Denis, I sure feel bad for ya...sometimes life just sux. I know you'll do what's best for you and your dog...good luck. I've got an old friend "on call" for when it's time for him to come over for my old girl. I haven't read this whole thread, but have to believe that your actions were impacted by what you're going through.

By the by, can a for'ner get a translation of the finer nuances between pimp-slapping, b!tch-slapping and cratch-slapping? What about cock-slapping??

I am at a loss here.

Oh, and thanks to this forum I recently understood the meaning of POV - it has eluded me for years on certain Internet sites.

Sorry for hijacking Speeder!

bad, bad, good, bad depending on your POV :)

back hand, fore hand (open hand), in-between, closed hand

pimp / btch -- could possibly be guy / girl but if the guy is acting like a girl ... then btch ...

Thanks guys! That is comprehensive! SmileWavy

Dennis, I'd say you gave him the "appreciated customer feedback" that businesses so dearly appreciate. Well done.:D

Sorry about your dog, always sucks to lose a buddy.

livi,

Did you get the "in-between" joke?

Not really. But I laughed anyway to look smart. :D

Denis,

Give Romeo a hug for me...I'm glad I got to know him.

I agree with Rob911:cool:

All the best, Mate...give me a call if you need anything.

:)

not hands but legs ;)

Ohmigod, Denis.

I'm so sorry to hear about Romeo. Such a sweetie.

Sorry to hear about your dog... BTDT :(

And that is when I would have walked out... not to persecute you Denis but WTF were you thinking? At that point you knew he was a a-hole but you continued to do business with the guy.

All you tough guys out there seem to think we should seek out jerks to do business with and when they act like the jerk we knew they were in the first place smack them upside he head?

If I saw a guy slap another guy I'd bust a gut. :D

At least tell me it was a backhand.

Denis, I believe our government would consider this a "pre-emptive strike". Since you used an open hand, excessive force was not used.

Sorry about your dog, I know that sucks.

Len's right again.
Geeze Len, don't you get tired of being right all the time?

Give the fingers a little curl up next time.

Proof was in the puddin' though; Denis gave the first 'strike' which clearly should've been the start to a serious altercation. Took guts and a lifetime of being prepared for the 'moment'. Don't get into Denis' kitchen!

Seahawk: what can I say? Buddy!!!

There seems to be an unwritten law in this country that you can behave in a truly miserable fashion and suffer absolutely no consequences for it. You can lie cheat, be vicously rude etc., with no job loss, your family has to put up with you, the people around you must step very lightly and that is OK.

Well guess what? It's NOT ok. If there was a consequence for truly bad behavior then there would be less of that behavior. I do not condone violence as a first action but let's face it. This jerk has gotten away with treating people abyssmally for a long time and aggressively invading their personal space. On this day, GAME OVER. Further, the little cheeze whiz will think twice before he acts like that again.

Many years ago, a large bullying man aggressively entered my personal space, actually bumped me during an argument. I stepped back and with a closed fist punched him as hard as I could in the chest. I would have hit him in the face, but the chest was all the higher I could reach effectively and I had never struck a person before. I'm VERY strong and held nothing back, the punch knocked him backwards nearly on his butt. I stood my ground with both fists closed and ready for round two but he was all done at that point. A very very surprised guy as I suspect no one had ever stood up to him and such behavior had been a pattern for decades. And me standing up to the likes of him was a very shocking revelation.

Good for you. Further, I expect to be completely flamed for these comments and fully accept the consequences of my actions.

angela (red-hair and estrogen, an occasionally unpleasant combination)

Imagine that I'm having a heated discussion with...somebody...and they are telling me how Dick Cheney is the greatest American ever when all of a sudden they step towards me right into my face and up from the nether regions of my long-hanging ape arms comes a pimp hand moving at the speed of light. I cup the hand slightly for torsional rigidity in the moment that it connects with the left side of his large pumpkin-head, following through with all muscles in my body like an inverted Tiger Woods golf swing. Or maybe more like a tennis player's serve, I don't know. ;)

Believe me, no one was laughing, but also they had sort of a strange reaction, IMO. If I turned my head only in time to see a customer pimp-slapping my boss nearly off his feet, I'd either A) physically defend him, or B) call 911, or C) I don't know but none of the above occurred. All of the employees were Mexican and nice people except the boss who was American. It was almost like they had seen this before, the receptionist chick sort of yelled something in espanol to the other dudes and I was half expecting a Chuck Norris fight w/ the whole shop, spinning kicks and people swinging pieces of glass, etc..., but nobody moved a muscle. If I was fluent in Spanish, I probably would have heard them say, "fuk that gebacho, he's on his own..." When I left, I had a pleasant exchange with the workers, as if to tell them that my beef was not w/ them. They smiled and understood. Weird day. :cool:

I'm just messin' with ya Denis, I tried picturing it and it made me laugh. All I can think of is queen fight. "Hey, put down my appletini b1tch" :D

This is one that I probably would have walked away from...risk/reward was far out of wack. The more you have...the more you have to lose. That said, I have done similar at various points in my life...usually when I was at my "last straw" and the next person to crap on me was going to pay...just not gonna take it any more...sorta like a mild road rage. About 10 years ago, I punched a stranger in the stomach so hard that it doubled him over. This guy was such a monster that I really couldn't take a good punch at his face. Since I stepped into him...even though it was a crowded subway/train station...I don't think there were any witnesses. It doubled him up and he did nothing....just got on the train and turned his back to me. He had been shoving his way to the front of the line and I had just watched him shove a little old lady out of his way when he pushed into me. I was so mad that I did not think of possible repercussions until later. Lately I have controlled my temper quite well...but I was jumped by three guys a couple of years ago and managed to get off a quick first punch...aimed at the nose of the toughest looking one...I missed but caught his jaw and he went down...fortunately he had a glass jaw. The other two ran away. My fault though. I should never have been in that situation. That is what I get for being down at the docks of a strange foreign seaport after midnight...might have created an international incident. Strangely enough, I felt ten years (or more) younger for a few weeks.