A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-26 & 27-05....I Have a Rant!!

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Got a gripe? Wanna share it? Wanna get it off your chest? Well, now's your chance...right here, right now!

I'll start...

I like the sidebar - I like seeing the titles of Breaking News, and other news, when I check My Comments. What I DON'T like is those annoying polls at the top of the sidebar! I don't like polls; I don't particularly like to vote in them, so I don't like having to check one of the little squares just to move the *latest* one to the bottom of the sidebar. Whether we have Opinion Polls on the sidebar or not should be an option *we* can choose in our Preferences. At least I think so. :(

This thread will run for two days, so go ahead; it's your turn...get on *your* soapbox! (but do watch your language!)

06-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #12

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 07-25-05 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

:0)

You are welcome!!!!

[tuliptree76]

I don't have anything to rant about. But I do have holidays to post.

July 26
Groovy Chicken Day
Aunt And Uncle's Day

July 27
Korean War Veterans' Armistice Day
Take Your Plants For A Walk Day

[Billie]

Well then, thank you Billie for putting ST.Louie's idea into a thread.

Thank you ST.Louie for providing the idea for this thread.

You may have noticed we think he's kinda special. :)

If you want to read a really cute, really fun one sometime, check this one: Blame it on St.Louie (What was your worst date?)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Thanks Billie!

I book marked it for later reading.

Looks like a fun thread.

[NicknamedBob]

At Bottom

They brought some new stock in today,
And dumped it on my head!
“You have to rotate stock, you know!”
Was what I should have said.

Instead I suffered silently,
I’ve done that far too long.
One needs to speak up fervently,
When something’s clearly wrong!

It’s such a simple job, I thought,
I’ll get a chance to shine!
The other apples all around,
I think would rather whine.

They've clearly lost ambition,
Can’t do the simplest task.
Just suck it up and hold it in,
Is that too much to ask?

I guess a case of attitude,
Is what I now have gotten,
From too much pressure felt too long.
Boy, do I feel rotten.

NicknamedBob . . . . July 26, 2005

[NicknamedBob]

Also, since you mentioned that it is Aunt and Uncle's day ... from last year...

Aunt And Uncle's Day

Avuncular is a clumsy word, to describe a lovely love,
That of an aunt or uncle for a brother, children of.
Or children of your sister, in-law or brother-in-law.
Heck, why draw the line? With kids I stand in awe!

They are the very essence, of what love is about.
The rest of us just whisper it, they have the nerve to shout!
A child is not afraid to love, I guess they’re closer to,
The source of love for all of us, that Heaven sends to you.

If you’re an aunt or uncle, give your nephew or your niece,
A bit of love from Uncle Bob, make sure they get a piece.
I don’t mind sending out a lot, it comes back multiplied.
I’ve gotten more back than I sent, each time that it was tried.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . July 26, 2004
© 2004

[tuliptree76]

:-)

Thanks, Uncle Bob.

[Pippin]

Thanks Bob!

[NicknamedBob]

Give me a call when you get home, Pippin. I'll let you rant some more!

I have the new Potter book, but I think I'm third on the reading list. I'm stuck re-reading those trashy novels that I have cluttering up the place.

[Pippin]

Okay, will do

Thanks :o)

[LadyX]

OOOH!! Goody, goody goody, Billie!!
Ya mean we have your permission to hop up on our and rant away?!

Among the several on on my pet peeves list, the Top One perhaps is about the KKK....yep...you heard it right, folks - -

Gasp away, but The LadyX is definitely down on the KKK - -
as in the Konstant Komplainer Korps....

You know the type - totally self-absorbed, believing the Universe is all about him/her, and therefore everything in their surroundings MUST BE PERFECT; AS THEY KNOW THEY ARE! - and designed to PLEASE THEM.

Whether it is the weather - their food - the size of a gnat's tooth (checking to see if you are awake and getting this..:)) - All Things must pass their muster/standards/desires...

My first encounter with them was in childhood in Florida.
Reared to be polite and considerate and caring and never critical, in Florida one was too often subjected to pathetic, suffering 'Transplants from Other Worlds.'

"Oh, it so HOT here" - ignoring the lovely breeze and the fact it often has been or has seemed hotter in the asphalt jungles from whence they came! - and that they left because of the long periods of snow to shovel and ice to scrape, and the stresses and physical discomfort those brought them.

The Endless List verbally goes on and on, and they seldom have anything pleasant to say!!

They simply DO NOT CARE about you, or anyone else but their own miserable selves.

/rant

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good Morning LadyX!

Good rant and I know a few of those people myself.LOL.

[newfrpr04]

"Take your plants for a walk day" LOL.. That will certainly get people ranting and raving. Do you have a little red wagon? Had an elderly neighbor who would walk her cats in a wagon. Made you laugh.

[tuliptree76]

Nope. I don't have a wagon.

But that is an unusual holiday. I don't know anyone who walks their plants.

[Zacs Mom]

Pippin ~ your post made my heart ache. I am fortunate in that no one I associate with is a Bush-Basher ~ sure there is always stuff that he does that someone complains about but they still support and his Presidency. I think if I had to spend a great part of my day surrounded by people who hate Bush and who continually regurgitate the vile propaganda from the cRATS, I afraid I'd end up being a very angry person.

I hate people that are so damned stupid they trust that if they hear ~ see and/or read it on the news it has to be true. I can't abide people who do not understand that just because the same story is reported the same way in 6 different "news" mediums, it must be true!

I get my panties in a wad whenever someone tries to claim that slick willies impeachment was just about sex; or claims that people should just forget about Chappaquiddick because it was so long ago and that the drunken sot kennedy has done so much good since then; or when someone declares that they support our soldiers but oppose that illegal war or tries to mitigate a terrorist act by claiming the victims themselves are partly to blame ('cause they did something the terrorists didn't like). The list goes on and on...

I could not stand working with a bunch of bleeding heart liberals who on the hand want to excuse even the most comtempable behavior of their own while at the same search tirelessly for the tiniest flaw with which they could possible crucify Bush or one of his team.

Gosh, Pippin I am around most of the time ~ off and on ~ day & night so if you ever wanna visit, or share something, or see a funny image or even just let off some steam, just FReep mail me or ping to a thread you are interested in discussing.

[luvie]

Just.....beautiful! Better than TV with (and this is my rant) their own agendas to go on and on about instead of just letting the beauty of the launch be seen and heard! Thanks to you and TomGuy!

[Dashing Dasher]

I WORK WITH HER!!!

She also thinks that we all work FOR HER! "Can you do this for me?" -- "Actually NO - do it yourself!! I have a job and it's not based around helping you!" - is always my first thought.

We started the same day - she's still trying to find out where her secretary is! We don't have one. If you want supplies, don't ask me for a pen - go to the supply cabinet. Responsibility is your friend.

...chick part (boys don't bother reading)
We had an off-site meeting the other day. She needed a tampon. The hotel machine was out. She actually COMPLAINED TO THE HOTEL MANAGER. I said to her, "Why didn't you bring one from home!? - you knew you'd need it!!! The Hotel Manager actually walked her into the gift shop where he bought her a box. I was appalled at her "queen-like" behavior. Ridiculous!
/chick part

I hate people like that.


/soap box


Darn - this feels good. I like this thread.

[firewalk]

Even your rants are done with flair...
(:

hope you have a very good day

[luvie]

(((hugs))) Good rant Pippin! Hi! Here's a reward for your telling it like it is!

A tip of the hat from the Cowboy in the White House!

[Billie]

Afternoon, Miss Aqua!