BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 24 Sep 07 - 01:51 AM

One other thing:

I wouldn't miss MREs (Meals Ready-to-Eat). It's not that I have anything against the MREs themselves. They're actually pretty good. Not like home cooking or anything, but they put a lot of the canned and frozen heat-and-eat stuff at the grocery store to shame.

The reason I wouldn't miss MREs is that the only time we civilians get them is when hurricanes come around and blow everything down. Then the Gubmint is nice enough to give us MREs so we don't starve 'til the power company puts all the poles and lines back up so we can go back to deep frying armadillos.

What I'm getting at is: No MREs=No hurricanes.

I will gladly sacrifice the one if it means none of the other.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: GUEST,Bert on Kelly's machine.
Date: 24 Sep 07 - 12:40 AM

Monty Python

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 11:58 PM

Philanderers, male and/or female, who flaunt it.
The new GOP.
Fundies.
Gas guzzlers.
Guns.
Ants. (I know, it would upset the balance and I would probably, eventually miss them, but not right now!)

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: pdq
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 10:25 PM

Imagime what would be left if someone perfected a fat-free Rapper.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 10:22 PM

Diet drinks.
Sugarless gum.
Sugar substitutes. (I bet they're worse for you than the sugar!)
Fat-free cold cuts.
Make that fat-free anything. If they've taken the fat out, they've probably rendered whatever is left into something virtually undigestible.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Joe_F
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 10:11 PM

Radio stations
Rock and roll
Beauty parlors
Razors
Food or drink lite
Frozen waffles
Popups
Professional sports

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: GUEST,Number 6
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 07:37 PM

"is the fog the reason that you're posting here instead of out taking photos"

You got that right Rags. The fog lifted by noon and it turned out to be an exceptional sunny autumn day.

Now that is something I would miss if it was gone .... blue sunny skies and a blue ocean along a rugged coastline.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 07:26 PM

Amos's cummerbund. Or for that matter, any of his formal regalia.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: bobad
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 06:38 PM

Anonymous posters.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Genie
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 05:52 PM

Comedians (and other media personalities who try to be funny) who make "gay" jokes (i.e, it's supposed to be hilarious to suggest that someone might be "gay").   

That, and the same lot who think they're terribly clever whenever they make a pun on someone's name (unless it's a very fitting pun).

And, in that vein,
Bellow Reilly ... er ..., I mean Bill O'Reilly

G

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 05:43 PM

I LOVE pickled beetroot - would really miss it.

Commercial radio and tv could go bye-bye without a word of regret from me.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 04:46 PM

Mosquitos.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 04:12 PM

Amazing how many things we could do without. They never would be missed, they never would be missed. Hmmm, where have I heard that before?

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Peace
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 02:33 PM

"and you do need tae be kept within skelping distance."

Usually I have to pay for that . . . .

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 02:10 PM

(aiming mostly not to repeat previous posters)
Winter.
Management-speak.
Margaret Thatcher.
Boris Johnson.
Glottal stops.
Lilly Allen.
The smell of diesel.
Margaritas.
Unemployment.
Diddly music (except in Ireland).
Country music (except where it is indigenous).
All Saints (but they are, so way-hey!).
Baron Sasha Cohen and all of his "humorous" characters.
Speed limits.
Sound level metering in rock venues.
Bose.
Mackie.
Organised religion.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: pdq
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 01:49 PM

Gee, Q, I had you pegged as a 'cream soda' kind guy.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 01:43 PM

Get rid of sodapop?
Nowadays everybody asks for name-brand drinks- get rid of Gatorade, I say!

Traveling with my parents when I was young, no air conditioning in the car, and a water bag hung on the car hood, nothing was more welcome than a stop at a gas station that had a zinc-lined container filled with ice (mostly icy water) and sodapop. Therein I found my favorite, a purplish drink called Delaware Punch- the drink of the Gods, I thought then.

I would cool my hands in the icy water (everyone did, no thought of germs) and slowly become alive again.

