OMG! I nearly got into a fight at the gas station this morning!

[RubyDuby in GA]

Ok, let me set the scene. I'm at QuikTrip to top off my tank and get a morning paper b/c I know I have a LTTE in today's paper. I pull in and get out of my car. A woman pulls in in the opposite direction so that our bumpers are facing one another, but she is kaddy-cornered to me. I have on sun glasses so she can't see my eyes because I'm tired because my 4 month old son likes to get up in the middle of the night and stay up.

I glance at her car and see she has bumper stickers on and I love to read others bumper stickers. I have several on my car and like to silently compare them to mine. My are as follows: Church/State - Keep them Separate. Democrats are Hot: Ever hear of a fine piece of elephant? Pro-Child/Pro-Choice. Kerry Edwards: Sounds better now, doesn't it? and Fight for Choice (NARAL).

Her bumper stickers are the oval W and one huge one that says Abortion: What part of thou shall not kill don't you understand?

Well, I read this and chuckle superiorly to myself and check her out at the same time. She is a rather large white woman (I've still got some baby weight on so I'm not criticizing on that front and I am white too). She's got huge hair - this is the South after all - and she put her makeup on with a trowel. I say to myself "Tammy Faye" and roll my eyes. But I'm glancing in her direction so she obviously thinks that we should converse.

Also important is that there are two other people filling up their cars at the other two pumps. Both men.

She looks over at me and yells, not says in a normal voice, but yells "BABYKILLER!"

I look around like is she talking to me and I realize she is, so here goes our "conversation":

Me: "Actually, my 4 month old son is doing just fine thank you!" Before she has a chance to respond, I say:
Me: "I see you support your president. Do you support our troops?"
Psycho: "Of course I do!"
Me: "Well, our troops are in Iraq killing people every day. What part of thou shall not kill don't you understand???" <- complete with head swiveling and my hands on my hips.
Me: "Fucking hypocrite! Why don't you blow it out your ass Tammy Faye!"
Psycho: gets in her car and drives off.

The two men next to us are dying laughing and one of them has a stupid bumper sticker on his truck that has a picture of Chimpy and says: Right Man. Right Place. Right Time.


The nutjobs are coming unhinged.

[Cygnusx2112]

1. PRICELESS...

Me: "Well, our troops are in Iraq killing people every day. What part of thou shall not kill don't you understand???" <- complete with head swiveling and my hands on my hips.
Me: "Fucking hypocrite! Why don't you blow it out your ass Tammy Faye!"



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[Sugar Smack]

2. OMG!! Head swiveling! Hands on hips!

:rofl: :rofl: Thank you for that!

[Rambis]

3. Good show

I am giving it to old friends, their parents, anyone that I know who is a pug. I can't shut up about them anymore this administration is evil and their supporters are at best misguided. They no longer get a free pass and need to be put in their place. Good for you- When gas was 3$ a gallon I said to a room full of old repug farts at my local gas station.... Me to the attendant... "thank god we have an oil man in the white house. Just when is * going to start jaw boning OPEC fro cheaper gas? I will never shut up and that will cost me friends and acquaintances but it has to be done.

[RubyDuby in GA]

5. I've had enough too

I could have chosen to be magnanimous about it, but I'm far too confrontational to let it go.
And I'm cranky because I haven't had enough sleep these last few days. :)

[cwydro]

4. i love it

BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS TAMMY FAYE!!! OMG...:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[calico1]

6. They are good at name calling but not good

at responding to logical statements. Good for you!:thumbsup: :hi:

[RubyDuby in GA]

7. I just can't believe they still call people babykillers.

:shrug:

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. I'm glad you're on our team, RubyDuby!

:hi: :rofl: I can just see you kicking Tammy Faye's ass... :rofl:

[ganeshji]

9. You are my new hero!

Kick some ignorant ass!

[RebelOne]

10. I live in the Atlanta area and I sure hope

I run into Tammy Faye sometime. Oh, what a fun time I shall have.

[RubyDuby in GA]

13. She drives a black SUV

from Newton County.

Stupid cow.

:hi:

[RebelOne]

26. I'll be on the lookout for it. n/t

[Haole Girl]

11. Hey...that sounds like me!

We must be twins! My husband always says somebody is going to kill me, one day, over my bumper sticker confrontations. Every time I see an oval "W" sticker I just start laughing at people. They are coming off...one-by-one...ever so slowly!

:D

[ThomCat]

12. That is awesome!

:applause:

[Floogeldy]

14. Ha ha ha!

:)

[Brewman_Jax]

15. Go RubyDuby!

Cost of gas--$2/gal

Cost of bumpersticker--$1

Cost of watching freeper heads explode because they can't hide from the truth any longer--Priceless

:rofl:

[Momgonepostal]

16. Recommended, because...

that was one of the funniest exchanges I've heard (about) in quite a while. I love how you reeled her in by getting her enthusiuatic response to "do you support the troops?"

