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My Observations and Facts of Life...

Wed May 27, 2009 11:46 AM EDT
life, humor, love, kids, satire, quotes, personal, friends, earth, age, thinking, opinions, observations, ponderings
By neenie1991

Photo by D. Sharon Pruitt. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)

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After hanging around the third rock from the sun for 45 years I've come to a few conclusions about life and the world. Just my opinion of course. Many I really believe to be true. Many are just questions I have that there are probably no good answers to. Some are just things I ponder. So here is a random list. Tell me what you think.

1) When drinking wine, if you top off your glass before it is empty, it still counts as one glass.

2) Having a kid can be awesome and suck at the same time.

3) Why don't kids go barefoot or run in sprinklers anymore?

4) People worry about leaving the iron on, but it rarely happens.

5) Senseless murders are always talked about on the news. What about the sensible ones?

6) You don't have to like someone to love them.

7) Snow is great if you don't have to drive in it.

8) There's too much information. Period.

9) When you lose an earring, you will find its mate after you've given up and thrown the other one away.

10) All babies are cute when they yawn.

11) A cold beer is best after mowing the lawn in ninety degree weather.

12) It's not visa-versa.

13) The traffic report that tells you about the wreck up ahead is broadcast right after it's too late for you to do anything about it.

14) You have to sit at the kids table until everyone dies.

15) Just because someone asks you to marry them doesn't mean you have to say yes.

16) Why do all coffeepots say eight cups? Who has cups that small?

17) When the powers goes out, at some point you forget and try to turn something on.

18) No one is on the fence about fruitcake.

19) You don't meet a soulmate. You become one.

20) People who say they don't swear have never stubbed their toe in the dark.

21) People who say we don't have time travel don't read books.

22) At my age if I had it to do over again, it would take alot longer.

23) When you tell your son to use 1 cup of sugar to make the kool-aid, make sure you tell him it's not any old cup.

24) If you look down and don't see pubic hair, don't wear a cropped shirt.

25) Chain letters are the herpes of the internet.

26) Sex is highly overrated. Unless you're not getting any.

27) Everyone who has friends is rich. It's recession proof.

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neenie1991

Well kids, you asked for it!

  • 4 votes
Reply#1 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:49 AM EDT
Hugo C. Gonzalez 76

Holy crap, neenie, I am 33 and agree with most of them;

11. hell yes!

1. that is why you should always tell the police officer I only had one.

2. I got lucky mine has been great, does not suck!

10. when they smile too!

15. course you don't.

16. I just use the coffee pot! WIRED!

17. it went out on sunday in my parents house, I tried to turn on the tv, so did my dad, he also tried to turn on the microway and got pisst off when the light would not work.

20. yup!

21. I have gone to some weird places!

26. sorry I do love sex!

27. true, true, true!

  • 3 votes
#1.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:08 PM EDT
Reply
nica1829

this is a good one - i have to think on what to add - your list was very very thorough

  • 2 votes
Reply#2 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:52 AM EDT
Grammar-phobe

Haha! Very good list!

  • 1 vote
Reply#3 - Wed May 27, 2009 12:04 PM EDT
madbrnnr

Mine says 12 cups. And I do have proper size cups to get the 12. Didn't say I *use* them, but I have them (gotta keep the wife happy - can't have an incomplete set), my mug empties it in 3. :)

  • 6 votes
Reply#4 - Wed May 27, 2009 12:47 PM EDT
madbrnnr

Oh, one more thing: Reference the barefeet and sprinklers - for people in the south it's explained by two words: fire ants.

  • 6 votes
Reply#5 - Wed May 27, 2009 12:51 PM EDT
neenie1991

mad,

Yeah, mine says 8, but I can do it in 4. They should make a mug pot.

  • 3 votes
Reply#6 - Wed May 27, 2009 12:57 PM EDT
madbrnnr

They do neenie - the industrial ones that hold like "32 cups". heh heh

And your 8 would empty in two of my mugs. Which is why I've never bought less than the 12 cup ones. Still looking for the one that comes equipped with an IV so I can stop all this annoying getting up to refill. ;)

  • 5 votes
#6.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 1:00 PM EDT
neenie1991

LOL, on the bright side, when my Dr. asks me how much coffee I drink... ;P

  • 1 vote
#6.2 - Wed May 27, 2009 1:27 PM EDT
looselucy

OMG! I just bought a coffee shop! How's that for addicted? It is so difficult not to have too much, I love it.

