YSaC, Vol. 837: A place to be alone and talk about the weather.

2010 November 1

$595 / 1br – Studio for rent – Avail Now


This studio apartment is available starting immediately until the end of July 2011.

Rent: $595/mo.
Utilities: Tenant pays ONLY for electricity. Hot water and heat is electric.
Parking: FREE. Off-street.
Laundry: Coin-op units in the building
Dishwasher: Yes.

[Location]

Walking distance to Giant Eagle and Whole Foods and various bus lines.

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  1. 2010 November 1
    Lou Stool permalink

    I see a comment about the Lionel Richie cheese head making an apppearance today.

    Adores: 6
    • 2010 November 1
      Mindfield permalink

      And you were right — before I even saw your post.

      Lionel Cheesie.

      Adores: 4
    • 2010 November 1
      Lola permalink

      “Cheesing on the ceiling …”

      Adores: 4
  2. 2010 November 1
    Karmyn permalink

    My brother in law needs to meet his person. He’s been fighting gravity for years now. These people seemed to have discovered the secret he’s been looking for.

    Adores: 7
    • 2010 November 1
      Mindfield permalink

      Your brother-in-law was on America’s Got Talent?

      Adores: 5
  3. 2010 November 1
    CoffDrop permalink

    Must be in Australia (Land Down Under – Oh, never mind)……..

    Adores: 15
  4. 2010 November 1
    Mindfield permalink

    Oh, what a feeling!
    When we’re living on the ceiling

    You know I could probably adapt to this sort of living as long as the floor wasn’t all pointy stucco. Just relocate a few major appliances and bits of furniture, put a few new basins to catch rising water from taps, and have an absolutely spectacular view out over the clouds below.

    My only concern is falling to the floor as soon as I leave the apartment.

    Adores: 13
  5. 2010 November 1
    LimeLolly permalink

    Whoa, head rush !

    Do you know how hard it is to turn upside down to read this post?? I’m not going into detail of the weird contortions I had to do, since my doctor could be reading this.

    Adores: 6
    • 2010 November 1
      Addicted Reader permalink

      I could read it without turning my head.

      ::brags and struts around the Snark Lounge::

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 November 1
        sarajean80 permalink

        I could too but it made my eyes go all twitchy.

        Adores: 3
      • 2010 November 1
        kelli permalink

        I can read text that is upside down, I can read mirror writing. I can write upside down text. I can mirror write.

        Adores: 8
        • 2010 November 1
          Bianchi Sound permalink

          !t’nac uoy oN

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          !nac I seY

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          !eno ylno eht ton s’illeK

          It was far easier for me to read the upside-down/backwards text than look at the pictures. I have had on/off headaches for the past couple of weeks, and for some reason, the pictures made my eyes go all floopy (I believe that is the technical term) but the words did not. Interesting.

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          …retteb od nac I od nac uoy gnihtynA

          Adores: 8
        • 2010 November 1

          …uoy naht retteb gnihtyna od nac I

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1

          I felt like that too, Lola. And I do believe floopy is the technical term.

          I’ve been able to read upside down since I was a kid, by the way.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          Upside down, backwards, write backwards, write upside down and backwards (harder, but definitely possible). I learned how to read upside-down papers on teachers’ desks and then later read upside-down papers on supervisors’ desks. It can be a useful skill …

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 November 1
          CapnMac permalink

          I worked a Linotype machine in my youth, print-reversed used to be a forte of mine.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          Yes, backward typesetting is a skill that was probably underrated and taken for granted by most newspaper readers … one for which there isn’t much call these days (sadly, in my thinking), though there are places doing bespoke work on a very small basis.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1

          Yeah, yeah, yeah, you’re all a bunch of talented super-geniuses, we get that.
          Seeing as I’m not as smart as all of you, I simply turned the phone upside down, looked at the photos, read the comment and flipped the phone back over. No headache here. 😉

          Adores: 13
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Y’know, I probably wouldn’t have thought of that christina. Though I usually always (since I lost my iPod Touch) read this on a computer screen, that wouldn’t be so easy.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1

          Portable technology allows me to snark all I want without HR having access to my archives.

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 November 1
          Bombdude permalink

          I could read it upside down & backwards, but if there’s a problem there, most windows computers have screen rotation abilities now as well, so you could do it too with a few mouse clicks, AR…

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          1. I could read it just fine.

          2. I have a Mac.

          3. My Mac is a laptop, so in theory it wouldn’t be so hard to turn the screen upside down if I needed to.

          4. I was trying to compliment christina’s problem solving skills.

          5. : P

          (6. I seem to be in an odd mood today. I’ll blame the expired cold meds.)

