We had a flamepoint Siamese when I was a kid called Mr. Humphries. He'd meow back when you called "Are you free?"

I freakin' LOVE Keeping Up Appearances! "Bouquet residence! Lady of the house speaking!"

I used to watch this show all the time with my parents on PBS growing up, along with Keeping Up Appearances, with Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "Bouquet").

When I did hair, if I had a kid for a client, I pretty much ignored what the parent said and did what the kid wanted.

Please ask the following:

Exactly. Discipline should teach kids about natural consequences - kid can't get his homework done, he loses TV privileges until he gets his priorities straight. Teenager keeps missing curfew, she can't go out until she proves she's trustworthy. Toddler throwing toys gets them taken away from him. Kids should learn…

My dad was big on attention getting shows of public humiliation of his children (screaming, and cursing at us when there was a crowd was a favorite...a schoolyard crowd of our peers was a bonus) when he couldn't have things his way, or we made a small very human oversight or error on our part. We were all well behaved…

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Call me a hopeless romantic, but allow me to paraphrase Ri-Ri and suggest that maybe, just maybe...you're finding love in a hopeless place?

"That's what's called 'balls deep in twink ass' kids, now finish your meal. "

Jesus, does Howard Johnson's even still exist??

Well "Jimmy" is also a slang term for Penis (although not really used anymore), so it really makes perfect sense. But Howard Johnsons would have been funny too.

Between the revenge porn guy's conviction, the domestic assault boxer's denied entry to Australia, and this...well...the law's really taking care of dickheads today. Love it!

Yeah, that's like, "White People Problems: European Royalty Division." Very specialized; another one is, "finding a reliable tiara polish at a reasonable price where they don't dick you on shipping charges or some such shit." 'Cause Liz *hates* overpaying for shipping.

Actually, with Corgis, that's a legitimate concern. They're herding dogs, so that low riding, short legged, slinky body is made to weave between legs (in a way similar to a cat). They're also pretty sturdy, which comes in handy when weaving between the legs of larger animals and risking getting stomped on.

Seriously, they are aggressively sensible. You can take the girl out of WWII but you can't take the WWII out of the girl.

It is simply incredible to me that countless countries have citizens who are literally begging for vaccines as they watch everybody around them die of horrible diseases. In contrast, here we have assholes who willingly decide not to get vaccinated and jerks like Rand Paul who support them because 'Merica, bald eagles,…

35-54. That's pretty specific. What happens at 55?

this magazine showed up unexpectedly in my mailbox the day after I turned 40. I have no idea why, I didn't subscribe. I have flipped through it and it looks OK, but it's very presence unnerved me.

You know what, good for them. Publishing is terrifying right now. Even the big books, like InStyle, are in pretty precarious states. More was a sinking ship, and this is clearly a last-ditch effort to save it - they've identified their person, and they're going after her. I hope that they make it.