gurrbonzo: Ask the audience

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Ask the audience

How do you feel about someone clipping their nails at the public library?

26 comments:

Katie M. said...: Gross. No. That is not right. Nail clipping is done in the following places:

1. Bathroom over the garbage
2... yup. that's it.

I can only hope the goof thought to clean up his/her nail shavings.; 5:09 PM
Anonymous said...: SHUDDER!

I can hear the clickity click now and it's making me hurl.; 5:12 PM
La Yen said...: Acceptable under the following circumstances:

1. It is a baby and mom just noticed it and baby is asleep and mom is seizing the opportunity.

2. Nail just broke and adult is taking care of that single nail. In the library bathroom.

3. You are in a manicure library.; 5:19 PM
Gretchen Alice said...: Nail clipping should not be done in a public anything. Period.; 5:25 PM
Becky Lewis said...: oh my goodness.....I am American Indian and my grandparents would be really getting after anyone that was so careless with what was once a living part of your body. Bad medicine can be made against you. Things like hair, nails, etc. are to be burned......; 5:36 PM
Carina said...: I feel like Seth and Amy:

REALLY?

Really? Huh, REALLY?; 8:45 PM
Lindsay said...: Eh, not so much. It is to be done in the bathroom. Preferably at home.; 9:16 PM
AlliSMiles said...: gross.

i had a funny thing happen tonight, and who did i think of first? you. is that weird? so my hubby and i were with his dad at a pizza place, and one of the menu items is some something like la escrucia speck or crucia speck (i don't speak italiano). so when his dad was ordering, he just called it "speck." my husband asks the server, "so how exactly DO you say the name of that pizza?" she responds, "speck."

gee. thanks.; 10:41 PM
Megan said...: sick sick sick.; 1:56 AM
i'm erin. said...: obviously that is totally gross and rude...

umm...is it ok if I do it during sacrament?; 11:14 AM
Me (aka Danielle) said...: I clicked over to see you from Mormon Mommy Blogs and couldn't help but put my 2 cents in on this...

GROSS! GROSS! GROSS! I think clipping your nails should be done in the privacy of your own home. NOT the library! (or a restaurant, waiting room..etc etc etc); 1:00 PM
Mrs. Clark said...: Eww. That's all I have to say about it.; 1:35 PM
KT said...: Why, did you see me or something?; 3:00 PM
ktmay said...: kt said it first. i second that! i have no qualms about clipping my tails (finger or toes) anywhere, any time...LOL. what's the big deal? it's just dead skin cells. they're EVERYWHERE anyhow.; 5:00 PM
Emily said...: No way! I saw your comment on our blog and was like, um, who is this random person? Gurrbonzo... and then it clicked! I'm so excited! I can't believe YOU have a baby.. I went back pages just so I could see a picture, but we just got back from church and you KNOW the hunger that ensues. I will read absolutely everything after I make dinner. Anyway, good to see you here. My gmail is emilyhope11, so it'd be fun to catch up. And if I start commenting on posts that are months old I apologize, but at least I'm giving you a warning to watch out for it.; 5:55 PM
Beeswax said...: It depends.

Fingers or toes?; 12:01 PM
Liz said...: Um, I feel okay about it so long as they didn't leave their nail clippings strewn about. There are much worse things they could have been doing. (Blowing their nose...ew! That seriously freaks me out.); 6:10 PM
WonderKitty said...: Yeah, no. If you absolutely must clip your nails RIGHT NOW! go into the bathroom. I will accept that.; 9:56 AM
Unknown said...: Unrelated comment:

Kathleen, this seems like it might be right up your alley:

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3750501

Enjoy!; 4:13 PM
Dorothy said...: I'm actually okay with it. I probably need an etiquette lesson.; 6:03 PM
Supalinds said...: THAT.SHOULD.NEVER.HAPPEN!; 3:23 PM
Fun Fantastic Family said...: Do it, and do it often; 4:53 PM
Paul W. Nash said...: been there done that; 7:59 PM
Ashley said...: Wow!; 9:21 PM
A said...: That's pretty gross; 8:50 PM
Susan said...: Thats gross. But not as gross as when my father in law clipped his finger nails on my couch.; 8:20 PM

Quotable Quotes, or, tidbits from me life.

My professor, about people having their babies at home: Home delivery is for pizza.

Me, about Prof: I LIKE his wavelength; I'm just not on it.

Student: I don't think so.
(long pause).
Prof: No, you DO think so.

