I'm not liking the combination of dating and pissing here....

That's one of my brother's favorite comedic clips.

So, we say that a lot.

And we also say: well would you LOOK at that? Just look at it!

They can put a man on the moon but they can't make a desk fan (to drown out gum snaps and counter humidity) that doesn't sound like a damn Boeing 747.

I wish they would let you test fans in the store. Damn things are always boxed up.

I know. You can't believe the box that reads "whisper quiet" any more than you can believe Wal-mart "How May I Help You" vests.

(But I shouldn't say that...a lady running the self check out lanes stopped me and gave me a discount on a case of diet coke because it was on sale somewhere else. They say they'll match the price if we see one lower elsewhere but I never think about it or ask. She just did it to be helpful. I just like my vest jokes.)

We bought one good fan in a variety store like 20 years ago. It just works. You can hear it, but it's not too loud. It's a fan. It blows air. Cools you down. What else can you say? It works.

So recently we wanted a second fan, and went to Target, and bought one. Figured it was a fan. It would do the stuff fans are supposed to do. But it makes a hell of a racket and if you step more than 3 feet away you can't feel a breeze unless it's on high. But then you need earplugs.

I guess fans are becoming like toasters. You need to research them to find which ones are good. If you just go buy one, it will probably be crap. Why does it have to be this difficult? It's just a damn fan.

Planned obsolescence.

I was just thinking the same thing about these shoes: I need a cobbler. Everything is made cheaply and is throw-away.

What's a tinker do these days? They used to fix toasters and stuff. There's nothing to tink anymore, I don't tink.

Me, too. MMmmmm..............cobbler

http://img4.myrecipes.com/i/recipes/...l-630082-l.jpg

Is that bacon cobbler?????? :lol:

Apple. Apple pie. Apple cobbler. Apple turnover. Apple is the only fruit that belongs in a pastry. ;)

Not so fast there, grasshopper. The very best cobbler I ever had was strawberry/rhubarb. Strawberry cobbler is too sweet. Rhubarb cobbler is too tart. Together - perfection.

I love strawberries, I don't like strawberries in anything. Rhubarb is the yuck.

I might eat a pumpkin pie, or ice cream or chocolate pie. Even my cheeseburger pie. But no other fruit pie except apple.

Why don't they make a Cherry Celery Pie? Huh? Huh? I'll tell you why: because it's a bad idea!

Or Blueberry Asparagus Pie?

:lol:

See that's why strawberry/rhubarb is such a magical thing. Not all flavors go together. But strawberry/rhubarb is special. Really.

You should try it. * Uses hypnotizing eyes on IM *

I'm sure that I've seen it around. I've heard of it. Even heard of just rhubarb pie. But I don't like rhubarb.

*giggles* I have a friend who KNOWS I cannot stomach mayonaisse, but she will talk about her deviled eggs, or her potato salad (things I cannot stand) and be like "NO, you HAVE to try MINE." She can't get it in her head that I do not like. Anything I say I don't like and I just HAVE to try THIS one or THAT one. Like I'll have some kind of revelation: angels will start singing as the clouds open up and sunshine rains down on my face.

Like another friend was talking about these meatballs this girl made. She put sauerkraut in them. I hate sauerkraut. "Oh yeah, but you can't even TASTE the sauerkraut." So why bother putting it in?

Yes, I am strong in my convictions when it comes to foods I will not eat. ;)

It's peach cobbler. Try some. No, really, it tastes scrum-dilly-icious.