Comments on: I Can’t Have Anything Nice

By: Mojo

Mojo — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:13:59 +0000

When I read the last section I swear I read “carnival submission” as “carnal submission”… which was pretty twisted if you put it in context.

By: hammy

hammy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:10:15 +0000

Ah, Marge…
The peril of nice things… You may be interested to know that you are not the only victim of Karma. In fact, you may not be the primary target at all!
I have been in Karma’s crosshairs ever since I dropped my dad’s binoculars when I was five. In the course of my short life, Karma has chalked up an insanely large list including, but not limited to broken vases, shattered heirlooms, busted electrical sockets, a crippled table, two suffering computers, a broken door (that was particularly hard to do), welded jewellery, superglued watches, shorted electric circuitry and a twisted fretboard on a guitar with sentimental value.
And I was a veritable pro, if veritable is the word I want. I didn’t usually take a log time to script an act of destruction. I had just got my driver’s license when I ran dad’s car into a lamppost. I was just starting to cook when I almost chopped off my thumb. I had just started playing video games when I opened the console, made adjustments, and took out the power supply to the whole building. Karma’s never wasted time with me.
At least I HOPE that was all Karma’s work. Otherwise it would mean that I’m klutzier than I’d like to admit.

By: Larissa

Larissa — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:59:12 +0000

Sounds like me.
I had my VERY FIRST (and ONLY) BRAND. NEW. CAR. 6 months TO THE DAY later, it was totalled by a Chicago cabbie. Bastards, all of them.
In my old apartment complex, they were pretty gung-ho about de-icing during the winter, and tended to rotate which building they started with, just to kinda make things fair, I guess. The ONE day my building was last, I wiped out on the sidewalk *2 steps* out the door and got a herniated disk in my back. Niiiice.
There’s TONS more… pretty much covering the expanse of, oh, my ENTIRE existence.
I feel your pain. =)

By: justagirl

justagirl — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:23:30 +0000

you have the wrong k its not karma its klumsy. wait klumsy starts with a c, shit. Well if it helps I insist on slamming my head into any cabinet or door i can find. For no apparent reason

By: Anna Lefler

Anna Lefler — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:17:01 +0000

I loved this post (and not just because you mentioned me and my blog)!
As someone who does not own a single white shirt without a permanent Ragu or Spaghettios stain on it, I feel your pain.
Sometimes life is one infinite white carpet and karma is your incontinent dog. (OK, that sounds much more enlightened with sitar music playing in the background.)
Thanks again for the shout-out!
:^) Anna

By: Anna Lefler

Anna Lefler — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:13:56 +0000

I loved this post (and not just because you mentioned me and my blog)!
As someone who does not own a single white shirt without a permanent Ragu or Spaghettios stain on it…I feel your pain.
Sometimes life is one infinite white carpet and karma is your incontinent dog. (OK, that sounds much more enlightened when there’s sitar music playing in the background.)
Thanks again for the shout-out!
:^) Anna

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:22:37 +0000

Hey, your carpet finally got baptized. Poor thing was living in limbo all that time…..

By: natalie

natalie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:34:00 +0000

aw. i am so sorry about the computer! the last laptop i had worked great until about a week after the 1 year warranty expired. then the screen died. they wanted $900 to fix it. um…i don’t think so! so i bought a monitor and just used it as a desk top for a couple of years. now i have a mac. it is 10 months old. so far so good.
karma. yeah.

By: John J Savo, the Authoring Auc

John J Savo, the Authoring Auc — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:03:30 +0000

If you didn’t need the pic of the Mac, it would have sat in the store for two weeks. Go figure.
(This article has been Dugg and Stumbled.)

By: Smart Mouth Broad

Smart Mouth Broad — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:16:41 +0000

Whose this guy, Karma, that you really pissed off?

By: Midlife Slices

Midlife Slices — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:13:13 +0000

I’ve got the same karma, but I’m glad to know that about the Amex card. I wonder how long they cover it? Did they happen to say? I wonder if it would have worked with my first iPhone that fell in the water? grrr…….

By: DrowseyMonkey

DrowseyMonkey — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:04:05 +0000

omg, we’re too much alike. My family always says I can’t have anything nice, LOL. I’m such a clutz. And no one lends me stuff either … maybe it’s cause last laptop I dropped and broke wasn’t mine.

By: Twenty Four at Heart

Twenty Four at Heart — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:06:17 +0000

You and I seem to share the same karma. Especially lately. Well, at least they fixed the Mac!

By: kirsten

kirsten — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:59:26 +0000

Wait a minute! You can get it replaced for free if you use your Amex? I think I need one of those!!
I dropped my macbook and it’s busted now, but I don’t have an amex so who cares anyway.
Thanks for letting me vent!

By: HeatherPride

HeatherPride — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:40:22 +0000

Wow, just all around tragic circumstances. Whew.
Maybe this doesn’t help now, but for the future – I heard white wine will take a red wine stain out. I have not had the opportunity to use this tidbit of info personally, but my mom did on her white fuzzy sweater when she spilled red wine on it and she swears it works! So, maybe for the next tragic spilling of the vino?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:29:05 +0000

I bought a new car in 1979.
I needed something dependable for work, and the assortment of used junkers I’d gone through just wasn’t cutting it. So, I bought a new car in 2006. Within a week, I became partially disabled and lost the job.
Karma can be a bitch.

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:48:59 +0000

Bummer!

By: Em

Em — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:40:04 +0000

Wow – you’re rockin over at Humor Blogger. I was going to say it’s not too cool to show all the votes, but it must feel good to be so far ahead.
How much to bump off Crotchety Old Man Yells At Cars?
Em

By: gingela5

gingela5 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:39:59 +0000

Haha…you sound like me! One example–I had just got a pedicure (a rare occassion) and I was sitting and waiting in the salon and I bumped my toe on a table and it completely ruined it! grrrr

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:37:47 +0000

That’s funny…I’m glad you got the Mac fixed…I’ve had similar interactions with garage doors…I put a car thru one and was slammed on the back by one…BTW, thanks for the Stumble.