The Complaining and Bitching Thread

I hear "this show will last at least 5 seasons if not close to 8"

 

I want to talk about that taboo word that starts with an F and ends with a K. I am old enough to remember the comedian Lenny Bruce, who asked why we vilify that word when it represents something most of us love to do and wouldn't want to do without? But his protest was ineffectual, for the taboo against its use is deeply ingrained. We use it almost daily in casual speech when we want to blow off steam, but when it is used in our direction, it is no longer a casual matter.
My younger son, for whom I would lay down my life, told me on the phone yesterday to f**k off. It hurt a lot. As I told him later on, I never used the 'f' word to my father, though the gods know he deserved it at times. As a matter of fact, come to think of it, I didn't even know the word until I was twelve, we had just moved to California to find my father and make him pay child support, and I heard it the first day at Middle School (we called it Junior High back then).
We had found my father living 'in sin' (to use his choice of words) with a woman in west Los Angeles. He arranged for me to come visit them for an afternoon. My mother coached me to tell the woman it wasn't nice of her to lure a man away from his wife and children. "I'll just say, listen here you Mother f**ker..." I began. My mother was horrified. "Oh, no! You mustn't say that!" "What does it mean?" I asked her. "I just heard it today." But she wouldn't enlighten me.
Apparently the word has since passed into casual everyday speech to the extent that young people nowadays think nothing of it. My son probably meant something like "Give me a break!" But it still hurt.
As Bob Hope once said, "When I was young, the old folks told the young folks what to do. Now that I'm old, the young folks tell the old folks what to do. What I want to know is, when do I get my ups?"
That is sort of how I feel about saying 'f**k'.

 

You can say "fuck" here. I use it a lot. There once was an entire thread for it. But I lost it.

 

Loud co-worker was gone for one glorious week. She's back. It's loud. I am up to a count of 4 times when I have wanted to punch her in her face. It's not even noon.

I got an instant messenger from our supervisor telling me she's in the office, but had to close the door to be able to focus on her work. She said it was so quiet the days before. My response, "Yeah. I wish I had a door."

She just sent me a smiley emoticon.

 

@hamsterball thanks for your never dying support. I think I would go crazy in that place if you weren't around...
Not to mention that you are a pretty intelligent dude...brainy...crazy scientist...

 

You're very kind, @Freetofly. And, clearly, you've been drinking heavily. Hope you sober up in time for Monday.

 

Comcast. Fucking comcast. I order the big cheese premier package on Friday, they tell me the earliest is Oct 7 for installation. Give me a break. I am off today and tomorrow, but they can't fit me in. Ten days without cable or internet. Brand new reclining leather sectional going unused.

 

Your car should know better than to be out with KITT on those late night runs without asking you first. Of course you probably would have said no, so it probably asked Stanley after giving him a steak.

And to keep my post ontopic for this thread - why does no one in this small half horse town carry good film locally? Oh wait, answered my own question....always cheaper online anyways but I would appreciate having the option to buy TRI-X/T-MAX in-town at least. (or maybe even some of that new fangled colour film).

 

I saw the "rerun" of the premier episode the other night.....yeah, pretty bad.

It seems to be going around. My wife likes the new Hawaii Five-O (she'll watch anything), I think it sucks. The season premier was without doubt the worst episode they've ever done, it took implausibility to a new level.

 

I watched the pilot of the new Hawaii Five-O last month, it was "ok". The biggest star of the episode was the 1974 Mercury Marquis that Jack Lord himself drove in the original series. Beyond that it was forgettable.

 

I want to play Destiny, which is still new and online only. But my girlfriend's son is probably going to snap. Plus the new season is starting now for various series. At least it will be up before the premier of the walking dead. On another note, my refrigerator and washer and dryer were supposed to be in and installed tomorrow. Lowe's isn't getting the refrigerator until Wednesday, so I won't get them installed until Thursday. Good thing I have my old garage refrigerator.

 

If you're unhappy about a job transfer, quit. If you want to commit suicide, use a gun.

Visiting family in Chicago was nice; but my choice of weekends to fly in and out of O'Hare left a bit to be desired.

 

Be sure to use a large enough caliber and place the shot so that it's immediately effective. Surviving with severe brain damage would most likely be much worse than whatever made you want to off yourself in the first place.