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The boss is on vacation this week so I can't leave the shop. I didn't get to the store yesterday to pick up stuff for my lunch. The husband just called and asked if I wanted him to bring me something.
I said no.
I'm friggin' starving. I have a few of those icky snack bars in my desk, but...they're gross and I want a damned cheeseburger.
I hate being a burden to others so I never want anyone to go out of their way for me. Not even the husband.
Anything good in the DU Cafeteria today?
elleng
(130,975 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2 bananas
chocolate milk
butter brickel ice cream
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)And...you're evil.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)You're not that special. Everyone is a burden to others. But no one is only a burden to those that love them. People like helping those they love. People even like helping those they don't, even if they only get the pleasure of feeling put upon. Accept the generosity of others, and when you can be generous to them, do so. It's what makes the world go 'round.
(Advice given with affection and respect)
...my husband would rather I didn't ask him to drive across town. I know this. If he's already coming this way, that's different.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)We used to do that at Starbucks...order pizza (or D'Angelo's*) for delivery and tip in Frappuccino along with cash. The delivery guy was only weird about B2B delivery the first time.
*-D'Angelo's is a New England sub-sandwich chain that specializes in chickensteak, cheesesteak and lobster rolls. For the veggie crowd they have a vegetarian sandwich of fried peppers and onions with cheese.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)Pizza Hut and Papa John's.
A friend of mine owns the best pizza place in town, but he's out of town this week. Otherwise, I could call him.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Just swallow your pride, give hubby a call. He'll be glad to be your Knight In Shining Armor and ride to your rescue, cheeseburger in hand for his Fair Maiden In Distress.
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...that's just funny. I'm far from the "maiden in distress" type and the husband would do it only out of fear of what my mood would be like by the time I got home.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)When my ex used to get all hypoglycemic on me, I started looking for food immediately, no questions asked.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Your ex would start to exhibit symptoms of hypoglycemia, and the first thing that you thought of was to find yourself something to eat???
No wonder why she's your ex.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)You might be onto something there.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Command your husband forthwith to appear posthaste with agreeable sustenance or he shall bear the full brunt of the Righteous Wrath of the Lady of the Household!
Better?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But that vaguely almost sounds potentially like a could-be threat.
Are we trying to end the Peloponnesian War?
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)The Spartans were a bunch of jerks, though.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...if its subject was the withholding of cheeseburgers.
But don't worry...we'll always have SNL's 'Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger' sketch.
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship...
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)"No sex? Hmmm. Not real happy about it, but if you say so, OK, then."
"NO CHEESEBURGERS!???!! AAAUUUUGGGHH!!!!!"
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Thanks for the memory.
rurallib
(62,426 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)No normal person puts corn flakes on a damned chicken!!! Alerting, ignoring, blocking, and...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)You did all that and neglected to alert Skinner so he can ban chicken threads? Sheesh! What were you thinking?
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)You'll be hearing from him shortly, I'm sure.
Chicken threads. Now I'm wondering how difficult it would be to sew with a chicken.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)That's nothing! They say the real challenge is breast-feeding a chicken, especially with that pit bull nipping at your heels and the Olive Garden waitress hounding you to PUT IN YOUR FUCKING ORDER ALREADY!!!
trof
(54,256 posts)Then it's OK.
RagAss
(13,832 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)My dad's side of the family is from Louisiana and that was a staple. That and cornbread...mmmmmmm...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)You also can play around with the recipe, adding things you like--like chopped green chiles and/or bacon, cayenne pepper, etc.
Not a southerner, but spent a little time there in the Army. And recently re-discovered grits. It's a store-bought instant mix, but it's not bad--and also doctorable as above (and the same goes for Yorkshire Pudding, too). For grits I like adding bacon grease instead of butter, a little brown sugar, sometimes green chiles, and whatever else strikes my fancy at the time.
Southern purists may poo-poo my adaptations of their recipes, but I say, "Fuck the haters!"
RagAss
(13,832 posts)"Red beans and rice for a quarter" - is from their tune "Pearl of the Quarter".
nolabear
(41,987 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)Better stash your desk with a couple cans of soup and some crackers --- or something like that. At least some nuts and dried fruit.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)maybe they'll let you have some pizza ...