What Happens When I Poll the Audience....

Today I didn't know if I should tell you about all the poop that is flying around our house lately or do my flip-offs.

So i polled the audience.  And by audience, I mean twitter.  Because there is instant gratification in polling twitter.

Anyway.

You all voted and you wanted.....

That's right...it's been a couple weeks, but the flip-offs are back by popular demand.  The topic of poop?  It is still coming...just maybe another day.

Ok...so here we go... (cracks knuckles)...

First I am TOTALLY flipping off the moron in the red buick something or other in my neighborhood that I get stuck behind in the morning if leave the house at just the "right" (re: WRONG) time in the morning. 

Let me explain.  We live in one of those windy subdivisions that doesn't have any stop signs (because there is SO not enough traffic to justify stop signs) until you get to the only entrance/exit which is on a main road.

Red Buick?  He feels the need to make a COMPLETE stop at each and every intersection.  He then proceeds to go no faster than 15 mph throughout entire said windy subdivision.

Now I get that it's important to be cautious.  You don't want to hit any kids walking to the bus stop.

But at 6:30am?  There are no kids walking to the bus stop yet.  I know this because on days when I am running late?  Like 7:00am late?  THAT is when the kids are walking to the bus stop.

So on these days when I think I am being all on time and early (re: OUT OF CHARACTER FOR ME), Red Buick ruins it for me.

FLIP OFF to you, Red Buick (in fact, I DID flip him/her off this morning...but he/she was too focused on not going over 15, that I don't think he/she noticed.  So it didn't count.  So I had to do it here.  So there.)

Ok secondly?  I need to flip off one of our banks.

I am not going to say WHICH bank this is because we do get good service here and the tellers are stellar (you love it.  don't pretend you don't).

But this bank?  Has called our house eight times since last Friday.  Our home phone is on the fritz (a WHOLE other flip off), and so we let it go to voicemail and then call our callers back with our cells.

Bur the bank?  Is not leaving messages.

Eight times.  EIGHT MOTHER LOVING TIMES.

three of those times were in ONE DAY.
 
So finally Cort called the number that came up on our caller id (after the fifth time they hung up, mind you).  and apparently this is their marketing department trying to let us know about a good mortgage rate.

Wait.  What?

We JUST refinanced last year at this time.  What the ham sandwich, batman?

So Cort tells them, "um, you need to put us on the do not call list."

And the lady is all "well, you have to call customer service to request that, and it can take up to 30 days."

sigh.

So after this conversation?  Three more times they call.  Three.

For a total of EIGHT TIMES.

Bank?  FLIP OFF!

And finally...

I need to go ahead and flip off the cat and his choice of pooping locations.  There will be more of this shared in the upcoming and much anticipated "Poop Post", but let's just say my old ass cat is getting all sorts of mean-spirited and poop crazy.  and bad, awful things have happened because of this.

So I flip off the cat poop...and the toothbrush that was thrown out because of it.

Oh...and I know I said "finally" above, but I need to add this...

PPD has a PERMANENT flip-off here in Sluiter Nation, you all know that.  But what you don't know is that I am all guest posty over at Rocky Mountain Mama's today for her PPD Awareness Week.  I'm talking about the differences between Baby Blues (which are normal) and PPD.  So go check me out and leave me a comment over there so I don't feel all lonely.  I hate feeling lonely. Especially on a Friday.

So click this picture and read the post.

and then read the rest of the posts.  They are pretty amazing.

Oh, and for more flip-offs?  You can visit...um...I don't even know.  Kludgy Mom is the brainchild of the Flip-offs, so go say hi to her.  She has been occupied as of late, so Momma Kiss had the link up.  So just go to both.  They are awesome.  Trust me.