[progressoid]

17. Excellent!!!!

[underpants]

18. Baby tip

If you have a comfortable chair get a bathroom towel and keep it on the back of the chair-when the baby gets up and you are up holding it use the towel to give your head something to rest against and you can sleep too. A well place ottoman or footrest cuts down on your worrying about dropping the child in your sleep. Trust me you aren't going to drop the baby.

[RubyDuby in GA]

19. Thanks for the tip!

He has just started to get up during the night. I think it may have something to do with the 2 hour and 45 minute naps he takes at grandma's during the day. I'm not complaining about free day care, but if he wakes up tonight at 2:30am, I'm going to call her for a little chit chat.

[underpants]

21. Routine routine and routine

not very exciting but babies crave the routine. We tend to keep ours up to shockingly late hours or at least we did (she usually conked out about 10) but daycare now only lets her take one nap, afternoon, and she is usually out by 9. She still wakes up recently and I usually pull the long shift (great guy that I am). We are going to have to suck it up and let her cry for a week or so until she gets it. This will kill my wife.

Another tip.

We got those babyblue pads they had at the hospital and we keep one handy down in the den so we can change her without taking her all the way up to the nursery.

Any other tips.... :think:

Oh our pediatrician said that at about 6 months you can stop buying the Dreft and go with your normal detergent. We didn't find this out until she was a year old. Check with your pediatrician on that one.

Now for a funny one. I took the opportunity of the inlaws being in town to air out a little secret....I didn't clean up the food in the highchair right away I let it sit there and get a little more stable (less squishy) before I cleaned it up. My wife's head went straight back as she started howling laughing....she did the same thing--neither one of us wanted to admit it to the other one.

Oh and the fights-that is completely normal. NO ONE warned me about that but everyone does it. One parent is the slacker/doesn't care/ doofus and the other is the control/boileverybottle/clean freak....happens to everyone.

[RubyDuby in GA]

23. unbelievably helpful

We're the only one in our circle of friends (why don't liberals have more babies?) who has a child, so we're pretty limited on the advice coming in to us - mainly from grandparents, which is good, but not so up to date.


Do you know of anywhere to get those babyblue pads? We've gone through all of ours.

[underpants]

24. I don't even remember what they are called

the light blue ones with the white mesh looking liner on the one side.

We just happen to have a GREAT pharmacy near us that sells them. I would do a search in your area for elderly stuff (walkers, rheumatoid aids, etc) or medical supply companies or call the hospital and ask them at least what they are called so you can do a search.

[davsand]

28. Look in the "Depends" section.

I think they call those "incontinence pads" or something like that. We used those the entire time Material Girl was in diapers. If they get "icky, sticky or soggy" you just toss them and grab a new one.

I carried them in my diaper bag all the time too. It made sense to me because that way your kid is always on a clean surface if you have to change pants in a public facility. Sometimes those diaper changing stations are just nasty, and sometimes my kid was so nasty that I was worried I'd never get her cleaned up let alone cleaning up the diaper table...



Laura

[johnnie]

20. This comes to mind for some reason

[bullwinkle428]

22. I'm doing a "Wayne's World" "we're not worthy" bow in your

general direction!!! We have to come with a new emoticon for instances just like this! :applause: :yourock: :patriot: :rofl:

[NMMNG]

25. Smackdown!

I love how when their hypocrisy is exposed they have no choice but to pick up their toys and go home, usually in a huff. :rofl:

[gr8dane_daddy]

27. I had a gas station story too...but not as aggressive

About 2 weeks ago, I was filling up at a 7-11 (Citgo baby!). A large truck pulls up behind me and waits for me to finish. Well I have lots of fun stickers such as:

Woh! (Oval mimicking dubya stickers)
Proud Progressive
My Dog is Smarter than your President
Asses of Evil (pics of bush, cheney, rummy)
Anti-W-ar
First Illegal Immigrants (pic of pilgrims)
War occurs when the price of aggression is cheap (reagan quote, freepers hate it)
I love my country but I think we should see other people
At least Bush had an exit strategy in Vietnam
Can we all just get along? I'll hug your elephant if you'll kiss my ass.

etc....

So he's reading them while I fill up and listen to Randi Rhodes. He steps out of his truck and the following conversation occurs:

redneck: So I take it that you don't like bush? ***understatement of the year nomination***
me: No I don't
redneck: Well I voted for him twice and I've been disappointed.
me: Yeah, how's that value voting coming along?
redneck: Well you know they're all the same..democrats and republicans. (trying to lump us all under one rock)
me: You DO REALIZE that the House, Senate, White House, and Supreme Court are all under republican control?
redneck: Yeah but they all are still the same.
me: No, this mess is all republican.
redneck: Well, I wasn't too happy with the Democrats in office either.
me: I was. I wasn't paying twice as much for gas and I was making at least $15k more a year with a democrat in office.
redneck: I guess you've always voted democrat.
me: I will now. ***got in my truck and drove off***

I got the sense he was trying to get a understanding ear from a "librul". I could just hear the guilt in his voice. Yeah, how's that value voting working for ya!