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« on: February 27, 2006, 10:43:16 AM »
"Warning Signs of the Onset of Middle-aged Grumpiness".  I thought most of them apply to the onset of curmudgeon-ness as well.

Tell Starbucks' clerk to cut the "half-caf/half-decaf double _mocha latte" bullshit and get you a cup of coffee.

In discussions of the latest mass murder, find yourself siding with the disgruntled postal worker.

On first-name basis with your proctologist.

Open child-proof aspirin bottles with a hammer.

Tell parents with babies in a restaurant that you'd rather see "No Children" than "No Smoking" signs.

Tell teens that "rap artist" is an oxymoron.

Tell the car dealer who wants 40Gs for a Toyota "I thought we won the war."

Feel it necessary to tell young people that characters on 90210 and Baywatch can't act.

Believe Rodman should be earning quarters in carnival sideshows, not millions in the NBA.

Consider microbrewed raspberry wheat beer to be complete bullshit.

Free-range chicken, also bullshit.

Bottled water, radon, the information superhighway, arugula, Gulf War syndrome---- all bullshit.

Come home with a "Kill 'Em All And Let God Sort 'Em Out" tattoo.

And, finally, taking a look at current elected officials, recent jury verdicts and most popular TV shows, books and movies -- feel pretty sure that democracy is a failed experiment.
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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2006, 10:54:34 AM »
Sounds familiar.I'd only add one.

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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2006, 12:02:08 PM »
Hey! You been watching me?!!!

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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2006, 12:17:33 PM »
Uh-huh.  And what does it mean when I'm up to eleven of those symptoms at 24?

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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2006, 12:22:52 PM »
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Uh-huh.  And what does it mean when I'm up to eleven of those symptoms at 24?
What's my problem if I'm up to eight of those at 18?
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2006, 12:28:18 PM »
I think it means you're a quicker study than I am.

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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2006, 12:31:24 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2006, 12:41:15 PM »
"Feeling Curmudgey?"

Always.


"Tell parents with babies in a restaurant that you'd rather see "No Children" than "No Smoking" signs."

I'd say something but I might never be allowed to see my little buddy Abby again... Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2006, 01:54:09 PM »
"Tell Starbucks' clerk to cut the "half-caf/half-decaf double _mocha latte" bullshit and get you a cup of coffee."


These are funny as he]], but I've gotten to the point where that first one alone, above, describes my attitude toward life.


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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2006, 03:44:51 PM »
I have no problems with babies in restaurants, as long as they're not screaming at the top of their lungs continously... shocked

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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2006, 04:47:40 PM »
Babies , little kids are not so much the problem - the parents are.

Parents let the baby/ child in child seat play with the lemon from a glass of tea. Of course the little person is going to rub eyes, and of course lemon juice in eyes stings like hell - and of course the little person is going yell bloody murder.

Then of course this the little person's fault, and parents make matters even more worse the more they try to make things better.

Lock the parents in the car truck at restuarants, can't hear them yelling and whining.

Just give the babies and kids a flat safe area and let them wander about, crawl, play and eat what they want with their fingers.

I used to think locking the kids in the truck to muffle screams the way to  go...nope...parents need lcking up.

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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2006, 05:09:41 PM »
Sometimes I wish everyone would just leave me the hell alone.
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2006, 05:12:42 PM »
Sorta ties in with this email I got today:

"9 Things I Hate About Everyone
>
>
>
>     1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know
>     where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch
>     when I ask where the toilet is?
>
>     2 People who are willing to get off their ass to search the entire room
>     for the T.V... remote because they refuse to walk to the T.V. and change
>     the channel manually.
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>     3 When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too".
>     Damn right! What good is cake if you can't eat it?
>
>     4 When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it
>     is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people
>     do this? Who and where are they? Gonna Kick their asses!
>
>     5 When people say while watching a film "did you see that?". No Loser, I
>     paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damn floor.
>
>     6 People who ask "Can I ask you a question?"... Didn't really give me a
>     choice there, did ya sunshine?
>
>     7. When something is 'new and improved!'. Which is it? If it's new, then
>     there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then
>     there must have been something before it, couldn't be new.
>
>     8 When people say "life is short". What the hell?? Life is the longest
>     damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?
>
>     9 When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come
>     yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?"

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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2006, 07:07:13 PM »
90210 and Baywatch haven't been in production for years, and Rodman long ago retired from basketball to develop a career as a C-List celebrity on B-Grade "reality" shows.


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« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2006, 07:07:52 PM »
I'm angry that any of this stuff needs to be mentioned, it should all be common knowledge.
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« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2006, 07:39:04 PM »
I have no problems with babies in restaurants, either. As long as they're not overcooked...
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« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2006, 06:03:04 AM »
Quote from: The Rabbi
Sometimes I wish everyone would just leave me the hell alone.
As a religious leader, I'd'a thot that you'd want everyone to leave Hell alone.

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« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2006, 06:08:17 AM »
I think he meant "and"

"I wish everybody would leave me AND hell alone."

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