  • 1 vote
#6.3 - Thu May 28, 2009 4:38 PM EDT
Reply
DolceSpiritus

neat list neenie~

I want to add two of my own....1)Cats prefer to lie on the clean clothes pile. 2) no matter what you do, or how good you do it, there will be a critic somewhere.

  • 6 votes
Reply#7 - Wed May 27, 2009 4:37 PM EDT
neenie1991

Dolce,
Well if it were me, I would have put 2 ahead of 1, and then the....lol, I'm just kidding...see I was being a critic...

  • 3 votes
#7.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 7:17 PM EDT
DolceSpiritus

Well my dear, you can't put a cat into an oven and expect biscuits!

  • 1 vote
#7.2 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:12 PM EDT
Froggers

Dolce yes those darn cats get the clean pile all the time how do they know? They are on a mission.... a secret one.....

  • 1 vote
#7.3 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:20 PM EDT
DolceSpiritus

Froggers,

I have a black cat and a white cat. If I am wearing black, my black cat ignores me. However my white kitty becomes really affectionate, shooting white hair all over my black clothes. The opposite is in effect when I wear white. ARRGH! CATS!

  • 1 vote
#7.4 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:49 PM EDT
Froggers

Dolce,

What they are really saying is how dare Dolce wear the wrong colored fur let me make it right and put the right fur on Dolce Or I will have to call the fashion police on my pet Dolce.

    #7.5 - Fri May 29, 2009 12:07 AM EDT
    sorrelen

    Dolce,

    I feel your pain except I have a cat with black and white hair and he wants to love on me every morning!

    • 1 vote
    #7.6 - Fri May 29, 2009 10:35 AM EDT
    DolceSpiritus

    Dang sorrelen....that's tough. I shall not complain anymore!

    Froggers, I firmly believe if cats had opposable thumbs they would rule the universe.

    • 2 votes
    #7.7 - Fri May 29, 2009 1:54 PM EDT
    sorrelen

    All 3 of my lovely babies are long haired shedders. I must clean daily to keep up with the hair loss of these ferocious beasts :-)

    You can complain at anytime Dolce I don't mind!

    I firmly believe the plan for the cats is not to rule the world they don't want to have to deal with all the BS that goes with ruling. They live in luxury now playing all night, sleeping all day, getting petted when they want, not having to follow anyones orders, being fed!

    • 1 vote
    #7.8 - Fri May 29, 2009 2:10 PM EDT
    DolceSpiritus

    I always said if I could be reincarnated into an animal, I would want to come back as a cat belonging to a cat lover...it would be the ultimate in being spoiled.

    • 2 votes
    #7.9 - Sat May 30, 2009 9:09 PM EDT
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    Zom Zom

    Just thought I'd respond to a few of these, to provide a little further insight:

    When drinking wine, if you top off your glass before it is empty, it still counts as one glass.

    The same holds true for scotch. Also, if you drink straight from the bottle, it doesn't count as drinking, at all.

    Why don't kids go barefoot or run in sprinklers anymore?

    Cuz it's my turn, I'm bigger, and I can push 'em outa the way.

    You don't have to like someone to love them.

    In fact, you can utterly despise them, and will.

    All babies are cute when they yawn.

    Twice as true concerning kittens.

    Everyone who has friends is rich. It's recession proof.

    But the recession might cost more of them than can afford you.

    • 4 votes
    Reply#8 - Wed May 27, 2009 4:44 PM EDT
    neenie1991

    ;D I love the Scotch one (even if it does taste like kerosene) and

    In fact, you can utterly despise them, and will.

    • 2 votes
    #8.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 7:20 PM EDT
    DolceSpiritus

    Scotch, single malt on the rocks please, with a tiny splash of water to "start" the ice. Thank you.

    • 1 vote
    #8.2 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:13 PM EDT
    Zom Zom

    Scotch, single malt on the rocks please, with a tiny splash of water to "start" the ice. Thank you.

