Things That Annoy You

[MV/Liberace!]

I had just never heard the male no-man's-land called "taint".

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Mr. Show- It's Insane, This Guy's Taint (3 of 3)

[Eddie Coyle]

Now that's weird.  I've always done the same thing with dogs in older shows.  The old people, not so much.  Every time I see the fire station dogs on Emergency!, I think to myself that they've been dead for decades.   

Weird, indeed. But death fixations are common in neurosis, so it's something I'm stuck with.

         One of the possible reasons I got it so young was due to my slightly older, but very street wise cousins(I was 4, they were 8,10,11) who often lived with us. I'd have dumb show like Family Affair on and they inform me "Jody's dead, ya know. She OD' d"  Me being young would say "really? MA! What's Oh-deed mean?"

          My mother would scold them with "you know you can't say anything in front of him"

[Sardondi]

Bob and Tom did their best to popularize the word 'taint' some time ago, but apparently they can't play the song on the air anymore.

Okay, to be clear: since at least the 1950's "taint" has been used by the frat boy/jarhead/backwoods types who called women "split tails" to describe the female perineal area. Mr. Show notwithstanding, I have never heard the term used to describe the anatomical counterpart of the manscape. As most comics, Bob and Tom took someone else's material and massaged it to their liking. And perhaps they're now responsible for a change in the language.

[HorrorRetro]

Okay, to be clear: since at least the 1950's "taint" has been used by the frat boy/jarhead/backwoods types who called women "split tails" to describe the female perineal area. Mr. Show notwithstanding, I have never heard the term used to describe the anatomical counterpart of the manscape. As most comics, Bob and Tom took someone else's material and massaged it to their liking. And perhaps they're now responsible for a change in the language.

I know it's a military slang term as well.  My husband said it a few years back, and I had no idea what he meant lol.  He educated me.   :

[McPhallus]

God, I hope not.  At 44, I have enough neuroses.  I'd hoped I could check that one off the list.  Progeria was always something I feared getting as a kid.  Those poor kids. 

I remember that poor kid they featured on TV shows back in the early 80s.  I think he made the rounds on all the oddball variety shows (Real People, That's Incredible!, etc.) 


Speaking of seeing things on TV that are long dead.....

[HorrorRetro]

I remember that poor kid they featured on TV shows back in the early 80s.  I think he made the rounds on all the oddball variety shows (Real People, That's Incredible!, etc.) 


Speaking of seeing things on TV that are long dead.....

Yep.  I think my first exposure to progeria was on That's Incredible.

[Eddie Coyle]

 
         Reunions. My 20th High School is this year, and I've been solicited to attend. I dutifully informed the person who asked that I didn't attend my fucking graduation, why in the Hell would I go to this abortion? They seemed non-plussed at my reluctance to reconnect with people that I purposely disconnected from(or at least attempted to in varying degrees of success) in 1993.

         The odds of me going are about as good as the original four Ramones reuniting for a tour.
       

[West of the Rockies]

         Reunions. My 20th High School is this year, and I've been solicited to attend. I dutifully informed the person who asked that I didn't attend my fucking graduation, why in the Hell would I go to this abortion? They seemed non-plussed at my reluctance to reconnect with people that I purposely disconnected from(or at least attempted to in varying degrees of success) in 1993.

         The odds of me going are about as good as the original four Ramones reuniting for a tour.

Along a similar line, I was contacted via email that a kid who made it his mission in life to bully me wanted to become my Facebook friend.  I graduated high school 33 years ago, and now this turd (who started pushing me around in jr. high) wants to be my friend!  I know he has been in and out of prison for substance abuse and domestic violence.  Someone suggested to me that he may have finally entered some 12-step program and is reaching out to people to apologize for his past behavior.  Well, I'm all for redemption and renewal, but I'm not interested in hearing his sob story.

I don't really Facebook, by the way.  I set up an account because someone told me it was sort of the standard thing to do in my profession, but I don't use it at all.
     

[West of the Rockies]

Sorry guys and gals, I'm still trying to learn the system here.  The above quote from me that features a quote from Coyle should have been formatted differently.  My story pertains to being bullied and contacted by said bully 3 decades later.  Somehow I presented the whole durn thing as a Coyle quote.  Apologies all around.

