Ouch

August 17, 2006 at 3:38 pm | In More than you ever wanted to know about me..., The Sweet Life |

Just five coincident facts that will have my pumpwearing pals wincing in sympathy:

1. Doorknob
2. 23″ Tubing
3. Carrying hot coffee
4. Cute, ass-enhancing, relatively new (and now elegantly coffee-stained) jeans
5. Formerly off-white carpet

P.S. Is anyone else disturbed by word verification combinations that include the letter “Q” not followed by “U”? Or am I just unspeakably uptight?

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  1. While doorknobs are indeed nifty inventions, and I never use 23″ tubing (’cause I hate it), and I’m not a coffee drinker (aka, a freak), and I don’t own any cute, ass-enhancing jeans (and a funny picture leaps to mind by the mere mention of such), I still feel your pain.

    And PS, I love unspeakably uptight. I’m the same way about so many things (though not so much on the word verification bit). E.g., “PIN number.” I can’t put into words the physical discomfort I feel when I hear such things. It drives me CrAzY!

    Comment by Kevin — August 17, 2006 #

  2. Oh man - that’s a recipe for disaster right there. Suckage.

    And yes, that is quite unspeakably uptight…

    Comment by Scott K. Johnson — August 17, 2006 #

  3. Been there, done that, but with knobs on an oven. Oy.

    Comment by Lyrehca — August 17, 2006 #

  4. Doorknobs haunted me for a full six months after I started pumping. It wasn’t until I moved the site to my thigh that my ratio of Pump:Doorknob Chaos subsided.

    And yes, I am tremendously traumatized by the word verifications. I can’t help but try and pronounce them to myself, which makes my head hurt and my mouth get tangled. :)

    Comment by Kerri. — August 17, 2006 #

  5. Oh my. I’m not a pumper, but ow!

    And Kevin, I feel your PIN number pain. I’m a copy editor and proofreader. I live in the unspeakably uptight world…for me, that’s where perfection lies!

    Comment by Michko — August 17, 2006 #

  6. Yikes! Sorry. I hate 23inch tubing too.

    Comment by Megan — August 17, 2006 #

  7. Ouch! And damn about the jeans.

    Re: word verification, I love to try to make words out of them but my husband hates it as he is from Adelaide where all the anal Australians are created.

    Comment by Sassy — August 18, 2006 #

  8. OUCH! Drawer knobs are my bane.

    Comment by Sarah — August 18, 2006 #

  9. ouch!!!!

    & of course my word verification has a Q with no U - hmmmmm

    Comment by Calliope — August 18, 2006 #

  10. OK..it wasn’t until I read the comments that I had a hell of a chance of understanding what the f*ck you were talking about. Gotcha. And as for the work verification thing….I hate when they put q in because I can’t tell it apart from g. Well, I can now…and wouldn’t you know that there is both an q and g to help me out this time!

    Comment by Gandksmom — August 18, 2006 #

  11. BTW - I am not commenting on your ass because I think it will get me into trouble not only with phili, but Cheryl as well!

    Comment by Gandksmom — August 18, 2006 #

  12. Just one more comment if I may,….I thought you meant shoes when you said, Pump wearing pals…and I just couldn’t see you in pumps! I know, I know….

    Comment by Gandksmom — August 18, 2006 #

  13. My word verification has a u with no q. Fine. But, yeah, a q with no u? Very upsetting! I also, for the record, don’t believe in those Scrabble words that have a q with no u.

    Comment by pithydithy — August 21, 2006 #

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