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I'm glad I live alone. I look like a crazy woman whooping, hollering, and flipping my TV the bird. (Original Post) catbyte Jan 2021 OP
Open your windows - probably hear the neighbors too! consider_this Jan 2021 #1
Work-from-Home has been a boon GopherGal Jan 2021 #9
I wanted to whoop and holler but Sophie Stinky Toes is napping. Siwsan Jan 2021 #2
Aww cmon Siwsan... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2021 #21
She had a busy night, watching out the living room window for possums and raccoons Siwsan Jan 2021 #23
😂 N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2021 #24
Sammy, Otis, and Rosie didn't care--I had just fed them breakfast. Their favorite: catbyte Jan 2021 #42
Me, too! TruckFump Jan 2021 #3
I'm with you snowybirdie Jan 2021 #4
you and me both!!! essme Jan 2021 #5
I don't live alone.. luvs2sing Jan 2021 #6
When M1 lifted off... TruckFump Jan 2021 #13
The Great National Enema! luvs2sing Jan 2021 #14
LMAO TruckFump Jan 2021 #16
Perfect! pandr32 Jan 2021 #70
i felt like that when they won the election. AllaN01Bear Jan 2021 #38
I was worried what the RWNJ would do when Biden won. TruckFump Jan 2021 #45
I'm at work trying to play it cool! Cbus Girl Jan 2021 #7
Me,too! Deuxcents Jan 2021 #8
I gave him a two finger salute and a resounding, "Fuck YOU!" Baitball Blogger Jan 2021 #10
Me, too! LaMouffette Jan 2021 #30
So did I NPR is my wake up call and he was in the middle of that whatever it was yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #43
I was laughing my ass off in the car on the way to work, listening to bullwinkle428 Jan 2021 #11
You're not alone. I've been pacing and talking nonstop to my dog. Alternating Mike 03 Jan 2021 #12
I wasn't watching!!! Did he do the Nixon wave at the door of the plane? BComplex Jan 2021 #15
Mal was wearing what looked like funeral garb. EOM TruckFump Jan 2021 #17
You may alive alone... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2021 #18
Is he using Milania's double, again? marble falls Jan 2021 #19
It sure looked like it. Botany Jan 2021 #33
Barron has been invisible and not mentioned for quite some time now yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #44
oh nooooooo sheilahi Jan 2021 #51
Aaaaaahhhh! Wednesdays Jan 2021 #58
thanks sheilahi Jan 2021 #63
My husband and cats are watching me mgardener Jan 2021 #20
That approval rating for VA has been high the last 15 years. Fuck him. marble falls Jan 2021 #22
Video please TEB Jan 2021 #25
No More Screaming at the TV? Desert_Leslie Jan 2021 #26
I hear ya! Lot's of FU's at TV, radio, on line ... electric_blue68 Jan 2021 #78
It's a day for REJOICING! Let's all do the Happy Dance FakeNoose Jan 2021 #27
What your TV has been putting forth Zambero Jan 2021 #28
I feel like the Munchkins when they sang "Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead" LaMouffette Jan 2021 #29
Despite your presumption pfitz59 Jan 2021 #31
We did it and the world is rejoicing twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #39
You are not alone! n/t RocRizzo55 Jan 2021 #32
Party time! BlueJac Jan 2021 #34
I know, I've done the same wendyb-NC Jan 2021 #35
Resist the urge to throw twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #36
Indeed. Wednesdays Jan 2021 #60
That makes two of us! ailsagirl Jan 2021 #37
They were eating breakfast in the other room. catbyte Jan 2021 #46
You , my dear yuiyoshida Jan 2021 #40
As Donald lifts off:::: SAHLOOT! keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #41
Whooping, hollering & flipping the bird kpete Jan 2021 #47
Thats much better than the most of the past 4 years... jcgoldie Jan 2021 #48
You gave me a good smile before work. . . . BigDemVoter Jan 2021 #49
Just 70 miles north of you safeinOhio Jan 2021 #50
I would've been dancin' with ya! lastlib Jan 2021 #52
One of the perks of independent living :) Marthe48 Jan 2021 #53
Except for living alone... you just described me. NurseJackie Jan 2021 #54
Kahunas will tell you bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #55
How is this different from any other day? AmyStrange Jan 2021 #56
My blood pressure is lower. catbyte Jan 2021 #61
Good for you! samsingh Jan 2021 #57
🤣😂🤣😹👍 Rebl2 Jan 2021 #59
That's funny. I was flipping the bird too when they were at the airport. Pepsidog Jan 2021 #62
We are both doing this! orangecrush Jan 2021 #64
You are not the only one Butterflylady Jan 2021 #65
Ah....west coast here.... dhill926 Jan 2021 #66
I woke up singing, Happy Days are here again. sarcasmo Jan 2021 #67
My alarm went off and I immediately sat up and said BIDEN!! Doreen Jan 2021 #69
No kidding. For the last 4 years, instead of stretching, I started out the day cringing, wondering catbyte Jan 2021 #71
They just commented on the football and that made me nervous. Doreen Jan 2021 #75
Same here. I just have to be a little quiet as I live in an apartment. Doreen Jan 2021 #68
I find viewing sometimes easier through an upraised middle finger, obstructing the faces... Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #72
We're all over the world right now, doing the same thing together. NightWatcher Jan 2021 #73
Drop your drawers and moon him too! machoneman Jan 2021 #74
I live alone too, but I'm just grinning. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #76
Alone only physically in my apt electric_blue68 Jan 2021 #77
Rock on ! Vinnie From Indy Jan 2021 #79

