The Rant

[SAT 9,609]

My husband was not interested in a girlfriend at all at the time.

And re:beds. A full is plenty big enough for us.

HOWEVER, it's the damn cat that pretends it's an entire person that has made me think we NEED a queen.

My daughter likes to wake up in the middle of the night, climb into our bed, and place herself between Tiff and I in a right angle.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

he might have a hard time with those hot and humid summers we get here.

It is humid all the time on the shoreline. I can't even ever line dry clothes...they come back in wetter than they were put out.

My husband was not interested in a girlfriend at all at the time.

And re:beds. A full is plenty big enough for us.

HOWEVER, it's the damn cat that pretends it's an entire person that has made me think we NEED a queen.

A full bed is maybe big enough for me....I need to stretch my legs out otherwise they get cramped to high heaven. We are going to need a California King for sure.

When my dog, who is resting in America, gets on my bed, there is only room for her...she is huge!

My daughter likes to wake up in the middle of the night, climb into our bed, and place herself between Tiff and I in a right angle.

I don't let mine do that for her own safety....I am a sound sleeper and so is my husband. Plus, she kicks and hard.

[NikLR 13,227]

English, Western....?

Preferably both. But lazy trail rides sound up my alley these days. Lol mostly western.

[NikLR 13,227]

We need a queen. Hubs is 6'2... But we don't need a king. If we had kids we would. Children always sleep in odd positions and give you less room than a stretched snake would need! Heck all on my own right now and if she crawls in I'm darn near falling off! Ugh!

New rant... People upstairs. I really like you as people but for the love of anything f**king sacred, why do you have a large dog visiting you? Why do you insist on running around with said dog at 7am on a Sunday morning all over your hardwood floors which squeak worse than a gymnasium full of mice? Yesterday you woke me up with the same issue! I understand the layout of my basement suite is poor because my bedroom resides under your living room, but there is no need to stomp around like a herd of elephants running away from a floor covered in mice. Need I remind you that this is a pet free building? I understand its visiting but you sound like there is an English mastiff visiting! (Granted its probably more like a shih tzu but it SOUNDS like a mastiff...)

Edited February 24, 2013 by NikiR

[SAT 9,609]

Preferably both. But lazy trail rides sound up my alley these days. Lol mostly western.

Niki = Annie Oakley

[SAT 9,609]

We need a queen. Hubs is 6'2... But we don't need a king. If we had kids we would. Children always sleep in odd positions and give you less room than a stretched snake would need! Heck all on my own right now and if she crawls in I'm darn near falling off! Ugh!

New rant... People upstairs. I really like you as people but for the love of anything f**king sacred, why do you have a large dog visiting you? Why do you insist on running around with said dog at 7am on a Sunday morning all over your hardwood floors which squeak worse than a gymnasium full of mice? Yesterday you woke me up with the same issue! I understand the layout of my basement suite is poor because my bedroom resides under your living room, but there is no need to stomp around like a herd of elephants running away from a floor covered in mice. Need I remind you that this is a pet free building? I understand its visiting but you sound like there is an English mastiff visiting! (Granted its probably more like a shih tzu but it SOUNDS like a mastiff...)

Solution .....bring horse into your apartment to scare the ####### out of dog, that'll keep him under the bed for a few days. Then have horse run free thru bldg to retaliate for noise created days earlier...

[oohpartiv 484]

Our cat's formal name is Mofle (have you, or has your esposo, heard that; and, if so, what does it mean to you?) -- apparently a regionally obscure Ecuadorian term. In casual conversation, we call her La Gorda (the fattie): "Did you forget to let Gorda in from the back yard AGAIN?"

As if on cue, Mofle/La Gorda has just jumped on my lap and is interfering with the typing by nuzzling my hands, miu man. I still miss my old cat desperately (gone now 9 months 15 days), but Moflita is very sweet, si man.

Mofle is a character from a terrible "comedy" show (I don't find it funny at all, personally) called "La Pareja Feliz" about a couple who married young and now hates each other's guts. It includes the balding, fat husband who is constantly trying to get with the maid ("el Panzon") and the disgusting, fat wife with missing teeth who constantly wants to get it on ("la Mofle"). I think "mofle" is just a name, but since that show came out it's become a synonym for fat, or gross, women.

On my first trip to Ecu, we were being chauffeured from Cuenca down southeastward by Gato, a friend of Mrs. T-B.'s who does taxi/limo work. Mrs. T-B.-to-be and her #5 sister were along for the ride. The first pothole we hit, I thought distinctly, "There goes 9 years of back therapy, si man." I was death-gripping the armrest with left hand and the hanging strap with right hand the entire way, which was 5 hours of pitching & bucking & rocking & rolling... and Mrs. T-B.-to-be and her sister slept almost the whole way, sigh man.

