What's wrong with you?

[raccoon]

Long answers accepted.

[TCJ70]

1. I didn't know what to do with a lost dog today...

...so I took it to a shelter. Then I was told that was the wrong thing to do. That's what was wrong with me today.

[raccoon]

2. That was decent of you to do that. I thought that's what you're supposed to do with lost dogs too.

So what did you do then?

[TCJ70]

3. I did take the dog to a shelter

...I thought that was what I should do too. Then I posted about it here, thinking someone might read it and feel good about the story. Little did I know (and here comes the "what I learned" moment)...

I was told that I gave the dog a death sentence and that I should have taken in the dog personally. I can't do that, as it's not allowed at the apartment I live in. None of the people at my work (where the dog was dropped off at) could take it either as they already had dogs. I guess some people were just concerned that the dog would just be euthanized (despite the fact that the dog had a collar and obviously belonged to someone), but they decided to express that concern by telling me I was a terrible person.

[NJmaverick]

6. You did OK, don't let those who should be the last ones to judge

get you down.

[sniffa]

68. You kill me

:rofl:

I'm glad you found new friends though. :thumbsup:

[raccoon]

8. Well, I think you did the best thing you could.

"I guess some people were just concerned that the dog would just be euthanized "

Maybe it would. OTOH, if allowed to run loose, it might starve to death, get run over by a car, etc.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Just a point,

having a collar means nothing to a kill shelter. Instead of complaining about the responses you received, you should be happy that you learned a valuable lesson. Just my .02.

:)

[Debi]

11. Whatever happend to the words, "I didn't know that, thanks for the information"?

Too may :nopity: on DU these days.

[NJmaverick]

14. I bet the conversation where Dick Cheney told the old man he shot

to publicly apologize sounded just like this.

:puke:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

16. Debi = Dick Cheney

:rofl:

[Debi]

24. OMFG -

I'm posting from an undisclosed location :thumbsup:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

27. A cornfield in Iowa!

[Debi]

32. What better place to take a BIG LEAP??!!

:rofl:

[Debi]

20. ?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

26. Nice post, Cheney

[Debi]

29. I'd take you hunting w/me

but I like you and don't want to have to shoot you in the face. :wow:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

31. Well, I don't hunt, so it's for the best, really

[Debi]

35. I don't think it takes much ...

But I'm not sure what it has to do w/taking dogs to a shelter!?

[bicentennial_baby]

25. That doesn't even make sense

:crazy:

[Name removed]

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[bicentennial_baby]

40. I want that shirt!!

:bounce:

[Debi]

45. see post #44 - hahahaha post #44 get it?

how cool is that?!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

41. Dude, I want that shirt

[Debi]

44. I know, right?

:P

just type 'mavericky' into the google for the link.

[TCJ70]

17. I did mention that it was a valuable learning experience, and...

...after reading the posts by those who were concerned I did some research and found out that I did drop her off at a no-kill shelter. I just wish I could have learned this information in a friendlier environment than my thread became! heh

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Eh, you know how DU is...

Especially when it comes to animals.

But, I'm sorry, I meant to tell you that it was really cool that you checked the shelter afterward, and great that it's no-kill! :pals:

[NJmaverick]

46. Your right, and there was absolutely no excuse for the nastiness you ecountered

unfortunately there are people who nastiness is their stardard MO.

[Dystopian]

50. You are not a dog person...

yet you are a wonderful person. I wasn't aware that shelters euthanized animals until a few years ago. You did a good deed, and for that, please feel good about yourself. The owner may be found, or this dog may rescue a human soon. A dog just rescued me....and now my life is full. I had to smile when you expressed the yuck feeling about having a dog in your car....Although I love my new doggie, I did not expect to have to sleep with her. She's almost two years old, a German Shepard, and she was very insecure. The yuck part of sleeping with a dog left as soon as she snuggled in with me....

Thank you for not letting this sweet dog roam loose...Now the dog is safe, and if it makes you feel better, you can call in to the shelter periodically to see when it has found a home...:hug:




peace~

[Debi]

4. I'm too popular

and don't know who all my friends are. *sigh*

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. I care about dogs

[Debi]

13. And caffeine apparently

:7

[woo me with science]

36. So does the person who took the time to transport the dog to the shelter,

honestly believing it was the right thing to do.