GopherGal

(2,905 posts)
9. Work-from-Home has been a boon
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:24 AM
Jan 2021

sparing me from walking by the break-room TV struggling to contain the middle digits...

Siwsan

(27,834 posts)
2. I wanted to whoop and holler but Sophie Stinky Toes is napping.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:22 AM
Jan 2021

Still, I'm filled with GLEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

Siwsan

(27,834 posts)
23. She had a busy night, watching out the living room window for possums and raccoons
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:39 AM
Jan 2021

And waking me up to tell me the coast was still clear.

catbyte

(39,152 posts)
42. Sammy, Otis, and Rosie didn't care--I had just fed them breakfast. Their favorite:
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:26 AM
Jan 2021

Fancy Feast Savory Centers Salmon.

snowybirdie

(6,687 posts)
4. I'm with you
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:22 AM
Jan 2021

Hubby slept in, so I can celebrate alone. Dog is looking at me strangely, though.

luvs2sing

(2,234 posts)
6. I don't live alone..
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:23 AM
Jan 2021

When that bird left the ground, I hollered loud enough to wake up both the hubster and the dog.

TruckFump

(5,838 posts)
45. I was worried what the RWNJ would do when Biden won.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:29 AM
Jan 2021

Today is JOY and RELIEF.

The SOB and his GOP thugs and crap family are no longer in the WH.

yellowdogintexas

(23,694 posts)
43. So did I NPR is my wake up call and he was in the middle of that whatever it was
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:27 AM
Jan 2021

when I woke up. I laid in bed giving the two finger salute until he stopped talking.

It was definitedly a cleansing feeling.

For the rest of the morning I will celebrate with Steffie, Chris, Travis and since it is Wednesday , Bob Cesca and Malcolm Nance.

bullwinkle428

(20,662 posts)
11. I was laughing my ass off in the car on the way to work, listening to
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:24 AM
Jan 2021

CNN, describing how pathetic his little "crowd" is at his send-off!

Mike 03

(18,690 posts)
12. You're not alone. I've been pacing and talking nonstop to my dog. Alternating
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:25 AM
Jan 2021

between joy and then getting choked up to realize it's finally over and we've survived. He has no clue what is wrong with Daddy.

BComplex

(9,914 posts)
15. I wasn't watching!!! Did he do the Nixon wave at the door of the plane?
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:30 AM
Jan 2021

Was there anyone there to see him off? Was Melanoma with him?

Botany

(77,323 posts)
33. It sure looked like it.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:09 AM
Jan 2021

She had the accent but "this one" sure looked younger and happier than Melania #1
and as noted up thread where was Barron?

yellowdogintexas

(23,694 posts)
44. Barron has been invisible and not mentioned for quite some time now
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:28 AM
Jan 2021

I was wondering about him also. Poor Kid

sheilahi

(280 posts)
51. oh nooooooo
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:46 AM
Jan 2021

He was probably all by himself in the White House watching the helicopter lift off and doing that Home Alone face.

sheilahi

(280 posts)
63. thanks
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:07 AM
Jan 2021

Thank you, thank you, thank you Wednesdays. I didn't have this picture to post but you made it PERFECT. Thanks again.

