Posted on 03/07/2022 5:29:11 PM PST by SamAdams76
Who first decided to milk a cow? Was it a desire to obtain calcium or was it an act of perversion? We may never know. But from cow's milk came a proliferation of dairy products such as yogurt, butter, ice cream, and cheese. I do not like cottage cheese or sour cream but they derive from cow milk as well.
Why are eggs found in the dairy department of supermarkets? Eggs have nothing to do with cow milk. They belong in the meat section.
Things are loosening up in NYC with regard to the big COVID scare. Restaurants began taking down their stupid signs saying that only vaccinated are allowed inside. It was 70 degrees in the city today and not many people were wearing the slave masks.
Somehow I got through two years of working in NYC without having an encounter with a "mask Karen" but for some reason today was the day I finally had one, just when people finally started to relax about the whole silly thing.
It was on the Metro North after work, traveling from Grand Central back to Connecticut and it was a MALE Karen.
Now the MTA (who runs Metro North) is one of the last bastions of mask madness. Entering the trains, there are constant recordings played over the loudspeakers that people must have their masks "covering mouth and nose" at all times. The conductors used to vigorously enforce the rule but in recent weeks, they've sort of let up a bit and more and more people would pull their masks down during the ride and get some fresh air. For it is very uncomfortable breathing through a face diaper on a hot train.
Due to the unseasonably warm weather, most commuters today were in a celebratory mood and many had their face masks pulled down - or off completely.
I was happy to join them as I occupied a three-seater at Grand Central. I had it all to myself up to the Greenwich station. Then some 30-something beta-male plops down all prim and proper with his little maskie.
All is well for the next few miles as I read my Raymond Chandler book ("The Big Sleep"), nursing an extra large Truly hard seltzer while listening to the Deep Tracks station on Sirius/XM. Then I look over at my seat mate because he is noticeably squirming and trying to get my attention. When I look at him, he points at his mask. I look away. Then he squirms again, gets my attention once more and again points to his mask, only this time, more vigorously.
I finally pull one of the earbuds out of my ear and look quizzically at him. Finally he speaks, in a most effeminate kind of way, and tells me that "masks are still required on the trains" and could I "please put one on."
Not wanting to make a scene and attract the attention of the conductor, who I know will be forced to side with the male Karen, I go ahead and put on my germ-ridden face mask and go back to my book.
Two years!
AMWAY is pretty good at that as well.
Put it on and immediately pull it under your nose and makes sure Karen sees you do that or let the Karen know the average pore size of a mask in 10,000 nm and the virus is about 100nm. Ask him if he had to shovel sand would he use a tennis racket? And not put on your mask.
I’ve done both.
I would have said “Make me.”
Do AMWAY sellers make wonderful acquaintances on the subway? And who sells AMWAY on the subway? :)
>>Excellent. I speak decent Hungarian...
My hovercraft is full of eels.
“...and then ask him if he knows Jesus Christ as his savior.”
Says so few words yet implies so much that the listener can finish the statement in his head and make the smart choice.
Scientology works well too.
I guess, but I can seem someone making an argument and using Tom Cruise as the punch line. With Jesus they know there isn’t any getting around the main point. Although even when Jesus was asking the question, many people tried to talk Him out of the point.
> > My hovercraft is full of eels. <
Is that you, Mr. Cleese?
Fun fact: None of the “Hungarian” words spoken in that famous sketch were Hungarian. I don’t know what language it actually was.. But it wasn’t Hungarian.
Idiots are best ignored. If that didn’t work, then I’m going with “Make Me”.
I live in the heart of Broward county FL. A couple weekends ago at the market, a lady had TWO masks on. I kid you not.
The first time someone did that to me I faked coughed in his face and he immediately left the area. I haven’t had to do that again.
This story reminds me of how I learned to handle busy bodies, creeps, etc. on planes, trains, busses, etc. I was traveling from Belize in Central America back in the early 1980s. There were many Cuban and Soviet soldiers on the plane. I was sick to my stomach, and they started asking, gesturing for me to change seats with one of them. Even though I am fluent in Spanish, I pretended to not understand. They persisted, so I took out the air sickness bag that is stored behind each seat. As I opened it up, they all ceased trying to interact with me.
Since then, I have used that ploy on several flights when the person(s) nearby would not be quiet. Works every time.
He’s definitely sounds like a sodomite Sam.
I've never encountered an Amway salesman on a subway, but I have on a bus.
Male Karens are called Gavins.
I had a similar encounter a while back. The clerk at the grocery store rang up a cart full of purchases before confronting me about my lack of a face diaper.
“Sorry, don’t use them” I replied.
The clerk insisted and then seeing that I didn’t have one, picked one from a stack on the counter. I managed my best “sour face” look and shook my head no.
“I don’t know where those have been” (seems like a popular line ;’}
Still she insisted so I took the diaper and held it up in front of (but several inches away from) my nose and smiled at her. Seeing that she wasn’t going to win, she completed the transaction and probably prayed that I would never return.
в троллейбусе хулиганов не пускают
V teolleybuse khuliganov ne puskayat
yep - I go with “sprechen sie deutch?”, one of the few German phrases I sorta remember, then get louder with more and more made up German sounding words as they keep trying to tell me in English.
The kids think its hysterical. +1 for Dad.
I know just enough Russian to start a good fight.
Had guy at Walmart pointing to his masked face than mine. I asked if I could help him with something. He asked, did I leave my mask in my car? I said no. It’s in my pocket and walked away
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