You know what really grinds my gears.......
Posted by shelloid on Oct 04, 2009 · Member since Nov 2006 · 4427 posts
Ok so maybe I'm just a weirdo, but there's silly little things that really bug me for no apparent reason - what about the rest of you? Is there any little thing that really annoys you, but probably shouldn't that much?
Ok I'll start:
I hate it when peolpe jiggle their legs up and down when they're sitting down. Some people will do this continually and I HATE IT. There's no logic to my annoyance but it really bugs me.
It also bugs me when women put their make up on on public transport - just wake up earlier if you want to wear it - and don't give people dirty looks when they stare at you.
Oh, I think that's what Heli meant, yg. It's just that "lost" reminded Storm of the game.
... Unless Heli travels the internet, mentioning the game only to make people lose. How cruel!
Oh, now I get why you're lost Heli. Only the people who have been posting on Found for a long time ever get flamed. Which I guess makes me important enough to get it? It usually happens on holiday weekends; I guess being summer vacation all the little trolls are bored and looking for something to do.
Allow me to explain.
The objective of the game is to avoid thinking about the game.
Everyone who knows about the game is playing the game.
As soon as you think about the game you've lost the game and you are required to announce it out loud.
No one can win the game.
Damn! That is a vicious game. Who invented it (you lose!) But seriously, I just read this 5 minutes ago, and I can't stop playing, and losing. It sucks!!!!! Not may favorite game.
Sorry Charlie. You will now and forever be playing the game! >:D
Sorry Charlie. You will now and forever be playing the game! >:D
Lost! Fuck!!!
So... apparently I have moved to a veg-food desert... BOTH grocery stores have no nondairy milk, no tahini, no tofu, no microwave popcorn without cow-derived artificial butter-flavored grease... no CHICKPEAS, for fuck's sake!! dried OR canned... BASTARDS!!! >:(
I aroused curious comment recently, by purchasing an eggplant... the check-out lady called a co-worker over to discuss what it might be, how to ring it up, and what one might do with such an item...
Perhaps if I click my heels together 3 times, while saying 'There's NO place like Whole Foods, there's NO place like Whole Foods'...?! Grrr.
I can't comprehend that. My town only has one main road and we at least have a variety of canned beans.
Stormy - I've never heard of this game. Are there ever any real winners? I'm sorry I interrupted your streak earlier. :)
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Those picking a fight with fuck in the lysine thread: I've made mistakes in my spelling (your/you're), yes. But I don't belittle people I've never talked to before a debate. For someone who claims to have a 4.0, they certainly do have some problems spelling.
I've seen the following in the lysine thread - Oder instead of odor. Damn it Janet instead of Dammit Janet (I love Rocky Horror). Mam instead of ma'am.
Just things that irk the fuck out of me. Especially when some nobody is picking on my fellow tried and true VegWebbers.
eta: Welcome back, Charlie! I haven't seen you around much.
Those picking a fight with fuck in the lysine thread: I've made mistakes in my spelling (your/you're), yes. But I don't belittle people I've never talked to before a debate. For someone who claims to have a 4.0, they certainly do have some problems spelling.
I just couldn't resist. I thought I would tweak him a bit; man he comes out with all four paws! LOL. I bet if he were to be tweaked just a bit more, he may be the first stress unit casualty of vegweb. He will be sitting in group saying, "I mean people just don't get it, it IS a major vitamin, and the risks ARE real!!!"
eta: Welcome back, Charlie! I haven't seen you around much.
Thanks PM! Yeah, I was off for a month or so. Good to be missed, and to be back. Damn, if I knew I was missing this kind of drama I would have found my way on more!
PS: I graduated with a 4.0 BITCHEZ
I graduated with a 4.1, so...suck it ;)
Btw: your "cumin...BO..." thing freaked me out a little. Juss sayin. What did it mean?
*lost* ???
DAMMIT Heli! Now I've lost the game! >:(
Heheheheh, I haven't made anyone lose the game in weeks! Even though I totally didn't mean to, wasn't even referring to it... um, sorry! >:D
Thanks, Storm. When Heli said "lost" I thought she meant, like, "You've lost me" as in WTF are you talking about.
