The Rant Thread...

[Tralala]

You went away all weekend and didn't tell me where you were or when you'd be back. And you didn't take a sweater with you. Don't you know that I worry? Do you like it when I stay up all night waiting for you? I was so bored....I mean, worried....out of my skull that I actually made a profile on Facebook. Yes. I did.
You live in my computer, you follow my rules. Don't you give me that look! Hey, come back here! You are grounded, Mr. Smarty-Pants Book Forum!

[Zekes]

So I invited my ex boyfriend to my party last Sat, all through out that night he didn't talk to me and he was acting like a dope that made me pissed so much.

[Tip the Bottle]

So I invited my ex boyfriend to my party last Sat, all through out that night he didn't talk to me and he was acting like a dope that made me pissed so much.

He did it intentionally just to get under your skin. It's a guy thing the best you could do is to not let it effect you and ignore him. Take it from a guy when it comes to women most of us are complete assholes and we really don't know what we're doing. We like to put on the air of "I don't care" but we do. This will eventually change but to do so we need a good women to correct our evil ways.

[StephenKingman]

You went away all weekend and didn't tell me where you were or when you'd be back. And you didn't take a sweater with you. Don't you know that I worry? Do you like it when I stay up all night waiting for you? I was so bored....I mean, worried....out of my skull that I actually made a profile on Facebook. Yes. I did.
You live in my computer, you follow my rules. Don't you give me that look! Hey, come back here! You are grounded, Mr. Smarty-Pants Book Forum!

Wont happen again, mom

[Fran]

You went away all weekend and didn't tell me where you were or when you'd be back. And you didn't take a sweater with you. Don't you know that I worry? Do you like it when I stay up all night waiting for you? I was so bored....I mean, worried....out of my skull that I actually made a profile on Facebook. Yes. I did.
You live in my computer, you follow my rules. Don't you give me that look! Hey, come back here! You are grounded, Mr. Smarty-Pants Book Forum!

Wont happen again, mom

Bet she grounds you Mike

[StephenKingman]

You went away all weekend and didn't tell me where you were or when you'd be back. And you didn't take a sweater with you. Don't you know that I worry? Do you like it when I stay up all night waiting for you? I was so bored....I mean, worried....out of my skull that I actually made a profile on Facebook. Yes. I did.
You live in my computer, you follow my rules. Don't you give me that look! Hey, come back here! You are grounded, Mr. Smarty-Pants Book Forum!

Wont happen again, mom

Bet she grounds you Mike

Or worse, she throws me into a room of her rats, sweet Jesus that would be hell!

[Fran]

Wont happen again, mom

Bet she grounds you Mike

Or worse, she throws me into a room of her rats, sweet Jesus that would be hell!

Don't go giving her ideas

[StephenKingman]

This is a woman who throws butter knifes at people and considers rats as 'pets' so ill just smile politely- nice Tralala

[Tralala]

This is a woman who throws butter knifes at people and considers rats as 'pets' so ill just smile politely- nice Tralala

Kee-ripes. I threw one butter knife at one person 'cause he wouldn't put his dirty dishes in the sink. And I missed. Just need to practice more, I guess.
And I'm not the only person who keeps rats as pets 'round here.
On that note....today's rant:
I actually had this conversation last night:
BF: So how's the book? [Full Dark, No Stars...he got it for me for V-day]
Me: Well, he [Stephen King] sure doesn't like rats. Or women.
BF: How's that?
I cite a few different books and tell him a little about FDNS.
BF: Maybe he's just trying to portray women realistically.
Me: What the...what's that supposed to mean??
Skating on thin ice: Y'know, how women usually fall apart and panic in tense situations.
Me: What?? Who....where'd you get the [censored] idea that that's anything close to realistic?
Gonna be sleeping alone: Women just aren't....level-headed.

Hoo, boy. This is a man who hides his head in my lap during the "gooshy" parts of movies, until I tell him it's okay to look again. Who punches his guitar onstage 'cause it's "cool", then complains to me 'cause his hand hurts. Not that I've never done anything silly or stupid (see: butter knife incident), but I'm sure not going around calling men names.
I asked him how many women were in the cast of Jackass, and how many women he'd read about in the Darwin Awards, and how many women had started a WAR, for cryin' eye...
He backed off, watched Hawaii Five-O, and went to bed. Sheesh.

[StephenKingman]

This is a woman who throws butter knifes at people and considers rats as 'pets' so ill just smile politely- nice Tralala

Kee-ripes. I threw one butter knife at one person 'cause he wouldn't put his dirty dishes in the sink. And I missed. Just need to practice more, I guess.
And I'm not the only person who keeps rats as pets 'round here.
On that note....today's rant:
I actually had this conversation last night:
BF: So how's the book? [Full Dark, No Stars...he got it for me for V-day]
Me: Well, he [Stephen King] sure doesn't like rats. Or women.
BF: How's that?
I cite a few different books and tell him a little about FDNS.
BF: Maybe he's just trying to portray women realistically.
Me: What the...what's that supposed to mean??
Skating on thin ice: Y'know, how women usually fall apart and panic in tense situations.
Me: What?? Who....where'd you get the [censored] idea that that's anything close to realistic?
Gonna be sleeping alone: Women just aren't....level-headed.

Hoo, boy. This is a man who hides his head in my lap during the "gooshy" parts of movies, until I tell him it's okay to look again. Who punches his guitar onstage 'cause it's "cool", then complains to me 'cause his hand hurts. Not that I've never done anything silly or stupid (see: butter knife incident), but I'm sure not going around calling men names.
I asked him how many women were in the cast of Jackass, and how many women he'd read about in the Darwin Awards, and how many women had started a WAR, for cryin' eye...
He backed off, watched Hawaii Five-O, and went to bed. Sheesh.

