Morning question

grrwoo: have you ever noticed that "with extreme prejudice" is only used with violent terms
grrwoo: like killed with extreme prejudice
grrwoo: never with fun things
grrwoo: like "baked cookies with extreme prejudice."
me: hee
grrwoo: why is that?
me: people usually don't associate "extreme" or "prejudice" with good things.
grrwoo: Picking flowers with extreme prejudice!

A Google search for "cookies with extreme prejudice" did get one result, though that page is no longer available. The cached version says:

Neo says:
stealing biscuits with your a** is a lot of inconvenience compared to more conventional methods
Josiah says:
it can collect cookies with extreme prejudice

Right then. Anyway, have you ever used or heard anyone use the phrase "with extreme prejudice" in a fun context not involving violence? grrwoo and I want to know!


Edit: More uses of the phrase here. I like "Macerate with extreme prejudice" and "Masticate with extreme prejudice," but this is probably because I'm hungry.

"Pontificate with extreme prejudice"? I've known a lot of people who do that. Sometimes I'm one of them.

Chocolate with extreme prejudice!

Success!

Yes, it's true--today I found and purchased an onion! One that isn't obviously rotting!

Yeah, it's the little things that get ya through the night.

Also got some gold kiwi fruits. How did I not know about these before now? They've apparently been available for the last five years, but today's the first time I've eaten any. Tasty little things.

Must stop buying foods from the "Reduced for Quick Sale" section of the store and focus on produce for the rest of the month. Not that there's anything wrong with paying 69 cents for a can of soup they'd usually charge $2.99 for, or $1.49 for a $3+ box of cereal. It's just that I've stocked up enough of the non-perishable foods to last awhile, and it would be nice to still have enough food stamp dollars to buy fresh plant matter at the end of the month.

Fruit is too expensive these days, but it is so tasty.


Other success: Managed to find and sew two buttons onto a shirt that desperately needed them.

Was too dizzy to do much early in the day, so doing laundry, mending a blouse, and shopping for groceries were pretty much all the useful things I did. Also watched this week's House repeat and read a bit of Greg Bear's novel Darwin's Children.