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Bombdude permalink

          Sorry, I was just trying to help & snark at the same time…

          hangs head

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Aww, I didn’t mean to make you feel bad. I was just trying to clarify any possible misunderstanding. And did I mention the expired cold meds? (Speaking of which, I think it’s time for another dose.)

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1

          Aww, and here I was gonna give you both noogies and wedgies, but I can’t pick on AR after she complimented me and got hopped up on expired meds. Looks like you’ll have to bear the brunt of my school yard bullying, Bombdude.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          LimeLolly permalink

          I like my way better.

          1) Get small step stool
          2) Step up facing 180 degrees away from computer screen
          3) Bend over
          4) Read post and comments
          5) Stand back up
          6) Whoa– head rush!

          Adores: 13
        • 2010 November 1
          Bombdude permalink

          Looks like you’ll have to bear the brunt of my school yard bullying, Bombdude.

          One woman or another, it’s all the same bullying to me…

          :sighs:

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1
          CapnMac permalink

          Hey, not sure “bright” = sitting next to a machine casting lead-alloy type one character into slugs of body text.

          But, it will give a person an appreciation for a single plate of text, and all those “indent styles” for graphics, drop-caps, and the like, that phototypesetting just doesn’t anymore (even if the terms are still out there, and no one knows why).

          christina, behave! Especially if Bomb has a reel of bright yellow (or a fluorescent magenta) “cord” and a funny-looking dark green gizmo . . . he might want to “play” and this can be either traumaic or addictive afterwards (that evil, grinning, glint in the eye is very easy to “catch”, too).

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          Not to brag or anything, but I can do all of that with either hand and I can pick things up with my toes and I can balance stuff on my head. All this talent in one small package folks 🙂

          Adores: 10
        • 2010 November 1

          christina, behave!
          Why do people always tell me to behave, as if I’m some little kind who likes to cause trouble?
          *Steals all the vowels from Capn’s printing press*

          Adores: 10
  6. 2010 November 1
    Windrose permalink

    There’s no pool? No tennis courts? No weight room? Probably no elevator, either. The birds would like it, though.

    Adores: 5
    • 2010 November 1
      Addicted Reader permalink

      Wouldn’t an upside-down pool just be … rain?

      Adores: 17
      • 2010 November 1

        lood

        Adores: 9
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          That too. : P

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1

          Hammy’s got ‘ludes! On second thought, you’re probably safer with expired meds.

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          When I saw “lood,” and coupled it with Hammy, is it normal that I thought “lewd”?

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          “lood,” and coupled it with Hammy

          How did you get it to couple with Hammy? Was Tom Jones and Night Train involved? Do I really want to know?

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          No, you do not want to know.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1

          How did you get it to couple with Hammy

          To quote Bianchi Sound, “It wasn’t that hard on…”

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          It wasn’t that hard on…

          Huh, I always thought you were a guy, Hammy. But since it wasn’t, I guess I’ve been wrong for awhile.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1

          All of the latest version HamCan 5000s come equiped with lewd couplings. For an additional $69 you can get a bigger hard drive or massive link add-on.

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          But does it come with virus-protection?

          *snort*

          Adores: 5
      • 2010 November 1
        Lola permalink

        Now you have me wondering if a Jacuzzi-type jetted pool could be strong enough to keep the water going around and around and not fall down due to centrifigual [sp?] force. I suspect that if it could, it would be less useful as a pool and more like a dishwasher or clothes washing machine …

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1

          Centripetal force lyberry girl 😉

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          Thanks, Hams. I was thinking “centrifuge” and trying to do actual work at the same time. Won’t let it happen again.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Centrifugal force is a lie!

          ::cough:: As you were.

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1

          Well, blame Kelli she made me do it!… 😀

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          Wait a minute! How is this my fault?

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Kelli, don’t you have kids? You should have accepted by now that you’re a mother, therefore everything’s your fault.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1

          ¡ǝsnɐɔǝq

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 November 1
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          AddictedReader — yes it is Kelli’s fault. Check out Page 12, paragraph 14 in “Mothering for Dummies”. On page 26 at the bottom of the page, it says that mom’s have to be able to figure out exactly what that picture is that your child drew and be able to read everything your child writes regardless of spelling, punctuation, letter formation, orientation, abbreviations, etc. (That sounds a lot like reading the CL ad requirements).

          Adores: 8
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          mom’s have to be able to figure out exactly what that picture is that your child drew and be able to read everything your child writes regardless of spelling, punctuation, letter formation, orientation, abbreviations, etc. (That sounds a lot like reading the CL ad requirements).

          Artsy, you have an unnecessary apostrophe, but otherwise you are correct about that page of the handbook.

          AR, it’s only my fault when my kids are involved.

