couch-sleeping molly wasn’t andrea in astoria’s first roommate with quirky habits.
andrea’s now ex-roommate blythe has a penchant for leaving her chewed gum around the apartment in odd places – on this occasion, on a kitchen cutting board. (cue passive-aggressive amy!)
related: to put it as politely as possible
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#1
WanderingPenguin
Is she sure that’s chewing gum? It could be Silly Putty. I swear I see Snoopy’s face in there, like when you press Silly Putty against the colour comics. Or maybe that’s the Virgin Mary?
Oh wait. On closer inspection it appears to be a poppy seeed.
Never mind.
Nov 30, 2007 at 10:52 am rating: +5
#2
Cookie
That ABC gum was fucking DELICIOUS!
Nov 30, 2007 at 10:58 am rating: --9
#3
WanderingPenguin
I should also point out that Amy is quite obviously wrong. Evidently you can forget to throw these things away.
Perhaps Blythe put it there so she could go back to it after finishing her sandwich but Amy found it first.
At any rate, leaving chewing gum in unusual and unexpected places would truly make her a…. dare I say… Blythe Spirit? Or was that Cowardly of me? A bit early for the Noel sentiments?
As a side note, thank goodness I got post #1 so that ubiquitous “FD” comment wasn’t the first thing we see on this thread, for a change.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:01 am rating: +7
#4
SHARKFAN
This is just too gross for words. I certainly wouldn’t have been so passive if I had written the note. Something this disgusting is just screaming out for a note full of capital letters, exclaimation points, jagged under-lines and maybe even an all-seeing eye!
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:06 am rating: +12
#5
Nony Mouse
Unfortunately, WP, it was second.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:08 am rating: +2
#6
Cass
Amy,
This is here for a very good reason. I did not forgEt to throw it away, but left it here intentionally. You see, as I was chopping up carrots for a lovely stew I was making, I noticed a tiny hole had formed in the cutting board. As I continued preparing my vegitables, the hole grew bigger. Just as I finished dicing onions, a tiny green person sort of being popped out of the hole. It introduced itself to me as Xagorn from the land of Arlkjiah and then explained that an interdimentional rift had opened up in our cutting board. Xagorn warned me that if the rift was left unplugged, one or both dimentions would face extrememly dangerous perril. So I sent Xagorn back to the land of Arlkjiah and patched the hole in the cutting board with the only thing I could think of: the piece of gum I had been chewing.
So you see, there is a very good reason for this being here.
Thanks
Blythe
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:08 am rating: +8
#7
WanderingPenguin
I know, Nony.
But meh – whaddya gonna do.?
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:10 am rating: +1
#8
GVI
What if Blythe is saving all her used gum to make a bust of Amy, kind of like what that blind girl did in the music video with Lionel Ritchie.
ps. Thanks for the note PANGoddess.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:10 am rating: +9
#9
WanderingPenguin
Hang on – does that say “forgIt”?? Do they have a “seement pond” out back, too?
Thanks, Cass, I missed that the first read-through.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:12 am rating: +2
#10
SHARKFAN
I thought that too, WP. But, I don’t think that says forgit. I think the dot over the e is part of the question mark above it.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:16 am rating: +2
#11
GVI
Looks like she said “Thugs” too.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:16 am rating: +3
#12
WanderingPenguin
I think you’re both right. It’s also funny that she seemed to dot the “e” but not 2 of the 3 “i”s.
Maybe she was trying to write in a “mumbling” manner – you know, like she had a mouth full of gum? – to really drive the point home!
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:18 am rating: +4
#13
unholyghost2003
Chewed gum must NEVER EVER EVER be on ANYTHING that will EVER touch food I will consume. Never. No even my HUSBAND’s chewed gum. Not even MY OWN chewed gum. Gum must be treated with the kind of care and attention given to toxic waste. It must be wrapped in paper until no damp spots can be seen on the paper. Then it must be placed in a cardboard container of some kind (used cup, empty ciggarette pack or the like) THEN placed in the trash in such a way that the paper gum wad can NOT escape the cardboard container. The lowest circle of HELL is reserved for people who place un-contained gum in ashtrays in bars. They must be killed.
People who leave wads of improperly disposed gum around the house should be smothered to death with their own gooy blobs.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:20 am rating: +6
#14
WanderingPenguin
Wow, uhg2k3. Issues much?
