When I was in college, the standard response to excessive complaint (spearheaded, I believe, by keshwyn and alhandra) was:
You wanted a bunny, so we got you a bunny. Then you wanted a puppy, so we got you a puppy. So the bunny ate the puppy. Now you want another puppy. Moan moan moan. Whine whine whine. Complain complain complain.
I tend to shorten this to 'bunny, puppy' and include it as sort of a footnote when I know I'm being a petulant brat.
A petulant brat who is running out of things to do other than the taxes, at that. Argh.
Ah. Apparently of the same genre as the statement, "[collective noun of your choice]. You buy them books, you send them to school, and what do they do? They eat them." A friend used to (and for all I know may still) say that about people who were doing completely incomprehensible things.
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You wanted a bunny, so we got you a bunny.
Then you wanted a puppy, so we got you a puppy.
So the bunny ate the puppy.
Now you want another puppy.
Moan moan moan.
Whine whine whine.
Complain complain complain.
I tend to shorten this to 'bunny, puppy' and include it as sort of a footnote when I know I'm being a petulant brat.
A petulant brat who is running out of things to do other than the taxes, at that. Argh.
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