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  1. On 11/26/2018 at 8:06 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

    Made it through Friday with no drama, but it was close.  I had forgot to mention the weirdest part about going to the in-laws:  the dog

    My in-laws have this horrible, mean, nasty, 20lb terrier thing that kinda looks like Spuds McKenzie.  He is NOT, however, the original party animal.  He goes completely insane when anyone that isn't my FIL, MIL, or BIL enters his presence.  He even attacked my wife's grandma, biting her, and drawing blood.  He's not big enough to seriously injure, but that just isn't something anyone should be subjected to either.  It's obvious there's just something wrong with this dog, and it should have been put to sleep years ago (my in-laws have had scores of well-behaved dogs over the years, so it's not that they made him like this), but they have some stupid misplaced loyalty to this thing.  Every other friend or family member hates the dog because, and if anyone criticizes the dog, they get upset and defensive.  They always end up muzzling it, or putting it in a bedroom upstairs, but someone (usually my BIL) will make a comment how it's unfair that the dog can't be around everyone else.

     

    What a little bitch.  Also who still complains about shit like that being unfair?  Selfish prick.  

  2. 19 minutes ago, Buffsoldier said:

    Y'know, your Dad might be a PITA about it because he associates the ham, Christmas, and his wife all together as part of great memories of Christmas's past.  And since his wife is gone and he misses her terribly, it's something he holds on to.  And he may not be able or willing to express it.  Not having the ham could be a stark and harsh reminder to him that it's another Christmas he can't have with his wife.  I'd consider things from his point of view and make an allowance for the old codger.

     

    Or I could be full of shit.  You know him better than I do...

     

    Agreed, surprise with some consideration.

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  3. where did "the bird" come from?

    Here's one account:

    bird (3)
    "middle finger held up in a rude gesture," slang derived from 1860s expression give the big bird"to hiss someone like a goose," kept alive in vaudeville slang with sense of "to greet someone with boos, hisses, and catcalls" (1922), transferred 1960s to the "up yours" hand gesture (the rigid finger representing the hypothetical object to be inserted) on notion of defiance and contempt. Gesture itself seems to be much older (the human anatomy section of a 12c. Latin bestiary in Cambridge describes the middle finger as that "by means of which the pursuit of dishonour is indicated").

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