Actually…. you’re not far off from my (far) better half. But then…she’s totally insane.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:27 am rating: +4
#15
Ariadne
WP – Naw – the dot above the “e” in “forget” is a poppy seed.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:30 am rating: +4
#16
msmeadows
You know…my mother used to have this really bad habit of just setting her chewed gum wherever she felt deemed appropriate. Butter dish, recipe box, kitchen window sill…etc. Disgusting. I would always bitch at her about this nasty habit. Although I must say I am glad to hear that my mother is not the only one, I am still shocked that people do this with no regard for others. I mean..hell…if you live by yourself, go for it. Do as you please, but if you share your living space with someone else…clean up after yourself.
I think that Andrea should chew her own piece of gum…or maybe 5 pieces could be sufficient and stick it in Blythe’s hair while she is sleeping. She will think twice before sticking her disgusting, germ filled piece of goo in a shared space.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:31 am rating: +4
#17
alicia
that is the most disgusting thing i have ever heard of. D:~
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:36 am rating: 0
#18
WanderingPenguin
Ariadne: Oh. Well then what the hell is that in the gum?
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:37 am rating: +1
#19
Ariadne
WP: It’s the dot from over an “i”, of course.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:41 am rating: +4
#20
WanderingPenguin
Well, thank God. Now if we can just find the other one…
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:42 am rating: +3
#21
unholyghost2003
WP, yeah I know … that is why I don’t chew gum though … too much work.
I agree with the note’s sentiment, but I thing it is structured poorly and is not strong enough.
keeping things “sane” it should say:
“Blythe-
Why is this here? You should not forget to throw these things away!
-Amy”
If I wrote it:
“BITCH-
IF I FIND ONE MORE FUCKING WAD OF GUM IN SOME RANDOM ASS CORNER I WILL SLIT YOUR GODDAMN THROAT! THEN YOU WONT BE ABLE TO CHEW ANYMORE FUCKING GUM!”
I think I am so strongly opposed to impropper gum disposal due to years of waitressing. any who
TEAM AMY ALL THE WAY!
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:44 am rating: +17
#22
WanderingPenguin
“If you leave your gum on the cutting board before 9AM I will beat the shit out of you. I’m serious.
“
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:45 am rating: +4
#23
urban bohemian
While it looks like Blythe is true to her name and is rather carefree where she leaves her chewed-up wads, I’m Team Amy on this one.
No need to be passive at all, just aggressive. That’s nasty!
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:49 am rating: +3
#24
Olivia
Perhaps a chewing gum holder box at the front door would be a good solution? Nah…
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:50 am rating: +5
#25
still bonkers
Many years ago I was giving my 2 girls a bath. They were ready to get into the tub and I told the 6 year old to dispose of the wad of gum she had in her mouth. I turned to get towel from the linen closet and when I turned back around…oh say a nano second later, the 4 year old was trying to pick the said same gum from her butt crack. It was very hard to explain to the 6 year old that this was a very poor choice of places to dispose of trash and remove the gum and sooth the 4 year old while literally choking to keep from laughing.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:52 am rating: +20
#26
msmeadows
Dear unholyghost2003,
I laughed so hard that I think I just peed a little when I read that! That is exactly something I would say…
Kudos!
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:53 am rating: +2
#27
T-Bone
Perhaps a turkey heart from the giblets bag at Thanksgiving?
Save wads up for Blythe and put them in her food.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:53 am rating: 0
#28
kureshii
Since when did PA stand for Politeness Absolute?
That note should have read:
“Maybe I misunderstood you – perhaps your boyfriend’s threatening crazy suicide shit or your just missed an assignment or you noticed someone stalking you and you absolutely HAD to leave the apartment at that point in time, carefully leaving behind your nicely shaped ball of gum in a strategic location so perhaps I would ponder about the things that are happening to you when I chance upon it.
But the next time I find gum anywhere in the apartment I will fucking strangle your hamster with it.”
And strangle should be underlined with squiggles
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:58 am rating: +10
#29
unholyghost2003
Still Bonkers,
I actually laughed out loud at that. WOW.
MsMeadows,
Thank you! I tend to be more “aggressive aggressive” than Passive aggressive
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:00 pm rating: +1
#30
Mary Kate
#17- My mom does that too! It’s because she chews the nicotine gum, and hates to throw it out if it still has some “juice” in it. Worst place I ever found it was- prepare yourself- in the fridge, stuck to the packaging of the lunchmeat, wedged in between the ham and cheese. Yuck!
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:02 pm rating: +7
#31
Mishee
That’s just fucking nasty…
Nothing worse than A.B.C. Gum!!
