Comments on: So this is your NON-vulgar side? Shut the front door!

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:53:02 +0000

Good one, but that opens you up to the almost mandatory retort: “Forget you, forgot you, I never thought about you!”

By: Lauren--NY

Lauren--NY — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:56:01 +0000

Haha, this. Love.

Seriously, if you’re going to star out the word (and use an incorrect number of stars) then don’t use it.

By: ariane

ariane — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:17:27 +0000

True. To be “over” something means that it no longer bothers you. For example, you can be over a cold or the flu (you’re well now) or you can be over a quarrel with someone (you’ve made it up). Therefore if this person is “over” the slamming issue, that should mean it’s no longer an issue, which it obviously still is.

If you’re **tired of** the door slamming, say that. And say it face to face, not in some vulgar, raggedy note.

If I had been the recipient of this note I would have been led to slam the door every single time. And then to sing out “Sorrreee!” once I was safely on the other side of it.

By: Who? Me?

Who? Me? — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:36:55 +0000

Get it?

By: wright1

wright1 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:06:40 +0000

So many mixed messages in one email! The two years of teeth-grinding and pants-cleaning before finding the couRAGE to go all PA is classic, of course.

Then there’s having put up with it “intermittently”… what’s intermittent? The door slamming? Putting up with it?

And being “over it”… over what? Her audio-induced incontinence? Her nonexistent tolerance? Her attempts to broadcast her displeasure via telepathy?

So many mixed signals and unanswered questions! Her co-workers and all other users of that back door can look forward to a truly PA-enhanced workplace now!

By: The Elf

The Elf — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:21:02 +0000

Wow, another example of two nations divided by a common language! I never knew that bit of Aussie slang. Thanks for the education.

But it is funnier if you take it literally.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:37:06 +0000

To be fair to the author, they are obviously Australian – ‘giving me the shits’ is an Australian phrase meaning something is annoying you – as such, all the fucking fuck fuck references would not be considered vulgar at all.

Still, you’d think they might have mentioned the whole door slamming issue a couple of years ago.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:27:08 +0000

I can handle Jamie Lee Curtis’ advocacy of healthy pooping, but The Flying Nun with osteoporosis just makes me feel a little older and a bit sad.
I mean, just one of those crash landings could lay her up for months now!

By: RadialSkid

RadialSkid — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:32:54 +0000

What kind of nerve does someone have to have to write a note like this, and then say that he or she’s “over it” at the end?

Newsflash: If you were “over it,” you wouldn’t be complaining.

By: Madrias

Madrias — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:47:02 +0000

Epic win.

By: Who? Me?

Who? Me? — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:26:02 +0000

Forget you!

By: Non-Mommy

Non-Mommy — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:09:47 +0000

I know you shouldn’t poke a stick at the crazy, but I’d totally have to slam the door again. Just for him.

Also, let’s test out that sudden noise digestive issue. Popping balloons, sudden announcements over the PA, etc.

By: AuntyBron

AuntyBron — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:36:07 +0000

I’m not sure the note writer has enough of a mind to be giving some of it away.

By: What do I know

What do I know — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:42:49 +0000

Why slam the door when you can crawl through the window, play hissing noises, or wear your wooden clogs.

I am tempted to really see the vulgar side of note writer.