Disappointment bloomed if the Delaware Punch was sold out, but I would console myself with a root beer (real sassafras back then) or even a NeHi.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 10:39 AM

Giok...I doan expect tae gang tae France an unnerstaun eny word they spak!

In German, I can at least hear the word and look it up in the disctionary, but I can't even figure out how to SPELL French words in order to find them. (and I won't even start on all the swallowed syllables in some English local dialects!)

But y'awl come 'roun these 'hyar parts an' tryun unnerstan the langwige we'uns use, iffn ya' wanna hear durn good talkin'.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 10:00 AM

TV, don't watch a right lot of it anyway
Pickled beetroot...revolting stuff!
Banana's, but Harry really likes them
Road works
MacDonalds
Pizza Hut
Bitterness
Narrow mindedness
Pathetic Lies
Spam email
Junk mail
My mobile phone....only take it out with me if I am on my own.
Bills...includng council tax
The colour pink!!

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 09:17 AM

sore hand & arm from computer overuse
sore joints & muscles, & other bits & pieces that don't work properly!
telemarketers & junk mail & SPAM
my forgetfulness - I wanna good memory!

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Alba
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 09:10 AM

Number 6. Good to see you.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 08:56 AM

Harry Potter

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: ragdall
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 08:37 AM

Number Six, is the fog the reason that you're posting here instead of out taking photos?

I wouldn't miss the pain, or bad news.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 08:02 AM

Property Developers
Marketing Men (and Women)
Cookery Programmes (on UK TV)
Soap Operas
Sport
TV Sci Fi ('Dr Who', 'Star Trek' etc.)
Tailgaters
People who drive too fast
People who drive too slow ('deadly creepers')
British Local Authorities (morons who represent property developers, rather than the people who elected them and pay local taxes).
Junk Mail
Chief Executives (who receive enormous payouts and bonuses even when they are corrupt, incompetent and fail badly).
Rock Music
British Art Schools and their Graduates
Trendy Designers

There! I think that should do for now!

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: GUEST,Number 6
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 05:37 AM

Looking out the window this morning ... what do I see ... nothing but fog.

I certainly wouldn't miss the 'fog'.

But maybe I should quit whining and move inland.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Megan L
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 05:06 AM

So there pit that in yer pipe an smoke it. But no in Scotland we dinny allow bad habits here.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 05:04 AM

if it were gone!!

And BillD here's a message for you :-)
Gaun awa an' bile yer heid ye wee nyaff, dae ye expect tae gang tae France an unnerstaun ivvery word they spak?

Hee hee.

Giok

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Megan L
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 04:31 AM

America - well you keep sending us your stupidist ideas - as listed by almost everyone else. Honestly we do have enough stupid ideas of our own.

Scrawny intollerant runts - bye guest Bill


Oh and Peace don't tak Janies advice ma auld hips are no good wie stairs these days and you do need tae be kept within skelping distance. Its fur yer ain good lad honest.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 02:29 AM

cigarettes that my family members smoke

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 01:33 AM

Be glad you got the sausage, you filthy Englander!

(just joking)

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Bert
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 12:17 AM

...English cuisine (after breakfast)...

Sheesh that's fightin' talk Wolfgang.

I remember this youth hostelling trip I took in Germany once and at least half the hostel meals consisted of a bowl of pea soup with a sausage in it. But of course I wouldn't dream of judging German cuisine from that experience.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Peace
Date: 23 Sep 07 - 12:11 AM

"The Question was WHAT WOULD YOU NOT MISS IF IT WAS GONE?"

I don't agree with the question mark after 'gone'. It is redundant.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Janie
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 11:44 PM

I think the only things I WOULD miss if they were gone are:

Hot and cold running water
An indoor flush toilet
heat that I can't simply flip a switch or turn up a thermostat to get going.
Dry shelter

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Peace
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 11:39 PM

Nothin' like building a bridge to tolerance.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Peace
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 11:37 PM

On second thought, hold the anchovies!

