http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_432_bill_20110216_introduced.html
Seriously. Read section 1-1.
The fuck? Ok, I think I will be staying out of CA now. The derp might be contagious.
Quote from: COL Coyote on August 16, 2011, 01:05:56 AM
The fuck? Ok, I think I will be staying out of CA now. The derp might be contagious.
Won't help. In Soviet Seattle, California goes to YOU!
:lulz: :horrormirth:
CALIFORNIA.
Is worried.
ABOUT THIS????????
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 03:02:53 AM
CALIFORNIA.
Is worried.
ABOUT THIS????????
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
It's a funded mandate.
Someone's about to get
paid.
Interesting to see who gets the contracts.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 03:06:09 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 03:02:53 AM
CALIFORNIA.
Is worried.
ABOUT THIS????????
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
It's a funded mandate.
Someone's about to get paid.
Interesting to see who gets the contracts.
I actually do approve of the bit which says that floor-cleaning implements must have handles, so that the cleaning ladies don't have to be on hands and knees. But the fitted sheets bit is fucking stupid.
AND ALSO, California is the state in which I encountered BEDBUGS
So I would rather they had a mandate that sheets must be white, or that they must be inspected daily.
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 04:13:04 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 03:06:09 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 03:02:53 AM
CALIFORNIA.
Is worried.
ABOUT THIS????????
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
It's a funded mandate.
Someone's about to get paid.
Interesting to see who gets the contracts.
I actually do approve of the bit which says that floor-cleaning implements must have handles, so that the cleaning ladies don't have to be on hands and knees. But the fitted sheets bit is fucking stupid.
AND ALSO, California is the state in which I encountered BEDBUGS
So I would rather they had a mandate that sheets must be white, or that they must be inspected daily.
There's not as much political patronage money in that.
So, i'm kind of confused.
are you suggesting that there's somebody that's lined up to sell fitted sheets to all the lodging establishments (i assume this means hotels/motels, no?) that currently use a flat sheet on the bottom?
that seems odd.... why wouldn't they just buy them online from whoever is cheapest?
and who the hell uses flat sheets on the bottom anyways?
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 04:36:09 AM
and who the hell uses flat sheets on the bottom anyways?
I've heard hospitals do. I know in basic we did. I've heard that they are used in camps as well.
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 04:36:09 AM
So, i'm kind of confused.
are you suggesting that there's somebody that's lined up to sell fitted sheets to all the lodging establishments (i assume this means hotels/motels, no?) that currently use a flat sheet on the bottom?
that seems odd.... why wouldn't they just buy them online from whoever is cheapest?
and who the hell uses flat sheets on the bottom anyways?
Dunno.
All I know is, anytime there's a funded mandate, money starts falling into peoples' pockets when it maybe shouldn't.
hmm. yeah
being a military brat, i was taught by my dad to do 'hospital corners' on my sheets, but that was just for the top sheet, as we always had fitted bottoms. i can see military eschewing the fitted sheet as an extravagance.
I'd be surprised it hospitals still used flat sheets on bottom, though. it seems like they would be sufficiently less efficient to offset any cost savings. unless there's some functional advantage i'm overlooking.
what do you mean by 'camps'?
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 04:44:57 AM
hmm. yeah
being a military brat, i was taught by my dad to do 'hospital corners' on my sheets, but that was just for the top sheet, as we always had fitted bottoms. i can see military eschewing the fitted sheet as an extravagance.
I'd be surprised it hospitals still used flat sheets on bottom, though. it seems like they would be sufficiently less efficient to offset any cost savings. unless there's some functional advantage i'm overlooking.
what do you mean by 'camps'?
Summer camps, or so I've been told.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 04:13:57 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 04:13:04 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 03:06:09 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 03:02:53 AM
CALIFORNIA.
Is worried.
ABOUT THIS????????
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
It's a funded mandate.
Someone's about to get paid.
Interesting to see who gets the contracts.