          Hammy, go to Artsy’s room. I’d send you to mine, but after the mess you left on the rug last time, you’re not allowed there.

          Adores: 8
      • 2010 November 1
        Windrose permalink

        If the pool is the rain, then the weight room is thunder!

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          wendybear permalink

          The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

          Oh, wait, that’s just the free weights…

          *Thud*

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          wendybear’s not been about for a while. Hi, wendy. Would you like an ice pack for that bump?

          Adores: 1
    • 2010 November 1
      Camille permalink

      Windrose, your avatar is perfect for this post, except it should be looking UP rather than down.

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 November 1
        Windrose permalink

        Camille, that’s as good as it’s going to get today. 8) I refuse to get involved in all this Repeal Gravity nonsense. It took years to get gravity passed, and then it was hard to inforce. Now those no-good Gen Hex kids want to do away with it again. Harrumph. I’ll never be able to keep them off my lawn if that happens.

        Adores: 6
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          If there’s no gravity, wouldn’t that keep them off your lawn?

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          inforce

          Windy, is this a typo or a pun?

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1
          Windrose permalink

          Kelli, yes.

          Adores: 5
    • 2010 November 1

      Upside down or not, a pool in Pittsburgh would probably be as useful as heated sidewalks in Texas.

      Adores: 10
      • 2010 November 1
        kelli permalink

        We have heated sidewalks in Tucson…oh you mean artifically heated, don’t you. Carry on.

        Adores: 6
        • 2010 November 1

          Kelli, you are a genius. When we sell the house I am totally going to list “naturally heated patio and sidewalks” as a feature.

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          Christina, there is a local landlord who lists a washer and dryer among the amenities of the house he’s trying to rent on CraigsList. It has a washer and a solar dryer – a clothesline.

          Adores: 6
  7. 2010 November 1

    I feel sorry for the person who lives above-below (belove?) him, especially if he’s a bed wetter.

    On the brighter side you can’t stain the carpets very easily…

    Adores: 5
  8. 2010 November 1


    punoɹ puɐ punoɹ puɐ
    ʇno ǝpısuı
    ǝɯ uɹnʇ noʎ ‘ʞɹɐds
    uʍop ǝpısdn
    punoɹ puɐ punoɹ puɐ
    ʇno ǝpısuı
    ǝɯ uɹnʇ noʎ ‘ʞɹɐds
    uʍop ǝpısdn

    oʍʇ ɹo ssǝɯ ɐ ǝʞɐɯ ʇı ɥsnlɟ ı uǝɥʍ
    ƃuılıǝɔ ǝɥʇ uo ǝɹ,noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ǝɹɐʍɐ ɯ,ı
    ǝǝɥʇ oʇ ʎɐs ı ʎlızzıp
    noʎ ɥʇıʍ ’uıuɹoɯ ǝɥʇ uı ɥsnɹ pɐǝɥ ɐ ǝʌɐɥ ı
    pǝǝu ı ʇɐɥʇ ǝɔɐld ǝɥʇ
    ǝɯ oʇ ǝʌıƃ noʎ ǝǝɹɟ ɹoɟ

    punoɹ puɐ punoɹ puɐ
    ʇno ǝpısuı
    ǝɯ uɹnʇ noʎ ‘ʞɹɐds
    uʍop ǝpısdn
    punoɹ puɐ punoɹ puɐ
    ʇno ǝpısuı
    ǝɯ uɹnʇ noʎ ‘ʞɹɐds
    uʍop ǝpısdn

    ǝɯ ,uıuɹnʇ ǝɹ,noʎ punoɹ puɐ punoɹ
    ǝǝɹɟ ɹoɟ ʇuǝɹ ǝɯ ,uıʌıƃ ǝɹ,noʎ
    ǝɯ ,uıuɹnʇ ǝɹ,noʎ
    uʍop ǝpısdn pıɐs ı

    Adores: 21
    • 2010 November 1
      Addicted Reader permalink

      Geez, that was hard to read, but worth the effort. Many inverted adores for you!

      Adores: 6
    • 2010 November 1
      sarajean80 permalink

      I must not have the correct font package to read this 🙁 – all I see is a bunch of little rectangles broken by the occasional n,o,p, and d.

      Adores: 4
      • 2010 November 1
        CoffDrop permalink

        Just wondering SJ, what browser are you using? It works for me using Firefox 3.6.12 and IE8 (with Windows XP).

        Adores: 3
      • 2010 November 1
        Mindfield permalink

        You have to enable Unicode support for Windows XP. Wiki’s got you covered.

        (edited by request)

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Mindfield permalink

          Okay, since the first link worked could a kind mod please remove that ugly size 12 link in a size 9 shoe there at the bottom? Kthxbai.