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:04 pm rating: --1
#32
PSUJedi
Why is “Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago” running around in my head? Grant it, leaving gum on random surfaces isn’t the same as poppin’, but still!
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:07 pm rating: +4
#33
Troy McClure
Please visit http://www.last.fm/music/Troy+McClure/_/Gross+Do+You
and click play, if you can spare a minute forty nine. Better than last time, I promise.
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:08 pm rating: +2
#34
ian in hamburg
I’m surprized she didn’t say: ya cain’t fergit
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:08 pm rating: +3
#35
msmeadows
Mary Kate…
That is possibly the most disgusting place I have heard of yet. I had to stop myself from dry heaving.
I mean…I guess I can understand somewhat with nicotine gum. But just regular chewing gum?!!? Here’s a fucking dollar…go buy a new pack. How cheap can you get? There are just some things that you cannot save and use again. Gum and condoms are 2 of them.
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:08 pm rating: +4
#36
Troy McClure
UHG at #22, I love your version of the note! Very David Rees.
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:16 pm rating: 0
#37
mikey mouse
The best passive aggresive move should have been to pick this one and stick it to some of Blythe’s favorite things like inside his shoes, his Ipod, His hair if he is drunk, collect them all and put them in his sandwich or dump it in his bed… Would have been fun.
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:20 pm rating: +1
#38
kureshii
WP: No problem – I’m somewhat of a rating whore but not to that extent =)
I’m wondering if “fergit” might be intentional… y’know, what with all the alternative meanings it carries… it might be more PA than I give it credit for, heh.
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:23 pm rating: +3
#39
WanderingPenguin
Um, mikey? Where do you live that the name “Blythe” is a guy’s name? Just curious.
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:23 pm rating: +4
#40
WanderingPenguin
There, kureshii – I rated that one a “plus” to make up for it.
Not that I wouldn’t have anyway, you know, it’s just that….that …
Aw, fergit it.
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:24 pm rating: +3
#41
Karen
Did Blythe just go transexual ?
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:26 pm rating: +4
#42
unholyghost2003
WP maybe Blythe is his last name?
but yeah… really only women are called Blythe
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:30 pm rating: +3
#43
mike
well at least it wasnt her sanitary napkin thats rude…
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:38 pm rating: --2
#44
unholyghost2003
and on this already disgusting note mike pole vaults over the line with number 45!
good job mike!
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:47 pm rating: +1
#45
msmeadows
#45…
I think I love you.
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:49 pm rating: --3
#46
ALA
If I were creative, I would come up with song lyrics for this…however, there’s no need…Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group beat me to it (circa 1959)
Oh-me, oh-my, oh-you
Whatever shall I do
Hallelujah, the question is peculiar
I’d give a lot of dough
If only I could know
The answer to my question
Is it yes or is it no
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour
On the bedpost overnight
If your mother says don’t chew it
Do you swallow it in spite
Can you catch it on your tonsils
Can you heave it left and right
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour
On the bedpost overnight
Nov 30, 2007 at 12:54 pm rating: +4
#47
Jodi Blaze
It looks like pale play-doh
Ah forgit it
Nov 30, 2007 at 1:08 pm rating: +1
#48
Wade
I’m not sure which looks more disgusting:
The wad of chewed-up gum … or the cutting board attached to it.
Bleech!
Team Throw Out The Baby And The Bathwater
Nov 30, 2007 at 1:17 pm rating: +5
#49
mamason
I think it’s Blythe’s rather clumsy attempt to express her love for Amy by fashioning a crude heart w/ her ABC gum. The poppy seed is symbolic of the black hole that is slowly consuming her, for alas; her love is unrequited. Really quite touching if you think about it.
Nov 30, 2007 at 1:49 pm rating: +5
#50
mamason
Troy- Love the song! Love the Carpenters!
Nov 30, 2007 at 1:52 pm rating: 0
#51
Anti-blither
I say it’s fake. Her name is a homophone for “blithe,” fer chrissake – i.e. careless, without regard for others’ feelings. Nice try.
Nov 30, 2007 at 1:53 pm rating: --1
#52
Bucklehoneysuckle
I think Blythe was just a big “Where’s Waldo?” fan as a child, and since he doesn’t have a Waldo to hide, he uses gum. Although, “Where’s My Disgusting Chewing Gum?” sounds less exciting than “Where’s Waldo?,” I must say, he gets points for creativity. Amy should be happy she found it, she found Waldo…err… Disgusting Chewing Gum!
