Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 2494

Rumpelteazer · 04-11-2014, 02:42 PM

Installing the original Tropico game, including expansion packs. It's on sale at GOG this weekend for $2.39! Hopefully it'll keep me busy until Tropico 5 is released next month.

5thWiggle · 04-12-2014, 05:49 PM

I just finished paying for my sins. All the snow and ice we had this winter, plus all the salt used in my area and the fact that I was ill for over a month led me not to walk our dog for quite a while.

So instead of picking up his "business" one "job" at a time, it just kept collecting, getting covered with snow, and collecting some more. Eventually, the snow stopped, and started to melt. Well, instead of picking up the pieces as they reappeared (cause I was still weak from my illness, after all

), I waited, and waited, and waited until everything melted, and my back yard was a swamp. A very disgusting swamp.

I now have five bags of very moist "doings" to get rid of, some very gross boots to clean, and a solemn vow to never, ever let it happen again (I'm teaching the dog to use the toilet)!

ProfCrash · 04-12-2014, 07:05 PM

That is what we say every year and it never happens. We do get it before the first big rain, mainly because we know the Little Man wants to play outside. Normally we are looking at many, many, many bags though.

cromag · 04-12-2014, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 5thWiggle

... (I'm teaching the dog to use the toilet)!

Dude! He drinks out of that!!!

WT Sharpe · 04-13-2014, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by 5thWiggle

I just finished paying for my sins. All the snow and ice we had this winter, plus all the salt used in my area and the fact that I was ill for over a month led me not to walk our dog for quite a while.

So instead of picking up his "business" one "job" at a time, it just kept collecting, getting covered with snow, and collecting some more. Eventually, the snow stopped, and started to melt. Well, instead of picking up the pieces as they reappeared (cause I was still weak from my illness, after all

), I waited, and waited, and waited until everything melted, and my back yard was a swamp. A very disgusting swamp.

I now have five bags of very moist "doings" to get rid of, some very gross boots to clean, and a solemn vow to never, ever let it happen again (I'm teaching the dog to use the toilet)!

At a party I attended years ago a fellow was going to use the bathroom when the homeowner's cat beat him to it. The cat did his business, then flushed the toilet before it left. He was astounded.

kindlekitten · 04-13-2014, 10:28 AM

I've heard of many toilet using cats, not so much on the flushing though. The second time I was stationed in Germany, the spousal unit was gone and I was home alone with the kids, an infant and a four year old. I awoke at 0200 to the sound of someone piddling in the toilet. That got me right the f*ck out of bed! I was watching someone else's cat in my home and had my own cats. When that cat parent came home and was queried, this was not a behaviour known at home, and not something repeated at home. Nearest we could figure, said feline did not want to share litter boxes even though they both had their own.

5thWiggle · 04-13-2014, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by cromag

Dude! He drinks out of that!!!

He's a connoisseur of rabbit poop and other dog's bums. I don't think he'll mind...

5thWiggle · 04-13-2014, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

That is what we say every year and it never happens. We do get it before the first big rain, mainly because we know the Little Man wants to play outside. Normally we are looking at many, many, many bags though.

So true, but I've never let it get this bad before. Train the LM to help out now, while he's young - if only as a "spotter" now and "picker" later. If I ask the Spawn for help, all I get are shouts of "Eeww! Gross!".

5thWiggle · 04-13-2014, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

At a party I attended years ago a fellow was going to use the bathroom when the homeowner's cat beat him to it. The cat did his business, then flushed the toilet before it left. He was astounded.

I'll gladly wait my turn if it means I don't have to stoop-n-scoop afterwards. Having a wife and two daughters means I'm last in line anyway...

Dylrob · 04-13-2014, 03:36 PM

Riding an Amtrak train down to Oceanside.