    Some times just a glug, in a room temperature scotch, is just as good. I went to this wonderful scotch bar with twenty year old McClellan that was magnificent, a couple weeks ago. I think I now need to stop by on the way home from work.

    ;D I love the Scotch one (even if it does taste like kerosene) and

    My Glenlivet does not taste like kerosene. It tastes like butter... and kerosene.

    • 1 vote
    #8.3 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:23 PM EDT
    DolceSpiritus

    OOoh Zom, I want to go there! Pick me up when on your way. I'll buy the first round. I like my Glenlivet. Yesindeedy I do.

      #8.4 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:51 PM EDT
      Reply
      not over it

      Here's a few of mine:

      Every time I start to pass a car, it speeds up.

      You never notice that you have @!$%#ty windshield wipers until it is raining.

      There is no such thing as one too many, you aren't doing it right if it is only one too many.

      I never run out of shampoo and conditioner at the same time, so I have 12 conditioner bottles with 1/8 th of the bottle left.

      People say the same things over and over again when they have been drinking.

      You always find what you are looking for at the last place you look.

      Older people leave 5 minute long messages on your answer machine.

      Being nice isn't always worth it the effort.

      • 5 votes
      Reply#9 - Wed May 27, 2009 7:08 PM EDT
      Zom Zom

      People say the same things over and over again when they have been drinking.

      Agreed.

      • 4 votes
      #9.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 7:15 PM EDT
      Zom Zom

      People say the same things over and over again when they have been drinking.

      You're absolutely right.

      • 4 votes
      #9.2 - Wed May 27, 2009 7:15 PM EDT
      Zom Zom

      People say the same things over and over again when they have been drinking.

      Dude, that's soooo true.

      • 4 votes
      #9.3 - Wed May 27, 2009 7:16 PM EDT
      neenie1991

      nwo,

      Ah, the shampoo/conditioner ratio phenomenon. Good one.

      Why does that idiotstick speed up when you try to pass?

      Zom - mmm hmmm. right. yes.

      • 2 votes
      #9.4 - Wed May 27, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
      not over it

      Zom - You are hilarious!!!

      Zom - You are so funny, man.

      Zom- Duuuude you're freaking funny!

      neenie:

      Why does that idiotstick speed up when you try to pass?

      It's like he knows I have a bad case of road rage and he is testing me.

      • 3 votes
      #9.5 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:55 AM EDT
      DolceSpiritus

      Zom....back away from the scotch sweetie.

      • 1 vote
      #9.6 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:14 PM EDT
      Reply
      Froggers

      Having a kid is awesome but can suck at the same time. That is second on the list Neenie it should have been first!! Love my kids They will grow and leave I will cry a bit.....But than I am gonna do some fun stuff!!! FINALLY

      • 2 votes
      Reply#10 - Wed May 27, 2009 8:08 PM EDT
      G. H.

      Ah! But THEN you get the grandkids! LOL The only things parents inherit from their children is their kids. Serious!

      17) When the power goes out is always when I want coffee!

      • 2 votes
      #10.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 8:54 PM EDT
      Froggers

      My dear GH why did you remind me ....than again you can hand them right back ahhh the joys of motherhood and being a Grandparent.

      • 2 votes
      #10.2 - Wed May 27, 2009 10:28 PM EDT
      JustDucki

      But than I am gonna do some fun stuff!!! FINALLY

      You mean you are actually waiting??? You must be a better parent than I because I ditch my kids regularly(ahh the advantage to divorce/custody arrangements - there's always another parent to leave them with!) to do fun 'adult' things.

      • 4 votes
      #10.3 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:20 PM EDT
      Froggers

      DeadMenWalking just traveling really... and I do a lot of fun kid stuff and my little one goes too day care so Mommy & Daddy can have a little bit of a life...I have no family around and live in Guam it is not the typical place it is very different... I agree with you DeadMenWalking it does make you a better Parent to be YOU. It is just a different situation for me... I am the Beach every Saturday (I made a sandcastle with my four year old and let me tell you I had sand in a lot of uncomfortable places.) My husband And I went away to Tokyo last year for three days it was fantastic!!! They are few and far between though I will try to be patient... Thanks for the insight DeadMenWalking

      • 1 vote
      #10.4 - Thu May 28, 2009 2:11 AM EDT
      looselucy

      When the power goes out is always when I want coffee!

