JohnnyU
Footballguy
For crying out loud. I take it you didn’t catch the humor. Jesus. @New Binky the Doormat got it.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
CORporate accounts payable! NIIIIIIIIIIna speaking!
Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays!
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Omg. The full story here... Did some trimming. Then to get all of the clippings out of his stone he used the leaf blower. Backpack, gas.
Well to everybody's shock, the stone blew into the road too. So this guy blows all the stuff all the way across the Cul de sac. Leaves eventually fully separated from the stone. Then he blew the leaves down the path.
Then he took the leaf blower back toward his yard and blew all the stone back in.
jhib
Footballguy
I'm confused - where's the 3-page forward before the recipe instructions about the wonders of blackberries, how they were first introduced to them by their lovely aunt years ago, how they go to a specific farm to hand-pick their blackberries, blah, blah, blah.... ?Grownups using the word "Yummy". Just makes me cringe.
Today, I'm looking up drink recipes for blackberries (we're in season here for 2 weeks, gotta take advantage). Found 3-4 recipes I want to try out. I'm omitting the one below out of spite (even though it does sound delightful):
INSTRUCTIONS
- First, place blackberries on the bottom of a cocktail shaker or mason jar. Use a muddler to smash the blackberries, breaking them up and releasing the juices.
- Next, add in 2 mint leaves and muddle one more time to release the yummy minty flavor.
- Ad the rest of the ingredients to the cocktail shaker and put the top on. Shake back and forth a few times until everything is combined.
- Pour drink into an ice-filled copper mug. Enjoy with a sprig of rosemary and a lime wedge.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Not in Mr R's case. He thanks Federal regulations.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Agree 100%.
And while we’re on the topic, high maintenance eaters, period. I have a couple friends who always need to customize their dishes and/or ask a million questions when they order.
I can tolerate it if legitimate food allergies are involved, but otherwise, just eat the food as it’s prepared, or order a different dish.
Keerock
Footballguy
OK... so my wife is less picky and more high maintenance. Thanks for dredging up my feelings.
Drip by drip forces people to stand a little bit further away each time until someone's whipping it out 3 feet from the target.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
I always have to stand that far away. It's my cross to bear.
Keerock
Footballguy
Big feet?
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Obviously
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Old men that can't drain their bladder and shake it until it's considered playing with it. Then again, it's probably people just standing too far away like it's already been said.
Sullie
Footballguy
Don't eat with these people then?
Man, this phrasing stirs up a LOT of memories b/c that was a family saying when I was a kid "Will you just try it, you'll probably like it!" This is a true story, probably why I'm not a picky eater, but when I was a kid my Dad had this saying at the dinner table "eat it or wear it." Now, to put things in context, my Dad worked two full time jobs, he was generally eating between jobs and so I understand the poor man had just a precious few hours between jobs and he just wanted to sit down and eat a meal in peace and quiet. We had a family of 7 (Mom, Dad and 5 kids) and you can imagine that us 5 kids were usually piss and vinegar, fighting, arguing and generally destroying the vibe of each and every meal. So, yeah, I remember a few meals with someone whining ". . . but my eggs are coooold, I don't wanna, I can't eat that, this tastes awful, blah, blah, blah." He would give you fair warning, he would calmly look up and say "Please be quiet, stop complaining, if you don't want to eat it you don't have to but if you don't stop crying about it you're going to wear it, now knock it off." And sure enough, a few minutes later and someone had a plate of eggs, bowl of cereal, plate of spaghetti, etc. dumped on their head. This only happened a few times (I think less than 4 or 5 times from memory) but it's hilarious to me, when I stop and think about it now because my Dad was extremely patient, quiet and easy going and I'm just trying to imagine what we would had to have done to piss him off that much to push him to that level.
However, I've got a good friend and co-worker that's a vegan and that guy is a true PITA to eat with. Every single order is a special, off the menu, order. A great experience is when he orders one or two appetizers and somehow manages to eat a few bites off each appetizer. This guy questions anything and everything and stresses each and every single item he orders with "no meaTTT please, I don't eat meaTTT, please make sure that's not cooked in the same pan that has meaTTT cooked in it, etc." Honestly, I just cannot eat with this guy so I, generally, just don't. And, if he's in a group, I will either schedule the day off, eat at my desk, split off or just sit as far away from the guy as possible because the eating experience is beyond anything you've ever experienced. It starts before we even get to the restaurant, looking at the menu online, reminding everyone he's vegan, etc. The ordering of the meal is whole ritual and experience in and of itself and when the meal arrives (his is almost always last), it usually gets sent back, he dissects it, complains about it to the point that it's unbearable and in a best case scenario, he will eat a few bites from a couple of the things he's ordered. And of course afterwards you have to deal with the ". . . that thing was overcooked, undercooked, too bland, too expensive. . . even if it was a company paid for lunch!" Brutal!!! The bad part is, I really, really like the guy a lot, he's a fantastic person, great co-worker, extremely intelligent and part of me feels awful for him because this isn't schtick, this is just who he is, but the other part of me just cannot stand to eat with him so, I choose not to when given the opportunity.