I actually do approve of the bit which says that floor-cleaning implements must have handles, so that the cleaning ladies don't have to be on hands and knees. But the fitted sheets bit is fucking stupid.
AND ALSO, California is the state in which I encountered BEDBUGS
So I would rather they had a mandate that sheets must be white, or that they must be inspected daily.
There's not as much political patronage money in that.
Annd no California State Bureau of Furniture and Bedding.
i want in on the fitted bedsheet racket!
:argh!:
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 04:50:40 AM
i want in on the fitted bedsheet racket!
:argh!:
By the time you've heard about it, it's all...sewn up.
:hammer:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 04:51:20 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 04:50:40 AM
i want in on the fitted bedsheet racket!
:argh!:
By the time you've heard about it, it's all...sewn up.
:hammer:
OH GOD FUCKING DAMMIT THAT IS RWHN'S JOB! :argh!:
But he isn't posting as himself, nor as much as he was. :cry:
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 16, 2011, 05:13:45 AM
But he isn't posting as himself, nor as much as he was. :cry:
Eh. I could blame myself, but I think he's enough of an aware thinker to get over it.
Yes, I hope so. I hope he comes back to make MOAR PUNS.
Big Elastic Sheeting ain't an industry I'd like to fuck with.
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 05:13:00 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 04:51:20 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 04:50:40 AM
i want in on the fitted bedsheet racket!
:argh!:
By the time you've heard about it, it's all...sewn up.
:hammer:
OH GOD FUCKING DAMMIT THAT IS RWHN'S JOB! :argh!:
But would he wait a full page to drop the punchline?
There's a reason for this.
Some highly populous cities--New York and California particularly (Suu probably saw the ridonkulous number of ads for "green" bedbug management services when she visited Long Island this year) are having a rash of problems with bed bug infestations. What's worse is they're becoming resistant to the usual treatments and regularly soaking the places people sleep with kerosene and noxious nerve agents isn't an option so they've had to create some pretty wacky, knee-jerk laws to address the problem of hotels who simply don't give a shit (you'd be surprised how many do things like not bothering to change sheets/linens between guests, not vacuuming the mattresses regularly, etc). The cure to everything, of course, is more legislation because we're too fucking lazy and instant grat-oriented to do silly shit like research the place we're staying or boycott an establishment for things like price gouging and unsanitary practices.
So now you have laws on the books like "thou shalt not use anything other than an expensive HEPA pillowcase" and "Thou shalt not make the beds bootcamp style with two open sheets instead of a fitted."
Or fucking kill me.
how does fitted sheets impact the bedbug issue? (or sanitation in general...)
Quote from: navkat on August 16, 2011, 04:38:14 PM
The cure to everything, of course, is more legislation because we're too fucking lazy and instant grat-oriented to do silly shit like research the place we're staying or boycott an establishment for things like price gouging and unsanitary practices.
I'm starting to realize that you really can't fault the government for these regualtions because, well, people really
aren't doing anything about it themselves.
If people really are too stupid not to shit where they eat, then this sort of falls into "promote the general welfare", y'know?
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 04:51:32 PM
how does fitted sheets impact the bedbug issue? (or sanitation in general...)
It is so
proactive, it doesn't need to!
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 04:51:32 PM
how does fitted sheets impact the bedbug issue? (or sanitation in general...)
It doesn't. At all. Unless that "fitted sheet" is a full allergen barrier bag that completely goes over the mattress and has taped seams and a taped-over zipper. And even then, that just keeps the ones in the mattress from getting out, it does nothing to deter the ones in the carpet, blankets, comforters, etc.
As far as treatments that bedbugs cannot develop a resistance to, there is nothing more effective than diatomaceous earth, which is totally non-toxic to humans provided it's not ingested in large quantities.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 16, 2011, 04:53:32 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 16, 2011, 04:38:14 PM
The cure to everything, of course, is more legislation because we're too fucking lazy and instant grat-oriented to do silly shit like research the place we're staying or boycott an establishment for things like price gouging and unsanitary practices.