      It's worth owning a french press and a coleman stove just in case! I am a mess without coffee.

      • 1 vote
      #10.5 - Thu May 28, 2009 4:44 PM EDT
      Reply
      SteveHouse

      8) There's too much information. Period.

      Thought-provoking point from my political science class: As information increases, knowledge decreases.

      I'm working on a list of Rules to live by. Here's some of the best ones:

      1. Don't question it.
      2. It could always suck more.
      5. Never--ever--wear a faux hawk.
      6. It is how you perceive it to be.
      7. You may not perceive it how it is.
      8. 6 and 7 are never at odds.
      12. It is possible.
      15. Don't expect everything to operate properly at one time.

      • 2 votes
      Reply#11 - Wed May 27, 2009 9:50 PM EDT
      neenie1991

      Steve,

      1. What is it?

      2. Definitely.

      8. Yep.

      15. See 12.

      • 2 votes
      #11.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 10:39 PM EDT
      SteveHouse

      1. What is it?

      See, that's where vagueness is good. The Rules are like an add-on to morality that helps you to stay sane in a crazy world. So when something bizarre happens, the first thing you run in to are rules 1-4: There's no sense not accepting its existence; it could be worse; it could be weirder; it could be stupider.

      And the beauty of 15 happens to be 12. Because 12, everything might work at one time. But, as 15 points out, its unlikely. This way you remain pleasantly surprised when things go right, as opposed to complacent. Wouldn't want to take the little things for granted.

      • 2 votes
      #11.2 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:59 PM EDT
      neenie1991

      Steve,

      I can't decide if you're brilliant or crazy. But then they aren't mutually exclusive. :)

      • 3 votes
      #11.3 - Thu May 28, 2009 1:46 AM EDT
      SteveHouse

      I like to think it's a little of both, with emphasis on the former ;-)

      SHEdit: What's hilarious is I meant latter.

      • 2 votes
      #11.4 - Thu May 28, 2009 1:56 AM EDT
      Reply
      JustDucki

      Great list! I have one to add...

      Any time you leave your house for a quick errand (like getting more coffee from the store) in your ratty sweats and unwashed hair you will always run into either an ex-lover or your high school rival.

      • 4 votes
      Reply#12 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:17 PM EDT
      neenie1991

      I would add that my house is generally pretty clean weeks at a time, but if it does look like s.h.i.t., that is when someone will drop by.

      • 4 votes
      #12.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:31 PM EDT
      Reply
      KGMO

      Thanks for the smile. My kids still run barefoot through the sprinkler!

      • 3 votes
      Reply#13 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:30 PM EDT
      neenie1991

      So do I... I mean mine did.

      • 2 votes
      #13.1 - Wed May 27, 2009 11:33 PM EDT
      Reply
      Midwestlady

      This list is great. Brightened up my day. With two teenage girls, I have also found this to be true.

      The mother's curse works: "One day you will have a child just like you."

      My mother added to that with: "and you will probably should have one just like your sister too."

      And so I did and fully understand and relate to #2.

      • 2 votes
      Reply#14 - Thu May 28, 2009 12:03 AM EDT
      Froggers

      Hey Thanks Freind for the edit and numbered them you are so smart!! :)

      • 2 votes
      Reply#15 - Thu May 28, 2009 2:14 AM EDT
      HurricaneDolfan69

      ROTFLMAO.....

      Awesome article. And how true! I have one to add!

      #28. BULL&#%@ that theres no such thing as an ugly baby. I've seen a few that looked like Aliens or something. Maybe a Pug at best.

      ROTFLMAO.....

      Or #29.

      Theres nothing funnier than the look on a babies face while their trying REALLY REALLY hard to poop..... (Think PUG ON STEROIDS)

      SROTFLMAO.....

      And damn it, wheres all of the socks that always disappear in the laundry room? Has ANYBODY ever discovered where they are?????

      • 2 votes
      Reply#16 - Thu May 28, 2009 5:31 AM EDT
      Froggers

      Number 29 I think all the sock companies got with the washer machine companies and conspired...... Hurricane just like the hot dog companies got with the bread companies to drive us insane why not just have a equal amount?? The baby thing well let's just look at what the baby has to do to enter this Planet. Being forced though a tiny orifice (well most woman want this tiny type of orifice yes I just said that) So just feel bad for the baby...

