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PharmDstudent said:
I'm miserably tired, short on sleep, couldn't sleep if I wanted, and drinking bubbly. It feels like I'm totally ****ed up, but I'm really not! 😳

... and I wanna drunk text soooo bad, but I think I have enough willpower to resist.
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Ok...you need AA. You can drunk dial me. I'm the designated answeree around these parts...because everyone knows *I* have absolutely no room to judge anyone...
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
Ok...you need AA. You can drunk dial me. I'm the designated answeree around these parts...because everyone knows *I* have absolutely no room to judge anyone...
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:laugh: No. Not AA. This is the beginning of my 12 day vacation from work... 😀

And the strongest urge to drunk dial evaaaa!
 
I wish I was out with my friends from back home and/or undergrad, but they're not up to much tonite anyway, so no biggie. One is watching Pride and Prejudice, which I've never seen. I wanted to know what it's about, so I was told to read the book... :laugh:
 
pharmdstudent said:
i'm miserably tired, short on sleep, couldn't sleep if i wanted, and drinking bubbly. It feels like i'm totally ****ed up, but i'm really not! 😳

... And i wanna drunk text soooo bad, but i think i have enough willpower to resist.
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don't do it!!!
 
njac said:
don't do it!!!
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Or get an Alf tattoo!


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I was browsing this website with some of the world's worst tattoos, and they were really bad!
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
Hilljack fact of the day....Mothers' Day and Fathers' Day both originated in West Virginia.
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How can you tell the toothbrush originated in West Virginia?


If it was invented anywhere else it would be called a teethbrush.
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njac said:
How can you tell the toothbrush originated in West Virginia?


If it was invented anywhere else it would be called a teethbrush.
:laugh:
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Jesus H Christ. You going to tell me other cutting edge jokes like why the chicken crossed the road, too? From what I understand, that joke was told for the first time ever a few hours ago, too.
 
I had never heard that joke before, and I thought it was funny.
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
Jesus H Christ. You going to tell me other cutting edge jokes like why the chicken crossed the road, too? From what I understand, that joke was told for the first time ever a few hours ago, too.
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I think I heard it last week.

It made me giggle.

Everyone here is super nice. I sort of fell in a creek walking my dogs last night and had many strangers offer to help me out.
 
Ha! You know, whenever I was in Germany I had messed that up. I said "Zahnepaste", but it's "Zahnpaste". Basically, I called it teethpaste, not toothpaste. 😛

I was called out on it, too. A chick I was working with had asked me to repeat what I had said, while at the break table in front of half a dozen people, so other people got a kick out of too. I was pretty embarrassed 😳, and since I'm afraid of embarrassment to begin with, it was a kinda bad situation.
 
My friend dated a german guy and he would say funny things like "your hairs look nice today"

some things just get singular or pluralized in translation.

You shouldn't be embarrassed - who cares what they thought! As long as you recognize the error, you probably won't repeat it!
 
njac said:
My friend dated a german guy and he would say funny things like "your hairs look nice today"

some things just get singular or pluralized in translation.

You shouldn't be embarrassed - who cares what they thought! As long as you recognize the error, you probably won't repeat it!
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Oh, yeah. You're right. I shouldn't get embarrassed, but that's how I am, because if I don't make myself aware of the silly, stupid things that I do, then I'll end up being some space cadet who can't relate and function in the real world.
Trust me, if I could, I wouldn't worry about social cues, graces, etc. I'd just be silly and stuff 24/7. 😛

Translation between languages can be really weird and awkward- like JFK saying that he was a Berliner, but what he should have said was that he was Berliner.
 
Mike:

Please explain to me these establishments I encounter in shopping centers. They say "Must be 21 or older to enter" and are filled with cigarette smoke, they usually have 5-6 slot machines, and hours from like 7 am to 3 am.

So are they mini-casinos? Do they sell booze? We went in one because it was called "Sassy's" and with a name like that and a 21+ sign, how do you pass that up?!!?!?!
 
njac said:
Mike:

Please explain to me these establishments I encounter in shopping centers. They say "Must be 21 or older to enter" and are filled with cigarette smoke, they usually have 5-6 slot machines, and hours from like 7 am to 3 am.

So are they mini-casinos? Do they sell booze? We went in one because it was called "Sassy's" and with a name like that and a 21+ sign, how do you pass that up?!!?!?!
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We call them "cafes" or "perks". And, yes, they are little slot machine/video poker joins. There are dozens of them in every town. People take their paychecks...gamble for 4-5 hours...get some comped drinks/sandwiches...then leave flat broke. The state takes half of it in taxes. It's how the roads get built. It's actually a pretty major social problem for the state.

I could see how odd and strange this state must be for a random person from one of the coasts...you get a pepperoni roll yet? The ultimate road food. The ones over there in Moneyton might not be that great...kinda far away from North-Central WV where they were invented.
 
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WVUPharm2007 said:
We call them "cafes" or "perks". And, yes, they are little slot machine/video poker joins. There are dozens of them in every town. People take their paychecks...gamble for 4-5 hours...get some comped drinks/sandwiches...then leave flat broke. The state takes half of it in taxes. It's how the roads get built. It's actually a pretty major social problem for the state.

I could see how odd and strange this state must be for a random person from one of the coasts...you get a pepperoni roll yet? The ultimate road food. The ones over there in Moneyton might not be that great...kinda far away from North-Central WV where they were invented.
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No! I keep forgetting! I need to go get non-Target groceries tomorrow. I'll hit up Kroger and grab one. Thanks for reminding me.