Rumpelteazer · 04-14-2014, 08:24 AM

Planning a trip to the Keukenhof next week, probably on Wednesday. I'll be going on my own for the first time, before my sister always joined me (she's got to work). On the one hand it's fun to go with someone else, on the other hand I can do whatever I please and spend as much time photographing flowers and art as I want.

poohbear_nc · 04-14-2014, 06:33 PM

Drying off after my after-dinner walk -- it was spritzing rain when I started, and showering by the time I cleared the last turn towards home - fortunately I remembered to wear my rain jacket ... quite refreshing actually ...

WT Sharpe · 04-14-2014, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Drying off after my after-dinner walk -- it was spritzing rain when I started, and showering by the time I cleared the last turn towards home - fortunately I remembered to wear my rain jacket ... quite refreshing actually ...

And in our continuing series,

More cold weather heading our way!!!

kindlekitten · 04-14-2014, 11:22 PM

Watching the season premiere of warehouse 13 which kind of makes me sad as it always went hand in hand with Eureka. I'm still sass and confused that it was cancelled.

I'm such a geek

kindlekitten · 04-15-2014, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Watching the season premiere of warehouse 13 which kind of makes me sad as it always went hand in hand with Eureka. I'm still sass and confused that it was cancelled.

I'm such a geek

It won't let me edit but of course sass is sad.

I've been clenching my teeth like mad for awhile now, reasons unknown, but just figured it out awhile ago as I realized I had a horrendous headache

04-11-2014, 02:42 PM	#37396
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,350 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Installing the original Tropico game, including expansion packs. It's on sale at GOG this weekend for $2.39! Hopefully it'll keep me busy until Tropico 5 is released next month.

04-12-2014, 05:49 PM	#37397
5thWiggle Benevolent Evil Lord Posts: 1,704 Karma: 48339466 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Evil Canada (We all have goatees!) Device: Galaxy Note 8.0, Galaxy Note, iPad Mini, PocketEdge(retired)	I just finished paying for my sins. All the snow and ice we had this winter, plus all the salt used in my area and the fact that I was ill for over a month led me *not* to walk our dog for quite a while. So instead of picking up his "business" one "job" at a time, it just kept collecting, getting covered with snow, and collecting some more. Eventually, the snow stopped, and started to melt. Well, instead of picking up the pieces as they reappeared (cause I was still weak from my illness, after all ), I waited, and waited, and waited until everything melted, and my back yard was a swamp. A very disgusting swamp. I now have five bags of very moist "doings" to get rid of, some very gross boots to clean, and a solemn vow to *never, ever* let it happen again (I'm teaching the dog to use the toilet)!

04-12-2014, 07:05 PM	#37398
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	That is what we say every year and it never happens. We do get it before the first big rain, mainly because we know the Little Man wants to play outside. Normally we are looking at many, many, many bags though.

04-13-2014, 10:28 AM	#37401
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I've heard of many toilet using cats, not so much on the flushing though. The second time I was stationed in Germany, the spousal unit was gone and I was home alone with the kids, an infant and a four year old. I awoke at 0200 to the sound of someone piddling in the toilet. That got me right the f*ck out of bed! I was watching someone else's cat in my home and had my own cats. When that cat parent came home and was queried, this was not a behaviour known at home, and not something repeated at home. Nearest we could figure, said feline did not want to share litter boxes even though they both had their own.

04-13-2014, 03:36 PM	#37405
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	Riding an Amtrak train down to Oceanside.

04-14-2014, 08:24 AM	#37406
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,350 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Planning a trip to the Keukenhof next week, probably on Wednesday. I'll be going on my own for the first time, before my sister always joined me (she's got to work). On the one hand it's fun to go with someone else, on the other hand I can do whatever I please and spend as much time photographing flowers and art as I want.

04-14-2014, 06:33 PM	#37407
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,753 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Drying off after my after-dinner walk -- it was spritzing rain when I started, and showering by the time I cleared the last turn towards home - fortunately I remembered to wear my rain jacket ... quite refreshing actually ...

04-14-2014, 11:22 PM	#37409
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Watching the season premiere of warehouse 13 which kind of makes me sad as it always went hand in hand with Eureka. I'm still sass and confused that it was cancelled. I'm such a geek