It’s 8 degrees (46F) here and hasn’t stopped raining for about three bloody weeks. This isn’t as bad as where I’m from, where one of the last winters I was there there was snow on the ground for four whole months, and I think half the county is flooded at the moment.
My cat used to steal dollar bills when she was younger and hide them under the bed. Luckily she’s grown out of it – I was a bit concerned that she was headed for a life of petty crime.
Texas people – if you don’t like your weather can I have it? I’ve been so cold at night that I just bought shearling-lined boots. If the rest of the winter is as cold as this is promising then I’m going to be tempted to buy the shearling-lined thigh-high boots that I saw on eBay so that I can wear a skirt again some time before April.
Historophilia
11 years ago
thenatfantastic, I know that feel.
I’m in York which was badly flooded back in September, and the river Ouse is rather alarmingly high at the moment. And on my university campus a million small ponds have appeared on the grassy areas as the ground is so waterlogged and the ducks are having the time of their lives.
I need to go out to the post office in a minute and i’m seriously considering putting wellies on as none of my everyday shoes keep my feet dry enough 🙁
Crumbelievable
11 years ago
You should take a look at this wonderful piece of journalism from Fox News
Historophilia, I’m from West Yorkshire 😉 Floods weren’t too much of a problem in Bradford because most of it’s on hills.
I’m now in East Sussex and in a basement flat wondering if I should ask for sandbags for Christmas.
adelady
11 years ago
Oh well. Fires around Sydney on weekend. It’ll be 39C here on Thursday, Adelaide.
So my next 2 days are all sorted out – watering fruit trees, moving pots, soaking hanging baskets.
Historophilia
11 years ago
Apparently the centre of York has now flooded properly, luckily where I am is pretty far from the river, unless the lake decides to flood, but then I’m a fair distance from that as well.
Oh lord, Sussex is terrible for flooding, yep sandbags and a pair of waders!
Crumbelievable: Yeah, that’s about on par with their “War on Christmas” or “War on Wealth”.
“Dont worry, the solution is easy! All the other side has to do is give up and accept it!”
Tracy Bradley
11 years ago
Lurker here – had to put one of my pusses down this weekend (kidney failure) so have been reading manboobz to cheer me up. Believe it or not, it does cheer me up, mainly bc all of the commenters here are so awesome. So thanks. 🙂
Weather talk – feels like -2 C here and is a sunny, crisp day. I love winter!
Crumbelievable – ugh, good find. I’ll have to tell busband* there’s a war on men, apparently he’s missed it entirely. I guess we should stop working, playing, adopting pusses, and enjoying each other’s company so much and pay more attention to fake social crises.
All they have to do is surrender to their nature – their femininity – and let men surrender to theirs.
All they have to do is stop being self sufficient and surrender to the dubious option of being completely financially dependent on a spouse…who then can leave and cause her to be stuck with the kids and no way to pay for their upbringing.
I’m playing puzzle pirates (soon I shall be able to captain my own ship), and drinking coffee. I may put on more clothes, as I am not the warmest of bodies, and am loathe to turn the heat up any more (it’s about 8/46° outside).
Later I shall don my new winter coat (USN Bridge Coat, must get new buttons) and obtain some produce for supper.
Oops, hit Post Comment too soon. From that discussion:
Men are amazingly complex creatures with incredibly simple needs, that’s what should be said. Because compared to women, men have very simple needs, and can find happiness relatively easily: a home, food, a rewarding occupation, and hobbies that challenge our skills. But since they are so focused on these few things, the are able to bring a lot of creativity and genius into these things.
Women win at the complexity game in really only two areas: biological (baby-making apparatus is arguably more sophisticated than men’s) and psychological (i.e. fickleness and a growing inability to express what they want, and especially know what they want).
Basically, women are amoebas who are also gifted at babby making and psychological manipulation.
I wish my house cats were brilliant manipulators. This morning I woke up and went into the bathroom to find one of them sitting on the edge of the litter box and crapping onto the floor. Not the best way to start a Monday.
I came here to point out the foxnews item just to find you already talking about it. That’s why I love ManBoobz and you guys 🙂
Either way, as clairedammit said “There is so much fail in that foxnews piece.” Like, really, can’t even find out where to start pointing and laughing.
Some Gal Not Bored At All
11 years ago
@Bagelsan
Hi!! I’ve missed you! I was Atheist, A Feminist at the old Pandagon. I hope you remember me… 🙂
WeeBoy
11 years ago
I am jealous of all your weather. We’re still waiting for it to crack 20C here, and summer has almost arrived…
We Hunted The Mammoth
You can have ours!
It’s 8 degrees (46F) here and hasn’t stopped raining for about three bloody weeks. This isn’t as bad as where I’m from, where one of the last winters I was there there was snow on the ground for four whole months, and I think half the county is flooded at the moment.
