massive canine infestation

August 5th, 2008 · 214 comments

this notice was spotted by tom from cambridge, england in “the tiniest little toilet in my college hall” — so tiny, he says, there’s “barely enough room to fit a dog in there if you tried.” (but a few raw steaks? perhaps!)

(massive canine infestation: sharing the stage with the light brown apple moth debacle at a warped tour show near you!)

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#1 Quite Contrary

I’m not really clear on why they are thanking housekeeping for the canine infestation.

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:06 pm rating: +22

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- #1.1 PandoraWombat
  
  Because neither Terry nor Sandra were available. Duh!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:14 pm rating: +10
- #1.2 Mishee
  
  I saw anytime stan in line at the unemployment dept. he’s available!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:16 pm rating: +1
- #1.3 tomservo
  
  Thank You Housekeeping?
  
  “Dammit Marjorie, who keeps leaving all these Thank You’s around? It will take me all morning to get rid of them all!”
  
  Aug 6, 2008 at 9:08 am rating: 0
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#2 zombieBlanco

Mishee!

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:06 pm rating: +3

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- #2.1 Mishee
  
  zombie!!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:09 pm rating: +2
- #2.2 Mishee
  
  usually I wait until we hit comment #75 or so before I try to turn the thread to the subject me and all my gloriousness… although you show initiative zB.. I like that.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:12 pm rating: +12
- #2.3 zombieBlanco
  
  you know I lurves you ♥
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:13 pm rating: +2
- #2.4 Mishee
  
  I’m gonna say that this thread has served its purpose and now its probably time to turn to the topic to “You-Know-Who”….
  
  anyone want to start off the conversation?
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 10:42 am rating: 0
- #2.5 Mark
  
  WTF does Voldemort have to do with anything?
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 10:49 am rating: +2
- #2.6 Mishee
  
  Well… for one… I bet if Voldemort wanted to bring a dog in the bathroom with him, nobody would stop him….
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 11:01 am rating: 0
- #2.7 amy d
  
  WTFWVD?
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 11:01 am rating: +5
- #2.8 Voldemort
  
  Mishee - now don’t you be dragging me into things! I don’t need you to sully my good name!!!!
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 11:08 am rating: +1
- #2.9 se
  
  You would love to have Mishee drag you anywhere, anytime.
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 11:15 am rating: +1
- #2.10 RunBarbara
  
  Mishee drug me down a Slip N’ Slide once. It was the hottest four minutes of my entire life, even when we hit the tree root.
  .
  .
  .
  “tree root”
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 11:20 am rating: +1
- #2.11 Hermione
  
  I have a “magic wand” that is like a tree root. It takes three “C” batteries and is pink.
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 12:31 pm rating: +1
- #2.12 Mishee
  
  See what happens with the PANGoddess leaves us unsupervised for too long??
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 12:45 pm rating: 0
- #2.13 Harry Potter
  
  Hey Hermione - I’ve got a “magic wand” right here for you…
  
  I bet you give great Hed-wig…
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 1:05 pm rating: +1
- #2.14 CharlieWeasley
  
  Anyone wanna see my “dragon”? It doesnt breath fire, but it spits.
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 1:07 pm rating: +1
- #2.15 Mishee
  
  I wonder if Bertie Bott also has a line of “Every Flavored Condoms” - that would be interesting…
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 1:14 pm rating: 0
- #2.16 SeverusSnape
  
  She makes the death eaters look like amateurs. But Luna Lovegood is amazing!
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 1:51 pm rating: +1
- #2.17 DracoMalfoy
  
  Slytherins have the biggest snakes!
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 1:53 pm rating: 0
- #2.18 Mishee
  
  Of course Luna is amazing… haven’t you ever heard of Barney Stinson’s “Crazy/Hot Scale” - the crazier they are… well, you get the picture…
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 1:55 pm rating: 0
- #2.19 Hermoine
  
  Bertie’s Everyflavored condom’s
  
  -Hmmm this one is very fruit forward with cherry notes and a chocolate finish. 91
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 1:56 pm rating: 0
- #2.20 Gilroy Lockhart
  
  Give me a crazy girl with esteem issues and a predilection to punishment my weekend is set.
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 2:03 pm rating: 0
- #2.21 Gilderoy Lockhart
  
  I am sorry I forgot how to spell my own name. I have forgotten so much lately.
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 2:08 pm rating: +3
- #2.22 Mishee
  
  Gilroy - you smell garlicky.
  