Desert_Leslie

(131 posts)
26. No More Screaming at the TV?
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:45 AM
Jan 2021

In the past four years I've turned from a "relatively" normal woman to a person who screams "MotherFer!!" at the TV multiple times a day. It's going to take a bit of time to let my subliminal anxiety, fear, and simmering rage dissipate!

electric_blue68

(26,856 posts)
78. I hear ya! Lot's of FU's at TV, radio, on line ...
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:38 PM
Jan 2021

alot of that'll be gone now. 👍

Phewwww...

Zambero

(9,990 posts)
28. What your TV has been putting forth
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:03 AM
Jan 2021

over the course of the past 4+ years pales in comparison!

LaMouffette

(2,640 posts)
29. I feel like the Munchkins when they sang "Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead"
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:04 AM
Jan 2021

after Dorothy's house squashed the Wicked Witch of the East like a cockroach.

Trump has finally "gone where the goblins go"!

twodogsbarking

(18,781 posts)
39. We did it and the world is rejoicing
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:22 AM
Jan 2021

Thank you all for voting and embracing the values that make America, America.

wendyb-NC

(4,691 posts)
35. I know, I've done the same
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:12 AM
Jan 2021

for the last 4 years and 2 mos. When I'm driving , too. I have to keep my windows rolled up.

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)
37. That makes two of us!
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:14 AM
Jan 2021

And what are your cats doing while all this crazy wonderful celebrating is going on? Mine have disappeared under the bed.

catbyte

(39,152 posts)
46. They were eating breakfast in the other room.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:30 AM
Jan 2021

Nothing stands between them and Fancy Feast Savory Centers Salmon.

yuiyoshida

(45,415 posts)
40. You , my dear
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:22 AM
Jan 2021

Are not the only one. I haven’t been properly dressed in—- way too many months.

kpete

(72,902 posts)
47. Whooping, hollering & flipping the bird
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:31 AM
Jan 2021

So many different, wonderful feelings released

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
48. Thats much better than the most of the past 4 years...
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:33 AM
Jan 2021

Couple times I got so mad I flipped the TV at my bird...

...poor little parrot just likes peanuts didn't deserve it...

lastlib

(28,264 posts)
52. I would've been dancin' with ya!
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:49 AM
Jan 2021

My bird finger is gonna need a LONG vacation! It has really gotten a workout the past four years!

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
53. One of the perks of independent living :)
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:51 AM
Jan 2021

You may live alone, but you are not alone! lol

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
54. Except for living alone... you just described me.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:53 AM
Jan 2021

Housecoat and slippers, barely brushed bed-hair... whooping it up and shouting obscenities at the TV.

 

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
56. How is this different from any other day?
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:54 AM
Jan 2021

-

Said the crazy cat lady... heh heh heh
===========

Pepsidog

(6,365 posts)
62. That's funny. I was flipping the bird too when they were at the airport.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:05 AM
Jan 2021

I watched Fox for the first time in years to hear their take on it. What snowflakes, they are such victims. Cry me a river.

dhill926

(16,953 posts)
66. Ah....west coast here....
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:15 AM
Jan 2021

just couldn't wake up in time. I did want to unload an unprecedented stream of invective as the asshole's plane took off. I will have to wait for a film clip.

Bubbles are now chilling!

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
69. My alarm went off and I immediately sat up and said BIDEN!!
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:36 AM
Jan 2021

Then I happily squeaked.

catbyte

(39,152 posts)
71. No kidding. For the last 4 years, instead of stretching, I started out the day cringing, wondering
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:45 AM
Jan 2021

what new outrage that thing and his minions were going to commit today. I won't fully relax until 12:01 p.m., but this morning was a good start.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
75. They just commented on the football and that made me nervous.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 12:15 PM
Jan 2021

I will not wake up anymore thinking when I am going to lose my apartment, health insurance, and income.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
68. Same here. I just have to be a little quiet as I live in an apartment.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:34 AM
Jan 2021

I can't make to much noise until 8:00. Once 8:00 hits watch out neighbors.

Evolve Dammit

(21,777 posts)
72. I find viewing sometimes easier through an upraised middle finger, obstructing the faces...
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:49 AM
Jan 2021

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
76. I live alone too, but I'm just grinning.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 12:25 PM
Jan 2021

So relieved that Trump didn't "end civilization" as his former ghost writer feared, despite his effort.

electric_blue68

(26,856 posts)
77. Alone only physically in my apt
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:01 PM
Jan 2021

and I sure whopped it up! 😂

Together in spirit on line. 🥳💖🥳

Vinnie From Indy

(10,820 posts)
79. Rock on !
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:18 PM
Jan 2021

I was hooting and hollering as well! I drank a fine bottle of Malbec and ate scampi while Joe Was being sworn in!

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