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LuckyCharms

(23,016 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:44 PM Apr 24

Put a cork in it.

That's what my spouse said to me today.

That's her way of telling me to shut the fuck up.

Can you imagine being spoken to in that manner?

Put a cork in it.

So of course, once I was insulted like that, in such a rude manner, I started beating the dead horse even more.

I get frustrated easily...like when I can't get a package open. Or when the kid nextdoor is bonking his sister over the head with a whiffle ball bat FOR 2 FUCKING HOURS right outside my window. BONK BONK BONK BONK.

When I get frustrated, apparently and involuntarily, I tend to say "Jesus Christ, everything's a fucking problem." I don't even know I'm saying it anymore, it just comes out.

So, I couldn't get a package opened today, while simultaneously hearing BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK, So I said under my breath "Jesus Christ, everything's a fucking problem".

So she started mocking me...bad move on her part. "Do you know you say that about 500 times a day"?

"No, I didn't know that".

That's when she told me to put a cork in it.

So, in response to her ruthless and totally uncalled for comment, I responded thusly by quietly saying "Jesus Christ, everything's a fucking problem" to whatever she said to me.

All day. Several hundred times.

When I do this, she pretends she's mad, and she turns her head, but I can still see her shaking from laughter...she just doesn't want me to see her laughing.

Put a cork in it.

PUT A CORK IN IT.

I know this post is rambling on. I had to eat a gummy to try to calm myself down and heal my emotions after being insulted so viciously.

Put a cork in it.

So now she's trying to negate her rude insult by telling me I smell good.

It's too late.

I can't forgive.

Because everything is a problem.

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Put a cork in it. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Apr 24 OP
What was the item in the package that you couldn't get open? Niagara Apr 24 #1
A package of cheese. LuckyCharms Apr 24 #2
Cheese! Like a Cabot cheese block? Niagara Apr 24 #3
It was Wegman's sliced deli cheese... LuckyCharms Apr 24 #6
New packaging means adult proof Niagara Apr 24 #10
All kidding aside... LuckyCharms Apr 24 #12
Cheeses Christ on a cracker! True Dough Apr 24 #5
PUT A CORK IN IT! LuckyCharms Apr 24 #8
Sounds crunchy Niagara Apr 24 #9
You gotta watch out True Dough Apr 24 #11
Frustrated ? Here's what I do ... dweller Apr 24 #4
Holy shit that's cracking me up! LuckyCharms Apr 24 #7
Sometimes... 2naSalit Apr 24 #13
I'll tell you then! LuckyCharms Apr 24 #14
Thanks... 2naSalit Apr 24 #15
Trust me... LuckyCharms Apr 24 #16
Winter. Icey roads. Slipping & sliding. Wife back seat driving from shotgun seat. I said, "Shut the fuck up!" Norrrm Apr 24 #17
She was being kind to you because you don't smell good. You smell like cheese. Marie Marie Apr 24 #18
What kind of cheese, Marie? LuckyCharms Apr 24 #19
It's a handy phrase, "put a cork in it". LudwigPastorius Apr 25 #20

Niagara

(12,031 posts)
1. What was the item in the package that you couldn't get open?
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:51 PM
Apr 24

Sometimes they don't make it easy!

LuckyCharms

(23,016 posts)
2. A package of cheese.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:53 PM
Apr 24

I love cheese.

There are two things I can't do like a normal person: open packages and wind up electrical cords properly.

Niagara

(12,031 posts)
3. Cheese! Like a Cabot cheese block?
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:56 PM
Apr 24

I use the good kitchen shears to open up cheese blocks.


LuckyCharms

(23,016 posts)
6. It was Wegman's sliced deli cheese...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:00 PM
Apr 24

They started using this new kind of packaging.

A 3 year old could probably open it easily, but it sends me into a rage.

I use my kitchen shears to prune my bushes as well, so I don't like using the kitchen shears near food products.



Niagara

(12,031 posts)
10. New packaging means adult proof
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:09 PM
Apr 24


I have shears for the kitchen, I have "work" shears and I have hair shears. There's another pair of shears roaming around and I'm not sure what those are for.

LuckyCharms

(23,016 posts)
12. All kidding aside...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:14 PM
Apr 24

I use regular scissors in the kitchen, and these for everything else.

Milwaukee brand...fantastic pair of scissors.



2naSalit

(103,792 posts)
13. Sometimes...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:45 PM
Apr 24

When I get mad or frustrated I go outside a throw rocks down the street or alley until my shoulder hurts. Then I have to eat some IB and have a smoke or some gummies. Because I don't have anyone to tell me to put a cork in it!

Norrrm

(5,448 posts)
17. Winter. Icey roads. Slipping & sliding. Wife back seat driving from shotgun seat. I said, "Shut the fuck up!"
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:28 PM
Apr 24

Winter. Icey roads. Slipping & sliding. Wife back seat driving from shotgun seat. I said, "Shut the fuck up!"
She did. Noticeable attitude. The cold was not just outdoors.
.
Next year, same conditions. Wife driving. Her mother was back seat driving from shotgun seat.
Wife told her mother the same exact words, "Shut the fuck up!"

Wife told me she now understands. Smiling as she tells it.

LudwigPastorius

(14,937 posts)
20. It's a handy phrase, "put a cork in it".
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 12:33 AM
Apr 25

Wives also find it useful after their husband has indulged in the local mexican food buffet.

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