Today's pile of mothers and babies live in Belgium.
Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The time has come to take action against thread hijackers.
Let me begin with an example of thread hijacking:
Like most Freepers, I am pro-life. Abortion and and euthanasia appall me, and marketing the results even more so. I support candidates who oppose the culture of death, and cheer when it is thwarted.
I also do not find it necessary to mention these facts on EVERY. FREAKING. THREAD.
There is a certain type of Freeper, though, who has no such restraint. For these zealots, any thread that deviates from the pro-life cause, no matter how trivially, is a heresy that must be immediately suppressed.
You are shocked by cruelty to animals? I guess that means you couldn't care less about the cruelty of THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ABORTED EVERY YEAR!!!!!
You lost a beloved pet? Why can't you mourn THE THOUSANDS OF ABORTED BABIES WHO DIED THE SAME DAY?!!!!
Your car shredded its transmission and you're looking at thousands of dollars in repairs? Why aren't you thinking about THE BABIES WHO WILL NEVER GROW UP TO BE AUTO MECHANICS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED?!!!!
(OK, maybe I made that last one up.)
Arguing with these people is pointless. It's the same principle as wrestling with a pig - you just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. Similarly, trying to convince them that they are being rude is a waste of time - THE CAUSE is far more important little things like courtesy and respect.
So, what can we do about it?
We can get drunk.
I hereby propose The Thread Hijack Drinking Game. The rules are simple: When a poster tries to hijack an unrelated thread to his or her pet cause, you 1) reply to the hijack attempt by quoting the text in question, followed by the word "DRINK!", and 2) Take a drink (or any volume) of your favorite beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Moderation is suggested on animal cruelty threads to avoid alcohol poisoning.
This game will not, I admit, solve the thread hijacking problem. But after a certain number of attempts we will no longer care.
And if anyone is offended by my little proposal, I can only say...
DRINK!
W00t!
I’m a little nauseous right now, and I don’t know why. It has been a frustrating morning, and what I want is to go to bed, though I don’t think that’s going to work at the moment.
The phone has been ringing and I have been getting text messages from people I forgot about. I was reminded of the appointment for my neck, which I forgot to transfer to the calendar, so I’m glad they called. I don’t want to miss that. It’s at 0845 on Tuesday next week.
I hope my CFIDS doesn’t rise up and bite me.
I’m thinking I want to make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, but I don’t know how I will feel by then. I can forego almost everything else, but not that! GOTTA have homemade pumpkin pie! And real whipped cream!
I need to buy some athletic shirts for my undies, but I don’t have the money. The wind was really cold today, and seemed to go right through my thermal shirt. I hate winter!
The sun is shining and it’s really beautiful out, but the wind puts an ugly tweak to it. I need to dig out my scarves and gloves, wherever they are... I hate having my throat exposed to the cold wind.
Our phone rings a lot, too, but mostly it’s garbage. However, I’ve had three calls today that mattered.
I started to answer your post, but my laptop took that moment to poop in its sock, and while I was waiting for it to boot back up, I forgot what I was going to say. *sigh* Old age is fickle.
Well, hi anyway!
I need to go look something up for my class tonight. Last night I substituted in 6th grade. The class was on Exodus, and I could teach Exodus in my sleep, but the education staff was grateful.
I’m going to go to bed in a few minutes, because I can’t seem to think straight. Since I’m saving my money for food, I feel kinda bad about my grandson. He sounds so upbeat, and seemed so happy to tell me how to help him on his mission with a tie; I wish I were independently wealthy. How do I tell him that financially, I have to plan a month ahead?
So I’m going to be because this is just all too much for me.
I hope you have a good rest. Tell your grandson that you are very supportive of his mission and will help with a tie when you can. A missionary needs to be able to respect people’s circumstances.
Today's pile of mothers and babies live in Belgium.
Whoa. I can’t seem to count the kitten heads...seven?
The heat lamp is on in the bathroom, and in another 20 minutes or so, I will go take a shower. I had some really disturbing dreams last night, but they consisted of trying to find people and when I met up with them, trying to find a place. I’m tired from the searching!
The major thing on the agenda today is doing dishes, though I may make a quick trip to Walmart for hamburger buns and cheese, since I’ve got the Hongries for some sloppy joes.
It’s cold and rainy and there are five new inches of snow on Mt. Charleston, with more to come today. It may be a good ski season for folks who can’t afford to go to Brian Head.
Hump.
When you do a "cut and paste", please replace the curvy apostrophes with standard ones from your keyboard. That will do away with the "Trademarked Trouble" we've been seeing.
There are two mothers and at least five kittens.
Several teenagers haven’t been seen for an hour or so. I should go track them down! On the other hand, I completed a Cub Scouts activity with Frank, and next he can practice reading. (Sentences with wh-, ch-, and sh-.)
Hmph. Never knew that. Thanks.
Agreed. I don’t like popping anywhere, for any reason.
Did you enjoy your day off?
Since I had a lisp until my permanent teeth came in, I cringed when you told me what Frank was to be working on. I said, “Tharleth” instead of “Charles” and one day, my mother saw me sitting quietly in a corner saying, “CH-arleth. CH-arleth.” It isn’t as easy as it seems. ;o]
Good luck to Frank!
It was OK. A mid-week day off doesn’t lend itself to much, especially if most of the surrounding area doesn’t also have the day off.
Mostly I listened to my wife complain about her brother, who’s a bit of a slime-ball. But you can’t pick your family.
IIRC, Ron Howard had a lisp in “Oklahoma!” It didn’t seem to hurt his career any.
If Frank had a speech defect, then I’d just make sure the sound he made for “sh-” was distinct from the sound for “ch-” and so on.
He lost a tooth this morning.
Several generations of my family had lisps that disappeared once the permanent came in. I don’t recall if any of them were determined to beat it at the same age...I couldn’t have been over two years old.
I DO remember feeling humiliated when my brothers teased me about it.
Congratulations, Frank!!
At least his will grow back! ;o]
52, 61% NNW @ 2
Mt Charleston is covered with clouds, so I don’t know what’s going on up there! Whatever it is, it looks doggone COLD!
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