Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

Mini-B.'s eve with ex-Mrs.-T-B., free to cavort with rubias we man.

Lunch was Subway WUOC, ingest we man.

Long siesta taken, zzz we man.

Accomplished much administrative business regarding the POTS* empire, successful Business Typhoon we man.

     *buy yours today, si man!

 

It reached Many00 + Many (Many00 + [2x2x2 +1]) degrees F. outside, tied all-time record man.

Briefly threatened rain toward sunset, but no downfall, How Dry We Are man.

 

Din-din for us and snack for Mini-B. was the other half of apple pie from FST restaurant, ingest Two Guys man.

Worked perfectly to curbside pie-box in neighbor's garbage, elegantly timed man.

 

After bedding Mini-B., will cavort with the rubias, inveterate party-animal we man.

[Neonred 3,562]

14 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

Accomplished much administrative business regarding the POTS* empire, successful Business Typhoon we man.

     *buy yours today, si man!

 

Just discovered that brown toilet seats are available.  What a wonderful idea and great time saver.  Probably never have to clean it.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

9 hours ago, Neonred said:

Just discovered that brown toilet seats are available.

We have had these in regular and special-order inventory from Day One,  man!

9 hours ago, Neonred said:

What a wonderful idea and great time saver. 

Gracias, si man.  Order 1 for the price of 2 and get the second one free, whee man!   

9 hours ago, Neonred said:

Probably never have to clean it.

Only if you order our special self-cleaning model, see man.

Be among the first Many callers and get a handsome 0.0000001% discount off full retail, whee man!   

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Friday ES report, see man:

 

Went to second-favorite almost-small town for Many (2+1) ESs, trip-roading we man.

The first and Many'rd ESs yielded the take, see man:

  -- spare "Mr. Coffee" pot = half + half-of-half a buck, steal man

  -- NIP bar Lava soap = $1, OK man

Total = $1 + half + half-of-half a buck

Edited August 26, 2023 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man:

 

We had to operate fast & efficiently after dropping Mini-B. at skool, action we man.

We hit the road in reasonable time, si man.

After the first 2 of the Many (2+1) ESs, we lunched at the local Chinese buffet, ingest we man.

We then visited the contiguous Tractor Supply Co., miu supplies man.

 

The Many'rd ES didn't open till 2 p.m., weird decision man.

We had to be efficient if we were to return in time to get Mini-B. from skool, si man.

This ES was way out in the boonies, look closely to find it we man.

Long line of locals waiting to enter, sigh man.

Fortunately, all were admitted at once, including us man.

We dodged old & fat people in our efficient manner, practiced we man.

We were the first purchaser of anything, ha man.

The ES ladies of course recognized us and appreciated our presence, tasteful ES ladies man.

We managed to get out in time to return to casa about Many (hour + Many minutes) before skool dismissal, wow man.

 

We needed a shower and a siesta, si man.

No time for both, no man.

We siesta'd, priorities man.

Successful long-range Friday ES-ing, self-commending we man.

 

Din-din was traditional-Friday nuked angusburgers, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Mini-B. was moderately receptive to movie night, first such of the week man.

We watched the first episode of Ahsoka, Star Wars man.

Mini-B. didn't want to watch the second episode (far shorter than an hour), good grief man.

He half-attended to it while playing other things, oh well man.

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were prepared, we ingested most of it man.

Part of Mini-B.'s growing up aren't fun, no "family time" any longer man.

 

Depending on several factors, we have itineraried our GS/ES itinerary for Saturday, si man.

There are Many (2+2+1):  2 ESs, a GS, and an MS, precisely man.

 

Mini-B. gets to stay up late playing games & virtual reality, then watch late TV new Two Guys man.

Party with the rubias later, cavort we man.

Edited August 26, 2023 by TBoneTX

[Neonred 3,562]

5 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

We dodged old & fat people in our efficient manner, practiced we man.

You're not one of "them"?

 

5 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

Din-din was traditional-Friday nuked anusburgers, ingest Two Guys man.

 

 

😲

[TBoneTX 45,288]

10 hours ago, Neonred said:

You're not one of "them"?

Not in a directly parallel sense, no man.

10 hours ago, Neonred said:

😲

Mini-B.'s angusburger had tomatoes & ketchup on it, vegetables* man.

Our angusburgers had ketchup on it, vegetable* man.

Mini-B. ate half of our second angusburger, half-vegetable* man.

     *"Ketchup is a vegetable, si man" -- Pres. Reagan or his administration

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Saturday GS/ES/MS report, see man:

 

The GS, the MS, and both ESs were utter wastes, waste man.

Not even anything worth picking up to inspect briefly, no man.

At least no major distances driven, bright spot man.

Total = $0

[TBoneTX 45,288]

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

 

The GS/ES/MS debacle ended in time to procure Subway* for lunch, ingest Two Guys man.

