Etiquette - September 2007

Some idiot in the year above my brother at school (he's 14) gave him some 'great' advice about how to masturbate without using your hands. The technique he shared involved lube, a desk fan, bubble wrap and some parcel tape. The resulting experiment by my brother was uncovered (by my mother no less) when he screamed after it nearly ripped his genitals off.

The guy who gave him this advice obviously thought he wasn't gullible enough to do it, but my brother is currently in a hospital bed being administered morphine for the pain.

How the hell do i teach this idiot (the guy who gave him the advice, as opposed to the idiot of a brother who actually did it) a lesson that'll stick without getting arrested?

Please advise.

Oh, and feel free to laugh, because once we were all sure he was going to be okay, me and my dad did too.

2007-09-20 03:37:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boss's 2 year daughter has mono. Do you think it is wrong for him to bring her to the office, exposing all of us to mono, just so he can check on stuff, while his little one runs around the office talking to everyone (she is cute so it is hard to ignore her). When we said something about it, he acted offended as if there was no reason we should be skittish about her being here in the office with us. Duh . . . there's a reason they are not letting her go to daycare . . .

2007-09-20 03:15:48 · 19 answers · asked by YukiCat 1

before i go shopping i look into the cabinets and fridge/freezer to see what i need and dont need.

so i did this. went shopping. came home to put the grocery's away, low and behold theres empty boxes in the storage space.

come to find out my son's eat the food then put the empty boxes back on the shelves and in the fridge.

bottom line i have to reshop to replace the food that i thought i already have.

sooooo annoying. i though geat one chore out of the way. but, nope.

do your family do stuff like this?

tell what. such as buying family pack's of dove soap. but by the end of the week it's gone coz the kid's leave the soap in the tub for it to melt away. can i just say that soap (Dove) is EXPENSIVE! grrrrrrrr

tell me what annoying things your family do around the house that annoy the goodness out of you?

2007-09-20 03:14:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it right to get a co-worker fired? I’m torn on this. On a personal level, I hate him. He is an idiot, a babbling idiot that feels that he needs to give everyone his opinion, advice, or whatever random thought is going through his head. In his 40’s, he thinks that office flatulence is the height of hilarity, and that is just the top of the list.
Professionally, the guy is useless, making my job and that of the rest of my group harder. His incompetence is complete, and he is nothing but an eternal victim and whiner whenever he is confronted. I have an e-mail he sent about management that would probably have him out the door in minutes that I have been saving, but that is my problem. Is it right to get a man fired. I hate him, he is useless and a detriment to the company, but is it my right to do that. I feel that, even though justified, I’m overstepping my bounds.
Would love practical advice or thoughts on this.

2007-09-20 02:47:29 · 13 answers · asked by rayb1214 7

A simple "thank you" after a purchase or paying for a meal seems to be a thing of the past. This is my pet peeve. What are some of yours? What is the best way to educate people in manners?

2007-09-20 01:45:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

a 72 year old goes into supermarket with grey hair and a stick and assistant refuses to serve him with wine unless he can prove he is over 21should the assistant in the shop be sacked for being stupid

2007-09-19 22:34:08 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Of course, you'd never actually do such a thing, but doesn't it irritate you to see someone walking down a grocery store aisle talking to someone about something that doesn't have anything to do with grocery shopping? Or ratchet-jawing on the cell phone while driving down the road and running the light at the intersection you are getting ready to cross?

Do cell phones annoy you? I have one, but I usually don't drive talking on it and if I use it at the grocery store I'm asking my wife if she wants whole milk or 2 percent, not talking about the weather.

2007-09-19 20:40:07 · 16 answers · asked by Warren D 7

2007-09-19 19:52:51 · 15 answers · asked by Strong_Angel88 1

you know, if something was rubbish.

2007-09-19 19:39:01 · 22 answers · asked by meh 2

2007-09-19 19:33:06 · 9 answers · asked by Strong_Angel88 1

She works in a rest. "cayote grill", i guess it's been around 4 yrs. now.
anyway, all she ever does is complain about the staff. How they discriminate her at work "with age remarks/age-ism, cut her down, don't invite her to places because of her age, sort of make fun of her personality quirks,ect"
Mostly the staff is all around in their early 20's. She's 42 [I think she said]
Anyway, I kinda find it hard to believe she gets crap constantly as she claims.
Do you think her co-workers are being to hard on her?
or they are just joking around once in awhile and she's greatly over reacting
I guess I am asking for her coz next time when she complains, I can come up w/a more realistic answer from someone who's in the restaurant biz themselves
{she says she constantly tells them off, do u think she should just ignore it}
so don't know what to say to this person anymore, can't relate!
any help would be appreciated, thank you

2007-09-19 19:07:31 · 7 answers · asked by deirdrefaith 4

I just wanna let him know that he's a great boy.