      • 3 votes
      #16.1 - Thu May 28, 2009 5:49 AM EDT
      DolceSpiritus

      Sock Gnomes. I have two living somewhere in my house. I am sure of it. They drag one of my socks off to the Sock Zone, and I think they mock me while I am sleeping. *shivers*

      • 5 votes
      #16.2 - Thu May 28, 2009 12:33 PM EDT
      G. H.

      Do you have a cat? When my son was ready to move out of his apt. He found the Cat's "Stash", at least 9 socks, his pocket knife and a dead bird! LOL Cat's are great thieves, I had one that stole my jewelry all the time. I thought I was getting robbed by a person until I found her Stash.

      • 3 votes
      #16.3 - Thu May 28, 2009 3:33 PM EDT
      Reply
      sorrelen

      13) The traffic report that tells you about the wreck up ahead is broadcast right after it's too late for you to do anything about it.

      Ain't that the truth!

      I enjoyed your article neenie!

      • 2 votes
      Reply#17 - Thu May 28, 2009 12:55 PM EDT
      Kate In Greensboro

      These are good. Some after-thoughts from the Mom of a teenager who is currently in the aliens sucked out his brains mode

      6) You don't have to like someone to love them

      because teenagers really do need love

      10) All babies are cute when they yawn

      and even teenagers look peaceful when they're sleeping

      • 2 votes
      Reply#18 - Thu May 28, 2009 5:23 PM EDT
      Froggers

      aliens sucked out his brains.

      I have been entering that phase with my daughter she will be 13 In November where do I seek out help......... and when do her brains return to the correct location? Can you help me Kate?

      • 3 votes
      #18.1 - Thu May 28, 2009 5:38 PM EDT
      JustDucki

      I had one of my customers explain teenagers like this:

      Sometime around age 12-13 you hear a giant sucking noise and their heads disappear up their behinds. Sometime around age 20-22 you hear the giant noise again, their heads reappear and they are once again recognizable to the parents.

      That is one of the most apt descriptions I have ever heard. I've survived getting 2 teenage step children grown and out of the house and have my two kids (11&15) and one more teen stepdaughter (13) to survive still.

      When they turn 18 I swear I am moving and not leaving a forwarding address. I love them dearly but I figure I'm going to need at least a good ten years of peace, quiet and solitude before my head stops spinning from raising them!

      • 3 votes
      #18.2 - Thu May 28, 2009 6:19 PM EDT
      Froggers

      Thanks again DeadMenWalking sounds like your a pro! LMAO very funny I will show my husband what we have to look forward too.

      • 2 votes
      #18.3 - Thu May 28, 2009 7:13 PM EDT
      JustDucki

      No, not a pro, we've managed to just fumble through it all. There have been many uhhh....interesting and colorful moments, to say the least.

      ~Rebecca :-)

      • 3 votes
      #18.4 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:31 PM EDT
      Froggers

      *smiles*

      • 2 votes
      #18.5 - Thu May 28, 2009 11:38 PM EDT
      Kate In Greensboro

      The aliens returned the brain of Son-One; he's 18 and will graduate high school next week. I think his brain was brought back early and I have to admit I'm a bit concerned about that, wondering what malfunction prompted its premature return (although I'm most appreciative). Son-Two's brain, however, is deeply embedded in alien land as his body drifts zombie-like, bleating "I'm 16 ... I'm supposed to be stupid ... what do you expect from a 16 year old ..." I want to know why the aliens have to leave the food consumption, mess creation, money spending, lazy organisms and only take the rational, helpful, pull up your pants like a man and speak in complete thoughts parts of the brain!

      Oops, did I just go off on another Mommy rant?

      • 2 votes
      #18.6 - Fri May 29, 2009 6:33 AM EDT
      madbrnnr

      Kate,

      Try having four teenagers at once, 3 of them boys and always hungry. I'm well past that point with my youngest being 25 now, but at one point I thought I was going to have to get a science degree in order to invent some kind of machine so I could get more hours in a day and work 4 jobs to afford to feed them. Only lasted for one year, but felt like it was a decade of more.

