Dee-verse-ity

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Wow, a rant from Trinity, yay!

The obnoxious woman in my group who quit was a shameless self-promoter. She'd tell anyone who'd listen that she once worked for a "Fortune 500 company." Every time she said it I wanted to pipe in: "So? So do their janitors and I don't hear them bragging."

If you think engineers are bad, try working with PhDs. Lawsamercy, I am surprised they can tie their shoes, but because they have a higher degree in a tiny little niche, they think they are experts on everything. More days than I can count I've wished I could bring my skillet to work.



AnnieLee

[Old Top]

Annie,

Working for a school I would wear out your skillet.

Old Top

[Forty Rod]

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[Prairie Pearl]

Don't ya just love it when people will stop and stare so quickly that you think their neck'll snap when they see you dressed cowboy.   But, let a kid walk by with a pound of jewelry piericing their face, multiple tattoos, black lipstick, and purple hair and they don't give him a second glance!  What's with that?

[Zeb]

   Pearl Darlin'. 'ey call 'at tha changin' of tha times! Remember when ya wore longhair (I knows ya still duz ), short short and go-go boots? People jest ain't shore of "Cowboys", 'ey knows 'ey carry guns and tink in a manner 'at's strange ta tadays population way a thinkin'!

[Prairie Pearl]

Yeah, but what I'm saying is, when I go home I can take off my cowboy duds (git yer mind out of the gutter Zeb) and look normal.  Them kids can take off their black t-shirt, baggy pants, chain belts, dog collars....and they're still a freak show! 

[Zeb]

  Only in yer mind. Ta anudder one a 'eir frin's, it's jest like when ya takes off yer clothes in front of me er yer hubby. It bothers 'em sumpthin' terrible!

[Prairie Pearl]

Don't ya ever wonder if some of these folks have mirrors in their houses? 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Don't ya ever wonder if some of these folks have mirrors in their houses? 

No! 

Slim

[Forty Rod]

I have had to physically restrain my wife on many occassions when we'd be in public and some kid would walk by with his pants so low you could throw a dog through the opening.  She has this over-powering urge, bordering on an insane desire, to hook a finger in the back and drop the pants to  the floor.

Maybe I should let her and go ahead and kick the guy's butt when he gets it recovered and starts raising hell.

I borrowed a line from an old black man I overheard telling a young black "man" that if he kept on being a jerk and embarrasing the race that he'd "twist your head around until your hat points in the right direction."

Amazing!!! The kid took his hat off and apologized, then left the store with his two buddies still standing there slack-jawed.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

I'm right next to your wife, Forty Fonzai. My son is usually pretty good about keeping his pants up, but one fateful day he wasn't. As he was getting out of the car, I simply reached over and hooked my index finger into the top of the waistband of his pants. Not knowing my finger was there, he stood up and "pants" himself. He wears a belt, now.



AnnieLee

[Silver Creek Slim]

I'm right next to your wife, Forty Fonzai. My son is usually pretty good about keeping his pants up, but one fateful day he wasn't. As he was getting out of the car, I simply reached over and hooked my index finger into the top of the waistband of his pants. Not knowing my finger was there, he stood up and "pants" himself. He wears a belt, now.



AnnieLee

That's teachin' him. 

Slim

[Delmonico]

One might note normal is in the eyes of the wearer, to me normal is "Old West" clothes, modern clothing is strange and weird.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Annie, I cain't imagine YOUR son wearin' his pants low. 

He's a very levelheaded young gent for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting him.

I 'spose MOST kids go through those "be like the other kids" stages.

I, of course, NEVER did anything out of the ordinary when I was growin' up in the 60s.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Annie, I cain't imagine YOUR son wearin' his pants low. 

He's a very levelheaded young gent for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting him.

I 'spose MOST kids go through those "be like the other kids" stages.

I, of course, NEVER did anything out of the ordinary when I was growin' up in the 60s.

SHB, I love the boy and I think he's a great kid...

But.

I just spent five days of:

"Guess what, Mom?"

"What?"

"I phaaaarted."

Or

"I flatulated."

Or

"I emitted noxious gases from my anus."


He goes to camp in six days. It's an all boys camp. I'm glad. He can tell all the fart jokes and bodily function jokes and all that stuff for three weeks, and MAYBE get some of it out of his system (pun intended). And then when he starts that crap (another pun intended) up with me... I'll

PAY HIM BACK AND MAKE HIM REGRET IT!

From "The Mom,"



AnnieLee

[Silver Creek Slim]

 

Slim

[Forty Rod]

Load up on brown beans, boiled eggs, bacon, cabbage, and avocadoes for a day or two before he gets home.  Throw in some Tabasco or horse radish.  Lock him in a closet and see how often you can hit the keyhole.

Cure 'em or kill 'em, I always say.

[Forty Rod]

BTT because I can.

[Delmonico]

BTT So can I.

[Forty Rod]

What is it with you, Del?  Hero worship?