u The Main Dish: February 2009

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Trish needs...

So Dish's lovely friend Elmyra always insists upon tagging her in these notes/surveys on Facebook that one is supposed to fill out and tag others and so on and so on.

The latest note told Dish: Go to google and write your name and the word 'needs', in quotes — as in "Dish needs" — and write down the first 10 sensical sentences that come up.

I must say that I did have to laugh at some of these, so I will post them for your enjoyment. And, just by way of information, Dish is quite certain that sensical is not actually a word. Anyway, on to the time waster at hand...

1. Trish needs a makeover (doh!).
2. Trish needs to always be in control of the situation and her men (That should have read "menions". haha).
3. Trish needs a job.
4. Trish needs a makeover (ANOTHER ONE! OK UNIVERSE, OK!).
5. Trish needs to buy herself a watch (Yes, I can admit maybe it is time to let go of my current time piece).
6. Trish needs some help(Maybe with my makeover. Sheesh!).
7. Trish needs you.
8. Trish needs these (Whatever they may be).
9. Trish needs to lose 15-20 lbs than she would be HOT (I shake my fist at you Google and I also don't approve of your poor grammar).

And, the best for last...

10. Trish needs to come back to the WWE, we all miss her she was one of the best divas (Again with the grammar, but it is more forgivable this time).

Now, what I'd really like to know is who comes up with this stuff and why I feel compelled to participate in it.

posted by Dish @ 10:16 PM 2 comments

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Oops...

It has come to Dish's attention that she has been horribly remiss in failing to send a birthday shout-out to the one and only Gus Johnson, a man who has many pseudonyms that all tend to start with the letter "G".

In honour of the day of his birth, let us all watch and enjoy the video for The Cure's Close to Me. This was one of Dish's favourite videos back in the day. The quality here is not the most stellar, but the only other alternative was the other version with less clapping and an "under the sea" motif, which Dish finds far less effective.




Hope the birthday was a good one. :o)

posted by Dish @ 10:13 PM 1 comments

Dear Dish on Rule Breakage

Dear Dish:

I'm a long time reader, first time writer.

My question is this: Should I speak up when I see someone breaking the rules? For example, recently I was at the gym and there are signs everywhere asking people to sign up for the equipment and not use the exercise equipment for longer than 20 minutes. While I was working up a sweat on one of the glidey thingies, a woman came up to the girl working out next to me and asked if she had signed up for the machine. The girl said she "forgot" and then proceeded to tell the woman she had only been on the machine for 7 minutes. I knew this for a lie since I had been on my machine for nearly 10 minutes and the girl had been using her machine before me. Plus, I could see on her machine that she had been working out for at least 15 but most likely nearly 20. I said nothing because I didn't want to cause a scene or be called an eavesdropper (although the conversation was spoken loudly because the gym was very crowded and therefore noisy). I finished my workout after 15 minutes and then I noticed that the girl restarted her machine for ANOTHER 20 minutes.

Should I have said something? Reported to the proper authorities like a little tattle tale? Please Dish! I need you to do my thinking for me!!!!

Sincerely,

Sweaty and Steamed

P.S. What is your opinion on exercising in a gym anyway? Is it a futile effort? Or a noble endeavor?

Dear Steamed Muscles:

What on earth were you doing in a place like the gym in the first place!? Dish does not approve of these so-called gyms. Don't you realize that the term "exercise equipment" is simply a fancy synonym for "torture device"? A treadmill is merely a modern day iron maiden of sorts, and Dish is not talking about the cool rock band Iron Maiden but rather the old school casket-like device filled with the pointy nails and such. The only piece of exercise equipment that Dish can fully get on board with is the elliptical machine because it has a magical way of taking the uncoordinated and making them look graceful and poised.

But, on to the true issue at hand…The first thing to remember in this type of situation is that no one likes the tattle tale. If your first instinct when you see someone breaking the rules is to run shouting about how someone isn't doing what they are supposed to be doing, it may be indicative of deeper problems. Tattlers often lack self-esteem. They desperately seek attention and reassurance from some sort of authority figure to help them feel validated. Years of therapy may be required to get to the bottom of these issues.

Of course, we don't want to be extreme. There are some situations in which "tattling" is the right course of action. In general, it is ok to "tattle" if someone could be seriously hurt by your failure to speak up or to act. Dish definitely does not want her advice to be misinterpreted and thereby indirectly encourage her readers to fall victim to the bystander effect. That would indeed be tragic.

There are times when it is appropriate to intervene and there are times when it is best to leave the people involved to work out the problem themselves. In this situation, Dish would recommend holding your tongue since you were not directly involved in the situation and since the most harm that was likely to be done was that someone would be inconvenienced. Ideally, the woman who wanted to use the treadmill should have been more assertive when approaching the person who was already on it. Rather than merely asking if the person on the treadmill was signed up for the machine, she should have said "Excuse me. I am signed up for this machine during this time slot." Surely then two mature adults could have come to some sort of compromise.

On the other hand, no one likes a liar so you would have been completely justified in pointing at the woman on the treadmill and shouting, "Liar, liar pants on fire!" and letting mayhem ensue. Of course, if you plan to take such drastic action, you must be prepared to face the consequences, whatever they may be.

Best of luck,
Dish

posted by Dish @ 9:50 PM 0 comments

Aunt Dish

Dear Readers:

I am finally getting around to acknowledging your desperate cries for a blog update. I've also been told that the dialogue about Dish's life is missed, so I will try to intersperse Dear Dish advice with ramblings about my own doings.

First, and most importantly, I would like to introduce the world to the future Dish (well, kind of…). Please meet Johanna and Steve’s new baby Charlotte Patricia, named after her great-grandmother on her father’s side and her Aunt Dish! She is such a cutie. You pick her up and she curls into a little ball in your arms.


Speaking of cuties…Here’s a few others who deserve some face time...







posted by Dish @ 9:30 PM 4 comments