          Adores: 5
    • 2010 November 1
      LimeLolly permalink

      Are you supposed to read from top to bottom or bottom to top?

      Adores: 5
    • 2010 November 1
      NotMyName permalink

      Dan and Hammy…How the hell* are you doing that?!

      *It’s is completely necessary to me.

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 November 1

        Well, I fired the attitude adjustment rockets on the cave of wonders and rotated it 180 deg. then I type my message.

        ˙uoıʇdnsuoɔ ǝlnɟ ǝɥʇ ǝɔıʇou llıʍ ssoq ǝɥʇ ‘ɥƃnoɥʇ ʇı ƃuıop dǝǝʞ ʇ,uɐɔ ı

        Ooops, overshot there a bit.

        Adores: 8
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          ˙uoıʇdnsuoɔ ǝlnɟ ǝɥʇ

          So you use fule instead fuel? Is it cheaper? Radioactive? A distant cousin of flubber?

          Adores: 9
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Looks like your spellcheck didn’t make the flip with you there.

          Adores: 8
        • 2010 November 1

          d-:ppppppɥʇ

          Adores: 8
      • 2010 November 1
        Addicted Reader permalink

        It’s is completely necessary to me.

        But not everything in that sentence was necessary.

        Adores: 7
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          No one gave me a straight answer. I really want to know!

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          I don’t know how they’re doing it, I’m just here to point out spelling and grammar errors.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Actually, I’ve figured it out, but I’m going to let you stew. You should at least be able to figure out how Dan did it. Go back to the post and click around a bit.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1

          NMN, Since I could read what Dan wrote, I assume used a picture file, I have no idea what Hammy used, probably some online encoder, because all I see is a handful of letters that would be other letters upside down and commas.

          Adores: 3
      • 2010 November 1
        CoffDrop permalink

        ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ƃɐq ǝɥʇ ɟo ʇno ʇɐɔ ǝɥʇ ƃuıʇʇǝl ɹoɟ ‘ʎɯɯɐɥ ‘ǝɯ ɥʇıʍ ʎɹƃuɐ ǝq ʇ,uop ǝsɐǝld

        Flip

        Adores: 8
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          Err I posted the other comment before I saw this…soooo…
          ˙ǝʇıs sıɥʇ ʞɹɐɯʞooq oʇ ƃuıoƃ ɯ,ı

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          CoffDrop permalink

          Your welcome NMN – and not even a door. I’ll remember this……..

          Adores: 8
        • 2010 November 1

          On another note:

          NMN, I approve of using Isaac Clarke as an avatar. Isaac Clarke is to engineering as Indiana Jones is to archeology.

          That is to say, awesome.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Windrose permalink

          Hey Taco! Do you happen to know anyone who uses the handle Tanz Sixfingers?

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          TacoMagic permalink

          I wish I could claim it was me, but I (and de bacontini) were away all weekend visiting some friends.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1

          Well, hmmm. It appears I was led astray by the T and the S and the fingers. The mystery deepens.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          I was led astray by the T and the S

          Those two letters are always leading people astray. I was almost lead into a life of debauchery by S and his friend M when I was a younger lass.

          Adores: 11
  9. 2010 November 1
    Meredith permalink

    On the plus side: heat rises, so you’ll save on the electric bill because it will get nice and toasty up there!

    Adores: 7
  10. 2010 November 1
    Litarider permalink

    I tell you what
    What I have found
    That I’m no fool
    I’m just upside down
    Ain’t got no cares
    I ain’t got no rules
    I think I like
    Living upside down

    Who knew that Paloma Faith would be applicable to anything one day?

    Adores: 9
  11. 2010 November 1
    MandaB permalink

    Due to questionable lending and some of the wacky mortgage programs, I’ve heard about people being upside-down on their homes, but this is ridiculous. How far behind on your rent do you have to be to end up like this in your apartment?

    Adores: 15
    • 2010 November 1
      kelli permalink

      Two months. What does rhetorical mean?

      Adores: 11
      • 2010 November 1
        Addicted Reader permalink

        I don’t know, but I think it has something to do with long and boring speeches. So better to just answer the question and get it over with.

        Adores: 7
    • 2010 November 1
      LimeLolly permalink

      They obviously had to spend all their money on super gorilla glue and nails… it’s not surprising that other bills fell behind.

      Adores: 6
      • 2010 November 1
        Addicted Reader permalink

        Have you guys seen the awesomest prank ever? Done by some of my college friends.

        Adores: 7
        • 2010 November 1
          CoffDrop permalink

          Awesome is an understatement AR! Do you hire out?

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          I had already graduated when they did that, but the contact info for one of the ringleaders is on the website. I’m sure they’d be willing to do it again for an appropriate fee.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          christina permalink

          OMG, yes, best prank ever! I’m jealous!

