · 11-03-2008, 03:43 PM

Happy birthday, Dixiegal! Maybe you should get yourself some green spraypaint as a gift.

I notice that even though there was apparently an "African-American" Santa last year, they don't come in more than two colors anyway.

Go read Pratchett's Hogfather. That'll help your mood.

GeoffC · 11-03-2008, 03:54 PM

Happy Birthday DixieGal - 21 years young again

DixieGal · 11-03-2008, 04:04 PM

Thanks! I wish I LOOKED like it did at 21!

Green paint... hmmm.... you guys are gonna end up getting me fired. Now where's that class action lawsuit thread.... fired for painting Santas green... it's MR's fault... actually, it's Neko's fault... encouraging bad behavior....

Y'all kids git outta the house and play, before I have to get up from here, put on my shoes, and give you a whupping. Danged Santas as far as the eye can see, nothing but fake greenery covering all of the handrails, the trees and grass outside are greener thant the fake greenery inside, don't even get me started on too many white lights, place lit up like a cathouse, kids crying because they can't play with Mickey Mouse, glitter every danged where, if you are thirsty then drink from the hose pipe, fa-la-frikkin-la all in my face, Magic 96 started playing their 24/7 holiday music this morning, gonna cause me to road rage in traffic at malfunction junction ...

Uh-Oh! Now you've done it. You woke up my inner beeyotch, and she's as frazzled as me about the early decorations.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-03-2008, 04:27 PM

heh. dixiegal is funny when she's mad.

(i do still sympathise completely though !)

DixieGal · 11-03-2008, 04:44 PM

I love this job! They got me 7 layer fudge cake. 7 layers of cake, filled with fudge, then covered in ooey gooey fudge. I had a very big slice. Next to karma and/or cash, cake is my favorite birthday thing.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-03-2008, 05:07 PM

so you're feeling a bit better then ! good news !

pshrynk · 11-03-2008, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

so you're feeling a bit better then ! good news !

7 layer fudge cake would make me happy.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-03-2008, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

7 layer fudge cake would make me happy.

is that a hint ? is it your birthday today too ? (i would probably be willing to lie about my birthday, for a cake like that.)

11-03-2008, 02:07 PM	#1007
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Have a Holly Jolly Bite Me! Grrrr! Today is Monday, 11/3/08. It's my birthday. Yes, I'm another year older, wanna make something of it? These decrepit middle-aged hands still got some slapping left in them! Down in the lobby here at work, they are unpacking the Christmas trees and decking the friggin' halls. It is just too early. All of the tinsel and fa-la-la-la-la makes me want to gag. I've got to look at that junk for 2 months. Apparently it will be a Caucasion Santa year also. Last year was African-American Santa year. They use the same junk every year, but re-paint everything, because it stays out in the sun and heat for 2 months and gets pretty badly weathered. How freakin' hard is it to use different colors of paint, so that there is a Santa diversity? I'm hoping for gray or green Alien Santas next year. And there is a large animated Disney display every year. Behind a white picket fence. Behind velvet ropes. Behind the "Do Not Touch" sign. Is it just me, or doesn't it seem cruel to put something like that at tabletop level - INSIDE A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - and then forbid the sick kiddies from touching it? I've seen - many times - seen kiddies take off running, hit the ground and slide under the rope like they are sliding into second base. They just want to touch the magic, but instead they get into trouble. The annual giant gingerbread house decorating day will be coming soon. It's made witih real gingerbread, icing, and candy. The kiddies can eat all they want while they are making this big construction project, but after that, it is also put behind velvet signs and ropes. Of course, by the time the holiday arrives, it's been pretty much picked clean by interns on night shift. Again, seems needlessly cruel to forbid the kiddies from touching. Outside, it is sunny, 75 degrees, and a beautiful autumn day. Inside, it's the friggin' North Pole.

11-03-2008, 04:44 PM	#1017
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Inner beeyotch likes birthday cake! I love this job! They got me 7 layer fudge cake. 7 layers of cake, filled with fudge, then covered in ooey gooey fudge. I had a very big slice. Next to karma and/or cash, cake is my favorite birthday thing.

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11-03-2008, 02:10 PM	#1008
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I agree that it is too early for Christmas decorations, DixieGal. Otherwise we'd mistake you for the Christmas fairy. Happy Birthday. And many happy returns.

11-03-2008, 02:19 PM	#1009
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	happy birthday dixiegal ! i'm with you ; far too early for christmas decorations. i'm still trying to get used to autumn, sheesh !! plus the whole "christmas season" just seems to go on and on (although we haven't started here yet, thank goodness). all that enforced "good will" sets my teeth on edge. keep your ears stiff ! and many happy returns (here's hoping for a green santa next year. i'd like a photo of that one).

11-03-2008, 02:23 PM	#1010
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Yeah, green Santas with big hollow black eyes - all 3 of them. In a flying saucer pulled by 8 tiny Uranuses... tiny Uraniae.... sphincter saucer people. What's the plural of small natives of the planet Uranus?

11-03-2008, 02:24 PM	#1011
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Happy birthday Dixiegal! And I agree - it's far too early for christmas decorations.

11-03-2008, 03:43 PM	#1013
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Happy birthday, Dixiegal! Maybe you should get yourself some green spraypaint as a gift. I notice that even though there was apparently an "African-American" Santa last year, they don't come in more than two colors anyway. Go read Pratchett's Hogfather. That'll help your mood.

11-03-2008, 03:54 PM	#1014
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Happy Birthday DixieGal - 21 years young again

11-03-2008, 04:04 PM	#1015
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Thanks! I wish I LOOKED like it did at 21! Green paint... hmmm.... you guys are gonna end up getting me fired. Now where's that class action lawsuit thread.... fired for painting Santas green... it's MR's fault... actually, it's Neko's fault... encouraging bad behavior.... Y'all kids git outta the house and play, before I have to get up from here, put on my shoes, and give you a whupping. Danged Santas as far as the eye can see, nothing but fake greenery covering all of the handrails, the trees and grass outside are greener thant the fake greenery inside, don't even get me started on too many white lights, place lit up like a cathouse, kids crying because they can't play with Mickey Mouse, glitter every danged where, if you are thirsty then drink from the hose pipe, fa-la-frikkin-la all in my face, Magic 96 started playing their 24/7 holiday music this morning, gonna cause me to road rage in traffic at malfunction junction ... Uh-Oh! Now you've done it. You woke up my inner beeyotch, and she's as frazzled as me about the early decorations.

11-03-2008, 04:27 PM	#1016
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	heh. dixiegal is funny when she's mad. (i do still sympathise completely though !)

11-03-2008, 05:07 PM	#1018
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	so you're feeling a bit better then ! good news !

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