  Have you heard from your brother Gilderoy lately?
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 2:08 pm rating: +1
- #2.23 Gilroy/Gilderoy
  
  My festival is filled with garlicy goodness my child!
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 3:14 pm rating: +1
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#3 zchamu

Baroo?

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:07 pm rating: +8

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- #3.1 amazon
  
  zchamu reads cute overload!
  
  http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#Baroo
  
  That’s ok, I do too. Its cuteness balances out all the snarkiness from this site.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:53 pm rating: +5
- #3.2 aaa
  
  Kickass!
  
  Although there’s plenty of snark on CO, amazon. But that’s mostly relegated to posts in the “Cats ‘n Racks” section, ones featuring humans, or ones where somebody has decided the action in the photo “R TEH ABYOOSE!!!” I must admit, I love commentroversy. It amuses me greatly.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 10:44 pm rating: +4
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#4 zombieBlanco

Massive canine infestation or not, why the hell do you have food in the bathroom?

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:08 pm rating: +29

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- #4.1 Quite Contrary
  
  I’ll see your food in the bathroom question and ask why do they have dogs in the bathroom?
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:09 pm rating: +23
- #4.2 ama
  
  ’cause it’s HOT dogs. win-win!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:34 pm rating: +10
- #4.3 Sue Do Nim
  
  So, is covered food ok to keep in the bathroom?
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:55 pm rating: +9
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#5 katrina

please -do not leave food in the feminine hygiene receptacle either….it is being monitored

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:08 pm rating: +20

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- #5.1 RunBarbara
  
  what kind of food would be lurking inside one of those things?
  blood pudding? tampon tempura?
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:24 pm rating: +2
- #5.2 se
  
  Angel hair spaghetti w/sausage
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:59 pm rating: +3
- #5.3 RunBarbara
  
  i love anything with sausage in it.
  and i mean anything.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:06 pm rating: +2
- #5.4 Canthz_B
  
  You do love yourself, RB.
  Now tickle my sausage some more!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:19 pm rating: +1
- #5.5 Mishee
  
  *mutters under breath*
  
  sausage wallet
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:49 pm rating: +4
- #5.6 amazon
  
  Frank ‘n beans!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:54 pm rating: +2
- #5.7 Michelle
  
  sausage wallet?
  
  Does someone have a Girls Next Door guilty pleasure?
  
  Aug 6, 2008 at 10:26 am rating: +2
- #5.8 Mishee
  
  I was lazy one day and Chelsea Lately ended and those damn fucking girls came on and I couldn’t find the remote… I started to panic and then I realized the computer was in front of me, so I went to PAN…
  
  And I listened. Probably the ONLY episode I ever saw all the way through, cause I wanted to see Kendra insult the Queen…
  
  Aug 6, 2008 at 10:43 am rating: +1
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#6 Mishee

I remember when I had a canine infestation. They got all in the walls and the crawl space… I finally had to run the vacuum cleaner for 4 days before they all scrambled out of my house and back into the wild.

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:09 pm rating: +36

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- #6.1 Sydney
  
  When you see one canine on the floor, you know there’s 100 more in the walls.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:45 pm rating: +25
- #6.2 ama
  
  the massive canines are the worst!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 8:04 pm rating: +3
- #6.3 Mishee
  
  I have issues when mastiff canines get into my cupboards…
  
  like a bull in a china shop, I swear!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 8:11 pm rating: +8
- #6.4 snee
  
  poodles in the cupboards really annoy me. they think they’re so fancy and shit, like they’re doing you a favour!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 8:28 pm rating: +18
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#7 Wade

Bathrooms meals are strictly covered dish!

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:10 pm rating: +9

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- #7.1 RunBarbara
  
  i wonder if bathroom dishes come in stolen ramekins….
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:21 pm rating: +3
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#8 Mishee

While we are on the subject… who the fuck brings any food, let alone UNCOVERED food into the bathroom??