Don't attack. Educate with respect.

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[Symarip]

7. Dude, I play trombone and I collect Oingo Bonigo records

What isn't wrong with me?

[redqueen]

53. There is nothing wrong with playing the trombone.

You take that back.

[Symarip]

54. My neighbors beg to differ

:)

[redqueen]

57. Heh.

I wonder how much better it sounds during the first few months of learning to play. I'm so looking forward to this.

[bicentennial_baby]

10. let's see...

I "thrive on drama", I'm "cruel", "insensitive", and run people off of DU...

At least that's what I hear. Kinda the exact opposite, but hey, it's all a matter of perspective. I'm ok with that. :)

[AlCzervik]

12. Bastid.

[Bertha Venation]

15. PLANTAR FUCKING FASCIITIS

:grr:

[raccoon]

42. I feel your pain. Literally, I have it too.

In another thread you mentioned a thingee for your foot you'd ordered off the Internet. I ordered one of them.

Thanks for the heads up.

[AlCzervik]

18. My angelhole is stuffed full of demons.

[bicentennial_baby]

21. !!!

:spray:

[AlCzervik]

23. gonna need some of those Kashi wood pulp waffles to get the demons moving on through.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

30. That's not the angel hole

[AlCzervik]

33. glory?

:D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

22. Demons have STDs -- be careful

[JuniperLea]

28. My boss gave me tickets to The Playboy Jazz Festival...

I spent all day and night yesterday at the Hollywood Bowl, partying my ass off and digging the smooth tunes, man.

I'm so very tired. So very, very tired. :) But I'm here and the boss should give me extra brownie points!

[EastTennesseeDem]

34. My boss won't call me to come in to work

I was told I'd start in late May, then school budgets got slashed and many schools stopped buying books (It's a book depository warehouse job), and I was told I'd start in early June. I went in on June 3rd to get drug screened and was told to be on standby and that I would get a call to come in in about a week, no longer than two. It is pushing two. I need to start making money, but almost as importantly, I am bored and I something to do.

[suninvited]

39. Lack of energy today

I feel like I could use a nap, but we dont have nap time at work.

[marzipanni]

79. I have been thinking of all the simple little things that would make this a better world

A cat nap can really revive people, so 10-15 minute snoozes should be allowed at work!

[suninvited]

80. I know !!

Some of the pushers take naps, so I guess it isn't completely against the rules here.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

43. I am lost

in a lost world.

[cwydro]

47. I broke a bone in my hand last night.

I managed to do that while gardening.

No alcohol was involved.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

61. My dear cwydro...

Aw, sweetie...I'm so sorry to hear this. Now you're hobbled up, no matter which hand it is, and it hurts.

Hope it heals quickly!

:hug:

[cwydro]

66. Thanks Peggy.

That was sweet of you. I'm a pretty fast healer, so that's a good thing.

No paddling for awhile though.x(

[Lucian]

48. I don't even know where to begin.

[Deep13]

49. I don't think DU's hard drive has enough space for a complete answer.

One thing in particular that is of consequence here is that I am very literal minded. I implicitly take words at their literal meanings without regard to the implied or assumed matters that everyone else seems to understand instinctively. I think this comes off as callous when I don't mean it to be and I usually walk away scratching my head having no idea what was so damn offensive in what I wrote. I also tend to take others literally when perhaps they don't mean it so.

[BarenakedLady]

51. Where to start?

:shrug:

[rug]

52. I'm a people pleaser.

[Shell Beau]

55. Right now, nothing. Today has been pretty uneventful.

[LaurenG]

56. I don't know where to start?

So much to choose from! Sometimes it's easier to ask the lounge, "lounge what the hell is wrong with me."
Nothing like constructive criticism to get me back on track. :P

[LeftyFingerPop]

58. Asking the lounge what is wrong with you is like...

asking your 5 year old to steer the car while you light up a cigarette.

It can only end in disaster.

[LaurenG]

59. ROFL! yes but at least some of the answers could be helpful

If I asked, I would take the beating that I know would come and at least I'd know where I stood around here once and for all. :rofl:

[Nicole Lambeth]

60. I'm a mean, vindictive bitch

who would dearly like to see the human herd culled by a few billion. And I start nursing school in the fall.