It obviously wasnt worth the hassle of a female response

King may not like rats or (only sometimes) women but he sure hates the Irish, i am not sure if its plain ignorance of a race or just plain arrogance but he frequently portrays Ireland as a country stuck in the 1890s with no modern cities and a population of smelly drunks limbering from one pub to the next in search of the next fight.

[Fran]

This is a woman who throws butter knifes at people and considers rats as 'pets' so ill just smile politely- nice Tralala

Kee-ripes. I threw one butter knife at one person 'cause he wouldn't put his dirty dishes in the sink. And I missed. Just need to practice more, I guess.
And I'm not the only person who keeps rats as pets 'round here.
On that note....today's rant:
I actually had this conversation last night:
BF: So how's the book? [Full Dark, No Stars...he got it for me for V-day]
Me: Well, he [Stephen King] sure doesn't like rats. Or women.
BF: How's that?
I cite a few different books and tell him a little about FDNS.
BF: Maybe he's just trying to portray women realistically.
Me: What the...what's that supposed to mean??
Skating on thin ice: Y'know, how women usually fall apart and panic in tense situations.
Me: What?? Who....where'd you get the [censored] idea that that's anything close to realistic?
Gonna be sleeping alone: Women just aren't....level-headed.

Hoo, boy. This is a man who hides his head in my lap during the "gooshy" parts of movies, until I tell him it's okay to look again. Who punches his guitar onstage 'cause it's "cool", then complains to me 'cause his hand hurts. Not that I've never done anything silly or stupid (see: butter knife incident), but I'm sure not going around calling men names.
I asked him how many women were in the cast of Jackass, and how many women he'd read about in the Darwin Awards, and how many women had started a WAR, for cryin' eye...
He backed off, watched Hawaii Five-O, and went to bed. Sheesh.

It obviously wasnt worth the hassle of a female response

King may not like rats or (only sometimes) women but he sure hates the Irish, i am not sure if its plain ignorance of a race or just plain arrogance but he frequently portrays Ireland as a country stuck in the 1890s with no modern cities and a population of smelly drunks limbering from one pub to the next in search of the next fight.

Are you serious?
I've never read any of his books (not my genre) but I've watched a few of the movie adaptations. What would you recommend I read ... just so I can be suitably offended at his anti-Irishness. I can't believe I've missed an opportunity to take offence, how very unIrish of me?
I await you recommendation & in the meantime I'll practice being offended.

[StephenKingman]

^ Afraid so, Fran. As far as i know, King has never even been to Ireland but , either through his upbringing or ignorance, he feeds on the stereotype of the 'fightin' drinking smelly irish who live with leprauchauns and fight for fun' and has mentioned meny offensive references to the Irish. Some examples:

Under the Dome: Refers to Irish as drunks and picks an Aer Lingus flight to America (of all the countries and airlines in all the world) to demonstrate how stupid pilots can be.

Black House: "smelly Irish fighter"
Tommyknockers: "as drunk as a sober Irishman" etc etc
Many other books make snide remarks towards the Irish

I would like to point out to the man just how wrong he is and give him a guided tour of this fine country.

[Fran]

^ Afraid so, Fran. As far as i know, King has never even been to Ireland but , either through his upbringing or ignorance, he feeds on the stereotype of the 'fightin' drinking smelly irish who live with leprauchauns and fight for fun' and has mentioned meny offensive references to the Irish. Some examples:

Under the Dome: Refers to Irish as drunks and picks an Aer Lingus flight to America (of all the countries and airlines in all the world) to demonstrate how stupid pilots can be.

Black House: "smelly Irish fighter"
Tommyknockers: "as drunk as a sober Irishman" etc etc
Many other books make snide remarks towards the Irish

I would like to point out to the man just how wrong he is and give him a guided tour of this fine country.

That's all right then .... I thought he said we don't know how to handle money or some other major insult like that.

[StephenKingman]

^ Afraid so, Fran. As far as i know, King has never even been to Ireland but , either through his upbringing or ignorance, he feeds on the stereotype of the 'fightin' drinking smelly irish who live with leprauchauns and fight for fun' and has mentioned meny offensive references to the Irish. Some examples:

Under the Dome: Refers to Irish as drunks and picks an Aer Lingus flight to America (of all the countries and airlines in all the world) to demonstrate how stupid pilots can be.

Black House: "smelly Irish fighter"
Tommyknockers: "as drunk as a sober Irishman" etc etc
Many other books make snide remarks towards the Irish

I would like to point out to the man just how wrong he is and give him a guided tour of this fine country.

That's all right then .... I thought he said we don't know how to handle money or some other major insult like that.

Perish the thought, Fran, we are the best nation in the world for economic prosperity and our extremely low levels of government corruption, now hush up with such talk before i get Mr Gilmore after you..

[Tralala]

It obviously wasnt worth the hassle of a female response

King may not like rats or (only sometimes) women but he sure hates the Irish, i am not sure if its plain ignorance of a race or just plain arrogance but he frequently portrays Ireland as a country stuck in the 1890s with no modern cities and a population of smelly drunks limbering from one pub to the next in search of the next fight.

Yeah, after five years, you pick your battles. I shouldn't let his pseudo-misogyny rankle me, but it does. Grrrr...
You're totally right about the Irish thing, Mike! Wonder what he'd think of a female Irish rat owner...eeek!
And Fran, I really liked Under the Dome, despite itself. As I recall, he goes off about "shanty Irish" a bit in The Tommyknockers, too.