I'm starting to realize that you really can't fault the government for these regualtions because, well, people really aren't doing anything about it themselves.
If people really are too stupid not to shit where they eat, then this sort of falls into "promote the general welfare", y'know?
Do a little research on bedbugs... this is like saying that we have mosquitos because people shit where they eat. The fucking things are insane.
Yes, inspecting beds and changing sheets between guests is incredibly important, but the reason places get bedbugs is not because of a lack of cleanliness, it's because they're hardy, it only takes one to create an infestation, and they're nearly impossible to get rid of.
OHSU has had a bedbug infestation problem for over five years now, all because they treated a transient woman who had been exposed to them, and her bags and/or clothing were carrying a few bugs and eggs. They placed her possessions in plastic bags in a locker, but at least one got out (or dropped off before being bagged) and that's all it took; one a single bug was in the building, they were (and continue to be) fucked forever. They eventually CLOSED DOWN THE WHOLE BUILDING to try to eradicate the infestation.
I know a woman who picked up bedbugs traveling, and it took her over a year to get rid of them. A friend in San Francisco got them, and in the end he got rid of them by sealing off the upstairs of his house for a year.
I'm terrified of the fuckers. We've got them in Portland now, too. Apparently they're absolutely epidemic in Las Vegas; Mr. Language's sister works for one of the chi-chi hotels and says that even the nicest places are having problems with them.
iirc, Suu had only limited success with the DE once she had a problem with the little bastards, right?
also, you have to put that crap all over the place, no?
...
hmm... I wonder if you could make a spray that has DE suspended in something like a spraypaint that will adhere it to a surface and then dry, while maintaining the suitably sharp microstructure that fucks up their protective coating. this could then be applied to the surfaces bedbugs are likely to cross.
Apologies, Nigel -- I started thinking in more general terms. I agree that bedbugs have fit in very well to the current environment, and can spread insanely easily, even in places that are looking out for them.
I was thinking more in terms of the argument, "The gubment is trying to dictate how we live our lives, and are treating us like babies!" when in fact the majority of people involved are acting like babies.
I know: wrong topic, wrong perspective, wrong conclusion. I understand that individual freedom is paramount. I just can't help but feel a pang of sympathy for the counterargument, "if you all weren't such assholes all the time, we wouldn't need a law telling you to stop."
Anyway, this was a threadjack. I'll stop now.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 16, 2011, 04:53:32 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 16, 2011, 04:38:14 PM
The cure to everything, of course, is more legislation because we're too fucking lazy and instant grat-oriented to do silly shit like research the place we're staying or boycott an establishment for things like price gouging and unsanitary practices.
I'm starting to realize that you really can't fault the government for these regualtions because, well, people really aren't doing anything about it themselves.
If people really are too stupid not to shit where they eat, then this sort of falls into "promote the general welfare", y'know?
If you google the story, bedbugs have nothing to do with the excuse for the legislation.
The congressman responsible stated that his mother was a maid in a hotel, and using the double sheet method made her back hurt.
When asked to verify his story, he told the reporters to shit in their hats.
It's going to fuck up people's backs regardless. You're bending over and ripping off sheets no matter what.
Quote from: Cain on August 16, 2011, 06:54:36 PM
It's going to fuck up people's backs regardless. You're bending over and ripping off sheets no matter what.
Oh, I know.
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 16, 2011, 06:01:29 AM
Yes, I hope so. I hope he comes back to make MOAR PUNS.
Sorry, not really feeling those these days. Not to worry though, others seem to have done just fine picking up the mantle.
Quote from: Cain on August 16, 2011, 06:54:36 PM
It's going to fuck up people's backs regardless. You're bending over and ripping off sheets no matter what.
In addition, now there are two kinds of sheets to keep track of and pair up. Sounds like it would make the maids' jobs harder, not easier.