[siligut]

72. No worries, you'll fit right in.

Go into ICU, bitchiness is a prerequisite.

[Strong Atheist]

62. A number of things... nt.

[Moondog]

63. I'm adrift on a sea of ennui and,

to be abundantly redundant, Weltschmerz.

[mitchum]

64. I am human

[datasuspect]

65. i got a big fucking problem

[MilesColtrane]

67. That's a question I ask of myself every day.

[unpossibles]

69. Tired

completely wiped out today. brain dead.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

70. Got a week?

:crazy:

[LeftyMom]

71. I miss flvegan.

That's about it, really.

[backtoblue]

73. Long answer

I daydream too much :boring:................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................:+

[backtoblue]

75. and talk to myself alot

[backtoblue]

76. and most of the time I even answer myself

[backtoblue]

77. la la la la la ., what was the um, question again???

:beer:

[rcrush]

74. I'm fat and have a less than stellar size dick.

Also I'm in a bad mood a lot and dont like to deal with people.

[Debi]

82. Holy Crap!

:wow:

[rcrush]

90. I know

:cry:

[femmocrat]

78. I waste too much time on DU.

:)

[KamaAina]

81. It appears that I shall die as I have lived -- alone and miserable.

Dammit.

:cry:

[abq e streeter]

89. I'd give anything to not be able to relate... but I do

but the worst of it is I don't think it had to be this way. I've sabotaged myself time and time again, and have thrown away the gift of the considerable amount of talent and intelligence my creator blessed me with.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

83. I miss McTaTas

and I have troll feet apparently...

[Kali]

84. too fat, bad knees (related, duh) a tendancy to laziness, arrogant

and a bit too short on money, but basically I am healthy and a pretty good person.

[triguy46]

85. I'm not good with problem employees....

Hence I have 35 employees who like their jobs (and me) and 5 who hate their jobs and make life miserable for everyone. Since this is a state job, it is basically impossible to fire them. So, in short, my job is a daily hell. Plus after being a boss for 33 years, I'm worn out, washed up, ineffective, tired, bored, all those things that happen to men at 57. I've become the stereotype that is scorned, hated and held up for display as 'what not to be.' Other than that I've done pretty well.

[DarkTirade]

86. Just spent a few minutes breathing in acetone fumes. Whoo.

I was going to go jogging while waiting for the resin I was just working with to dry, but I think I'll wait and make sure I'm not gonna get woozy halfway through. I think from now on I'm going to use disposable containers and brushes. Cleanup is too expensive and too smelly to be worth it.

[astral]

87. All Kindzashit

Will I ever get well?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

88. In real life, I'm friendless...

It's not that I'm disliked; it's just that there's nothing particularly remarkable about me that inspires people to call up and talk...find out how I'm doing...fill me in on major happenings in their lives.

I have many acquaintances that I'll run into at gigs, or share a meal with in-between. They seem glad to see me. They appear happy to learn of good things in my life and sorry to hear about difficulties. But it's exceptionally rare that think of me when I'm not there. I find more often than not that people whom I thought of as friends are happy to let the friendship be one-sided...with me on the effort-giving end...but freak out at the thought of being supportive of me beyond, "Gosh...sorry to hear that".

I guess I'm just utterly forgetable.

Ah well...Maybe it's karma stored up from ignoring people in a past life.

[TZ]

93. Me too GOG.

My friends maybe call me once every couple of months.....I go days with only the telemarketers calling

[GoddessOfGuinness]

94. Maybe we should have a meetup

of friendless MD DUers. We can all be buds. :D

[Skittles]

91. I just always want to kick some ass

yes INDEED

[raccoon]

92. Some real good and interesting answers here. I may be PMing some of you.

Now, as to what's wrong with me:

Physically: Plantar fasciitis, overweight.

Socially, emotionally: I wish I had a thicker skin (well, come to think of it, I wish that were true literally AND figuratively.)

Sometimes I lose my temper and show my arse and then feel like a fool around that person(s).

I wish I were more outgoing and popular. If there is reincarnation (which I don't believe in, but IF there is), in my next life, I'm going to be outgoing and popular. If I can't, I'm not coming back.