Hoover vacuum cleaners is removing all ads from ABC after announcement that soaps will be canceled. They are not happy.

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You can say anything and make it sound/seem offensive. Conversely, I fully intend to greet Hayden in the flesh one day by calling him a cocksucker...however, in the context of our one relationship, I hope he receives that as a sign of warm affection.If I'm also introduced to his in-laws that same day, that's a little more of a gamble.(I'm sure Charlie Eppes had a chart about this at some point.)

I'm offended by the number of people who take offense at ridiculous things. Relax, everybody.

Seriously!

I've heard non-Americans comment that Americans never say "you're welcome". Which, aside from the exaggeration, gets a big so what from me. To take it as rude pretty much requires deliberately ignoring the intent - which I'd say is far ruder than brushing off thanks.

Carrot Top gets a blow out. He didn't think his curls would come back and so it took four hours to convince him to do it.

Apparently, Carrot Top does not speak to ANY curly-headed women about their hair.

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I've heard non-Americans comment that Americans never say "you're welcome". Which, aside from the exaggeration, gets a big so what from me. To take it as rude pretty much requires deliberately ignoring the intent - which I'd say is far ruder than brushing off thanks.

Yeah, that's like some Southerners finding Northern children rude because they don't say "sir" and "m'am". My sisters and I were quick to switch whenever we went down, but then we got to hear surprise at how nice we were. sighhhh

Heh. My sister Rachel literally had one of her little friends say, "She's from New York, but she's real nice!" upon introducing her to someone.

It wasn't incessant, of course, but frequent enough that the anecdotes live on.

How about, say, if the person talking to you appears to be even attempting to be polite you just assume that's their intent, m'kay? Srsly, people.

Dooce is nuts. But she makes big bank.

Mommy bloggers are the main reason the FTC now requires disclosure on any and all freebies received by bloggers.

My sister Rachel literally had one of her little friends say, "She's from New York, but she's real nice!" upon introducing her to someone.

I think I've told this story before - my grandparents have an annual bookselling/buying trip down the East Coast starting from their store in New Hampshire and going all the way to Florida. Now, my grandmother was born and raised her entire life in New England, and people on the Southern leg of the tour always compliment her on her politeness in spite of this obvious handicap. One time she happened to mention that her mother's family has roots in Tennessee, at which one of the women she was talking to exclaimed "Oh! Well, that explains it!"

So sorry, smonster. May this be what pushes you towards happier things, without negatively impacting you.

Fuck people that think "no problem" is rude. I don't talk Jamaican often and if it was Jamaican rude, they'd not know.

job~ma, smonster!