      • 3 votes
      #18.7 - Fri May 29, 2009 6:38 AM EDT
      KGMO

      I have a question. Mine are still preadolescent; How do I keep them that way? This whole teenager experience sounds like something I'd rather skip.

      • 3 votes
      #18.8 - Fri May 29, 2009 7:09 AM EDT
      Froggers

      Kate LMAO LMAO I will have to await my daughter # 1 brain return around age 20 (Earth Years) I have daughter #2 she is 4 I still have some time before Processing begins...My 2 Step sons have begun "Feeding" on just about anything.... It seems that Mac and Cheese works best as nourishment. Yet the concept of picking anything up does not compute I must download them again. Thank you Kate

      • 2 votes
      #18.9 - Fri May 29, 2009 7:18 AM EDT
      Froggers

      madbrnmr I am thinking that a large vat or some sort of trough might help me.... LMAO LMAO

      • 2 votes
      #18.10 - Fri May 29, 2009 7:24 AM EDT
      Kate In Greensboro

      madbrnnr - 4 at once, 3 boys - and you can still form sentences? You deserve a Nobel prize or something!

      KGMO - keep them preadolescent? Are you crazy? Remember being about 8 cm in labor and thinking maybe having a baby wasn't such a great idea after all? Sorry, no backing out now.

      Froggers - My friends with daughters tell me I had it easy with sons. I still don't talk to them.

      • 5 votes
      #18.11 - Fri May 29, 2009 7:28 AM EDT
      Froggers

      KGMO you cannot keep them that way they will grow... Good luck... save your money for lots of Food and Cloths and Shoes I almost forgot about that one my daughter has a 91/2 sized foot she is almost towering over me.

      • 2 votes
      #18.12 - Fri May 29, 2009 7:31 AM EDT
      madbrnnr

      Kate,

      I think a lot more of that credit might (read that as should) belong belong to my wife. After all, I tended to be working 14 hours a day 6 days a week. It only caused me to be insane, but the good, harmless type.

      • 3 votes
      #18.13 - Fri May 29, 2009 7:45 AM EDT
      JustDucki

      How do I keep them that way? This whole teenager experience sounds like something I'd rather skip.

      Well, you could always try locking them in the closet but they do tend to make quite a bit of noise and attract the attention of the neighbors after a few hours ;-)

      I er, well, I mean I assume they'd make a racket, I'm not speaking from prior experience or anything...

      **Walks away whistling innocently**

      • 3 votes
      #18.14 - Fri May 29, 2009 3:28 PM EDT
      Reply
      nica1829

      ok - neenie - here is my observation

      Why is it the day i decide to come in early to work so i can begin the weekend early is the day that the computer system crashes so i cannot leave early because i cannot get my work done????

      • 3 votes
      Reply#19 - Fri May 29, 2009 8:36 AM EDT
      Froggers

      It is not the cure all but I heard either red or white wine helps with that.... Nica if that is not your choice hot cocoa or just a large piece of Chocolate works quite well... to cure the I had to work late on Fridays but went in early to leave on time but could not because the computer system crashes...

      • 1 vote
      #19.1 - Fri May 29, 2009 8:44 AM EDT
      nica1829

      i'll take the wine thank you - i am going to need it by the time today is done

      • 3 votes
      #19.2 - Fri May 29, 2009 9:14 AM EDT
      Froggers

      Don't work to hard.

      • 1 vote
      #19.3 - Fri May 29, 2009 9:24 AM EDT
      nica1829

      i try not to but then that work ethic thing kicks in & i have to work hard - damn ethics - pass that wine please

      • 1 vote
      #19.4 - Fri May 29, 2009 9:59 AM EDT
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      neenie1991

      Hey all! Your comments are great. I'm catching up, my vine page has a bug so I'm not tracking, probably should at that to the list? Keep up the good work.

      When a repairman is supposed to be there between 1 and 5 what time does he arrive?

      • 2 votes
      Reply#20 - Fri May 29, 2009 9:25 AM EDT
      Kate In Greensboro

      Repairman due between 1 and 5 usually means he'll arrive around 5:40, right?

      • 3 votes
      #20.1 - Fri May 29, 2009 9:30 AM EDT
      Froggers

      5:40 reeking of beer...