          Adores: 3
  12. 2010 November 1
    kelli permalink

    ˙pǝpnlɔuı uǝǝq ǝʌɐɥ (ʎlǝʞıl ʇsoɯ) plnoʍ ʞɹɐus ‘ʇsod lɐǝɹ ɐ uǝǝq pɐɥ ʇı ɟı ˙ʇsǝʇ ɐ ʎluo sı sıɥʇ ˙ʇsǝʇ ɐ sı sıɥʇ

    Adores: 8
    • 2010 November 1
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      Kelli – blah, blah, blah to you too

      Adores: 5
  13. 2010 November 1
    Artsy Computer Geek permalink

    I’m afraid to ask, but I have to know. How do the toilets work this way? I seems like a tricky situation to me. If it was at NASA, I’d be more comfortable with it.

    Now that I think of it what about the whole bathroom. I think that water follows that whole “gravity” idea.

    Adores: 5
  14. 2010 November 1
    Irregular Fractal permalink

    I had always detected some sort of rift in the fabric of spacetime somewhere between Shadyside and Oakland. It was a bitch when I was riding the bus through that area.

    Adores: 8
    • 2010 November 1
      Lola permalink

      When I read The Mysteries of Pittsburgh it didn’t cover this.

      Adores: 4
      • 2010 November 1
        Irregular Fractal permalink

        But I’m sure there was a whole chapter on, why do they put french fries on salads and sandwiches? Still haven’t worked that one out.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          One of my coworkers is visiting her sister there right now.* I’ll send her a note and see if I get a reply (other than ?????? “Why are you asking me???”).

          *Totally true.

          Adores: 2
  15. 2010 November 1

    *looks at all the back-erds stuff going on in the Snark Lounge*

    *wishes she didn’t have massive sinus headache*

    *tries to decipher backwards postings*

    *gives up, departs Snark Lounge and desperately wishes she could go home and crawl under the covers*

    Adores: 13
    • 2010 November 1
      Lola permalink

      *passes meds and water*

      Adores: 5
    • 2010 November 1
      Addicted Reader permalink

      ::makes an extra mug of tea for CJ::

      Adores: 4
    • 2010 November 1
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      *passes ear plugs and honey (honey for the tea, not the ear plugs) — don’t have to listen to those noisy co-workers.

      I hope you feel better CJ

      Adores: 3
    • 2010 November 1

      Sorry to hear that, CJ, I’m sure the crazy weather fluctuations aren’t helping. 🙁

      Adores: 4
    • 2010 November 1
      kelli permalink

      Crawl under your desk and hide until the day’s over, CJ. Hot tea works wonders, just pour a large steaming cup, sit down at your desk, and throw it at the first person who comes over to bother you.*

      *This advice may be ever so slightly illegal.

      Adores: 8
      • 2010 November 1
        NotMyName permalink

        This advice may be ever so slightly illegal.

        It might be. Then again, it might not be.

        Adores: 2
  16. 2010 November 1
    CapnMac permalink

    I’ve got nothing, in any possible orientation.

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 November 1
      CapnMac permalink

      I also now wish to emulate CJ, too.
      But, arboring is requisite first (especially the free kind)

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 November 1
        Bombdude permalink

        arboring is requisite first

        You gonna make like a tree?

        Adores: 6
        • 2010 November 1

          You’re looking festive today, Bombdude.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Bombdude permalink

          It’s the darn Avvie I have been trying to get enabled for the past couple’a weeks. Don’t know what the issue was, but changing it in Gravatar finally started working again last night, so I’m leaving it…

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          CapnMac permalink

          More like a tree surgeon (and chiurgeon+barber, too)
          Happiness is large brushpiles.

          Adores: 1
  17. 2010 November 1

    *rushes into the Snark lounge, eyes bleary and hair messed up*

    Sorry I’m late folks. Uhh…. I’m sure there’s an upside to this ad.

    Gotta go.

    Adores: 12
    • 2010 November 1
      Mindfield permalink

      Whoa, whoa, where do you think you’re going? You can’t just run in, drop a pun like that and leave. I’m not cleaning that up!

      Adores: 7
  18. 2010 November 1

    Studio for rent (Previously rented by a dyslexic acrobat)

    Adores: 5
    • 2010 November 1
      Mindfield permalink

      Do dyslexic acrobats jump for ɾoʎ?

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 November 1
        kelli permalink

        They perform amazing fates of balance.

        Adores: 5
  19. 2010 November 1
    NotMyName permalink

    I discovered notalwaysright.com from reading the archives yeterday, and every single one I read lowers my faith in humanity just a little bit more. I also imagine that if I had to deal with people like that, I’d flip out.