*hides under blanket shivering*
@ cloudiah
My cat used to steal dollar bills when she was younger and hide them under the bed. Luckily she’s grown out of it – I was a bit concerned that she was headed for a life of petty crime.
Texas people – if you don’t like your weather can I have it? I’ve been so cold at night that I just bought shearling-lined boots. If the rest of the winter is as cold as this is promising then I’m going to be tempted to buy the shearling-lined thigh-high boots that I saw on eBay so that I can wear a skirt again some time before April.
thenatfantastic, I know that feel.
I’m in York which was badly flooded back in September, and the river Ouse is rather alarmingly high at the moment. And on my university campus a million small ponds have appeared on the grassy areas as the ground is so waterlogged and the ducks are having the time of their lives.
I need to go out to the post office in a minute and i’m seriously considering putting wellies on as none of my everyday shoes keep my feet dry enough 🙁
You should take a look at this wonderful piece of journalism from Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/24/war-on-men/
I’m sure the MRAs are having a good long circlejerk over it as we speak
Historophilia, I’m from West Yorkshire 😉 Floods weren’t too much of a problem in Bradford because most of it’s on hills.
I’m now in East Sussex and in a basement flat wondering if I should ask for sandbags for Christmas.
Oh well. Fires around Sydney on weekend. It’ll be 39C here on Thursday, Adelaide.
So my next 2 days are all sorted out – watering fruit trees, moving pots, soaking hanging baskets.
Apparently the centre of York has now flooded properly, luckily where I am is pretty far from the river, unless the lake decides to flood, but then I’m a fair distance from that as well.
Oh lord, Sussex is terrible for flooding, yep sandbags and a pair of waders!
Crumbelievable: Yeah, that’s about on par with their “War on Christmas” or “War on Wealth”.
“Dont worry, the solution is easy! All the other side has to do is give up and accept it!”
Lurker here – had to put one of my pusses down this weekend (kidney failure) so have been reading manboobz to cheer me up. Believe it or not, it does cheer me up, mainly bc all of the commenters here are so awesome. So thanks. 🙂
Weather talk – feels like -2 C here and is a sunny, crisp day. I love winter!
Crumbelievable – ugh, good find. I’ll have to tell busband* there’s a war on men, apparently he’s missed it entirely. I guess we should stop working, playing, adopting pusses, and enjoying each other’s company so much and pay more attention to fake social crises.
*busband – boyfriend/husband hybrid
All they have to do is stop being self sufficient and surrender to the dubious option of being completely financially dependent on a spouse…who then can leave and cause her to be stuck with the kids and no way to pay for their upbringing.
Brilliant.
Not.
Apparently that Fox news piece was written by Phillis Schafly’s niece.
I’m playing puzzle pirates (soon I shall be able to captain my own ship), and drinking coffee. I may put on more clothes, as I am not the warmest of bodies, and am loathe to turn the heat up any more (it’s about 8/46° outside).
Later I shall don my new winter coat (USN Bridge Coat, must get new buttons) and obtain some produce for supper.
That figures. Her whole family is morphing into another Phelps clan, thumping Conservapedia instead of the bible.
There’s not much on reddit about that recent Fox news piece by Venker, but I did find this gem of a discussion on an earlier article by her.
Oops, hit Post Comment too soon. From that discussion:
Basically, women are amoebas who are also gifted at babby making and psychological manipulation.
I have to question the intelligence of anyone who thinks that a group of people can be both dumb as bricks and brilliant manipulators.
CassandraSays, our high is supposed to be 81F/27C today. Would you like 10 degrees F? I will send them to you.
There is so much fail in that foxnews piece. She even spews owlyslave’s favorite talking point:
All they have to do is surrender to their nature – their femininity – and let men surrender to theirs.
Okay, if men surrender to their femininity then I’ll try to, too. :p
I have to question the intelligence of anyone who thinks that a group of people can be both dumb as bricks and brilliant manipulators.
*coughhousepetscough*
I wish my house cats were brilliant manipulators. This morning I woke up and went into the bathroom to find one of them sitting on the edge of the litter box and crapping onto the floor. Not the best way to start a Monday.
Uh women want that too. So how is that not simple for women? Are they desiring some mysterious other? And the other, what is it?
I came here to point out the foxnews item just to find you already talking about it. That’s why I love ManBoobz and you guys 🙂
Either way, as clairedammit said “There is so much fail in that foxnews piece.” Like, really, can’t even find out where to start pointing and laughing.
@Bagelsan
Hi!! I’ve missed you! I was Atheist, A Feminist at the old Pandagon. I hope you remember me… 🙂
I am jealous of all your weather. We’re still waiting for it to crack 20C here, and summer has almost arrived…