"I wish I had the opportunity to HAVE a sexual quality of life." -- student responding to survey

"I should cut up my credit cards.
(long pause)
Of course, then I would starve." -- Student

"Are you getting a manicure in my courtroom? What the hell are you doing?" Judge/Prof, to student clipping nails

"He covered everything but his 1990 colonoscopy. Good example of a bad speech. Everyone wants to go home, so unless you're awfully funny, keep it brief." -- Prof

"I'm not opposed to playing games. If you want to play solitaire, bring a deck of cards." -- Prof

"If you want to spend time with your young children, you have to do it when they're young." -- Chief Justice Roberts

Student: That doesn't jive very well with the second article of faith, punishing people for their parents' transgressions.
Prof: Yes, oh holy one.

"For expert witnesses, there are 2 requirements: must have gray hair, and must have hemorrhoids to convey the proper level of concern." -- Prof

"I represented a prostitute, and some of her activities were highly aerobic." -- Prof

"I lock my car. Do you know why? Because I have contraband." - - Prof

"You can either finish law school and write patents at home 1 hour a day, while your little one scribbles on the walls with permanent marker, or you can strap your baby to your back and wash floors with a dirty mop in the early morning and late evening. You decide." --Friend, telling me not to quit

"The children of lawyers who don't read footnotes will STARVE." -- Prof

"You know what’s great about a new day? It’s a new day, full of new opportunities for rejection. I mean, WHO KNOWS who might reject me today?” -- Student, about the job hunt.

"Every time I read an opinion by Justice Breyer, I think of ice cream, and then I want some." -- Student

"I don't want a job. I want a life plan. I need direction!" -- Student.

"They met at a Communist party get together. Not exactly the wardhouse, but still pretty romantic." -- Prof

"He thought he might be the father, because they had sort of an intimate relationship...well, not sort of." -- Prof

"The federal government appreciates love. They understand it." -- Prof

"You never tell your clients to lie. That's unethical. You say, 'Well, here is a potential, credible story that we hope is true.'" -- Prof

"When you get caught speeding, don't say 'I'm sorry.' Say, 'IF I was speeding, I am sorry.' ADMIT NOTHING." -- Prof

"It's true. You can google it on the Internet." -- Prof

"Let me give you a hypothetical. Jesus goes to law school, graduates, what does He do? Criminal prosecution or defense? That's right, he's defending these monsters. He's a defense attorney. That's my gospel insight for the day." -- Prof.

"This is my job. I'm just trying to do my job, and you're giving me a hard time. I don't give you a hard time with your job. I just order my burger and fries." -- Prof to smart alecky student

"It's just one more way he's found to shame me."
--Student, about Prof

"In a couple of days, you're going to wish this distinction didn't exist." --Prof

"I can't concentrate when it's snowing, dammit."
--Student, when asked a question in class

Prof: "And what did the court say about that?"
Student: "They didn't mention it."
(awkward pause)
Prof: "Actually, it's italicized. Hahaha!"

"Punitive damages are un-freaking-predictable, but it's the consumer's way of saying 'corporate America, you can't screw me over.'" -- Prof

"I'd like to reward attendance and good preparation, but it's a crapshoot, after all." --Prof, explaining grading policy

"I don't know if any of you have neighbors with vicious boars, but if you do, you should probably move." --Prof

Student A: The thing speaks for itself, don't you think?
Student B: Then I want to know what the hell it's saying.

Student: I would think so.
Prof: You would THINK so???
(awkward pause)
Student: But I would obviously be wrong.

"My wife tells me it's harder to actually give birth than to encourage someone to give birth." -- Prof

Student: I give up.
Prof: Actually, only I get to decide when you give up.

"I think most people who work for the government are lazy, because I've been to the post office." -- Student

"I made the mistake of going out to lunch. I've seen the sun. I've tasted freedom." -- Student

"Imaginable in a common sense sort of way, not imaginable in a science fiction sort of way." -- Prof

Prof: Ready? You've had 19 minutes to think about this.
Student: I know. I advanced a level on Warcraft.

"I know you hate me, because I made you read pages we didn't get to. I hate me too." -- Prof

"Don't go there. We have a chart on that that's gonna give you a rash." -- Prof

Prof: Passover is coming! Have you been thinking about it?
Student: No, Ive been busy preparing food for it all week.
Prof: Your excuse fails, because the law requires the lamb to be boiled not roasted, so it must be done quickly. Your excuse fails like the little boy who lost his CTR ring."

Student: Can you clarify consequential and incidental damages in this case? It's a little fuzzy.
Prof: Let's just not.

Prof: Now, I want to go back to this student, because he's the one that said thou shalt not kill.
Student: Well, God said that, I quoted it.

"An accumulation of bad choices will make you into a bad lawyer and therefore a bad person." -- Prof