Comments on: Making a mountain out of a middle finger

By: Setting precedents with privileges

Setting precedents with privileges — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:08:48 +0000

[...] I don’t grant her requests simply on the basis of “everyone else has one!” Nor do I deny them simply because I don’t have the same item myself, contrary to my iPod Touch example. Tacy had her DS for nearly a year before I received mine. [...]

By: If you see me walking by, look away…baby, look away

If you see me walking by, look away…baby, look away — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:37:28 +0000

[...] times when I miss the anonymity of our previous neighborhoods, and not just when I’ve made a spectacle of myself in the neighborhood either. I’m talking about the gym locker [...]

By: caramama

caramama — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:50:37 +0000

You are my hero for giving her the finger, for explaining why it was wrong to your daughter and for punishing yourself.

caramamas last blog post..DC Area Cookie Swap?

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:45:31 +0000

Hi, I’m new to this stuff, but I hope I am doing this right.

That woman totally overreacted with throwing her hands up and getting all pissed off over something as minor as that. You were grabbing your daughter’s backpack and she was obviously in a hurry.

Hopefully you won’t run into her ever again, especially at the school. And if you do, maybe this time she will irritate you! Hah!

All I can say is that it was very big of you to explain to your daughter what you did. I have a six year old also, and I think I would have done the same thing. I don’t want her thinking that is an appropriate gesture, ya know? But when someone makes Mommy mad, that may be in order…

Have a great one, and keep away from that psycho!

Karen

By: Redneck Mommy

Redneck Mommy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:38:50 +0000

You were far more restrained than I would have been.

But then you are a far classier gal than I can ever hope to be. Heh.

By: Catizhere

Catizhere — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:08:34 +0000

Yes, assault. Use of four letter words and the signal that can be used for a swear word would be verbal assault and you can be prosecuted on that basis. It isn't spelled out in US law, but the statue is broad enough to cover it. In Germany there are specific gestures, including that one that are illegal and will open the offender to getting ticketed. In the US the chance of prosecution depends on the incident. Clearly, if you do it to some passing motorist and you don't get his license plate then no prosecution will take place. If you do it to a police officer then you are more likely to get prosecuted, it depends on the officer's mood. Catizheres last blog post..T.G.I.M.

By: Jozet at Halushki

Jozet at Halushki — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:33:48 +0000

Next time, instead of the bird, say this:

Lady, I have a blog with 10,000 readers and I’m going to write about what a jerk-off you are and we’re all going to laugh at you. All 10,000 of us.

Then, take a photo of her with your cell phone and say

“And now I’m going to post a photo of you after I Photoshop it to make it look like you have a butt on your chin.”

Blogging as a weapon.

This is why I should never have any position of power. I would use it for evil.

Jozet at Halushkis last blog post..I Love New York City

By: Builder Mama

Builder Mama — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:16:56 +0000

Okay…replace you with me…replace Kyle with Joey…and replace random woman with the daughter of the old lady that lives across the street from us. She tried to run me out of the road in the neighborhood, apparently because not only does she think 60 MPH is appropriate in residential areas but her husband is one of the developers here so there’s that sense of entitlement. I pulled in the driveway as she pulled in her mother’s driveway and I really let her have it while Monkey Man watched enraptured from the backseat. Good times!

So now the old lady and her crazy daughter are scared of me, to the point they scurry into the house if they see me out in the yard. I can’t say that I don’t smile with satisfaction when they do that.

Builder Mamas last blog post..Damn you, Weather Channel, for leading me down a false path of hope

By: Miss Grace

Miss Grace — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:05:21 +0000

I probably would have flipped her off too. It's a weakness of mine. But I'm working on it! Miss Graces last blog post..NaBloPoMo: CLA EPIC FAIL

By: Issa

Issa — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:33:56 +0000

I am a big wussy when it comes to this stuff. A trash talking-mutter curses under my breath wuss. I think it comes from living in LA, where tales of people getting shot for flipping someone off are told to you instead of bedtime stories. Good for you for making it one of those dam teaching moments. Issas last blog post..TV shows? Am I the only disappointed person?