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 08:55:02 PM
In addition, now there are two kinds of sheets to keep track of and pair up. Sounds like it would make the maids' jobs harder, not easier.
yea, that sprang to mind right after i said something about it being more efficient having fitted sheets.
im not sure whether you come out ahead having to track two types of sheets while avoiding the necessity of fitting flat sheets to a mattress, or having just one type of sheet while avoiding that additional step...
not having dealt with the latter, i can only assume that the fitted sheets are better, otherwise they would not have caught on, no?
which do you use?
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 09:06:44 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 08:55:02 PM
In addition, now there are two kinds of sheets to keep track of and pair up. Sounds like it would make the maids' jobs harder, not easier.
yea, that sprang to mind right after i said something about it being more efficient having fitted sheets.
im not sure whether you come out ahead having to track two types of sheets while avoiding the necessity of fitting flat sheets to a mattress, or having just one type of sheet while avoiding that additional step...
not having dealt with the latter, i can only assume that the fitted sheets are better, otherwise they would not have caught on, no?
which do you use?
I use fitted sheets for the simple reason that they're what they have when you buy a sheet set at the store. But they're more of a pain in the ass to take off and put on, IMO, and they're always annoyingly popping off at one corner or another. I should switch to flat.
the manufacturers do not anticipate the level of athleticism that you bring to the bed, Nigel...
they make clips that affix the sheet to the mattress for people like you.
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 09:28:58 PM
the manufacturers do not anticipate the level of athleticism that you bring to the bed, Nigel...
they make clips that affix the sheet to the mattress for people like you.
Wow.
perhaps i needed a smiley?
(i assume everyone here pops the sheets off their mattress every chance they get!)
:lol:
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 09:28:58 PM
the manufacturers do not anticipate the level of athleticism that you bring to the bed, Nigel...
they make clips that affix the sheet to the mattress for people like you.
:lol: Were that only the case...
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 09:32:31 PM
perhaps i needed a smiley?
(i assume everyone here pops the sheets off their mattress every chance they get!)
:lol:
:lol:
Sheets?
I've accidentally bed frames. STUPID SHODY CRAFTSMANSHIP!!!!!! :argh!: :argh!: :argh!: :argh!:
I don't even know what you're talking about.
Nigel, celibate since March.
I would literally die.
Quote from: Nigel on August 17, 2011, 01:32:14 AM
I don't even know what you're talking about.
Nigel, celibate since March.
It gets worse.
It can't. I'd already be dead.
ECH,
The Chaz Michael Michaels of PD.com
BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS GOOD, HERE ON THE ISLAND* (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_California).
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 17, 2011, 02:09:56 AM
I would literally die.
I used to think I would. Now I know better. OTHERS must die.
I'd agree with you on that point (and do in theory), but I'm pretty sure I'm actually allergic to celibacy and would die of some combination of anaphylactic shock and bleeding out through a ruptured scrotum.
Quote from: Nigel on August 17, 2011, 08:17:51 AM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 17, 2011, 02:09:56 AM
I would literally die.
I used to think I would. Now I know better. OTHERS must die.
It won't kill you. Others? Yes, quite possibly.
This, too, will pass... just not until I am good and ready.
It's not so bad, really. When it starts seeming awful is probably about when I'll be ready to end it.
I find I have little sympathy though I love each of you....
I will not give the number of years (yes YEARS) but let's leave it with KHARA WINS THE CELIBACY FORFUCKINGEVER RACE!!! :lulz:
In truth though..... :cry:
I have a friend who was celibate and not at all looking or interested for about ten years while she raised her daughters. Then she met her current boyfriend, and they are blissfully happy and ridiculously in love. It's really great.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 06:55:15 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 16, 2011, 06:54:36 PM
It's going to fuck up people's backs regardless. You're bending over and ripping off sheets no matter what.
Oh, I know.
I thought so. I just had to write the stupidity, just to see if it was really as stupid as it sounded inside my head.
It was.