Actually I was lost in the way that you mention, but Josh posting that link cleared it up. I don't follow many threads, really, out of the hundreds on this site, so it's not surprising I'd miss something like that.
eta: For all my fellow Game players...
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT_lAQ_SSMYOm5p8nqDowAtPJ8ZycQWJuACg4vTGZ7okiRLacOegQ
that sounds terrible hcm! do they even carry any other bread than wonderbread?
re: cumin & BO, I was quoting myself from the aimless chitchat thread. People were mentioning how saffron smells/tastes weird or something, vs cumin that smells lovely. I SAY IT SMELLS LIKE BO.
re: cumin & BO, I was quoting myself from the aimless chitchat thread. People were mentioning how saffron smells/tastes weird or something, vs cumin that smells lovely. I SAY IT SMELLS LIKE BO.
Ah, that makes so much more sense. I read it as...well actually I do not even want to admit it now.....
As to the spice, I agree. Sometimes a see recipes for 2 portions (on here no doubt) that call for a teaspoon of it or more. I just use a quarter teaspoon in stuff and I can taste only cumin sometimes. Still a handy spice though - can give things a meat-type dark depth, but I use with caution.
i have an idea about how you misread it, hahaha
So... apparently I have moved to a veg-food desert... BOTH grocery stores have no nondairy milk, no tahini, no tofu, no microwave popcorn without cow-derived artificial butter-flavored grease... no CHICKPEAS, for fuck's sake!! dried OR canned... BASTARDS!!! >:(
I aroused curious comment recently, by purchasing an eggplant... the check-out lady called a co-worker over to discuss what it might be, how to ring it up, and what one might do with such an item...
Perhaps if I click my heels together 3 times, while saying 'There's NO place like Whole Foods, there's NO place like Whole Foods'...?! Grrr.
I have been to smaller rural area (Tennessee) grocery stores without chickpeas or black beans. Very surprised first time I saw it. Needless to say not a single substitute or alternative diet food at all either. Very limited produce too - and these were full size/service family stores.
As to popcorn, you are in luck! Buy yourself some kid's paper lunch bags. Buy regular, dirt cheap but delicious, just like mom made plastic bag of popcorn kernels. Pour a 1/3 cup of kernels into bag, porn in a little oil (2 teaspoons-ish), seal bag with scotch tape (have heard you can use a staple, but I find tape easier, if you are going to re-use bag.) Pop for about as long as you would the pre-bagged stuff. I have been dong this for a while. Yummy! <3
Pros
* Cost - about 10 cents per bag, including the price of the bags!
* Fresh - the popcorn seems to have a fresh taste better than orvile's etc
* Wholesome - not loaded with chemical crap - especially all that glue around the mouth of their bag
* Taste - can use *your* type of toppings and flavorings
Cons
* I am not sure if you can use olive oil, because of the low smoke point. I have been using canola (ick) because of very high smoke point. Haven't tried coconut oil....
* It is slightly messier because the oil seaps out of the bag a little.
* Bag is VERY hot - much hotter on the outsite than their bag. Please be very careful!!
All in all, this is the only way I like my popcorn now. You may be surprised at how much "pop" and "corn" has been lost in the tranlation over the years. The clinching pros for me: wholesome and taste.
Hope you try, if you haven't already, and enjoy!
I make what is now called "kettle corn" all the time on the stove. Yessss, you can use olive oil. And if you do you won't be sorry.
(Please, people, we have been cooking/frying with olive oil in the Mediterranean basin since man had the frying pan, and we're still here. Obviously it doesn't destroy your brain, either, because, you know--Catullus, Homer, Euclid, Voltaire, Rousseau, Cervantes, Lorca, etc etc etc...all from here.)
You can make kettle corn on the stove by putting a little oil in a pan with a lid, adding your corn kernels, covering and gently shaking the pan over the heat (wear oven mitts!).
When the popping starts, shake it faster, or slide it back and forth. When it starts to get quiet in there, you're done.
You can either put the salt in the bottom of the pan with the oil before you start, or salt it after.
Stormy - I've never heard of this game. Are there ever any real winners? I'm sorry I interrupted your streak earlier. :)
Joshy, you can never win the game, only lose it.
Charlie, since I now feel responsible for drawing you into the game, every time I see you pop up here I will now automatically think of the game and therefore lose it.....I guess that's what I get!