I am coming from the southwest where we have "proper" casinos - but again cause huge social issues. They're just bigger and flashier. I had to tell a chemo pt that with her neutropenia she shouldn't go to the casino and I thought she was going to hit me!
 
njac said:
Mike:

Please explain to me these establishments I encounter in shopping centers. They say "Must be 21 or older to enter" and are filled with cigarette smoke, they usually have 5-6 slot machines, and hours from like 7 am to 3 am.

So are they mini-casinos? Do they sell booze? We went in one because it was called "Sassy's" and with a name like that and a 21+ sign, how do you pass that up?!!?!?!
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That A&E show "Intervention" followed a gambling addict in WV who was about to lose custody of her child due to blowing each paycheck (and them some) on video poker in these joints.
 
so I'm eating a pepperoni roll.

Not bad - are they supposed to be warm or cold? I stuck it in the microwave for 30 seconds and that was sufficient. I also grabbed one with cheese, I'll eat that tomorrow.
 
njac said:
so I'm eating a pepperoni roll.

Not bad - are they supposed to be warm or cold? I stuck it in the microwave for 30 seconds and that was sufficient. I also grabbed one with cheese, I'll eat that tomorrow.
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I wouldn't eat one cold. Room temperature is how it was intended to be eaten back in the day...and is how I eat them. Heating it up is something the type of people that eat pizza with a fork would do. The Kroger ones with cheese are delicious.
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
I wouldn't eat one cold. Room temperature is how it was intended to be eaten back in the day...and is how I eat them. Heating it up is something the type of people that eat pizza with a fork would do. The Kroger ones with cheese are delicious.
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By "cold" I meant room temperature, sorry. I totally made the guy at the deli laugh. "When my friend found out I was moving here, he said go to Kroger and go to the deli and ask for a Pepperoni Roll. WTF is a Pepperoni Roll?"
 
njac said:
By "cold" I meant room temperature, sorry. I totally made the guy at the deli laugh. "When my friend found out I was moving here, he said go to Kroger and go to the deli and ask for a Pepperoni Roll. WTF is a Pepperoni Roll?"
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You should have researched it. I'd have laughed at you, too.

Another funny story...when I was 20 years old (keep in mind, I'm a hilljack and didn't have the financial means to travel much as a kid...) I went to my future wife's hometown (Glenside, PA; near Philadelphia) to visit over a break in school. I go to this grocery store and I ask "Where are the pepperoni rolls?" I may as well have been speaking Chinese. It was that day that I learned pepperoni rolls aren't a food you can get just anywhere. I took it for granted because they are like milk and bread...available at every store and gas station in the state.
 
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It's a roll, like a dinner roll, with pepperoni baked in the middle. They also had ones with cheese in the middle and on top. I bought 1 of each to try. You can buy big ones as singles, or 12-packs of smaller ones.

They also had Krispy Kremes at Kroger. The franchise in NM closed my first year of pharmacy school so that made me happy! It's not something you eat regularly, but you want to know they are available!
 
Praziquantel86 said:
Here ya go:

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Must be a Long Island thing.
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And people eat these?!? Damn things look like cinammon rolls that have been puked on (or someone decided to put ketchup on them). A pepperoni roll looks and sounds a million times better than those things.

edit: nm. Upon closer inspection, those are just pepperoni's that can't be seen properly on a ****ty monitor.
 
This is from my local police blotter:

The Dominion Post
City woman arrested for bauble theft
A Morgantown woman is behind bars for stealing bubbles, snuff and yarn, among other baubles, from a Nolan Street home Wednesday, according to the Morgantown Police Department.
Tina Marie Hutchinson, 49, was charged with daytime burglary without breaking and was taken to North Central Regional Jail.
According to a criminal complaint, Hutchinson entered the Nolan Street home and filled a garbage bag with the following items: two DVDs, a book, a bottle of bubbles, a can of Skoal, a notebook, a ball of yarn, eight frog statues, and a dolphin candleholder.
The home’s resident told police she thought Hutchinson might be involved. A neighbor said Hutchinson gave her a small bag with several frog statues in it.
Officers tracked down Hutchinson and she admitted to taking the items, the complaint said.
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Tina Hutchinson
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lmao...
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
This is from my local police blotter:



lmao...
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That lady is actually kinda cute. Who steals bubbles and frog statues unless they really like silly, girly stuff? 😛

I just feel sorry for her.
 
oh my. looks like your friendly neighborhood pscyh patient with a little meth involved (although no teeth doesn't automatically = meth here, I need to stop making that assumption)
 
VancTheTank said:
I remember reading an article about neckties as potential vectors for infection. Article focused on physicians in a hospital, and how their neckties would sometimes come in contact with patients during bedside procedures. Interesting stuff. 👍👍
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Yeah, the article there links to some papers on NCBI dating back to the early 90s and 80s so I guess it has been suspected for a while (Mayo requires business attire and Scotland requires scrubs, i.e. they've banned white coats, as per the article).

I thought it was cool to finally learn why docs even wear those white coats...
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
I could see how odd and strange this state must be for a random person
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I went to a WVU football game once... It was about the second half before I realized people were chucking D-Cell batteries at us.
 
PharmDstudent said:
His death was too normal. I was betting suicide before I found out how he died.
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Well, if you wanted to get technical, I'm sure his self-imposed medical actions probably didn't help the old ticker!
 
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