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Peace
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 11:35 PM

The look of melted ice cream dripping from the computer




































on a hot day.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Peace
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 11:34 PM

The sound of a knee scraping on the pavement













on a hot day.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Peace
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 11:32 PM

The taste of burnt anchovies on a strawberry-rhubarb pie





on a hot day.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Peace
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 11:30 PM

The smell of dead fish on a wet dog on a hot day.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Alba
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 10:23 PM

Whatever it was I think that if I didn't miss it then I wouldn't realise it had gone therefore it could not have been that important to me in the first place...*wink*

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 10:22 PM

You know your life has been a success if Bee-Dubya doesn't miss you when you're gone.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 10:16 PM

I would add Anna Nicole Smith to the list, but she already is gone. I don't miss her anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Joe_F
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 09:06 PM

Promotion
Mass entertainment
Fashion

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 09:03 PM

If your society had the wisdom to set aside some modest yearly budget funds for public TV, RangerSteve, you wouldn't have to put up with those pestiferous fundraising drives...(which I agree are very annoying)

But I know. It's far more important to build a lot more cruise missiles and attack helicopters and stuff like that, right?

Speaking of those damn car commercials...we have a big fat loudmouth car dealer here named Paul Sadlon who used to scream "I WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD BYYYYYY ANYBODYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!" on his radio ads. Another great reason to turn the radio off when in the Barrie, Ontario region.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 09:01 PM

Genie...I suppose if YOU keep all the smelly cheeses, it would protect me from them. I can bargain.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: GUEST,ed
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 09:00 PM

Black flies
earwigs
big "mother" slugs
Mosquiltoes
fleas
ticks
potholes
sodapop
colds and flu
cancer
aids
house mould
bag pipes
soap operas
dog the bounty hunter
Dr Phil
rap and hip hop music
highway tolls
hot dogs
cell phone drivers
horns and middle finger gestures from agressive drivers

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 07:28 PM

Nouvelle cuisine, especially the kind that involves applying the sauce with an eye dropper. I want sauce, damn it!!!

TV cooking shows where they start with a recipe that seems easy enough, then introduce an ingredient that you, personally, can't obtain, like a fruit that you never heard of, but they assure you that you can find it in any Uzbekistani food store, or camel cheese (available in the Algerian section of any grocery store). Where do these people live? Apparently not in the real world.

Dunkin Donuts - since, as I get older, my tolerance for sugar coated sugar has gone way down. Bring back plain donuts.

Canned peas
canned stringbeans.
canned carrots
the crap that comes out of Nashville under the name of "Country Music"

Public TV fund raising, which comes around every two months.

Self-help shows, which preempt regular programming on Public TV during fund raising.

REALLY LOUD OBNOXIOUS COMMERCIALS FOR CAR DEALERS ON THE RADIO!!!!!

Really conservative or really liberal thinking.

Out of control political correctness.

I agree with some of the other entries, but not Waffle House. Some states don't have them. The nearest one to me is about 50 miles away.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 07:18 PM

Starbucks is ensconced in my supermarket; the carts have a caddy for the coffee containers, so one can charge up while perusing the persimmons. Besides, I like their bearclaws. Ownership is in Seattle, also in the Pacific Northwest, what's wrong with that?

(There are others I visit when near them; Second Cup is as good except their bean selection is limited).

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 07:15 PM

I would not miss my beard if it was gone. Not in the least. Ditto for the hair growing in my ears.

Subject: RE: BS: What would you not miss if it was gone?
From: Sorcha
Date: 22 Sep 07 - 07:10 PM

Telly. Hands down. Other choices:
McDonalds
Starbucks
fake bacon (aka turkey bacon)
Husbands might possibly go on this list, but I guess he does earn his keep and do a few things.
House cleaning


Things I WOULD miss:
Music!
Literature and BOOKS
Wally World (yea, the dollar talks here)
REAL grocery stores that carry stuff like chipotle powder and tahini
Cigarettes (yea, I know that is a baddie so don't yell, OK)
Dogs
Cats
Computer and Internet esp. MUDCAT!
Showers and toilets with water pressure and flush/sewer capabilities
HOT water on demand
Warm houses and beds
Some sort of health care other than Witch Doctors (aka ME!)
Antibiotics
If I have fruit/grain and sugar, I can always make my own booze.