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:11 pm rating: +8

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- #8.1 Martin Heidegger
  
  Probably the same people who eat stir fry in the biology lab on dissection day. I kid you not, I was working in there dissecting botulism birds and some bloke (presumably a student, but who knows) walked in and nonchalantly dug into his stir fry. Here I am cracking a ribcage and wearing rubber gloves because these birds fucking died of botulism poisoning, and he thinks nothing of the fact that he may as well be eating salmon mousse.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:25 pm rating: +17
- #8.2 Mishee
  
  Dr. House always wants it to be botulism.
  
  It never is.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:30 pm rating: +10
- #8.3 Mark
  
  I thought it was lupus?
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:35 pm rating: +14
- #8.4 Mishee
  
  Mark - I love you too… damn the line!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:38 pm rating: +1
- #8.5 agirlie
  
  I once used a portapotty that had a massive amount of popcorn spilled in it, I was puzzled. I was like “Yay, snacks!!” (yuck)
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:46 pm rating: +16
- #8.6 Canthz_B
  
  It takes a hot ass to make corn pop like that!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:49 pm rating: +17
- #8.7 amy d
  
  What are you eating?
  
  Buttered popcorn, want some?
  
  I don’t think that’s butter.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:52 pm rating: +11
- #8.8 Canthz_B
  
  Ticket sales under the Big Top soar!!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:57 pm rating: +2
- #8.9 simtpson j
  
  That sausage was fucking delicious. And dont get me started on the lemonade….
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:22 pm rating: +2
- #8.10 RunBarbara
  
  Tough love time. Get ready for the unitard simtpson.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:25 pm rating: +3
- #8.11 Canthz_B
  
  Tthat lemonade sounds like a real pisser.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:35 pm rating: +2
- #8.12 Canthz_B
  
  I, on the other hand, sound like a real stutterer!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 7:37 pm rating: +6
- #8.13 Holiday Djinn
  
  Perhaps the person bringing the food into the bathroom needed a mid poop refresher. A poo-pick me up if you will. Nothing goes better after 10-15 minutes of straining like a nice juicy steak.
  
  Sometimes, if i think i have enough time, i will take a hot plate into the bathroom with me. I will put on some fajitas’ and hopefully when i am done in the stall, they will be done on the sink counter.
  
  What can i say? I am a foody.
  
  Aug 6, 2008 at 8:19 am rating: +10
- #8.14 tinkerbell2
  
  I guess if they were pooping *properly* (poop, flush, wipe, flush, poop a little more, flush twice) it could have taken a long time. Anyone might need some food to sustain them. I live in the UK, and some of our toilets take f-o-r-e-v-e-r to refill after a flush..
  
  Aug 6, 2008 at 8:46 am rating: +9
- #8.15 Sheepish
  
  oooh! lets talk about poo particles again! you all remember that lively debate with the flushing and the lid up/down debate. now we can throw food in the mix! how exciting! i’m sure we can find even more ways to talk about little bits of excrement floating around your tuna sandwich.
  
  Aug 7, 2008 at 9:40 am rating: +1
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#9 PandoraWombat

I think they are talking about canine teeth. Bathrooms often get overrun with canine teeth. But since reporting of this problem is suppressed by the corrupt, teeth-loving media, we never get to hear about the horrors of marauding canine teeth.

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:11 pm rating: +10

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#10 Canthz_B

If they have a problem with massive canines on campus, I’d suggest not enrolling werewolves in night-school.

Aug 5, 2008 at 6:13 pm rating: +8

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- #10.1 Canthz_B
  
  Drat, Pandora!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:15 pm rating: +1
- #10.2 Canthz_B
  
  I was going for the tooth angle too!
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:17 pm rating: +1
- #10.3 PandoraWombat
  
  @CB: Are there diagnosis or insurance codes for werewolfism?
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:17 pm rating: +1
- #10.4 Canthz_B
  
  744.89, Congenital facial anomaly, 704.1, Hirsutism.
  
  I’m thinking dog-faced boy here.
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:24 pm rating: +1
- #10.5 Mark
  
  You mean lycanthropy?
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:24 pm rating: +1
- #10.6 RunBarbara
  
  werewolf!
  werewolf?
  there.
  what?
  There, wolf. There, castle.
  
  sorry, i couldnt resist…
  
  Aug 5, 2008 at 6:26 pm rating: +10

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