So... apparently I have moved to a veg-food desert... BOTH grocery stores have no nondairy milk, no tahini, no tofu, no microwave popcorn without cow-derived artificial butter-flavored grease... no CHICKPEAS, for fuck's sake!! dried OR canned... BASTARDS!!! >:(
I aroused curious comment recently, by purchasing an eggplant... the check-out lady called a co-worker over to discuss what it might be, how to ring it up, and what one might do with such an item...
Perhaps if I click my heels together 3 times, while saying 'There's NO place like Whole Foods, there's NO place like Whole Foods'...?! Grrr.
I have been to smaller rural area (Tennessee) grocery stores without chickpeas or black beans. Very surprised first time I saw it. Needless to say not a single substitute or alternative diet food at all either. Very limited produce too - and these were full size/service family stores.
As to popcorn, you are in luck! Buy yourself some kid's paper lunch bags. Buy regular, dirt cheap but delicious, just like mom made plastic bag of popcorn kernels. Pour a 1/3 cup of kernels into bag, porn in a little oil (2 teaspoons-ish), seal bag with scotch tape (have heard you can use a staple, but I find tape easier, if you are going to re-use bag.) Pop for about as long as you would the pre-bagged stuff. I have been dong this for a while. Yummy! <3
Pros
* Cost - about 10 cents per bag, including the price of the bags!
* Fresh - the popcorn seems to have a fresh taste better than orvile's etc
* Wholesome - not loaded with chemical crap - especially all that glue around the mouth of their bag
* Taste - can use *your* type of toppings and flavorings
Cons
* I am not sure if you can use olive oil, because of the low smoke point. I have been using canola (ick) because of very high smoke point. Haven't tried coconut oil....
* It is slightly messier because the oil seaps out of the bag a little.
* Bag is VERY hot - much hotter on the outsite than their bag. Please be very careful!!
All in all, this is the only way I like my popcorn now. You may be surprised at how much "pop" and "corn" has been lost in the tranlation over the years. The clinching pros for me: wholesome and taste.
Hope you try, if you haven't already, and enjoy!
Cool, thanks, I'll try that! I did buy the regular/ non-mic popcorn instead , and actually made it on the stove (w/ olive oil) for the first time since I 'helped' my mom do it at about age 6! :) Was blown away by the amount I accidentally made-- wow, it doesn't take many kernels to make a serving, does it??!-- but hadn't thought of trying to do it in the mic w/ regular popcorn... will try it!
I foresee some bulk-buying grocery trips, to the 'real' stores 1-1/2 hours away, in my future... I can do without some things, and modify my approach to popcorn... but I WILL have tofu & tempeh & chickpeas & lentils!! I will NOT be thwarted!... Good thing we have a van, lol.
*is totally gonna lose the game*
charlie, love you sense of humor... :)
popcorn is amazing cooked in coconut oil, apperantly that is what movie theaters used before cheaper alternatives were found. my soon to be SIL loves when i cook her popcorn this way. anyway back to the topic of the thread....
i called my aunt whom i dont talk to often b/c she stole my first daughter from me (looooong sad story) and my uncle answered the phone, said she was still sleeping. i said ''hey i was just wondering how everyone is doing...'' he said ''yeah......... you should call back later in the afternoon when she (my aunt) is awake.'' its this type of shit that crushes me over and over again everytime, such a feeling of being fucked over by family, this is the very reason i really dont speak to any of my family, them or the others anymore at all.
Those picking a fight with fuck in the lysine thread: I've made mistakes in my spelling (your/you're), yes. But I don't belittle people I've never talked to before a debate. For someone who claims to have a 4.0, they certainly do have some problems spelling.
I just couldn't resist. I thought I would tweak him a bit; man he comes out with all four paws! LOL. I bet if he were to be tweaked just a bit more, he may be the first stress unit casualty of vegweb. He will be sitting in group saying, "I mean people just don't get it, it IS a major vitamin, and the risks ARE real!!!"
eta: Welcome back, Charlie! I haven't seen you around much.
Thanks PM! Yeah, I was off for a month or so. Good to be missed, and to be back. Damn, if I knew I was missing this kind of drama I would have found my way on more!
OK, but he had to look up the word "stoic". That's when my "fulla shit troll" meter went off the scale ::).
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