[Sardondi]

I went to my 20th and it was essentially an exercise in frustration and boredom. I was amazed at how many classmates so transparently went into dick-sizing mode from the instant they arrived, so eager to say they were VP of something, manager of this, partner in that. I was overcome with boredom and disgust at the kabuki of status-seeking even 20 years after I thought that stuff was over. But I was no better, because my boredom was a function of the fact that I knew I "outranked" them all, in that I had super-de-duper security clearances, I hung out at Langley and knew all these supposed state secrets and managed and rubbed elbows with spooks and so on. So there was a lot of stuff even my wife didn't know, and I took a perverse pleasure in the knowledge I couldn't say a thing, and I never did. So I just told them I was in "government work", usually the Department of Agriculture since it sounded the most boring, and let them mentally cross me off the their "Useful To Know" list. I eventually grew out of that false sense of superiority. But I never bothered with another high school reunion.

Oh, and one more thing I was reminded of: just because they're dorks (or stars) in high school, it doesn't mean they'll be dorks (or stars) in real life. In fact I'd say that being the king or queen of high school actually hurts a kid, because college and/or adult life tend to be different...and later life at least depends much less on looks and personality than H.S., and much more on perseverance and skill. 

[McPhallus]

I didn't either.  Hell, I even graduated a semester early (had JUST enough credits) just so I could duck out and take refuge at the local junior college.  I also don't own any yearbooks or have any photographs whatsoever of any of those people.  Skipping graduation was sort of a big act of defiance for me back then.

         Reunions. My 20th High School is this year, and I've been solicited to attend. I dutifully informed the person who asked that I didn't attend my fucking graduation, why in the Hell would I go to this abortion? They seemed non-plussed at my reluctance to reconnect with people that I purposely disconnected from(or at least attempted to in varying degrees of success) in 1993.

         The odds of me going are about as good as the original four Ramones reuniting for a tour.
     

[McPhallus]

I went to my grade school reunion a couple of years back.  It was actually a decent time.  That is the only group of classmates I would ever even think about reconnecting with.

I very proudly refused to attend both my graduation and every high school reunion (20th was a couple of years ago).  I don't think the big dick contest or the cliqueishness or the reputations (fair or otherwise) really end until we're about 80.  And only then maybe.  High school seems to be the culmination of the worst human behavior.  The teenage mind, as far as I can tell, is wracked by a unique form of mental illness that only slowly fades.

I've had exactly two people from my old high school look me up, and I declined to add either.  As I said in an earlier post, adding one of them only exposes you to a whole bunch more.

I went to my 20th and it was essentially an exercise in frustration and boredom. I was amazed at how many classmates so transparently went into dick-sizing mode from the instant they arrived, so eager to say they were VP of something, manager of this, partner in that. I was overcome with boredom and disgust at the kabuki of status-seeking even 20 years after I thought that stuff was over. But I was no better, because my boredom was a function of the fact that I knew I "outranked" them all, in that I had super-de-duper security clearances, I hung out at Langley and knew all these supposed state secrets and managed and rubbed elbows with spooks and so on. So there was a lot of stuff even my wife didn't know, and I took a perverse pleasure in the knowledge I couldn't say a thing, and I never did. So I just told them I was in "government work", usually the Department of Agriculture since it sounded the most boring, and let them mentally cross me off the their "Useful To Know" list. I eventually grew out of that false sense of superiority. But I never bothered with another high school reunion.

Oh, and one more thing I was reminded of: just because they're dorks (or stars) in high school, it doesn't mean they'll be dorks (or stars) in real life. In fact I'd say that being the king or queen of high school actually hurts a kid, because college and/or adult life tend to be different...and later life at least depends much less on looks and personality than H.S., and much more on perseverance and skill.

[Eddie Coyle]

  High school seems to be the culmination of the worst human behavior.  The teenage mind, as far as I can tell, is wracked by a unique form of mental illness that only slowly fades.

Indeed. The age of say..12 to 17, can be a gruesome, tortuous time. My kid is 13 now and I hope he's not a victim nor bully, but far as I can tell- nobody escapes scot-free of being capable of both at that age. Unfortunately...I was definitely more bully than victim, and I regret that immensely. But, I doled it out without regard for social status, I preferred to needle those who could hit back, because I saw it is weak and bad form to pick on those who were incapable of fighting back.