I think Ecuadorians have a set list of nicknames for people depending on their appearances, because I know at least four other "gatos" who have that name for the same reason. Others include:

1. Chino/a (for anyone who looks even remotely Asian)

2. Gordo/a, or flaco/a (depending on how fat or thin they are)

3. Colorado/a or mico/a (for those who are paler/blonder than the rest)

4. Negro/a (for those who are darker than the rest)

5. Patucho/a (for those who are short)

I've tried telling my husband to leave these nicknames behind, because I can just see how offensive things that are normal here would be in the States. Imagine being at a restaurant and having someone yell at the waiter, "Hey, fatty! Can I get some water?"

[SAT 9,609]

you forgot "Chivato"

[oohpartiv 484]

you forgot "Chivato"

That's more like an insult. Being called fat isn't offensive, but being called dirty or smelly is a SUPER INSULT (dun dun duuuun).

[AKSinghSingh79 143]

Mofle is a character from a terrible "comedy" show (I don't find it funny at all, personally) called "La Pareja Feliz" about a couple who married young and now hates each other's guts. It includes the balding, fat husband who is constantly trying to get with the maid ("el Panzon") and the disgusting, fat wife with missing teeth who constantly wants to get it on ("la Mofle"). I think "mofle" is just a name, but since that show came out it's become a synonym for fat, or gross, women.

I think Ecuadorians have a set list of nicknames for people depending on their appearances, because I know at least four other "gatos" who have that name for the same reason. Others include:

1. Chino/a (for anyone who looks even remotely Asian)

2. Gordo/a, or flaco/a (depending on how fat or thin they are)

3. Colorado/a or mico/a (for those who are paler/blonder than the rest)

4. Negro/a (for those who are darker than the rest)

5. Patucho/a (for those who are short)

I've tried telling my husband to leave these nicknames behind, because I can just see how offensive things that are normal here would be in the States. Imagine being at a restaurant and having someone yell at the waiter, "Hey, fatty! Can I get some water?"

In India, they have an interesting way of teasing their pals. For example if you have a friend who is overweight, they refer to them as "patla/patli" which translates to "skinny". It's supposed to be a form of sarcastic teasing. Inversely, if you have a beanpole like my hubby, the appropriate word would be "motu/moti" the word for, you guessed it, fat.

[SAT 9,609]

The universal slang to address my wife is "bot paw" meaning; "8 lady".....referring to "nosy b1tch"

Tiff and her friends go around calling eachother that all day long.....

[SAT 9,609]

I think Novembro got pissed off at CaryH for calling her a wacko.......

[B & G 200]

We need a queen. Hubs is 6'2... But we don't need a king. If we had kids we would. Children always sleep in odd positions and give you less room than a stretched snake would need! Heck all on my own right now and if she crawls in I'm darn near falling off! Ugh!

New rant... People upstairs. I really like you as people but for the love of anything f**king sacred, why do you have a large dog visiting you? Why do you insist on running around with said dog at 7am on a Sunday morning all over your hardwood floors which squeak worse than a gymnasium full of mice? Yesterday you woke me up with the same issue! I understand the layout of my basement suite is poor because my bedroom resides under your living room, but there is no need to stomp around like a herd of elephants running away from a floor covered in mice. Need I remind you that this is a pet free building? I understand its visiting but you sound like there is an English mastiff visiting! (Granted its probably more like a shih tzu but it SOUNDS like a mastiff...)

I feel your pain...

My 80yrs old neighbor has a rooster.. A ROOSTER!.. I would understand a chicken..at least you get fresh eggs out of it..but no..a rooster! now saying all that.. the damn thing has his internal clock all wrong..starts #######-a-doudling at midday.. 12pm on the dot and doesnt stop till 4pm.. which is an issue. I work nights..so that means at 12pm.. I want to be sleeping..not thinking how good coq au vin sounds for dinner if only i can get my hands around his scrawny lil neck!

Edited February 24, 2013 by geena

[SAT 9,609]

I feel your pain...

My 80yrs old neighbor has a rooster.. A ROOSTER!.. I would understand a chicken..at least you get fresh eggs out of it..but no..a rooster! now saying all that.. the damn thing has his internal clock all wrong..starts #######-a-doudling at midday.. 12pm on the dot and doesnt stop till 4pm.. which is an issue. I work nights..so that means at 12pm.. I want to be sleeping..not thinking how good coq au vin sounds for dinner if only i can get my hands around his scrawny lil neck!

Wow I didn't know roosters lived to be 80 years old.....

[B & G 200]

Wow I didn't know roosters lived to be 80 years old.....

This one probably will! Just to spite me!