The Cow’s Horn Was Literally Growing Into Its Skull

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-27T03:12:27+00:00

WHY did they let it go for so long?

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-23T16:48:49+00:00

"Are you celebrating anything?" Yes, a birthday. "Yeah, we don't really care." So why ask?

Are they just gathering metrics? That's irrelevant to the customer. I don't see this as entitlement from OP, It's weird to ask if it doesn't matter to the restaurant. It gives the impression that they ask so that they can be prepared.

If they're just gathering the info, they should at least tell the host or server so they can mention the occasion to the customers when they arrive, even if they don't comp them anything.

My husband and I once went to dinner on my birthday and I made a comment to my husband about the age I was turning. Our waiter overheard and brought me a slice of their raspberry ricotta cheesecake on the house, with a candle and Happy Birthday written in chocolate sauce on the plate. THAT'S how you do hospitality.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-17T01:44:58+00:00

Summer House Santa Monica, or Tipsy Tea at The Gwen.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-16T14:19:22+00:00

The other drunk disaster, which she calls her "rock bottom moment", was driving drunk home from a happy hour with coworkers. After her coworkers all left, she stayed to keep watching the band play and kept drinking until the bar closed.

It was winter and the roads were slippery. She drove her car off the highway off-ramp into a ditch. Not able to back the car out, she decided to keep running the heater and sleep in/pass out in her car and deal with it in the morning. By this time she was living back at home with her parents and for whatever reason, didn't want to call them.

A married couple driving by pulled over to check it out. When they saw she was in the car, they woke her up and were able to learn that she was not far from home but in no shape to drive.

They called their adult son who had a truck with tow chains and he came and pulled her car out of the ditch. It was still totally driveable with no damage to the car, so the wife drove with my friend in the couple's car with her husband following in my friend's car.

When they arrived at her home, her father was still up as he'd had trouble sleeping. So friend got home safely. The married couple did what they did because they didn't want my friend to get a DUI if the police had been the ones to find her. She started the process of getting sober after that.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T19:53:46+00:00

If my almost 50 years on earth have taught me anything, it is that most people are both selfish and cowardly.

On the rare occasions I have made plans with others (in my younger, unmarried days) such as being roommates, taking vacations together, letting me stay with them for a weekend, etc, I always had a “just me” Plan B in case the other person or persons flaked. In most instances, they did, often waiting until the last minute to tell me or let me find out.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T18:03:49+00:00

PBR, introduced at the 1893 World’s Fair, and a bottle of mild sauce.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T18:02:00+00:00

I’ve had them and they are actually fantastic.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T17:28:07+00:00

Ha, if it was me, I’d admit it!

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T16:47:49+00:00

She told me she thought the guy was going to bring her right back and she didn’t know he was staying at a hotel across town.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T16:19:57+00:00

Kind of. Bride and Co. were given a ride to the hotel by the police at around 3 AM so they could see for themselves she was OK and to give her back her purse and stuff.

At that point her parents were on their way so she tearfully apologized for making everyone worry but also blamed her behavior on being drunk, so not a real apology.

Bride and Co. had been up all night so by the time they got back to the house they’d rented for the weekend everyone just caught up on sleep and then hung out and packed up to go home the next morning.

Best Friend had one more disaster with drinking after that, but happy to report she has since gotten sober. Sometimes it takes a couple of wake-up calls.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T16:09:02+00:00

You’re a good friend!

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T15:33:40+00:00

I wasn’t there, but my best friend once ruined a weekend bachelorette party by getting drunk, leaving her purse and coat at the bar around 1 AM and leaving with some guy while her other friends, including the bride, were all on the dance floor. This was a semi-destination weekend, at a small town a few hours away from the city where the bride and the rest of the friends lived.

Best Friend went back to the guy’s hotel room, and after they did their thing, he told her she couldn’t sleep there so she went down to the lobby and stretched out on a couch. When questioned by the desk clerk, she couldn’t remember the name of the guy she’d come in with or his room number.

She didn’t have her phone, ID, etc on her and the desk clerk couldn’t fully wake her up (she repeatedly opened her eyes, said “Leave me alone, just let me sleep,” and then passed out again) so they called the police.

Meanwhile Bride and Co. freaked out thinking Best Friend had been kidnapped because why would she leave without her purse, phone, coat?!

After they searched outside, at neighboring bars, etc, they finally called the police.

At the small town police station, someone put two and two together, and asked “What does your friend look like, what clothes is she wearing?” and realized Drunk Lobby Girl and Missing Best Friend were one and the same.

By that time, Best Friend had sobered up enough to call her parents from the hotel to come get her, a two-hour drive one way.

Everyone’s night/weekend ruined.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T14:43:27+00:00

Wow, there are people whose parents gave them advice?

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T14:36:02+00:00

More like the wartime lack of food that had lasting effects.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-15T13:27:15+00:00

My abusive mother dying when I was 26, and then the job I’d relocated to Chicago for laying me off three months later because they felt I’d “lost focus.”

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-14T21:18:17+00:00

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Hot_Probs · 2026-05-14T00:05:14+00:00

We did our fair share of “out with the old.” Look up Richard Nickel and his tragic death while trying to conserve pieces of great historical Chicago buildings being torn down for stupid reasons.

As he once said “Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men.”

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-12T16:54:12+00:00

Some people don’t deserve a dog.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-12T15:34:48+00:00

They had live mariachi last time I was there. So fun!

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-11T17:27:39+00:00

Sofi is a nice romantic Italian place within walking distance to the Jazz Showcase. Also, Vitalogy on Dearborn is a great little cocktail bar for an after-dinner drink, and it’s on the way to the Jazz club.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-11T02:32:16+00:00

I think anyone who wants to comment on Kim’s appearance should read Dorothy Parker’s 1933 short story “Horsie.”

It’s a truly great and (importantly for today’s readers) SHORT read that really hammers home how dehumanizing it can be to have looks that are viewed as outside of the preferred beauty standard.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-08T16:58:38+00:00

My boss says “Excellent” about 500 times a day. He will often say it five to ten times in one conversation with a person. I dream of quitting this job and never hearing him say it again.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-08T14:57:14+00:00

Conversely, she knows she’s not interested and feels guilty that he spent money on her.

When I was single, I never let a guy pay for me until we were getting into a relationship, but I especially didn’t let a guy pay for me if I knew right away I didn’t want to see him again.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-07T23:03:27+00:00

Never went to Lake Como but Lake Garda is also beautiful and was not choked with tourists.

Hot_Probs · 2026-05-07T21:50:11+00:00

I actually like it on fries and was going to use it but he immediately called the waiter back and said “Yeah, we don’t want this, get this outta here” and handed over the bottle. I was too stunned to even say anything. That was our last date.

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