So one of my pet peeves of nursing is dealing with polysybstance abusers who manipulate the system. Without fail when i take care of them, they will be resting peacefully watching tv or chatting on the phone and then when i show my face they turn on this melodrama of moaning and crying in pain. This infuriated me to no end so to readjust my brain I close my eyes and imagine it sounds like a porno. Which it definitely does. I wonder what would happen if one day I just came out and said “wow you could voice- over a porno, your acting is THAT good”. I’ve tucked that one away for the list of many things I would do if I win the lottery.
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Oh man, this guy I used to hang out with was one of these. He had stress fractures in a couple of vertebrae and ankles because he was like, huge- a solid 6’5 and about 300 lbs.
Anyways, he’d go from Er to Er and all of the docs offices in the region acting like he was just in a car accident to score vicodin, wailing and flailing and OHHHH the pain!
I think half the time they would write him a script just so he’d go away.
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People who get mad about rich rappers rapping about how rich they are and like rich emo bands singing about how horrible their lives are really baffle me.
“I’m a creep
I’m a weirdo.
I’m worth 100 million bucks.
I don’t belong here…”
Boo fucking hoo…
(I love Radiohead so don’t get your panties in a bunch you Radiohead fanboys or you’re gonna mess up your eyeliner from all your emo tears.)
EDIT:
Yes, I’m aware some of them whom I don’t think I have to bring up really did have issues. I’m talking about the fucking fans, not the artists so spare me the fucking PC morality shit.
I remember making Bolognese and serving a salad with it a few times - completely freaked people out.
Served up lasagna, no salad a few times and people demand salad lol
To me, the only difference here is the shape/form and the white sauce.
Does white sauce imply salad? Or does a neat plate require the chaos of salad (spaghetti chaos and salad chaos being like the food equivalent of a double negative).
Or maybe anything from the oven requires salad.
@EmilyQ requesting your input as a salad subject matter expert.
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I’m a salad subject matter expert? Haha!
Okay, then, THIS is what I will say: my husband and his Italian family make a lot of pasta from scratch, along with gigantic pots of sauce w/ meatballs and sausage. They have this with EXTREMELY buttery, garlicky garlic bread after a course of antipasto that is just the meats, cheese, pickled veggies, and peppers in oil. No lettuce or other moderating factor. I have started brining lettuce and tomato salads because I honest-to-god cannot handle a day of eating like this in addition to the cheap red wine and 7 hour round trip drive for this all-day dinner.
I and another outsider sister-in-law are the only ones who eat the salad. We don’t make eye contact with the family while we serve ourselves because of the disappointment in their expressions (and there are like 12 of them). Pastas at family dinners include, in order of frequency:
*Ravioli
*Gnocchi
*Lasagna
Speaking as a salad subject matter expert (lol) I am firmly FOR salad with Italian food. Unless it’s a pomodoro-type thing. Then it’s unnecessary.
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Things I’ve always wondered aboot - did the Astronauts really drink TANG?
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That’s like asking if Wabbits really drink Nestlé Quick!
Of course they do!
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haha - of course, how silly of me!
TBF that was their first hit … they weren’t worth that much money when they wrote that, their Iron Lung…
Completely irrelevant to the conversation other than I make a mean bolognese … now if only I could figure out how to shape rigatoni I’d be set fo’ life son
So I have to ask, in relation to my reply to @strongmangoals, I too make pasta from scratch. Super easy for the noodle pastas, sheet pastas and the hand shaped stuff (cavatelli) - does your husband know how to make tube pastas like rigatoni, manacotti, ziti, penne???
I know there are machines, but I can’t find one that seems to be worth a damn
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I didn’t want to bring out the big guns but you have forced my hand, sir:
“I’ll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide…”
Disclaimer:
As a self-admitted Radiohead fan, I, however, do not endorse, nor empathize with some of the more morbid ideas in their lyrics and would like to stress that for anyone who does, it would be in their best interests to seek some form of medical help.
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There was a show called father Ted. It has a brilliant radiohead scene.
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No, not that I’ve witnessed. And we eat them from the box, so it’s not because he doesn’t like them. Haha, I think I’ll nonchalantly ask if he can throw some rigatoni together for our illicit family dinner on the 12th. Because your post makes me realize that he, too, has surely tried, and apparently given up. And he doesn’t give up easily. So it’ll be fun to push the button and see what happens.
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There is a period in there where I didn’t listen to anything new Radiohead put out … spanning from OK Computer to In Rainbows, anything in between I haven’t listened to yet … I’m excited to discover this music …
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I’m on a quest EmilyQ to make some homemade rigatoni (probably my favorite tube pasta - so damn satisfying). If I come across anything I’ll pass along the info and I’ll assume you’ll do the same, because you’re that kind of person … you know, awesome.
Ok Computer was a modern day masterpiece IMHO. I’ve only heard these 2 songs after that album.
The lyrics I quoted were from No Surprises. It’s pretty obvious what the song is about.
A heart that’s full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won’t heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don’t, they don’t speak for us
I’ll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide
With no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent, silent
This is my final fit
My final bellyache
With no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please
Such a pretty house
And such a pretty garden
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please
If the last verse looks like optimism to anyone, you probably also think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid survived at the end and Shane was still alive and happily riding off into the sunset.
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Caught that part on youtube. Dude got depressed again after hearing Exit Music. HAHAHHAHA.
I think he would have offed himself if Fade Out was playing.
I’ve wondered if father Ted holds up after two decades and across cultures. At the time it had great comments and scenes.
That whole episode is about a father going on a trip due to depression then Radiohead kicks in on the way home
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Well, I’m a Catholic from a Commonwealth Nation in Asia so I love British comedies, especially the ones poking fun at the clergy. Unfortunately, I need subtitles for some of the ones where there’s too much Brit slang being used and/or the accents are too thick. My grandfather worked for the Brits and he loved 'Allo 'Allo. Mind your Language was a pretty big hit here. I could watch these without subs.
However, I can’t comprehend like 70% of the dialogue in movies like Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels and Snatch without English subtitles because of the accents, not the language.
I don’t think Father Ted ever made it here. I’d never heard of it until you mentioned it above. But then Laurie and Fry didn’t either though we did have the first 2 seasons of Blackadder. I think they screened Monty Python on late night TV but I was too young at the time to appreciate it.
I basically grew up on Monty Python, 'Allo 'Allo, Blackadder and Fawlty Towers.
To this day I still think that this clip from almost 50 years ago is the pinnacle of comedy.
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