Comments on: Whatever Happened To Finishing School?

By: Pepper E

Pepper E — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:43:18 +0000

I know it will never happen, but is it really so hard just to try?

Well, before people can try using a little consideration, they have to first acknowledge the fact they are jerks. Real jerks will never, ever be that self-aware. If you confront somebody using a cell phone rudely in public, they’ll have a variety of excuses for their thoughtless behavior. Each excuse will be Unique and Important, but of course, it’ll be the same thing over and over couched in different terms “I matter more than you. My convenience is more important than anybody else’s comfort. Go fuck yourself.”

I think it’s endemic for in…well, I was going to offer a specific age group, but really, I think it’s just endemic for America. After all, “Go fuck yourself” is the current ruling political philosophy…

By: the frog

the frog — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:46:07 +0000

Whatever happened to, “Please, may I?”
And “Yes, thank you?”
And “How charming?”
Now, every son of a bitch is a snake in the grass
Whatever happened to class?

(I said I wouldn’t do it again and I didn’t. This is from “Chicago” as every goddamn f¤*#%* faggot here should know.)

By: Angel Benton

Angel Benton — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:09:55 +0000

AMEN FOR NUMBER FIVE!!!! PREACH ON BROTHER!!!

By: elfgirl

elfgirl — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:11:43 +0000

On behalf of corporate cube monkeys everywhere, I’d like thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for this post–especially #2 & 4. I appreciate the opportunity to mock my co-workers for their ringtone choices, but I really don’t want to hear that Pink/Fall Out Boy/Wicked/JPop song again. EVER. (And, do not get me started on the dumba** businessmen on their Blackberrys while driving.)

Pepper’s right. There’s a sense of entitlement that people seem to have these days that leads them to do things with absolutely no consideration for how it affects other people.

Speaking of politeness and etiquette, I realized I just popped up out of nowhere without introducing myself. Sorry about that. I saw your blog linked on another site and your writing hooked me (plus it was cool to find someone who talks about food like my husband does, although for him it’s as much about cooking as eating). I lurked around just reading for a while, but then I saw your comment about not having many girls commenting so I thought I’d pipe up. So, hi.

Strangely enough, I also know Pepper from elsewhere.

By: Genor

Genor — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:34:17 +0000

Johnny, “How charming” was Ch Chi in that video of you dancing your heart out in your sivvies?! “Yes, Thank You!” for the wonderful performance. I wore out 2 laptops in as many days watching it over and over. “Please, may I” recommend you make more similar videos, in your skivvies… you in those whitie tighties gives me a, ummm, eurphoric high!

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:36:18 +0000

Welcome aboard Elfgirl… Keep tuning in Genor, I guarantee more is on the way!

By: Pepper E

Pepper E — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:59:36 +0000

*waves at Elfgirl* It’s a small, small world.

You probably know Vivien, too.

By: the frog

the frog — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:45:17 +0000

Welcome elfgirl If your husband talks about food like Johnny, can I marry him too?

By: elfgirl

elfgirl — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:56:05 +0000

the frog: Heh. Oh, sure–as long as you can live with him making inappropriate sounds over new kitchen knives, getting bitchy and pouty if you don’t like whatever new and wonderful thing he’s decided to fix for you to try, and looking at you pityingly when you tell him eiswein tastes like cough medicine.

He *does* wear a kilt all the time, though. So, you know, it evens out.

By: philfnyc

philfnyc — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:09:52 +0000

Here’s another one…

It’s bad enough when people talk on their phones at the movies… But people texting are just as bad. How lovely is it when you are getting into the movie when the light from someone’s cell phone screen shines right into your eyes and ruins the moment.

To those people, I say, “You paid more than half the price of a DVD to see the movie. Shut off your phone for 2 hours!”

By: Boy Wonder

Boy Wonder — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:15:14 +0000

Kilts provide a fantastic view - at least from the perspective of a frog!

People don’t realize how bright those (adjustable) phone displays can be. I use mine to find things like key holes in the dark. Sometimes I blind myself when I open the thing up at night and get the holy vision effect right in my face. Not fun!

By: the frog

the frog — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:39:09 +0000

*glares at BW*

Small is Sexy
so is the view
your mind’s dirty
so what is new?

By: Boy Wonder

Boy Wonder — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:22:11 +0000

I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist!

By: the frog

the frog — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:26:43 +0000

You’re just so… devious.

By: Boy Wonder

Boy Wonder — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:48:47 +0000

Among other things… that you like!

By: the frog

the frog — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:56:53 +0000

“People will say we’re in love, Clarice.”

By: Boy Wonder

Boy Wonder — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:00:55 +0000

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

- Comte DeBussy-Rabutin

By: the frog

the frog — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:00:35 +0000

What a subtle and refined way to tell the rest of the world that, contrary to appearances, we aren’ t rubbing stubbles or tousling each other’s hair long and short.

By: Boy Wonder

Boy Wonder — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:06:30 +0000

It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. Yes, it will, Precious, won’t it? It will get the hose!

By: the frog

the frog — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:21:22 +0000

My name is Talking Tina and you’d better be nice to me.

By: Boy Wonder

Boy Wonder — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:23:26 +0000

I’m always nice to you, darling. You are incorrigible and I adore you for that. You’re also a ruthless, cast-iron bitch and for that I respect you. How could I possibly ignore your admirable qualities, which I have only been exposed to through your second language? Your heart is deep, your soul meaningful, your tongue sharp and skilled. You are a hero to us here at Hazzard Ahead and deserve to be treated as such.

By: the frog

the frog — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:19:22 +0000

Gee, color me purple. That’s what us frogs do when we blush.

I will gladly accept your compliments since, all modesty aside, I deserve most of them. “Incorrigible”? Check. “Ruthless”? Check. “Cast-iron bitch”? Check, check.
I’m not sure the rest applies, but how charming nonetheless. Please may I point out that my tongue is indeed sharp and skilled though there’s no way you could possibly know that and no way I can elaborate on it without compromising the family-friendly nature of this site and the overall “polite” tone of this particular thread.