True! I've always preferred sausage to bacon... but I like bacon, too.
TNP has had Middle Eastern cuisine in the past month.
True! I've always preferred sausage to bacon... but I like bacon, too.
TNP has had Middle Eastern cuisine in the past month.
Depends what you meant by "cuisine." And "middle-eastern," for that matter. Lots of hummus, a few gyros/shwarma, and I read some Homer out of Clyde Pharr's student edition when I was drunk.
TNP has a good story about the term 'oriental'.
Hmm... no. The closest I can come is from The Big Lebowski: "'Chinaman' is not the preferred nomenclature, Dude. 'Asian,' if you please."
TNP has been to the beach already this summer.
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Yeah, and then some. As if dealing with Doctor Mister Prissypants weren't enough, I doubled down and saw the whole shebang for the Fourth. I carry a large grudge; I am not willingly going to participate in any family activities unless my father is dead. And my mother shaves her turkey-neck and prostrates herself. And also dies. All I want is for them to die and me to possess their property. Well, not really, but that's what I said IRL after provocation, so I guess I should be true to my word.
TNP is trying to mend some fences, figuratively or, perhaps, literally.
Nah, I think I'm pretty good with the people I want to be pretty good with.
(And Jizz, it's not my problem, and I don't know what the provocation was, but are you sure this is how you want things to be with your parents? People I've know who had a parent die while things were not resolved tended not to handle it well.)
TNP is going to a family reunion within the next month.
No, but I just saw my parents last week.
TNP had a rabbit as a child.
Actually, yeah. Two of them. My folks didn't really know how to deal with them, so it ended up, the hutches, in a pretty sorry state. At least it wasn't MY idea, nor my sister's. continuing theme? I don't know. all I know is that I behave exactly the way I do -- start a fight when I'm just minding my own business, and it's expected that Dr. Jimmy comes out. That's not a good reaction, but it *is* a *re*action, and I'm not a zen-master. ETA Dr Jimmy and mister Gin/Jim! I got it wrong, but I think that's closer -- off *Quadrophenia* EETA Yeah, it must be "doctor jimmy and mister jim, he only comes out when I drink my gin" -- because of the rhyme or whatever. Oh, and "Dr Mister Prissypants" isn't my father, he's my friend with whom I spent a few weeks out at the coast. AKA "genius friend"
TNP likes animals in general.
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Yes, I do, although more outdoors than in my house (although we have a dog, a cat and a hermit crab). And I'm allergic to fur and dander, so I have to wash my hands after I pat or scratch any critter.
TNP has at least one allergy.
Nah, pretty fortunate that way. My wife has a bunch of allergies, and the kid has inherited the one to cats, which is too bad.
TNP likes banana splits.
No. I don't like bananas at all. Yeah, I know, har har, but sometimes a banana is just a banana. Texture and flavor just don't do it for me -- well, I don't enjoy fruits of any kind, really. Peas and carrots are about as sweet things I like.
TNP has been informed recently via voice-mail of something not very good.
No, fortunately. Just routine court stuff.
TNP knows a magistrate other than me.
NoIn fact, until you said you were a magistrate, I thought the title only existed in a Kafka novel or story.
TNP has it up to the gills with Gladys Kravitz types busy-bodying around reading my stuff on Facebook. Yeah, I know, "I don't use FB" is what most of you would say, so substitute something else for Facebook, if appropriate.
Well, not reading my stuff on Facebook, but in general. I've known people to make complaints about the damnedest stuff. Often, I have no idea why they subcribed to a certain group, if the whole thing that it's about offends them. So, I guess, true.
TNP knows a small claims court judge. (Other than EH, although I assume that he is a criminal court magistrate exclusively.)
Judge Wapner? No. A senior judge of my state, and a judge with a very similar last name to me got me off a traffic rap, without his knowledge.
TNP is not looking forward to the rest of today.
(Jizz, plenty of real-life magistrates out there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magistrate).
(Rube, I handle criminal, civil - including small claims - and traffic cases, depending on the week's docket).
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False. I do look forward to the rest of today.
TNP has been to an outdoor concert in the past month.
No. I've seen some OK street musicians/art-jerks doing some performances recently, but not an actual concert. I can't imagine what would entice me to hear music on purpose outside, in the blistering sun surrounded by yahoos, being assaulted in the earballs by some hipster "sound guy" working the FOH desk.
TNP learned something shocking about a new state law, in his or her current state/province/whatever of residence, in the past month.
Nah, not much shocks me about Ontario law.
TNP takes a daily aspirin.
No. I probably should -- but my last BP reading was 112/70, so despite my abysmal state of physical fitness at the moment, I'm not too worried. I pop 500 mg of Vitamin D every day, though -- don't know why, because I'm outside just getting from A to B every day quite a bit, but I like pills.
TNP really dislikes brushing his or her teeth -- it's like swabbing out a sewer. There's something shameful in the act.
No, I don't mind it. Feels rather good, actually, sometimes.
TNP changes his or her toothbrush monthly.
What is this regular changing of the toothbrush you speak of? I use them until they get visibly frayed or otherwise tatty. If I had a stopwatch not on my phone, I would probably be more excited to keep a regular schedule for that sort of thing, but no. They get swabbed out when I feel like it, and same for the toothbrush, substituting "swapped" for "swabbed."