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:32 pm rating: +3
#53
Bucklehoneysuckle
Oh…and I’ve never heard of anyone with the first name of Blythe, I did, however, know some guys with the LAST name of Blythe.
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:37 pm rating: +2
#54
WanderingPenguin
Seriously, I think it bears repeating: where are people living that “Blythe” is a man’s name? I just really want to know!
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:41 pm rating: +2
#55
WanderingPenguin
You mean, like, Captain Blythe?
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:41 pm rating: +3
#56
Canthz_B
What an odd mix of script and print.
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:42 pm rating: +1
#57
Bucklehoneysuckle
Captain Blythe? Should I know a Captain Blythe? Should Captain Blythe ring some sort of hypothetical bell? Because… It doesn’t. Hah.
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:43 pm rating: 0
#58
WanderingPenguin
The arrow on that note intrigues me as well. Is it indicating that the gum is named “Amy”? Or did Amy write the note and then add the arrow as an afterthought, lest Blythe mistakenly assume that Amy meant that the note should be thrown out? Or was the note originally left elsewhere in the kitchen with the arrow pointing at the Ugly Chef Placemat on the table?
The mind boggles.
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:47 pm rating: +2
#59
Karen
I think of Blythe as a very old-fashioned name. Something from the ’40s or ’50s. How old is this gum-chewer, like 80 ? (ok, so my math is off a bit, but still).
Maybe it’s not Blythe’s gum. Maybe it’s her denture glue. Her teeth are in a glass – she needs that glue for later.
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:47 pm rating: +2
#60
SHARKFAN
Um…Blythe Danner, anyone? Gwenyth Paltrow’s mother! Sheesh.
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:49 pm rating: +2
#61
WanderingPenguin
Yes, that would make it a name from the 40s or 50s, wouldn’t it Sharkie?
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:54 pm rating: +4
#62
Wade
This is Blythe.
http://www.thisisblythe.com/
The Horror!!
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:55 pm rating: +7
#63
Karen
Wow, I just finally registered last night, and I’m already rated – positively, even! (I left off my LW initials)
I can’t tell you how special I feel at this very moment.
Nov 30, 2007 at 2:55 pm rating: +2
#64
SHARKFAN
WP,
Yes Blythe Danner was born in the 40s.
Maybe the gum chewer was named after her grandmother.
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:03 pm rating: +1
#65
Katzndogz
I love the rage being spewed in Blythe’s direction! There should be a Celebrity Death Match between Blythe and Michelle, eater of the fucking delicious Outback bread. Who is more hated? We report, you decide!
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:03 pm rating: +8
#66
Ariadne
#64 – OMG Wade. I will being having nightmares about that one – yikes! It’s even more frightening than the A.B.C. chewing gum in today’s note.
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:04 pm rating: +5
#67
SHARKFAN
Not Blythe Danner’s grandmother…that previous sentence wasn’t worded quite right. Sorry!
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:05 pm rating: +3
#68
GhostWriter
Is it just me, or does the left side of the gum look like the profile of a guy with a 5:00 shadow?
Team Worship the Idol!
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:05 pm rating: +3
#69
WanderingPenguin
I can, like, totally see that Blythe on the site Wade linked to leaving, like, her gross chewing gum, like, everywhere, I mean, like whatEVerrr.
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:07 pm rating: +6
#70
Wade
O M G
The book “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” begins:
“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.”
The Audio CD is narrated by … Blythe Danner!!
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:08 pm rating: +7
#71
SHARKFAN
See!!! It’s a real name. =P
Maybe that’s Blythe Danner’s gum!
The story may have made her a gum-o-phobe
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:10 pm rating: +1
#72
Bucklehoneysuckle
#72–
Coincidence? I think NOT. The gum-leaving Blythe *IS* Blythe Danner…we’ve solved the mystery, back your bags, gents. We’re out of this place.
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:10 pm rating: +3
#73
Mishee
Blythe Danner? Really? You’d think she would go over to Gwynnie’s and read it to her grandkids (God, who names their kid Apple???)…
But I guess she’s got bills to pay too!!
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:12 pm rating: +2
#74
Wade
Maybe Blythe Danner was set up by her roommate – notorious gum-smacker Amy Winehouse.
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:21 pm rating: +3
#75
unholyghost2003
Blythe Danner= Woman
Lionel Blythe (The real name of Lionel Barrymore)=Man
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:23 pm rating: +3
#76
WanderingPenguin
Wow, Sharkie, I must
I just don’t know how it could be a man’s name.
ofhave missed the posts where anyone said it was a fake name.Nov 30, 2007 at 3:24 pm rating: +3
#77
anglophile
Wow, if I lived with Blythe, I’d soon be out of cutting boards, what with having to throw them out after she left her gum on them. Blech.