           Here's my fear: At 13, I was about 5'8" 180. My son is roughly 5'3" 130. So...different circumstances for us, and my kid doesn't have a rep for carrying blades/screwdrivers like his old man did. So...I wonder.

[analog kid]

Lost my insurance, can't afford the crazymeds anymore. Getting annoyed at everything. I try not to get upset around my dogs, because they're hyper sensitive. Yeesh, picked a fine time to stop drinking.

And I have a hernia, which has caused bladder and kidney infections, extreme irregularity, abdominal pains, groin pains and immune deficiency, so I feel sick all the time. I aged 30 years in the span of one month. Been trying to deal with it and use known remedies, like aloe vera juice and cranberry pills, but after about five months, I feel like like hell. Feel like I've been wracked in the balls 24/7. Dammit I'm screwed.

[Eddie Coyle]

Lost my insurance, can't afford the crazymeds anymore. Getting annoyed at everything. I try not to get upset around my dogs, because they're hyper sensitive. Yeesh, picked a fine time to stop drinking.

That sucks. Any generics possible?

        If not...I'd resume drinking.

[PB the Deplorable]

Lost my insurance, can't afford the crazymeds anymore...

That does suck.  My understanding is at least some of the pharmaceuticals have outreach where they provide medication at a low rate for people that need it and don't have coverage?

[McPhallus]

That does suck.  My understanding is at least some of the pharmaceuticals have outreach where they provide medication at a low rate for people that need it and don't have coverage?

Some do.  Although you have to cough up some financial info (bank statements, last few paystubs, etc.) and then wait for them to make a decision.  I went through a couple of different drug companies for some meds I had to take back when I was broke, uninsured, and said meds were over $1,000 a month.

Another thing he could look into is getting generic versions from Canada or overseas.

[analog kid]

I was on generics. Was on a med that was $1,000 per month (risperdal) before it went generic. It's a hassle to get prescriptions refilled too though. Doctor makes me go through a lot of costly unrelated examinations to get that script refilled every three months. Such a scam. Stopped going there, going to the emergency room tomorrow.

Ah well, thanks for the advice. Quit drinking only due to gaining so much weight from having friends over and drinking gallons of White Russians. Harder to lose weight now that I'm not as mobile as I used to be.

[MV/Liberace!]

the fact that, until a couple months ago, i hadn't noticed the second "d" in this user's screen name.

[coaster]

I too thought it was Sardoni

[onan]

the fact that, until a couple months ago, i hadn't noticed the second "d" in this user's screen name.

Wow... me... ummm too, I didn't notice till your post. Even after the posts about the cartoon Dondi. Which I read as a kid.


FWIW... my bad Sardondi. oops.

[Sardondi]

Wow... me... ummm too, I didn't notice till your post. Even after the posts about the cartoon Dondi. Which I read as a kid.


FWIW... my bad Sardondi. oops.

Hey, it's because I was being what our British friends call "too clever by half". Yep, nothing like shooting for a sly, obscure reference only to find it's so obscure you're the only person who was around then to get it. BTW, I hated Dondi, the original black-eyed kid. And I want to know why "sardony" is not a generally used noun. Because, it's like, uh, not.

[ziznak]

Sneezing while holding coffee, taking a piss, or fornicating.

[stevesh]

Businesses, especially car dealers and furniture stores for some reason, who use goofy caricatures of Lincoln and Washington to advertise their President Day sales.

[Treading Water]

Sneezing while holding coffee, taking a piss, or fornicating.

How come you're drinking coffee while you're taking a piss?  (Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.)   

[Sardondi]

Sneezing while...fornicating.

Okay, I confess: I love it when she coughs.

[Pragmier]

How come you're drinking coffee while you're taking a piss?  (Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.)   

There's other more interesting permutations that can be made with those 3 choices.

[MV/Liberace!]

Okay, I confess: I love it when she coughs.

heh heh

[Treading Water]

There's other more interesting permutations that can be made with those 3 choices.

Yeah, but I knew Sardondi would do it better justice than I...

[PB the Deplorable]

I'm annoyed by people (ok, women) that pluck out thier eyebrows then paint new ones on.   Not at all attractive and usually just plain scary.