Thread for Things That Made You Frown Today

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Originally Posted by Kastrel

with maybe 50ish various animals living there comfortably

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It drove me crazy how elastic the numbers could get. You 'member... you 'member in Taggerung when the Abbey had that many or less, then literally ONE THOUSAND hares showed up to save the day and the Abbess was all "oh np we can support that many for many seasons"?? Women can't do math.

Or remember when in Lord Brocktree where Stonepaw has 50 hares in command and refers to the days in his prime when he'd have hundreds, but previously-written in-universe-later in Mossflower Boar has less than a dozen? UGH.

Also I always figured the moles were meant to be the Welsh or Scots, while the hares were obviously ultra-English, the mice were less so, and the drunk hedgehogs were so clearly Irish that he even called one hedgehog family the "O'Spikes". Ha! ha! Casual racism.

Found out today that my bonus check from 2012 is paid in the same check as my paycheck on Friday. I didn't realize that, otherwise I would've set my status to exempt for bonus. Now it's too late, and the one larger check bumped me up to a much higher tax bracket, and filing single with one exemption, that took like half my bonus. Money I had budgeted for in the beginning of the month. I was so frustrated. I had that money allocated to pay our 2012 federal tax. -.-

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

while the hares were obviously ultra-English

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Hahaha, I forgot about that! I always imagined them with a monocle, going "Eh, wot wot!" Nice!

I really couldn't keep track of the numbers, I was a little too young I think. I probably read 6 or 7 of the books in my time, and its all a vague blur of animals. I can't really tell the books apart in my mind at all, probably the ONE event that stands out the most to me was that lengthy siege of Salamandastron. Other than that, it was all the same to me, probably why I stopped reading it. I have more I never even touched.

Looking back Jacques was really never afraid to lampshade himself - one book features three (3) high-ranking hares with monocles. (Regrettably, there are no monocle-offs.)

You definitely remember this series better than I do!

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

Looking back Jacques was really never afraid to lampshade himself - one book features three (3) high-ranking hares with monocles. (Regrettably, there are no monocle-offs.)

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I'm kinda starting to think you just read these like three weeks ago.

We lost power for days. What was I to do, eh? Engage in social intercourse? Don't be a fool.

Fucking clowns at UPS:

Location Date Local Time Activity
Louisville, KY, United States 03/13/2013 4:37 P.M. Departure Scan
03/13/2013 1:04 P.M. Arrival Scan
South Charleston, WV, United States 03/13/2013 7:48 A.M. Departure Scan
03/13/2013 7:24 A.M. Arrival Scan
Roanoke, VA, United States 03/13/2013 3:16 A.M. Departure Scan
Houston, TX, United States 03/12/2013 1:07 P.M. Arrival Scan
Memphis, TN, United States 03/12/2013 3:10 A.M. Departure Scan
Memphis, TN, United States 03/11/2013 7:10 P.M. Origin Scan
United States 03/11/2013 5:24 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

I live in Houston, the package was here yesterday and now they're sending it on a tour of the South.

It looks like a nomenclature error to me. It arrives in Houston but never departs, it departs from Roanoke without ever arriving there.

I cannot explain why it would go from Memphis to Roanoke in the first place, but a circuitous route seems more plausible than inexplicably leaving the final destination.

Another possibility could be that another package was mistakenly assigned the same tracking number. Your package goes straight from Memphis to Hou-stan, some other package begins its journey in Roanoke, headed for parts unknown. Have you called the place where it could be?

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

We lost power for days. What was I to do, eh? Engage in social intercourse? Don't be a fool.

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You could have engaged in the other type of intercourse...