Hey Troy, nice fade out on that one! I think I’d rather have Sting stuck in my head, though.
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:29 pm rating: +3
#78
Bucklehoneysuckle
I hope so…but, until then–
Come one, come all! Witness the stupidity!
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:35 pm rating: +4
#79
Robin Claire
That sounds slightly poetic…
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:44 pm rating: +2
#80
Juliet
When I had roommates one of them had a dad who would come and do renovations on the house we all shared. He would leave his gum out, just anywhere.
Ew. Team Throw Away Your Gum If You Need To Remove It From Your Mouth.
I have picked gum out of more ashtrays than I can shake a stick at. Someone else commented on this, and I fully agree. Never again!
Nov 30, 2007 at 3:47 pm rating: +2
#81
SHARKFAN
#78 – WP, my comment about Blythe being a real name wasn’t because anyone said it was fake. It was in response to post #55 which reads “Oh…and I’ve never heard of anyone with the first name of Blythe” I was just letting Bucklehoneysuckle that there really are people (not gender specific mind you) with that particular name. Sorry for the confusion. Perhaps I should be punished by having to wear the Unitard.
Nov 30, 2007 at 5:11 pm rating: +3
#82
anglophile
Hmm. Sharkfan seems mighty eager to don the Unitard. What’s that all about?
Nov 30, 2007 at 5:16 pm rating: +2
#83
GhostWriter
Remember “Cool Hand Luke“? When the warden, says, “This is the way he wants it- and so he gets it!”
Picture Sharkfan under the warden’s boot (wearing the mandatory prison Unitard).
Nov 30, 2007 at 5:29 pm rating: +3
#84
WanderingPenguin
Sharkfan:
Missed that one. Sorry.
You’ll have to rip the unitard out of my cold, dead
flippershands.Hmm. Perhaps I am “Cool Hand” Luke?
Nov 30, 2007 at 5:34 pm rating: +3
#85
GhostWriter
Who Wants to be Cool Hand Luke?
Test One: Can you eat 50 eggs?
Test Two: …in about an hour??
Nov 30, 2007 at 5:37 pm rating: +3
#86
Mel
ok, after reading all this, and laughing several times, I had to throw my gum out (in the trash can) lest I choke on it – plus it was kinda grossing me out.
Nov 30, 2007 at 5:38 pm rating: +3
#87
Quan
Blythe is usually a surname.
Blithe means “Lacking due thought or consideration”. You get what you pay for.
Nov 30, 2007 at 6:05 pm rating: +1
#88
SHARKFAN
WP:
Perhaps I should just let you keep the Unitard. I’m sure it’s formed to the shape your body by now. I bet it won’t fit me properly. I’ll probably have to borrow some of Blythe’s ABC gum to keep it secured in place. (Gross!) Keep it! Keep the Unitard!
Nov 30, 2007 at 6:36 pm rating: +3
#89
Writer, Rejected
I wonder why Amy calls Blythe’s disgusting wad of heart shaped gum “these things.” Is she being polite? Is she trying to soften the PAN blow? I agree that it’s not a very good letter. I like UnholyG’s version in #22 myself. Slit her throat.
Nov 30, 2007 at 7:09 pm rating: +2
#90
Canthz_B
LOL #94, My Mom picked out “Victoria” for my first born as a girl’s name but I did not want her to become a “Vicki”. “Guy! Gag me with a spoon!”
So we did not choose that.
Nov 30, 2007 at 7:21 pm rating: +1
#91
park rose
Blythe, or blithe, going back to note #2, means light and cheerful, doesn’t it? #94 Carefree = careless. Yes, I can see the connection. A ignorance of the effect of your actions on others.
Thesaurus.com chooses these as synonyms: animated, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, gay, gladsome, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, light-hearted, merry, mirthful, sprightly, sunny, vivacious
Nov 30, 2007 at 7:33 pm rating: +1
#92
Canthz_B
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/blithe
I think it can mean both.
Looks like you guys/gals have a tie!
Nov 30, 2007 at 7:37 pm rating: +2
#93
park rose
Damn! I fixed that note and it didn’t take!
*An* ignorance, or *Being ignorant* i.e.
blithely unaware.
Yeah, I’m with you now, CB, on the dual meaning.
