My name is Lara, and I have adult temper tantrums.

[LaraMN]

Last night I was mowing the lawn and about 9/10 of the way through, I ran over something and the mower crapped out. I got really mad, but figured I'd at least take out the weed whip and tidy up all the edges of the yard. I plugged in the weed whip, and it commenced to also not work. I became really, REALLY mad, and decided that the best approach to my lawn care conundrum would be to pick up the weed whip, call it a "stupid piece of shit", and throw it across the yard.

Apparently, my husband was watching out the window because he came storming out of the house, shouted "what the hell did you do that for?!" and I was left to respond sheepishly, "well, it wouldn't work..."

I totally could not redeem my cool-ness after that.

:P

[DS1]

1. I can totally vouch for throwing weed-whackers which don't work

They are stupid pieces of shit, and do deserve the aerial fail maneuver.

[LaraMN]

3. Vindication!

:bounce:

:rofl:

[Shell Beau]

2. Well what else were you supposed to do with it?

:shrug:

[LaraMN]

4. Yeah, really!

Things are just supposed to work! I didn't buy a weed whacker so I could NOT whack weeds with it! Geez!

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

5. He is a fun sucker.

:rofl:

I would have thrown it, too. :thumbsup:

[LaraMN]

6. He would call it "destruction," I would call it

"passion".
about lawn care.

:eyes:

Okay, I admit that one is a tough sell.

[Rosie1223]

7. The "Weed-Eater Throw" should be an Olympic event

With style points for swearing while launching.

My husband would be a top competitor.

[bertha katzenengel]

8. LOL

I love adult tantrums. Been a long time since I've thrown one, though. I don't want to scare Mrs. Venation.

:yourock:

[LiberalEsto]

9. Maybe your husband should do the mowing

Hand him the weed whacker and tell him it's his turn.

[LaraMN]

12. Initially, I WANTED to mow the lawn.

I enjoy doing it when it's not too hot out. It went bad really quickly, though...

[qb]

10. Machines that do not cooperate must be punished.

I have an occasional tantrum myself. It can be quite satisfying :evilgrin:

[LaraMN]

13. I had an old portable dishwasher that found out about that the hard way.

:rofl:

[ashling]

11. My friend, you have a pre 9/11 mentality

about 9/10 of the way through,

:shrug:

[LaraMN]

14. Maybe that was the whole problem.

Next time around, I will section the yard into 11 zones.

[ashling]

35. good plan

[NewJeffCT]

15. I'm jealous of your husband

his wife mows the lawn and tries to do weed whacking!
My wife wouldn't know the first thing about cutting the grass or using a weed whacker.

She has adult temper-tantrums, though they're mostly about her work.

[LaraMN]

16. I have a borderline obsession with gardening and landscaping.

The yard actually looks BIGGER when it's just been mowed! I find it very satisfying to make the yard look nice.

:thumbsup:

[NewJeffCT]

18. I'd be happy

if my wife even noticed anything outside of our house related to our lawn, let alone tried to mow the lawn...

[LaraMN]

19. I spent the last two weeks repainting our deck.

Seven gallons of paint and primer later, I have determined that I should have delegated THAT job to my husband!

[NewJeffCT]

22. at least you tried

I'm just happy that my wife has changed the water in our fishtank each of the last three weekends. Now, if she could just learn how to use a vacuum cleaner, or find out where the washer & dryer are in our house...

[AlCzervik]

17. sometimes things need to sworn at and thrown across the yard.

they just do.

[Throd]

20. Occasionally inanimate objects must be punished.

[JVS]

21. Damaging your machinery further is no way to make it work

Watch this and think about what you're doing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ccOk-kwiTQ

[zanne]

27. Malcontent! nt

[BreweryYardRat]

23. I despise yardwork.

That stuff knocking off would be cause for celebration as far as I'm concerned.

[jobycom]

24. When are you going to talk about the temper tantrum?

So far, your actions seemed reasonable, except that you should have cursed at the spouse for questioning you.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

25. I have given flying lessons

to lots of naughty, bad pieces of shit items that decided not to work - why the hell have a "thing" that decides to not work? That weed whacker was asking for trouble when it became a paper weight. Fly free little weed whacker! Let your weedy-wings carry you away, fly free.

Your husband sounds like mine.... WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBORS THINK111!!!!

My neighbors know that our canyon is made to throw pieces of shit items that decide to let me down.

[NewJeffCT]

29. I think I'm throwing my iMac down there

your canyon, I mean...

:P

[QueenOfCalifornia]

32. still?

is it still fucked up?

Yikes.

[NewJeffCT]

34. yes, still

never got it fixed because they told us it needed a new motherboard at the price of $800-$900.

we bought an HP PC last year around Thanksgiving.

[SurfingAtWork]

26. Sometimes there is nothing left for us to do, other than try percussive maintenance

[zanne]

28. I'd make that persuasive, percussive maintenance. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. no stomping of feet? No holding of breath? I think you need a

refresher course in tantrums...now being held at your local nursery school :D

[Crabby Appleton]

31. Nice throw Lara!

good arm!

[alarimer]

33. Well I've stopped throwing things that can break (or make noise)

after the neighbors complained one too many times and started throwing beanie babies and pillows instead. It's just as satisfying, yet nothing gets broken. Win-win.

[madinmaryland]

36. huh?? A "weed-whip"? Are you referring to a "weed-whacker"??

:shrug:

[Inchworm]

40. I think "weed-whip" is mid-western/plains state talk

hehe

I heard it used last week for the first time in a while.

Language roXXor!

:hi:

[AnneD]

37. An adult temper tantrum...

is much more soothing than doing drugs, it is the true way to 'Just say No'.

[Inchworm]

38. Hello Lara, my name is Inchworm

I snap on about the 15th thing that drives me crazy in a day's time.

I still think there is a hammer in the woods off the porch... The damn thing hit my finger!!

:hi:

[redqueen]

39. I do too.