      • 4 votes
      #20.2 - Fri May 29, 2009 9:31 AM EDT
      JustDucki

      5:40 reeking of beer...

      ROFL

      And wanting a tip when he leaves...because after all, he did have to work late!

      • 2 votes
      #20.3 - Fri May 29, 2009 10:03 AM EDT
      Froggers

      and a delightful look at his butt crack....

      • 1 vote
      #20.4 - Fri May 29, 2009 10:10 AM EDT
      LifeTravler

      No, no, no. He doesn't show up at all.

      • 1 vote
      #20.5 - Fri May 29, 2009 10:20 PM EDT
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      neenie1991

      If you forget your debit card, it's never when you're buying a gallon of milk and bananas. It's when you're buying $200.00 worth of groceries. Don't ask me how I know this.

      • 3 votes
      Reply#21 - Fri May 29, 2009 10:11 AM EDT
      JustDucki

      Same theory applies to times when there is an unknown technological error that causes your debit card to be denied even though you know full well there is a couple grand in the bank. This moment will occur as you are standing in line with two tired cranky little children who are fussing for the milk you now cannot buy...

      Don't ask me how I know, either ;-)

      • 3 votes
      #21.1 - Fri May 29, 2009 12:32 PM EDT
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      neenie1991

      am throwing....fu...ing...compu....ou....the....go...mn windo...news....ne....bug....is...driv....me....over....edge....help.

        Reply#22 - Fri May 29, 2009 1:01 PM EDT
        JustDucki

        **passes neenie a rope with a big knot in it** Hold on, it's Friday.

        I'll pass you a fresh frozen raspberry rum slushie promptly at 5pm :-)

        • 3 votes
        #22.1 - Fri May 29, 2009 1:37 PM EDT
        SteveHouse

        #15? lol

          #22.2 - Fri May 29, 2009 1:54 PM EDT
          neenie1991

          DMW, But if the bug isn't fixed, I'll be in jail by Monday! :O

          Steve, #15 comment or #15 list? :)

          • 1 vote
          #22.3 - Fri May 29, 2009 2:02 PM EDT
          SteveHouse

          Rule 15. That was in bad taste though, and I'd like to un-say it.

          • 2 votes
          #22.4 - Fri May 29, 2009 2:47 PM EDT
          neenie1991

          Bad taste? Nah. I wrote it because, in the main, I did it. I did learn to say no, just not at the right time or often enough. LOL.

          • 1 vote
          #22.5 - Fri May 29, 2009 2:53 PM EDT
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          JustDucki

          I'll be in jail by Monday! :O

          Well, I hope that your weekend doesn't play out that way. I'll send you one of my business cards though just in case LOL

            Reply#23 - Fri May 29, 2009 3:25 PM EDT
            neenie1991

            Newsvine drove me to it. That is the basis of my defense. If they had fixed the bug, I would be fine. They are the cause of my imminent psychotic break. Oops. So much for that defense.

            • 2 votes
            #23.1 - Fri May 29, 2009 4:01 PM EDT
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            LifeTravler

            22) At my age if I had it to do over again, it would take alot longer.

            At my age if I had to do it all over again, and know what I know now, I'd be the most dangerous woman on the planet. LOL

            • 3 votes
            Reply#24 - Fri May 29, 2009 10:26 PM EDT
            LifeTravler

            Sometime around age 12-13 you hear a giant sucking noise and their heads disappear up their behinds. Sometime around age 20-22 you hear the giant noise again, their heads reappear and they are once again recognizable to the parents.

            I almost fell off my chair laughing when I read this. It is SO true. That's how my son was. I don't know what happened to my daughter. She skipped from age 1 to age 40.

            • 2 votes
            Reply#25 - Fri May 29, 2009 10:29 PM EDT
            Froggers

            Life Travler it is the most perfect analogy I have ever heard and I had tears rolling down my entire face... I am entering into the phase of headless alien children... and the teenager eating (The Coneheads) we must consume...

            • 2 votes
            #25.1 - Fri May 29, 2009 10:52 PM EDT
            LifeTravler

            Froggers, I feel for you. Been there done that......wish I had the doggone t-shirt! I earned it.

              #25.2 - Sat May 30, 2009 1:04 AM EDT
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