Nov 30, 2007 at 7:43 pm rating: +2
#94
Wade
I think I would take lithe over blithe, lol.
Nov 30, 2007 at 7:50 pm rating: +4
#95
jute
From CanthzB, September 22nd.
You are off topic, I again invite you to use the THMQ option at the top of the page…that is one of the PAN rules.
My how times have changed in the dominion.
Nov 30, 2007 at 9:20 pm rating: 0
#96
WanderingPenguin
Well, exactly, jute. But now you are not allowed to mention that on this thread. So use your power for good and not for evil.
And just when I thought I was pissing into the wind, too.
Nov 30, 2007 at 10:07 pm rating: +4
#97
WanderingPenguin
Hey jute (wow, that should be a song or something!), too bad you didn’t catch this other pearl from the same thread (and the same source) you quoted earlier:
“He’s less than Mishee Lola! Truely not worth using more than 15% of the old gray matter on.”
Now, quite aside from the horrible punctuation and spelling, that’s rather an interesting comment for his lordship to make about Mishee, wouldn’t you say? Quite a 180 from their current status, too.
Brings to mind an old poem me mudder used ta sing ta me:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m schizophrenic
And so am I.
One last thing for now: My post commending your post has, of this writing, been mysteriously rated a “plus 2″. So we’re clearly not the only enlightened ones around here. Chin up!
Nov 30, 2007 at 10:48 pm rating: +3
#98
summer
i have had gas all night.
Nov 30, 2007 at 10:59 pm rating: +1
#99
Reality
Summer, you’re all alone we won’t mind!!! hahahahaahah……..
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:06 pm rating: +2
#100
Olrun
What a strange thing to just randomly confess,
but I have herd that chewing gum can give you gas.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:13 pm rating: +2
#101
Reality
Now for the note, This is one nasty note! Just the other day my grandaughter sat in someones’ gum at the football game. They must have been chewing the whole pack-YUCK. I say Blythe needs to grow up not even her mommie wouldn’t put up with that!
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:15 pm rating: +2
#102
BoggyWoggy
He’s a “little person” and that is his used condom. Don’t touch it!
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:19 pm rating: +3
#103
Reality
I say forgit the thugs and do something about it! Kick her and her thugs out, then forgit all about them.
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:21 pm rating: +3
#104
Reality
Gum is really ugly even when it is in your mouth, It is really gross how bad it looks on the right (wrong) person!
Nov 30, 2007 at 11:24 pm rating: +1
#105
Olrun
I LOVE THE NEGITIVE RATING YOU GAVE ME !!!!!!!!!!!!
IT’S AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKYOU!!!!!!!!
( sorry just had to be an asshole, it was to tempting. )
Dec 1, 2007 at 12:29 am rating: +2
#106
Wade
Even if she is lithe, Blythe’s blithe gum disposal makes my stomach writhe.
Dec 1, 2007 at 12:32 am rating: +1
#107
Canthz_B
I just hope no one threatens her with a scythe to tithe.
Dec 1, 2007 at 1:06 am rating: 0
#108
Canthz_B
Not artfully worded, but you get it right?
Dec 1, 2007 at 1:21 am rating: 0
#109
Reality
It looks like Blythe and her thugs brings out the negative in all of us.
Dec 1, 2007 at 1:42 am rating: +2
#110
lola
Am I really the only who isn’t bothered by other people’s chewing gum?
As long as it’s not in my hair, not in my food, and not sneakily placed under a ledge or chair, I’m cool with it.
Dec 1, 2007 at 1:53 am rating: +4
#111
Canthz_B
Boy, and just lately someone told me that they approve of evolution but not devolution.
More recently than eight weeks ago.
Dec 1, 2007 at 1:59 am rating: --2
#112
Troy McClure
Olrun at #113, hee hee! Worth a try I guess!
Dec 1, 2007 at 2:26 am rating: +2
#113
WanderingPenguin
Someone on here is making less sense by the day. Which I guess is a form of devolution, but I’m not sure….but then, my original comment applied specifically to the English language, so I guess it wouldn’t be relevant here.
But that someone is not Lola, because I totally agree with what she said. Gum just does not do anything to freak me out the way it does for so many people on this thread. I pretty much just don’t want to step in it and it’s cool. Well, or eat it by mistake.
Now, freshly-washed hair in a public sink….
Nah, I can’t even carry that off.