Keerock
Footballguy
My mom pestered my older brother constantly about eating spinach... he would always refuse. One night she just wouldn't let it go so he took a bite and proceeded to yak the entire meal he had just eaten across the table, landing on everyone's plate. Last time he (RIP) ate spinach and last time mom tried to force us to eat anything. I was 7 years old, but the memory is super vivid 50 years later.
massraider
Footballguy
I don't eat green bean casserole. Not because I am a picky eater, but because I am sane.
I didn't like vegetables when I was a kid, but when I went to college I found out I liked vegetables, and also my mom couldn't cook for ****.
Scoresman
Footballguy
But in my case, they're family! I can't disown them because they won't eat anything that feels "slimy", or wont eat chicken unless the internal temp is "over 200 degrees just to be safe", or because they've never heard of a particular ingredient. Ok, maybe I can...
the moops
Footballguy
Love me some rutabagas
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
This was me. The rule was i had to try food everytime It was on the table. It was super clear that spinach was my least favorite. Mom made me try it yet gain. Full heave. Some spinach came up. I managed to not blow chunks. Never had to try anything again.
Sullie
Footballguy
Yeah, this was me too. If you've ever watched Eddie Murphy's routine on "fat burgers" it's HILARIOUS because that was my childhood, that was EXACTLY how my Mom cooked everything and our hamburger night was the EXACT same experience, right down to the last detail. Giant chunks of green peppers, onions, egg and big, wet pieces of raw bread in hamburgers served on soggy wonderbread, so, so awesome. I used to watch my Mom and it was hilarious because she would have 2lbs of ground meat, 5 pieces of white bread, 3 or 4 eggs, giant chunks of green peppers and onions and she would squish that together (of course rings still on her fingers) so that whole mess squishing between her fingers for about 10 seconds before forming gigantic balls of fat burgers. Meatloaf was the same, except burnt and boiled in the red, tasteless tomato water also known as "Ragu". If it was was spaghetti night, the ratio of glued together spaghetti noodles to giant chunks of green peppers and onions was about 1 noodle for every 2 -3 chunks of raw onion/pepper. Same deal with lasagna night, all drowning in a stagnate river of Ragu tomato juice. I can still hear my Dad now "just shut up and eat it, Mom worked so hard at cutting up those 42 onions into 12 pieces just for you. . . "
My Mom could bake like there's not tomorrow but my God that woman could not cook for $hit either.
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the moops
Footballguy
Peas for me. But now I realize that it was only because they were the army green canned beans that my mom would still boil to **** and somehow make even mushier than they were in their canned state. Love some fresh sweet green peas now though
massraider
Footballguy
Where in the British Isles does your family trace back to? England/Scotland here
Yeah, this was me too. If you've ever watched Eddie Murphy's routine on "fat burgers" it's HILARIOUS because that was my childhood, that was EXACTLY how my Mom cooked everything and our hamburger night was the EXACT same experience, right down to the last detail. Giant chunks of green peppers, onions, egg and big, wet pieces of raw bread in hamburgers served on soggy wonderbread, so, so awesome. I used to watch my Mom and it was hilarious because she would have 2lbs of ground meat, 5 pieces of white bread, 3 or 4 eggs, giant chunks of green peppers and onions and she would squish that together (of course rings still on her fingers) so that whole mess squishing between her fingers for about 10 seconds before forming gigantic balls of fat burgers. Meatloaf was the same, except burnt and boiled in the red, tasteless tomato water also known as "Ragu". If it was was spaghetti night, the ratio of glued together spaghetti noodles to giant chunks of green peppers and onions was about 1 noodle for every 2 -3 chunks of raw onion/pepper. Same deal with lasagna night, all drowning in a stagnate river of Ragu tomato juice. I can still hear my Dad now "just shut up and eat it, Mom worked so hard at cutting up those 42 onions into 12 pieces just for you. . . "
My Mom could bake like there's not tomorrow but my God that woman could not cook for $hit either.
belljr
Footballguy
Lol. Love peas.... But yeah we could only afford cheap *** canned veggies
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I'm here for the chipped beef on toast discussion.