     *WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

Mini-B. spent all afternoon playing online with his amigos, animated wee man.

We got a much-needed siesta, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was more of the orange chicken from Costco, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Miu outlasted us again,  man.

Last night's din-din was onecan of morsels from Tractor Supply, filling and appealing to mius man.

Miu consumed some and then loudly complained, spoiled miu man.

We told miu that miu would eat all of her din-din, instruct we man miu man.

In the morning, bowl of glop was still there, obstinate miu man.

Miu pestered us incessantly, let us caffeinate ourself first man.

We mixed half of a Fancy Feast Petites into the glop and heated it briefly, resourceful we man.

Miu picked around the new glop, ate the Fancy Feast, and objected loudly, obstinate miu man.

For miu-lunch, we tried the same tactic, unsuccessful again man.

We finally dumped out new glop and served one twin-pack of Fancy Feast turkey, overjoyed miu man.

Miu outlasted us again,  and  man.

 

Movie night was Expelled, very good man.

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

This made only Many (2x2x2) for the week, must lower standard quota man.

 

Visit to Mama T-B. on Sunday, shorter than usual man.

Then take Mini-B. straight to birthday bash of little amigo at party place, chauffeur wee man we man.

Take him back to casa hopefully to watch AFV rerun, we can hope man.

Then surrender him at end of Two Guys week, sigh man.

 

Party with the rubias imminently, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Took Mini-B. to visit Mama T-B., ecstatic senior she man.

Short visit ruined further by uncertainty about little amigo's party's start-time, disorganized man.

We had barely raced casa-ward to wrangle laundry when we had to head back, hectic man.

Of course, had to stop at drugstore to get Mama T-B.'s pills,  man.

Delivered pills and retrieved Mini-B., aysheep wee man man.

Then we had to stop at the casa again so Mini-B. could get his hoodie, good grief man.

Why couldn't Mini-B. have told us to bring the hoodie so we could go right to the party, huh man?  

Despite all this, dropped Mini-B. at party in ample time, good grief man.

 

Lunch was Many (2+2) Arby's gut-bombs*, takeout and ingest we man.

     *procured WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

We managed to catch up on the laundry, Many (2+2) loads man.

Even got a siesta, adrenaline-crashed we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. retrieved Mini-B. from the party, dropped with us man.

Mini-B. then jumped on computer to play games with his amigos, 2 hours man.

 

Din-din for Mini-B. was spaghetti & a cake piece donated by Mama T-B., ingest wee man.

Din-din for us was the remaining 2 corn dogs, ingest we man.

 

Meanwhile, miu was not to be seen for these Many hours, no miu man.

Last we'd seen of miu was her watching us make Mini-B.'s bed, observant miu man.

We presumed that miu had crawled under bed for a miu-siesta, typical of many mius man.

Miu finally reappeared right when we were offloading Mini-B.'s stuff, fashionably late miu man.

 

Mini-B.'s stuff seems to reproduce on its own, amount grows like jackrabbit clans man.

Stuff took up the entire T-B.-mobile back seat, good grief man.

Ex-Mrs. T-B. came out to help carry stuff in and promptly spilled an important box,  ex-she man.

Ex-she man refused to let us recite our "We're Two Guys!" mantra in her casa, uptight ex-she man.

Mini-B. and we muttered it sotto voce, punctuated with stomach-bumps, take that ex-she man man.

 

We have conquered the remaining laundry, victorious we man.

We have cleaned the miu-box, intestinally prolific miu man.

We must dish and subsequently de-dish the warsher, Sunday night man.

Then we shall cavort lustily with the rubias, lustily cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Was awakened by seek-breakfasting miu, insistent persistent miu man.

Lurched downstairs to comply with miu, compliant we man.

Beheld Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- pools of hacked-hairball liquid, gastrically prolific miu man.

These were already dry, comparative boon man.

Up-cleaned nicely with Spic 'n' Span, bye hairball juice man.

 

Breakfast/lunch/din-din (at Many p.m.) was a 'roni 'za on Monday special, ingest financially savvy we man.

 

Much of day spent arguing telephonically with clueless, recalcitrant financial personnel, grrr man.

These peons changed their tune when informed that we are a successful Business Typhoon, $i man.

Each, cowering in fear, volunteered to buy a Pre-Owned Toilet Seat*, saved their jobs man.

     *buy yours today, si man!

Most of what we hoped to accomplish was, finally man.

 

Miu just demanded brushing & play, Serve Me Daddy man.

Miu then would not let her automatic litterbox finish its cycle,  miu man.

She has seen it only Many,000,000 times but is still mystified by it,  miu man.

 

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

Catered to demanding miu, serve miu we man.

Spent part of morning on phone with various financial entities, had to pull rank* on most man.

     *as Successful Business Typhoon in the POTS** industry, we man

     **buy yours today, si man!

 

Lunch was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man.

