At work the other day someone literally screamed at us that we “ruined” her dog by neutering him (she didn’t come looking for th dog til after he had been there for weeks and had been placed on the adoption floor and neutered) and proclaimed that she loved him sooooo much but she didn’t want him back because he…

I used to work at a no kill shelter, manning the spay/neuter phone line. The number of people who think their damned animals care if they have balls, or have had babies, is unbelievable.

No-kill limited-admission shelters simply won’t take animals in if they’re full or have met their quota for specific breeds (i.e. Pitbull types). In those situations, for the love if god please just take your pets to an open-admission shelter instead of continuing to hoard them, letting them die of illness, or killing…

I will drink anything, including rubbing alcohol, during holiday events to avoid having to be fully conscious around some of my relatives.

Here, have a sippy with some juice and vodka in it and let the grownups talk.

It can be an acquired taste, for sure. Always drink it mixed with something (tonic water, sprite, limeade, etc), never straight.

This is very true. What I love about it — all the insane botanicals — is exactly what people don’t like about it.

Who let the unattened child in here?

Can’t...stop...laughing. It’s like, wheezey laughter. Just imagining you staring him down as you slowly pour the slushie while he stands there all dumbfounded...SO GOOD.

Honestly, I drink more gin in the summer (a nice, sour Tom Collins on a hot day, yes please thank you). Rum (and brandy) is more my holiday drink. Been drinking our local spiced rum with Kahlua, ginger ale, bitters and lemon. Super good.

I remember they said he was leaving the show “to pursue an American film career” or something. this is... not that.

Oh, I think that’s different. The cashier was the monster, and you were giving him some much needed come-uppance. That’s called being a big damn hero.

I have done this, actually. I was in a convenience store with a thin friend. I am not thin. We were buying slushies to add alcohol to, and she was holding one and I was holding 2 more, one for me and one for a friend who was in the car. The cashier said “oh one for her because she’s little and 2 for you because you’re…

Mad Max always gets a star from me!

I’d have loved if OP just silently picked up the mashed potatoes with her hand and put them back on the plate.

and she does it all the time. The manager should have 86’d her after the first time. Reinforcing that kind of behavior only makes it worse.

Perfect. You know the sad thing about this? Black Leaf actually is a pretty decent D&D name, unlike Elfstar, who is presumably an Elf. That’s like being named Humanda.

There is a very thin veneer that exists between civilized society and the howling barbarism of the Fury Road, and that veneer is not dumping food out onto a table in a public restaurant.

She shook her head disgustedly, then proceeded to scoop up the mashed potatoes and toss them off of her plate and onto the table.

Does anyone know how to become a contestant on Shark Tank?