My mom was a pretty decent cook, but my god, dinner vegetables the 70's and 80's were an abomination. There were two kinds of veggies, frozen and canned. There was no such thing as fresh vegetables, nor olive oil to roast them in.
Still, I ate it all, except for beef liver. That #### was never going to go down.
My mom was a pretty decent cook, but my god, dinner vegetables the 70's and 80's were an abomination. There were two kinds of veggies, frozen and canned. There was no such thing as fresh vegetables, nor olive oil to roast them in.
Still, I ate it all, except for beef liver. That #### was never going to go down.
Dr_Zaius
Footballguy
My mom was a good cook as far as not burning or undercooking things, but not much of a believer in spices or any sort of bold flavors. As such, boiled scallops (with as far as I could tell absolutely nothing added to the water or the scallops) were my bane as a kid. After choking them down for years I was finally given a pass on eating them sometime during my teenage years. The whole ordeal prior to that was made worse by the fact that we weren't allowed to have any drink at the table until we had finished our dinner.
the moops
Footballguy
WTF? That is terrible
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Can we get back to the Japan discussion please?
Drunken knight
Footballguy
.. only if you eat 80% of your green beans!
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
But there are seven of them
General Malaise
Footballguy
The sound EVs make when they back up. I get it that there needs to be a noise component to warn others of a car moving backwards, but THAT is the best they could come up with?
Drunken knight
Footballguy
there are 8 hot dogs in a pack but only 6 buns. what gives?!
the moops
Footballguy
My EV makes the same sound going forward or backward
General Malaise
Footballguy
Yeah, I don't like that either. Seems like a more augmented sound effect when it backs up, but then again, I'm not following cars going forward on foot.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
What kind of noise do they make backing up? Like a truck backup beeper?
massraider
Footballguy
The Jetsons gurgle?
ACtually that's my pet peeve, EV cars don't sound like Jetsons cars. I woulda bought one by now if they did.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Two are meant to be a meat substitute for breakfast.
General Malaise
Footballguy
What kind of noise do they make backing up? Like a truck backup beeper?
It's like a faint whistle or a tea kettle noise. Hate it.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
They should at least make the sound of Astro saying "ruh-roh".
massraider
Footballguy
Yeah yeah!
If you bump into something. that would be killer
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
HuhWhat kind of noise do they make backing up? Like a truck backup beeper?
It's like a faint whistle or a tea kettle noise. Hate it.
Why do they do that?
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
This noise was for deaf people.
sho nuff
Footballguy
SOS?
leftcoastguy7
Footballguy
Considering I spend big bucks subscribing to a video streaming service,
why is it when I click on a video to play, the service has to first show me an Advertisement of a different program available on the service.
SUBSCRIPTION should = NO ADS EVER
why is it when I click on a video to play, the service has to first show me an Advertisement of a different program available on the service.
SUBSCRIPTION should = NO ADS EVER
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
There's a restaurant in town that lists it as SOS.
Sullie
Footballguy
Why is it people insist on entering through the EXIT doors and exiting through the ENTRANCE doors? It normally doesn't bother me unless I'm walking out the grocery store and I'm carrying something heavy or pushing a cart full of groceries and I have to wait on some dimwit to shuffle through the EXIT doors and they give me a look like "what's the problem?" You're the problem meathead! I mean would it kill you to just enter in through the proper entrance so we're not bumping into each other or I don't have to wait on you? Because I know damned well they're not going to move over, no, no, I'm carrying two 40lb salt bags, please, you go on through the wrong entrance, as long it's most convenient for you. SMH! It's just so damned lazy you know?
And while I'm at the grocery store I absolutely LOVE it when people just randomly park wherever the hell they want to even though the place has a thousand parking spots. No, no, I'm going to park in the fire lane or in the middle of the crosswalk or hell, just any place I feel like parking and waiting for my lazy, fatas$, relative/roomate/sister-wife/uncle-daddy or whatever and I'll just pretend I'm not blocking the crosswalk, fire lane, middle of the road.
And while I'm at the grocery store I absolutely LOVE it when people just randomly park wherever the hell they want to even though the place has a thousand parking spots. No, no, I'm going to park in the fire lane or in the middle of the crosswalk or hell, just any place I feel like parking and waiting for my lazy, fatas$, relative/roomate/sister-wife/uncle-daddy or whatever and I'll just pretend I'm not blocking the crosswalk, fire lane, middle of the road.