    I’m not a people-person.

    Adores: 3
    • 2010 November 1
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      NMN – may son has a t-shirt that says something to effect “you read my shirt, that’s enough social interaction for today”. Sounds like it would be good for you also.

      Adores: 3
    • 2010 November 1
      Mindfield permalink

      Yeah, but really, nobody comes here for the ads themselves. We all come here to point and laugh at the ads and post copious amounts of snark about it. What the ads do to damage your faith in humanity, the comments will repair and put a nice glossy coat over, then maybe buy you a puppy.

      Maybe.

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 November 1
        Addicted Reader permalink

        If it’s a puppy with teeth like yours, Mf, I’m not sure that’s such a comforting prize.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Mindfield permalink

          Are you saying I don’t have a nice smile? Is that it? Let me tell you, bub, my vet tells me I have the most awesome smile he’s ever seen. Mind you that was right before he tried to kiss me on the lips, so he might not be entirely right in the head. But I’ll tell you what, I was second choice to play the title role in the movie Because of Winn-Dixie, so … there.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          I didn’t say your smile’s not nice. It’s very . . . nice. I just would be afraid to turn my back on you when I see that smile.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          I agree with AR. Definately don’t want to turn my back on that “I-know-where-you-live-and-how-to-get-into-your-house” smile.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          The only thing that would make that dog more unnerving would be confirmation of an opposable thumb …

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          I was managing to avoid the nightmares before you said that Lola, thanks a lot.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Mindfield permalink

          Oh, well … good then. I was afraid I’d gone too far one way or the other over that pretty/creepy line that I like to straddle. But I’m gonna go floss now just to be sure. I think I still have someonething stuck between molars.

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          Sorry, AR! I thought of that because I am often glad that my cat does not have an opposable thumb … he’d get into even more trouble than he does now (I’m sure he thinks of it as “exploring” and “playing” rather than trouble), and possibly rule the world.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          CoffDrop permalink

          Keep that smile Mindfield:

          I’ll hear your bark, I’ll see your smile,
          Though blindly I may grope,
          The memory of your helping paws
          Will buoy me on with hope.

          Adores: 4
    • 2010 November 1
      NotMyName permalink

      I’m so saddened:

      (A customer looks at our new game Dante’s Inferno.)

      Customer: “Is this, like about Dante from Devil May Cry?”

      Me: “No, it’s based off the poems.”

      Customer: “What?”

      Me: “It’s was originally a series of poems. The Divine Comedy.”

      Customer: “So, it’s a book?”

      Me: “No, it’s a game based off the poems from the Divine Comedy.”

      Customer: “What? So it’s a game then? What the heck is a poem?”

      Yeah, I just copied and pasted one of them.

      Adores: 6
      • 2010 November 1
        Lola permalink

        Thanks, NMN. If anyone needs me, I’ll be over here in a fetal position.

        Adores: 4
  20. 2010 November 1

    Walking distance to Giant Eagle

    I thought the giant eagle just sort of appeared here and there…Wait, there he is behind the mircowave!

    Adores: 3
    • 2010 November 1
      NotMyName permalink

      It’s following me!!!

      Random? Yes. Hilarious? Also yes.

      Stupid? Definately.

      Adores: 3
  21. 2010 November 1
    Tankerbell permalink

    I’d like to be
    Where parking’s free
    In an upside-down apartment
    ’till July

    Adores: 9
  22. 2010 November 1
    Tankerbell permalink

    I wonder if this place is available until July, 2011 because the Sparkakator fell out of bed into the fan, and that’s when he’ll be getting out of the hospital.

    Adores: 6
    • 2010 November 1
      MandaB permalink

      It may perhaps be my fragile state of mind, but this made me laugh for a good two minutes straight, followed by another few minutes of intermittent giggles. I’m glad MrB isn’t home to ask me what’s wrong with me.

      Fell out of bed into the fan…*snerk*

      Adores: 4
  23. 2010 November 1
    nonsensicalcat permalink

    So, is all the anti-gravity stuff pictured included? Or do I have to anti-gravity my own belongings before moving in? Because I like my couch, but I’m not sure it is capable of defying gravity.

    Adores: 8
    • 2010 November 1

      Just rub them on your hair and stick them up there.

      Adores: 8
    • 2010 November 1
      Windrose permalink

      Noni, can’t you be happy with today being in the Golden Lotus box? Do you have to go for the two in a row trophy???