Dec 1, 2007 at 10:10 am rating: 0
#114
WanderingPenguin
jute, if you’re still hanging around, I was kind of wondering who you are. I imagine you’re either a regular gone incognito or an ex-pat coming back for a look? I don’t really know any other place to ask so… if you can spill the beans somewhere privately let me know. I have a couple of theories….
FTR, I’m actually kind of surprised nobody has accused me of being… well, you. I figure it’s only a matter of time. There are people here who like to stir up “turds” under assumed names (like, say, a famous movie star) but I haven’t tried that angle yet; however, your post does seem like something I would say. Now I wish I had found it first. Oh, well.
Dec 1, 2007 at 11:26 am rating: +1
#115
mamason
I have a confession to make: Right now, at this very moment, there is a piece of ABC gum perched atop the Tums bottle on my nightstand. Is there a 12 step program for this kind of thing? I feel powerless to change.
Dec 1, 2007 at 12:08 pm rating: +3
#116
Writer, Rejected
Stir up turds? My friend, that is some accusation. Also, if you are going to drop hints about famous movie stars, you’d better start naming names. (Animation star names do not count.)
Dec 1, 2007 at 12:23 pm rating: +4
#117
morpho aurora
#118 – lola, that’s pretty much how i feel – i think it’s pretty nasty to stick chewed gum to a cutting board but i would have just grabbed a paper towel and disposed of it. and sprayed the board with bleach.
Dec 1, 2007 at 12:40 pm rating: +4
#118
mamason
The thing about bleach- you have to be careful to not over spay.
Dec 1, 2007 at 1:05 pm rating: +3
#119
morpho aurora
#126 – it really wouldn’t be a problem no matter how much i sprayed – i don’t use other people’s kitchen stuff (or let them use mine) so cleaning the board would just be my good deed for the week
since i am such a nice person and all
leaving chewed gum stuck to any surface is just plain tacky
Dec 1, 2007 at 1:19 pm rating: +4
#120
Emily
Ok, this is disgusting and all, but Andrea appears to be the queen of passive aggressive notes. I don’t get it– is she submitting them here, like “hey, look at my latest installment”?
p.s. The couch sleeping one from June was ridiculous. If she can’t take a bagel left out overnight, she needs to live alone. ASAP.
Dec 1, 2007 at 1:28 pm rating: +2
#121
WanderingPenguin
Sorry, W,R. I was, of course, referring to “Buggs” [sic] Bunny. Now I see that doesn’t count and I feel badly.
I loved mamson’s latest comment.
Dec 1, 2007 at 2:00 pm rating: +1
#122
Juliet
# 121 WP – I agree. I chew gum in the afternoons, because it keeps me awake once the morning coffee has worn off. However I put it in the garbage when I am done. Gum doesn’t freak me out, but I really hate picking it off my hair, my clothes, out of ashtrays, etc.
It’s waaay grosser when it isn’t yours.
Dec 1, 2007 at 3:09 pm rating: +4
#123
Juliet
Emily – how many notes has Andrea posted here? Does she inspire others to write her P-A notes? If so, that’s terrible.
Dec 1, 2007 at 3:12 pm rating: +1
#124
mamason
WP- I live for your approval!
Dec 1, 2007 at 3:15 pm rating: +4
#125
Pand0raWilde
OK, that’s just gross! Time to make a pile of gum on her pillow.
Dec 1, 2007 at 4:00 pm rating: +1
#126
mamason
I LOVE THE NEGITIVE RATING YOU GAVE ME !!!!!!!!!!!!
IT’S AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKYOU!!!!!!!!
( sorry just had to be an asshole, it was to tempting. )
Thanks Olrun! I hope you don’t mind my “borrowing” your words!
Dec 1, 2007 at 4:11 pm rating: +3
#127
anglophile
I’ll plus-one you mamason, on account of the cool smilie and the penguin pandering.
Dec 1, 2007 at 5:20 pm rating: +2
#128
mamason
Thank you anglo!
Dec 1, 2007 at 6:29 pm rating: +1
#129
Writer, Rejected
What’s the rating? I don’t get it.
Dec 1, 2007 at 9:54 pm rating: +1
#130
anglophile
W,R, if you register, you can rate.
Dec 1, 2007 at 10:01 pm rating: +1
#131
WanderingPenguin
Heh heh heh…penguin pandering. *shiver* Sounds dirty!
Dec 1, 2007 at 10:54 pm rating: 0
#132
jute
Sure, WP, I will assure the masses:
I am not you (though with that schizophrenic poem in post 105…heh-heh-heh).