 

Right at peak siesta time, we had to take Uncle T-B. to the dentist, chauffeur senior he man we man.

All went well, si man.

Returned to spend another hour-plus helping Uncle T-B. get into his computer accounts,  man.

We have no clue how he manages to hose his usernames/passwords so often, no and  man.

 

Din-din was the rest of the chicken from the Costco orange chicken of earlier, ingest we man.

A semirestorative late siesta was finally taken, zzz we man.

 

Party with the rubias later, cavort we man.

Two Guys eve Wednesday eve, Two Guys man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

This is the most important lawsuit of all time, see man:

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Burger King Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Telling 'Whopper' About the Size of Its Burgers

 

The royalty of fast food, Burger King, has sustained a critical legal blow in a lawsuit alleging that the company misled hungry consumers about the size of its signature sandwich: The Whopper.  A judge ruled that the legal action can proceed against the fast-food chain and the Monarch of Meat Patties.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/29/burger-king-faces-lawsuit-for-allegedly-telling-whopper-about-the-size-of-its-burgers-n2163208

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Weekly rainwater newspaper had all the fast-food coupons, update our collection man.

Love it when Many neighbors never want their papers, coupon bonanza man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. called to say that Mini-B. wanted to leave skool early,  man.

He was tearful about difficult teechurs, etc., etc., same old story from wee man man.

Ex-she man suspected that he'd been up too late on his phone, knew it we man.

Corrective measures in place, automatic shutoff at Many:Many p.m. man.

Skipped Two Guys eve in favor of partial one on Thursday, seemed best man.

 

Far too much drama this early in the skool year, sigh man.

Need to turn it around in order to reverse initial impressions, must be consistent man.

Open House at skool on Thursday eve, we consider our attendance mandatory man.

We shall retrieve Mini-B. from skool, procure din-din, and then return to skool, Open House man.

 

Went to Costco for Many (2+2) on-sale items, firm list man.

Place was absolutely mobbed, Wednesday at 1 p.m. man!

Left with exactly the Many (2+2) items listed, disciplined we man.

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

 

Miu overdue for visit to the beauty salon, Many-wheel manicure desperately needed man.

Tried to entice miu with treats, unsuccessful we man.

Enticed miu with miu-lunch, seize miu and dump into miu-carrier man.

Miu screamed at us the entire way to the vet, highly displeased miu man.

Miu manicured without incident, well-behaved miu man.

Manicure cost = $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 +1) -- si man, $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 +1), outrageous man.

Miu screamed at us the entire way to the casa, displeased miu man.

Miu eventually readjusted, mollified miu man.

Miu much calmer, always has happened with every newly manicured miu man.

 

Took adrenaline-crashed siesta, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was onecan of sliced carrots*, ingest we man.

     *bought at a previous ES, financially savvy we man

 

Must compile weekend's GS/ES itinerary starting Thursday, delinquent we man.

Party with the rubias as usual, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

We did nothing all day, torpid we man.

Miu mellow all day, typical of post-manicured miu man.

 

Retrieved Mini-B. from skool, modified Two Guys eve man.

Mini-B. groused about not wanting to attend Open House, grumbly wee man man.

"I spend Many hours a day at skool, si man; why should I have to go back, huh man?" quoth wee man man.

"Plus, everyone will tease me about my old dad, si man," quoth wee man man.

It took several rounds by us and ex-Mrs.-T-B. by phone, still unconvinced wee man man.

 

Din-din was drive-through at Popeye's*, ingest Two Guys man.

     *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man

Mini-B. calmer after din-din, typical of wee man man.

Still didn't want to go to Open House, no man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. finally had to blackmail him, threaten ex-she man wee man man.

Mini-B. recognized the blackmail and groused about that, grumbly wee man.

 

Mini-B. cheered up (but wouldn't admit it) after seeing his amigos at skool, knew it we man.

Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- of MIni-B.'s teechurs not there, should be mandatory man.

Got crammed into other classrooms instead, oh well man.

 

Mini-B.'s classes upstairs/downstairs/upstairs/downstairs, ouch man.

Two idiots yakking on the staircase when we needed the railing, for God's sake move it man.

We're surprised that we didn't yell in pain, self-surprised we man.

We were quite dazed and dizzy from the pain after first ascent, ouch man.

Mini-B. wouldn't show us the elevator, mortified at old dad wee man.

 

Still painfully dazed an hour later, dunno what HSM** we need man.

     **see handy Abbreviations list in second post of thread, q.v. man.

 

We have itineraried Many (2+2) GSs and Many (2+3) ESs, big route man.

Might be academic if we can't move, trust in HSM man.

 

Need to cancel party with the rubias and try to explain to miu that Daddy can't brush anybody tonight, ouch man.

Edited September 1, 2023 by TBoneTX