P.S I think the Chinese Mafia is after me!

2007-09-19 18:29:11 · 14 answers · asked by Grasshopper 5

or when you sneeze and someone else says "bless you" do you thank them?

2007-09-19 17:34:49 · 23 answers · asked by Salad 4

2007-09-19 17:14:55 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Strands of hair can fall in the foods. Isn't this unsanitary?

2007-09-19 15:51:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like, if it is your birthday and you ask your parents for something, they're not supposed to say no. If you ask like three months before for no reason, they are justified in saying no. But you're supposed to get whatever you want for you birthday. Cause I want an iPhone and my parents might not even get it for my birthday.

2007-09-19 15:09:00 · 31 answers · asked by Iiaria 3

im a freshman in high school and sometimes i wear skirts to school. i have to go up three flights of crowded stairs several times a day. i feel really uncomfortable because im worried that people are looking up my skirt. are they? or am i paranoid?

2007-09-19 14:13:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or even cause it to be aromatic?

2007-09-19 13:51:07 · 9 answers · asked by Kentucky Dave 6

Every afternoon, must be after kindy of something, the kids are out the back, doing that famous AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! scream on the top of thier lungs. There doesn't appear to be much discipline going on - you know the type, PARENTING> I am considering putting some literature about basically, how to control the kids - in thier letterbox that i have just printed off the net. It is driving me crazy - i really don't think they care about the neighbourhood or raising thier kids to be respectful.

2007-09-19 13:41:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because when im called dude on here by a female I take it as being talked down to.

Guys call guys dude. Not women.

Why say it?

2007-09-19 13:20:40 · 4 answers · asked by Pep Harris 1

Just another one of of those things that needed to be asked

2007-09-19 12:54:35 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to send my friend a housewarming gift besides the card. She has been so kind and sent me lots of stuff for my baby shower even she didn't attend.

Problem is, I don't have a lot of money to spend with the baby coming, and she has everything she needs for the house.

What can I get her? Something meaningful but not breaking my budget. Something around $100-150 (including shipping within US) will be ok.

Thanks!

2007-09-19 12:49:02 · 8 answers · asked by Speck Schnuck 5

I moved to a small town called McMinnville oregon, two years ago, because i married a woman here, i find the town is boring, everyone here are heavy smokers and red necks, i just married my wife last year and she already cheated on me? everyone here goes to church, but have the most disfuntional familys i have ever seen, i have never seen so much back stabbing and drama as goes on here? and if you get sick as i did and have to go to there little hospital heaven help you if you make it out alive yikes. Anyone else regreat moving to a small town, please respond......

2007-09-19 12:48:32 · 8 answers · asked by free_mark53 4

So everybody has to go to the grocery store when it's time. What advantages are there to going grocery shopping? What disadvantages are there? What do you dislike most about the physical grocery store? What would you like to see more of? What services aren't being provided that you really need?

2007-09-19 12:16:45 · 13 answers · asked by duval 1

i bite my toenails coz its easier than picking at them. sometimes i eat them, if they too chunky i spit them out coz they hurt my throat.

come on, be honest. i have. we dont know each other

2007-09-19 11:50:12 · 21 answers · asked by shiftymad 2

I'm a very touchy person, I have to touch people when i talk to them. Even when I'm talking to boys. Is this okay or weird? I mean I don't do it constantly or anything.

2007-09-19 11:49:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

when i go on a call sometimes people ask how much it is and if their insurance will pay for it. sometimes they even say that they arent going to pay it and actually get mad at us like we set how much the bills are. we are there to help not argue about bills. i could care less if they paid or not. whats your take?

2007-09-19 11:13:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I could really use a lot more help from the girl. 9 out of 10 times I'm taking out the trash, scrubbing the toilet, or doing the dishes. That is tolerable. What's getting on my nerves is being left out in the rain so to speak. I need her help to be a reliable roommate for her. She doesn't appreciate that I hate riding my bike home from work in a rainstorm at night, and insists that she's too busy to pick me up. I just hate the fact that she's comfortable with that situation. It tells me that she really resents something about me. What can I do for her to make her feel more inclined to be more helpful in my life?

2007-09-19 11:02:57 · 18 answers · asked by tigergeek16 2

I don't mean disrespect to people when I meet them, and I don't like to judge. However I find that I do not know what to do when someone has a facial abnormality.
I look people in the eye when I talk to them- but I don't want them to think I am STARING at them, or anything they might be self-conscious about. Not saying everyone is self-conscious, but they may be.
So do I look at someone who is cross-eyed in the eye? Will it make them self-conscious? I don't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.
SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY PLEASE

2007-09-19 10:36:42 · 12 answers · asked by Sambal Oelek 7

2007-09-19 09:43:27 · 24 answers · asked by Vwgirl18 4