Yeah...I don't know, is this not a thing any more?
When I grew up, it was generally accepted that you don't go around coughing and sneezing "out loud", as it were. You did this into the crook of your arm, or at the very worst, your hand.

The last while, my mother has been having health issues of various kinds, leading her to visit the hospital multiple times over the course of a few weeks. THe latest visit ended yesterday. And it all ended with a man quite literally coughing her in the face. Which would have been bad enough. But, it turns out, he also tested positive for the 2020-plague. So, my mother, who is in her 80s AND has medical issues, is now possibly infected. All because this shithead can't act like a grown fucking person.

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That should be considered assault and battery in the current day and age.

I'm so sorry. I hope your mom will dodge this particular bullet.

>That should be considered assault and battery in the current day and
>age.

Yes, living as I do in a town that recently made national news because some fucksticks had a wedding reception during lockdown and, with utter predictability, a regional outbreak happened as a direct result of it, I must concur. We need to start seeing criminal charges for knowingly-committed spreader behavior, especially when it documentably leads to actual spread.

>I'm so sorry. I hope your mom will dodge this particular bullet.

Same here.

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Ugh. Ass hole probably has a MAGA hat in his car, too.

>Ugh. Ass hole probably has a MAGA hat in his car, too.

Yep. Trump gives people license to be their absolute worst selves, pretend that any inconvenience to them or consideration of other people is "infringing their rights", and so on.

>Ugh. Ass hole probably has a MAGA hat in his car, too.

... in Sweden? I mean I suppose it's possible, but...

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>>Ugh. Ass hole probably has a MAGA hat in his car, too.
>
>... in Sweden? I mean I suppose it's possible, but...

Ah, did not know that MoonEyes resides in Sweden.

Sorry!

Aside - a trip down memory lane....

Ah, but I miss my Granny's pepperkakers. She was Norwegian, I believe - a first generation American whose parents had emigrated from Scandinavia - and as such her recipe called for actual black pepper. It took my mom by surprise who, despite her Hispanic heritage, had never seen a dessert recipe use black pepper like that before. But Mom loved them as much as I did.

Granny's parents had kept close to their cultural roots, and as such so did the rest of the matriarchal line in my step-dad's family. As a result, he was pretty well steeped in the cultural foods and traditions.

One of the few fun memories I have involving my step-dad were the rare occasions he managed to get his hands on some *good* pickled herring. I was an utter black hole of a human being when it came to food - food has to be legitimately BAD TASTING for me to even consider snubbing it. But pickled herring was anything but bad as far as I was concerned. I mean it, I thought it was great - fish, but with a tangy, sweet brine. I don't know what other people's experiences with it has been like, but I think that my step-dad, having grown up with the correct cultural context for it, knew how to spot THE GOOD STUFF.

And we'd eat it in front of mom just to gross her out. Priceless!

I don't know why mom bothered to sit there and witness the proceedings, but in retrospect it was probably a combination of morbid fascination and being absolutely certain that all the fish had been eaten.

See, step-dad is the type of lovable-asshole with a mischievous streak a mile wide that would sneak a kiss onto his wife's lips right after eating something she absolutely detested.

But that's just my mom's tastes for you - she loves herself a bad boy. And really, would you expect anything less of Hatchet Lady?

(It's particularly telling that, without trying at all, her first and second (current) husbands both worked at the same installation at Lackland AFB - Security Hill, which is where all the cryptotechs work their magic upon the Air Force's radio equipment. Because of the things they know about and the clearances they held, both my biological father and step-father are on "In the event of >>>REDACTED<<<, shoot-on-sight" lists. Yeah, apparently her "type" really is that specific.)

>See, step-dad is the type of lovable-asshole with a mischievous streak
>a mile wide that would sneak a kiss onto his wife's lips right after
>eating something she absolutely detested.

"You're not kissing me with that mouth until that stuff wears off."
- Utena Tenjou

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It occurs to me that Anthy was probably bad at cooking because she likes the tastes of things that no one else does. She seems like the kind of person who chases fermented shark with licorice liqueur while everyone else scrambles to get to a safe olfactory distance,

>It occurs to me that Anthy was probably bad at cooking because she
>likes the tastes of things that no one else does.

She's actually quite a good cook, it's just that she's also an alchemist with a mean streak. All those "accidents" stemming from her "ineptitude" in the old days? Not as they appeared...