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 November 1
        kelli permalink

        [noni off topic] Noni is what my nephews called my mother. My brother’s daughter called her Nana. My daughters were different. The full name they gave her was, “Grandma Lady House Eat Food Weirdo.” There is a perfectly logical explanation for each part of that name, but it just looks, and sounds, odd when put all together. [/ot]

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          nonsensicalcat permalink

          [also off topic] Noni is a fabulous nickname. I love it.
          My nephews call me Ala, though at one point it was Lala. It’s deteriorated. My students call me Miss Cat. Which brings me back to nonsensicalcat. Which led to Noni. Therefore, this is the end of my rambling. [/ot]

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1

          Nonicat

          By: Tomcat Jones


          What snark Nonicat? Woah, Woah
          What snark Nonicat? Woah, Woah
          Nonicat, Nonicat
          We’ve got some doors
          And lots roof-floors
          To suspend with you.
          So go and polish your cute little Nonicat prose!
          Nonicat, Nonicat
          We love you
          Yes, we do!
          You and your Nonicat prose!

          What snark Nonicat? Woah, Woah
          What snark Nonicat? Woah, Woah
          Nonicat, Nonicat
          You got top billing
          And we’re so willing
          To toss brazillions of doors at you.
          So go and make up your cute little Nonicat farce!
          Nonicat, Nonicat
          We love you
          Yes, We do!
          You and your Nonicat farce!

          What snark Nonicat? Woah, Woah
          What snark Nonicat? Woah, Woah
          Nonicat, Nonicat
          You’re mischievous
          And if our wishes
          Can all come true
          We’ll soon be reading your sweet little Nonicat Haiku!
          Nonicat, Nonicat
          We love you
          Yes, we do!
          You and your Nonicat Haiku!
          You and your Nonicat farce!
          You and your Nonicat prose!

          Adores: 8
        • 2010 November 1
          nonsensicalcat permalink

          My very own song! *swoon*

          Adores: 3
  24. 2010 November 1
    NotMyName permalink

    Someone tell me if this is wrong. I read this:

    A mother approaches me, violently dragging her two teenage boys along.)

    Mother: “I demand you call the police immediately and have them arrest those ‘flashers’ at once!”

    (She motions to the two topless girls on the beach.)

    Me: “Actually, here in Ontario, it’s legal for women to go topless….”

    I stopped there, and my first thought was “To Ontario!”

    Adores: 4
    • 2010 November 1
      NotMyName permalink

      Please ignore this, I just read the rest of it…and…uhhh….NO. No way at all. Ew.

      Adores: 3
  25. 2010 November 1
    Addicted Reader permalink

    Where’d everyone go?

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 November 1
      NotMyName permalink

      To Narnia.

      Sorry, couldn’t resist.

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 November 1
        Addicted Reader permalink

        I hear it’s cold there.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Bombdude permalink

          I ran out of Afternoon Turkish Delight…

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          I’m still scared by your avatar.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          I’ve seen scarier. Let’s see…

          Abbadon, zomie-thing from Dead Space, little girl from F3ar.*

          *Yes, it’s spelled like that. It’s third in a series.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Bombdude permalink

          This one better AR?

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Actually, yes.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1

          Oo! I like that one too! But I liked happy little Death better.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          I liked Death better too. I can’t tell what that is. Maybe you could switch to War, or Strife, or Fury?

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1

          Hey Bombdude, I found your redneck cousin Dumbdude

          Hold my beer and watch this

          I laughed at this all day.
          😀

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          christina permalink

          He still has all of his fingers, that counts for something, right?

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1

          Still making me go *snerk*

          “Little to much Magnesium…”

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 November 2
          Bombdude permalink

          Holy… Sh… Crap! “How am I stupid, let me count the ways…”

          1. I think I have the mixture right, let me test it on the kitchen table
          2. I think I’ll light it with a MATCH!?!?!?!?
          3. Hmm, wonder if there is any chance of anything going wrong. maybe I should wear some protective gear?
          4. No can of generic beer in the video frame. C’mon bubba, get with the program…

          Funny, but fake…

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 November 1
        Artsy Computer Geek permalink

        I thought they went over the bridge to Terabithia.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Ooh, I haven’t read that one. Will it be part of the book club?

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          Yes and there will be an esoteric discussion afterword.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          I hated the ending.

          Adores: 2
      • 2010 November 1
        CapnMac permalink

        I was outside felling dead timber and pruing trees interspersed with assaults upon the jasimine attempting to engulf my walkways.

        Adores: 1
        • 2010 November 1

          I was busy making then eating a delicious dinner, now I’m procrastinating before doing a 30 min run because I hate running after dinner.
          Cap’n, if your done there I’ve got some leaves that need clearing. There’s some vintage cereal in the deal if you haul away the tree stumps too.

          Adores: 3
    • 2010 November 1
      kelli permalink

      Sorry, I went to class. I decided that I’d try to learn something today. Oh and it was also a Professor Hottie day, so I didn’t want to miss that.