TNP is extremely suspicious of young doctors, including dentists, natch.
Yes, I prefer mine to have some gray in their hair.
TNP has considered suing a medico for malpractice.
Nah. But there was one I should have reported to her regulator, and mostly didn't because I assumed they wouldn't do squat.
TNP tends to be cynical about how much it's possible to actually accomplish through official channels.
Yeah, now and then. But that doesn't stop me from trying. (From hard experience, I'm always careful to write down the name and number of whoever I speak to in any bureaucracy, and the date, so if I have to call back I'll be able to follow up more effectively).
TNP has triumphed over an otherwise-annoying bureaucracy in the past year.
No, can't remember the last time I had a victory.
TNP still takes a childish delight in summer.
I don't know about "childish," but I like the vibe. I also like laughing at the chubs complaining about 105 deg F when it's a "dry" heat. I'm overweight myself, but the thing is, you can acclimate to hotter weather, or just stop caring.
TNP likes it when women wear sundresses in the summer. Feels like summer!
Oh, yes. Some very pretty girls around town in their sundresses - one of my favorite things about the season.
TNP has played tennis in the past two months.
Nah, not my game.
TNP has a persistent knot in the back.
No, fortunately. I have occasional back pains but it always (knock on wood) passes after a day or two.
TNP has been to a chiropractor.
No. I saw *Jacob's Ladder*. Didn't look like too much fun.
TNP knows a spinal surgeon.
Hah, I wish!
TNP wonders if there's a special surgeon who removes other surgeons' personalities.
No, I never wondered that, but I'm wondering now, half-assedly, I guess. So, true.
TNP is considering adding the kinder, gentler riposte for daily use: the elegant, upper-crusty "go to hell."
Don't need to say that all that often, so no.
TNP likes Michael Buble:
Don't need to click the link. I already know what to think of Mike Buble'. He can go to hell -- he's no Harry Connick, Jr.
TNP has to go BACK to the library to check out a recent fulfilled ILL request: Bicq's *Technically Write!* -- stupid bullshit technical writing textbook.
No. ILL works pretty well at my local library.
TNP has had more than 20 books checked out of the library at a time.
Hahahaha. It takes great effort to keep it under 20, which is my version of "spring cleaning."
TNP has had either over $1000 or at least over $80 (for the lightweights) in library fines at one point.
OMG that is the worst thing I have ever heard, ever. And I've been known to listen to hours on end of Raoul Haussman, Kurt Schwitters, and all kinds of stuff most people would hate.
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No. I think my biggest library fine ever was less than five bucks.
TNP is a good tipper.
Yeah. I have been known to melt the hearts of American servers, who expect Canadians to tip lousy.
TNP is easily amused.
Yeah, I'd have to agree. I still laugh at third-grade jokes and I can usually find something in just about any comedy to enjoy.
TNP has seen a good comedy in the past month.
Yeah, sure. Probably lots of them -- a month is a long time! *Bowfinger* was not what I'd call a "good" comedy, but *Rear Window* turned out to be one of the best black comedies I've seen. So, it went in my estimation from being an iconic movie with some thrills to being a full-on comedy. So that means it's a comedy.
TNP has ever misread something recently in an amusing way, and will share. Example, just this second I was looking out a window thinking of something to write and saw stamped on the glass, "Meat Strengthened." It's actually "Heat Strengthened," on closer inspection.
Ooo, I did, but now I forget what it was. Sorry.
TNP can name more than five first cousins he or she has.
Sure. I don't know if I should name them now, because of "privacy," but obviously that ship has sailed. Jasmine, Jonah, Todd, Jonie, Summer, Luke, Ben.
TNP thinks online privacy is for nerds.
Well, I think you have to use your common sense. I wouldn't post my SSN or DOB, for instance.
TNP lives in a country with Social Security numbers or an analogous government-issued unique personal identifier.
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Yes, but the US is a young country -- yanquis will have to mature for years before achieving the "old world charm" other first-world nations enjoy.
TNP has been surprised in the past week (or so) by a change in packaging of a beloved product. example: Olde English 800 is now available in plastic forty-oz. "bottles." I think it's the best consumer news I've heard for many, many years. Literally. No, I mean that.
Nah, it's been a long-time since I've seen an improvement that moved me.
TNP thinks hip flasks are kind of cool.
Kind of, yes, although I've never owned one.
TNP has taken a drink from a hip flask in the past week.
No.
TNP doesn't know the difference between a hip flask and a regular flask. Reading McGoorty's memoirs for about the two-dozenth time it finally occurred to me that in the USProhibition a "flat fifth" was 11floz. and a Panther Piss was like 14 ounces.
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Uh... a hip flask is smaller and curved to fit against your ass, right?
TNP knows if that's the correct answer or not.
Nope, but damn, it makes sense.
TNP knows a joke involving a hip flask.
No. The one about the mohel and making the wallet out of discarded foreskins is about the closest, I guess. A hip flask? Damn, that's one cool motherfucker, all talking about Charlie Parker!
TNP knows a lot of jokes.
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