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>>It occurs to me that Anthy was probably bad at cooking because she
>>likes the tastes of things that no one else does.
>
>She's actually quite a good cook, it's just that she's also an
>alchemist with a mean streak. All those "accidents" stemming from her
>"ineptitude" in the old days? Not as they appeared...

Ah yes. I remember someone commenting on Anthy's spell in Diqui, "The Assassin's Last Surprise", and that it was her mother that taught her the spell. Something to the tune of, "Where the hell did your mother come from!? Medieval Florence?!" "Something like that, yes~."

Point is, there's a REASON why Anthy can do malice so effectively despite looking like a shrinking violet - Svartalfs are some mean SOBs - even the "nice" ones. It wouldn't surprise me if she's keeping something particularly nasty in reserve for Akio on the off-hand chance she ever sees him again. Something that would make even Corwin and Utena go DAAAYYYYUUUMMM!!!

Given what he has done, I assure you that Anthy has many things she intends to "gift" her brother with when she sees him again.

"Whatever do you mean, dearest brother? Of course your birthday present is supposed to make that ticking noise." *smiles sweetly* "Now if you'll just excuse us, the rest of your staff and I must be about your breakfast. In the west kitchen. On the other side of the house. Kthxbai! utena, corwin, you're not running yet-"

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>Given what he has done, I assure you that Anthy has many things
>she intends to "gift" her brother with when she sees him again.

You know how the Doctor ended that one prime minister's career with the six words, "Don't you think she looks tired?"

Based on the corner of the yard I've been doing the most work in the last little while, I am now enjoying picturing the following as Anthy's own six little world-ending words:

"Have you met Corwin's new aunt?"

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>"Have you met Corwin's new aunt?"

Sorry, but I'm pretty sure Corwin's most terrifying aunt is still Belldandy.

Yes, but also no.

Even better, imagine them combining forces with Urd and say, Korra.

(Son, you done fucked up.)

(Two seconds too late I realized they would, in fact, be the Four Horsewomen of the Asswhupping.)

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Yeah, but I'm pretty sure the others are just really angry at him, and at this point, Akio has enough steel in his backbone to face a bunch of angry women.

Belldandy is disappointed with him; he was given, not a second, but a first chance at life, the opportunity to be more than the animate corpse of Dios. And he went and fucked it up by pursuing the same agendas and vendettas that ended his unlife.

Belldandy is going to be disappointed, and she's going to help fulfill Anthy's promise to Akio: "I won't let you suffer any longer."

>Yeah, but I'm pretty sure the others are just really angry at him, and
>at this point, Akio has enough steel in his backbone to face a bunch
>of angry women.
>
>Belldandy is disappointed with him; he was given, not a second,
>but a first chance at life, the opportunity to be more than the
>animate corpse of Dios. And he went and fucked it up by pursuing the
>same agendas and vendettas that ended his unlife.
>
>Belldandy is going to be disappointed, and she's going to help fulfill
>Anthy's promise to Akio: "I won't let you suffer any longer."

Taking absolutely nothing away from the power of Belldandy's divine disappointment, there is something of a distinction here.

He may well be able to face angry women. He's not all that likely to be able to survive them.

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>>... in Sweden? I mean I suppose it's possible, but...
>
>Ah, did not know that MoonEyes resides in Sweden.
>
>Sorry!

That's ok, not like I shout it TOO much. But it's appeared here and there on the forum.

>Ah, but I miss my Granny's pepperkakers. She was Norwegian, I believe
>- a first generation American whose parents had emigrated from
>Scandinavia - and as such her recipe called for actual black pepper.
>It took my mom by surprise who, despite her Hispanic heritage, had
>never seen a dessert recipe use black pepper like that before. But
>Mom loved them as much as I did.

Yep, I have a couple of old-school recipes that call for either black pepper of allspice (which in Swedish is "pepper-spice", approx). Today, there's no pepper in the generally available stuff, it's basically gingerbread.

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Well, it's been a week with no sign of cough or fever, so it seems as if mom dodged that bullet, touch wood and all that.
Due to(and thanks for) well-wishes, I thought I'd put up a bit of an update, as it were.

And I agree entirely. Coughing on someone is rude in the extreme in the best of cases, but at the current time, it should be classes as assault, at the least!

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