Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Thrilling Friday non-MS/ES report, see man:

 

Lunch was at McDonald's, no coupons man.  

Mini-B. had the Grimace Meal, request and ingest wee man.

We had Many (2+2) hamburgers, microscopic size ingest we man.

 

Dropped Mini-B. at amigo's casa, play-caucus wee men man.

Had nice siesta, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was nuked frozen hamburgers, traditional Friday ingestation for Two Guys man.

 

Movie night was Groundhog Day, enh man.

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This makes Many (2x2x2 +2+2+1) for the week, double digits attained man.   

 

Party with the rubias after Mini-B. zzz's, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Saturday GS/ES report, see man:

 

Attended per above, see above man.

First GS phantom, may the fleas of a Many,000 camels infest their armpits man.

ES had good prices but was a dud, oh well man.

Second GS yielded the take, see man:

  -- Many (2+2) long-sleeved shirts (2, NWT) for Mini-B. = $2, steal man

Total = $2

Edited July 2, 2023 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man:

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. off-urinated us by offering to take Mini-B. to the Spider-Man movie, encroach on Two Guys week as always ex-she man man.

We promptly went online and got tickets for us and Mini-B., outrageous prices + "convenience" surcharge man.

 

Got back from GS-ing in timely fashion for lunch, Mini-B. pleased man.

Lunch for Mini-B. was Modified Tuna Glop, nuked rice + onecan tuna ingest wee man.

Lunch for us was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man.

Nice siesta afterward, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was nuked parrots & keys + frozen Stouffer's meatloaf, ingest Two Guys man.

Sprang movie surprise on Mini-B. then, delighted wee man.

 

Concession prices at theater outrageous, complete rip-off man.

Small sodas = $Many ($2x2x2-1) -- si man, $Many ($2x2x2-1) -- each,  man.

Large refillable popcorn $Many ($2x2x2+2) -- si man, $Many ($2x2x2+2),  man.

We refilled the popcorn twice, cut price man.

We refilled our drink twice and Mini-B.'s drink once, still outrageous net price man.

Movie interesting in special effects, totally animated man.

Mini-B. peeved at us for not grasping the plot or point of the movie, "God, you're old, Dad, si man," si man.

 

Working now to get Mini-B. done for bed, up late wee man man.

Party with the rubias thereafter, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Mama T-B. still too ill to receive visitors, tenacious stomach virus man.

Caucused with Mini-B. by phone, only solution man.

 

We left the casa only to retrieve a Costco 'za, delighted wee man man.

Place was mobbed, good grief man.

Everyone seemed to be ordering a 'za, long wait man.

Two Guys ravenous upon our return, look out man.

All but 2 slices of said 'za met their gastronomic doom, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Din-din for Mini-B. was the aforementioned surviving 2 pieces of 'za, ingest wee man.

Played some Two Guys basketball on back patio, hot shooter we man.

 

Saga to read, see man:

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. texted us at Many (2+1) p.m., helicopterous ex-she man.

Lobbied to pick up Mini-B. at half-past Many (2+2) for din-din trip to far-off beach, good grief man.

Of course we rejected this ill-timed imposition on Two Guys time,  man.

We suggested that ex-she man wait till Monday or Tuesday, highly reasonable man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. texted at half-past Many (2+2+2) p.m. to say that they* were heading there, si man.

     *Ex-Mrs.-T-B., Cousin Mini-B., Cousinette Mini-B. in the ex-Mrs.-T-B.-mobile si man; and

     *The Rojo and the Rojo's 2 daughters in the Rojomobile, si man

Return time was predicted to be half-past Many (2x2x2) p.m., yeah right man.

 

Then, ex-Mrs.-T-B. had Cousin Mini-B. call us to say that return time would instead be Many:Many, si man.

Ex-she man asked us to get Mini-B. to shower here and perhaps wait in her casa, yeah right man.

We did not see why ex-her man's failure to plan should constitute an emergency for us, no man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. finally showed up after Many (2x2x2 +1) p.m., haggard sweaty ex-she man.

Didn't want to enter the casa, too tired ex-she man.

Mini-B. collected his junk and we did our "We're Two Guys" mantra, Two Guys man.

 

At half-past Many (2x2x2 +2) p.m., ex-Mrs.-T-B. sent us some hot texts, barbecue we man ex-she man:

     "He is still in the restroom, si man.  I'm so mad that you can not made him to the a shower before I came just because was not in your plan, si and no man."

     "Do not ask me for any favor ever again, no man."

Had we bothered to reply (we shall not), we would reply as follows, see man:

     "We suggested putting this off, si man.  You never know when to stop overextending yourself, no man.  We ourself would never plan an evening out-of-town trip on tradeoff day, no man, especially when you have Mini-B. all next week, si man.  Do not blame us if this was too stressful for you but you consented to it anyway, no man.  We have reminded you that you bite off too much and end up regretting it, si man, and you always agree with us, si man, but you never change your ways, no man."

 

So who was more right, huh man?

 

Party with the rubias is imminent, cavort we man.

[Ontarkie 14,226]

That was all her own doing her. She needs to plan better.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

20 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

That was all her own doing her. She needs to plan better.

Agreed and gracias, si D ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Took Uncle T-B. to doctor appointment, uneventful man.

Visited nearby bank, red carpet hastily rolled out for $ucce$$ful POTS Bu$ine$$ Typhoon we man.

 

We were halfway to Costco, realize we man.

Decided to go,  man.

