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Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 04:25 PM Jul 2012

I'm an idiot.

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?

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I'm an idiot. (Original Post) Wait Wut Jul 2012 OP
Sorry. I do understand. elleng Jul 2012 #1
banana shake Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #2
That sounds awesome. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #9
Yes I am Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #34
I suggest a dose of humble pie. nolabear Jul 2012 #3
Heh... Wait Wut Jul 2012 #10
Delivery? Chan790 Jul 2012 #4
For delivery I have two choices. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #11
Free Humble Pie, all you can eat! Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #5
+1,000,000 MiddleFingerMom Jul 2012 #8
Okay.... Wait Wut Jul 2012 #13
Fear is a valid motivational tool. bluedigger Jul 2012 #18
Hmm. Let me get this straight... Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #29
Hmmm... bluedigger Jul 2012 #32
OK then, fair enough. I'll re-state a good reason. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #19
I could be wrong here... pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #25
Let me recollect a little here, but I'm fairly certain that cheeseburgers weren't involved. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #27
I doubt we'd ever have heard of Lysistrata... pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #30
She'd have got her melon lopped off in ten seconds flat if she'd have tried that tactic. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #31
No Coke! Pepsi! Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #36
dark chocolate pieces and real cherries. rurallib Jul 2012 #6
Today's Special: Fried chicken coated with CORN FLAKES! pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #7
What the hell is wrong with you!!? Wait Wut Jul 2012 #14
I am SO disappointed in you pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #16
I sent a PM. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #20
Sew with a chicken? pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #21
Only if it's ORGANIC FREE-RANGE corn flakes. trof Jul 2012 #22
RagAss Special - Red Beans and Rice for a Quarter. RagAss Jul 2012 #12
You from the south? Wait Wut Jul 2012 #15
Cornbread, yum! pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #24
No. But I'm a Steely Dan fan... RagAss Jul 2012 #33
OIC. The question was rhetorical. nolabear Jul 2012 #17
a cautionary lesson grasswire Jul 2012 #23
Call for takeout pizza. n/t RebelOne Jul 2012 #26
Check for some flamers ... zbdent Jul 2012 #28
We'll have to wait for LynneSin to get out her stapler and post the menu. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #35

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
3. I suggest a dose of humble pie.
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 05:15 PM
Jul 2012

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)

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
10. Heh...
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:31 PM
Jul 2012

...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)
4. Delivery?
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 05:21 PM
Jul 2012

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)
11. For delivery I have two choices.
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:33 PM
Jul 2012

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)
5. Free Humble Pie, all you can eat!
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 05:28 PM
Jul 2012















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.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
13. Okay....
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:35 PM
Jul 2012

...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)
18. Fear is a valid motivational tool.
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:51 PM
Jul 2012

When my ex used to get all hypoglycemic on me, I started looking for food immediately, no questions asked.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
29. Hmm. Let me get this straight...
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 08:06 PM
Jul 2012

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.









Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
19. OK then, fair enough. I'll re-state a good reason.
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:53 PM
Jul 2012

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)
25. I could be wrong here...
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 07:33 PM
Jul 2012

But that vaguely almost sounds potentially like a could-be threat.

Are we trying to end the Peloponnesian War?

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
27. Let me recollect a little here, but I'm fairly certain that cheeseburgers weren't involved.
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 07:50 PM
Jul 2012

The Spartans were a bunch of jerks, though.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
30. I doubt we'd ever have heard of Lysistrata...
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 08:15 PM
Jul 2012

...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)
31. She'd have got her melon lopped off in ten seconds flat if she'd have tried that tactic.
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 08:30 PM
Jul 2012

"No sex? Hmmm. Not real happy about it, but if you say so, OK, then."

"NO CHEESEBURGERS!???!! AAAUUUUGGGHH!!!!!"

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
14. What the hell is wrong with you!!?
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:36 PM
Jul 2012

No normal person puts corn flakes on a damned chicken!!! Alerting, ignoring, blocking, and...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
16. I am SO disappointed in you
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:49 PM
Jul 2012

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)
20. I sent a PM.
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:59 PM
Jul 2012

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)
21. Sew with a chicken?
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 07:06 PM
Jul 2012

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!!!

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
15. You from the south?
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 06:41 PM
Jul 2012

My dad's side of the family is from Louisiana and that was a staple. That and cornbread...mmmmmmm...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
24. Cornbread, yum!
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 07:20 PM
Jul 2012

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)
33. No. But I'm a Steely Dan fan...
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 11:06 PM
Jul 2012

"Red beans and rice for a quarter" - is from their tune "Pearl of the Quarter".

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
23. a cautionary lesson
Mon Jul 2, 2012, 07:17 PM
Jul 2012

Better stash your desk with a couple cans of soup and some crackers --- or something like that. At least some nuts and dried fruit.

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