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 November 1
        LimeLolly permalink

        I remember that professor.

        Adores: 1
  26. 2010 November 1
    Kae permalink

    I’m having a terrible time keeping this listing in perspective. I keep wanting to…keep wanting to…*herk*

    ‘Scuse me.

    Adores: 5
  27. 2010 November 1
    kelli permalink

    [Civic Duty OT] A friendly reminder that tomorrow is election day in many parts of the United States. If you are legally able to, please vote. [/OT]

    And I’ll be voting for cereal. I like cereal.

    Adores: 6
    • 2010 November 1
      MandaB permalink

      Cereal is good, but I don’t like cereal’s stance on education. My vote is going to ice cream.

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 November 1
        kelli permalink

        Manda, Cereal and Ice Cream are on the same ticket. They’re running against Broccoli and Fig Newtons.

        *mumbles* am i the only one who keeps up with the politics

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1

          The politics of dancing?

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          Strangely, or perhaps not strangely considering who I am, when this song came out, I thought they were singing “the politics are dancing.”

          Adores: 5
      • 2010 November 1
        NotMyName permalink

        I’m going to vote for sammiches.

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Lola permalink

          Bacon. Bacon will always have my vote. So will cheese.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Bombdude permalink

          Well Lola, you better go vote then. Hurry!!!!

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1

          I did early voting and chose crunchy peanut butter, but I think smooth is ahead seeing as he’s just been saying what everyone wants to hear.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1
          kelli permalink

          christina, I think they’re both nuts.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 November 1
          Addicted Reader permalink

          “Sometimes you feel like a …”

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 November 1
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          Lola — my daughter said that if she could vote, she’d vote for bacon also. Great minds….

          Adores: 2
  28. 2010 November 1
    NotMyName permalink

    I’m going to post another notalwaysright.com thing, but if anyone wants me to not do it anymore, just tell me. I promise to stop:

    Customer: “Excuse me, how do I get out?”

    Me: “The door is right over there, ma’am.”

    Customer: “Yes, but it’s not opening.”

    Me: “It isn’t an automatic door.”

    Customer: “So, how do I get out?”

    This is scary, but a little late for Halloween. Pity.

    Adores: 2
  29. 2010 November 1
    NotMyName permalink

    I just noticed, where is Astro?

    Adores: 3
    • 2010 November 1
      Lola permalink

      Banding* or something would be my first guess.

      *(The people I was friends with in high school who were in marching band referred to it as a verb.)

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 November 1

        I didn’t know Astro belonged to the Audubon society.

        Adores: 2
  30. 2010 November 1

    Go here!

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 November 1
      NotMyName permalink

      How…
      What…
      But…
      I…

      Pbbbbbt.

      Sorry, LL. I couldn’t think of anything.

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 November 1
        LimeLolly permalink

        Anyone is welcome to share my philosophy. Just don’t expect to be the leader… it’s kind of led by procrastination. Eventually somebody will wash the dishes…

        Adores: 2
    • 2010 November 1
      christina permalink

      Dagnabbit, I’m on the laptop with a wonky video card, that didn’t play nice at all!

      Adores: 2
    • 2010 November 1
      MandaB permalink

      You need to issue a warning first, Hammy! It’s a good thing this couch has a seatbelt or I could have been seriously hurt!

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 November 1

        It’s OK, you would have landed in the couch thats ^up there^.

        Adores: 1
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          They have couches in Canada?

          Sorry, some of the stupidity from my new favorite site* is crossing over to here.

          *Don’t worry drmk, I have multiple favorite sites. YSaC is still near the top. (I will not tell you what is at the top.)

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1

          I’m guessing it has a lot of Xs in the title or the words hot, action, and Asian in the url? :p

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 November 1

          I was going to say the same thing, but I don’t recall seeing him on my fav… never mind.
          *Wanders off whistling*

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 November 1
          NotMyName permalink

          It doesn’t have Xs in the title, or those words.

          Adores: 1
    • 2010 November 1
      Kae permalink

      *herk*

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 November 1
        LimeLolly permalink

        That sounds exactly like my catulator followed by the sounds of: “Momma, Sam just frew up on the rug!”

        Adores: 4
  31. 2010 November 1
    Addicted Reader permalink

    Good night, all, thanks for helping me get through the day.

    Now I just have to resist the temptation to keep checking here all day tomorrow when I actually have real work to do.

    Adores: 3
  32. 2010 November 1
    christina permalink

    Chrome just gave me an internal error while trying to give doors, just so you know.

    Adores: 1
  33. 2010 November 2
    Windrose permalink

    nonsensicalcat, Noni to her friends, gets a well deserved, red-ink, Punchity Punch Punch!

    G’Night Inverness!

    Adores: 3

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