Place beyond mobbed just half an hour after opening, duh and  man.

Got our Many (2+2) items, plus usual crowd-stress headache man.

Lunch was the footlong hot dog + Pepsi, ingest financially savvy we man.

 

Returned to casa, ministered to demanding miu, and napped, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was the remaining 2 hot dogs from Two Guys week, buns on last day of life man.

 

Swapped out old-for-new fast-food coupons, Subway & BK man.

Others, if any, probably in Wednesday morn's rainwater newspaper, collect from neighbors too we man.

 

Idiots setting off fireworks in neighborhood, Many'rd night in a row man.  

 

Replaced toner cartridge in laser printer, surprisingly uneventful man.

Thus confirmed as a party animal, we shall cavort with the rubias later tonight, uninhibited we man.

Edited July 4, 2023 by TBoneTX

[Neonred 3,564]

16 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Lunch was the footlong hot dog + Pepsi, ingest financially savvy we man.

 

Din-din was the remaining 2 hot dogs from Two Guys week, buns on last day of life man.

 

 

I think you could do well at the hot dog eating contest at Coney Island.

 

I'll bet you could beat today's 64 hot dogs (and buns) in 10 minutes.

 

 

Edited July 4, 2023 by Neonred

[M+K IL 102]

We hear fireworks starting Sunday night here in Chicagoland, and it's actually banned in the whole state 😅

 

Laser printers are so nice compared to inkjets.

 

Our kid had his first Fourth of July parade at his daycare, he really liked it.

Edited July 4, 2023 by M+K IL

[Ontarkie 14,226]

OMG Fireworks are also banned in the city here too. But it sure didn't stop some nutcase from setting some off at 1am. It was so loud I thought a transformer blew. 

[M+K IL 102]

20 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

OMG Fireworks are also banned in the city here too. But it sure didn't stop some nutcase from setting some off at 1am. It was so loud I thought a transformer blew. 

Oh man that's annoying. When we lived in Seattle it's legal so it's even louder. Some nutcase in the next neighborhood burned down an apartment building in a firework accident!

[TBoneTX 45,303]

6 hours ago, Neonred said:

you could beat today's Many (2x2x2x2x2x2) hot dogs (and buns) in Many (2x2x2 +2) minutes

Hot dog quota precised, si and see and  man.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

2 hours ago, M+K IL said:

Some nutcase in the next neighborhood burned down an apartment building in a firework accident!

Fortunately, it rained today for the first time in nearly Many weeks, tamp down fire risk man.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Hilarious Monday-into-Tuesday miu report, see man:

 

Around midnight or whenever, miu began going aysheep*, aysheep* miu man.

     *see definitions in second post, see man

Miu jumped atop couch and tried to get behind mirror, unusual for miu man.

Miu then jumped onto couch and seemed to be pursuing something, hard-wired huntress miu man.

We inspected, inspect we man.

It was a roachcock, blending into black couch man!

 

This roachcock was gigantic, Many feet long and ferocious man.

It was a matter of life or death, it or we, si man.

 

We and miu pursued roachcock onto floor, pursue roachcock we and miu man.

Roachcock scurried under 2 unused miu-beds, chicken roachcock man.

We gently flung one such bed at miu, clear way for solo attack by we man man.

 

We seized the roachcock with use of Many (2+1) Kleenexes, seize roachcock we man.

We tried to crush or at least stun roachcock therein, wound enemy we man.

We flung all into nearest toilet, power-flush man.

We power-flushed, upper hand we man.

Roachcock met its watery doom, Davy Jones' Locker man.

We power-flushed again, can never be too sure about the demise of roachcocks man.

After adrenaline diminished, we praised miu for being a good huntress, praise miu we man.

[TBoneTX 45,303]

Eventful Tuesday report, see man:

 

We envisioned a quiet day in the casa, envision we man.

Only possible excursion would have been to Subway, new coupons recently prepared man.

We did not go out, fortunate for us man.

 

Mama T-B.'s facility called to say that EMS was in her crib, weak/shaky senior she man.

On-duty managerette answered phone there, dependable managerial she man.

Mama T-B. had gone from lunch to start the Mama-T-B.-mobile, several days since last time man.

While down there, she got shaky, sat down on Rollator man.

An acquaintance soon came by, assist Mama T-B. inside man.

Front desk helped Mama T-B. back into her crib, helpful frontdeskers man.

 

Managerette said that the EMTs were trying to convince her to go to the hospital, check out senior she man.

We told managerette that we'd bet our POTS empire that she would refuse, know senior she we man.

We hightailed it to crib, hightail we man.

Managerette said that ambulance had just left with Mama T-B., amazing occurrence man.

 

We found Mama T-B.'s exam room in Emergency, find we senior she man.

Mama T-B. looked and sounded shaky but wanted to go home, of course man.

 

Medicos did labs +  imaging, standard man.

Labs normal except Troponin T somewhat elevated, cardiac marker man.

They CT'd Mama T-B.'s head and found nothing, always knew it we man.

 

After Many (2+2+1) hours -- si man, Many (2+2+1) hours -- they decided to admit her for observation,  man.

Mama T-B. gave us instructions of what to get at her crib, instructionary senior she man.

We returned with all, dutiful we man.

Mama T-B. asked us Many (2+1) times -- si man, Many (2+1) times -- if we'd locked her crib,  man.

 

We are not to tell a soul about any of this, and no visitors, no and no man.

 

At least all of this got done before the fireworks idiots start flooding the Emergency Department, silver lining man.