Quote from: Nigel on August 17, 2011, 04:25:14 PM
I have a friend who was celibate and not at all looking or interested for about ten years while she raised her daughters. Then she met her current boyfriend, and they are blissfully happy and ridiculously in love. It's really great.
YAY!!! Maybe I can still have hope!!! :lulz:
Quote from: Nigel on August 17, 2011, 04:05:10 PM
It's not so bad, really. When it starts seeming awful is probably about when I'll be ready to end it.
I'm getting there. I'm less screwed up than I was this time a year ago, just not quite there, yet.
On the less-screwed-up note... Walked past the place I was attacked, for the first time since it happened. Hadn't meant too, was walking down in the area and didn't recognize the turn. I don't know how I'd expected to feel, but... Nothing. Just, yeah, a bad thing happened there.
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 09:25:53 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 16, 2011, 09:06:44 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 08:55:02 PM
In addition, now there are two kinds of sheets to keep track of and pair up. Sounds like it would make the maids' jobs harder, not easier.
yea, that sprang to mind right after i said something about it being more efficient having fitted sheets.
im not sure whether you come out ahead having to track two types of sheets while avoiding the necessity of fitting flat sheets to a mattress, or having just one type of sheet while avoiding that additional step...
not having dealt with the latter, i can only assume that the fitted sheets are better, otherwise they would not have caught on, no?
which do you use?
I use fitted sheets for the simple reason that they're what they have when you buy a sheet set at the store. But they're more of a pain in the ass to take off and put on, IMO, and they're always annoyingly popping off at one corner or another. I should switch to flat.
navkat's fitted sheet rule:
When plainwhite fitted sheet comes out of dryer, you have fifty-fifty chance of grabbing corner at random, choosing bed corner at random and getting right the putting on bed.
Chance of right putting goes down thirty-thumk percent when do thinking to be get right the putting on bed so that nintey-nine and three quarters time you are to be getting wrong.
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 02:09:56 PM
navkat's fitted sheet rule:
When plainwhite fitted sheet comes out of dryer, you have fifty-fifty chance of grabbing corner at random, choosing bed corner at random and getting right the putting on bed.
Chance of right putting goes down thirty-thumk percent when do thinking to be get right the putting on bed so that nintey-nine and three quarters time you are to be getting wrong.
Reading this post is like driving on a highway in a rainstorm and you hit a really big puddle -- Everything is fine and then you realize the wheels aren't actually on the road, you have no control over anything, and the whole car slowly fishtails its way off the road and crashes into the guardrail.
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
I don't fold fitted sheets. I roll them into a ball and throw them into my linen closet. They're on the bottom anyway, who the fuck is looking at the wrinkles?
This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHTyH2nuFAw) has an amazingly fast and easy way to fold a fitted sheet.
In homemaker terms, it's borderline genius.
Seriously, though, who the fuck bothers folding a fitted sheet?
I mean, that's almost as retarded as folding your boxer shorts.
I've never had to deal with the problem, I have one set of sheets, they are either on my bed or in the wash. It keeps life easy and you don't have to fold them :lulz:
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 18, 2011, 02:53:36 PM
I mean, that's almost as retarded as folding your boxer shorts.
THIS.
Folding underwear is pointless. Just throw it in the drawer.
LMNO, is there another method for folding them that i am not aware of?
i guess i just mimicked the way they were folded when you buy them, and i do it exactly like that fellow does...
ECH, i just roll up my underwear. quick and efficient. i only have a little drawer for them, so if i stuffed them in there, it wouldn't fit well enough. plus i can see them all to pick which ones i want.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 18, 2011, 02:53:15 PM
Seriously, though, who the fuck bothers folding a fitted sheet?
I fold them, because I have like eight sets of them and wadding them up in the bottom of the closet is a ridiculous waste of storage space.
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 08:13:34 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 18, 2011, 02:53:15 PM
Seriously, though, who the fuck bothers folding a fitted sheet?