I would not post this here if there was another place I could post it, because it is, of course, way off topic. There is a place for off-topic comments, but only a few people are welcome there – so, what’s a piece of fiber to do?
I am surprized my original post isn’t negative 13, actually. Maybe this one will get there. So, in advance, and with apologies to Olrun and Mamason:
I LOVE THE NEGITIVE RATING YOU GAVE ME !!!!!!!!!!!!
IT’S AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKYOU!!!!!!!!
On topic (kind of) I love still bonkers’ note on this thread. Reading that definitely gave me a PASHY moment.
Dec 1, 2007 at 10:54 pm rating: +1
#133
WanderingPenguin
Hmm. Excellent point re: schizo poem. Didn’t think of that. Oh well.
Well, I have gathered a couple of clues/hints from your note and I am off for the night to ponder on this. Whoever you turn out to be, jute, it’s nice to have at least one other person around here who isn’t up for “kissing the ring” in that 7th circle of hell.
I’m hoping for a new note tomorrow because I’ve promised my better half to try to let this die out on this thread. We’ll see if that takes.
You’re right: too bad we can’t talk about this elsewhere.
Dec 1, 2007 at 11:31 pm rating: +1
#134
Olrun
mamason,
I don’t mind you useing my words, I have no problems with sharing, ( no need to apologize either jute ) I just wonder why you got a higher rating for useing it than I did.
Nice….
Now thats awsome…..
Dec 2, 2007 at 12:35 am rating: 0
#135
cumulonimbus
Olrun, re: 142 – it’s all in the delivery, kid, and mamason sure knows how to deliver ( I just mean she’s got a great sense of timing).
Dec 2, 2007 at 5:19 am rating: +2
#136
super_fan#99
The ratings thing intrigues me enough to try this register thing. When I’ve tried before though, it says my name is invalid. What do I have to change?
Dec 2, 2007 at 8:22 am rating: +1
#137
park rose
Hey Wade, re #101, would you take lithe Blythe over merely being lithe?
I’m surpised puns similar to ‘A blight upon thee’ have not been worked into the thread yet. And that is definitely not a blight upon thee, Wade, just a random thought.
Dec 2, 2007 at 9:05 am rating: --1
#138
park rose
It would of course, then be, ‘A Blythe upon thee’ – a gum chewing maniac demon, destined to stick a big glob of masticated gunk in your hair the minute you had an important meeting or date.
Dec 2, 2007 at 9:10 am rating: +1
#139
anglophile
super fan, it probably doesn’t like the #
Dec 2, 2007 at 9:57 am rating: +1
#140
the modern gal
my roommate left his toenail clippings on the table the other day. i’m getting fed up with him, but i’m not quite to the level of a passive-aggressive not yet. i’m sure it’s coming though.
Dec 2, 2007 at 5:08 pm rating: +2
#141
WanderingPenguin
…and, of course, you will take a photo and send it in, right?
Dec 2, 2007 at 6:05 pm rating: +1
#142
wicked opinion
I was not aware that being a mother includes the title: “She Who Must Monitor Location of Child’s Gum At All Times”. I occasionally look up from my dinner plate to see a wet pile of something that looks like a tiny brain and an albino pile of poo had a love child. On the edge of my kid’s plate. Staring at me with poppyseed eyes. Immediate hostilities ensue in hopes that my daughter does not turn into a blithe idiot/bad roommate. It is a constant battle – gum on the tops of drink bottles, on the sides of plates, perched on the rims of drinking glasses, on the back of the hand while doing homework. Here’s the thing that really skeeves me out – it’s bad enough that this piece of nasty is coming out of your mouth and possibly infecting the rest of us, but conversely, think of what you may be picking up with the gum on the surface you put it on and then putting back into your mouth….gaaah. I’m so tired..
TEAM THROW IT AWAY.
Dec 3, 2007 at 2:59 pm rating: +2
#143
Mrs L Carrot
Oh come on! Don’t be a spoilsport. Put the photo with the note back, I so wanted to see it….
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:48 am rating: 0
#144 a friend of a friend is our enemy
[...] expressly asked her not to. “the first friend we encountered killed one of my fish and put gum in my aquarium,” tina says, and when another friend-of-a-friend started “subtly and [...]
Feb 7, 2008 at 10:35 am rating: 0
#145
bobby
well yes, she should have thrown it away, but it’s still a passive aggressive note. which is the point. feel free to pick sides but she chose to deal with it passiveaggressively . so whatever.
Jul 18, 2008 at 2:46 pm rating: 0
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