I fold them, because I have like eight sets of them and wadding them up in the bottom of the closet is a ridiculous waste of storage space.
I fold them because if I don't, my mother will, from halfway across the country, smack me in the back of the head. (Richter, you think I made that shot I caught my brother with up? I learned from her.)
My mom used to IRON sheets.
Then everybody eventually had to get jobs and quit doing that. :p
we own an iron.
it's a lonely, lonely device...
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 09:11:09 PM
we own an iron.
it's a lonely, lonely device...
I recently discovered that I own an iron. It's in the basement, and I vaguely remember buying it about 20 years ago.
what about buttoned shirts? you need to iron those. not that I actually do it, but I know I should :)
Quote from: Triple Zero on August 18, 2011, 09:36:13 PM
what about buttoned shirts? you need to iron those. not that I actually do it, but I know I should :)
My ex had an iron that I guess he used for those. I never used it.
i think most shirts these days are 'wrinkle free', which ime means that if you take them out of the dryer as soon as it's done and hang them up, then you're golden.
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 18, 2011, 02:51:49 PM
This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHTyH2nuFAw) has an amazingly fast and easy way to fold a fitted sheet.
In homemaker terms, it's borderline genius.
I do that. I call it "The pokey thing."
Doesn't come out so great 100% of the time when you're 5'2".
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 09:20:48 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 09:11:09 PM
we own an iron.
it's a lonely, lonely device...
I recently discovered that I own an iron. It's in the basement, and I vaguely remember buying it about 20 years ago.
I've gone through maybe 9 or 11 irons in my lifetime. Wore 'em plum out or threw em out because they were infected with the starch crusties.
Former military...shirts (including my kid's) look "jacked up" if they're not pressed and starched.
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
And because they're easier to drop back into place ensuring no twisting-lift movements (an OSHA cardinal sin) on behalf of the worker.
A job interviewer fancied himself the next Bill Gates and asked me this question in 2000.
I got the job.
DON'T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE AND FIX SHIT TO DEATH.
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
SO YOU CAN PLAY FRISBEE WITH THEM.
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:28:13 PM
DON'T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE AND FIX SHIT TO DEATH.
:lulz:
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.
It's called, "Making the Queen cry".
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 18, 2011, 11:03:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.
It's called, "Making the Queen cry".
:lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 18, 2011, 11:03:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.
It's called, "Making the Queen cry".
Bitch has to cry about SOMETHING once in awhile.
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 11:05:49 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 18, 2011, 11:03:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.
It's called, "Making the Queen cry".
Bitch has to cry about SOMETHING once in awhile.
Bitch will FUCK YOU UP with that anvil she keeps in her handbag.
D/N/T.
The Queen once skullfucked Robert Mugabe. With a corgi. That's why he's so angry, nowadays.
d/n/t
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:20:58 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 18, 2011, 02:51:49 PM
This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHTyH2nuFAw) has an amazingly fast and easy way to fold a fitted sheet.
In homemaker terms, it's borderline genius.
I do that. I call it "The pokey thing."
Doesn't come out so great 100% of the time when you're 5'2".
I'm 5'8" and it still looks like crap when i do it.
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.
Dangling participle?
Quote from: Cainad on August 19, 2011, 01:26:45 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.
Dangling participle?
I think it is a dangling preposition.
Quote from: Cainad on August 19, 2011, 01:26:45 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...
MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.
WHY?
So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.
What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.
Dangling participle?
Now I want to say "dangling particple " to the first person I run into and see if they check their zipper.
Quote from: Khara on August 17, 2011, 05:03:03 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 17, 2011, 04:25:14 PM
I have a friend who was celibate and not at all looking or interested for about ten years while she raised her daughters. Then she met her current boyfriend, and they are blissfully happy and ridiculously in love. It's really great.
YAY!!! Maybe I can still have hope!!! :lulz:
heyyyyy there you go! glad you found hope might actually exist! ;-)
No "maybe" to it. :wink: